Strike For Gaza - Blog Posts
LINKS:
AL NAKBA
A QUESTÃO DA PALESTINA
MEMÓRIA PARA O ESQUECIMENTO
PALESTINE FILM INSTITUTE
INSTITUTO DA CULTURA ÁRABE
https://icarabe.org/cinema/filmes-para-conhecer-mais-sobre-palestina
SEMANA DO STRIKE #2 (18/02 - 25/02)
LINKS:
Enciclopédia do Holocausto
Colonialismo e Apartheid
Sionismo
SEMANA DO STRIKE (18/02 - 25/02)
LINKS:
Lista de boicote BDS
Arab.org (CLIQUE TODO DIA)
Petições que você pode assinar
THREADS:
wont be on social media due to the global strike happening this week. please make an effort to help the families in gaza by:
• avoid going to the store, restaurants, or to the movies. the goal is to be disruptive, hit the economy and be noticeably absent.
• using social media ONLY to spread posts about palestine. don’t use apps otherwise. let palestinian content flood the online world during strike days. only engage w/ palestine related content.
• be visible — make signs, set up posters on ur window sill, hand out stickers, let the world know.
if you can’t do it all, that is fine!
every little thing matters and will count towards the strike. stay safe and see you soon! 🍉
![[id: digital comic of a child laying flat on their back amongst rubble, their eyes lifeless and glasses broken. the text says, "I'm dying."
"Cute cat": a fluffy cat stares up, residing outside a scratchy, rough building on a sidewalk.
"Barbed wire.": two children look up a wall with barbed wires, a ball caught neatly in between.
"Is my life flashing before my eyes?" is written out in white text against a black background.
"Severed hand": the person looks down, their shoes peeking from the bottom of the panel. in front of them, a child's severed hand lies on the ground, blood splattered from beneath the rubble.
"Crying baby": a parent smiles to comfort their crying child on a hospital floor. behind them, a doctor walks past.
"Smug soldier": a soldier stands, resting their hand on the butt of their rifle, looking down. their eyes are blocked out by black scribbles.
The remaining panels are in plain text, reading: "I'm sorry, body. I'm sorry arms, legs, eyes and heart. I couldn't give you enough. They didn't let me give you enough."
In red text: #strikeforgaza
Grey text: #freepalestine
/end id]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/b98c9d0f8b77ba3f327af6efd9ed69a4/2b9b50142efd33e2-82/s500x750/a041d15493f3ee08978b0b4146b800219db2f625.png)
GLOBAL STRIKE FOR GAZA BEGINS TODAY!!!
To participate:
During the 21st - 28th of January...
Do not shop/online shop
Skip school/work if you are able to
Be present & active on social media and uplift Palestinian voices
Draw, write, sing, create art for Palestine
Repost & boost Palestine related content on social media
Educate yourself about the issue
We have been asked to strike during these days by the lovely & hardworking journalist Bisan from Gaza. Let's all try our best for a people being tested with the harshest conditions imaginable. The occupation must be held accountable.
We're in this together!!
We don't want to die in the cold
I told you about our tent sinking on the last day of 2024 AD.
I told you that I was hosting a friend in his cramped tent.
I asked you for help as soon as possible to obtain a new tent, but unfortunately since then donations have been very, very weak.
Last night, I started feeling unbalanced, dizzy, feeling very cold, my heart was shaking, and my whole body was shaking. I asked, “I want a hospital,” and I felt at that moment, “I’m going to die from the cold.”
I understood how it is possible to stop the heart from getting cold, how we die cold, I kept telling them we were cold!
They took me to the doctor, he started doing tests, my temperature was high, I lost 9 kilos in less than a week, they asked me for new tests and I currently don’t know where I will get them done because there are no hospitals.
I have imbibed the pain of the cold, the trembling of my children's hearts, their cold has penetrated the depths of my heart, I am truly looking for warmth, my heart is freezing, I do not want to die of cold.
I repeat my appeal once again with an aching heart, asking you to help buy a tent.
Note:
comments: The campaign is documented by Nabulsi No. 219 in Hussein's document.
To donate via PayPal, contact me on this account. @siraj-s0
GLOBAL STRIKE FOR GAZA BEGINS TODAY!!!
To participate:
During the 21st - 28th of January...
Do not shop/online shop
Skip school/work if you are able to
Be present & active on social media and uplift Palestinian voices
Draw, write, sing, create art for Palestine
Repost & boost Palestine related content on social media
Educate yourself about the issue
We have been asked to strike during these days by the lovely & hardworking journalist Bisan from Gaza. Let's all try our best for a people being tested with the harshest conditions imaginable. The occupation must be held accountable.
We're in this together!!
BISAN HAS CALLED FOR A GLOBAL STRIKE
January 21-28th
if you are uncomfortable with my stances on palestine you can unfollow. this is the first time in history a genocide has been live documented on social media and if you are to ignore and mute everything related to gaza, i hope you're happy living a peaceful life while millions are suffering
Do NOT stop talking about Palestine Do NOT stay silent.
Free Palestine - ceasefire now!
There is currently a strike for Palestine taking place from February 18th, 2024, to February 25th, 2024. During this time, I will only be posting about Palestine on this account and doing what I can to spread awareness. If you are able, I highly recommend participating in the strike in whatever way you are able - something is always better than nothing. Staying home from work and/or school, not buying anything that isn't strictly necessary, using your social media platforms only to boost posts about Palestine, etc., are all ways to help the efforts!
Below are various links for ways you can help Palestine, including educational resources, petitions, fundraisers, etc. If you have any to add on, please do, these are just the ones I've found so far.
Palestine Red Crescent Society
Palestine Children's Relief Fund
eSims For Gaza
Decolonize Palestine (Patreon)
Jewish Voice For Peace
Help Gaza Children
Islamic Relief Canada's Palestine Emergency Appeal
Medical Aid For Palestinians
Gisha (Israeli organization working to protect Palestinians' rights to the freedom of movement)
Click to help Palestine daily
Palestine Action
Attend an upcoming protest for Palestine (remember to mask up if possible, COVID isn't over)
Sign a petition to urge governments to invoke the genocide convention to stop the war on Gaza
Sign a petition from Amnesty calling for a ceasefire
Check this list of ways to demand a ceasefire in Gaza
Sign the petition for Canada to take urgent action for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza
Download these posters to print out and put up in your area and/or share on socials to build awareness
Join the BDS boycott
Check out resources and ways to help from Justice For All
Donate to the Gofundme for medical expenses for Hisham, a Palestinian-Irish-American who was shot in an anti-Palestinian hate crime in Burlington, Vermont
The Palestine Academy's Palestine 101
Palestinian literature recommendations
Check out Independent Jewish Voices Canada and their campaigns to help Palestine
Join Palestine Action to help bring down Israel's weapons trade
Shop Palestine (online store where your purchases support artisans in Palestine and in refugee camps in Lebanon, proceeds go to Middle East Children’s Alliance's work supporting Palestinian children)
Donate direct aid to Gaza (run by a longtime activist and volunteer who has been carrying out donations and humanitarian projects in Gaza since 2021)
Buy from the Hirbawi factory (this is the last kufiya factory in Palestine that is still active, purchasing helps support the Palestinian economy, which has not been in a great state for a while)
Spreadsheet listing mutual aid
The entire University of California (10 schools!) just called for an official UAW backed strike due to the Palestine protests! So proud of the tens of thousands of grad students putting their labor on the line for the cause.
In light of this I wanted to share the most relevant design from my fundraiser again, the sabo-tabby (aka black cat, wildcat, sab cat) with a keffiyeh. This is an old IWW symbol still commonly used for strikes and labor organizing today. I met the friend I am fundraising for through his labor activism (I started asking him too many questions and he recruited me to help haha). He is an incredibly clever and effective activist who has been involved in a lot of successful labor movements, and this symbol is very dear to him (as is the keffiyeh of course).
As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my shop are for this friend who is Palestinian. The extra income will help him support his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids and economic devastation in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with.
Some product examples (this one is particularly nice for stickers I think):
The design above is found here and here. You can find my shop HERE. To see a design on different products click on the display product and scroll down or go here to browse by design. Designs are available on many different products. Here is a small sample of some of my other work:
Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far! We greatly appreciate all the support.
IF YOU CANNOT STRIKE 18-24 FEB
many people find themselves unable to call into work or school to strike! they might not have enough sick days saved up, it may not be financially viable, they need to be in to study or their parents may not allow them to strike.
this is entirely understandable! many of us are young or otherwise at risk due to our government and precarious life circumstances. however.do NOT post about not making others feel bad for not being able to strike. any posts you see about others not striking will be about those WILLFULLY ignoring the strike [posting about unrelated things, going into work, etc when they are fully capable of doing so
posting about the ethics of seeing these posts and how it makes people feel bad draws away from the main subject of the strike, palestine. as people unable to strike, the best and only thing you can do right now is post ONLY about palestine! [only, of course, with the exception of filler tweets to avoid getting sh4dowbanned. these tweets should be marked as filler and should be as boring as possible as to not get a lot of engagement] PLEASE REPOST AND SHARE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT BEFORE AND DURING THE STRIKE !! THIS MINIMISES CHANCES OF STUPID DISCOURSE DURING THE STRIKE LIKE WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME !!
Common Palestinian symbols
![[ID: The first tweet out of a thirteen tweet thread by the user, @carstairsbur with the displayed name,"Nia FREE 🍉". The tweet says,"Why do we use watermelons as a symbol for Palestine? Why do people wear that white cloth with black designs called the Keffiyah? Why are the olive trees a symbol of fertility, growth and strength?
A thread of Palestinian symbols you may have seen around!". END ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/22bc4d1a5cbc5c8a20f0faf94902c97f/68d6ff8b90c60403-f1/s500x750/7657876ae2527d9a47d2b3dff7491827b9a4b134.jpg)
![[ID: The second tweet out of a thirteen tweet thread by the user, @carstairsbur with the displayed name,"Nia FREE 🍉"
The tweet says,"Keffiyah. The garment, originally used to protect individuals across the Middle East against the sun, gained popularity during the Arab Revolt against British colonial rule in the 1930s. Today, the keffiyeh has been adopted globally by activists to support the Palestinian cause.". Below the tweet is an image. END ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/54574091345d81e314f5da59d551fc85/68d6ff8b90c60403-18/s540x810/d9a3bf2e5c4b8704950592d5d98f0d4f24e6ef2d.jpg)
![[ID: A keffiyeh, also spelled kuffiya, is a square-shaped cotton headdress with a distinctive chequered pattern worn in many parts of the Arab world.
The black-and-white variant, worn by Palestinian men and women, has come to symbolise the Palestinian struggle for self-determination, justice and freedom.
The olive-leaves pattern represents perseverance, strength and resilience.
The fishnet pattern represents Palestinian fishers and the people’s connection to the Mediterranean.
The bold pattern represents trade routes with neighbouring merchants of Palestine. END ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/9db5aee26ac0194b4c1bcf02cee16b96/68d6ff8b90c60403-28/s640x960/6ec2a6ff77027b86b6a6ad949f34eec4f32274ea.jpg)
![[ID: The third tweet of an thirteen tweet thread by the user, @carstairsbur with the displayed name,"Nia FREE 🍉"
The tweet says,"The Olive trees. The trees can handle drought, subzero temperatures, frost and even fire. They are symbolic of Palestinian resilience against Israeli occupation and their connection to the land. Olive cultivation plays a crucial role in the Palestinian economy through olive oil," The text is cut.
Below the tweet is an image. END ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/53f00e1ade618bc2d3588643808aa1bd/68d6ff8b90c60403-f8/s540x810/ca5a861788e4bee198e561e558eedb0bf0c178a8.jpg)
![[ID: If the olive trees knew the hands that planted them, their oil would become tears"
The olive tree has deep historical and cultural roots in Palestine, and its branches have been associated with peace and prosperity for centuries.
The hardy trees can handle drought, subzero temperatures, frost and even fire. They are symbolic of Palestinian resilience against Israeli occupation and their connection to the land.
Olive cultivation plays a crucial role in the Palestinian economy through olive oil, table olives and soap production.
About 80,000 to 100,000 Palestinian families rely on the olive harvest for their income, which takes place every year between October and November. Traditionally, the harvest season is a time of festivities and joy, but tight Israeli restrictions and settler attacks overshadow it. END ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/889ee91708638b38aad029a18a3bbd57/68d6ff8b90c60403-38/s640x960/d6a43c299b248eb4d61c125ab07c6af9e96c8865.jpg)
![[ID: The fourth tweet out of a thirteen tweet thread by the user, @carstairsbur with the displayed name,"Nia FREE 🍉"
The tweet says the rest of the cut sentence, "table olives and soap production. According to the UN, more than 5,000 olive trees belonging to Palestinians in the West Bank were destroyed in the first five months of 2023." END ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/b238e5d35f29ae31f67f571483732d22/68d6ff8b90c60403-00/s500x750/86e150bdbef73f70dac3e41ca0e7c523789e4c64.jpg)
![[ID: The fifth tweet out of a thirteen tweet thread by the user, @carstairsbur with the displayed name,"Nia FREE 🍉"
The tweet says,"The Key of Return. In 1948, Zionist military forces expelled at least 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and lands in what became known as the Nakba (“catastrophe” in Arabic). Those people took their keys with them, sure they would return. Many Palestinians still hold onto the." It is cut again. Below the tweet is an image. END ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/b0eb32d96da68bbb8436bd48acbf0c40/68d6ff8b90c60403-b3/s540x810/9f75e8fad9047acc986bac9ff201590f7c6b57cb.jpg)
![[ID: In 1948, Zionist military forces expelled at least 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and lands in what became known as the Nakba (“catastrophe” in Arabic). Those people took their keys with them, sure they would return.
Many Palestinians still hold onto the keys to their original homes as a symbol of their hope and determination to return one day. These keys have been passed down several generations and are kept as a symbol of Palestinians’ right to return – a principle enshrined in international law that grants individuals the right go back to their homes of origin.
During Israel’s latest offensive in Gaza, at least 1.5 million Palestinians have been driven out of their homes, double the number of those displaced during Nakba in 1948. For Palestinians, Nakba is not a discrete historical event. It is an ongoing process of displacement that has never stopped. END ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/9f01f822d4ba66e0e7219dc8b1f897a5/68d6ff8b90c60403-f9/s640x960/9911fc4ac61d1eaa8bca9837ae649b1de9ff6ec5.jpg)
![[ID: The sixth tweet out of a thirteen tweet thread by the user, @carstairsbur with the displayed name,"Nia FREE 🍉"
The tweet says,"keys to their original homes as a symbol of their hope and determination to return one day. These keys have been passed down several generations and are kept as a symbol of Palestinians’ right to return." END ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/d76009df7fd57fac452969fec4571d4f/68d6ff8b90c60403-a0/s500x750/724ce7d346e0b98a122fcc515e30553c191e98c8.jpg)
![[ID: The seventh tweet out of a thirteen tweet thread by the user, @carstairsbur with the displayed name,"Nia FREE 🍉"
The tweet says,"Handala, the cartoon. A cartoon character created by Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali that reflects his own childhood refugee experience and the ongoing plight of Palestinians displaced by the Nakba. The first version of the cartoon appeared in a Kuwaiti newspaper in 1969 and." The sentence is cut off. Below the tweet is an image. END ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/ef91e1cde018d756e8353a89c21a041d/68d6ff8b90c60403-9d/s540x810/72a619971eb0eaa8928a0c075a24ff0dfe978a8d.jpg)
![[ID: Handala is a cartoon character created by Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali that reflects his own childhood refugee experience and the ongoing plight of Palestinians displaced by the Nakba.
The first version of the cartoon appeared in a Kuwaiti newspaper in 1969 and was drawn facing the viewer. However, in 1973 following the October War, al-Ali started drawing Handala with his back turned to reflect how the world had itself turned its back on the Palestinians.
Handala is barefoot and wears ragged clothes like the refugee camp children al-Ali remembers when he was forced to leave his village as a 10-year-old boy.
Handala is named after the “handhal”, a bitter fruit that grows in the dry areas of Palestine. It grows back when cut and has deep roots.
In 1987, Naji al-Ali was assassinated in London. No one has been charged with his murder. END ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/1bd0a008be03cff84baa078bbf303806/68d6ff8b90c60403-0b/s640x960/a23206804bf5eabf3db32ad401db82528206c94e.jpg)
![[ID: The eighth and ninth tweets out of a thirteen tweet thread by the user, @carstairsbur with the displayed name,"Nia FREE 🍉"
The eighth tweet follows the cut sentence,"was drawn facing the viewer. However, in 1973 following the October War, al-Ali started drawing Handala with his back turned to reflect how the world had itself turned its back on the Palestinians.
Handala is barefoot and wears ragged clothes like the refugee camp children"
The ninth tweet still stays on topic saying,"al-Ali remembers when he was forced to leave his village as a 10-year-old boy. In 1987, Naji al-Ali was assassinated in London. No one has been charged with his murder." END ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/c6ef3687faed0d8aefdf4e9d7d2b9d58/68d6ff8b90c60403-21/s500x750/ab16fe095eaffd4bfe944a56857c15ae22ebde34.jpg)
![[ID: The tenth tweet out of a thirteen tweet thread by the user, @carstairsbur with the displayed name,"Nia FREE 🍉"
The tweet says,"Watermelon
The most iconic fruit to represent Palestine. Grown from Jenin to Gaza, the fruit shares the same colours as the Palestinian flag – red, green, white and black – so it is used to protest against Israel’s suppression of Palestinian flags and identity.
Following the-" The sentence is cut. Below the tweet is an image. END ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/a261d76bbff680b0b236f0125804e45d/68d6ff8b90c60403-6c/s540x810/4771c728a9902c3a507da13ae125dd8b49e6e2b0.jpg)
![[ID: The watermelon is perhaps the most iconic fruit to represent Palestine. Grown from Jenin to Gaza, the fruit shares the same colours as the Palestinian flag – red, green, white and black – so it is used to protest against Israel’s suppression of Palestinian flags and identity.
Following the 1967 war, when Israel seized control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and annexed East Jerusalem, the government banned the Palestinian flag in the occupied territory.
Although the flag has not always been banned by law, the watermelon caught on as a symbol of resistance. It appears in art, shirts, graffiti, posters and the ubiquitous watermelon emoji on social media. END ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/76481cbcf9b345d751f88603dd029876/68d6ff8b90c60403-5d/s640x960/c1726c77862158c90a47022154a79269c666a5d4.jpg)
![[ID: The eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth tweets out of a thirteen tweet thread by the user, @carstairsbur with the displayed name,"Nia FREE 🍉"
The eleventh tweet follows the cut sentence, saying,"1967 war, when Israel seized control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and annexed East Jerusalem, the government BANNED the Palestinian flag in the occupied territory. Although the flag has not always been banned by law, the watermelon caught on as a symbol of resistance."
The twelfth tweet says,"It appears in art, shirts, graffiti, posters and the ubiquitous watermelon emoji on social media."
The thirteenth and last tweet says," All information and graphics from Al jazeera. For more information on other symbols of resistance such as the historical map and embroidered designs, read the full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/longform/2023/11/20/palestine-symbols-keffiyeh-olive-branch-watermelon". END ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/c6ba9da04b387ff1b155787202ad46c9/68d6ff8b90c60403-d0/s540x810/cbe16e9d51fd193fe85f17d7605896170aaccf0b.jpg)
I got permission from @/carstairsbur to repost this thread
The image descriptions for the posters were written by @/carstairsbur and Mohammed Haddad, Konstantinos Antonopoulos and Marium Ali.
Original thread | Images only | Original Article (Source of the posters)