Shut it down for Palestine
An international call to action
We must keep building momentum and increase the pressure with more marches, walk-outs, sit-ins, and other forms of direct action directed at the political offices, businesses, and workplaces that fund, invest, and collaborate with Israeli genocide and occupation.
There is a growing global movement for a Free Palestine. Across the world, millions of people are engaging in demonstrations and organizing major marches in solidarity with Palestine. Our demands for an immediate ceasefire, cutting all aid to Israel, and lifting the siege on Gaza have broader support than ever. On November 4th, over 500,000 gathered in Washington DC for the largest march in recent times to stand in solidarity with Palestine. Protests with half a million people erupted on the streets of London, constituents across Canada occupied over 17 MP offices from coast to coast, and Belgian dock workers' unions have refused to transport weapons by plane or sea that are destined for Israel. We must keep building momentum and increase the pressure with more marches, walk-outs, sit-ins, and other forms of direct action directed at the political offices, businesses, and workplaces that fund, invest, and collaborate with Israeli genocide and occupation. NOW is the time for our mobilizations to grow in size, frequency, and focus; building a political climate that makes Israel’s business of genocide unsustainable.
Already protesters have shut down highways, train stations, and bridges in the United States; activists have targeted Israeli weapons manufacturers; Belgian dockworkers’ unions have refused to handle weapons transports to Israel; Bolivia has cut diplomatic ties with Israel while Jordan, Chile, and Colombia have recalled their Israeli ambassadors. Be part of the change, take action, and make your voice heard as the global struggle for Palestine enters a new phase.
Join the Shutdown for Palestine on Friday, December 8, 2023. We call on movements, organized labor, youth, students, media and healthcare workers, and all members of society to join us in demanding an immediate ceasefire, cutting all aid to Israel, and lifting the siege on Gaza. This call to action started on November 9, but we will continue to build up the momentum with ongoing days of action. No business as usual until Palestine is Free!
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Walk out from work and/or school
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Picket Israeli embassies and consulates
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Picket against companies that profit from Israel’s occupation of Palestine (Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Elbit Systems)
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Host speak outs
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Wear kuffiyehs
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Wear black armbands
ENDORSERS
Afghan Liberation Coalition
African Artists Against Apartheid
Al-AwdaAl-Awda NY/NJ
American Civics Institute
American Muslims for Palestine
American Muslims for Palestine - NJ
American Muslims for Palestine-Missouri Chapter
American Party of Labor
Anakbayan Canada
Anti-Racist Action-Los Angeles/People Against Racist Terror (ARA-LA/PART)
Artists Against Apartheid
Association marocaine des droits humains
Ayala Productions
Bakers for Gaza Ceasefire
Bangladeshi Americans for Political Progress
Black Phoenix Organizing Collective
Black Phoenix Organizing Collective
Brooklyn Eviction Defense
Building Bridges radio and Equal Rights & Justice
Cleveland Peace Action
Coalition for Civil Freedom
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
CODEPINK
Colorado Joint MSA
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ)
Cpn(maoist centre)and Dalit entrepreneurs foundation
CUNY4PALESTINE
Dallas For Change
Dominican Sisters
Eaglenest Sanctuary
Eyes on Palestine
FOSNA (Friends of Sabeel North America)
Free Palestine CHS
Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA)
Global Exchange
Good Shepherd Collective
Granby’s Got Pride
Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice
Harrisburg Palestine Coalition
Hawai`i Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines
Honor the Earth
Huskies For Palestine: Mills at NU
Indigenous Nations Network (INN)
Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism
International People Assemble
International Solidarity at Pratt
Jenerational Change
Just Peace Advocates/Mouvement Pour Une Paix Juste
Justicia Digna
Kent State Students for Palestine
Majlis Ash-Shura of New York (Islamic Leadership of New York)
March and Rally Los Angeles
Mississippi Rising Coalition
Mississippi Rising Coalition
Mixed-Identity Student Organization at Eastern Illinois University
Monterey Palestine Solidarity
MORE-UFT
Museum of the Palestinian People
Muslim American Society New York (MAS NY)
Muslim Student Association at Imagine International Academy of North Texas
NAACP & Dartmouth SWCU
National Lawyers Guild-San Francisco Bay Area chapter
National Students for a Democratic Society
Nebraskans for Palestine (Nebraskans for Peace)
New Afrikan Peoples Organization/Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
North Bronx Racial Justice
North Coast Coalition for Palestine
NYS Youth Leadership Council
Palestine Solidarity Alliance youth league
Palestine Solidarity Working Group
Palestinian Feminist Collective
People's tribune
Pine Lake Middle School Students For Palestine
Pine Lake Students For Palestine
Popular Resistance
Project Hajra
Puvunga Wetlands Protectors
Queers for a Liberated Palestine
Revolutionary Blackout Network
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
San Diego Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
School of the Americas Watch
SJP at UC San Diego
Socialist Fightback
Solidarity with Palestine coalition at Syracuse university
Splinter Collective
Stonewall Alliance Chico
Students for a Democratic Society - Denver
Students for Justice in Palestine UC San Diego
Teachers Unite
The Love We Dont See
Thurgood Marshall Law Students Protest for Palestine
Union de Vecinos
USA-Palestine Mental Health Network
Visions of Home
Waltham Black Future Fund
Workers World Party
YAP! (young Americans protest)