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DESCRIPTION:Join leading Palestine solidarity activists for a discussion of the role of 
 BDS in solidarity with Palestine.\n\nIsrael’s attack on the 2.3 million 
 Palestinians in the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip has been described by 
 genocide scholars, international law experts and UN officials as “a 
 textbook case of genocide.” Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has killed 
 thousands, including over 3,500 children, and destroyed entire 
 neighborhoods, leaving over one million Palestinians displaced. In 
 parallel, Palestinians are being dehumanized and Palestine solidarity is 
 being targeted internationally. It is crucial for all people of conscience 
 to find practical ways to struggle against the root causes of the violence: 
 oppression and injustice.\n\nLaunched in 2005, the Boycott, Divestment, and 
 Sanctions (BDS) movement is backed by Palestinian grassroots movements, 
 unions, and political parties. BDS calls for an end to international state, 
 corporate and institutional complicity in Israel’s regime of oppression 
 so that Palestinians can enjoy their rights.\n\nThe BDS movement is 
 inspired by the South African anti-apartheid struggle and the US Civil 
 Rights movement, rooted in a century-old heritage of Palestinian popular 
 resistance to settler colonialism and apartheid. BDS has taken the forms of 
 worker strikes, mass demonstrations, public diplomacy, art, and 
 education.\n\nAs we protest ongoing Israeli war crimes, we must also act to 
 end our own government’s complicity in Israeli apartheid. BDS provides 
 the means to exert meaningful material pressure on state and private actors 
 complicit in Israel’s violence.\n\nRead the Palestinian Civil Society 
 Call for BDS: https://bdsmovement.net/call 
 \n\n=================================================================\n\nCALL 
 TO ACTION\n\nContact the White House, your Senators and Representative 
 to:\n1) Ask for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Ask your Representative to 
 cosponsor H.Res. 786.\n2) Prioritize the immediate delivery of humanitarian 
 aid to Gaza\n3) End US taxpayer dollars to Israel\n\nWhite House Comment 
 Line\nOpen Tuesday-Thursday 11am-3pm EST\n(202) 456-1111 or (202) 
 456-1414\nEmail Contact Page: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/\n\nYou 
 can use this CALL SCRIPT to contact your Senators and Representative: 
 https://act.uscpr.org/a/callforgaza\n\nSenator Alex Padilla\n(202) 224-3553 
 DC office\nIf voicemail box is full, try Senator Padilla's other office 
 locations: (415) 981-9369 San Francisco office; (916) 448-2787 Sacramento 
 office, (559) 497-5109 Fresno office; (310) 231-4494 LA office; (619) 
 239-3884 San Diego office\nEmail Contact Page: 
 https://www.padilla.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/\n\nSenator Laphonza 
 Butler\n(202) 224-3841\nhttps://www.butler.senate.gov/\n\nCongressional 
 Switchboard\n(202) 224-3121\nContact your congressperson: 
 https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative\n\n================================================================\nEMAIL 
 Congress:\n\nhttps://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-ceasefire-now?source=MC_ceasefire\n\nhttps://act.uscpr.org/a/%20stop-funding-israels-massacres\n============================================================\n\nceasefiretoday.com 
 for ACTION 
 TOOLKIT\n\n=============================================================\n\nUS 
 Campaign for Palestinian Rights' ACTION TOOLKIT: 
 http://bit.ly/StopGazaGenocide\n\n============================================================\n\nSIGN 
 this petition: 
 https://chng.it/yvbVjNyF8y\n\n================================================================\n\nLEARN 
 more about Palestine at:\n- GazaIsPalestine.com\n- US Campaign for 
 Palestinian Rights (USCPR)\n- American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)\n- 
 Adalah Justice Project\n- Eyewitness Palestine\n- Grassroots Al-Quds\n- BDS 
 Movement\n- Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA)\n- Rebuilding 
 Alliance\n- We Are Not Numbers\n- teachpalestine.org\n- 
 decolonizepalestine.com\n- gazaincontext.com\n- palambassador.org\n- 
 https://www.gazaunlocked.org/\n- 
 https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/PalestineRemix/\n==================================================================\n\nREAD 
 the following books:\n1) Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History by Nur 
 Masalha\n2) Palestine...it is something colonial by Dr. Hatem Bazian\n3) 
 Free Ebooks: 
 https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/495-free-ebooks-for-a-free-palestine\n\n==================================================================\n\nWATCH 
 the following films:\n1) "1948: Creation & Catastrophe" at 
 https://www.1948movie.com/\n2) "The Price of Oslo"\nEpisode 1: 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ism-ctaSbw0\nEpisode 2: 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgFWEVQTeHM\n3) "Gaza Fights for Freedom" 
 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnZSaKYmP2s\n4) 16 minute YouTube video 
 of how Palestinians were expelled from their homes 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGVgjS98OsU\n\n===============================================================\n\nBoycott 
 HP, PUMA, Sabra, SodaStream, ZARA, AHAVA, Airbnb, Expedia, Chevron, 
 Starbucks, McDonalds, Disney\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/11/05/18860088.php
SUMMARY:Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: Building Solidarity with Palestine
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