BLM and the labour movement come together - Chris Smalls interview
- Written by Shabbir Lakha
- Published in Interview
Fight for $15 march for Black Lives Matter on Juneteenth 2020. Photo: Joe Brusky / Flickr / CC Non-Commercial 2.0, licence linked at bottom of article
Shabbir Lakha speaks to Chris Smalls in the US about the Strike for Black Lives, his organisation The Congress of Essential Workers and the possibilities for fundamental change
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Shabbir Lakha
Shabbir Lakha is a Stop the War officer, a People's Assembly activist and a member of Counterfire.
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