Make Genocide Politically Toxic.
Sign the Pledge. Join the 315 others committed to ending the genocide in Gaza.
I pledge to vote only for candidates who actively use their political power and public platform to bring a swift end to the ongoing genocide of Palestinians.
Sign the Pledge. Join the 315 others committed to ending the genocide in Gaza.
Every successful protest derives its strength from the potential power in its supporters’ votes. The implicit warning: ignore us and face electoral consequences.
Yet for a year and a half we protested our government’s sponsorship of Israel’s genocide and nothing changed. A majority of Democratic voters wanted to stop funding Israel’s military, but still voted for a candidate pledging to do the opposite. We allowed ourselves to believe each “political issue” existed in a vacuum, that a party lacking the courage to oppose genocide would still protect immigrants, fight for the poor, and staunchly oppose another costly Middle East war.
That belief was an illusion.
A party supporting genocide abroad won’t fight for regular people at home. The same Democratic leaders who stand behind Israel’s ethnic cleansing now cower as Trump threatens our democracy and economy.
If our country is to survive its current crises, our leaders must act boldly. Any candidate who equivocates on genocide cannot credibly claim to stand for anything.
How can we expect politicians to fight against corporate greed if they won’t fight to end an ethnic cleansing? Why trust politicians to take on insurance companies if they won’t oppose a genocide?
No more listening to half-hearted attempts from paid party spokespeople and craven talking-heads about voting for the “lesser of two evils.” Opposing genocide should be the bare minimum. If a candidate has shown that they are unwilling or unable to pass that test, then they should not earn our vote, full stop.
However, none of this matters if we don’t do it together.
Individual moral stands mean nothing in politics compared to organized power backed up by credible threats. Only by coordinate a mass movement of voters can we use our potential voting power to make supporting genocide politically toxic.