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Racists Want Charlottesville Terror Here – It’s Up to Us to Stop
It!
LONGSHORE
WORKERS:
SHUT DOWN THE FASCISTS!
We, longshore workers,
support the call to action for our union to take the lead for the working
class, to stop a deadly threat to the rights and the lives of us all.
This weekend, fascist
groups plan to stage rallies that threaten to repeat the racist terror of
Charlottesville in the Bay Area. We’ve shut down the port against racism, war and police repression. Longshore
workers have got the power, and we will not allow labor-hating white
supremacists to bring their lynch mob terror here.
On Saturday, August 26 at 10AM, we will assemble at Marina Green (between
Crissy Field and Fort Mason) and march to stop the fascist provocation at
Crissy Field. We’re calling on all ILWU members, other unions and supporters to
be there. Stop these racist killers from killing again. If not now, when? If not
here, where? We have the power. Let’s
use it!
On August 26, the fascist
group that calls itself “Patriot Prayer” plans to hold a rally on Crissy Field.
On August 27, several fascist groups plan a rally in Berkeley. What this means
was shown in Portland on May 26: a Nazi who attended a “Patriot Prayer” rally
the previous month killed two men for standing up against his racist threats to
two young women. On June 4, members of 14 unions in Portland mobilized in the
struggle to stop the fascists drawn by “Patriot Prayer”.
Charlottesville, Virginia
on August 12 showed again that the fascists are not about “free speech.” The
rally by Nazis, KKK and other white supremacists led directly to the murder of
Heather Heyer and injuries to dozens of courageous anti-racist counter-protesters.
Some of the same Nazis plan to come to the Bay Area this weekend. Meanwhile,
Trump obscenely praises “good” fascists and “beautiful” statues of bloody
Confederate slave masters.
And now the fascists want
to bring their race-terror here? We say: Hell no! Who do these fascist creeps think they’re messing with? SF is a union town. Let’s bring out the whole
Bay Area labor movement, with defenders of African American, Asian, Latino,
gay, lesbian, women’s and immigrant rights, to stop the fascists.
To do this, we must rely on our own power as workers – not phony
“friend of labor” politicians of both bosses’ parties. Their pleas for Trump’s
Department of the Interior to deny a permit for Crissy Field are a diversion.
Any bans, especially in a port city, could be used against workers fighting for
their rights. But as the Portland Painters said in a solidarity message, when we use our “power as workers to take action against the
fascists on August 26th, that will be a call to action of workers
and oppressed people throughout this country.”
Now’s the time to stand up
for all that ILWU has fought for, as opponents of racism and oppression. We
can’t let these racists and fascists keep on killing. Enough is enough. Let’s
join together in unity and in strength to put our union resolution into action. On August 26,
DON’T WORK! SHUT THE PORT DOWN AND THE FASCISTS TOO!
Anthony Leviege
#9576 Jack Heyman
#8780 (ret.)
August 21, 2017
ILWU Motion Passed on August 17, 2017Whereas, the fascists, the KKK, Nazis and other white supremacists rallied and marched by torchlight in Charlottesville, whipping up lynch mob terror with racist, anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic slogans, and
Whereas, that attack resulted in one anti-racist counter demonstrator murdered and many others injured when one of the fascist bullies ran them down with a car, and
Whereas, President Trump’s whitewashing this violent, deadly fascist and racist attack saying “both sides are to blame”, and his attacking anti-racists for opposing Confederate statues that honor slavery adds fuel to the fire of racist violence, and
Whereas, the Klan, Nazis and other racist terrorists represent a deadly threat to African Americans, Latinos and immigrants, as well as Muslims, Jews, LGBTQ people among many others, and directly to members of our union and the labor movement as a whole, and
Whereas, the fascist “Patriot Prayer” group that staged violent racist provocations in Portland, Oregon and elsewhere, attracting Nazi and other violent white supremacists, has announced it will rally on Crissy Field on Saturday August 26, and
Whereas, far from a matter of “free speech”, the racist and fascist provocations are a deadly menace as shown in Portland on May 26 when a Nazi murdered two men and almost killed a third for defending two young African American women he was menacing; and our sisters and brothers in the Portland labor movement answered racist terror with the power of workers solidarity, mobilizing members of 14 unions against the fascist/racist rally there on June 4, and
Whereas, ILWU Local 10 has a long and proud history of standing up against racism, fascism and bigotry and using our union power to do so; on May Day 2015 we shut down Bay Area ports and marched followed by thousands to Oscar Grant Plaza demanding an end to police terror against African Americans and others; the San Francisco Bay Area is a union stronghold and we will not allow labor-hating white supremacists to bring their lynch mob terror here,
Therefore, ILWU Local 10 in the best tradition of our union that fought these rightwingers in the Big Strike of 1934, will not work on that day and instead march to Crissy Field to stop the racist, fascist intimidation in our hometown and invite all unions and antiracist and antifascist organizations to join us defending unions, racial minorities, immigrants, LGBTQ people, women and all the oppressed.
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ILWU Motion Passed on August 17, 2017Whereas, the fascists, the KKK, Nazis and other white supremacists rallied and marched by torchlight in Charlottesville, whipping up lynch mob terror with racist, anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic slogans, and
Whereas, that attack resulted in one anti-racist counter demonstrator murdered and many others injured when one of the fascist bullies ran them down with a car, and
Whereas, President Trump’s whitewashing this violent, deadly fascist and racist attack saying “both sides are to blame”, and his attacking anti-racists for opposing Confederate statues that honor slavery adds fuel to the fire of racist violence, and
Whereas, the Klan, Nazis and other racist terrorists represent a deadly threat to African Americans, Latinos and immigrants, as well as Muslims, Jews, LGBTQ people among many others, and directly to members of our union and the labor movement as a whole, and
Whereas, the fascist “Patriot Prayer” group that staged violent racist provocations in Portland, Oregon and elsewhere, attracting Nazi and other violent white supremacists, has announced it will rally on Crissy Field on Saturday August 26, and
Whereas, far from a matter of “free speech”, the racist and fascist provocations are a deadly menace as shown in Portland on May 26 when a Nazi murdered two men and almost killed a third for defending two young African American women he was menacing; and our sisters and brothers in the Portland labor movement answered racist terror with the power of workers solidarity, mobilizing members of 14 unions against the fascist/racist rally there on June 4, and
Whereas, ILWU Local 10 has a long and proud history of standing up against racism, fascism and bigotry and using our union power to do so; on May Day 2015 we shut down Bay Area ports and marched followed by thousands to Oscar Grant Plaza demanding an end to police terror against African Americans and others; the San Francisco Bay Area is a union stronghold and we will not allow labor-hating white supremacists to bring their lynch mob terror here,
Therefore, ILWU Local 10 in the best tradition of our union that fought these rightwingers in the Big Strike of 1934, will not work on that day and instead march to Crissy Field to stop the racist, fascist intimidation in our hometown and invite all unions and antiracist and antifascist organizations to join us defending unions, racial minorities, immigrants, LGBTQ people, women and all the oppressed.
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