Thursday November 29, 2024 was the UN International Day of Solidarity with Palestine. In South Africa, the two main labor federations, Congress of South African Trade Unions COSATU and South African Federation Of Trade Unions SAFTU, joined with Palestine solidarity activists to protest at the US embassy in Pretoria and at the two consulates in Durban and Cape Town.
Martin Jansen is a leader of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Cape Town, South Africa. He spoke to Pacifica’s Steve Zeltzer about the South African labor action for Palestine on November 29 and the role of the US in supporting the genocide of Israel.
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Clare Daly is an Irish politician and former Member of the European Parliament who was vocal on the plight of the Palestinian people long before the events of October 7 triggered Israel’s most recent campaign in Gaza.
Speaking on the PoliticsJOE Youtube channel, she shared her views on the news that the ICC issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.
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Next, we have an update on the situation in Haiti. Block Report’s JR Valrey spoke to Pierre Labossierre, an organizer and cofounder of the Haiti Action Committee, about the recent removal of the Transitional Government of Haiti’s Prime Minister.
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The residents of East Palestine have run out of healthcare and are trapped in contaminated homes in the polluted town. Chris Albright, a member of Laborers’ International Union of North America, LIUNA, and a resident of East Palestine, went to the AFL-CIO in Washington DC to meet with its president, Liz Schuler, to get her support for the institution of the Stafford Act by President Biden. This bill would provide the residents with healthcare and funds to move out of their contaminated homes. Schuler has ignored Albright and other trade unionists. In Washington DC, union bureaucrats told them that she was not in and threatened to call the police.
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Music:
Palestinian boy sings for South Africa
Seth Staton Watkins, “Oh Palestine, Oh Palestine”
Nina Simone – Here Comes the Sun (Audio)
