The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has announced a nationwide campaign calling for a broad arms embargo on Israel. Through their latest move, the party has expanded its advocacy beyond weapons shipments to target companies involved in transporting and producing military equipment.
In a post on X, the DSA said, “As the genocide in Palestine continues and violence intensifies across the West Bank, the call for an arms embargo has never been more critical. The group described the initiative as a “total embargo” that extends beyond weapons transfers. It said the campaign would focus on companies involved in manufacturing and transporting military equipment used by Israel. The party said that its latest campaign seeks to “illuminate and eliminate the complicity of the companies that produce and transport the instruments of genocide.”
The movement will prioritize strategic pressure points rather than attempting to challenge the entire US-Israel military relationship at once, according to the DSA. “We must attack at strategic points to chip away bit by bit as our movement and our power continues to grow,” the group said. “We will sever the supply chain of death in solidarity with Palestine with an organized movement from below, by workers, unions and communities,” the group said in its announcement.
