While we are devastated by recent international events of state violence from Colombia to Palestine, we are resolute in our work to act in solidarity with oppressed peoples. This past Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people across the world showed up in solidarity with the people of Palestine and their resistance against the violence of settler-colonialism, including land theft and home demolition by the state of Israel. We have a responsibility in the U.S. to defeat settler-colonialism and fascism from within our state and without. We can demand the U.S. stop giving military aid to fascist and violent regimes, contribute what we can to organizations on the ground responding to crises, and continue to educate ourselves and others on the historical and political importance of resisting settler-colonialism and state violence wherever it threatens Indigenous and oppressed peoples. We know from the victory today in Chile that when we fight we win, even if it takes decades of work organizing from the grassroots. Art by @blkmoodyboi The following resources have been gathered from our sister alliances, member organizations and allies as ways to take action and show support:
Support H.R. 2590: Representative Betty McCollum’s historic bill, H.R. 2590, the Palestinian Children and Families Act ‘insists on the rights to safety, dignity, and freedom for the Palestinian people. Tweet your Congress Members to become co-sponsors.
Make a donation to Grassroots International’s ‘Palestine Solidarity Emergency Fund.’ 100% of the funds raised will go to organizations on the ground.
Amplify your voice on social media in the face of censorship and media blackout for Palestine and use these hashtags: #FreePalestine #SheikhJarrah #GazaUnderAttack.
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Read the World March of Women statement for important political context.
It’s also critical to support people in India, Brazil and elsewhere by advocating for a People’s Vaccine. Global north countries must support #TRIPSwaiver at the World Trade Organization. While Biden has shown support for a waiver, limbo remains at WTO.
Take action for a PEOPLE’S VACCINE! Tweet big pharma and politicians in the global north.
#ItTakesRoots centers the leadership and power of urban and rural communities on the frontlines of racial, gender, housing, environmental, energy and climate justice in the United States to advance regenerative economies and healthy communities. ITR is a multiracial, multicultural, intergenerational alliance of networks and alliances representing over 200 organizations and affiliates in over 50 states, provinces, territories and Native lands in the U.S. and Canada, and is led by women, gender nonconforming people, people of color, and Indigenous Peoples. It is an outcome of years of organizing and relationship building across the Climate Justice Alliance (CJA), Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ), Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), and Right to the City Alliance (RTTC) alongside Center for Story-based Strategy and The Ruckus Society.
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Established in 1990, The Indigenous Environmental Network is an international environmental justice nonprofit that works with tribal grassroots organizations to build the capacity of Indigenous communities. I EN’s activities include empowering Indigenous communities and tribal governments to develop mechanisms to protect our sacred sites, land, water, air, natural resources, the health of both our people and all living things, and to build economically sustainable communities.
