Jim McIlroy: Unionists for Palestine get organised, endorse call to boycott ZIM

Jim McIlroy reports that Unionists for Palestine get organised, endorse call to boycott ZIM.

Joe Deakin, a veteran leader of the MUA, said: “We are dealing with a ruthless capitalist system in this war. The MUA has always stood up to our rulers against war and oppression. We need to stand up for Palestine together. International solidarity is crucial right now.”

Delegates and activists during discussion elaborated on how they were building solidarity with the people of Gaza in their unions.

The Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions and a coalition of all major Palestinian unions and professional associations have called on unions and workers worldwide to boycott Israel and businesses that are complicit with its apartheid regime.

The international effort is called #BlockTheBoat. ZIM, the Israeli shipping line, in the development of the Israeli war machine has been relentless. It is a major transporter of weapons of mass destruction.

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We should support the BDS Movement as a non-violent way to stop the genocide of the Palestinians by the Israeli state.

An even better way is to replace Capitalism with Communism. But this is not possible at present.