Originally Posted by
AltyWalty
Is there anything that people who aren't in a position to financially help can do? I think adding that to the thread would be a good idea.
This is entirely location dependent. A good thing to think about when considering "making an impact" is acting local, hyperlocal if possible. You will have the most impact on the communities around you in your everyday life.
With that in mind, if you live in the US and have picked the genocide of Palestinians as your tragedy of interest, then putting pressure on the US gov to end arms shipments/sales to Israel is going to have a decent impact. This can include electoral efforts like writing to elected officials (senators, governors, house reps). It can include demonstrations to inspire your community to go out and do these things. It can include direct action... which I won't elaborate on. There are probably local orgs and groups you can get involved with. Look for ones which center Palestinians of course (like BDS), though there are leftist and anti-zionist jewish orgs (like JVP) which do similar work.
If you don't live in the US or all of the above feel like more effort than you have in you, boycotting Israeli goods can be helpful. Do research into where products come from, be vocal about zionist companies and shipping lines and inspire others to boycott those as well.
There's not much else that can be done unfortunately. Most of us live quite far from the situation. Those that live closeby are either helping in-person, dying, or gearing up for war.
Lastly, I wanna mention that it can be easy to get stuck thinking about what is going to have the biggest impact. A lot of folks who have been organizing against these large, complex systems for a long time will tell you that "diversity of tactics" is incredibly important. There are a lot of humans out there. A lot of people doing this kind of work, taking it from just about every angle imaginable. All methods have their merits and if only one or two were picked, they'd be easier for 'opponents' to dismantle. Whatever you do will be helpful and will contribute to the overall goal; don't let decision paralysis stop you.
Last edited by Toffee; Aug 14, 2024 at 09:17 PM.