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DESCRIPTION:UPDATE 10/24, 9pm:  A third blockade was set to target the Zim ship Beijing 
 before dawn on Saturday, October 25. The Beijing was then rescheduled to 
 dock on the morning of Sunday, October 26, but its arrival at this point 
 has been delayed indefinitely. \n\nThe call now is for a solidarity march 
 from West Oakland BART station at 3pm, Sunday 26th as a show of force to 
 let Zim know that activists will be ready should the Beijing attempt to 
 unload cargo in Oakland at any time. \n\nShow Zim that we are prepared to 
 Block the Boat!  Be ready to get to the port any time should the Beijing 
 attempt to dock! 
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 the Boat for Palestine\n\nTake the wind out of Zim's sails!\nZionism isn't 
 welcome on our coast!\nJoin the BDS movement to end Israeli 
 apartheid!\n\nPort of Oakland\nSUNDAY, October 26th\n5am (Time subject to 
 change; sign up for text alerts)\nMeet at West Oakland Bart and march to 
 Berth 57\n\nIMPORTANT: Those planning to participate must subscribe to 
 text-alerts in order to receive updates about the 10/25 Block the Boat. 
 Text "join" to (510) 
 346-5951.\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nEND 
 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\nWhat's Happening?\n\nThis summer, 
 we made history at the Port of Oakland when we stopped the Israeli-owned 
 shipping company Zim from unloading its goods for four straight days. The 
 blockade was a catalyst for cities all over the U.S. and across the globe 
 in the ever-growing BDS movement to resist Zionism and end Israeli 
 apartheid.\n\nThe military assault on Gaza—which killed more than 2,200 
 Palestinians and left more than 100,000 homeless—has halted, thanks to 
 the Palestinian resistance, but our struggle is not over. With the full 
 support of the U.S. government, Israel continues to carry out its brutal 
 occupation, confiscate more land and build more settlements, imprison 
 thousands of Palestinians, and maintain the siege on Gaza as part of its 
 policy of ethnic cleansing.\n\nThe apartheid state of Israel not only 
 impacts Palestinians, but also plays a role in the oppression of 
 communities all across the globe. The Zim shipping line is instrumental in 
 upholding this system of global repression. There are direct 
 ties—training, weapons, and surveillance—between Israel’s occupation 
 of Palestine and the increasingly militarized occupation of black and brown 
 communities in the United States. And it is now a well-known fact that 
 police departments in and around Ferguson, Missouri, have received training 
 from Israel.\n\nWhy Block Zim at the Ports?\n\nZIM shipping line 
 transported weapons and European settlers from as far back as 1948, playing 
 a central role in the creation of the state of Israel and ethnic cleansing 
 of Palestine. Now it’s responsible for shipping Israeli ammunition used 
 on poor, black and brown communities all across the US. One-third owned by 
 the Israeli government, Zim fuels a significant portion of Israel's 
 economy. Challenging Zim cuts a lifeline of Israeli colonialism and exposes 
 the strength of US-Israeli ties.\n\nPorts have historically been places for 
 workers to assert their power and make social change. During apartheid in 
 South Africa, ILWU workers refused to unload South African cargo in San 
 Francisco in 1984. This action was a major catalyst for international 
 anti-apartheid solidarity that helped topple the apartheid regime of South 
 Africa.\n\nWe built on that legacy at the Port of Oakland in 2010, after a 
 Turkish flotilla, the Mavi Marmara, was attacked by Israel for attempting 
 to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, by successfully blocking a Zim ship from 
 being unloaded—the first time in US history an Israeli ship was blocked. 
 And recently, we made history again with the 2014 Block the Boat campaign, 
 stopping Zim and Zionism and the port of Oakland for four consecutive days. 
 Just as apartheid fell in South Africa, so too it will fall in 
 Israel!\n\nCall to Action!\n\nIsrael was defeated by the resistance and 
 resilience of the people of Gaza. We are inspired as they rebuild and 
 continue to affirm life in the aftermath of Israel's latest bombardment. 
 Palestinian resistance did not begin with Israel's latest bombardment—it 
 has been going on since 1948, since Israel came into existence. And it will 
 not cease until Israeli apartheid falls. It is now more important than ever 
 to continue to weaken the racist state of Israel and bring down 
 apartheid.\n\nPalestinians are unified in their call to people around the 
 world to take action against Israel everywhere. Bay Area residents have the 
 opportunity to up the ante and be leaders in the movement for justice in 
 Palestine!\n\nWe salute the longshoremen who stood with the Palestinian 
 people by honoring our Block the Boat picket and refusing to unload Zim in 
 August, and for doing so again during another successful picket in 
 September. We will be asking workers to once again join with us in sending 
 a message to the world that Zionism is not welcome at the Port of Oakland. 
 Join us!\n\n\nJoin the Movement for Boycott, Divestment and 
 Sanctions!\n\n\nFrom Oakland to Seattle, Los Angeles, Vancouver, New York, 
 New Orleans, and Tampa—turn the Israeli ship around!\n\nWe encourage 
 allies in cities across the US to join us in building on our historic 
 victory against Zionism by ensuring that Zim ships are not welcome 
 anywhere!\n\nNot in Palestine\nNot in the Bay\nNot Anywhere\nStand Against 
 Zionism Everywhere\n\n\nEndorsed by:\n\nAddameer: Palestinian Prisoner 
 Support and Human Rights Organization\nAdvance the 
 Struggle\nAf3irm\nAl-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition USA\nAll 
 African People's Revolutionary Party\nAmerican Muslims for 
 Palestine\nAnakbayan East Bay\nArab Resource and Organizing Center 
 (AROC)\nAsian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)\nANSWER Coalition\nBAYAN 
 USA\nBoycott! Supporting the Palestinian BDS Call from Within\nCatalyst 
 Project\nCenter for Political Education (CPE)\nCoalition to Stop $30 
 Billion to Israel\nCommunity Futures Collective\nCritical Resistance 
 Oakland\nCritical Resistance Los Angeles\nEast Bay Solidarity Network\nFree 
 Palestine Movement\nFreedom Archives\nFreedom Socialist Party\nFriends of 
 Sabeel--North America (FOSNA)\nGABRIELA San Francisco\nGlobal March to 
 Jerusalem - North America\nGray Panthers of San Francisco\nHaiti Action 
 Committee\nHelena (Montana) Service for Peace and 
 Justice/SERPAJ\nInterdenominational Advocates for Peace\nInternational 
 Action Center\nInternational Coalition to Free the Angola 3\nInternational 
 Jewish Anti Zionist Network (IJAN)\nInternational Socialist Organization 
 (ISO)\nIraq Veterans Against War (IVAW) - Bay Area\nISM - Northern 
 California\nJews for Palestinian Right of Return\nJustice for 
 Palestinians\nLabor for Palestine\nLighthouse Masjid Social Justice 
 Committee\nMarcha Patriotica Colombia - California Chapter\nMalcolm X 
 Grassroots Movement\nMilbes Family Foundation\nNew York City Labor Against 
 the War\nNorCal Friends of Sabeel\nOccupy SF Action Council\nPalestinian 
 Boycott,\nDivestment and Sanctions National\nCommittee (BNC)\nPalestine 
 Poster Project Archives\nPalestinian Youth Movement (PYM)\nParty for 
 Socialism and Liberation (PSL)\nThe Peace and Freedom Party of Alameda 
 County\nPhat Beets\nQueers Undermining Israeli Terror (QUIT)\nReal Cost of 
 Prisons\nRuckus Society\nSamidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity 
 Network\nSF Women in Black\nThe US Campaign to End the Israeli 
 Occupation\nUAW2865 BDS Caucus\nUS Palestinian Community Network 
 (USPCN)\nWORD (Women Organized to Resist and Defend)\nWorkers World 
 Party\n\nPlease email info@araborganizing.org with subject "Endorse Block 
 the Boat" to add your organization.\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/10/16/18762931.php
SUMMARY:Block The Boat - March for Palestine - SUNDAY (date change) 
LOCATION:Meet at West Oakland BART
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