MPower Change is a grassroots movement of US Muslims building social, spiritual, racial & economic justice. We’re on Mastodon:
@mpowerchange
@muslimsorganize
Palestinians have long awaited a hearing in The Hague at the International Court of Justice.
That day is here.
Take action with us: support South Africa’s initiative to identify and end the genocide in Gaza ➡️
#IsraelOnTrial
🧵
BREAKING—Palestinian, Muslim, & Arab
@Google
workers just published an open letter covered by the
@nytimes
exposing how workers have been internally surveilled & harassed for expressing solidarity with Palestinians during Israel's genocide of Gaza
BREAKING—
@Google
and
@Amazon
investors don’t want to profit off of Israeli apartheid!
This is historic: for the first time ever, Israeli apartheid is being explicitly named in shareholder proposals at any company.
#NoTechForApartheid
(thread)
“Slavery was legal. Segregation was legal. Internment of Japanese was legal. Just because the
#SCOTUS
decides something is legal doesn’t make it right or moral.”
#NoMuslimBanEver
#StandWithMuslims
This letter was sent to
@SpeakerPelosi
today from hundreds of leaders across the country who stand with
@Ilhan
and want Democratic leadership to expand language of their resolution. No double standards. Condemn all forms of bigotry.
#IStandWithIlhan
Trump calling for
@IlhanMN
’s resignation is the logical continuation of yesterday’s anti-Black, Islamophobic, & misogynistic attacks, which House leadership & many others joined in on. They enabled Trump’s brazenness today. We must hold them accountable:
BREAKING —Nearly 500
@Amazon
&
@Google
workers just joined forces to demand *both* companies cut their contract to provide cloud services to Israel's apartheid gov & military
Read their joint letter in the
@guardian
here:
Here’s why this is HISTORIC ⬇️
BREAKING—
@Google
is punishing a worker who spoke out against Google's contract w Israeli apartheid gov that inflicts violence on Palestinians
500+ Googlers defended her & their right to protest tech contracts that power state violence
#NoTechForApartheid
BREAKING—
@theintercept
profiled a Muslim
#NoTechForApartheid
worker organizer singled out by
@Google
HR for sharing a letter demanding Google stop powering Israel's genocide in Gaza.
We condemn
@Google
's systemic Islamophobia & anti-Palestinian racism.
Our team in D.C. with
@IlhanMN
today repping
#NoMuslimBanEver
!
We've been mobilizing since the Muslim Ban was introduced & we won't stop until it's repealed. As the first ever hearing on the Muslim Ban starts today, join us in the fight to
#RepealTheBan
:
Fox News is holding an emergency meeting today with ad buyers.
We’re outside to tell advertisers that financially supporting such a toxic and volatile network is risky and bad for business.
#DropFox
📣 BREAKING 📣
The House JUST voted to repeal Trump’s Muslim Ban!🎉🎉🎉
RETWEET if you celebrate this result—and are ready to take action with us to ensure the Muslim Ban is relegated to the dustbin of history.
#StandWithMuslims
#NoBanAct
#RepealTheBan
BREAKING—Bay Area activists protesting
@Google
$1B contract w Israel have locked arms & chained themselves to fixtures outside
#GoogleCloudNext
Conference in downtown SF
@Google
workers rallying alongside them to demand
#NoTechForApartheid
Take action:
.
@SenSanders
Every hour that passes, more Palestinian children and families are killed by Israel. We are witnessing a genocide. What will it take for you to call for a ceasefire?
#CeasefireNOW
#LetGazaLive
.
@IlhanMN
is Trump's & every other Islamophobe's worst nightmare: a Black Muslim woman unafraid of speaking truth to power.
In the face of Trump's newest anti-Black & Islamophobic threats against her—tell
@IlhanMN
you have her back ➡
#IStandWithIlhan
Rep. Omar has faced repeated death threats and attempts due to the constant racist and Islamophobic attacks against her. Yet
@Twitter
@TwitterSafety
refuse to take action and allow the hate to proliferate on this platform. Why is that,
@jack
?
#IStandWithIlhan
#StandWithIlhan
This timeline shows everything ICE has put Ousman through in 2020.
But Ousman’s bond hearing on Monday can end this THREE YEAR-long nightmare for him & his family.
Join us. Sign the petition to
#FreeOusman
NOW:
✍️
🎨
@cemicool
#FreeThemAll
Our Executive Director
@lsarsour
travels around the country day in and day out to mobilize Muslim voters (amongst others). The attacks against her are malicious and ignorant. We know defending dignity and freedom for Palestinians is just and right. We stand with Linda everyday.
As a Muslim-led org in solidarity w folks on the frontlines in
#Minneapolis
, we have a responsibility to direct attention & material support to local organizers fighting for liberation
Here's a resource list of calls to action + more! ➡️
#DefundMPD
College students across the country just launched a pledge refusing to work
@google
or
@amazon
, citing the companies’ cloud contract with the Israeli government and military.
Are you a student? Add your name:
#NoTechForApartheid
BREAKING—
@Google
worker organizing w
#NoTechForApartheid
resigns over Google’s retaliation against Palestinian & allied workers speaking up for Palestinian freedom
Workers don't want their labor to enable Israeli violence against Palestinians—but Google is silencing them🧵
The Muslim Ban is a continuation of decades of policies targeting Muslims. One year later, we’re still fighting the racist
#MuslimBan
, and we won’t stop until there’s
#NoMuslimBanEver
.
BREAKING—WE WON. After pressure from our
#DropAnyVision
campaign w/
@jvplive
& a powerful exposé by
@oliviasolon
@Microsoft
has divested from Israeli firm AnyVision that uses face recog tech to surveil Palestinians
Amazing news in such uncertain times!
BREAKING: The Senate just voted 54-45 to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war on
#Yemen
. We repeat: THIS IS HISTORIC.
Thank you to our members & partners for getting this done. We're one step closer to ending one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time.
#YemenCantWait
“Victory comes from God and a clear opening is near”—The Holy Quran 61:13
‼️ BREAKING: The
#MuslimBan
&
#AfricanBan
has finally been repealed
4 yrs of collective hard work & praying brought this result.
We won’t stop fighting and organizing until there’s safety for
#AllOfUS
so this means you're going to stop surveilling + firing your own Black warehouse workers speaking out against abuse, stop providing tech to ICE & cut their
@awscloud
contracts, and end
@Ring
camera partnerships with police departments right? 🤔
@Google
punished anti-Zionist Jewish worker
@ariel_koko
for demanding the company end its contract with the Israeli military.
It's wrong to silence workers for speaking up for Palestinians.
But Google can make this right by ending its contract now.
BREAKING: It’s now official — Trump is expanding the Muslim Ban to cover 6 new countries, with a focus on targeting families. Here’s what we all need to know — please RT if you can. THREAD.
#StandWithMuslims
#NoMuslimBanEver
#RepealTheBan
House leadership would rather attack
@IlhanMN
, a progressive Black Muslim woman who has the courage to speak truth to power, than address the deadly crisis of white nationalism. Let's make sure they get their priorities straight:
BREAKING—
@amazonlabor
workers in Staten Island faced anti-Black racism, intense union-busting tactics + intimidation from one of the most powerful corporations ever
They just won the FIRST US
@amazon
union
HISTORIC win for labor & workers worldwide 💪🏾
BREAKING: Amazon workers have successfully unionized the company's JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, New York, forming the first U.S. union at the company.
@amazonlabor
's organizing, led by fired worker Chris Smalls, overcame an expensive union-busting campaign by the tech giant.
No one is free until Palestinians are free
The time to act is NOW—especially when $3.8 BILLION of our US dollars fund the violence we see in
#SaveSheikhJarrah
#GazaUnderAttack
+ across Palestine
Join us in support of
@USCPR_
@AdalahJustice
new launch ➡️
A reminder:
1. In July, Jake Tapper invited Richard Spencer, an open white nationalist, onto his show.
2. Just a few weeks later, Tapper used the white supremacist shooting in El Paso as an excuse to attack “the Arab world.”
@CNN
—
#CancelTapper
➡️ (1/3)
Yesterday courageous workers called on ordinary ppl to rise up against
@google
@amazon
contract w/ Israeli apartheid gov
Today we launch
#NoTechForApartheid
Join us—demand
@sundarpichai
@ajassy
be on the right side of history, not apartheid & violence ➡️
BREAKING —Nearly 500
@Amazon
&
@Google
workers just joined forces to demand *both* companies cut their contract to provide cloud services to Israel's apartheid gov & military
Read their joint letter in the
@guardian
here:
Here’s why this is HISTORIC ⬇️
Huge victories so far! We’re waiting on
@SenGillibrand
&
@CoryBooker
to let us know that they’re on the right side of history and will take a stand against Islamophobia and
#SkipAIPAC
#GeorgeFloyd
was murdered by Minneapolis police yesterday. When a police officer knelt over his neck, George could be heard shouting: “I cannot breathe” and “Don’t kill me!” But moments later he was motionless, eyes closed, face-first on the road.
#BlackLivesMatter
#icantbreathe
🎉 VICTORY 🎉 We thwarted an attack that attempted to single out and smear Rep. Ilhan Omar—and also made sure House leadership condemns all forms of bigotry! This is what our collective, organized power can accomplish! 🔥✊
#IStandWithIlhan
#StandWithIlhan
BREAKING: The House just passed the
#NoWarWithIran
Act AND the bill to repeal the 2002 AUMF resolution!
YOUR calls & msgs to Congress have put us one step closer to ensuring
#NoWarOnIran
and reclaiming Congressional authority in matters of war so we can prevent +
#EndEndlessWar
!
ICYMI—Human rights activists confronted leaders at
#AWSsummit
to demand an end to
@Amazon
's surveillance empire—which enables state violence at home and abroad and powers Israeli apartheid.
Take action:
#NoTechForApartheid
🚨We call on
@stevenmnuchin1
to lift US sanctions on Iran during
#COVID19
!
#EndCOVIDSanctions
& give Iranians what experts say is critically needed: 120 days of sanctions relief. We don't have much time.
Give Mnuchin a call NOW ➡️
Right now, there’s no waiting for the storm to pass. There’s only the moral urgency of now & acting on the right side of history.
In the face of the constant anti-Black Islamophobia directed at her, tell
@IlhanMN
you have her back ➡
#IStandWithIlhan
BREAKING:
#NoMuslimBanEver
Coalition just sent a clear message to Congress outside the House chamber: We demand the
#NOBANAct
go to a vote tomorrow—don’t cave to pressure, don’t delay the vote.
No Ban, No Wall,
#RepealTheBan
once and for all!
Join us:
Palestinian
@amazon
worker Laith JUST presented a proposal to Bezos & the board—sharing how the Israeli regime forced his own family from from their homeland
He's organizing w
#NoTechForApartheid
to demand Amazon stop doing business w & powering Israeli apartheid & occupation⬇️
Amazon's own tech workers are also fighting back.
Laith Abad is a Palestinian-American with
@DropNimbus
who will present at the $AMZN shareholder meeting.
He's calling on shareholders to vote for human rights due diligence, including
#NoTechForApartheid
#DeliverAccountability
There is a historic narrative shift happening in the US on Palestine.
Massive turnout to protests, Palestinians like
@m7mdkurd
+
@MariamBarghouti
getting airtime, celebrities speaking out, naming apartheid...
If you are one of the many ppl just getting involved now, we got you.🧵
Deadly violence like the
#ChristchurchMosqueAttack
is the result of Islamophobia & white supremacy promoted by rhetoric, implemented in policy, and exacerbated by those who stay silent when we're attacked.
Here are 86 times Trump promoted Islamophobia:
URGENT ACTION ALERT: We’ve just received word that Fox News is testing out an on-air return of
@JudgeJeanine
, TONIGHT, weeks after she was censured by the network and pulled from the air for openly bigoted attacks targeting U.S. Muslims.
#DropFox
(1/5)
BREAKING: 80+ movement leaders from across the US are protesting at the Capitol to stop Biden’s $106 billion deadly deal in the Senate
Congress must
#StopArmingIsrael
& protect immigrant families: CHOOSE LIFE, NOT WEAPONS & GENOCIDE!
TAKE ACTION:
Hundreds of users are reporting
@instagram
deleted their posts about Sheikh Jarrah, where Israeli settlers and soldiers have been terrorizing Palestinians resisting imminent home theft and expulsion.
Are you one of these users? Write to us! Instructions below.
#SaveSheikhJarrah
Yesterday
@latimes
reported that
@Google
is punishing a worker who doesn't want her labor to power Israeli apartheid & violence against Palestinians.
Let's show up in support of her & all workers defending their right to protest unethical contracts
Sign:
U.S. Muslims are some of
@IHOP
's most loyal customers, often gathering there during
#Ramadan
for the pre-fast meal, suhoor.
So why does IHOP fund Islamophobia on Fox News? 🤔
@IHOP
: Make it clear you’re no Islamophobic House Of Pancakes
#IHOPFundsFoxNews
#BreonnaTaylor
was an aspiring nurse whose life was tragically cut short after
@LMPD
officers invaded her home while she was sleeping. She should still be here today. We need accountability and
#JusticeforBre
Israeli apartheid in Palestine. Hindu fascism in India. White supremacy in the US. These are the political roots of the preventable devastation of
#COVID19
That’s why 100+ progressive orgs & leaders demand Fauci speak out to
#EndMedicalApartheid
.
More:
.
@GEICO
: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion *includes Arabs, Palestinians and Muslims*.
Caving in to those who’d exclude and insult us is wrong.
Smearing Muslim activist communities during Ramadan is worse.
Shocking, we know.
#GEICOIslamophobia
🧵
Dear
@IHOP
: This is the kind of blatantly Islamophobic garbage you sponsor when you advertise on Fox News programs.
To everyone else, join us here if you think
@IHOP
shouldn’t stand for Islamophobic House of Pancakes: (1/2)
Absolutely disgusting.
Laura Ingraham just deliberately butchered a vid of
@IlhanMN
talking about how the GOP is hypocritical with "religious freedom."
Ingraham made it look like Omar said she hates all religion.
Ingraham's distorted clip followed by the whole thing:
.
@amazon
&
@google
workers are leading direction actions at their offices, turning up the pressure on their companies to end their contracts with the Israeli military and apartheid government.
Join us in Seattle, SF, or NYC on Sep 8!
#NoTechForApartheid
in light of
#JakeTapper
's renewed attacks on
@RashidaTlaib
(for the *checks notes* second time in just under a month) — here's one of our threads on Tapper from over a year ago.
It's LONG. Past. Time. to
#CancelTapper
.
A reminder:
1. In July, Jake Tapper invited Richard Spencer, an open white nationalist, onto his show.
2. Just a few weeks later, Tapper used the white supremacist shooting in El Paso as an excuse to attack “the Arab world.”
@CNN
—
#CancelTapper
➡️ (1/3)
56 ventilators. 40 ICU beds.
For 2 million people living under a military blockade.
#COVID19
will lead to unimaginable suffering for Palestinians in Gaza
That's why we've teamed up w/
@jvplive
to demand Congress
#EndTheGazaBlockade
NOW
Take action ➡️
So how can you support workers and take action in solidarity?
On Sep 8 tech workers in SF, Seattle, NYC will turn up the pressure on
@amazon
@google
to end their contracts with Israel. Join us. Rally in person or support from home:
#NoTechForApartheid
(cw: graphic threats) user
@chadloder
compiled dozens upon dozens of gruesome death threats against
@IlhanMN
that
@Twitter
is allowing to proliferate, along with the original Trump tweet.
@TwitterSafety
@jack
are complicit in rampant violent incitement:
.
@FoxNews
has *long* platformed bigots & far-right propaganda.
And every ad a company runs on
@FoxNews
is an endorsement of the Islamophobia & white supremacy espoused by the likes of
@JudgeJeanine
, who attacked
@IlhanMN
for wearing a hijab on Saturday.
It’s time to
#DropFox
.
On this last day of
#Ramadan
@IHOP
is rebranding instead of explaining why they fund Islamophobic Fox News while profiting off some of their most loyal customers—Muslims who frequent IHOP during Ramadan.
#IHOP
—don't let your new name be Islamophobic House Of Pancakes:
#DropPirro