[News] Picket Israeli Ship-Sunday June 20 - 5 AM - Port of Oakland

[Anti-Imperialist News]

Meet 5:00 A.M. at West Oakland BART, parking lot
(Remember, BART is not running that early, so come by car.)
Join the Labor and Community
Picket of an Israeli Zim Lines Ship

  Sunday, June 20 5:30 A.M (morning)
Port of Oakland, Berth 57, Middle Harbor Rd.

  Protest Israel's Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla!

Boycott Israeli Ships and Goods!
Lift the Blockade NOW - Let Gaza Live!
Bring Down Israel's Apartheid Wall!


Unions, labor federations and other organizations around the world -- 
including the San Francisco and Alameda County Labor Councils --have 
condemned Israel's deadly attack against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla on 
May 31, 2010. Nine people were killed and dozens seriously injured in 
the Israeli commando attack in international waters on ships 
attempting to bring humanitarian cargo to the suffering and blockaded 
people of Gaza. Six people aboard the ships are still missing and 
presumed dead.

The Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla was a blatant act of 
piracy on the high seas. No Israeli ship should now be allowed to 
carry on trading activity anywhere in the world without facing picket 
lines, protests and embargo. Dock workers in several countries 
including South Africa, Norway, Sweden and Malaysia have declared 
that they will refuse to handle Israeli cargo in the coming weeks.

We call on everyone who stands for justice and against occupation and 
apartheid to join the June 20 picket at the Port of Oakland. This is 
a moment of great opportunity. In San Francisco in 1984, a picket 
line and refusal to unload cargo of a ship carrying South African 
cargo was a key event in mobilizing the anti-apartheid movement worldwide.


Sponsored by: Labor / Community Committee in Solidarity with the 
People of Palestine:

  Arab American Union Members Council, ANSWER- Act Now to Stop War 
and End Racism, Palestine Youth Network, US Palestine Community 
Network, Al Awda- Right to Return Coalition, Arab Youth Organization, 
MECA-Middle East Children's Alliance, Students for Justice in 
Palestine, Arab Resource and Organizing Center, International Action 
Center, International Solidarity Movement, San Jose Peace and Justice 
Center, International Socialist Organization, Peace and Freedom Party 
- SF, Transport Workers Solidarity Committee and many labor activists 
in the Bay Area



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