Return Shirt & Companion Zine Info!

[23/04/26 IG repost]

At long last, and after a lot of hard work and fussing, we are proud to announce the OFFICIAL LAUNCH of our NEW summer olive green Return Shirt & companion zine, NERVES CALM BUT HEARTS ABLAZE! These come together at a fixed price of £35 (+ shipping), shirts limited!!

Funds will be distributed according to a 90/10 split, with the majority going to our Bi-Weekly Highlights & organisations supporting Palestinians, and the latter 10% going to an internal PAA fund to help members out with printing costs, event hosting fees, and strike support. Any unused funds in a quarter may be re-donated back to the main fundraising stream by member vote.

PAA HAS NO PAID STAFF, and we will continue to post all of our receipts publicly in our transparency reports for anyone to review! Next report is almost ready, keep your eyes peeled!!

We owe @carryonscreening for helping us by drawing & providing us with this design. We couldn’t be happier! As you can see, the themes of this shirt emphasise the Palestinian Right of Return, including symbolism like the famous Palestinian key, the Arabic words ‘Liberation, Return, Victory’, and Naji al-Ali’s Handhala on the right sleeve.

But we didn’t want to stop there. We firmly believe that the pseudo-consumer act of solidarity fundraising, while necessary, is only the beginning. EVERY purchase of a Return Shirt comes with a 26-page zine jam-packed with the history of the Right of Return and an extended excerpt of Salman Abu-Sitta’s RETURN PLAN 2023, which you should use to start conversations, build group power, and concretely shift your world towards Palestine solidarity–in your workplace, at your schools, in your faith institutions. We must all collectively move our people towards not only liberatory ‘ideas’, but towards liberatory ACTIONS.

In short: tired of haters in your community chatting shit about how full decolonisation in Palestine is impossible? Arm yourself with knowledge and GET BACK OUT THERE!

As indicated above, shirts are, as always, printed in a limited run. While we certainly plan on printing more, we aren’t sure when that will be–so if you are keen, please DM us to reserve your shirt ASAP!!

PSA: we have learned some important shipping lessons from our last run. However, we cannot help you if you give us the wrong address! Please double-check what that you’ve sent us the correct address before confirming your reservation!

INSTRUCTIONS:

DM us with where you are in the world & we will give you an estimate of shipping costs

Go to our Ko-Fi page & leave a tip of £35 + shipping

Wait for your sick shirt!

black, red, and green multi-coloured keffiyeh background. In the middle: an olive green t-shirt with a large circle (A) in the middle which fades into a keffiyyeh pattern towards the bottom. There is the silhouette of a key in the negative space at the bottom of the (A). The words PUNKS AGAINST APARTHEID ring the edge of the circle on top. On the bottom, two olive bunches on either side flank the words تجرير عودة نصر in Arabic. On the upper right sleeve (left to the viewer) there is a small map of Palestine with a keffiyyeh pattern overlaid, and a small cartoon Handhala figure, as well as a small circle (A). On the lower right on top of the shirt, there is a zine which says NERVES CALM BUT HEARTS ABLAZE. In the upper right corner, it says £35, and in the lower left, 'RETURN SHIRT' + ZINE LAUNCH!
Three pictures of the t-shirt being worn by someone outside in natural lighting, depicting the front and sleeve details: An olive green t-shirt with a large circle (A) in the middle which fades into a keffiyyeh pattern towards the bottom. There is the silhouette of a key in the negative space at the bottom of the (A). The words PUNKS AGAINST APARTHEID ring the edge of the circle on top. On the bottom, two olive bunches on either side flank the words تجرير عودة نصر in Arabic. On the upper right sleeve (left to the viewer) there is a small map of Palestine with a keffiyyeh pattern overlaid, and a small cartoon Handhala figure, as well as a small circle (A). There is another picture of an even closer shot of the sleeve-detail and in the lower-right, 'OUTDOOR CLOSEUPS!' with arrows pointing to the images.
Black & white detailed logo images depicted for clarity of the two images on the shirt: The word 'FRONT' with an arrow pointing to: a large circle (A) in the middle which fades into a keffiyyeh pattern towards the bottom. There is the silhouette of a key in the negative space at the bottom of the (A). The words PUNKS AGAINST APARTHEID ring the edge of the circle on top. On the bottom, two olive bunches on either side flank the words تجرير عودة نصر in Arabic. The words 'SLEEVE DETAIL!' with an arrow pointing to: a small map of Palestine with a keffiyyeh pattern overlaid, and a small cartoon Handhala figure, as well as a small circle (A).
COMPANION ZINE WITH POLITICAL EDUCATION ON SYMBOLISM & RIGHT OF RETURN! with an arrow pointing to three small screenshots of pages from the zine. 1st: 'Did you know?' with cut-off info about the Right of Return in international law 2nd: 'Symbolism' with hard-to-read but slightly visible text showing images related to the circle (A) logo, the Palestinian poster which inspired it, and a photo of Naji al-Ali. 3rd: 'Return Plan 2023'. Hard-to-read text but visible is a large map of Palestine with arrows and marks on it.
PURCHASE INSTRUCTIONS: 1. DM us with your size request (S-XXL) & location in the world 2. head to our ko-fi & leave a £35 tip + shipping estimate we give you arrow pointing to Ko-Fi page with the entry for the NERVES CALM BUT HEARTS ABLAZE zine circled
90/10 SPLIT BETWEEN: -Palestinian families & organisations -Fund to support member printing, event hosting, strike action, and more
BONUS: LONGSLEEVE ED. COMING FALL '26! Two images of the right & left arms respectively, depicting a repeating circle (A) logo with the Palestine-kuffiyyeh map on the left, and the Arabic words تحرير عودة نصر on the right. The face on the right is covered by a giant smiling 'sunglasses' emoji.