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Friday, 11 June 2010 07:41

In the aftermath of the flotilla attack, Palestinian trade unionists are calling on dockworkers to block Israeli trade.

The power that labor holds in the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement is of a different character than that of consumers, NGOs and activists. Because labor has the ability to physically halt commerce with Israel, it preempts the need to rely on the conscience of individual market participants (who are hampered in any case by insufficient information about products' origins). For this reason, some view trade and dockworkers unions as the most powerful player in the BDS movement.

Read more here: The Electronic Intifada »

11th June 2010

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