[News] Artist Solidarity Statement Launch on November 29th, International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
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*In commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the
Palestinian People
<https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-of-solidarity-with-the-palestinian-people>,
November 29th, and in solidarity *with the six Palestinian human rights
organizations under attack by the Israeli occupation and apartheid
regime, *Art Against Imprisonment <http://www.artagainstprison.org>
endorses the following Artists' Statement .
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LCZcJ-5W6_-ucTpht-i09FVyiLPeHhLdaj6N6AJIMm0/edit#>
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*Over forty artists from around the world have already signed on for
this launch.
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*Please read the statement below, SIGN,
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17UpbSIORRtaEnRAkdCBo1ZZgvW1IbkAEpta36hKsOf4/edit?ts=61972912>and
share widely.*
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*In Solidarity,*
*Art Against Imprisonment <https://artagainstprison.org>
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We, the undersigned artists stand in solidarity with the six Palestinian
human rights organizations currently under attack by the Israeli
occupation and apartheid regime. As cultural workers, we understand the
critical role served by independent civil society and human rights
groups in providing essential services, fighting against oppressive
social and political structures, and towards collective liberation.
We understand the historic role that cultural workers - artists,
musicians, dancers, poets, writers, etc. - have played in making plain
the Palestinian struggle for self-determination and an end to Israeli
occupation. We also understand that the arts is a powerful tool to
change society and with that comes a responsibility for our community to
lift up the voices of the oppressed and support human rights in our work.
On 19 October 2021, Israel launched an unprecedented, and blanket attack
on Palestinian human rights defenders beginning with the designation of
six leading Palestinian human rights organizations as “terrorist”
groups. The organizations include: Addameer Prisoner Support and Human
Rights Association <https://www.addameer.org/>, Al-Haq Law in the
Service of Man (Al-Haq) <https://www.alhaq.org/>, Bisan Center for
Research and Development <https://www.bisan.org/>, Defense for Children
International-Palestine (DCI-P) <https://www.dci-palestine.org/>, the
Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC)
<https://www.uawc-pal.org/index.php?&lang=en>, and the Union of
Palestinian Women’s Committees (UPWC)
<http://upwc.org.ps/?page_id=4150>. Despite international condemnation
by the UN, international human rights groups, and government officials,
the Israeli occupation proceeded to double down in their crackdown and
issued a military order that outlaws, entirely, the six Palestinian
organizations in the West Bank.
Addameer serves as one of the largest organizations providing direct
legal support to Palestinian political prisoners. Al-Haq is one the
oldest human rights organizations in the Middle East and extensively
documents human rights violations in the occupied territory. Bisan
Center produces extensive research and development reports in support of
the poor and marginalized communities. DCI-P is a local affiliate of an
international human rights organizations that works to protect the
rights of Palestinian children. The UAWC supports thousands of
Palestinian farmers and their families amid the encroachment and
violence of illegal Israeli settlements. The UPWC is a feminist,
progressive, and grassroots organization that aims to empower
Palestinian women. The vital work of these six organizations to protect
and empower Palestinians and hold Israel accountable for its gross human
rights violations and military occupations is precisely the work that
Israel is trying to end.
Israel’s designation of these six Palestinian organizations as
“terrorist” groups, and the military order that outlaws them places the
safety of the organizations and their staff at imminent risk. The
military order allows for Israeli occupation forces to raid their
offices, forcibly shut them down, arbitrarily arrest their staff to be
tried under Israeli military courts, and institute other reprisals
including travel bans and residency revocations against their members.
The threat of retaliation puts at risk not just the organizations
themselves, but the entire Palestinian civil society and the tens of
thousands of Palestinians they serve every day.
We are launching this statement for broad circulation on the 29thof
November, the “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian
People” – a day to express our solidarity and support to enhance the
steadfastness of the people of Palestine.
We call on all artists and cultural workers of conscience across the
globe to stand with us. We call on the international community to
#Standwiththe6 and protect Palestinian human rights defenders. We demand
that the Israeli government immediately rescind the terrorist
designations and end all attempts to outlaw and criminalize the critical
work of these six organizations.
*Click here to Sign the Statement
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17UpbSIORRtaEnRAkdCBo1ZZgvW1IbkAEpta36hKsOf4/edit?ts=61972912>*
SIGNED BY
*_Organizations_*
Art Forces
Barrio Blues Press
CCDS/NEC/Peace and Solidarity Committee
Justseeds Coop
lower bottom playaz, inc
Radius of Arab American Writers
US Palestinian Community Network
*_Individuals_*
Aaron Hughes, Artist
Ada Pinkston Multi-media artist
Aja Monet, Poet
Arnoldo García Poeta humano
Ayodele Nzinga Theater artist, poet
Chris Gazaleh Artist
Christie Harbinski Musicians (Jazz/Originals/Blues)
Daniel Brooks Poet
Danya Zituni Visual artist
Emory Douglas Social justice visual artist/graphic designer
Eric J. Garcia Visual Artist
Fernando Martí Printmaker
Gary Hicks CCDS/NEC/Peace and Solidarity Committee
George Abraham Palestinian American Poet
Glenn Shaheen Poet
Hilton Obenzinger Poet
Ilyich Sato Artist
Jasmine Baetz Visiting Artist, Scripps College
Jean Yaste Musician, Composer, Producer, Singer & Dancer
Josh MacPhee Artist, designer, and archivist
Joyce Lee Poet
Juana Alícia Araiza Artist
Kaleem Hawa Writer
Karen Harvey-Turner Poet
Leora Rozner Visual artist / muralist
Lincoln Bergman Poet
Manar Shreiteh Art Forces - Madaa Silwan Creative Centre
María Estrada Poet and Writer
Melanie Cervantes Artist, DIGNIDAD REBELDE
Miranda Bergman Visual artist
Oscar Lopez Artist
Priscilla Wathington Poet / Radius of Arab American Writers
Rebecca Young Visual artist
Roger Peet Artist
Sarah Farahat Visual artist
Shirien Creates Illustrator & Designer
Sophia Sobko Visual and social practice art
Summer Farah Poet, Radius of Arab American Writers Board Member
Susan Greene Artist, Art Forces
Tongo Eisen-Martin Poet, Poet Laureate San Francisco
Zeyn Joukhadar Writer
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