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Members of MN Labor for Palestine voted unanimously to join the national Labor for Palestine network. Labor for Palestine was originally formed in April 2004 by New York City Labor Against the War and Al-Awda NY: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition.
Joining this network means that we will continue to grow in strength and solidarity with countless union organizers and working class activists around the country. This will sharpen our understanding and strategy of how we as working Minnesotans can intensify the struggle locally for the liberation of Palestine.
In the labor movement, it is often said that an injury to one is an injury to all. This statement is one which we embody through a clear stance of international solidarity with our fellow workers in Palestine, where our union brothers and sisters who are facing apartheid and occupation are struggling daily to survive imperialism. Our pension funds and tax dollars should not fund genocide.
In joining with the National Network, we align with these core principles:
“We welcome growing union calls for a permanent ceasefire to end the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza. Now, we call on our labor bodies to take the next step of fully embracing the Urgent Call from Palestinian Trade Unions: End all Complicity, Stop Arming Israel, and of standing in solidarity with the struggle for Palestinian liberation and return, by:
-Demanding an immediate end to the siege on Gaza and to all U.S. military aid for Israel.
-Following the example of Block the Boat, ILWU West Coast dockers, and workers around the world who refuse to build or transport weapons destined for Israel.
-Respecting the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) picket line by severing ties with Israel’s racist labor federation, the Histadrut and its US mouthpiece, the Jewish Labor Committee, and by divesting from Israel Bonds and industries connected with Zionist settler colonialism and occupation.”
From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free🇵🇸
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