It Could Happen Here Weekly 234
Summary
This compilation episode features two distinct stories. First, researcher Dana Elkurd shares her family’s Nakba history, revealing her great-grandmother was a Zionist Jew who married a Palestinian man, challenging narratives of clean ethnic divisions. Second, hosts Mia Wong, Jackie May, and Deja Indigo discuss the rapid unionization of Real U Electrolysis Workers United. They expose exploitative practices, including a $21,000 debt trap for fired trans workers, and detail their swift organizing efforts against management retaliation.
Topics discussed
Intro, mayonnaise, and Palestinian-Jewish family history
Electrology workers unionize and strike against management
Legal repression of activists and federal prosecution tactics
WWII history, immigration policy changes, and ICE detention
Vatican AI encyclical and crypto industry Fedwire access
Wikimedia layoffs, Nigeria airstrikes, and Alabama gerrymandering
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