Solidarity action at Elizabeth Port, New Jersey: Shut it down for Gaza

DiEM25 joins our comrades in the United States in amplifying a call to action at Elizabeth Port, New Jersey. This is not only one of the most crucial ports for the US economy but also a key site from which US-made weapons are shipped to Israel by companies including ZIM and Maersk. These weapons fuel the ongoing genocide against the people of Gaza.

Israel has repeatedly blocked humanitarian aid, even going so far as to bomb flotilla ships attempting to open a humanitarian corridor. At the same time, the death toll continues to mount: 680,000 people killed, including 380,000 infants under five.

These are not numbers; they are lives, erased by a state that acts with total impunity, backed by the US and protected by Europe’s silence.

The workers and organisers behind this action are clear: if Israel and its backers break humanity, we will break the economy.

Why this matters:

Elizabeth Port is the largest weapons exporter on the US east coast. Shutting it down interrupts the flow of arms that sustain Israel’s genocidal campaign.
This action stands in direct solidarity with the international flotilla movement, which continues to risk everything to break the siege of Gaza.
It also highlights the role of US labour: workers should never be forced to handle explosives and weapons destined for a foreign government’s war of extermination.

A call to humanity

This action is a call to humanity itself. DiEM25 echoes the demand: break the siege, end the genocide, and hold to account those who enable it.

American workers, European citizens, and people everywhere have a choice: either stand by as our governments supply the tools of massacre, or act to disrupt this system of complicity.