Dateline: Los Angeles/Long Beach
Port Convention Attacked by Pranksters Armed with ‘Snark and a Pointed Critique’
September 13, 2011
Port officials and shipping industry leaders attending the annual American Association of Port Authorities convention woke up to find themselves the unwitting victims of a prank by environmental, faith, labor and community activists.
Seattle’s The Stranger reports that the, “pranksters slipped a revised agenda (pdf) underneath the doors of all 900 rooms at the Westin Hotel, promoting mock sessions like The ‘Green Washing’ of the Cargo Supply Chain Award, Handout Happy Hour, Integrating Jim Crow into Today’s Workplace….The entire mock agenda is pretty well done—an informative mix of snark and pointed critique.”
While the merry pranksters and their mock agenda didn’t end all of the environmental and economic injustices at the ports, it’s just one event of many that activists are planning this week to shine a bright light on the real-world consequences of a dirty and broken port industry.
