About this episode

Chris Smalls discusses labor organizing and the fight against Amazon while connecting struggles from Cuba to Gaza to Staten Island.

Chris Smalls is the co-founder and former president of the Amazon Labor Union and author of the new book When the Revolution Comes. He joins Current Affairs associate editor Alex Skopic in Havana, Cuba, during the Nuestra América aid mission to discuss the U.S. blockade, labor organizing, his fight against Amazon, and why struggles from Cuba to Gaza to Staten Island are connected.

People in this episode

Host: Alex Skopic

Guest: Chris Smalls

Topics covered

• labor organizing
• unionization
• U.S. blockade
• international struggles
• Amazon
• Cuba
• Gaza

Keywords

• unionize
• Amazon
• labor
• Cuba
• Gaza
• Staten Island
• Chris Smalls
• When the Revolution Comes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon Labor Union, Amazon

Books & works: When the Revolution Comes

Places: Cuba, Gaza, Staten Island

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