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I am writing this in English for hopefully more reach. Some of the links attached are in German/French/Italian/Romansh.

This Sunday, on June 14th, Switzerland will vote on the "No 10-million Swiss initiative", also called the "sustainability initiative".

What does this mean?

This initiative was launched by the far-right party, the SVP/UDC. If the people vote with a 'Yes', that would mean Switzerland would have to cap its population at 10 million. The government would have to start taking 'drastic measures' (whatever the fuck that means) at a population of 9.5 million. This initiative is incredibly xenophobic. We would be breaking multiple human rights laws, multiple contracts with the EU (such as the freedom of movement of people, the Schengen Agreement, etc.). Imagine Brexit, but somehow worse and more racist.

The SVP/UDC is using fear tactics and blaming immigrants for everything, such as not having enough affordable apartments, full trains, criminality, high health care costs, etc., now lovingly calling this the "sustainability initiative" to "preserve swiss nature and traditons" (again, whatever the fuck that means). Meanwhile, most of the party are millionaires, living in huge mansions, driving the people against each other. Every time we wanted to pass climate bills, increase public transport infrastructure, fund schools, or wanted to put a cap on rent, the SVP was the party fighting against it. This is ecofascism.

A yes vote would mean not only a collapse of our economy, but it would also mean that immigrants will lose their rights, they might be deported, might not be able to bring their families, and asylum seekers might not be able to get asylum here. Not only that, but neo-Nazi groups, such as "Die Junge Tat", are using this initiative to make remigration palpable, even popular. I am sick to my stomach, and I cannot even begin to imagine the racism my immigrant friends have had to endure these past few weeks.

Before we signed the bilateral contract in 2002, we had a system called "saisonierstatut". Meaning, rich people hired workforces from out of the country (for 6–12 months). These workers barely had any rights, were severely underpaid, and sometimes had to live in barracks that didn't even have a functioning plumbing system. We cannot go back to this. We must protect the immigrants, we must protect our rights. So please, if you are Swiss, go and vote NO, if you have not already.

If you are not Swiss, share this around, a Swiss person might see it and get encouraged to vote, if they have not already. It is going to be very, very tight according to recent statistics. Even though a lot of damage has already been done by the SVP/UDC, we cannot let them take away our rights!!

Switzerland is not just a nice country to go visit. It is actively needing to fight against our deep rooted fascim. Please help by sharing this.

sources and resources: easyvote: https://www.easyvote.ch/de/abstimmungen/14-juni-2026/10millionen Official governement website: https://www.admin.ch/en/sustainability-initiative

Amnesty International Schweiz: https://www.amnesty.ch/de/laender/schweiz/10-millionen-schweiz-initiative

SP/PS (social democrats) statement: https://www.sp-ps.ch/in-leichter-sprache-nein-zur-10-millionen-initiative/

So we're all pissed at the new update as we should be and I've been seeing many people proposing blackouts, which is amazing! But all the dates are different and people might get confused at what's happening when, so I just want to organize every blackout (at least that I saw) in one place.

So far I saw six people with dates.

The earliest one, organized by @yourlocalfandomfriendo begins on March 18th and will last 48 hours.

This overlaps with a second proposed blackout by @veejiez for March 19th.

There is also one on the 20th proposed by @daysleftofsecondterm and another one on the same day from 6AM UTC to 6AM UTC on the 21st by @everythingwsnormalhere.

These three days are all very soon so not everyone may see them in time to participate, but if you are able to participate for any or all of these days, I highly encourage you do. Otherwise there are two more blackouts coming up:

The next one after these will be on March 24th as organized by @aroacesafeplaceforall who suggested doing 12 hours.

And the last one, which I personally have a lot of hope for as it's a major day for activity on Tumblr and a blackout then could be especially impactful: April 1st, as proposed by @darkwood-sleddog

There is also a discord set up by @yourlocalfandomfriendo and @aroacesafeplaceforall for anyone interested in joining in!

SO OVERALL, it may sound like a lot, but no one expects everyone to participate to every date here. But PLEASE try to participate in at least one or two of these, even if you feel it may not do much.

Typical strikes, the ones we hear about all the time, win by withholding their labour for consistent periods of time; that's the power people have at work because that's what's exploited.

For blackout strikes, we need to withhold our attention; the resource we own which is exploited through the selling of both advertisements and data.

My comparison of blackout strikes with regular strikes will be for a whole other post, but for the time being, just know that

withholding our attention is our digital bargaining weapon

Tumblr literally lost 63% of its monthly traffic from 2024 to 2025; they are not in a position to play around with those of us still here.

So PLEASE try participating. We cannot let every decent online space get enshittified with no care or consideration for the communities using those spaces.

Since morning, the sounds of explosions and gunfire have not stopped.

Lately I've been thinking about traveling and escaping this difficult and bitter reality; I'm tired of this life.

But travel is very difficult and the crossing has not been properly opened.

I need your help to escape death and survive. There is no ceasefire; it's all a lie. Death is constant, all the time.

Please try to save my children and my family.

Donate what you can. I will not forgive anyone who sees this post and does not donate or share.

i’m completely out of food and my account is about to overdraft. a few months ago i had a kidney injury due to not being able to eat. i didnt eat at all yesterday and im terrified right now

please help

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When Israel allows chips and instant noodles but bans eggs, dairy products, and poultry, it's not a coincidence… This is a disguised policy of starvation, and the world seems not to understand it yet… or is deliberately ignoring it… The siege continues, but in a different way.