May Palestine Flourish and Be Free
To our beloved community,
Over the past few weeks, we have witnessed the impact that decades of Israeli apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and violence have had on the Palestinian people. Their cry for freedom from occupation, and to live in peace and with dignity, is a story that reverberates throughout many of our communities. We are witnessing a genocide and we demand an immediate ceasefire.
Allied Media Projects has a long history of standing with Palestinians in the face of ongoing Israeli/ US-backed violence and colonialism, and we reaffirm our position amidst what is perhaps their darkest hour since the 1948 Nakba. As a show of support for the people of Palestine, Allied Media Projects will heed the call for a Global General Strike on Friday 10/20 by leaving work early on Thursday, October 19th (as AMP is closed on Fridays.) We call upon our network to join businesses, organizations, and schools around the world as they close on Friday, October 20th in solidarity with Palestinians.
Please join us, and Palestinian people everywhere, by participating in the general strike this Friday, October 20th, contacting your congress people to demand an immediate ceasefire, and engaging with the resources below.
URGENT ACTION:
- Call on Congress (USA)
- Call for a Ceasefire (USA)
- Stop Gaza Genocide: Take Action Now! (Public Toolkit)
SUPPORT AND DONATE
- Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (USA)
- Islamic Relief Canada
- Medical Aid For Palestinians (UK)
- BuildPalestine’s List of Organizations to Donate To
TAKE THE STREETS
- Find a protest near you
- Palestinian Youth Movement announces protests on their Instagram page
SUPPORT A MOVEMENT OR CAMPAIGN:
- US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
- Palestinian Youth Movement
- Jewish Voice for Peace
- Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)
- Muslim Grassroots Movement
- Dream Defenders
- If Not Now
- Project Hajra Statement of Unwavering Support for Palestinian People
LEGAL SUPPORT
If you or someone you know is harassed, doxxed, reprimanded, or otherwise attacked or intimidated for supporting Palestinian rights, reach out to Pal Legal
REQUEST FOR ART
From Micah Bazant: If you’ve made any art in support of Palestine, please upload it to this dropbox folder
LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PALESTINE
- Visualizing Palestine 101 — a data-led visual resource and educational hub for people learning and teaching about Palestine.
- Israeli Settler Colonialism and Apartheid a historical overview by Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)
- Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU)
- The Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD)
- Palestine: A socialist introduction — free e-book
- The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, Ilan Pappe
- On Palestine, Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe
- Palestine is Getting Free – Organized by Palestinian, Black, Indigenous, Boricua, Jewish and Asian American food and land workers, this event highlights concrete examples of solidarity past and present; shares movement demands and calls to action; and demonstrates how people working through food — chefs, farmers, writers, any and all of us — can address the ways it has been used to oppress as well as to RESIST, and how food can strengthen the connections between the Palestinian struggle and all anticolonial, antiracist movements.