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Our committed listeners will know that our recent episodes have been majorly focused on the Palestinian Liberation struggle. This is for good reason, as it is one of the most important struggles against imperialism the world has seen in recent history.

In today's episode, we continue our analysis of this struggle, but also discuss the Middle East more broadly, socialist China, and the role U.S. Empire has been playing on the international stage.

We'd be hard-pressed to find a better companion for this world-wide tour than Mick Kelly. Name a type of people's struggle, and you can bet Mick has served some time fighting in it. From doing work with the urban poor, to being a militant trade unionist in the Teamsters union, Mick's done it all. He currently serves as the editor of Fight Back! News, as well as the political secretary for the Freedom Road Socialist Organization.

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Nearly one year ago, on October 7, the sound of freedom thundered across Palestine, and its echoes are still being heard around the world. The Palestinian resistance launched Operation Al Aqsa Flood, a mass breakout from the world’s largest open air prison, Gaza. And, in doing so, they took a historic step towards liberation.

To discuss the events of the last year, as well as the most recent developments in Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestine, we're having on the show today Muhammad Sankari. Muhammad is an activist and leader in the US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), and is someone who has a strong grasp and a rich analysis on what is going on in the Middle East.

The US Palestinian Solidarity Network is leading the charge for pro-Palestine work in the US, and we encourage our listeners to get involved with them. You can find them online at:

We also encourage our listeners to support USPCN's campaign to sign onto Bernie Sander's push for "Ending Unfettered Military Aid to Israel".

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As we are fast approaching the one year anniversary of October 7th, as well as contentious US presidential election, there is a lot that needs to be said about the US's role in aiding Israel's genocide of Palestine.

We'd be hard-pressed to find better guests to discuss this topic with than Frank Chapman and Hatem Abudayyeh. Frank is the executive director of ⁠National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR)⁠, a central committee member of the ⁠Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO)⁠, and a legend of the Black Liberation movement. Hatem is the national Chair of the ⁠US Palestine Community Network (USPCN)⁠, and a prolific figure in the Palestine Liberation movement.

⁠For up to the minute updates from the Palestine resistance, check out the Resistance News Network on Telegram⁠.

⁠Watch Hatem's feature on Electronic Intifada: After DNC, we're escalating our protests for Palestine, with Hatem Abudayyeh⁠

⁠You can watch our interview with Hatem on The Al-Aqsa Flood & the Fight for Palestinian Liberation⁠

Listen to all of our past episodes with Frank:

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Next week is the Democratic National Convention, and thousands will be showing up to make the voices of the people heard. The entire Fight Back! Radio team is joining the coalition, leaving us with less time to produce an episode than usual. For this reason, we will be rebroadcasting the All Out for the March on the DNC online meeting call.

We hope to see you out there marching alongside us!

Find out more about the Coalition to March on the DNC.

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Whether it's the unionizing campaign, or the uproar over their response to the "pin incident", Delta Airlines has been making headlines, and we're on the side of the workers.

Our guest today is Rasaq Adeyemi, who is an airline attendant at Delta, as well as an organizing member of Delta AFA which is driving the unionizing campaign. We discuss the unique working conditions of airline attendants, how to battle a multi-billion dollar airline company, and the importance of worker solidarity. We urge our listener to support Delta AFA's unionizing campaign.

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In a surprising turn of events, Sean O'Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, spoke at the Republican National Convention. To unpack this bold choice, we are joined today by Jared Hamil, a UPS package car driver in LA and Teamsters Local 396 shop steward. Jared gives us his assessment of O'Brien's speech, the failure of both political parties to serve the working class, and how trade unionists should engage with electoral politics.

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Today we are joined by Carlos Montes, an iconic leader of the Chicano National Movement. Carlos was the founder, spokesperson and minister of information for the Brown Berets. He was also a key leader of the 1968 Los Angeles High School walkouts, the Chicano Moratorium against the Viet Nam War, the mega-marches from 2006 and continues today as a leader of Centro Community Service Organization in Los Angeles.

This will be our third interview with Carlos, and this time around he highlights the protests of both the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Conventional. We dive into how neither of these parties have any interesting in serving the working class of this country, their collective attack on immigrants, and the importance of resisting these two parties.

We encourage everyone to join the Coalition to March on the RNC on July 15th⁠.

as well as the ⁠Coalition to March on the DNC on August 19th.

Our previous episodes with Carlos:

Fighting Repression from the Schools to the Streets with Carlos Montes and Angel Naranjo

Building Chicano Power Then and Now with Carlos Montes

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Chris Townsend, labor movement veteran, joins us today to talk about the legacy of William Z. Foster, and how it relates to today's labor movement.

You can buy a copy of "American Trade Unionism: Selected Writing by William Z. Foster" at International Publishers.

Read Chris's article "The Biggest Organizing Wave You Never Heard Of" on Marxism-Leninism Today.

You can also find all of Chris Townsend's contributions to Marixist-Leninism Today through this search.

You can find out more about the Inside Organizer School online.

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Today on the show, Louise Carhart gives us some insight into the shop floor struggles of legal aid workers. Louise is a chief steward and executive committee member of her union, the United Legal Workers (ULW), and works as a staff attorney for the ULW's farm worker project.

Louise describes the unique struggles involved with organizing workers in a more "professional" industry, the need to fight the boss even at non-profit organizations, and the reasons to fight as a union that go well beyond getting pay raises.

You can read more about the ULW picket in the article Louise wrote for Fight Back! News.

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