Thanks for the very detailed post. I thought a lot since I posted that and I think I’m going to try again to go to Brazil (I had issues last time because of legislation changes).
I checked the link and I’ll donate to some, specially the ones working against israel, like APAN and ACIJ. While I would like to help Palestinians, I think it’s much more important to stop the murderer, who will keep finding other victims, than helping the current ones. And with the help of scum like the ones in australia, that will keep happening.
One bonus thing; Do you have a list of international entities? Most of the ones you gave me are in Australia. I think it’s more effective if my money doesn’t stay in Australia to help. Otherwise part of it goes to help, and part to kill more.
But once I, or at least my money, leave australia I shouldn’t have to feel guilty anymore anyway.
And yeah, there’s some progress in the perception of israel. And what did it help? The fuckers control the media and everything. Same with the americans, with a literal mafia boss threatening his slaves and Australia still does whatever they tell. The money continues to flow like a river, unaffected. Against russia, china and other dislikes of the US there’s all sort of boycotts, tariffs, blockades. But the ones controlling the game continue to do what they want, like they always did. There had been “perception change” many times before, like with PRISM, Sabra and Shattila, etc, and nothing changed. Quickly people forget and go back to worshipping their masters.
But if you have hope, that’s good. That’s the most sacred gift. One I wish I had.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 days ago
That’s a tricky one. If your goal is to avoid money going into the economies of the enabler countries - mainly rich/developed countries - a lot of international aid groups are based in those countries.
There’s international organisations that have country-based branches, though, so an option you might be happy with is donating to, say, the Brazilian branch of Médecins Sans Frontières, or of the Red Cross/Red Crescent. Even then, some of the money might flow back to supporting the head office in the US/Europe, I’m not sure. There’s probably organisations entirely based outside enabler countries, I just don’t know about them.
As you say, though, we need political change in the enabler countries, and that requires spending money in those countries to do lobbying and public education.
One thing I should probably have mentioned in my previous comment is the BDS movement. Boycotting is a direct way that public opinion can be converted into material effects. There’s the priority targeted boycotts (bdsmovement.net/Guide-to-BDS-Boycott), but if you want to, you can also get extremely granular and use barcode-scanning apps in your grocery shopping (bdsmovement.net/BDS-Has-Partnered-With-Boycat-App).
guismo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Yeah, it’s tricky. And to pay or donate anything I have to use visa, paypal or some other terrorist organisation, basically paying tax to Americans. The amount of control they have is unbelievable. At least in Brazil with their pix payment I hope to avoid it somehow, though that also have its issues with android and apple.
Yeah I know about BDS. I’ve been very careful with what I buy for some 10 years. I avoid American when possible and Israeli no matter what, even when there’s no alternative.
If I had any hope that change could happen with the enablers I would focus on that. But you’re fighting a multi trillion dollars war and propaganda machine. And an ocean of people who will choose the side that requires the least effort in their lives. So to me the best solution is just to try to run away. Like the Palestinians. The ones who fight are the heroes, but the ones who (can) run are the ones who might survive, no matter how unfair that is.