No Arms in the Arts: Beyond the Craft and Into the Streets

Blueprints of Disruption

Despite what they'll tell you, Scotiabank is feeling the heat from No Arms in the Arts, a coalition of cultural sector workers who have deftly weaponized the banks own PR machine to get them to divest from Israeli weapons manufacturers.

Aliya Pabani from Canlit Responds and Michael DeForge of Writers Against the War on Gaza (W.A.W.O.G) talk about how they were able to turn Scotiabank's sponsorships of things like the Giller Prize and Hot Docs into liabilities as a means of pressure.

Its also a discussion about creating, activating and structuring coalitions, encouraging folks to go beyond their craft and look beyond the typical leverage points.

Resources:

• Attention Required! | Cloudflare
• How the Giller Prize Became Associated with Genocide | The Walrus
• Canlit Responds
• Toronto Star: Scotiabank Divests

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