On March 9th, Israel plans to invade Rafah, so there will be a global strike from March 7th to March 9th. I'm updating my strike rules I gave to myself.
General
- Minimize spending and banking, including cash, debit, and credit. This means don't get into any emergencies. /hj
- No work or school (or any driving for that matter) unless it's for a protest or an emergency. Remember to email your professors/teachers or supervisors in advance, and don't lie about the reason.
- Show activism in any way you can, including with clothing like keffiyehs or Palestinian flag shirts and verbal announcements. The May 17th strike says to wear red for Rafah, for example.
- Use your social media account as a platform for Palestinian voices (and other voices facing genocide). Do not use it for anything else, including publicly liking non-Palestine tweets or mindlessly scrolling non-Palestine tweets.
- P.S. I don't recommend exclusively tweeting art, especially if it's only copyrighted characters being Pro-Palestine.
- It is highly suggested you retweet donation links, because you haven't been doing that at all unless it's linked to a megathread.
- Strikes are not the time to leave social media unless required from the strike. See rule 4.
- Entertainment streaming counts as spending, even if you already subscribed days ago!
- Do not platform amoral people who are trying to strike but are failing to or are hesitant to strike. Both are examples of making it about themselves. Be a good example of a striker.
- People making the strike about themselves include people critiquing the strikes for being too unorganized because "oh how can we just pay taxes before the strike". Don't shoot the messenger.
Not Just During Strikes
- Keep boycotting! You have enough privilege to not limit yourself to BDS or the "big three" in terms of the boycott!
- Donate to whoever you can, including the Daily Click at arab.org, any charities or organizations helping Palestine, or individuals in/with family members in Gaza.
- This includes E-Sims to sites like Nomad, Holafly, or Simly.
- Email and call your representatives about taking action to Gaza. Obviously, calls are more important than emails, especially during 9-5. You can do this daily.
- The most important thing you can do is take to the street, march, chant, and anything you can do to publicly protest as a group. Our collective action is the best thing we can do.
- Coffee Revolution. People are gonna be peeved if you don't participate.
Current Strikes
- The next strike called will take place from August 11th to August 18th.
- Note, if you decide not to participate in any "unorganized" or "optional" strikes, please still follow both the "General" and "Not Just During Strikes" rules every day (except for the minimize banking/go-to-work-and-school/social media talk about Palestine only rules).
- By the way, even if self-imposed, there should always be boycotts or strikes on days where "extremely major entertainment events", like the Superbowl, the Oscars,
the Met Gala, etc. Awareness is crucial and all eyes on Gaza and Rafah is necessary. Israel is striking Palestine almost every day! 2 million people are at constant risk of death!
Previous Strikes
I'll update them if I miss any!
- August 3, 2024
- May 17, 2024
- May 10, 2024
- May 5 - May 11, 2024
- April 15, 2024
- April 1, 2024
- March 7 - March 9, 2024
- March 2, 2024 (some say it's extended until March 10, 2024)
- February 29, 2024
- February 19 - February 25, 2024
- February 17 - February 20, 2024
- K-Pop only: January 23 - January 28, 2024 (some extended it to the 31st, some to February 29th, some are doing it as a permanent boycott)
- January 21 - January 28, 2024
- December 29, 2023
- December 18, 2023
- December 11, 2023
- November 6, 2023
- October 20, 2023
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