E266: Amerikkkan FEDeration of Labore w/ Jeff Schuhrke

Sean is joined by labor activist and historian Jeff Schuhrke to discuss his new book Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor's Global Anticommunist Crusade out now from Verso Books.Why did American unions become a junior partner in US Empire during the Cold War ? How did anti-communists come to control US labor organizations in the 20th Century? What sort of high jinx were the AFL-CIO up to in Europe and the developing world? What did union activists do to expose this class collaboration and fight back against it? What might a reinvigorated working class internationalism look like in the 21st century? Join us for this great conversation about a great book that's absolutely essential reading for unionists and their allies.To access the bonus portion of this episode and years worth of other premium content, support the show at www.patreon.com/theantifadaBuy Jeff's book: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2979-blue-collar-empireGet involved:https://ilclabor.com/https://rankandfileproject.com/https://workerorganizing.org/training/https://rankandfilecrew.org/https://labornotes.org/Song: Neil Young - Union Man