Support A Strong Boston Ceasefire Resolution!
Boston residents, call your city councilors to demand support for the current ceasefire resolution by 5/1 at noon!
Together with Muslim Justice League, If Not Now Boston, and other organizations in the movement for Palestinian liberation, JVP Boston is supporting a new effort to pass a strong Ceasefire Resolution in the Boston City Council, introduced by City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson. The resolution will be voted on at the next meeting, Wednesday, May 1st at noon.
Here's what you can do:Email and call your 5 councilors (4 At-Large + 1 District Councilor) before May 1 at noon to express your support for Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson's ceasefire resolution: https://tinyurl.com/bostonceasefire-action
Log your calls in this document: https://tinyurl.com/bostonceasefire-calllog
Attend City Council on Wednesday, May 1 at 12pm in silent support of the resolution. More info including the agenda can be found at https://tinyurl.com/boston-city-council
Support Councilor Anderson's ceasefire resolution
This iteration of the resolution (full text here) condemns Israel’s genocide and siege in Gaza and the ongoing occupation and apartheid. In addition to calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the resolution also calls for the return of all Israeli hostages and Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons; immediate humanitarian aid; enforcement of laws requiring recipients of US military assistance comply with international humanitarian law; and the beginning of a process of rebuilding, repair and reconciliation. The resolution also makes local connections, calling on the City of Boston to investigate and clarify ties to organizations and entities complicit in the Israeli assault on Gaza, such as companies that have supported Israel’s actions and police training with the Israeli military.