Dockworkers launch world strike towards Israeli and US army shipments (VIDEOS) — RT World Information

Dockworkers throughout 5 continents have launched a coordinated anti-war strike, concentrating on Israeli arms shipments, US army cargo, and the rising militarization of civilian ports.

Organizers say greater than 25 unions are mobilizing throughout 113 ports in 22 international locations and areas on Friday in an unprecedented worldwide motion. The marketing campaign contains 24-hour strikes, shorter walkouts, blockades, and solidarity rallies.

Main European ports becoming a member of the motion embody Genoa, Marseille, Le Havre, Hamburg, Valencia, Barcelona, and Piraeus. Past Europe, protests are deliberate at Tangier Med in Morocco, Nhava Sheva and Chennai in India, and Oakland and San Francisco within the US, with additional actions throughout Türkiye, Cyprus, Sweden, Denmark, Eire, Portugal, Brazil, Mexico, and Australia.
France’s CGT Ports et Docks has known as 24-hour strikes throughout 24 ports, whereas Italy’s USB has declared a nationwide common strike, with protests in additional than 40 cities. Unions in Germany, Greece, Spain, India, and the US are additionally collaborating.

Dockworkers at Piraeus, Greece’s largest port, had been among the many first to affix the motion, with a three-hour stoppage scheduled from 08:00 to 11:00 GMT. Different Greek maritime unions introduced 24-hour strikes affecting seven ports, threatening ferry companies to the nation’s islands.

Movies of demonstrations and gatherings at different ports have emerged on-line, though the complete extent of the disruption to delivery operations stays unclear as actions are happening at completely different occasions.

What do the dockworkers need?

The unions demand a halt to weapons, ammunition, army gear, and troop shipments by way of business ports, concentrating on each Israeli and US army provide chains. Additionally they oppose turning civilian ports into army hubs and diverting public funds into rearmament whereas employees face stagnant wages, job insecurity, and worsening circumstances.

“From planes to tanks, weapons to bullets, explosives to ammunition, uniforms to boots, our ports have grow to be replenishing and forwarding bases for struggle and genocide,” the organizers stated at a press convention on October 15 in Rome.

The unions accused governments and delivery firms of retaining army provide routes open regardless of the Gaza ceasefire introduced over a yr in the past, which they are saying has been rendered largely meaningless by continued Israeli strikes.

‘No Harbour for Genocide’, the marketing campaign coordinating the motion, claims that it tracked 315 shipments of parts for Israeli arms producer Elbit Methods by way of 56 ports in 29 international locations over 14 months. It says it recognized 3,400 shipments of US army cargo by way of 67 ports in 42 international locations over ten months. The group additionally says US army cargo volumes at some European ports rose as a lot as tenfold following the beginning of the US-Israeli struggle towards Iran. The figures haven’t been independently verified.

Organizers estimate the motion might delay 40,000 containers carrying cargo price over $2 billion, probably costing delivery firms as much as $43 million.

Is it the primary strike of this type?

Dockworkers have challenged army shipments for years, although resistance was largely scattered and localized. Since 2019, employees in Italy, Greece, Morocco, and France have staged sporadic blockades and stoppages, concentrating on arms shipments to Israel, US bases, and different battle zones.

The motion gained momentum in late 2025 after Israel intercepted the International Sumud Flotilla, a 40-plus-vessel convoy making an attempt to ship support to blockaded Gaza. Tons of of activists had been detained, sparking strikes and port blockades throughout Europe. The flotilla marketing campaign additionally pledged to affix the motion on Friday with “coordinated, strategic actions on the water.”

Worldwide coordination intensified in February, when dockworkers at greater than 20 ports throughout seven international locations staged their first joint day of motion, reportedly stopping 5 suspect ships.

In Might, dockworkers’ unions from France, Greece, Italy, Türkiye, Morocco, and Spain’s Basque Nation adopted the Istanbul Declaration, wherein they pledged to dam army cargo and troop shipments to struggle zones, together with these supporting Israel and US army operations. The settlement laid the groundwork for Friday’s world strike.