Wednesday, April 23, 2008

South African Dock Workers Refuse to Unload Zimbabwe-bound Chinese Weapons

OK, this is really neat. A group of dock workers in South Africa have refused to unload a shipment of Chinese-made weapons that were bound for Zimbabwe (which is currently in crisis). Sometimes it's easy to forget about the nature of logistics, but weapons don't just spring forth from the Earth or teleport themselves from the factory to the hands of an army. If anyone in the supply chain of the weapon manufacturer refuses to cooperate, the delivery is disrupted. So god bless those dock workers for doing their small part to help lessen the current catastrophe in Zimbabwe.

If you'd like, you can sign a petition to show support for this action and to ask the SADC and gov'ts throughout the world to show similar acts of solidarity.

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