A caravan of vehicles blocked inbound lanes on Airport Way to protest the conflict in Gaza on Monday afternoon, the Port of Portland reports.

“A caravan of vehicles blocked inbound lanes on Airport Way to protest the conflict in Gaza on Monday afternoon, the Port of Portland reports.”

  • almar_quigley@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    11 months ago

    Let me know when this kind of protesting has an effect. What source does pdx airport have for access to any of these peoples bottom lines? I’m not against protesting by any means, but this is a little like people telling me to recycle as if that can even remotely offset what corporations are doing to the environment (I do recycle for the record). That change needs to be taken to the right place to be enacted against the right people. This protest probably only served to inconvenience a bunch of random citizens.

    • Jentu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Assuming people from the greater Portland area fly into and out of PDX, here’s some places headquartered in the area that could be affected by protests at the airport:

      • Intel, which must have quite a bit of airline traffic at PDX invests heavily in Israel.
      • Adidas, which must have quite a bit of airline traffic at PDX uses an Israeli Manufacturer.
      • Wells Fargo (and BoA), which must have quite a bit of airline traffic at PDX has given loans to Israeli weapons manufacturers.
      • Boeing, which must have quite a bit of airline traffic at PDX provides weapons to Israel.
      • HP, which must have quite a bit of airline traffic at PDX runs the biometric ID system that Israel uses to restrict Palestinian movement as well as other systems for the IDF.
      • Siemens, which must have quite a bit of airline traffic at PDX is involved in the building of Israeli infrastructure.

      So while, yes, the protests definitely inconvenienced random citizens, it has a pretty good chance of also affecting these companies as well.