Dockworkers from around the world reunited in South Carolina for a week in June to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the successful campaign to “Free the Charleston 5” and the founding of the International Dockworkers Council. For nearly two years, five members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) faced felony rioting charges and prison sentences stemming from their roles in a January 2000 confrontation with police at the entrance to the Columbus Street Terminal in Charleston.