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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/a-conversation-with-chris-smalls/
SUMMARY:A Conversation with Chris Smalls
DESCRIPTION:WASHINGTON\, DC\n\n\n\n\nLabor and Peace Activist Chris Smalls 
 joins us on the Busboys and Poets stage. He has recently returned from joi
 ning the Gaza Freedom Flotilla to break the siege on Gaza and the Israeli 
 imposed starvation of the over 2 million Palestinians living there. The Is
 raeli military intercepted the Handala\, the boat carrying medicine\, baby
  formula and other necessities and detained its 21 crew members\, includin
 g Smalls. Being the only Black crew member\, he was singled out and attack
 ed physically due to the color of his skin.\n\nSmalls calls Israel’s ass
 ault and starvation of Gaza a “working-class issue\,” and will speak a
 bout the intersectionality of the war on Gaza with the global struggle for
  justice and freedom.\n\nHe will be joined by social justice activist and 
 co-founder of A.C.T.O.R. (A Continuing Talk on Race)\, Pamela Pinnock. FRE
 E AND OPEN TO ALL\n\n\n\n\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/RIjWHit8Sfk[/embed]\n
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