Thread by @AROCBayArea

Following our victory against the Israeli ZIM ship this morning, the Bay Area is gathering again at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in the Port of Oakland to keep the ship from unloading. As long as the ship is here, we will be as well! #BlockTheBoat #BDS #EndIsraeliApartheid

https://twitter.com/AROCBayArea/status/1400839046830575616

Plenty of time to come join us! Let ZIM know that their apartheid profiteering isn’t welcome in Oakland!

2777 Middle Harbor Rd, Oakland, CA 94607

#BlockTheBoat #BDS

Picketers are beginning to arrive to port entrances ahead of the 6PM work shift in Oakland. #BlockTheBoat #BDS #EndIsraeliApartheid

Just getting started and this picket line isn’t going to be crossed! #BlockTheBoat #BDS #EndIsraeliApartheid

“Viva viva Palestina!” #BlockTheBoat #BDS #EndIsraeliApartheid #Oakland

Just one of the several port entrances being picketed. Hundreds of people here already. #BlockTheBoat #BDS #EndIsraeliApartheid #Oakland

“We’re gonna block, the boat, block #BlockTheBoat!” #BDS #EndIsraeliApartheid #Oakland

#BlockTheBoat #BDS #EndIsraeliApartheid #Oakland

Solidarity from Oakland port workers is incredibly inspiring. An injury to one is an injury to all! #BlockTheBoat #BDS #EndIsraeliApartheid

#BlockTheBoat #BDS #Oakland

“From Iraq to Palestine, occupation is a crime!” #BlockTheBoat #BDS #EndIsraeliApartheid

“Shut it down!”

The ZIM ship must go! No apartheid profiteering in Oakland! #BlockTheBoat #BDS

“How do you spell justice?”

“B-D-S!”

#BlockTheBoat #BDS #EndIsraeliApartheid #Oakland

“Free, free, free Palestine! End, end the occupation!” #BlockTheBoat #Oakland

Oakland. #FreePalestine #BlockTheBoat #BDS

Picket lines are going strong 20 minutes ahead of the start of the work shift. The Bay Area is in solidarity with Palestine. The Israeli ZIM ship must go! #BlockTheBoat #BDS #EndIsraeliApartheid

“From Palestine to the Philippines, stop the US war machine!” #BlockTheBoat #BDS #EndIsraeliApartheid

VICTORY!!! The ZIM ship is leaving! They know our picket lines are too strong! We aren’t leaving until we are sure they are gone for good! #BlockTheBoat #BDS

“Rank-and-file ILWU Local 10 made clear: no worker solidarity with apartheid Israel!” - Lara Kiswani, Executive Director of @AROCBayArea. #BlockTheBoat #BDS #Oakland

“If the ZIM shipping line tries to dock again in Oakland, we will be back.” - Lara Kiswani from @AROCBayArea. #BlockTheBoat #BDS #EndIsraeliApartheid

“But know today’s victory we do not take lightly...this is huge. This is huge not just for Oakland. This is huge not just for Palestine. This is huge for all our movements for justice!” - Lara Kiswani, @AROCBayArea. #BlockTheBoat #BDS #EndIsraeliApartheid

Picketers thank @ILWU_10 members for their solidarity while leaving the Port of Oakland victorious. This win was only possible because workers stood together, across borders. #BlockTheBoat #BDS #EndIsraeliApartheid

Try not to cry. 😭 #BlockTheBoat #BDS #Oakland