“Although Palestinians cannot vote in upcoming US elections, we have a lot at stake,” said Nidaa Nassar, Executive Director of Baladna, an association of Arab youth that builds the leadership of young people in democratic processes and demands equality and dignity of Palestinians in Israel. “For
those of you who can vote, know that you are not only voting for yourself, you are voting on behalf of future generations threatened by climate change, you are voting on behalf of those whose votes have been suppressed and you are voting on behalf of us around the world whose lives are tied up in US foreign policy.”
In the countdown to this seminal US election, GGJ’s movement allies from Venezuela, Honduras, Brazil, the Philippines, Palestine and Nigeria remind us that the political conditions of the U.S. affect not only frontline Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander and working class communities here, but also those of our relatives and our allies in struggles around the world.
As movements in the U.S., we have a strategic role and responsibility to act, not only for our own survival, but for the wellbeing of all people impacted by the global reach of U.S. intervention. Watch this video of testimonies on the impact of US elections beyond borders.
“We work together to battle neoliberalism and corporate capitalism to create societies based in social justice, environmental, economic and gender justice. We defend the sovereignty of our people against all U.S.
intervention and transnational interference economic or political, such as a coup. For this reason we stand together with the popular movements in the United States to fight fascism and fight for our democracies,” said Fernando Costa of Friends of the Earth Brazil.
Please watch this video and share widely with your community and networks. If 2020 has illuminated one thing, it’s our profound interdependence. We are learning from our relatives in struggles for justice and true
participatory democracies in places like Chile, Puerto Rico, and Bolivia. Whatever the outcome of the U.S. elections, we must continue to build our power using all tools we have to create pathways for a just transition to an anti-racist, feminist regenerative economy.
Our movements transcend borders and our solidarity and commitment to justice for all peoples calls us to action.
In solidarity
and shared struggle!
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
Thank you to these leaders who shared their perspectives in the video:
- Elaine Monteiro, World March of Women, Brazil
- Fernando Costa, Friends of the Earth, Brazil
- Tica Moreno, Jornada Continental for Democracy and Against Neoliberalism, Brazil
- Miriam Miranda, Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH)
- Nidaa Nassar, Baladna, Palestine
- Alejandra Laprea, Feminist Spider Collective, World March of Women, Venezuela
- Nnimmo Bassey, HOME Foundation, Nigeria
- Jean Enriquez, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women - Asia Pacific (CATW-AP), World March of Women,
Philippines
Thank you to editor Sheila Quintana for this powerful production!
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