The coordinated International Day of Action of Dockworkers spanned over 100 ports worldwide, with demonstrators demanding immediate work stoppages on weapons transit. Outside New Jersey’s Port of Elizabeth, activists and veteran employees led a car caravan targeting Israeli shipping company Zim over its alleged role in moving ammunition. Participating groups, such as Port Workers and Communities for Palestine, are actively urging International Longshoremen's Association members to refuse to handle Israeli freight. Activists intend to leverage organized labor power to sever military logistics networks affecting Gaza and other regions.
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Campaigners are urging International Longshoremen's Association members to leverage work…: Campaigners are urging International Longshoremen's Association members to leverage work stoppages against the global arms trade.
Activist coalitions are intentionally shifting strategy from symbolic protests toward dir…: Activist coalitions are intentionally shifting strategy from symbolic protests toward direct economic disruptions of international military supply chains.
The global initiative specifically targets commercial carriers to stop the logistics netw…: The global initiative specifically targets commercial carriers to stop the logistics networks transporting ammunition and weapons toward Israel.
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Holding signs that read "Zim ships death", referring to the Israeli shipping company, pro-Palestine protesters gathered on Friday outside of New Jersey's Port of Elizabeth to demonstrate against the arms trade.
On the International Day of Action of Dockworkers, protesters told Middle East Eye they are drawing attention to shipping and logistics companies they believe are complicit in the genocide in Gaza.
At 5am, the protesters taped the signs to their cars and drove in a long line, forming a caravan. They drove in circles around the port, soliciting honks of solidarity from truck drivers and eventually gaining the unwanted attention of police who tailed and flanked the convoy until the late morning.
Over the last three years, several groups and activists have targeted the Port of Elizabeth over the alleged weapons shipments headed to Israel out of the port.
Pal-Awda, an organisation that advocates for Palestinian refugees' right of return to their stolen land and organised the caravan outside the port, told MEE that more than 100 ports across 22 countries are participating in Friday's action.
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