TW4C humbly salutes Palestinian steadfastness in the face of genocide, and out of an abundance of solidarity, we loudly exclaim that our work as Theater Workers for a Ceasefire is just beginning, because clearly it has not been enough. We will not rest until there is a permanent ceasefire, arms embargo, and a Free Palestine. We are grateful to be led by organizations like the @palestinianyouthmovement and @bds.movement. If they will not rest, then neither will we.
We bear in mind that one year of genocide is also one year of resistance. Juliano Mer Khamis, co-founder of The Freedom Theatre of Jenin clarified before his murder that “What we do in the theater is not trying to be a substitute or an alternative to the Palestinian resistance in the struggle for liberation, just the opposite… We join, by all means, the Palestinian struggle for liberation, which is our liberation struggle. We are not healers… We are freedom fighters.”
From this we can glean at least two responsibilities: one, to more firmly connect our theater to our own fight for freedom, and two, from our various localities and particularities, connect our fight to the fight of all those struggling against oppression and exploitation globally. Perhaps, in these simplified terms, the only question which remains is how far are we willing to take our fight? Theater Workers for a Ceasefire commits to answering this question with you, with more cultural organizing to come.
In Solidarity,
TW4C
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