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No More Fukushimas, No Olympic In Japan In the Middle Of Pandemic

Sponsored by No Nukes Action

Thursday March 11, 2021 is the tenth anniversary of the earthquake and meltdown of three nuclear reactors at Fukushima.
The nightmare for the people and refugees of Fukushima and Japan continues. They are struggling to survive.
Despite promises that the melted nuclear rods would be removed they have not been and the recent earthquake has added greater dangers.
Two reactors at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan have begun leaking cooling water following last weekend’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake, indicating that the existing damage to TEPCO’s Unit 1 and 3 reactors has worsened, according to Keisuke Matsuo.
The government is also planning to dump over a million tons of contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean despite the opposition of the Fisherman’s co-operative and the people of Japan and Korea.
At the same time the Japanese government under former Japanese prime minister Abe and now Suga continue their denialism mode. They say that they have overcome the nuke plant meltdowns and still want to have the Olympics in Japan this summer in the midst of the greatest world pandemic in over 100 years.
They also have shown their sexist attacks on women when the former head of the Olympics Yoshiro who was also a former prime minister said women speak too much. He was forced to
resign but their reactionary sexism, denialism and racism continues.
Nuclear clean-up workers including workers from overseas and other workers continue to get contaminated with no proper health and safety education and tens of thousands of bags of radioactive waste continue to remain scattered throughout the prefecture with no place to go.
The criminal negligence of having the Olympics under these circumstances with a full blown pandemic and a three leaking nuclear reactors is a sign of insanity and a danger to not only
Japan but the world.
No Nukes Action calls on all those opposed to nuclear plants and weapons, against the in Tokyo and Fukushima Olympics and those opposed to have this event in the middle of a pandemic to join the action.
It it time to remember the families and children who are still suffering from this man-made
disaster and let them know that people in the United States and around the world stand with them.

Physical distancing and masks for all participants at action

On March 26 youth, teachers and other supporters will join to ask State Superintendent of Education Tony Thurmond why California Teachers are invested in Line 3 through CalSTRS, the statewide teacher’s retirement fund which invests billions in fossil fuels companies, and in Enbridge, which is building Line 3. We will join Youth vs. Apocalypse and Earth Guardians Bay Area in solidarity action on March 26th at 5pm at the Golden Gate Bridge. Youth know that their teachers don’t want to fund environmental destruction — come by on Friday to show your support.

Indigenous-led water protectors in Minnesota are taking action every day to disrupt the construction of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline. This one of many actions in solidarity actions targeting financial and other corporate interests.
The youth are asking State Superintendent Tony Thurmond, who is  on the board CalSTRS (the teachers’ pension fund),  to join us in calling for CalSTRS to divest from fossil fuels and help #StopLine3. This is a peaceful, non-violent action and we are not planning  to violate laws or risk arrest. Come masked and ready to show the water protectors at Line 3 our collective support.
RSVP here for more info : http://bit.ly/TeachersHelpStopLine3

WHAT: Build Back Fossil Free Solidarity Action
COVID safe event – please wear masks and practice social distancing.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/3czwFct

On April 1, frontline Indigenous youth and organizers from the Dakota Access and Line 3 pipeline fights will travel to Washington D.C. to demand Biden Build Back Fossil Free and stop these climate-destroying projects. On Thursday we will take to the streets of San Francisco in solidarity with their courage to demand that the Biden Adminstration use executive powers to immediately stop the Line 3 and Dakota Access pipelines, stop all federal fossil fuel permits, and protect our communities.

We’ll march to two nearby U.S. Army Corps of Engineers offices, to tell President Biden and VP Harris: End the Line 3 and DAPL permits and Build Back Fossil Free!

This is an all-ages, non-violent, outdoor action. We ask everyone in attendance to adhere to common public safety guidelines.

Join us! RSVP: https://bit.ly/3czwFct

Help show that our community demands full student debt cancellation.

Join us on Thursday, 4/1 @ 4 PM PST at the U.S. Department of Education office in San Francisco (50 Beale Street) to demand student debt cancellation.
Click here for more information & to RSVP!

Help show our local representatives and President Joe Biden that our community demands full student debt cancellation. We request all attendees follow covid safety protocols (wearing masks & practicing physical distancing). Together, we will win full cancellation!

**Feel free to bring offerings(waters, snacks) to share with others & any neighbors in the Beale Street area. Music, Dancing and Costumes strongly encouraged**

If you prefer to take action digitally, join the Debt Collective’s online rally on 3/31 @ 6 PM ET. RSVP for that here!

Warm Regards –
Bay Area Debtors Union

Join us in celebrating the life of Kayla Moore, who died at the hands of the Berkeley Police in 2013. Kayla was a Black trans loved one who was living with a mental health condition. She was killed by the BPD during a mental health wellness check. Kayla would have been 50 years old this year.

We believe that Kayla Moore would still be alive if there had been an appropriate response while she was experiencing mental health crisis. Join us in demanding CARE NOT COPS.

This conversation is timely: last summer, the City Council approved an initiative for a Specialized Care Unit (SCU) that would respond to mental health crises without police involvement. Berkeley Copwatch demands that the City of Berkeley follow through on their commitment.

• The SCU must be well funded, so that it can actually be effective
• The SCU must be dispatched without police
• Since the police will not be responding to these incidents, funding must come directly from the police budget
• There must be options for long-term care in addition to crisis intervention

Let’s continue the fight for Justice 4 Kayla Moore! We need to make sure that what happened to her never happens again.
Follow @Justice4KaylaMoore on Facebook

OAKLAND 📢📢📢📢

6.45pm TONIGHT
802 Oak St. Alameda

Come out to support the family of Mario Gonzalez, an Oakland resident and father who was killed by Alameda PD on Monday morning.

Spread the word. #JusticeForMario pic.twitter.com/PWm94B1JKW

— Anti Police-Terror Project (@APTPaction) April 21, 2021

Today at 2pm! Join Hayward community members to hold space to mourn, learn and demand action against police violence. @HayCoCoa #wekeepussafe pic.twitter.com/JBBZM0wLHP

— Ella Baker Center (@ellabakercenter) April 24, 2021

From copy violence to military violence to workers’ rights, SOLIDARITY is our strength!

People Over Profit!  Educate! Agitate! Organize!

5pm Rally in West Oakland at a to-be-disclosed location.

No Livestreaming.

No Pictures.

No Snitches.

Wear All Black.

Group Up, Mask Up.

Bring Some Soup for your Family. 😉

Bay Area transit services are passing up thousands of riders each day and yet the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is holding back $1.67 billion in federal stimulus funds which could be used right now to restore service. They intend to hold back the American Rescue Plan (ARP) instead of using this money for its intended purpose: to restore transit service and the economy and hire more union drivers.

Not only is this a misuse of the stimulus funds, but MTC’s actions will also lead to a self-created crisis in transit as service will not be there as people return to their lives this year, leading to a permanent loss in ridership.

THIS IS A SCANDAL: the agency tasked with saving transit by distributing these funds is instead killing it. Join us as we demand that MTC release the stimulus funds this year in order to restore transit service NOW!

We will meet at the Transbay Terminal (Mission and Fremont street entrance by the Gondola). Then, we’ll march to the MTC Headquarters at 375 Beale Street.

Please bring your signs and face masks to stand in solidarity against police terror.

TOMORROW: Palestinian civil society has called for a general strike on May 18th across historic Palestine (including the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, and 1948 lands)🇵🇸

Solidarity Action @ Israeli Consulate, SF
Tuesday from 4-6pm.
456 Montgomery St. pic.twitter.com/DThC5VKiIc

— East Bay DSA 🌹 (@DSAEastBay) May 17, 2021