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🔻 Statement from a Palestine Actionist read aloud in Pittsfield, Massachusetts at a rally protesting Kopmala Harris’s fundraiser: When this phase of the genocide in Gaza began, we were moved to direct action against weapons companies because we knew that no "democratically-elected" official would listen to those of us crying out to stop the slaughter in Palestine - that to do so would mean interrupting endless streams of profit and sacrificing hold over the entire globe from the proxy state and military outpost named "Israel." The only way to put a stop to the most horrific thing we'd ever witnessed was to make business as usual impossible, to lie our bodies on the cogs of the machine that manufactures not only genocide around the globe, but mass consent for it among our own people. And that is exactly why we championed the fight against Elbit Systems, Israel's largest weapons manufacturer. The extreme repression we faced from the state afterwards forced us into silence, but now, as Kamala Harris makes one of her first public appearances since securing the Democratic nomination here in my hometown of Pittsfield, my continued silence feels only like complicity in the suffering of humankind everywhere. There is no one in this world I hate more than Kamala Harris and all that she represents, and here she is in this auspicious moment in our tiny city. It seems almost poetic to me that Kamala is here in Pittsfield, fundraising for her new campaign among Berkshire elites like James Taylor and Yo-Yo Ma. It's almost the perfect metaphor of the Pittsfield experience, a city whose population is forced to work in service of imperialism at General Dynamics, the county's second largest employer, or in the service industry, propping up cafes, breweries, and restaurants owned and frequented by out-of-town gentrifiers. In this way the Berkshires can be read as a microcosm of imperialism, where a local population is beholden to the political and economic will of outside wealth and power, where the beauty of the natural environment is marketed and sold under the slogan "America's Premier Cultural Resort," where huge segments of our people suffer homelessness, drug addiction, extreme poverty, so that wealthy weekenders can make a buck or enjoy an idyllic getaway at our expense. This is what Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, Wall Street, the entertainment industry, all that is American, represents to all of humanity. Our share of the suffering here is magnified to the extreme in the rest of the world, and is channeled most profoundly right now in Palestine. If we feel it here, what must every enslaved human anywhere be feeling? Now I could stand up here and tell you all of the policy failures of Kamala Harris, or talk about the slippery way she was elevated to the position of Democratic nominee. But to do that feels like legitimizing a democratic process that we can so clearly see does not exist. The truth is that Kamala is not a presidential candidate, but a focal point through which the fascists can weaponize identity politics to manufacture consent for imperialism. An emperor with a brown face, with a woman's body, is still an emperor. Under a Harris regime, the money would still flow from the exploited corners of the globe to the coffers of fascist America. Suffering would still be exported en masse to prop up this capitalist system that benefits nobody but the elite that suck the blood of the world. Cop cities would continue to be built all across the US, including the one planned down the road in Lee, paving way for an intensely militarized police state to deploy the same weapons of control perfected in Palestine on anyone who tries to speak up. Kamala is and will always be a cop, a prosecutor, an executor of the fascist agenda on the most marginalized among us.   We cannot fall for such blatant political theater when the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.

DEFEND PALESTINE & LEBANON 🇵🇸🇱🇧 🔻 Take autonomous action & disrupt the Fmr. Intl. Spokesperson for the IOF! 📆 Wednesday, July 31 ⏰ 5:30 PM 📍 Broadway Pedestrian Plaza, 7th Ave between 45th & 46th St On Wednesday, July 31, the Former IDF Chief International Spokesperson, Jonathan Cornicus, is coming to New York City for a "night to honor israel" and normalize the genocide of Palestine. This celebration of genocide takes place a week after Netanyahu's address to congress and on the heels of the IOF bombing of Beirut in an extreme escalation against Lebanon for their solidarity with Gaza. Take autonomous action at Broadway Pedestrian Plaza on Wednesday, July 31, at 5:30 PM to disrupt this event and make clear that genocider is not welcome in our city. Bring noisemakers, banners and Palestinians flags to disrupt and shutdown this genocide celebration‼️🇵🇸🇱🇧

"Our duty is not only to take revenge. Our duty is to improve revenge." -Martyr Basil Al-Araj

🔻 Anonymous submission: Communiqué - Sharp metal objects placed under Brooklyn NYPD SRG's personal vehicles Late July 24, we entered the parking area of NYPD's Strategic Response Group in Brooklyn and put sharp metal objects under multiple pigs' personal vehciels. Any of those pigs getting off work would have been met with the unpleasant surprise of punctured tires as they started for home. This happened on the same day the NYPD sent 200 outside agitators to DC to protect genocidal war criminal Netanyahu and the U.S. imperialist mission. Maybe cops shouldn't feel safe enough in our city to spread their violence elsewhere. Why does the NYPD even have offices from Tucson, Arizona to Bogota, Colombia? The SRG is the unit notorious for violently repressing protestors. These pigs sign up voluntarily to be SRG to crack skulls. This is payback for their brutality against Palestine protestors and student encampments. We targeted their personal vehicles because it is time they faced a personal cost for their actions. These pigs walk among us, feeling safe and complacent. It's on us to teach them they aren't. The Legal Aid Society stated NYC paid out $114,586,723 million for police misconduct in 2023. These lawsuits for pig brutality don't come out of their pockets. And the NYPD has so much money they are spending $1390 per patrol car just to replace a slogan decal. We must chip away at empire in every small way. Avenge the Palestinian martyrs. Avenge Sonya Massey. Fuck the police.

In response to the ongoing massacres in Palestine and the outrageous murder of Sonya Massey in her own home on July 6th in Illinois, we are calling on New York City to flood Brooklyn for Black & Palestinian liberation and resistance by any means necessary. This also coincides with Black August, established to honor the life and legacy of George Jackson, who was assassinated inside San Quentin prison August 21st 1971, and his brother Jonathan, who also died at the hands of the state while attempting to liberate the Soledad Brothers. In solidarity with the Black freedom struggle, the ongoing fight to free all of our political prisoners from the U.S. to Palestine, and in recognition of the interconnectedness of our liberation, we take to the streets on August 3rd. Join us. (2/2)

🔻 Flood Brooklyn For Black & Palestinian Liberation! Justice For Sonya Massey! 🗓️ Saturday August 3rd 🇵🇸 International Day of Solidarity With Gaza & Palestinian Prisoners ⏱️ 5:00 pm 📍 Barclays Center (Brooklyn, NY) 📱 Twitter/X @wolpalestine 🛜 Telegram t.me/wolprotest U.S. imperialism is slaughtering and oppressing our people all over the world from Haiti, to Puerto Rico, to Palestine and beyond. In Gaza over 186,000 Palestinians have been martyred during the ongoing U.S.-israeli genocide over the past 10 months. And as the U.S. funds and facilitates genocide abroad, the state continues to commit genocide here at home against Black people, with local police murdering hundreds of Black people across the U.S. in cold blood year every year. (1/2)

Anomymous submission: Early this morning, the entrance of a CitiBank in Los Angeles was targeted by an autonomous group. The entrance was decorated with statements that included "CitiBank Funds Genocide" and "Free Palestine". From its looting of Haiti's economy during the U.S. government's occupation of Haiti, to being the last bank to pull out of apartheid South Africa, to financing of Israeli weapons purchases and settlements, CitiBank has a long history of profiting off of colonialism. And it is currently banking on the genocide of Palestinians. At the beginning of the genocide, it financed a $500 million bond to fund the occupation's war chest and it has facilitated the sale of billions in bonds for Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, manufacturers of missiles and fighter jets used by the IOF in Gaza. This is only the beginning and we must continue to escalate for Gaza and force CitiBank to cut ties with genocide. We encourage others to take action against genocide profiteers and strike at imperialism wherever it rears its ugly head.

CUNY 22 Communiqué - 25 July 2024 "As of the release of this statement, tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been martyred over the last nine months ––a continuation of 76 years of the genocidal ambitions of the zionist state, a continuation of the Nakba. These numbers do not include the hundreds of thousands missing and under the rubble in Gaza. An entire population is being starved, while over 20,000 are held hostage in the West Bank. Yemen, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq continue to respond to the Palestinian call by confronting the zionist entity, smashing all illusions of the occupation’s invincibility while they deal with entity’s outbursts. “The Axis of Resistance bears its responsibility not only in supporting Gaza but in doing more to serve the primary goal, which is stopping the aggression in all its forms.” The fight is not just in solidarity, but in resisting assimilation to the colonial project.  The CUNY 22 attempted to answer the call made by the steadfast Palestinian resistance to escalate from within the belly of the beast. We resist with Gaza... ...We are not just fighting for a Free Palestine but for the liberation of all. The fight for liberation requires sacrifice. We fight for ourselves and our communities. Palestine is everywhere, we cannot free Palestine until we free ourselves, and we cannot free ourselves until we free Palestine. The city of New York and their pigs are going to keep brutalizing and escalating, and so will we. Remember, “we are all outside agitators''.  Whether we are fighting in Atlanta, New York City, Sudan, or Palestine, the enemy remains the same. The zionist entity escalates, so does the Palestinian Resistance. The pigs and institutions escalate, so do the agitators of the world!" Read the full statement

The City of New York and their pigs continue to escalate their repression of the city. Since the mass arrests and felony charges at the encampments, the pigs have been sending protesters partaking in various demonstrations to central bookings on a weekly basis, pushing higher criminal charges, and heavily brutalizing communities. This was especially glaring on the weekend of Nakba day at a Within Our Lifetime (WOL) action and on May 11th, when the pigs arrested two ‘We The People’ (an ongoing food distribution site) members in Harlem and arrested nine community members doing jail support, sending them all to central bookings. Since resident pig eric adams took office, he has cut the city budget massively to further fund the pigs, sent the National Guard onto public transit, is destroying Chinatown with a massive prison, and is expanding Queens Cop City to militarize city government workers.  We are not just fighting for a Free Palestine but for the liberation of all. The fight for liberation requires sacrifice. We fight for ourselves and our communities. Palestine is everywhere, we cannot free Palestine until we free ourselves, and we cannot free ourselves until we free Palestine. The city of New York and their pigs are going to keep brutalizing and escalating, and so will we. Remember, “we are all outside agitators''.  Whether we are fighting in Atlanta, New York City, Sudan, or Palestine, the enemy remains the same. The zionist entity escalates, so does the Palestinian Resistance. The pigs and institutions escalate, so do the agitators of the world! https://prismreports.org/2024/05/21/aftermath-cuny-pro-palestine-crackdown/ https://wolpalestine.com/encampments/ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/5/15/alumni-divest-from-cunys-complicity-invest-in-palestinian-liberationhttps://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/5/15/alumni-divest-from-cunys-complicity-invest-in-palestinian-liberation https://hellgatenyc.com/mutual-aid-harlem-arrests https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-college-suspends-officer-who-told-pro-palestinian-protester-i-support-killing-all-you-guys/5445484/

As the zionist entity continues its destruction of the Gaza Strip—and the United States maintains its genocidal hegemony from Palestine to Harlem—the working class people of the world escalate. The encampments were an escalatory response, but they often failed to envision an end goal beyond a meeting, a committee or an email. An encampment should not normalize the institution, it should disrupt it, dismantle it and abolish it. A principled encampment should not collaborate with the pigs. This includes campus “public safety.” Anyone that chooses to play the role of a pig is the enemy. CUNY public safety proved to be an enemy to the working class when they attempted to grab a protester on the first day of the encampment. This protester was later arrested and charged with a felony, tracked down by the surveillance equipment plaguing campus. A few days later “public safety” sicced the pigs on a Harlem community member riding through campus, leading to an unwarranted violent arrest, and assaulting a protester in the process.  On April 30th, the night of the CUNY raid, “public safety” brutalized protesters at the encampment and inside the building: pepper-spraying, smashing batons in faces, breaking glass, bones and teeth, harassing and choking us. CUNY “public safety” are the pigs! The pigs are the IOF! The investment and collaboration with the zionist entity by CUNY actively gentrifies and destroys Harlem, a Black neighborhood with a rich history of anti imperialism and Black radical thought. The fight for a liberated Palestine is also a fight for a liberated Harlem, and the destruction of U.S Empire. On the same night of the 30th, a few hours later, Columbia rebels who took Hinds Hall were brutalized by the pigs and arrested en masse for their continued agitation. CUNY agitators spent a longer time in custody, are facing higher charges and continued backlash. The narrative of “good” vs. “bad” protester is a narrative pushed by the state to divide our efforts along class and racial contentions, but in reality–the fight against the same enemy unites us . Since the violent escalation by CUNY and the pigs, New York revised its penal code of felony burglary after all 22 agitators were charged with 3rd degree felony burglary in a clear representation of state repression against those of us who choose to act against genocide. At the same time, the CUNY Board of Trustees introduced a resolution to spend 4 million dollars on a private security firm that advertises its services to pigs and zionist trained “experts” to spy on pro-Palestine protesters. CUNY’s systemic embrace of violent displacement was exposed on social media when a “public safety” officer working the College of Staten Island's graduation ceremony was filmed saying “Yes I do, I support genocide, I support killing all you guys, how about that?” to pro-Palestinian demonstrators.  In June, the CUNY 22 had our court dates. Nine of us with CUNY affiliations received full dismissals, nine were offered adjournment in contemplation of dismissal, three were offered plea deals, and one remains with no offer on the table at all. An additional five protesters are being tried separately, facing down heavy charges after being arrested outside of the building. The division of our group has nothing to do with our actions but is a deliberate attempt to isolate us and intimidate us to not continue our fight. We will not be intimidated into silence by the state. The material impact we will have on each other across schools, boroughs, cities and countries may not be immediately clear, but with every step we take we set a precedent for how the state expects us to move.

CUNY 22 Communiqué - 25 July 2024 As of the release of this statement, tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been martyred over the last nine months ––a continuation of 76 years of the genocidal ambitions of the zionist state, a continuation of the Nakba. These numbers do not include the hundreds of thousands missing and under the rubble in Gaza. An entire population is being starved, while over 20,000 are held hostage in the West Bank. Yemen, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq continue to respond to the Palestinian call by confronting the zionist entity, smashing all illusions of the occupation’s invincibility while they deal with entity’s outbursts. “The Axis of Resistance bears its responsibility not only in supporting Gaza but in doing more to serve the primary goal, which is stopping the aggression in all its forms.” The fight is not just in solidarity, but in resisting assimilation to the colonial project.  The CUNY 22 attempted to answer the call made by the steadfast Palestinian resistance to escalate from within the belly of the beast. We resist with Gaza. We are an autonomous group of students, faculty, community members and outside agitators who chose to disrupt the encampment’s status quo in order to dismantle CUNY’s active role in this genocide and ongoing apartheid. CUNY refuses to sever ties with these criminal entities. Instead, it welcomes IOF soldiers onto campuses, promoting these war criminals as "heroes." CUNY employs former IOF "counter-terrorism" officials, such as maria haberfeld, a professor of police science. CUNY's partners, like Hillel, organize student trips to IOF bases, providing food and material aid to zionist forces. CUNY funds weapons manufacturers like Boeing, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon, whose bombs and jets are used by the IOF to indiscriminately massacre Palestinians. Furthermore, CUNY facilitates US military recruitment through Reserve Officer Training Corp (ROTC) and campus recruitment. Since October 7, 2023, numerous CUNY administrations have issued disingenuous statements about anti-Semitism on campus, yet they remain silent on the ongoing genocide. Instead, CUNY actively represses and condemns any support of the Palestinian right to self determination and liberation, contributing to the widespread racist dehumanization of Palestinians.  The occupation of buildings by students and outside agitators symbolizes reclaiming space and disrupting normal operations to draw attention to injustices and force institutions to address the demands of protestors.  Assata Shakur, prominent member of the Black Panther Party and later the Black Liberation Army, was first arrested in 1967 during a student-led occupation of a CUNY building. The occupation of the CUNY building was part of a broader wave of student activism during the 1960s and 1970s, which sought to address issues such as educational inequity, racial discrimination and social justice. The reinstatement of the Guillermo Morales/Assata Shakur community center, which existed because of a campus occupation, is one of the demands of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment.

🔻 Last night, clandestine saboteurs struck the Caterpillar facility near Prince and I-10 in Tucson, AZ, in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle against ongoing genocide by the Israeli state. The tires of multiple mobile generators were slashed and a message vandalized the facility wall: "Bulldoze your butts, not Gaza." Caterpillar has been a supplier of military equipment used by the Israeli state in their campaign of terror and mass death. Saboteurs have targeted Caterpillar at least twice in Tucson this year. More broadly, clandestine sabotage has been one strategy taken by autonomous actors against the global corporations who produce and supply the material means for the unfolding atrocity. Repost on IG: https://www.instagram.com/p/C90l3QeSWC-/

Last night, autonomous actionists planted maggots and mealworms at the banquet tables and crickets on multiple floors of the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC where Netanyahu and his entourage are staying ahead of his speech to US Congress in a few hours. Fire alarms were also set off to ensure that the war criminals get no rest.

Stand with Palestine! Shut Down the DNC for Gaza! Join Behind Enemy Lines, Samidoun, and Palestine Action US: 📍August 20th, 7PM - 500 W Madison, Chicago Whether it's Genocide Joe, or Killer Kamala, the butchers of Gaza cannot be allowed to gather in Chicago undisturbed. Despite mass starvation, mass expulsion, and mass slaughter, despite 8 months of US-Israel genocide on Gaza, the Palestinian people remain steadfast and brave. People who live in the US have an opportunity and an obligation to stand with the people of Palestine and the people of the world, and confront the criminals who are sponsoring, funding, and cheerleading this genocide. In August, the DNC, the Death and Nakba Coronation, will attempt to put a cherry on top this genocide. They'll attempt to claim a mantle of democracy and progress, while the bones of Palestinians crunch beneath them. They'll trot out the "progressive" politicians who happily sell out the Palestinians for empty promises to restore the legitimacy of the empire that they head. It's up to us to shatter that image and make it clear that the DNC is a genocide convention, and that people in Chicago and beyond stand with Palestine and against US imperialism. On the Tuesday night of the convention, join Behind Enemy Lines, Palestine Action US, and Samidoun to confront these criminals. Tuesday, August 20th, in front of the Israeli Consulate. 7PM. Make it great like '68! Reshare on IG

Photo from the NYC protest yesterday, including the burning of US/Zionist flags - symbols of genocide. "A phoenix shall rise from the embers of empire in Gaza," as Lowkey said in his latest piece....

FUCK CAT! 🔻 Anonymous submission from Los Angeles on disabling CAT bulldozers which the zionist army uses to ethnically cleanse Palestinian villages: These are everywhere people! Grab some: insulation foam/superglue, a wrench, cable cutters, PPE( glasses and gloves and mask), stickers. Grab some lookouts, be casual, and send a message; there's a cost (small or large) for supporting companies that participate in genocide. - People of Los Angeles Reshare on Pal Action IG: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9nWVcVuaOM/

Average Elbit Systems employee 🤮: "Anybody who's gonna be left in Gaza; all y'all gonna die, each and everyone of you" This is Major Mikito Shoshan of the zionist occupation army, and a "program manager" at Elbit Systems, the largest zionist weapons company and target of Palestine Action's international campaign to #ShutElbitDown. He posted this video on his Facebook account threatening Palestinians in Gaza with death if they don't leave the Strip. Mikito recorded this message in Spanish and English, reflecting his background. Previously, he also published a post vowing to eradicate the seed of Amalek (referring to Palestinians) to the last person on a "biblical scale." Global map of Elbit facilities to target with direct action: https://act.progressive.international/out-palestine/

BREAKING: Actionists climb down a rope ladder from Hydrafeed’s factory roof, to break inside the supplier of machinery for Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems. The contents inside was dismantled before they all left without detection

Send Casey some commissary funds Casey's support team has made sure that they have some funds on their commissary account upon arrival back at Santa Rita. If you wish to help keep money on Casey's books, there are several ways to do this: - At the jail via the TouchPay kiosk in the lobby. - Sending a money order in the mail. The money order must be made payable to "Casey Goonan #UMF227" and there must be no other material in the envelope. No cash or personal checks will be accepted. - Online with a credit card via one of the vendor platforms run by GlobalTel such as accesscorrections.com or connectnetwork.com. You will have to create an account. If the platform offers different fund options, the fund you want to get Casey money for commissary is called the "Trust Fund". Fundraising In addition to making sure Casey has commissary funds, we are preparing to fundraise for Casey's legal representation. Stay tuned and on call for more info on fundraising. Casey knows they have the support of their community and appreciates everyone who has shown up in court, written letters, sent literature, and expressed care and solidarity. This will be a long struggle, and we commit ourselves to it until Casey is free. Please join us! To receive these updates by email, message cscommittee@proton.me Love and Struggle, Casey Support Committee (2/2)

Casey Goonan Support Committee Update 7/13/24 Thank you for your interest in supporting Casey! Casey’s arrest and incarceration have obviously caused immense distress and disruption to Casey’s life. They have entered the belly of the beast! Yet their dedication to abolition, commitment to study, perseverance, humor and spirit continue to shine through despite their conditions. LEGAL UPDATE Casey's state charges were dismissed and the case has been moved under federal jurisdiction. One federal charge has been unsealed, a single count of arson, 18 U.S.C. 844(f)(1). If convicted, this charge alone could mean 5-20 years plus a quarter million dollar fine. We are anticipating that additional charges could follow. Last week, Casey was moved to SF County Jail to appear in court on outstanding warrants. The transfer forced Casey to spend over 24 hours in a holding cell without access to insulin, to endure several hours long bus rides while shackled, harassment from correction officers, sleep deprivation, and inadequate access to food needed to regulate their blood sugar. These experiences were very disregulating and their mental and physical health have been fluctuating as a result. They have just arrived back at Santa Rita/Alameda County Jail under federal custody. We anticipate that Casey will stay at Santa Rita for the foreseeable future as they await trial. We are hopeful that things will stabilize now that the recent rounds of transfers and unpredictable court appearances have settled down for the moment. In the move to SF and back to Santa Rita, Casey lost access to the books and mail that they had been sent while previously at Santa Rita. We are intending to look into getting their belongings returned, but in the meantime they would appreciate more books, zines and printed out news articles. Any excess or duplicate literature can be shared inside. Freeing Casey will likely be a long fight. Just as Casey has persistently for years cared for, supported, and struggled alongside incarcerated comrades, we aim to replicate these actions in solidarity with Casey as they continue their struggle from the other side of the wall. WAYS TO SUPPORT Write Casey With the case now being federal, Casey has a new PFN. Their mailing address is now: Casey Goonan #UMF227 Santa Rita Jail 5325 Broder Blvd Dublin, CA 94568 Casey is excited to receive mail including updates on news and current affairs as they have been feeling cut off from the world. What not to write about: - Do not discuss the case. Casey is still pre-trial and receiving mail concerning their case can seriously endanger them. - Do not valorize Casey. They are a person and a member of our community, not a symbol or martyr. Casey isn't looking for praise, but rather to maintain correspondence. - Do not write anything you wouldn’t want Fox News, a cop, or a judge to see. Assume that intelligence and law enforcement agencies are reading your letter. - As you correspond with Casey, they may send requests aside from books or commissary. Please coordinate directly with Casey's Support Committee regarding additional asks. For those who have written Casey and have not heard back yet, Casey mentioned that they hadn't received any of the mail that was sent to them at Santa Rita after June 22nd. With Casey going in and out of different jurisdictional systems, it is likely that much of their mail has been lost, 'lost', or returned to sender. Casey also wants people to know that the mail system is very slow so it may take a while for people to hear back from them. (1/2)