Sept 18-21 - Take Part in the "Disrupt Complicity Weekend"
According to the principle of accountable solidarity, heed the latest call from Palestinian civil society representing dozens of trade unions and other organizations. Escalate disruptive BDS actions now against complicit states, corporations, and institutions, building up to mass disruption from 18 – 21 September, the UN General Assembly deadline for Israel to end its illegal occupation and apartheid.
Actions can include¹:
Blocking, occupying or otherwise disrupting strategic highways, bridges, ports, facilities of complicit weapons, tech, media, financial and other corporations;
Mass protests and peaceful disruptive actions at government offices (ministries of trade, transport, or foreign affairs, for instance) or parliaments, demanding that they comply with their legal obligations under international law. As called for by dozens of UN human rights experts.
Strikes², where feasible, and conscientious objection to complicity in genocide in institutions and workplaces, including universities, city councils, among others;
Escalation of boycott campaigns against priority targets of the BDS movement — including peaceful disruption at stores and company offices, as well as social media actions;
Launching broad intersectional campaigns to compel institutions — including city councils, universities, trade unions, hospitals, etc. — to adopt ethical procurement and investment policies,
Talk to your congregation about initiating boycotts of these corporations that are complicit in enabling the starvation, bombing, and mass displacement/ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza.
Boycott/Divest PRIORITIES: Chevron, Caltex, Texaco, Intel, Dell, HP, Carrefour, AXA, Disney+, Siemiens, Re/Max, and SodaStream.
Established Boycott Chevron Campaign: Talk to your congregation's social justice team about supporting the Boycott Chevron campaign, for the planet and the Palestinians. Resources are via the American Friends Service Committee and Palestinian-led Friends of Sabeel North America.
Also see Complicit Corporations: Expose and Divest | Leverage Corporate Influence on Political Leaders
This is a faith-rooted, Christian led economic resistance campaign focusing on two companies complicit in the violence in Gaza. The plan is to focus on Palantir and Chevron.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLa63J9wA_wRg9TOsZK1s8lASldHkiJrUhHxZcbr5pkKZruA/viewform
¹ To minimize legal risks, we always call for consulting with movement lawyers first.
² Where a strike could cause significant harm to workers, “call in sick” instead — sick of Israel’s genocide and weaponized starvation and sick of your institution’s complicity in both.