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“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is a state-sponsored war on Black lives in the United States and people across the country are demanding that it comes to an end. As long as it remains business as usual to gun down Black women, men and children in the streets of this country, there will be no business as usual anywhere or for anyone. Shut. It. Down.
Oakland’s Anti Police-Terrorism Project is calling a bay area wide spokescouncil to plan and coordinate actions for the upcoming Martin Luther King Day weekend (1/16-1/19). Let’s carry forward and amplify the struggle, together!
PLEASE SAVE THE FOLLOWING DATES for upcoming meetings in your calendar. Before your first meeting, please make sure to attend an orientation!
> Monday Jan 5th, 7pm orientation and kickoff meeting, CNA Offices
> Thursday Jan 8th, 6pm orientation, 7pm meeting, OMNI Commons
> Saturday Jan 10th, 10am orientation, 11am meeting, OMNI Commons
> Monday Jan 12th, 6pm orientation, 7pm meeting, (First Presbyterian Church)
> Wednesday Jan 14th, 6pm orientation, 7pm meeting, OMNI Commons
> Saturday Jan 17th, 11am meeting, OMNI Commons,
What is a spokescouncil?
A spokescouncil is a collective framework for direct action mobilizations, where large masses of people organize themselves into smaller teams called “affinity groups”. Affinity groups plan their actions independently with the intention of advancing the larger goal of the spokescouncil. Affinity groups are represented by at least one person (“a spoke”) at the meetings, where they are able to share resources and coordinate their actions with other groups.
Why a spokescouncil?
We propose the spokescouncil as a solution to many of the shortcomings of unstructured mass assemblies. We intend to provide a highly structured organizing space with clear tactical and messaging guidelines, that empowers participants to organize independently and in parallel. We intend to inspire a multitude of diverse actions and awaken the massive potential we have as a community engaging in direct action.
* The Anti Police-Terrorism Project is a project of the ONYX Organizing Committee in coalition with individuals and organizations like The Alan Blueford Center for Justice, Healthy Hoodz, Community Ready Corps, Idriss Stelly Foundation and more
** for questions or more information about the spokescouncil please contact aptpspokescouncil@gmail.co
DIRECT ACTION TRAINING: The Ruckus Society will be hosting a training Monday eve (1/12) immediately following the spokescouncil meeting (~8:30pm-10pm), at the First Presbyterian Church at 27th and Broadway. This training is for any and all participants in MLK weekend actions!
Tomorrow @ @ucdavislaw I'm talking about the things NSA does in the name of surveillance that make us *less* secure. pic.twitter.com/RMCM2bbVfj
— Jennifer Granick (@granick) January 13, 2015
President Obama is on the brink of making his final decision on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
Last Friday, the Nebraska Supreme Court validated the pipeline’s risky route through the state, moving the pipeline decision onto the President’s desk. That makes the coming weeks a critical period — this campaign has been sustained by action in the streets and now we need to show that we still stand strong against this climate disaster.
Tomorrow the climate movement is mobilizing coast-to-coast to tell the President to reject Keystone XL now, and there’s a big action planned in San Francisco
Join fellow activists and organizers from CREDO and Rainforest Action Network to tell President Obama to reject Keystone XL — now. We’ll have a short, powerful rally to let President Obama know that progressives in the Bay Area are demanding an immediate rejection of Keystone XL.
Congress is doing Big Oil’s bidding, the Nebraska Supreme Court has passed the buck, and so it’s up to President Obama to take the next step by rejecting the pipeline once and for all.
Original event notice and to sign-up/RSVP.
: : : : : : Reclaiming King’s Legacy : : : : : :
“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is a state-sponsored war on Black lives in the United States and people across the country are demanding that it comes to an end. As long as it remains business as usual to gun down Black women, men and children in the streets of this country, there will be no business as usual anywhere or for anyone. Shut. It. Down.
Oakland’s Anti Police-Terrorism Project is calling a bay area wide spokescouncil to plan and coordinate actions for the upcoming Martin Luther King Day weekend (1/16-1/19). Let’s carry forward and amplify the struggle, together!
PLEASE SAVE THE FOLLOWING DATES for upcoming meetings in your calendar. Before your first meeting, please make sure to attend an orientation!
> Monday Jan 5th, 7pm orientation and kickoff meeting, CNA Offices
> Thursday Jan 8th, 6pm orientation, 7pm meeting, OMNI Commons
> Saturday Jan 10th, 10am orientation, 11am meeting, OMNI Commons
> Monday Jan 12th, 6pm orientation, 7pm meeting, (First Presbyterian Church)
> Wednesday Jan 14th, 6pm orientation, 7pm meeting, OMNI Commons
> Saturday Jan 17th, 11am meeting, OMNI Commons,
What is a spokescouncil?
A spokescouncil is a collective framework for direct action mobilizations, where large masses of people organize themselves into smaller teams called “affinity groups”. Affinity groups plan their actions independently with the intention of advancing the larger goal of the spokescouncil. Affinity groups are represented by at least one person (“a spoke”) at the meetings, where they are able to share resources and coordinate their actions with other groups.
Why a spokescouncil?
We propose the spokescouncil as a solution to many of the shortcomings of unstructured mass assemblies. We intend to provide a highly structured organizing space with clear tactical and messaging guidelines, that empowers participants to organize independently and in parallel. We intend to inspire a multitude of diverse actions and awaken the massive potential we have as a community engaging in direct action.
* The Anti Police-Terrorism Project is a project of the ONYX Organizing Committee in coalition with individuals and organizations like The Alan Blueford Center for Justice, Healthy Hoodz, Community Ready Corps, Idriss Stelly Foundation and more
** for questions or more information about the spokescouncil please contact aptpspokescouncil@gmail.co
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING: the MLK spokescouncil’s legal working group will be hosting a training Wednesday eve (1/14) immediately following the spokescouncil meeting (~8:15pm-10pm)
Mass convergence at the Montgomery BART platform, demanding:
- Drop the Charges and the Ransom on the Black Friday 14
- Disband the BART Police Department
- Institute a low income discount ticket program
Be on time and bring a spoon!“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.”
— Martin Luther King
There is a state-sponsored war on Black lives in the United States and people across the country are demanding that it comes to an end. As long as it remains business as usual to gun down Black women, men and children in the streets of this country, there will be no business as usual anywhere or for anyone.
BAY AREA LAWYER DIE-IN FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
The Bay Area legal community (attorneys, legal staff, law students, professors, and allies) are invited to participate in a “Die-In” calling for an end to the use of excessive force, police brutality, and racial profiling in communities of color. This direct action is in response to recent grand jury decisions not to indict police officers in the killing of unarmed civilians, Mr. Eric Garner, Mr. Michael Brown, and Mr. John Crawford. Their deaths and the subsequent grand jury decisions represent a fundamental failure of our justice system. This action is in solidarity with national protests to affirm that Black Lives Matter.
As representatives of the legal community, we are sworn to uphold the law and provide leadership in our communities. During this moment of crisis, we refuse to be silent witnesses to racial inequality and injustice perpetuated by the legal system we are a part of. We can and must do better. This action is a symbol of our commitment to demand and bring about change that is long overdue.
We call on the Bay Area legal community and all allies to join us.
This will be a peaceful demonstration.
Cesar was originally arrested Nov 2, 2011 and falsely convicted of a vandalism charge August 13, 2012 after the jury deliberated the evidence for only 15 minutes, without even looking at photographic evidence collected by Aguirre’s defense attorneys.
Since then Cesar has been appealing his case. There is a possibility that Cesar will be remanded into custody for another 2 months. It is crucial that we show our support for Cesar and stand against this wrongful conviction.
Check out his support page for more info:
https://www.facebook.com/
From Cesar:
“If anyone would like to be in attendance at the court this Friday it would be welcomed and much appreciated. My lawyer advised that it’d be helpful to have a show of support during my appearance. We only ask that all be respectful and orderly while the court is in session.
Thank you all for the continuing love and support.”
Join us for a night of performances to benefit the kickoff the direct action campaign to Defend Knowland Park – Huchiun Territory of the Ohlone Tribe.
We will have performances by:
RedStar (Indigenous Hip Hop)
https://www.youtube.com/
Jabari Shaw (Political Hip Hop)
https://www.youtube.com/
Grupo Puyakan (Colombian Cumbia)
https://www.youtube.com/
Rosanonymous (Folk Punk)
https://www.youtube.com/
We would like to raise a couple thousand dollars for gear and bail funds…
Knowland Park (Ohlone Territory called Huchiun) is a 500-acre wildland open space in the Oakland hills, deeded to the City by the State in the 1970′s under the condition that it would always remain a public park.
Now the Oakland Zoo is trying to expand onto the park, fencing in a large portion of the area and cutting down dozens of trees, some of which are old growth Oaks. The park is home to many threatened and rare species of plants and animals such as the Alameda Whipsnake, The Great Horned Owl, and the Mountain Lion.
Defend Knowland Park! seeks to take direct action and put our bodies on the line to prevent the Zoo from privatizing this peice of Ohlone land.
Visit us at www.DefendKnowlandPark.org
NO COMPROMISE IN DEFENSE OF MOTHER EARTH!
KEEP KNOWLAND PARK WILD AND FREE!
ALL OUT! Wear Black! Rally at 16th BART Station. (PartyPatrol)
On Saturday Jan 17 the Berkeley City Council will be holding a special meeting to discuss “Improving Police/Community Relations.” This meeting will be held at the Ed Roberts Campus, a community facility for disabled people.
We demand an end to the war on black lives! Berkeley Police regularly profile black people with disabilities! Black disabled people have died in Berkeley Police custody!
About the organizers:
We are a group of mostly white, mostly fat, mostly disabled, mostly queer activists. We are responding to a call from the Anti Police-Terror Project (https://www.facebook.com/
Everyone is welcome.
We will be occupying space outside the front and back doors from 9 AM – 11 AM, longer for folks who want to stay. We will be supporting those who are actually speaking during the public comment parts of the meeting, so it is not our goal to shut down this meeting, but to be a steady presence. We will be silent, and our appearance and tone will be militant and disciplined.
9 AM.
Ed Roberts Campus – 3075 Adeline Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
Wear black.
Bring signs that say:
• Black lives matter
• Black disabled lives matter
• Black trans lives matter
• Black deaf lives matter
• Berkeley police regularly profile black people with disabilities
• End the war on black people
• ADA applies to police too
• Police accountability now
• Adopt the Ferguson demands
If you can’t be there, but want to help by making signs, please contact us.
If you are part of another group planning actions during this meeting, feel free to contact us so we can coordinate.
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In our case, to the buses! In SF, we will be having a rally and speak out starting at 12pm at 24th and Mission Sts. At 1pm, we will split into groups and get on buses, BART and through the neighborhood in order to inform our community about the real legacy of MLK and why his struggle is still so important today.
Please read the ANSWER Coalition’s “Call to Action” below for our orientation towards the commemoration of Dr. MLK:
The political establishment, from the White House to City Halls everywhere, will evoke Dr. Martin Luther King’s heroism and his “I Have a Dream Speech” as a way of legitimizing the tradition of dissent in U.S. history. Yet for the millions who have taken to the streets in reaction to the growing national movement against racist police terror, the words and legacy of Dr. King carry a different meaning. Having his life threatened by the FBI and finally being assassinated by the most reactionary elements in the United States, Dr. King was known in his later years as a staunch critic of the U.S. economic and political system that forced upon the Black nation poverty and violence, yet preached “liberty” and “democracy” abroad. Dr. King said, “I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin — we must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”
Today, after the killings of Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Akai Gurley, Rumain Brisbon, Ezell Ford and so many more – all racist police killings of unarmed Black men who have received no justice by the same system Dr. King condemned years ago – the growing movement against racism and police terror can reclaim the radical tradition of one of the key figures of the civil rights movement.
Across the country, the ANSWER Coalition and scores of other national and local organizations are taking part in speak-outs, actions on public transportation, contingents in parades and more demanding “Stop the War on Black America” and “Stop Racist Police Terror.”
Go to event: http://www.face
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Help us create a garden on the west side of the Berkeley Post Office. Hummingbird flowers, winter vegetables, vertical gardening, heirloom seeds, organic non-GMO and medicinal plants are in the chat… We also need good soil, garden tools, resources food and most of all people who want to garden!
The pre-planting get together will have been held on January 10th.
The Downtown Berkeley Post Office will have been Occupied 75 days on January 17th.
March on the MLK Day weekend to demand:
- Jail Darren Wilson
- Reject the Grand Jury Decision!
- Drop Charges Against All Protesters!
- Create More Jobs and Educational Opportunities!
- Down with the New Jim Crow
- Down with the Police State!
The coming of winter has not cooled the anger of the black community of Ferguson, Missouri–it has only fanned the flames of the demand for justice that is spreading throughout the nation.
Like Ferguson, East Oakland, CA is a community with a strong history of fighting for justice against racist police attacks as well as for the rights and dignity of undocumented immigrant communities. Our movement is strongest when we are taking mass, militant, direct action in the streets.
March on the MLK Day weekend to demand: Jail Darren Wilson and Reject the Grand Jury Decision! Jail the Killer Cops! Drop Charges Against All Protesters! Stop racist attacks by police and ICE on black, Latina/o and other minority communities! No more second-class treatment and no more deportations! Create More Jobs and Educational Opportunities! Down with the New Jim Crow–Down with the Police State!
All supporters are welcome. Bring signs, banners, and be ready to make lots of noise. Our voices will be heard!
Sponsored by BAMN: Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary
bamn.com