Palestine is calling for a global strike from the 21st - 28th of January 2024.
Here's a helpful guide on what you can do to participate in the strike, with alt text (also written in Read More). Even if you can't do it all, do the most that you can.
1. No Work
Don't go to work. Don't go to classes. Call out. Talk to your colleagues, organise it together. If you cannot strike the whole time, do an hour together in solidarity. Walk out. Put up signs on your desks and anywhere visible, let people know about it.
2. Be Visible
Wear clothes and bags in support of Palestine. Make signs, banners and similar eye-catching gear. Walk around with them, position them in your window, on your desk, anywhere it's visible. Hand out stickers and flyers and infographics.
3. Don't Buy Stuff
Prepare and buy what is needed beforehand. Avoid going to stores, don't buy anything online. If something is needed, stay visible (see #2) and avoid companies profiting from Israel's crimes (follow the BDS boycott and check out bdnaash.com). Do not buy luxury items or anything not urgently needed for survival.
4. Let the World Know
Talk to media about the strike. Post about it online, on social media and anywhere you can. Talk to people in your life about it. Invite people to strike with you. Spread the word as far as possible. Take part in local action.
5. Avoid Leisure Activities
Don't go to watch a movie or eat in a restaurant. Skip the drinks after work and don't try a new class right now. The goal is to be disruptive, hit the economy and be noticeably absent. If you cannot, follow the above: stay visible, stay loud, keep talking about Palestine.
6. Help Each Other
Ask unions for help. Cover for somebody, engage in mutual aid. Plan for disruptions. Don't try to be perfect - it makes you more likely to give up altogether. Do what you can and help others do what they can. We're stronger together.
7. Shut Social Media Down
Use social media only to spread posts about Palestine. Scroll past the rest, don't engage. Don't post anything else. Don't use apps otherwise. Let Palestinian content flood the online world during strike days.
8. Whatever You Do, It Counts
You can't do it all? That's ok. Find ways you can take part in it. Post on social media, use common hashtags (#StrikeForPalestine #FreePalestine #CeasefireNow). Write a song, make art. Turn your knowledge into informative posts that can be shared. Be the voice of the silenced. The more you can do, the better.
https://arab.org/click-to-help/palestine/ <- Click once daily to help Palestine financially even if you have no money
decolonizepalestine.com <- In depth and very helpful educational resource on everything from Palestine's history, to debunking myths, to how Israel attempts to use propaganda to portray itself in a false light.
https://bdsmovement.net/ <- Official website for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement which calls for international action to end Israel's oppression of Palestine. Below is the official list of companies to boycott according to this movement.
Also boycott Starbucks even though it isn't on this list as the Starbucks boycott is more well known and endorsed (as far as I'm aware) by the BDS movement. Focus on the listed companies more than anything else, but of course, boycott all you can this week!
Contact your representatives/government figures! Let them know directly what you expect of them.
As is reinforced in the original post, It's okay if you cannot do everything. It does not make you a bad person. Do not lose hope, take care of yourself so that you don't burn out or feel too much despair to do anything. Palestine will be free.
in light of a four day ceasefire in Gaza being agreed upon, i am once again asking you all not to lose sight of the big picture. Biden and the Israeli Government are trying to frame this as a major democratic victory and as a favor respectively. they have no intention of a total ceasefire. they have no intention of stopping their genocide. remember - a ceasefire is the very first step. it’s not even the bare minimum.
the absolute bare minimum in this situation is 1) a complete ceasefire and immediate humanitarian aid in Gaza, 2) complete halt of all military foreign aid to the Israeli government, 3) the Israeli government being prosecuted for its war crimes in the International Criminal Court, and 4) land back and reparations for the Palestinian people. free Palestine means free Palestine, not just temporarily stop carpet bombing Palestine.
a temporary ceasefire is something, but it’s not even close to the end goal. we cannot let up pressure when things seem to be looking up. keep protesting, boycotting, spreading awareness, contacting politicians, etcetera. keep your eyes on Gaza. free Palestine.
YES HI. USING THIS PLATFORM TO TALK ABOUT WHATS HAPPENING IN GAZA / PALESTINE RN.
There's a BLACKOUT in Gaza rn. Internet access are CUT OFF. A BOMBING IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING IN GAZA. MANY INNOCENT PALESTINIAN PEOPLE ARE GETTING KILLED, A MASSIVE GENOCIDE IS HAPPENING AS I TYPE THIS RIGHT NOW.
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PETITIONS:
American government to call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Urge the U.S. Government to stop funding Israel's killing machine
I made a thread with donation links and petitions in my Twitter below: