I have been using my privilege, as a man, as a Canadian, as a person with in-demand skills, and many other privileges to speak up against the genocide. For others who also have privileges, it is our collective DUTY to speak up. Please feel free to download and share any of the below content anywhere you wish. No copyright. No reference or credit required.
The few that I use on social media most often, and repeatedly, are on top.
As of 2024, I have been protesting Yemeni genocide now for 9 year. In 2021, around the time of the Canadian Federal Elections, I got these signs printed and posted all over Toronto and surrounding suburbs.
Me and my two Pickering neighbors went to see my local MPP/provincial politician Peter Bethlenfalvy. He didn’t let me record him. I only recorded the portion where I spoke. MPP’s colleague, Lisa Mcleod, has made hateful comments about all anti genocide protestors. MPP Bethlenfalvy refused to stand up for us. After I shared all of these details with him (see video), he said he will take no action. He was courteous and professional. But he refused to take action.
MPP Mcleod slanderously called us, the Pickering residents that speak up against genocide “terrorist sympathizers”, and MPP Bethlenfalvy refused to stand up for us. Will you please call him and visit him and let him know that this is unacceptable?
Address: 1550 Kingston Rd #213, Pickering, ON L1V 1C3
“Nice people made the best Nazis. My mom grew up next to them. They got along, refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly and focused on happier things than “politics.” They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away. You know who weren’t nice people? Resisters.”
Naomi Shulman
#nextUpgradeNoiPhone #nextUpgradeNoSamsung – Congolese children deserve a childhood!
Congo is being bled dry. But you can take action. SHARE THIS VIDEO. Make a pledge to not upgrade your iPhone or Samsung device. (There are ethical options like Fairphone). Download and share on all your platforms with tags #nextUpgradeNoiPhone #nextUpgradeNoSamsung – Let’s put our money where our mouth is! https://drive.google.com/file/d/13cQldSSLHRFcpM6X_NetkP8L1jeXelS9/view?usp=drive_link
Did you know that even as an ally, you may be directly or indirectly funding wars, be it in Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Yemen and other conflicted places around the world? Many pension plans in US (401k), Europe (pension plans) and Canada (RRSP) include a percentage of defence stocks and US treasuries. THESE CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY to the wars in Palestine, Congo, Sundan, Yemen and across the world. YOUR MONEY.
Thankfully almost all major banks now offer ethical investment options which exclude these stocks. Talk to your financial advisor. Check their exclusion list. If your retirement savings are through your employer, find out if they are invested in defence or US treasuries, and demand ethical alternatives. MOST IMPORTANTLY: When you start the process, post about it on ALL of your social media accounts using #DivestFromWarStocks. This is essential for your actions to be impactful.
#DivestFromWarStocks
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12qIPZGeU8zMhQ6Fh0w1us_3vVe8oI91S/view?usp=drive_link
Please download the video using the above link and share it on your social media channels using the above accompanying text. Modify as you see fit. THANK YOU.
Did you know that even as an ally, you may be directly or indirectly funding wars, be it in Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Yemen and other conflicted places around the world? Many pension plans in US (401k), Europe (pension plans) and Canada (RRSP) include a percentage of defence stocks and US treasuries. THESE CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY to the wars in Palestine, Congo, Sundan, Yemen and across the world. YOUR MONEY.
Thankfully almost all major banks now offer ethical investment options which exclude these stocks. Talk to your financial advisor. Check their exclusion list. If your retirement savings are through your employer, find out if they are invested in defence or US treasuries, and demand ethical alternatives. MOST IMPORTANTLY: When you start the process, post about it on ALL of your social media accounts using #DivestFromWarStocks. This is essential for your actions to be impactful.
#DivestFromWarStocks
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11DtkqA0hc6jngzrwUOVubDtjD4tpbAnn/view?usp=drive_link
Please download the video using the above link and share it on your social media channels using the above accompanying text. Modify as you see fit. THANK YOU.
Palestinians were forcibly removed, massacred, and ethnically cleansed out of what makes up most of modern Israel today. They continue to live under Israeli oppression, with no control over their borders, water supply, radio space, air space, and continue to face mass punishment for the last several decades.
Kashmiri Pandits were forcibly removed, massacred, and ethnically cleansed out of many parts of Kashmir where they had lived for many generations before. Injustices done against them should not be used to justify oppression and anti-democratic practices against the entire Kashmiri population.
Injustices were done against both groups, Palestinians and Kashmiri Pandits, at a massive scale.
Both Palestinians and Kashmiri Pandits have the right to return and go back to the homes that were violently taken away from them.
If you support right of return of Palestinians, then by extension, you are also morally obligated to support right of return of the Kashmiri Pandits.
If you support right of return of Kashmiri Pandits, then by extension, you are also morally obligated to support right of return of the Palestinians.
Both groups of oppressed people were kicked out by religious extremists – one driven by extreme Jewish/Christian ideology, and the other driven by extreme Muslim ideology. Now yet another religious extremist, Hindutva ideology, is further being used to oppress Kashmiris.
Peace and justice is only possible without oppression. Start with rights of return of all the oppressed people – including Palestinians and Kashmiri Pandits.
TL;DR Summary: Conservative MPs continue to support sales of weapons to Saudi dictators, and refuse to answer questions as to why. Try asking them yourselves!
I have been calling, emailing, tweeting and messaging on Facebook 10 different Conservative MPs for the last three years, asking them all the same questions we have already raised on this website. Why are they barely saying a few words, barely speaking out, about the genocide being committed in Yemen with help from Canadian weapons. Most of them refused to respond. When a couple of them did respond, they completely deflected and ignored the questions.
(more…)TL;DR Summary: It’s not Islamophobic to criticize Saudi, UAE, Iran, etc. for their human rights abuses – and it’s also not anti-Semitic to Israel for its human rights abuses against the Palestinians.
It’s not Islamophobic to call for boycott and sanctions against Saudi Arabia for committing genocide in Yemen, starving millions, killing 100,000s for the last 6 years (source: ministryofwoke.com)
It’s not anti-Semitic to call for boycott and sanctions against Israel for its decades long occupation of Palestinian lands (Source: B’tselem)
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