Why We Must All Join the Global Strike for Gaza
This moment isn’t just about Gaza.
I mean, yes, of course, it is about Gaza, it’s about families grieving under bombardment, about lives being destroyed in real time, about people being stripped of their humanity while the world debates their survival.
But if we stop there, we miss the deeper truth. I always say this is not a test for the people of Palestine, Yemen, Syria, Sudan & Congo (and the rest, how bad is it that it would fill up most of this article if I wrote them all). Gaza is the mirror held up to all of us.
When we stand for Gaza, we are not only standing for Palestinians. We are standing for our own liberation too, which is what so many people still can’t see.
The Illusion of Power
We’ve been trained to believe that power belongs to governments, militaries, and billionaires. That we are small and insignificant. That we can’t stop the wheels from turning.
But here’s what they don’t want us to realise: the system cannot function without us.
Every government, corporation, and army relies on our compliance. Our labour. Our money. Our silence. Our fear.
The machine survives because WE keep feeding it, and we are keeping the very machine that harms us all going while feeling the pain of it simultaneously.
Which means we also have the power to stop it.
Why We Fear Not Going to Work
The thought of not going to work terrifies many of us. What if I lose my job? What if I can’t pay rent? What if I get punished?
So I am going to say it out loud because we all know it, but we still fear it. That fear is not an accident; it is by design.
Capitalism needs us to believe that survival depends on obedience. That our worth is tied to productivity. That if we step out of line, we collapse.
But flip the question: what if we all stopped?
If we collectively said “no more,” who really collapses?
Not us. Them.
The economy depends on us, not the other way around.
Striking is not a weakness. It is us remembering that the system’s greatest weapon is our fear, and that when we break that fear, the illusion crumbles.
How Many of Us, How Long?
It doesn’t take everyone. History has shown us: when even a fraction of people withdraw their labour, empires shake. Industries stall. Governments are forced to move.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted 381 days and dismantled segregation.
Farmers’ protests across the globe have overturned laws.
Workers striking for weeks have broken billion-dollar corporations.
Imagine if even 10% of the world’s workforce refused to comply for a week. Two weeks. A month.
The system that feels untouchable would start to bend.
The power we’re searching for isn’t in presidents or parliaments, it’s in us. Our feet. Our wallets. Our refusal. But most importantly through our community and shared purpose
Money Isn’t Real. Borders Aren’t Real.
The structures that rule us are built on illusions.
Money is not value, it’s control.
Borders are not protection, they’re cages.
We’ve been divided by race, religion, class, and geography, so we forget the truth: that we are one collective body.
When we choose not to comply, when we say “our humanity matters more than your profits and your lines”, the illusions lose their grip.
Energy, Frequency, and Resistance
Oppression operates at a low vibration. It thrives on fear, despair, and scarcity. It keeps us in survival mode, so we cannot imagine anything different.
And here’s what science tells us: negative energy travels in masses.
Neuroscientists have found that all human brains are connected through extremely low-frequency electromagnetic waves. These subtle signals, far below the range of our normal senses, may form a hidden “neural network” linking human consciousness across the planet.
Every thought creates electrical impulses, which generate electromagnetic fields. That means fear, hopelessness, and despair don’t just live in us individually. They ripple outward. They travel. They become collective.
This is why despair feels so heavy, because it is not only yours. It is ours.
But here’s the other side: collective courage travels too. Solidarity travels. Hope travels. Liberation travels.
Researchers even compare these waves to the Earth’s natural resonances, like the Schumann resonance that vibrates at similar frequencies. This raises a profound possibility: our brains are in constant dialogue, not only with each other, but also with the rhythms of the Earth itself.
When we shift together, the planet shifts with us.
Which means striking is not just economic disruption. It is energetic alignment. It is refusing the low frequencies of oppression and instead broadcasting something else: humanity, courage, and life.
Gaza and the World
Gaza shows us what happens when power is unchecked, when human lives are weighed against profit and control, and the power is so full of arrogance now they are mocking us by showing it to us as a live stream to traumatise us further. But Gaza is not separate from us.
The same system that bombs Gaza under occupation is the one that underpays workers, burns our planet, cages us in debt, and exhausts us until we forget our power.
When we strike for Gaza, we strike for every worker. Every migrant. Every community that has been told they are disposable. We strike for our children’s future. We strike for our own dignity, geez, we strike to remind ourselves we still have some humanity.
The Call
This is not about charity. It is not pity. It is not even only solidarity.
It is about liberation. Theirs and ours.
So the question is this: will we keep feeding the machine that destroys lives in Gaza, and quietly destroys us too? Or will we remember who we are?
When we stand together, when we refuse together, when we act like the collective body we are, the system cannot stand.
The global strike is not just a day of absence.
It is the beginning of presence.
Presence in our power.
Presence in our healing
Presence in our humanity
Presence in our collective community
Presence in a frequency that the system cannot control.
Gaza needs us.
And we need us too.
More than ever.
Who's ready to step out of fear and step into liberation? If you are ready, then please get in touch to see how I can support you as an individual or as an organisation. You can send me a DM or email hello@hannahlitt.com