Welcome to lucky Dispatch 13! This week we’ll be discussing a promising alternative vision to our current capitalist system, what we can learn from the Zapatistas of Mexico, and ways you can get involved in building this future right now. Let’s dig in! (We’re especially pumped to get into this one!)
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Easy Actions to Take
📣 Boycott Alert!
- During Ramadan, the BDS Movement has called for the boycott of Israeli food products, especially dates. Download & Use the Boycat app to easily avoid Israeli products!
Why: The BBC’s decision to remove the documentary in response to pro-Israel groups demonstrates a selective responsiveness. While calls for balanced coverage of Palestine continue to go ignored, content that merely humanizes Palestinians is quickly removed. Organized by Newscord & Accountable Media
Why: Disney’s decision to platform both real and fictional agents of Israeli propaganda is absolutely unacceptable. Even if you don’t have a subscription, you can still send a letter telling Disney why they’ve lost you as a potential customer. Organized by Filmworkers4Palestine, PACBI, & Adalah Justice Project
Little (Movement) Wins
- A nation-wide general strike brings Greece to a halt as hundreds of thousands protest the response to a deadly train crash 2 years earlier.
- Pro Palestine Activists shut down and occupy Maersk headquarter in Copenhagen.
- Bangladeshi students who ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina form their own political party, the National Citizen Party.
- Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s plan to freeze federal funding following lawsuit from a coalition of nonprofit organizations.
- 50,000 march in Cuba to protest the US occupation of Guantanamo.
The Zapatista Uprising
Revealing History
