Does the Muslim community in the US have class consciousness? How do we think about being workers and consumers in an economy that often works against our values and interests?
We will put a few ideas in conversation in a communal discussion about how our values can be activated in the economic and workplace spheres of life. We will explore the history of worker struggle in the US and the pressing need of being critical of our economic system as it hollows out the middle class, deepens poverty, and plays a role in the Genocide against the Palestinians
Recommended Readings:
Chapter 13 of A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Read Here or Listen Here (free with a library card number)
“From economy of occupation to economy of genocide: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967” by Francesa Albanese
Watch a video of her presentation at the UN or read the Summary or full article
“Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians” by Yuval Abraham