Reactionaries often claim that trade union leaders should “stay in their lane,” focus on the wages and benefits of their membership, and keep out of international politics. However, for this author and other militant unionists, fighting for the working class at home is directly linked to the fight abroad for Palestinian liberation. The Palestinians as a nation are oppressed by not only Israel, but also the entire imperialist world order of which Israel is but an extension. In fact, the same Canadian bosses who oppress workers here at home, continue to ship weaponry to the Zionist regime abroad.