"In Australia, statements like ‘don't cross the picket line' are inextricable from progressivism. In recent years, progressives have participated in a range of calls for boycotts & divestments inc: #StopAdani, one of the country's largest grassroots climate justice campaigns..."
"... and recently many sports teams and diplomats responded to calls by Uyghur groups to the world to reject the use of sports as a tool of soft power and send a clear message: take a stand against the Uyghur genocide."
Many artists who understand the power of the boycott...recognize that this is an intersectional, transnational movement...The Free Palestine movement aims to build global solidarity networks, where we jointly dismantle the systems & structures of colonial, racial violence.
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2021 highlights of Palestinian resistance on this Australian colony:
A THREAD 🇵🇸 ✌🏽
Palestinians & allies together in defiance & tireless protest of the ongoing injustices in Sheikh Jarrah, Gaza, & Palestine (Occupied & 48) which led to historic commemorative protests for Palestine across the country junkee.com/palestinian-au…
The viral Change petition demanding better, more honest coverage of Palestine, which was supported by this Open letter from Australian journalists, media workers, writers and commentators: Do Better On Palestine
Myth-making functions to sustain
settler colonialism. Israel's ongoing settler-colonial project is one that is as much about words & wits as it is about weapons.
Revisiting something I wrote many moons ago, that given what is happening in #Gaza as the world watches idly.
Myth 1: ‘Israel has the right to self-defence’
Israel existed decades before Hamas was established. More than 1.5 million Palestinians are crammed into 140 sq miles - the majority living in dire poverty. Life under Israel’s effective control means...
...there is little food, water, electricity, medical supplies - how can Gaza begin to battle this pandemic?
There is no way out. Israel dictates what & who leaves, giving it almost total control over the economy.
A colonial policy of a slow, steady, suffocating death.