Palestine LegalVerified account

In 2011, members of the Olympia Food Co-op decided to boycott Israeli goods in solidarity with Palestinian human rights. Since then, they've been fighting harassment in court with the support of human rights attorneys - including our friends at @theCCR.https://twitter.com/theCCR/status/1186705632478613506 …

“When someone told me what policing looked like in Gaza, I realized that’s how policing is also done in my neighborhood.” — @agoggans

“In D.C., we are single handedly the most policed city in the United States. We have the highest per capita of officers in the United States.” — @agoggans

“We decided to have Black Joy Sunday’s because we believed it was not sustainable to be fighting the police everyday. We have to have black joy.” — @agoggans

“Omar Barghouti said we changed the conversation about BDS when Law4BlackLives came out in support of us.” — Marbre Stahly-Butts

“We were asked to apologize to Zionist groups for our support of BDS. We lost the support of major funders, especially black organizing groups. All of this why? Because there has been a decades long solidarity between the Black and Palestinian struggle.” — Marbre Stahly-Butts

“Some of the effects of chilling protests include: 1) deep public shaming that law enforcement bring into our communities; 2) isolation through use of informants; and 3) a loss of funding for supporting BDS.” — Marbre Stahly-Butts

“Recently what we’re seeing is people who are out on bail, who are the leaders of some of these community movements, are being suppressed and chilled by local police tactics... what are we doing to help support our folks?” — Marbre Stahly-Butts

“Calling someone a terrorist changes the whole conversation [regarding the chilling effects of protest]. Calling black liberation supporters “terrorists” is meant to silow and isolate them away.” — Marbre Stahly-Butts

“This whole system is not broken. It does not need a tweak or a fix. We are grasping at the roots of the problem, rather than the symptoms. We are committed to black liberation, end of capitalism, total liberation, and shifting power into the streets.” — Marbre Stahly-Butts

“These people put their lives on the line to go to prison, for me to have clean water. That is so touching to me. So we must support them. We need to raise money to help these political prisoners.” —@leoyla

“Write to political prisoners. You know how life changing the experience at Standing Rock was. These people have not had a chance to heal. Share your experiences with them of what you have seen there and what it has done for you.” —@leoyla

“There are organizations that promised to help DAPL political prisoners that promised to help us, and they have not stepped up. We will not do a public shaming. So what do we do? First we go to the water and pray together. And second is that we must support each other.” —@leoyla

“We all hear about political prisoners. But I have to tell you that as indigenous people, we have different needs. We [as lawyers in solidarity] need to make space for their needs.” — @leoyla

“... 8. Challenge the founders of these movements 9. Educate ourselves and others 10. Communicate the idea that we are winning *Bonus: break the law because these are unjust laws, and write to political prisoners.” —@carltonwilliams

“I want to give people 10 ways to respond to criminalization of all protest: 1. Stand in solidarity together 2. Coalitions 3. Lobby states to stop bills 4. Protest them if they pass 5. Challenge the in court 6. Fight complicit corporations 7. Challenge the orgs themselves...”

“They are targeting the BDS movement, no DAPL movement, and Black Lives Matter movement to hold down and suppress us. That means there are Black, Arab, Palestinian, and Muslims rising up, speaking on panels together, joining in ways we haven’t seen before.” @carltonwilliams