Friday, August 29, 2014

Israeli Company Targeted by Oakland Blockade Imports Ammunition Into US

2014 828 bloc fwActivists in Oakland picketed the city's busy port for five days starting August 16, preventing longshore workers from unloading the Zim Piraeus, one of 89 ships in the Zim fleet. Oakland, CA, August 16, 2014. (Photo: Alex Chis)
By Darwin BondGraham, Truthout | Report-Thursday, 28 August 2014 
TruthoutIsraeli-owned shipping company Zim, the target of recent port blockades organized by Palestinian solidarity activists in California, is importing millions of rounds of small arms ammunition into the United States each year.