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DESCRIPTION:In a major BDS win, AROC mobilized several hundred people and blocked an 
 Israeli shipping giant from unloading cargo in the Port of Oakland early 
 Friday morning!\n\nThe fight has just begun. We are calling for more 
 pickets at 4PM!\n\nWHAT: Second mass community picket to block Israeli 
 ZIM-operated cargo ship from unloading cargo in Oakland Port\nWHEN: 
 Starting at 4pm, Friday, June 4, 2021\nWHERE: Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, 
 2777 Middle Harbor Rd, Oakland \n\nShuttles will be taking people from West 
 Oakland BART to Middle Harbor Shoreline Park beginning at 3pm. Please look 
 out for signs around BART and on vehicles. More information: 
 https://blocktheboat.org/transportation-and-accessibility/\n\nReal-time 
 updates can be accessed by subscribing to alerts at (812) 562-5946 
 \n\nSeveral hundred Bay Area residents successfully mobilized to the Port 
 of Oakland to participate in #BlockTheBoat, a campaign led by the Arab 
 Resource & Organizing Center (AROC) to prevent Israeli owned and operated 
 cargo ships from being worked and unloaded in the Bay Area. AROC and the 
 broader community claimed victory after four hours of picketing when 
 dockworkers with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) 
 Local 10 honored the picket and did not unload the Volans, a vessel 
 operated by Israeli shipping company ZIM. The terminal operated by TraPac 
 is shut down until the evening shifts. The Volans is still docked with all 
 its Oakland-bound cargo on board.\n\nToday’s victory is a win for the 
 international movement to boycott, divest and sanction the apartheid state 
 of Israel. Let's keep up the moomentum and ensure that ship does not unload 
 in Oakland tonight or ever! \n\nTodays mobilizations are part of an 
 international week of action to #BlockTheBoat from June 2 - June 9th. 
 Social justice organizations in port cities are organizing community 
 pickets to prevent ZIM ships from unloading anywhere. #BlocktheBoat has 
 received over 100 endorsements from labor unions, faith, and community 
 organizations, including the Congress of South African Trade Unions 
 (COSATU), the largest federation of trade unions in South Africa, 
 representing 1.8 million people.\n\nJoin us as we mobilize in Oakland to 
 demonstrate to the world that apartheid-profiteering is not welcome 
 anywhere, and that we will continue to echo the calls to Boycott, Divest 
 and Sanction Israel until Palestine is free! \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/04/18842941.php
SUMMARY:We Blocked the Boat in Oakland! Mobilize AGAIN 4pm
LOCATION:Port of Oakland\nMiddle Harbor Shoreline Park\n2777 Middle Harbor Rd
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/04/18842941.php
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