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DESCRIPTION:URGENT: Ship is delayed!! Our organizing is working!\nCome out to West 
 Oakland Bart tomorrow (Saturday) at 3pm NOT 5am!\nBring more people! Come 
 louder and stronger and let's stop Israel at the Port of Oakland! Zionism 
 isn't welcome in our town!\n\nParticipants: Those planning to participate: 
 subscribe to text-alerts and receive live updates about the 8/16 Block the 
 Boat, \ntext "join" to (510) 346-5951.\n\nLivestream:  KFPA will be 
 livestreaming the action at www.kpfa.org/kpfa-live-stream-channel.\n\nAlso 
 follow @BlocktheBoat for live 
 tweets.\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1447374682195857/\n\n\n\nStop 
 Israel at the Port \nZionism isn't welcome on our Coast!\n\nWest Coast 
 Blockade of the Israeli Zim Ship \n\nPort of Oakland\nSaturday, August 
 16th\n3pm – meet at West Oakland Bart and march to Berth 57\n\nSTOP THE 
 SIEGE ON GAZA! \nEND THE COLONIAL OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE! \nRIGHT OF 
 RETURN FOR ALL PALESTINIAN REFUGEES! \nFREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS! 
 \nBOYCOTT, DIVEST, SANCTION!\n\nBlock the Boat for Gaza has text alert 
 system. If you are planning on going to the action in Oakland on Saturday 
 08/16, please text the word 'Join' to 510-346-5951 for important updates in 
 real time.\n\nWhat’s happening?\nThe 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.\n\nCall to Action\nPalestine is calling 
 us to action! Palestinians laborers, Palestinian General Federation Trade 
 Union (PGFTU), 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.\n\nHistorical Background\nDuring 
 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 US 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 too it will fall in Israel!\n\nSustained BDS in the 
 Bay\nIf 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.\n\nWe 
 refuse to allow Israel to conduct its business as usual, here in the Bay 
 and everywhere!\n\nEvery Saturday, 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 campaign to stop the Israeli ship from ever 
 unloading in our town.\n\nFrom Seattle to Oakland to Los Angeles – turn 
 the Israeli ship around!\n\nWe encourage all of our allies on the West 
 Coast to join us in ensuring that Zim ships are not welcome 
 anywhere.\n\nLong 
 Beach:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/435461866594072/\n\nTacoma and 
 Seattle:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/678819478876975/\n\nNew 
 York:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/429725363832321/\n\nMiami:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/316267675214918/\n\nNot 
 in Palestine\n\nNot in the Bay\n\nNot Anywhere\n\nStand Against Zionism 
 Everywhere\n\nEndorsed by:\n\nAF3IRM\nAl-Awda New York\nAll African 
 People's Revolutionary Party (AAPRP)\nAmerican Friends Service 
 Committee\nAmerican Muslims for Palestine\nANSWER Coalition\nArab Youth 
 Organizing (AYO)\nAROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center\nASATA: Alliance 
 of South Asians Taking Action\nBay Area Women in Black\nBAYAN-USA\nBay Area 
 CodePink\nBay Area Latin America Solidarity Coalition\nBerkeley Fellowship 
 of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Committee \nBlack Organizing 
 Project (BOP)\nBlack Organizing Leadership and Dignity (BOLD)\nBlack 
 Workers For Justice\nCatalyst Project\nCodePink Washington\nCommittee for 
 Open Discussion of Zionism (CODZ)\nCommunist Party of San Francisco 
 \nCritical Resistance - LA\nCritical Resistance - Oakland\nCritical 
 Resistance - Portland\nDescoloniza a Oakland/Decolonize Oakland \nFree 
 Palestine Movement\nFreedom Archives\nFriends of Deir Ibzi'a \nFuerza 
 Mundial/Pueblos en Movimiento\nGeneral Union of Palestine Students – 
 SFSU\nGlobal Women’s Strike\nGray Panthers of San Francisco\nGreen Party 
 of Alameda County\nHaiti Action Committee\nInternational Action 
 Center\nInternational Jewish Anti Zionist Network\nInternational Solidarity 
 Movement - West Bank/Gaza\nInternational Socialist 
 Organization\nInternational Tribunal of Conscience for Camilo\nISM-Nor 
 Cal\nIWW Bay Area Branch\nJewish Against Genocide\nJews for Palestinian 
 Right of Return\nJustice for Palestinians\nLa Voz de l@s 
 trabajadores/Worker's Voice\nLabor for Palestine\nLake Merritt Neighbors 
 Organized for Peace\nMalcolm X Grassroots Movement\nMarcha Patriotica 
 (Colombia) - California chapter\nMiddle East Children’s Alliance 
 (MECA)\nMovement Generation \nNational Lawyers Guild SFBA Chapter\nNoam 
 Chomsky\nNorCal Friends of Sabeel\nOccupy SF Action Council \nONYX 
 Organizing Committee \nThe Palestine-Israel Action Committee\nPalestine 
 General Federation of Trade Unions\nPalestinian Youth Movement\nQueers 
 Undermining Israeli Terror\nSamidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity 
 Network\nSan Francisco Green Party\nSchool of the Americas Watch East 
 Bay\nSocialist Alternative - Bay Area Branch\nSocialist Organizer\nSOUL: 
 School of Unity and Liberation\nSouthern Anti-Racism Network\nStanford 
 Students for Justice\nStop the War Machine\nStudents for Justice in 
 Palestine – Cal\nTotally Radical Muslims\nUAW Local 2865 (Academic 
 Student Workers at the University of California)\nUS Campaign to End the 
 Israeli Occupation\nUS Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott\nUS 
 Palestinian Community Network\nVeterans For Peace Chapter 69 \nWorld Can't 
 Wait Bay Area \nWorkers World Party\nXicana Moratorium\n\nFor more info: 
 info@araborganizing.org | 415-861-7444\nFollow us on twitter for 
 announcements and updates on Saturday's action! @BlockTheBoatct\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/08/15/18760107.php
SUMMARY:Zim Ship Arrival Delayed: NOT 5am But 3pm Go to Block the Boat Facebook for Updates
LOCATION:March to Oakland Dock\n\nMeet at:\n\nWest Oakland BART Station\n451 7th 
 Street, Oakland, California 94607
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/08/15/18760107.php
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