French dock workers block shipment of military material for Israel • FRANCE 24 English

standing defiantly in solidarity with Marles’s dock workers hundreds have gathered to support those refusing to load containers onto a cargo vessel set to leave for Israel the workers trade union says the crates carry links small metal pieces used to connect machine gun bullets and allow rapid bursts of fire the steadors were notified earlier in the week that the ship was due to be loaded with the material on Thursday they were quickly able to identify the vessel and ignore the task wasn’t long before residents caught on and raced to public spaces to show their support nearby at Marles’s old port others gathered to repeal France’s controversial pension reform still the Palestinian flag could be seen flying high marles is France’s leading port city a major player in international trade that accommodates nearly 10,000 ships and handles 79 million tons of goods according to the union the cargo is 19 pallets of links manufactured by the Marseilles based company Eurolinks the dock workers refusal to load it has been welcomed by France’s hard-left and leftwing leaders yes that

French dock workers at a southern port are blocking the shipment of military material bound for Israel in protest at Israeli actions against Palestinians in Gaza, their union said. Charlotte lam reports.
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22 comments

  9. Thank you to the dock workers of Marseilles. God bless you all for doing the moral thing & setting an example to yours & most western governments, who are on the wrong side of history.

  14. Almost two years in horrific conditions inside tunnels — one bathroom break a day, a quarter of a pita per day, a shower once every month and a half, worms everywhere… when will the hostages be released?!

  20. Instead of german labour unions some in France still know what international solidarity means…

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