RALLY: NO BLOOD FOR BASKETBALL Location: 2 Pennsylvania Plaza New York, NY 10001 Time: 6:30pm EST Date: April 20th One underlying strength of those who employ the imperialist handbook is to distract with luxuries and a facade of a safe haven while employing neocolonial tactics elsewhere. The NBA partners with the UAE to engage in just that through sports washing Sports washing is the use of athletic events, team ownership, or significant sports investments by states or corporations to divert attention from human rights abuses or reputational damage. While the UAE sponsors in-season NBA tournaments, they provide the RSF in Sudan with financial backing and the weapons transfers they need to torture and massacre our people The NBA shamelessly allows the UAE to influence their organization polluting it with sports washing. Join SuRF on Monday April 20th at 6:30pm EST to call for NBA to divest from the UAE’s death campaign and oppose blood for basketball P.S. Attend our teach-in on April 19th at 12pm EST to learn more about sports washing and culture washing Demands: ⁃ Boycott the UAE ⁃ NBA divest from the UAE ⁃ Spread the word about the NBA’s role in the genocide in Sudan ⁃ Disrupt the flow of revenue to the NBA until they drop Emirates as a sponsor