Chris Smalls: The Working-Class Revolution Is Coming

An American hero of mine, Chris Smalls, was recently a guest on The Real News Network. Here’s how his conversation with host Maximillian Alvarez is described on the podcast’s Facebook page:

We sit down with Chris Smalls, co-founder and former president of the Amazon Labor Union, to discuss Smalls’ new book, When the Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class, the incredible story of the formation of the Amazon Labor Union and the unionization of the first Amazon warehouse in the U.S., and Smalls’ journey from warehouse worker and labor organizer to internationally recognized public figure and human rights activist who has sailed with humanitarian flotilla missions to Gaza and Cuba.

Following is The Real News Network’s full 45-minute interview with Chris Smalls.





Related Off-site Links:
Why Are White Leftists Silent About This? – Sabrina Salvati (Sabby Sabs, June 10, 2026).
Chris Smalls Is Still Fighting the Bosses – Alex Skopic (Current Affairs, June 2, 2026).
“Amazon Is the New Slavery”: Chris Smalls on the Labor Fight of a Lifetime – Sara Franklin (The Nation, June 2, 2026).
A Better World: An Interview with Chris Smalls – Annika Bratton (Publishers Weekly, April 3, 2026).
My Interview with Chris Smalls – Marianne Williamson (Transform, July 31, 2022).


See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Chris Smalls’ “Unforgivable Sin”: Connecting the Warehouse to the Empire
• Kshama Sawant on the Real Reason for Jacobin Magazine’s “Hatchet Job” on Chris Smalls
• Steven Donziger’s Shout-Out to Chris Smalls
• Chris Smalls: We Need to Escape the “Two-Party Plantation”
• Quote of the Day – August 5, 2025
• U.S. Labor Leader Chris Smalls Joins the Crew of the Handala