On the 50th anniversary of Land Day, Palestinians remain unbroken in our struggle for liberation. This must not be a moment of resignation - it must be one of escalation. Channel your rage, frustration, and grief into effective, strategic BDS action and pressure. https://loom.ly/K1gdgOc

The newest @palfest.bsky.social pod features Alaa Abd el-Fattah, in his first extended conversation since being released from prison in Egypt, with Palestinian poet and performer Farah Barqawi thepalfestpodcast.podbean.com/e/alaa-abd-e...

Sally Shalabi on genres of storytelling in Palestine that open up imaginaries of “what liberation from a settler colonial reality might look like, which is the first step towards building alternative futures.” tarwida.simplecast.com/episodes/zag...

Javier Bardem at the Oscars: “No to war and free Palestine.” variety.com/2026/awards/...

Get Summer Farah’s new book here, all proceeds to Sameer Project! open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g...

Palestine at the Movies: A Triptych On a big year for Palestinian cinema and the importance of culture work in the war over historical narrative. By Bhakti Shringarpure www.radicalbookscollective.com/p/palestine-...

Let's help Sameer Project feed 2,500 families this Ramadan. Can you donate and repost? chuffed.org/project/1666... For $32 they can provide 1 family with: 1kg orzo 1pack pasta 1kg sugar 1kg dates 2kg rice 1can ghee 1 l oil 450g tahini 3packs cheese 2cans tomato sauce 1pack spaghetti 2cans beans

NYC 3/3 @ Giorno Poetry Systems: Playwright Ismail Khalidi and writer Isabella Hammad in conversation, with a reading from Khalidi's works by Hind Shoufani & John Early withfriends.events/event/oZP0FI...

Incredible victory! After years of organizing across Canada, Scotia Bank has divested from Elbit Systems! Elbit is Israel's largest weapons company, arming the occupation and genocide of Palestine. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Javier Bardem, Tilda Swinton & other Berlinale alumni: “Many int'l film festivals have endorsed the cultural boycott of apartheid Israel … We call on the Berlinale to fulfil its moral duty and clearly state its opposition to Israel’s genocide." variety.com/2026/film/gl...

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza. We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

UPDATE ON THE BOYCOTT OF PEN AMERICA: The Writers Won. The boycott is lifted. Fuck yeah.

"Among the items Israel restricts are drainage equipment, heaters and solar equipment, and reconstruction items such as cement and timber, many of which are classified as “dual-use” items." www.dropsitenews.com/p/winter-col...

NYC 1/22: Opening reception for Eyes in Gaza II, a collection of first-hand accounts from Palestinian photojournalists on the ground in Gaza. The collection will be on view through 2/12 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (St. James Chapel) www.eventbrite.com/e/eyes-in-ga...

The fascists don't have the culture. And THIS absolutely enrages them.

Icymi, when writers organize, they win. As Writers Against the War on Gaza lifts its PEN America boycott, it looks back at the power of collective pressure, and looks ahead toward the work to come. lithub.com/the-boycott-... writersagainstthewarongaza.com/statements/p...

Join the boycott of Australia's Adelaide Festival! Already 50 writers have withdrawn after the festival's egregiously racist cancelation of Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah's appearance. bdsmovement.net/boycott-adel...

From Palestine to Venezuela: We call for unity in the struggle for self-determination and for collective solidarity against the genocidal US-Israel axis. Read our full statement: loom.ly/0PcQonE

“All we hear are warplanes in the sky, and there is a constant threat of a military operation in Jenin” Update from Rawand Arqawi TAKE ACTION https:// theculturalintifada.com MAYDAY >>> #Jenin #JeninUnderAttack #Palestine #Theatre #جنين #Mayday http:// artistsonthefrontline.com/mayday

The Compelling Artistry of Marah Khaled #Gaza baladimagazine.com/the-compelli...

A small but concrete task for today: Sameer Project told us on 12/25 that it costs $38 for 1 blanket, which can help keep a family that is in their 3rd winter in genocide (😢) warm. Can anyone join us today in donating the cost of one blanket to Sameer? Can you get 1 other person to join you?

The Palestinian filmmaker Mohammad Bakri, who directed the documentary “Jenin, Jenin”, has passed away aged 72. Read Suha Arraf’s piece from 2021 on how Israel stifles Palestinian filmmakers like Bakri, and how they continue to resist through their art. Suha Arraf www.972mag.com/censorship-m...

Majda has a brand new fundraiser which are very hard to raise on- you can see the conditions she is living in on her chuffed- it’s really hard for her family ❤️

Books as Breath: Gaza’s Living Story Salah and Abdullah's small bookshop in Nuseirat is a testament to the power of literature. A model of Palestinian endurance.

Over 600 artists have signed an open letter to Live Nation urging the company to cut ties with its Israel subsidiary.

"We cannot stay silent while Live Nation Israel glorifies the genocidal Israeli military that has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza." 600+ musicians and music workers call on Live Nation to drop Live Nation Israel musiciansforpalestine.net/live-nation/

Palestinian singer, flutist, and composer Nai Barghouti on re-imagining Palestinian folklore through a blend of jazz, blues and tarab styles tarwida.simplecast.com/episodes/the...

Omar Hamad and Ibrahim are gathering donations to create a public library in Gaza after Israel’s genocidal war destroyed nearly all its existing libraries, schools, and universities. lithub.com/you-can-help...

Poet Ahmad Ibsais’s “Threadbare in Rafah” narrates the steadfastness of Palestinian children against the unimaginable terrors of Israel’s genocide. proteanmag.com/2025/12/10/t...

Not only is Eurovision welcoming Israel (while banning Russia for the same reasons), but they’re willing to let go of Spain, Slovenia, Ireland and the Netherland, countries that have not committed war crimes. Eurovision is willing to self-destruct just to protect Israel. Boycott Eurovision.

Musicians and music lovers! Join @bdsmovement.bsky.social and @pacbi.bsky.social in their new campaign to pressure Live Nation Entertainment to drop its subsidiary Live Nation Israel, which openly supports the genocidal Israeli military and artwashes apartheid. bdsmovement.net/pressure-liv...

BDS WIN! In the last two weeks, $26.7 million have been divested from Israel bonds, and will no longer serve as unrestricted loans to the Israeli military and government.

Israel allowing exists from Gaza but no reentry is ethnic cleansing & history repeating. It’s the script of the Nakba — massacre people & then leave them with the awful decision between their children’s lives & their land and then lie that those who chose the former voluntarily departed. So sick.

Despite Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians, the European Broadcasting Union has voted to allow Israel to participate in Eurovision. Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, and Slovenia have all pulled out of the competition in protest.

NYC tomorrow (12/6)! MENA Creative Collective X Friendly Strangers Studios X Balady Film Club present Yalla Parkour, a film by by Areeb Zuaiter, plus three shorts Dinner provided by BK JANI Proceeds support families within the Parkour Community in Gaza givebutter.com/yallaparkour...

"What kind of ceasefire is this, when the fire never truly stops?" New dispatch by Dalia Abu Ramadan in Gaza, writing for @truthout.org

Streaming now, on this International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People:  24-hour global reading for freedom of expression and solidarity with Palestine www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGUg...

NYC 1/3: Join Theater Workers for a Ceasefire & friends for a day of radical art and cultural organizing for Palestine. Featuring Robin D.G. Kelley, Rashid Khalidi, Ismail Khalidi, Naomi Wallace, Brooklyn Nomads & more. Proceeds support MECA & the Sameer Project events.humanitix.com/solidarity-f...

"In each interval of calm, I feel time slowing down—as if the world outside Gaza moves forward while we remain stuck inside the same unfinished sentence trapped between survival and meaning." jewishcurrents.org/alphabets-on...

NYC – If you missed El-Funoun's fall workshops or just want more, Samer Karaja is coming back to lead advanced workshops on street dabke Nov 4 & 7!

"The fear now among people here is that the [Israeli attacks] are endangering an already fragile ceasefire across the Strip." Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud reports on the wave of Israeli air attacks across Gaza after Israel accused Hamas of ceasefire violations.

Let's amplify Palestine at the GRAMMYs! Today's the last day to vote in first-round Grammy Awards nominations. If you're an academy member, vote for Unboundable: BDS Mixtape Vol 3 in the Best Alternative Jazz category – and spread the word!

8 pm tonight and 4 pm tomorrow at La MaMa in NYC Registration is closed but there will be some spots available, so come on out for this truly special program

Come early and get in the standby line for entry if you missed the window to register!

Watermelon Pictures is streaming The Encampments and Boycott free (no subscription required) for the next week watch.watermelonpictures.com watch.watermelonpictures.com/videos/the-e... watch.watermelonpictures.com/products/boy...

No more artwashing Israel's genocide! European broadcasters to vote on expelling Israel from Eurovision. The vote comes after broadcasters from Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland & Slovenia said they would boycott if Israel was allowed to take part. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Please read this amazing essay by my dear friend Saher Safi, who discusses his childhood in Bureij Refugee Camp, Gaza, and the pain of now witnessing genocide. Saher worked for months on this essay, which was a difficult process for him. He ended up producing some exceptionally powerful writing.