Hi Friends,

A war-mongering Republican Congressmember is trying to bully me into silence by introducing a new measure to censure me for speaking up against the genocide of the Palestinian people.

I’m being targeted for my speech at this weekend’s People’s Conference for Palestine in my home city of Detroit—where I called out the majority of my colleagues in Congress who keep voting for genocide while ignoring the overwhelming majority of Americans who are demanding an arms embargo.

They can censure me, but they can’t censure everyone who’s working toward Palestinian liberation. During August’s congressional recess, people across the country came to town halls to demand their representatives stop funding and arming genocide.

Our movement is growing, and we won’t let warmongers silence us or stop our efforts to save lives. The more they try to suppress us, the more we need to get louder and more courageous.

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At the People’s Conference for Palestine last weekend, I welcomed people to the city that raised me and spoke about how the U.S. government doesn’t value human life, in our country or abroad.

I explained that as a daughter of Detroit, it’s no surprise to me that our government—which is complicit in war crimes including enabling forced starvation and supplying bombs that are dropped on Gaza’s hospitals and schools—is also defunding Americans’ food assistance and healthcare while turning its military forces on people in U.S. cities.

Detroit, the biggest majority-Black city in the country, has shown me how to fight for civil rights and justice. My neighbors have experienced U.S. troops on our streets, and they’ve risen up and birthed movements. Detroit’s community mothers have taught me that our political institutions won’t save us or free our people: We will do that. Social change comes from organizing in our communities and pushing these institutions to do what is right.

Our movement is working: More Democrats in Congress are swearing off AIPAC funding, and more Democrats are supporting policies to restrict U.S. military aid to Israel’s government.

But most elected leaders are still deeply out of touch with their constituents. For example, last week the Democratic National Committee voted down a resolution for an arms embargo—even though a poll came out beforehand showing that 75 percent of Democratic voters and 60 percent of all U.S. voters oppose sending more military aid to Israel.¹

This recent Quinnipiac University poll also found that 77 percent of Democrats and half of all U.S. voters say Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. I will keep pushing our government to stand with the American people and stop the Israeli government’s genocide of Palestinians.

I will continue defending human rights at home and abroad, including our constitutional right to protest against genocide. Recently, I went to the University of Michigan to join student activists and workers who are being punished by the public university for their pro-Palestine advocacy. Dissent is critical in a democracy—and academic freedom is part of it.

Can you push back against attempts to silence me and our movement, and  stand up for our right to dissent, by donating today?

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Thank you so much. Together we will keep fighting for our rights and for the safety and dignity of all people.

With you in the fight,

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, via RootsAction

1. Majority Of Voters Oppose Deploying National Guard To D.C., Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Support Drops For U.S. Military Aid To Israel As 50% Think Israel Is Committing Genocide In Gaza

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