Katy Fox-Hodess

Jan 16, 2025 | popularresistance.org | Katy Fox-Hodess |Rafeef Ziadah |Labor Notes

By Katy Fox-Hodess & Rafeef Ziadah, Labor Notes.

Jan 15, 2025 | znetwork.org | Katy Fox-Hodess |Rafeef Ziadah |Justice Palestine

In a resounding display of international solidarity, members of the Swedish Dockworkers Union (SDU) voted by 68 percent in December to block the handling of military shipments to and from Israel. The Swedish government continues to trade arms with Israel.

Dec 15, 2023 | popularresistance.org | Rafeef Ziadah |Katy Fox-Hodess |Labor Notes

Above photo: Protesters blockaded four arms plants in the U.K. on December 7, including Eaton Mission Systems in Bournemouth. Workers for a Free Palestine.

Dec 13, 2023 | labornotes.org | Rafeef Ziadah |Katy Fox-Hodess

An appeal from Palestinian unions for global solidarity has elicited unprecedented worker-led actions in Italy, Canada, India, Belgium, Spain, and the U.K.Israel’s military attack on Gaza has killed more than 18,000 people, injured nearly 50,000, and displaced 1.9 million, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Nov 27, 2023 | portside.org | Peter Cole |Rafeef Ziadah |Katy Fox-Hodess

Dockworkers and Labor Activists Can Block the Transport of Arms to Israel Published November 27, 2023 As a humanitarian disaster ravages Gaza, activists around the world have taken a wide range of actions aimed at pressuring Israel, from mass marches and “die-ins” to blockades and sit-ins. Unions have also ramped up solidarity actions in a range of sectors.