On Monday, like 100,000s of people across Italy, I took part in the #BlocchiamoTutto national strike for Palestine - a historic action organised by Italian trade unions.

I've written a reflection on my experience & how the tactics used in the strike can create a global ripple effect for Gaza. 🍉

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🆕 𝗡𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 – 𝗡𝗼𝘄.

As a network of local and national actors from the Global South, NEAR welcomes ERC Tom Fletcher’s call for more equitable funding, decentralisation & inclusive decision-making set out in the #humanitarianreset.

Read our statement 👇

The "humanitarian reset" proposed by ERC Tom Fletcher is much needed but it’s only a starting point.

This moment demands a bold change to shift power to local & national actors.

26 civil society representatives - including NEAR - call for a transformation of the aid system 👉 bit.ly/4idJ0l1

And now #Yemen Lab: local leader Asia Al Mashraqi from Yemeni NGO SDF tells us about the shift that happened pre-2015 and during the escalation of the war for international humanitarian actors. #NEARMENA2025

Nadine Saba from LHDF - representing 95 Lebanese local and national NGOs - talks about the added value of #Localisation Labs in #Lebanon where there are already several networks. It is so that LNNGOs can share their experiences, discuss and co-create solutions together. #NEARMENA2025

At the MENA Localisation Lab launch with local CSO leaders from Iraq, Lebanon, Syria & Yemen. Palestinian local CSO leaders unfortunately couldn’t leave Gaza, but are joining us remotely to talk about the amazing movement building that PNGO are doing in incredibly difficult conditions #NEARMENA2025

#LocalLeaders from civil society organizations from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti, Venezuela, Colombia & Brazil are gathered at #NEARNetwork Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Assembly. The goal is to explore how to collectively advance common objectives on #Localisation