[1]Cori Bush

I want to share a story with you,
John.

It’s a story about why the struggles for Black and Palestinian liberation
are interconnected. Why it’s so important we rise up in solidarity
together to oppose our money funding militarized policing, occupation, and
systems of violent oppression and trauma.

When you’re finished reading this story, [ [link removed] ]I hope you can chip in $5 or
anything you can to support this fight so our children can grow up in a
world free of the kind of violence we’re witnessing today.

When we were on the frontlines in Ferguson, I remember sitting in a circle
with Palestinian activists who showed up in solidarity with our struggle
for justice. I remember we sat on the grass near where Michael Brown Jr.
was murdered.

I remember them describing to us what to do when militarized law
enforcement shot us with rubber bullets, or when they tear gassed us. I
remember learning that the same equipment they use to brutalize us is the
same equipment we send to the Israeli military to police and brutalize
Palestinians.

Palestinians know what state violence, militarized policing, and
occupation of their communities look like. They know what it’s like going
through checkpoints while trying to live their lives. This is the reality
so many of them have lived.

St. Louis elected me to save lives. So that means we oppose our money
going to fund militarized policing, occupation, trauma, and systems of
violent oppression. We are anti-war, anti-occupation, and anti-apartheid.
Period. And we want our tax dollars to fund life—not destruction.

I stand in solidarity with Palestinians enduring the oppression that our
government is funding, and in solidarity with Israelis and Palestinians
alike who are resisting together and asking us to stop America’s role in
funding the oppression inflicted by the Israeli military.

I take this struggle seriously,
John.

We ran for Congress to save lives, and we won’t back down until justice
prevails in all of our communities and all of our children are safe from
this kind of state-sanctioned violence. [ [link removed] ]If you support this work, make
a donation today so we can continue organizing and legislating to end
these interconnected crises.

[ [link removed] ]Contribute $5

Together,

Cori


 


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