DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a>: “What About the Capitalists?”: Autoworkers in U.S., Mexico Call for Solidarity, Not Divisive Tariffs</p><p>Story April 08, 2025</p><p>"As workers brace for uncertainty and fallout from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>, we hear from two <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/autoworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autoworkers</span></a>, one in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> and one in the United States. Israel Cervantes, founder of the National Independent Union for Workers in the Automotive Industry in Mexico, calls for unions across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthAmerica</span></a> to unite against the tariffs, which have already led to layoffs from auto manufacturers. In the U.S., autoworker and UAW member Sean Crawford joins Democracy Now! on his work break to respond to the rhetoric and impact of the tariffs. 'They are always harping on foreigners, foreigners, foreigners. But what about the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalists</span></a>? says Crawford, who urges international solidarity against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a>’ attempts to sow division among <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/exploited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploited</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a>. “This nationalistic viewpoint has not been working for us and has resulted in a lot of these layoffs,' he says. 'I want to see us grow together as a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkingClass</span></a>.'"</p><p>Listen / watch / read transcript:<br><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/8/uaw_tariffs_autoworkers_union#transcript" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/4/8/uaw_</span><span class="invisible">tariffs_autoworkers_union#transcript</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ViewerSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViewerSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a></p>