The United Auto Workers has called for a ceasefire in Gaza but can do much more to stop the production of weapons used to massacre Palestinians.

“The situation in Palestine remains very urgent so we really need to build on the momentum”: Activists in New York and New Jersey join the “Block the Boat” efforts.

Unholy alliances: DP World, a company from the UAE, handed out suspensions to workers who honored a picket line and refused to unload an Israeli boat in Prince Rupert, Canada. They aided the Israeli Zim shipping company in trying to squash grassroots support for Palestine in that remote northern British Columbia town, whose port is under the jurisdiction of Canada’s Minister of Transport, Arab-Canadian Omar Alghabra. A scenario that even the most creative writer could not possibly make up.

A coalition of Canadian Palestinian rights organizations tells the Trudeau government to stand behind its alleged commitment to human rights and suspend all instances of Zim-operated ships from docking and unloading in Canadian ports.

Last week activists successfully stopped an Israeli cargo ship from offloading in Oakland. The Volans is a container ship operated by the Haifa-based Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd (ZIM), a company which has been a target of the BDS movement for years. “It shows what’s possible through BDS work when you can actually disrupt international commerce and build worker and community solidarity”: AROC’s Lara Kiswani tells Mondoweiss.

Bay Area activists successfully blocked an Israeli cargo ship from offloading in Oakland, CA. The “Block the Boat” effort has been led by the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC).

In a bold action, Block the Boat activists from Tampa delayed the unloading of a ZIM boat for more than 5 hours Saturday morning.Chaining themselves by the neck to a parked car in front of Tampa’s port entrance, Block the Boat activists prevented the police from dispersing them for several hours after the break of dawn. Eventually, according to Ahmad Saadaldin, “the boat unloaded unfortunately, but there was a MAJOR delay. Port of Tampa has never seen anything like this before. It was an apocalyptic traffic jam. It’s all inspired by Block the Boat Oakland.”