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Block The Boat Community Picket Stops Israeli Apartheid Profiteer Ship from Unloading in Port of Oakland

Hundreds of workers and community members gathered today in the port of Oakland to stop the Volans, a ship contracted by Israeli shipping company ZIM, from unloading its cargo. After holding the picket line at six gates to the port for two work shifts, and with solidarity from ILWU Local 10 longshore workers who refused to cross the picket line, the protest forced the still-loaded ship to depart. The action came in response to a call for U.S. labor union solidarity from the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions after the anti-Palestinian fascist and state violence in Jerusalem and the Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza last month on May 17th. Read more.

Brian Becker speaks with Miko Peled on the Socialist Program: Israeli apartheid politics take a bizarre turn

Will Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be replaced by an even more fanatical racist? A last-minute coalition deal appears to have ended the 12-year-long reign of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just days after he presided over an 11-day massacre of Palestinians. Meanwhile, the resistance of the Palestinian people is intensifying and global support for their cause is growing.

Listen to the interview here

Thousands march on Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC against U.S. Support for Apartheid Israel

On May 29, thousands of people rallied and marched calling on the U.S. government to end its financial and diplomatic support for Israel, which shields it from international accountability for its crimes. A nor’easter storm brought unseasonably cold and rainy weather to the region, but that couldn’t keep well over 35,000 people from coming to D.C. from all across the country and rallying.

May 30: Car caravans and rallies demand end to U.S. blockade of Cuba

Hundreds of people in cities across the U.S. came together on May 30 demanding that the U.S. government immediately end the 60-year criminal blockade on Cuba! Car Caravans and rallies took place in Miami, Chicago, Bloomington, New York City, San Francisco, and other cities. In Miami, Florida, over 100 cars and bicycles constituted the caravan, with over 200 people actively participating.

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