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The Interconnected Nature of the Palestinian Gen/cide and the Gen/cide of Indigenous Peoples on Turtle Island

Shades of Anger, September 12, 2024

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Rebecca Steckle
September 12, 2024

September 12, 2024

Good morning. Remember that every day is a good day to take action in support of Palestinian liberation.

LEARN. Read this post from Dr. Autumn Blackdeer and Stephen SwiftBird on the parallels between the Palestinian genocide and the genocide of Indigenous Peoples on Turtle Island. (If you don’t have Instagram access, you can see the post here).

“When we talk about the parallels between the Palestinian genocide a lot of people will talk abou tNative Genocide like it was a different time, but this isn’t true. Many major events for both of our peoples were happening around the same time…

Dr. Autumn Blackdeer’s post: background is orange/red flowers with green leaves, and a screenshot from @awkward_ndn (alt text embedded)

NOTICE. What feelings came up as you read through this post? What is your body trying to tell you? What is your mind settling on?

ACT. Donate to a Palestinian family. Many families have seen donations come to a halt over the last several months. Send $5, $10, or $100 dollars to a family. You can find a list of families here.

SHARE. Forward this to five friends and ask them to donate to a family. We can skip a coffee, or take out meal, or movie, or an extra box of biscuits at the grocery store.

ASK. How can we activate people with financial resources to support Palestinian (and Sudanese, Congolese, Rohingya, Haitian…) families? Please reply to this email (or, if you are reading this online, leave a comment below) to let us know.*

In solidarity for Palestinian liberation,

Rebecca Steckle, on behalf of the Shades of Anger collective

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*You can also continue the conversation with us in the Speaking Up Network, a private social media platform co-created by Animah Kosai, one of the leaders of Shades of Anger.

Shades of Anger was created by a global collective of women to raise awareness and inspire action to free Palestine. We chose the name of our collective to honor the poem, “Shades of Anger,” by Palestinian-Canadian poet Rafeef Ziadah. We also believe in liberation for Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, and all places where systems of oppression are causing immense suffering and crushing the life out humans. We are led by women of the Global Majority/BIPOC. Shades of Anger is for everyone who wants to act for liberation and you can learn more about it here.

Alt text: On the top half is a grey background with black text that reads "Shades of Anger 'Palestinians do not know the word impossible' - Fatima Bernawi, So why should we?" On the bottom half are three photos. The first is a photo of an adult with short greyy hair holding the hand of a young child, who is holding up a Palestinian flag high in their other hand, while standing on a hill overlooking a field of people and cars. The second is a black and white photo of a person with a long ponytail, holding a kuffiyeh and chanting at a protest. The last is a person wearing a kuffiyeh around their head, and a black and red dress, looking at the camera while holding up a Palestinian flag and a peace sign.

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