No Neutrals There - US Labor, Zionism, and the Struggle for Palestine

The definitive history of the US labor movement's complicity in Zionist settler colonialism, and a call for today's labor militants to organize in solidarity with Palestinians.

US trade unionists are often told to keep quiet and remain neutral on Palestine because "Palestine has nothing to do with unions" and "weighing in" only distracts from struggles for better working conditions. 

No Neutrals There makes a timely and critical intervention against that pervasive sentiment by recounting the history of the US labor movement's century-long involvement in the struggle for Palestine. Scholar Jeff Schuhrke convincingly demonstrates that unions in the United States have never been silent or neutral on the question of Palestine. In fact, they have played a key role-in the initial Zionist colonization of Palestine, the foundation of the Israeli state in 1948, supporting US foreign policy commitments to Israel, and the ongoing suppression of the Palestinian liberation movement.

In his compelling telling of this history, Schuhrke conclusively shows that US unions helped build and maintain the state of Israel, and also shines a light on important exceptions to this rule: instances of US labor solidarity with the Palestinian freedom struggle that point the way forward for today's labor movement.

List of contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Laying the Foundations

Chapter 2: Holocaust and Nakba

Chapter 3: Bonding with Israel

Chapter 4: Strained Friendship

Chapter 5: Intifada

Chapter 6: Labor for Palestine

Conclusion

About the author

Contributor

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Schuhrke
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 28.10.2025
• EAN: 9798888904961
• ISBN: 979-8-88890-496-1
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political science & theory, Trade Unions, United States of America, USA, General and world history, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Industrial arbitration & negotiation, Industrial arbitration and negotiation