Ceasefire resources
plus Yumi Sakugawa, Edward Said, UAW
arts
Yumi Sakugawa on creative practice (Instagram, linktr.ee)
“Discipline in creative practice can be embodied pleasure.”
Edward Said deep dive: The New Yorker, The Nation, Current Affairs
labor
The Intercept on Artforum and David Velasco
“Artforum editor David Velasco was fired after a Gaza ceasefire letter drew the ire of Bed Bath & Beyond scion Martin Eisenberg, a collector.”
media
“5 Calls is the easiest and most effective way for U.S. constituents to make a political impact.”
“Half of Gaza’s two million residents are children, and more than two thirds are refugees and their descendants being forced to flee their homes. Humanitarian aid must be allowed to reach them…. As of this writing more than 6,000 bombs have been dropped on Gaza in the last 12 days - resulting in one child being killed every 15 minutes.”
Writers Against the War on Gaza
“As was the case following the September 11th attacks, Islamophobic political fervor and the widespread circulation of unsubstantiated claims has galvanized a US-led coalition of military support for a brutal campaign of violence.”
“Major international and Israeli human rights organizations have identified Israeli rule over Palestinians as apartheid.”
Amnesty International petition for ceasefire
“A ceasefire would put a stop to unlawful attacks by all parties, halt the mounting death toll in Gaza and enable aid agencies to get life-saving aid, water and medical supplies into the Strip to address the staggering levels of human suffering.”