Ret. Special Forces Anthony Aguilar Plus Amazon Labor Union's Chris Smalls on Israel's Brutality (Video)

This is a 5 August 2025 video.

Katie talks to Chris Smalls, the founder of Amazon’s first U.S. labor union,  the Amazon Labor Union founder, who was beaten, arrested and detained by the Israeli military for attempting to bring aid to starving Palestinians in Gaza on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. The only Black passenger on the ship, he was treated worse and was one of the last to be released from Israeli prison. 

Then we are joined by Anthony Aguilar, a U.S. military veteran who worked with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as a security contractor who witnessed U.S. mercenaries and IDF members shooting and killing starving Palestinians waiting for aid.

https://youtu.be/f98ddXxdn5A

00:00 Katie introduces the program
03:10 Katie introduces Chris Smalls, Amazon Union leader
03:40 IOD/IDF Flotilla video
05:30 Chris Smalls speaks to the connection between labor unions, Amazon and Israel
10:45 Chris Smalls speaks to his history as a labor organizer
12:11 What was the Handala Gaza Freedom Flotilla trying to achieve?
15:00 The violence Chris experienced from the IDF
17:21 The racism of the IDF singling out Chris
18:30 Did the American government help in any way? America first?
19:45 “They tried to kill us” with ACID
23:00 How did Chris think about his life being in danger?
24:40 Condition in IDF prison, contracting scabies
27:00 “I triple dare them to release the footage”
28:38 When did he start the hunger strike?
32:35 The moral of the IDF
33:45 Why Chris will never understand Israel and the horrors that Palestinians go through
39:35 The connection between Amazon, big tech and israel 
40:45 Video of Israeli politician on “Islamo-Nazism” and the need for a “Hebrew Gaza”
43:00 Chris Smalls explains why Israel will never win
44:00 Black American and Palestinian solidarity
46:00 Katie introduces Anthony Aguilar and Greg Stoker
48:00 Anthony’s history in the army
50:45 “Anybody who says there’s no starvation in Gaza is evil”
53:20 Greg Stoker on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and why he went public
56:45 What are “Strike Packages” and their relationship to AI
59:40 Anthony continues on starvation
1:06:00 “We were caught unprepared”
1:07:30 Microwaving babies?
1:14:20 So many layers of dishonesty
1:16:00 How Anthony learned the propaganda isn’t true
1:22:15 Israel is destroying everything
1:25:30 The IDF is in charge of The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
1:27:45 Why is the IDF so young and inexperienced?
1:31:40 The use of the Hannibal Directive, killing hostages to prevent trades
1:36:53 The story of Amir, a young Gazan boy who was killed by the IDF
1:39:25 How The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is structured
1:44:00 Greg’s predictions for the future of The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
1:46:08 The story of Amir continued
1:49:00 The smell of dying
1:51:15 “The world is not going to forget you”
1:59:30 The aid sites are emptied in 10 minutes
2:03:15 How GHF reacted to the story of Amir, pretending another kid is Amir
2:06:45 His mother has been looking for him
2:08:40 Video from Amir’s family
2:14:00 Is this merely just another disaster that happens during war? As opposed to genocide?
2:18:00 Chris on whether Gaza has changed his view on the US military
2:25:00 Sunken costs fallacy in the military
2:26:40 Anthony doesn’t feel guilt
2:30:15 The horrors of Gaza and genocide vs wars like Iraq
2:34:00 100,000,000 meals served?
2:52:00 How Anthony got this contract
2:59:50 Katie reads the superchats
3:33:40 Interview with Lily Goldberg Call