General strike in Palestine as
thousands protested on Day of Action | Protests continue as Israel
escalates war crimes
Photo of May 18 Day of Action
demonstration in San Francisco, California.
Palestinians in occupied West Bank,
Gaza, and inside Israel declared and observed a general strike on
Tuesday, May 18, as thousands across the world responded to
Palestine’s call for a day of action. Palestinians in occupied
Palestine shut down all economic activity in an act of unity and
collective resistance, in the midst of a new wave of global
solidarity.
Protests were organized outside of
Israeli embassies and elsewhere demanding an immediate cessation of
the Israeli state’s bombardment of Gaza. As international outrage
grows, Israel has escalated its brutal bombing campaign and war
crimes, with the intent of inflicting maximum damage before a
potential ceasefire is implemented. In the past week, Israel has
killed over 220 Palestinians, 63 of whom were children. Over 1500 are
wounded.
Cities—big and small—in the U.S.
continue to demand an end to Israeli apartheid and the occupation of
Palestine. Protestors called for the Biden administration to
immediately end U.S. funding to apartheid Israel, and to end the
immunity and protections afforded to Israel by the U.S. and
international bodies that allow it to commit crimes with
impunity.
More solidarity actions are set to
take place over the course of this week and weekend in the United
States and across the world.
Find local actions in your
city:
For
updates on current or new actions in U.S. cities, please check this page. If you have information about
an action in your area not already listed here, or if you are planning
an action, please let us know by clicking
here.
Alabama
Huntsville: Saturday, May 22, 10 AM |
Location: Whitesburg Drive and Airport Road | North Alabama Peace
Network, Green Party of Madison County
California
Anaheim: Friday, May 21, 4PM | Location:
Intersection of W Orange Ave & S Brookhurst St | Organized by
Palestinian Youth Movement, Arab American Civic Council, Yalla
Indivisible, ANSWER Coalition
Sacramento: Friday, May 21, 3:30 PM |
Location: 1600 J St | Organized by ANSWER and NorCal Resist | Spread
the word on Facebook
San Francisco: Saturday, May 22, 11 AM |
Location: 16th & Mission Sts. | Organized by Norcal Islamic
Council, endorsed by AROC-Arab Resource & Organizing Center,
ANSWER Coalition, and many others
Santa Rosa: Saturday, May 22, 12 noon |
Location: Courthouse Square | Organized by North Coast Coalition for
Palestine, endorsed by ANSWER Coalition
Connecticut
New Haven: Saturday, May 22, 12 PM |
Location: New Haven Green (New Haven City Hall and County Courthouse)
| Spread the word on Facebook
Florida
Fort Myers: Saturday, May 22, 5 PM | Location:
2405 1st St, Fort Myers, FL 33901 | Organized
by SWFL Democratic Socialists of
America | Spread the word on Facebook
Illinois
Chicago: Friday, May 21, 4:30 PM | Location:
Michigan Ave & Ida B. Wells Drive | Organized by Coalition for
Justice in Palestine (AMP, USPCN, SJP, Al-Nahda, Palestinian American
Community Center, Palestinian American Council)
Urbana: Sunday, May 23, 2 PM | Location: 202 S
Broadway Ave, Urbana, IL | Organized by Muslim American Youth
Organization ; Students for Justice in Palestine (UIUC) | Spread the word on Facebook
Massachusetts
Fall River: Friday, May 21, 6 PM | Location: 1
Government Center | Organized by SouthCoast Greens
Rhode Island
Providence: Friday, May 21, 5 PM | Location:
Burnside Park, Providence | Organized by Rhode Island for Palestine,
Brown SJP, RISD SJP, RI Council for Muslim Advancement, PSL, DSA,
ANSWER, SURJ, Sunrise, Reclaim RI, JVP, Black Lives Matter PAC RI
| Spread
the word on Facebook
Tennessee
Nashville: Saturday, May 22, 4 PM |
Location: Estes Kefauver Federal Building & Courthouse
Annex | Spread the word on Facebook
Texas
Dallas: Sunday, May 23, 2 PM | Location: Dallas
City Hall 1500 Marilla St | Organized by Dallas Palestine Coalition,
Palestinian Youth Movement, UT Dallas Students for Palestine, American
Muslims for Palestine - Texas, MAS PACE | Spread
the word on Facebook
Utah
Salt Lake
City: Saturday, May 22, 12:30 PM |
Location: Wallace Bennett Federal Building | Organized by Party for
Socialism and Liberation Salt Lake | Spread the word on Facebook
Virginia
Richmond: Wednesday, May 19, 5 PM | Organized
by Arab American Association of Central Virginia,
Richmonders for Peace in Israel-Palestine and the Virginia Defenders
for Freedom, Justice & Equality | Spread the word on Facebook
Washington
Spokane: Saturday, May 22, 1 PM | Organized
by ANSWER, DSA, PSL, DorthyDay Labor | Spread the word on Facebook
Wisconsin
Green Bay: Saturday, May 22, 4 PM |
Location: Leicht Memorial Park, Dousman Ave | Organized by PSL
| Spread the word on Facebook
Janesville: Sunday, May 23, 2 PM | Location: Near
1818 Milton Ave #100, Janesville, WI 53545 | Organized
by ANSWER Coalition | Spread the word on Facebook
Photos from
just some of the many actions in U.S. cities on May 18:
Los Angeles, California
Washington DC.
New York City, New York
Boston,
Massachusetts.
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Atlanta, Georgia
For
updates on current or new actions in U.S. cities, please check this page. If you have information about an action in your area not
already listed here, or if you are planning an action, please let us know by clicking
here.
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