#italy #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #tradeunions / #boycott / #warmaterial
„Since dockworkers operate at a crucial “choke point” in the military supply chain to Israel, their boycotts are a powerful form of #solidarity with Gaza.“
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/10/dockerworker-strikes-gaza-legacy/
Sorry #Ukraine: you should not expect anything #warMaterial from #Switzerland.
#parlCH #nationalCouncil just voted NO on the point most relevant for #warInUkraine.
Federal councilor #GuyParmelin (inter alia) #confidentlyWrong about #internationalLaw, #UNCharter, #neutrality…
https://www.parlament.ch/en/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20233005
LIVE: #Swiss parliament's lower chamber starts discussing #warMaterial (re-)exports to #Ukraine just now.
Expect some decision by the end of the year, if any.
Some context…
For decades Swiss #warMaterial kept appearing in places embarrassing wrt human rights.
A majority emerged in the population and in parliament for a stricter export regime. It had to confront ugly tactics by #ArmTradeLiberals — tightening the #WarMaterialAct just before a popular vote only to relax it later, "interpreting" decrees and rules with laxity bordering on dishonesty, etc.
So #parlCH wrote stricter rules into a law which came into force in 2022…
List of #SwissMade #WarMaterial (re-)exportation requests rejected by #CH:
On 2022-06-03:
- 12,400 rounds of 35mm ammunition for #Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns (request by #DE)
- 22 #Piranha Ⅲ wheeled APC (#DK)
https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-89141.html
Gerd_Brodowski
Ideal CH