World Refugee Day and Free Palestine

Shades of Anger, June 20, 2024 post

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Rebecca Steckle
June 20, 2024

June 20, 2024

Good morning. Remember that every day is a good day to stand in solidarity with Palestinians.

LEARN. June 20th is World Refugee Day. Watch this video from Kendal (@dat_cool_cool_mom_kendal on TikTok) and read these slides from No Borders for Palestine (if you don’t have Instagram, you can read the slides here).

It’s World Refugee Day. …And we call for everyone to take to the streets to support a free Palestine & oppose all border regimes. German companies like SIEMENS maintain and profit off of apartheid and border violence. They provide the capitalist building blocks for oppressive systems of (settler) colonialism that force people to move. A free Palestine and a world without borders is an interconnected struggle, demanding internationalist solidarity and resistance against all oppression. Enough of selective, humanitarian, and exploitative solidarity. Let us challenge the status quo and fight for liberation!

Screenshot from @no_borders4p. Black background with a yellow outlined titled, white text, and red triangles at the bottom. Full alt text embedded.

If you want to learn more about the role of borders, check out the book Border and Rule, Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism by Harsha Walia.

NOTICE. Have you considered the concept of borders before? How did you feel reading the slides after watching the video from Kendall? What do you feel when you think about the reality that borders themselves are part of colonialism and imperialism?

ACT. Boycott SIEMENS. They are a consumer boycott target from the BDS Movement (learn more here). They sell electrical appliances globally.

SHARE. Share this with 3 friends and talk to them about what they are boycotting (or invite them to start).

ASK. What did you learn from this email? What else do you want to learn more about? 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

*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 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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