Seattle’s and New York City’s socialist mayors-elect joined an “open-ended” strike against Starbucks this week. The protest pickets what the organizer, Starbucks Workers United, calls unfair labor practices and has said is in solidarity with Palestinians.
“While workers are on strike, I won’t be buying any Starbucks, and I’m asking you to join us,” stated Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor-elect who has said he would have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested if he comes to the Big Apple.
“Together, we can send a powerful message,” he said. “No contract. No coffee.”
Katie Wilson, the Seattle mayor-elect who has accused Israel of “genocide,” reportedly said, “I’m not buying Starbucks, and you should not either.”
Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, told JNS that “socialists tend to be very hostile to Jews.”
He said, “Why is Mamdani screaming about Israel issues in the campaign? He’s the mayor. He doesn’t have a foreign policy. He hates Jews.”
