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the Israeli
Zim Ship at
the Port of
Oakland</b></span></p>
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West Oakland
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SF standing
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African
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the siege on
Gaza! </b></span></p>
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sans-serif;
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style="color:
#000000;"><b>End
the colonial
occupation of
Palestine! </b></span></p>
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margin: 0px;"><span><b>Right
of Return for
all
Palestinian
refugees! </b></span></p>
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style="color:
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all political
prisoners! </b></span></p>
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sans-serif;
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margin: 0px;"><span><b>Boycott,
Divestment,
Sanctions!</b></span></p>
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<div style="color:
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align="left"><strong><em>What's
happening?</em></strong></div>
<div
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align="left"><span>The
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's
time to step it
up!</span></div>
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</span></div>
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align="left"><strong><em>Call
to Action</em></strong></div>
<div
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sans-serif;"
align="left"><span>Palestine
is calling us to
action!
Palestinians
laborers,</span><span> Palestinian
General
Federation Trade
Union (</span><span>PGFTU), </span><span>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.</span></div>
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color: #a20000;"><strong><em>Historical
Background</em></strong></p>
<div
style="font-family:
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sans-serif;">During
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's
history and
successfully
blocked the
Israeli Zim ship
from being
unloaded at the
Port of Oakland --
the first time in
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
to it will fall in
Israel!</div>
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<div
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sans-serif; color:
#a20000;"><strong><em>Sustained
BDS in the Bay</em></strong></div>
<div
style="font-family:
'Century Gothic',
'ITC Avant Garde',
Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif;">If
there is one thing
that the latest
Israeli attacks
show, it's the
power of
Palestinian
resilience. The
resistance in Gaza
is still alive and
thriving, despite
Israel's ongoing
attempts to
destroy it. But we
should always
remember that the
Palestinian
resistance did not
begin with
Israel's 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.</div>
<p style="margin:
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sans-serif;"> </p>
<p style="margin:
0px; font-family:
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'ITC Avant Garde',
Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif;"><b>We
refuse to allow
Israel to
conduct its
business as
usual, here in
the Bay and
everywhere!</b></p>
<p style="margin:
0px; font-family:
'Century Gothic',
'ITC Avant Garde',
Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif;"> </p>
<p style="margin:
0px; font-family:
'Century Gothic',
'ITC Avant Garde',
Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif;"><b>Every Saturday,</b> 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 c<span>ampaign
to stop the
Israeli ship
from ever
unloading in our
town.</span></p>
<p style="margin:
0px; font-family:
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Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif;"> </p>
<p style="margin:
0px; font-family:
'Century Gothic',
'ITC Avant Garde',
Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif;"><span
style="color:
#990000;"><strong><i>From
Seattle to
Oakland to Los
Angeles - turn
the Israeli
ship around!</i></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin:
0px; font-family:
'Century Gothic',
'ITC Avant Garde',
Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif;">We
encourage all of
our allies on the<i><b> West
Coast to join
us</b></i> in
ensuring that Zim
ships are not
welcome anywhere.</p>
<p style="margin:
0px; font-family:
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'ITC Avant Garde',
Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif;"> </p>
<p style="margin:
0px; font-family:
'Century Gothic',
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Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif;
text-align:
center;"
align="center"><span
style="color:
#990000;
font-size:
14pt;"><b>Not in
Palestine</b></span></p>
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0px; font-family:
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Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif;
text-align:
center;"
align="center"><span
style="color:
#ff9900;
font-size:
14pt;"><b>Not in
the Bay</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:
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sans-serif;
text-align:
center;"
align="center"><span
style="color:
#990000;
font-size:
14pt;"><b>Not
Anywhere</b></span></p>
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align="center"><span
style="color:
#ff9900;
font-size:
14pt;"><b>Stand
Against
Zionism
Everywhere</b></span></div>
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sans-serif;"><span
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Arab Resource
& Organizing
Center</span></p>
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Youth Organizing
(AYO)</span></p>
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sans-serif;
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align="left"><span>Middle
East Children's
Alliance</span></p>
<p style="margin:
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sans-serif;
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align="left"><span>US
Palestinian
Community
Network</span></p>
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sans-serif;
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align="left"><span>Palestinian
Youth Movement</span></p>
<p style="margin:
0px; font-family:
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sans-serif;
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align="left"><span>American
Muslims for
Palestine</span></p>
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sans-serif;
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align="left"><span>General
Union of
Palestine
Students-SFSU</span></p>
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'ITC Avant Garde',
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sans-serif;
text-align: left;"
align="left"><span>Students
for Justice in
Palestine - Cal</span></p>
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sans-serif;
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X Grassroots
Movement</span></p>
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sans-serif;
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align="left"><span>International
Jewish Anti
Zionist Network</span></p>
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sans-serif;
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Coalition</span></p>
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sans-serif;
text-align: left;"
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Undermining
Israeli Terror</span></p>
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Project</span></p>
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