{"id":9870,"date":"2014-08-10T09:51:56","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T16:51:56","guid":{"rendered":":\/\/uspcn.org\/?p=9870"},"modified":"2014-08-15T21:50:28","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T04:50:28","slug":"august-16-block-the-boat-end-israeli-apartheid-oakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uspcn.org\/wp\/wp\/2014\/08\/10\/august-16-block-the-boat-end-israeli-apartheid-oakland\/","title":{"rendered":"August 16: Block the Boat! End Israeli Apartheid – Oakland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stop Israel at the Port\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>
Zionism isn’t welcome on our Coast!<\/span><\/strong>

West Coast Blockade of the Israeli Zim Ship\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>

\nPort of Oakland
\nSaturday, August 16th
\nPLEASE NOTE, there is a TIME CHANGE – The Boat is Delayed! Now meet at 3 PM!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3pm \u2013 meet at West Oakland Bart and march to Berth 57<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Facebook Event:\u00a0s:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1447374682195857\/<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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STOP THE SIEGE ON GAZA!
\nEND THE COLONIAL OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE!
\nRIGHT OF RETURN FOR ALL PALESTINIAN REFUGEES!
\nFREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS!
\nBOYCOTT, DIVEST, SANCTION!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s happening?
\nThe world has watched in horror as Israel has continued to bombard and devastate Gaza. Millions around the globe have come out in support of the Palestinian people and against the Zionist regime, holding massive marches, demonstrations, and actions. Here in the Bay, San Francisco witnessed some of the biggest mobilizations in recent years, with a series of marches, each bringing out thousands of people. It\u2019s time to step it up.<\/p>\n

Call to Action
\nPalestine is calling us to action! Palestinians laborers, Palestinian General Federation Trade Union (PGFTU), have called on workers around the world to refuse to handle Israel goods. Palestinians throughout Gaza, the West Bank and 1948 Palestine have demonstrated their unity in the struggle against Apartheid Israel and have taken to the streets in the tens of thousands, bravely facing Israeli military armed with US made weapons to call on the international community to stand with them as they resist Zionism throughout all of historic Palestine. We will be answering this call by organizing community pickets at the Port of Oakland, asking the longshoreman to honor this request and to stand with the people of Palestine as they have done in the past.<\/p>\n

Historical Background
\nDuring apartheid in South Africa, ILWU workers made history when they refused to unload South African cargo in San Francisco in 1984. This action was a major catalyst for international anti-apartheid solidarity and struggle worldwide. In 2010, after a Turkish flotilla, the Mavi Marmara, was attacked by Israel for attempting to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, we built on ILWU\u2019s history and successfully blocked the Israeli Zim ship from being unloaded at the Port of Oakland \u2014 the first time in US history an Israeli ship was blocked. We will be continuing this legacy by organizing to block the Israeli ship once again. And just as apartheid fell in South Africa, so too it will fall in Israel!<\/p>\n

Sustained BDS in the Bay
\nIf there is one thing that the latest Israeli attacks show, it\u2019s the power of Palestinian resilience. The resistance in Gaza is still alive and thriving, despite Israel\u2019s ongoing attempts to destroy it. But we should always remember that the Palestinian resistance did not begin with Israel\u2019s latest bombardment, nor did it begin during the last bombardment. It has been going on since 1948, since Israel came into existence. And it will not cease until Israeli apartheid falls.<\/p>\n

We refuse to allow Israel to conduct its business as usual, here in the Bay and everywhere!<\/p>\n

Every Saturday, the Israeli owned Zim shipping line docks and unloads its cargo at the Port of Oakland. Let this action be the beginning of a sustained campaign to stop the Israeli ship from ever unloading in our town.<\/p>\n

From Seattle to Oakland to Los Angeles \u2013 turn the Israeli ship around!<\/p>\n

We encourage all of our allies on the West Coast to join us in ensuring that Zim ships are not welcome anywhere.<\/p>\n

Not in Palestine<\/p>\n

Not in the Bay<\/p>\n

Not Anywhere<\/p>\n

Stand Against Zionism Everywhere<\/p>\n

Endorsed by:<\/p>\n

AF3IRM<\/span>
Al-Awda New York<\/span>
All African People\u2019s Revolutionary Party (AAPRP)<\/span>
American Friends Service Committee<\/span>
American Muslims for Palestine<\/span>
ANSWER Coalition<\/span>
Arab Youth Organizing (AYO)<\/span>
AROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center<\/span>
ASATA: Alliance of South Asians Taking Action<\/span>
Bay Area Women in Black<\/span>
BAYAN-USA<\/span>
Bay Area CodePink<\/span>
Bay Area Latin America Solidarity Coalition<\/span>
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Committee<\/span>
Black Organizing Project (BOP)<\/span>
Black Organizing Leadership and Dignity (BOLD)<\/span>
Black Workers For Justice<\/span>
B.U.W (BLOOK UNITY WORKERS ): PALISTINIAN INDEPANDENCE TRADEUNION ORGENIZATION IN WESTBANK AND GAZZA AND JEROZALIM<\/span>
Catalyst Project<\/span>
CodePink Washington<\/span>
Committee for Open Discussion of Zionism (CODZ)<\/span>
Communist Party of San Francisco<\/span>
Critical Resistance \u2013 LA<\/span>
Critical Resistance \u2013 Oakland<\/span>
Critical Resistance \u2013 Portland<\/span>
Descoloniza a Oakland\/Decolonize Oakland<\/span>
Free Palestine Movement<\/span>
Freedom Archives<\/span>
Friends of Deir Ibzi\u2019a<\/span>
Fuerza Mundial\/Pueblos en Movimiento<\/span>
General Union of Palestine Students \u2013 SFSU<\/span>
Global Women\u2019s Strike<\/span>
Gray Panthers of San Francisco<\/span>
Green Party of Alameda County<\/span>
Haiti Action Committee<\/span>
International Action Center<\/span>
International Jewish Anti Zionist Network<\/span>
International Solidarity Movement \u2013 West Bank\/Gaza<\/span>
International Socialist Organization<\/span>
International Tribunal of Conscience for Camilo<\/span>
ISM-Nor Cal<\/span>
IWW Bay Area Branch<\/span>
Jewish Against Genocide<\/span>
Jews for Palestinian Right of Return<\/span>
Justice for Palestinians<\/span>
La Voz de l@s trabajadores\/Worker\u2019s Voice<\/span>
Labor for Palestine<\/span>
Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace<\/span>
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement<\/span>
Marcha Patriotica (Colombia) \u2013 California chapter<\/span>
Middle East Children\u2019s Alliance (MECA)<\/span>
Movement Generation<\/span>
National Lawyers Guild SFBA Chapter<\/span>
Noam Chomsky<\/span>
NorCal Friends of Sabeel<\/span>
Occupy SF Action Council<\/span>
ONYX Organizing Committee<\/span>
The Palestine-Israel Action Committee<\/span>
Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions<\/span>
Palestinian Youth Movement<\/span>
Queers Undermining Israeli Terror<\/span>
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network<\/span>
San Francisco Green Party<\/span>
School of the Americas Watch East Bay<\/span>
Socialist Alternative \u2013 Bay Area Branch<\/span>
Socialist Organizer<\/span>
SOUL: School of Unity and Liberation<\/span>
Southern Anti-Racism Network<\/span>
Stanford Students for Justice<\/span>
Students for Justice in Palestine \u2013 Cal<\/span>
Totally Radical Muslims<\/span>
UAW Local 2865 (Academic Student Workers at the University of California)<\/span>
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation<\/span>
US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott<\/span>
US Palestinian Community Network<\/span>
Veterans For Peace Chapter 69<\/span>
World Can\u2019t Wait Bay Area<\/span>
Workers World Party<\/span>
Xicana Moratorium<\/span><\/p>\n

For more info: info@araborganizing.org | 415-861-7444
\nFollow us on twitter for announcements and updates on Saturday’s action! @BlockTheBoat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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