WEDNESDAY, 10:30AM: NYC-DSA and Partners to Hold Press Conference at JFK Airport, Citing Public Safety Risk of Military Cargo Shipments, as Netanyahu Arrives for UN Address
Advisory for Wednesday, September 23rd at 10:30AM
Press Contact: Bassel Khalili |Signal: @AB19.48, Email: press@socialists.nyc
WEDNESDAY,10:30AM: NYC-DSA and Partners to Hold Press Conference at JFK Airport, Citing Public Safety Risk of Military Cargo Shipments, as Netanyahu Arrives for UN Address
WHAT: Press conference to call for an immediate halt to the shipment of military and explosive cargo through JFK, public transparency regarding all previous shipments of military aid to Israel via civilian infrastructure, and an end to New York taxpayer complicity in funding it, consistent with a military embargo against Israel.
WHERE: Terminal 8, John F. Kennedy International Airport
WHEN: Wednesday, September 23 at 1030AM
WHO:
– New York State Senator Jabari Brisport
– Democratic Nominee for New York State Senate District 12 Aber Kawas
– Democratic Nominee for New York State Assembly District 38 David Orkin
– New York City Democratic Socialists of America (NYC-DSA)
– Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM)
– Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)
– Rockaway for Palestine
– Common Defense
WHY: Reporters have documented tons of explosive material flying out of JFK, on the same runways every passenger plane uses. JFK Airport is a critical part of New York’s publicly governed transportation and cargo infrastructure. This is not an issue happening somewhere far away, but right here in New York City, raising questions on public accountability, transparency, workers’ rights, and the role of our city and public agencies in facilitating the movement of military equipment connected to an ongoing genocide.
Audio/visuals available upon request include: Photos, videos of speakers.
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ABOUT BREAK THE CHAIN: NYC-DSA’s Break the Chain is a people’s arms embargo campaign organized by NYC-DSA’s Anti-War Working Group. We are a coalition of workers, families, students, and neighbors demanding that New York’s infrastructure stop serving as a pipeline for weapons bound for Israel’s military.
New York’s strength comes from its people, not from weapons. By demanding an arms embargo on Israel, we turn the city’s productive power toward building life, not fueling conflict. Every New Yorker who flies through JFK, every family in Queens, every student and commuter deserves to know that our airports and ports serve peace, not war.
ABOUT NYC-DSA: New York City Democratic Socialists is the local chapter of Democratic Socialists of America—the largest socialist organization in the United States with over 100,000 members. NYC-DSA is run by its 14,000+ members and activists who are working together to build a democratic socialist organization in the five boroughs.