Workers at the Piraeus Port in Athens successfully blocked a shipment of ammunition bound for Israel in a late-night action on 17 October.
Following a call to action by the dockworkers’ union Enedep, port workers and activists mobilised to prevent a container of bullets, designated for the port of Haifa, from being loaded onto the ship Marla Bull, owned by Israeli company ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.
In addition to Enedep, the action was supported by several workers’ organisations, including the Labor Center of Piraeus and unions of metalworkers and the shipbuilding industry.
The workers declared they would not be complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza by allowing the container to sail, as its cargo would be used to kill more Palestinians.
As a result of the action, the Marla Bull was forced to leave the port without the shipment. According to local Palestine solidarity groups, the container remains near the port, guarded by workers and awaiting further investigation by port authorities.
During the action, workers demanded “disengagement from the imperialist plans and their consequences that turn our country and Piraeus Port into a target for retaliation”. They added that Piraeus should not serve as a “base of war”. A delegate from the General Union of Palestinian Workers, Mohammed Iqnaibi, commended the workers for their solidarity, stating that Palestinian workers continue to draw strength and courage from their struggles…. – Peoples Dispatch/Globetrotter News Service
- Tegakkan maruah serta kualiti kehidupan rakyat
- Galakkan pembangunan saksama, lestari serta tangani krisis alam sekitar
- Raikan kerencaman dan keterangkuman
- Selamatkan demokrasi dan angkatkan keluhuran undang-undang
- Lawan rasuah dan kronisme