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On this news brief, we are going to be joined by Labor historian and author Jeff Shurkey who has been writing

really important stuff about the labor movement and its response to the

ongoing genocide in Gaza so we thought he would be really a great person to have on also he has a book

coming out later this fall called blue-collar empire which we will talk about as well.

Yeah he's really been doing a ton of great reporting and interviews and research on

labor's response to U.S. militarism in general, but specifically this instance of U.S.

support of Israel's onslaught of Gaza, so I'm excited to talk to them.

Jeff will join us in just a moment stay with us.

We are joined now by Jeff Shurkey, Labor Historian, Journalist, Union Activist, and Assistant Professor at the Harry Van Arsdell Junior School of Labor Studies at Sunni Empire State University in New York City.

He is a frequent contributor to publications like In These Times and Jacobin, and his scholarship

has been published in journals such as diplomatic history and labor studies in working-class history.

His new book, which will be released on September 24th of 2024 is Blue Collar Empire, the untold story of

US Labor's global anti-communist crusade which is published by Verso Books.

Jeff, thank you so much for joining us again on citations needed.

Thank you for having me. It's great to be here.

Yeah, so obviously a lot's happened since we had you on last to discuss the history of American labor's relationship with U.S.

militarism in general, Imperial meddling, things of that nature.

Episode 182, we discussed the kind of broader history and media coverage of US

military and US militarism's relationship to labor, sometimes fraught, mostly

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