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ALT About Gaza Funds: We vet and track fundraisers for our people in Gaza and gazans in the diaspora who have lost support and loved ones in this genocide. We have a random generator at gazafunds.com that shows you the most in need fundraisers at that moment in time. You can donate to the fundraisers there directly and help them get out of stagnation. We are asking people to pick any one of the struggling fundraisers and to adopt it. That means taking personal responsibility for the fundraiser, making sure people know about it both online and IRL, as well as driving traffic to the fundraiser to help it meet its goal. Tag us on social media and we will amplify your effort!
ALT Image of the cover of the zine. Black banner at the top has large, thick white lettering that reads "Mask Up We Need You" in all capital letters. Below is an illustration of a person with chin length wavy hair and cat-eye eyeliner, wearing a black KN95 mask and keffiyeh wrapped around their neck. Below the image is black text that reads: "Palestinian solidarity, Covid-19, and the struggle for liberation" in all capital letters.
ALT Image of the cover of a zine. An illustrated black shape of a bullhorn is at the top, with three lines coming out the front to illustrate sound. The word "Covid" is inside the bullhorn in large white font. In bold black font below the text reads: "is a labor issue". In the center of the right side of the cover, smaller black text reads: "wear a mask at work & on the picket line" in all capital letters.
ALT DE-ARREST PRIMER draft 1//so-called U.s. // spring, 2024
ALT intro A de-arrest, aka an unarrest, is the act of freeing someone who has been seized by Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs). Often its police that repress protests and make ar- rests, but federal agents, like BORTAC who were deployed in 2020, have done riot con- trol and also have arresting powers. A de-ar- rest can look like physically removing an arrestee from LEOs' grips, opening the door of a car, or pressuring LEOs to release an arrestee. Being arrested can have drastic negative life altering affects, especially for targeted populations like people who aren't white, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and cer- tain radicals. It follows then that reversing an arrest can be well worth the risks in- volved. There are many situations where a de-arrest is worth the risk, but please don't skip the considerations section at the end.
ALT tactic 1 Using a secure grip like the Gable grip that's illustrated above, hug the arrestee and pull them out of danger
ALT You can also hug a person hugging the ar- restee as your grips should be strong enough that your efforts will still combine. Holding the arrestee around the torso or abdomen is preferred to grabbing limbs as limbs are harder to get a grip on and can easily dislo- cate if two or more people are exerting force of them in opposing directions. It may be tempting to pull on a backpack or article of clothing, but most cloth tears easily and backpacks that aren't secured by copious straps and buckles comes loose with ease. Of the tactics presented here this takes a medium level of risk. Pulling someone who's being snatched by LEOs away from them is more risky than simply pressuring officers to release the arrestee without phys- ical contact with the arrestee, but it also doesn't require physical contact with offi- cers like the next tactic "tactic 2' does.
ALT Photograph of a zine called “What’s Up With COVID and How to Protect Yourself: 2024 Edition.” Subtitle: “Feat. ADVANCED COVID safety tips!” word balloon: “Have you heard the bad news?” By Hazel Newlevant Back cover text: “Every chain of transmission that is broken is VALUABLE. Every person that doesn’t GET SICK, that doesn’t lose that WEEK OF WORK, that doesn’t become DISABLED or DIE, from the minorest of inconveniences, to the GREATEST of losses: every single one of those things is VALUABLE.” -Becca on DEATH PANEL podcast 2/16/23. Print and distribute this zine yourself! Download a PDF here. Citations: Newlevant.com/COVIDzine ALWAYS FREE