Protestors block and delay Israeli ships up and down US West Coast

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Over the past two weeks, activists in port cities along the West Coast of the United States staged picket lines to prevent or delay vessels operated by Israel’s Zim shipping line from offloading cargo.

The actions had been planned at the height of Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip that began on 7 July and ended with a ceasefire yesterday.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. is Israel’s biggest cargo shipping company and the tenth largest in the world. It’s 2013 revenue was $3.7 billion.

The action originated in Oakland, California, which set a high bar for others to follow. Protestors there successfully prevented the unloading of the Zim Piraeus container ship for nearly four full days.

But other cities’ more modest demonstrations were nevertheless successful in temporarily delaying the Zim ships from unloading, costing the company hundreds of thousands of dollars, building momentum and signalling widespread support for such actions.

http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/charlotte-silver/protestors-block-and-delay-israeli-ships-and-down-us-west-coast

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanction movement is getting bigger everyday
and so are the protests against Israeli apartheid.

Boycott, Divest, Sanction.
http://www.bdsmovement.net/

[BillZBubb]

1. That is good news indeed.

End Israeli ethnic cleansing.

[Purveyor]

2. Something you won't see on our corporate propaganda networks, indeed.

Thank you for posting. +1

[arikara]

3. A big K&R

Good work, people!

[Comrade Grumpy]

4. It's good to see people taking action.