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.
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 (https://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 (https://bdsmovement.net/BDS-Has-Partnered-With-Boycat-App).
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 20 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.
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 (https://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 (https://bdsmovement.net/BDS-Has-Partnered-With-Boycat-App).
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 20 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.