CULTURAL STRIKE FOR PALESTINE
As we witness the violent destruction of a whole society in Gaza and the horrific recent attacks on Rafah, we, the entire staff at The Mosaic Rooms, are calling on all UK and international arts and cultural colleagues to strike this Friday 31st May. The Mosiac Rooms will be closed.
We believe that to continue operating in a world where this is allowed to happen is unconscionable and unacceptable. We invite our colleagues to join us in our strike action and use your resources to pressure your government to call for a ceasefire, cease arms sales to, and implement sanctions against, Israel, and demand the end of the Israeli occupation. We encourage you to speak to your organisation, call out its complicity, whether through its funders and benefactors, or lack of visibility and censorship for voices in support of and from Palestine.
We also ask you to listen and learn from your communities, give them space and time to gather, discuss and grieve.
Design assets for the strike can be found here. We encourage you share the graphics together with the action that you personally, institutionally or collectively will be taking as a form of active solidarity. Please use the hashtag #culturalstrike4palestine
Image credit: Javie Huxley / Migrants in Culture