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Meeting ID: 854 4920 3697
ONGOING STOP the COUP PROTEST from 5 – 6 pm
Focus: Rally every Friday Stop the Coup Protest, organized by Indivisible Elmwood
Join us in San Francisco on Friday, August 15th for a mass action at Well Fargo
A couple weeks ago, we put Wells Fargo on notice. Protestors blockaded every entrance to their global corporate HQ for hours, keeping dozens of employees from helping their bosses bankroll fossil fuels and genocide. Then, last week, a rowdy picket line and noise demo caused a serious commotion, calling out Wells Fargo for financing Palantir and Elbit Systems, companies enabling the genocide and mass starvation in Gaza.
We’ve planned a lot: banners, street theater, disruption, community art projects, and some creative ways of delivering a petition with tens of thousands of signatures on it. It won’t be an action that Wells Fargo will forget in a hurry.
We’ll be joined at the action next Friday by scientists with Scientist Rebellion and delegates from the Gulf South, a region that is home to the world’s largest build out of new fossil fuel projects, many of which are bankrolled by Wells Fargo.
Sign up here to join us on Friday, August 15th.
STOP the DOGE DESTRUCTION from 12 – 1:30 pm
Location: at 1731 Fourth Street, between Virginia and Delaware, outside Tesla Showroom
Speaker: Gerry Condon
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“Nuclear weapons are used every day. They are like a gun you point at somebody’s head.” – Daniel Ellsberg
Eighty years ago, the US dropped nuclear bombs on the civilian populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today, the world is closer to nuclear war even than during the Cuban missile crisis, and the Pentagon is planning a nuclear first-strike against China. Some say the absence of another nuclear war in the last eighty years proves that nuclear “deterrence” is working – but with the increasingly aggressive U.S. foreign policy, how long can “deterrence” work?
Our speaker, Gerry Condon, is a Vietnam-era veteran and war resister, a former president and current national board member of Veterans For Peace (VFP), and chair of their Golden Rule peace boat committee. Gerry is currently coordinating the Golden Rule’s month-long visit to San Francisco Bay. Gerry serves on the steering committee of the Peace In Ukraine Coalition, the board of the Task Force on the Americas, and the advisory board of the US Peace Council. In 1968, Gerry refused Army orders to deploy to Vietnam. He was court-martialed and sentenced to ten years in prison, but fled to Sweden, where he worked with the American Deserters Committee, and to Canada, where he worked with the AMEX-Canada war resister collective.
See these articles on peace by Gerry Condon:
Eighty Years After the U.S. Bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Are We on the Verge of Another Nuclear War?
‘The Law Is Simple’: Israel’s Unregulated Nukes Mean Biden Must Halt Military Aid
Remembering Nuclear Victims 71 Years after the Castle Bravo Test
- The film is in English.
- Childcare is not provided.
- Masks are kindly requested. We will have masks available on-site.
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- There are no required steps in the theater itself.
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Join us a rowdy noisy tour of shame of some of the worst banking and insurance institutions in San Francisco’s financial district on Monday, August 18th at 11am.
We will take direct action with a tour of shame to shut down business as usual and emphasize the connections between war, the climate crisis, capitalism, exploitation and oppression.
We and allies will be led by a delegation of Gulf South residents, a region on the frontlines of climate disaster, representing communities hit hardest by the fossil fuel projects supported by the financial and insurance institutions in the SF Financial District.
Bring pots, pans, and noisemakers of all kinds. We’ll have everything else you need, including chant sheets, banners, signs, props and art.
Send RSVP.
By now you’ve probably seen or heard of Newsom’s hot mess of a “Petroleum Market Stabilization” bill that will reverse every gain we’ve fought so hard for on the oil and gas front.
This coming Wednesday in Sacramento there will be a Joint Assembly Committee Hearing on “California’s Transportation Fuels Transition” to consider the bill’s disastrous proposals. This is our big chance to change hearts and minds in the legislature.
The hearing will cover topics related to Newsom’s current proposals to expand oil and gas drilling across the state, as well as legislative proposals to cut refinery regulations.
The current momentum, if left unchecked, could send us right back to drilling Mordor. We can’t let this happen.
This is a very critical moment in our efforts to hold back the wave of Big Oil handouts that Newsom and some legislators are proposing in the wake of of refinery closures and the panic over gas prices. There’ll be an opportunity at this hearing for public comments—anywhere from 1 minute to 30 seconds, depending on attendance—and we need dozens of us to pack the room and urge the legislature to stand up to Big Oil. The hearing starts at 1:30 PM in the Swing Space, Room 1100. Lunch will be provided at noon.
The sign-up form is here. Further info and talking points will be provided once you’ve signed up.
p.s. On Monday, August 18 at 5 PM there will be an organizing and info session for activists around the state to get up to speed on the Big Oil handouts proposed for the end of the legislative session. You can register for the zoom link here.
And please reach out to action@sunflower-alliance.org if you can give a ride on Wednesday or want to join some of us on the train.
These are terrible times and we are beset from all directions at once. Sadly, this is yet another area to come together in emergency response, and we thank you for rising to the occasion.
Sunflower Alliance
https://350bayarea.
ONGOING STOP the COUP PROTEST from 5 – 6 pm
Focus: Rally every Friday Stop the Coup Protest, organized by Indivisible Elmwood
Between Acton and Bonar, beside “The Way”, in front of the bike path.
RSVP
This is a virtual event
Our next All-Chapter Gathering, will focus on sharing reports about summer actions and discussing ideas for possible fall actions. We want to hear from all of you!
STOP the DOGE DESTRUCTION from 12 – 1:30 pm
Location: at 1731 Fourth Street, between Virginia and Delaware, outside Tesla Showroom
Speaker: Karl Sanchez
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How to describe the character of Russian society during the Putin presidency brings forth strong opinions, including from Marxists. Karl Sanchez believes that one must distinguish ‘State Capitalism and the type of Socialism being employed by Russia and China. Currently all political-economies are hybrids – no nation is purely one or another. However, it is clear that some political-economic formats are detrimental to the majority and merit being radically reformed.
Karl Sanchez is based on the US West Coast. He had a long career as a culinary worker before turning to academia. His popular Substack blog – Karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium – provides extensive information and analysis on Russian internal developments.
Join UnCommon Law for a special screening featuring three short films — I Do, Finding Má, and Unhoused and Unseen — by formerly incarcerated filmmakers whose work challenges dominant narratives and centers love, healing, and resilience behind and beyond the prison walls. Following the screening, hear directly from the directors — Rahsaan Thomas, Thanh Tran, and Dante D. Jones — in a panel discussion about the power of storytelling to disrupt systems, reconnect families, and humanize people impacted by incarceration.
Sun: 12:30 
Interfaith Prayer Vigil: As the attack on immigrants is escalating and ICE the U.S. government is disappearing people, we refuse to stand by as masked ICE agents abduct and disappear members of our communities. Come stand with the Godmothers of the Disappeared, who hold this vigil in solidarity with the Interfaith Mother’s Vigils in Los Angeles and across the country.
As COVID cases once again rise across the Bay Area, access to testing and protective resources has become more difficult for our communities—especially for Black, Brown, unhoused, and working-class residents. Many of the free testing sites that once served our neighborhoods have closed, and store-bought tests are unaffordable or unavailable for many.
In response, the Anti Police-Terror Project and The People’s House are stepping up to meet the need. We believe public health is a collective responsibility, and we remain committed to providing tools that help keep our communities safe and resourced.
We are now offering free COVID testing multiple days a week at The People’s House in Oakland (893 Willow St).
Testing Schedule
- Tuesdays from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Mondays from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Offered during The People’s Detox, which also includes free ear acupuncture, Narcan distribution, fentanyl test strips, and peer support for addiction and mental health
- 1st and 3rd Fridays from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Offered during The People’s Clinic, which includes massage therapy, acupuncture, healing circles, and other community-based wellness services
What to Expect
- Rapid antigen COVID tests are available on-site
- In most cases, individuals will be able to leave with a box of take-home tests (while supplies last)
- K/N95 masks are available to anyone who needs them
- No insurance, ID, or pre-registration is required
- All services are free of charge
As school boards ban books and disinformation clouds our collective memory, one truth is clear: storytelling is resistance.
That’s why we’re launching Reading the Revolution – a new Women’s March program that reimagines the book club. There’s no pre-reading, no guilt, and no homework. Just big ideas, rich conversations, and a shared commitment to imagining a better world through the stories we love.
We’re kicking it all off with a bang, exploring the feminist intersections of romance reading, the radical nature of claiming our *ahem* power in storytelling, and why reading is a revolutionary act.
We’re thrilled to announce our first panelists:
✨ Emily Rath (@emilyrathauthor): Bestselling romance author bringing her sharp insight and hotter-than-hot takes on readership and writing.
✨ Divinity Rae (@divinityraewrites): Writer, truth-teller, and fearless voice on love, power, and pleasure
Come for the books. Stay for the revolution.
With Love & Liberation,
Women’s March Network
ONGOING STOP the COUP PROTEST from 5 – 6 pm
Focus: Rally every Friday Stop the Coup Protest, organized by Indivisible Elmwood