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IWW supports the movement of boycott, divestment and sanctions in support of Palestinian Rights

" officially supported the call for BDS, the IWW stand shoulder to shoulder with the Palestinian workers in a global picket against Israeli apartheid. "

Translated by David Comedi .


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 02 December 2010



02/12/2010 Industrial Workers of the World (IWW for its acronym in English or Wobblies) has voted to officially support the movement of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) in defense Palestinian rights. The "Resolution in Support of Workers in Palestine / Israel" was adopted by an overwhelming vote in both the IWW convention

in Minneapolis and by the members through a referendum.

the IWW and the Group of Friends of Palestinian workers in the IWW , a network Wobblies base of support for the struggle of Palestinians, Israelis and internationals against Israeli apartheid. Support BDS has also been reaffirmed by all Palestinian workers who met with members of the IWW the IWW delegation to Palestine, in particular the Independent Federation of Workers in Palestine, with which IWW shares a close bond of solidarity.

"For a union committed to international solidarity, support for the BDS movement is right," said a member of the IWW Nathaniel Miller, a member of the Commission International Solidarity and member of the IWW delegation who went to Palestine. "By officially endorse the call for BDS, the IWW ranks shoulder to shoulder with the Palestinian workers in a global picket against Israeli apartheid."

"Our support for the BDS movement is consistent with traditional principles of combating racism and international solidarity"

The Friends of Palestinian Workers IWW resolved to continue to advance the cause of the rights of Palestinians inside and outside the IWW. Founded in 1905, the IWW is a union with a long tradition of solidarity and anti-militarism, and has been instrumental in some of the most important struggles in the history of the U.S. working class. UU. More recently, the IWW

has successfully organized workers at Starbucks and fast food industry (fast food), which were long regarded as unorganisable.

The IWW is an international union with members in North America, Europe, Australia and South Africa. Friends of Palestinian workers from the IWW

· Phone - 610-209-1447

· E-mail - Nathaniel [at] iww.org

· Web -

www.iww.org / projects / isc / Palestine Related

· International Solidarity Commission of the IWW

original article text links ·

www.iww.org / projects / isc / Palestine

http://www.iww.org/en/node/5282

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