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Gisteravond een grote schok: in De Telegraaf wordt een medewerker van PAX met volledige naam genoemd in de context van een verhaal over “een gecoördineerde campagne” waarbij antisemitische retoriek wordt verspreid. Pardon??? Het verhaal zou gebasseerd zijn op geheime documenten van het Israelische ministerie van Diaspora en Bestrijding van Antisemitisme. Dit overschrijdt zoveel grenzen! - een medewerker wordt hierdoor persoonlijk geframed, geïntimideerd en in een kwaad daglicht gezet - valse en vaak vaag insinuerende verhalen worden verspreid zonder enig steekhoudend bewijs (want het is onzin!) - dit gebeurt door een buitenlandse overheid - en dit wordt zonder wederhoor of onderzoek overgenomen door een Nederlandse krant Het is een volgende stap om organisaties en betrokken burgers die kritiek uiten op het geweld tegen Palestijnen te intimideren en het zwijgen op te leggen. Het maakt mij razend: mijn medewerkers moeten veilig hun werk kunnen doen. En iedereen moet zich vrij en veilig kunnen uitspreken voor mensenrechten. Lees hier de reactie van PAX https://lnkd.in/eu2YjniU

SOLIDARITY · Right to protest Local and national governments, along with many newspapers, seem to think that they can just pit communities against each other, manipulate and gaslight us, and use the result to further crack down on activists and "Nederlanders met een migratieachtergrond". They are abandoning so many of the city's residents. But as activists, we will never abandon the fight against genocide and fascism. Fighting islamophobia and fighting antisemitism will always remain part of the same struggle, even and especially when the state sanctions and encourages one form of racism and deliberately diffuses and abuses the other. Today, again, activists were arrested in Amsterdam while defending the right to protest. Hoe laat is het? Solidariteit!

ACTION · Justice for the victims of the Pylos shipwreck On 14 June 2023, during a push-back operation by the Greek coast guard, a fishing vessel with an estimated 750 refugees on board sank off the Greek coastal town of Pylos. Around 650 people drowned. The circa hundred survivors who did make it ashore were immediately detained in the Malakasa camp. KEERFA, a group of Greek activists fighting against racism and fascism, activated its network in the aftermath of this catastrophe to support the survivors and bereaved families. With the support of Het Actiefonds, they rallied 30,000 people in a mass solidarity demonstration 24 hours after the shipwreck and again 3 months afterwards. Migrants who survive the crossing and the prisons are at risk of racist and fascist violence. Two people were killed by hooligans and street fighters of the Bad Blue Boys and other neonazi groups in the months after the Pylos nightmare. Het Actiefonds is proud to support KEERFA's struggle against against racist violence and all manifestations of fascism, in Greece and wherever it rears its ugly head.

Kom naar de Dam in Amsterdam aanstaande zondag. Stop het geweld. Manifestatie van 14.00-15.00. Nederland moet meer doen. Nederland heeft de bevordering van het internationaal recht in de grondwet staan en is gastland van het Internationaal Strafhof en –Gerechtshof. Het heeft de plicht om samen met haar bondgenoten veel meer te doen om het geweld te stoppen en burgers te beschermen. Wij roepen de Nederlandse regering daarom op: -Eis een onmiddellijk en permanent staakt-het-vuren in Gaza en onvoorwaardelijke toegang tot hulp;  -Neem maatregelen, waaronder het stoppen van wapenleveranties en militaire samenwerking met Israël;  -Dring aan op onmiddellijke vrijlating van onterecht gedetineerde Palestijnse gevangenen en alle gegijzelde burgers. Steun jij de oproep ook? Kom dan op 13 oktober naar de Dam. Hoe meer mensen, hoe harder onze boodschap zal klinken: #StophetGeweld! Georganiseerd door PAX, Oxfam Novib, Save the Children Nederland, SOMO, The Rights Forum, Terre des Hommes Netherlands, Amnesty International The Netherlands en Stichting Kifaia en ondersteund door onder meer Greenpeace Nederland, Milieudefensie, Represent Jezelf, Kairos-Sabeel Nederland, Het Grote Midden Oosten Platform, Het Actiefonds, Gate48, Plant een Olijfboom, War Child Nederland, Artsen voor Gaza, DeGoedeZaak, IZI Solutions, Fossielvrij NL, Stop Wapenhandel, Ambtenaren en de Grondwet, Transnational Institute, Impunity Watch, ActionAid, The Black Archives en Free Press Unlimited.

LIFTING THE LID ON HARMFUL INDUSTRIAL TUNA FISHERIES The EU industrial tuna fishing fleet that uses drifting FADs (Fish Aggregating Devices) is a major driver of overfishing in the Indian Ocean, starving small fishing communities outside the EU in favor of the European market. dFADs float around in the ocean attracting large numbers of tuna fish as well as shark, turtle and whale populations that get thrown back dead or dying as 'bycatch'. To end this violence, Ocean Rebellion performed a theatrical stunt action with support of Het Actiefonds. Merfolk accidentally caught in a giant tuna can were spotted at the opening of the Blue Food Innovation Summit, a major seafood industry conference attended by the responsible UK government Minister (Defra) and senior executives from the relevant damaging companies and organisations. The group also managed to gain entrance to the conference and flyer inside. Thanks to this direct action, there has been a downgrading of the primary processing company as it has ran into issues with insurers. The group will continue their actions until there is an end to industrial overfishing. Become a donor of Het Actiefonds and make actions like this possible!

LOOKING FOR 430 MORE ALLIES • Today the far-right Schoof I cabinet took office. Including ministers denying the climate crisis and who believe in the racist conspiracy theory of 'repopulation' ('omvolking'). And a deputy prime minister who sees anti-Semitism as part of Islam and does not say a word about the centuries of hatred against Jews in white European culture. In addition, supervision of the Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD was temporarily scaled down yesterday. This worrying trend isn't just a Dutch affair. Worldwide we see a rise in extreme right-wing and racist ideas, temperatures rising at a record pace, and a growth in military aggression for profit-making. These times make us sad and angry, but also make us ready for joyful resistance. Many brave activists all over the world are taking a stand against injustice and for a better world. Het Actiefonds supports them in their struggle. This year we are receiving a record number of applications. To provide for this, we are looking for 500 new allies. We are grateful for the first 70 new donors who have joined since last week. Will you become one of them today? https://lnkd.in/eX2xdDRE

HET ACTIEFONDS IS LOOKING FOR 500 NEW ALLIES • Activists from all over the world can request (financial) aid from Het Actiefonds to do their work. In 2024 we will receive more applications than ever before. To answer to this global call for change, we are now looking for at least 500 allies to join Het Actiefonds. Most of our allies donate between 5 and 15 euros per month. Rise up and join us!

HET ACTIEFONDS IS LOOKING FOR 500 NEW ALLIES • Activists from all over the world can request (financial) aid from Het Actiefonds to do their work. In 2024 we will receive more applications than ever before. To answer to this global call for change, we are now looking for at least 500 allies to join Het Actiefonds. Most of our allies donate between 5 and 15 euros per month. Rise up and join us!

WE NEED YOUR HELP | 🗞️ An increasing number of people resist injustice and fight for a better world. In 2024 Het Actiefonds receives more applications for funding than ever before! We need your help! Join us. You can start by subscribing to our newsletter ⬇️ Het Actiefonds supports the struggle for a sustainable and socially just world in which people and the environment are more important than economic interests for over 55 years. We do so by financially supporting grassroots activists and social movements all over the world.

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