In this week’s Action for Peace, we focus on efforts to:
🗳️ Hold elected officials accountable for votes that enable violence
📰 Defend press freedom and protect journalists
🧊 Stop the expansion of ICE and its detention system
🧠 Deepen understanding of shared systems of oppression
Take Action
🗳️ HOLD SENATORS ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ARMING VIOLENCE
In April, seven Democratic Senators broke with the majority of their caucus to continue weapons sales—including bombs and armored bulldozers—to theIsraeli government. These decisions have real consequences on the ground in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon.
👉 Tell them you’re disappointed and demand accountability
📰 DEFEND PRESS FREEDOM & PROTECT JOURNALISTS
In recognition of World Press Freedom Day, take action to defend journalists facing repression and disappearance.
- Drop Charges Against Journalists in the U.S. Journalists like Georgia Fort are facing charges simply for doing their jobs.
👉 Take action and call on authorities to immediately withdraw all charges - Demand Justice for Disappeared Palestinian Journalists Nidal al-Waheidi and Haitham Abdelwahed have been detained without information about their whereabouts for over two years.
👉 Demand transparency and their release
🧊 DEFUND ICE
Congress is considering another massive funding increase for ICE, expanding detention, deportation, and surveillance.
👉 Tell Congress: No more funding for ICE
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🧠 Connecting Struggles: Settler Colonialism in the U.S. and Palestine
This piece explores the shared ideological roots of settler colonialism in Native America and Palestine, offering important context for understanding presentday struggles.
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