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Everyone is encouraged to come to People’s Park Friday, March 27th, beginning at 6:00 AM throughout the entire day, as the scheduled tree cutting will last until 3.
At 6AM Thursday morning, the Professional Tree Care Company arrived at People’s Park accompanied by the Berkeley Police Department. They surrounded the area with orange fencing and brought their wood chippers in. Over the course of the day, the work crew proceeded to begin chopping down three oak trees and a few other trees including a plum sapling. A UC landscape architect named David A. Johnson watched over the whole affair pointing out which trees should be cut down.
At noon several defenders arrived at the park. They watched as limbs were severed from a perfectly healthy tree. We yelled at David Johnson as he directed the workers and handed out fliers explaining why they were cutting down the trees. Soon after he was confronted and tried to excuse himself saying “I was defending people’s park pulling up concrete in 1969.” We told him plainly that he sold out and there should at least have been a meeting with the community about the trees. He went back and forth about how many trees were scheduled to be cut down but we confirmed with other sources that the total was 29 over the weekend.
As workers used their cherry picker to begin cutting down branches one of the defenders stood under the branch being cut and the worker yelled for them to get out but the defender refused. The worker stopped and came down to tell management to call over the nearby police. Soon the cops biked over and told the activists to move from under the tree but the defender refused while saying it was their legal right to be on the side walk. The arborist went to cut down a different tree but the same thing happened there as well. We mournfully watch as a plum sapling was uprooted by a tow rope pulling the whole tree straight into the chipper. As more people began to show up in opposition to the project, management decided to call it a day and pack up. After the landscaper David Johnson told the cops to make sure no homeless people slept within the fence line saying that the bedding of mulch was for the trees not the people.
People will be meeting at the People’s Park stage at 9 PM Thursday evening to discuss possible next steps. We strongly encourage everyone to come by People’s Park tomorrow at 6 AM to prevent further damage to the park. Everyone is encouraged to come to People’s Park tomorrow throughout the entire day, as the scheduled tree cutting will last until 3.
In the meantime, here are some numbers to call and ask that the park not be desecrated:
David A. Johnson (Assistant Director, Project Management)
510-642-7533
Christine Shaff (UC Berkeley Real Estate)
510-643-4793
- Invitation to all people interested in planning a new economy for Richmond based on pro-people values are invited to join. To RSVP contact Ellen Choy at ellen@movementgeneration.org
The planting was in January. Now the garden is in full bloom! The gardening work continues. Join us!
More information on the Berkeley Post Office Defense against the sale and privatization here.
police killing is a problem…. and we are starting to realize it. but we need to come out and show that realization, show our frustration…. I don’t know were we’re marching exactly, something like the millions march, I just hope people show up and we take it from there.
theres too many names to list here of all the dead but here are a few. RIP DAVID BREMER RIP OSCAR GRANT RIP ERIC GARNER AND ERIC DORNER, RIP THE WHITE N TRANSGENDER KILLED RIP THE MENTALLY DISABLED WHO ARE KILLED RIP KELLY THOMAS RIP THE MISSING 43, REMEMBER MR PATEL THE INDIAN MAN BEATEN IN MADISON, RIP SHAIMAA AL-SABBAGH!RIP TO ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
I don’t care for looting or destruction of property, were coming for the police… not anybody else… nobodys mom and pop OR whole foods has done shit to us… so lets not break their stuff.
all I have left to say is this poem I wrote about police brutality…I hope it means something to somebody…
Im sick of people dying
Im sick of people dying as you can guess just from the title,
I hope that people hit the streets and attempts iv made are vital,
I try to hit the heart say “its your boy were fighting for”, n people say they’ll come today but never come I scorn, I really hold resentment about the way that people talk, cause then when it comes down to it they don’t fuckin walk the walk….to me its really simple as I look around the world, Bahrain and Gaza/Israel the CAR abroad, Remember Ali Baddah, n FREE Nabeel Rajab and watch for things to escalate the Kurds just want auton, the shits short for autonomy, we want it all the same, so viva Kurdistan and all resistance to the state, resistance to oppression, and resistance to ideas, that land kids just walking home in mourges with grieving peoples, im talking bout the boy, 14 and walking home, n Turkish Special Forces shot him n no not in the dome, they shot him in the heart, and it went out through his spine, n what he did was nothing, he didn’t do a crime, he just really didn’t know that there were soldiers on the line, n that on his way from work hed turn that corner n a dime, it seems it was the wrong corner n BOOM the rifle shot, and now I sit here as a mourner my moral begins to rot, but I remember that the struggle cant be brought down by the evil, the shit we struggle hard against so please bring out the people, Im sick of people dying as you can tell just from the title, so FUCK THE PEOPLE KILLING US ill say it with a smile….
I hope ALL types show up wear black for the fallen, this IS everybodys problem…lets show them we get that. power to the people VIVA LA REVOLUCION!
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We will be playing Revoluntionary Bebop and Latin Jazz
Kids Welcome sorry no guest Musicians
Steve Mcquarry Keyboard
Rubin Salcido Alto sax and flute
Jim Grantham Tenor sax
Dave Casini Vibes
Dennis Kong Stand up Bass will replace our regular bass player Jim Shearer
Orion Leader, Drumset and Cow bell 510541 3835
The Dreyfus Affair
In a scandal hat divided France from 1894 to 1906, Captain Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason based on falsified evidence and blatant anti-Semitism and spent five years on Devil’s Island before being completely exonerated.
Elazar Friedman, a member of ICSS, will discuss this case and its continuing significance, including: 1.) A synopsis of the case and frame up of Dreyfus, 2.) The role of antisemitism in the army, society at large , 3.) The direct linkage to the League of Human rights on the one hand and to Accion Francaise and the Vichy regime. 4.) How the Dreyfus Affair split French Society and set the intelligentsia at each others throats. 5.) The role of Emil Zola and other important Dramatis Persona and conspiratorial aspects of the case. 6.) The role of the left and the workers movement. Rosa Luxembourg essay on Dreyfus and the need for the left to intervene.
For our full schedule, go to: http://icssmarx.org
Jabari Shaw, a well-known Oakland activist, his daughter and friend were nearly killed by US Marshalls and Oakland Police in a case of “mistaken identity.”
Come show your support for Jabari!
Check out this video for more info.
And these articles:
http://www.crc4sd.org/blog/2015/3/17/the-6-phases-of-engagement-of-power
http://www.crc4sd.org/blog/2015/3/16/black-oakland-activist-attacked-by-opd-feds
SF and Mayor Ed Lee will be hosting the 83rd U.S. Conference of Mayors, June 19th – June 22nd, in San Francisco.
SF Action Council is focusing on creating events around their meeting.
This is an opportunity to raise issues locally and nationally that are of concern to us, THE PEOPLE, that the mayors have resisted and refused to act upon – or acted against the interest of The People. For instance: “Black Lives Matter”, police militarization and excessive use of force, gentrification of our communities, homelessness, racism, immigration, privatization of our commons, homophobia, trans-phobia, the People’s taxes being spent on wars enriching the 1% and not serving the people and more.
All are welcome to help plan for actions as equal participants, OccupySF Action Council is merely acting as a central hub for organizational purposes.
Meetings Every Sunday, 2:00pm – 4:00pm
O’Shaine Evans was shot and killed by SFPD Officer David Goff October 7th.
Join his family as they file for damages!
O’Shaine was a Caribbean immigrant raised in Oakland, an aspiring boxer, an enthusiastic uncle, and a beloved community member whose life was tragically cut short just five months ago.
Since O’Shaine’s death, his mother Angela, his sister Cadine, and his brother and brother-in-law Troy and Raheim, have become incredibly active in the anti-police brutality movement–attending rallies and marches, speaking to draw connections between immigrant rights, racial discrimination, and police misconduct.
Now it’s our time for all Bay Area residents fighting the criminalization of Black and Brown young people to come together and support O’Shaine’s fight for justice!
Get involved with the fight against solitary confinement.
Become a human rights pen pal: Contact cws@igc.org
Information, discussion & community!
Monday Night Forum!!
Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogueon all sides of these critically important issues!
OccupyForum presentsDEEP GREEN RESISTANCE
An Analysis, a Strategy, and a Movement for Justice
First and foremost, members of DGR recognize that all of us currently living in the United States of America, with the exception of surviving indigenous peoples, are living on stolen land. Over the last 500 years, the ongoing genocide of indigenous people has been carried out by the U.S. Government and its allies in an effort to illegally occupy the land beneath our feet. Deep Green Resistance uses a radical analysis to reveal that the current dominant culture, and civilization as a construct, is irredeemable and fundamentally unsustainable. We are living in a society based on violence, oppression, and resource depletion. It is the most destructive and exploitative culture that that planet has ever known and it must be stopped immediately and decisively if future generations are to have any hope of a livable planet.
The liberal movement has created many environmentalist groups who, for the last 40 or so years, have fought a hard battle against the institutionalized destruction of the planet. Unlike many other environmentalist groups, Deep Green Resistance is rooted in radicalism as opposed to liberalism. By identifying the underlying, concrete power structure of society, we can have a fighting chance to confront and dismantle the oppressive system that is at the root of the destruction. Capitalism, patriarchy, race and gender oppression, and the threat of violent state repression all help to sustain the system of destruction. DGR seeks to build a culture of resistance to dismantle these systems and to utilize our strategy of DEW (Decisive Ecological Warfare) to build a movement capable of gaining the power back which has been stolen from all of us. Unlike most environmental and social justice organizations, DGR asks “What must we do to be effective?”; not “What will those in power allow us to do?”
Members from Deep Green Resistance will be speaking and answering questions at tonight’s forum. A short presentation of the analysis, strategy, and current projects will be followed by a discussion about future goals and solidarity building. Come by for a meet and greet and learn more about what membership of Deep Green Resistance is about.
- March to OUSD HQ at 1000 Broadway.
- Better Contracts for Students and Teachers.
- Keep Public Schools Public.
- Hard Caps for Special Eduction.
- Money for School Sites not Upper Administration.
- Counselors not Cops.
PolicyLink and Food First present “Occupy The Farm”, the story of 200 urban farmers who plant 2 acres of crops on a publicly owned research farm in order to save the land from becoming a real-estate development. The Village Voice calls the film, “Riveting from start.” The New Parkway Theater screening is for one night only. Q&A to follow screening will include Effie Rawlings from Occupy the Farm
Which way for the ILWU-
Militant Unionism or Business Unionism?
Since October 2014 the bodies of 55 immigrants were found in the Rio Grande River Valley in Texas and 15 other bodies were pulled from the waters of the Rio Grande River.
These were people trying to cross one of the most militarized borders in the world.
Amilcar Perez-Lopez, Guatemalan immigrant was unjustly killed by SFPD on February 26.
Antonio Zambrano was brutally executed by Pasco, Washington police on February 10.
2059 immigrants were arrested nationwide by ICE agents in “Operation Cross Check”.
On WED APRIL 1st we will be getting out the message on the VICTORY and WAGE INCREASES at Walmart! Over 500,000 Walmart Associates will get a WAGE INCREASE! BUT WALMART ASSOCIATES STILL NEED HIGHER WAGES!
Join us in front of Walmart Stores where we will be getting out the message.
Oakland Walmart 5-7pm! 8400 Edgewater Dr
Oakland, CA
San Leandro Walmart 3-430pm 15555 Hesperian Blvd
San Leandro, CA
Richmond Walmart 5-7pm (Hilltop mall)1400 Hilltop Mall Rd, Richmond, CA
Help spread the Historic Victory and to make $15 and Full Time a reality!!
Join Movement Generation us for a Meal & Conversation
Behind that delicious #2 Burger & Fry Combo is a billion dollar fast food industry that not only erodes our soil, contaminates our water and destroys our health, but also serves up poverty wages and deadly working conditions to millions of fast food workers.
As food justice activists fighting to transition our food system away from industrial farming toward local, sustainable agriculture, how do we unite our frontlines with the very workers who plant, harvest, pack, transport, cook, serve, and compost our food?
As workers organizing for $15/hour and a union, how do we win not just respect and a fair wage, but also the power to transform the food industry itself into one that is good for both people and planet, for both our customers and our children?
From farm to plate, warehouse to compost, loading dock to drive thru, workers are the scholars of this rotten food system, placing them front and center in crafting solutions to the food, climate and economic crises.
Join us for a delicious meal and powerful conversation between food sovereignty activists and farmworkers, grocery workers, fast food workers, and restaurant workers about the future of our food system.
Visit http://bit.ly/1CouOAk to co-sponsor the event.
Free event. Accessible space. Program will be bilingual – Spanish & English. Childcare provided. For more information,
Film evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments & social hour at 6:30 pm,
followed by the film at 7:30 pm, followed by optional discussion after the film.
CENTURY OF ENSLAVEMENT
by James Corbett
Humanist Hall is wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street
We are having an orientation for our hands-on study group. The focus of the project is both analytical and activist. As a group, we will develop an understanding of the relationship between gentrification and police violence thru readings, workshops and discussions. At the same time, we will be developing and implementing strategies in our neighborhoods that seek to discourage other people that are new to Oakland from calling the cops. It will last about 3 months