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The Zim
Shanghai has left the Golden Gate and is now near the Farallon Islands. It has long passed the point at which the Zim Piraeus did its U-turn last month. Current destination on Marine Tracker is Los Angeles, ETA 11pm Monday night.
No need to gather at 5am this morning, but please check text messages and Twitter at about 6am, just in case ZIM is up to its previous tricks.
Text: “Join” to 88202 for alerts on ship location and picket status
Twitter: @StopZIMOak
Facebook: facebook.com/events/545270232240123/
Inquiries: stopzimoak@gmail.com / (415) 282-1908
To track the Zim Shanghai: http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/477634600
Port of Oakland map: http://www.portofoakland.com/pdf/maritime/mari_map.pdf
End the Siege of Gaza!
Picket the Zim Shanghai Starting
September 27 at the Port of Oakland!
Israel and Hamas agreed to a set of conditions for a ceasefire on August 26th, after Israel had killed more than 2,100 Palestinians in Gaza – mostly civilians, more than a quarter children – and destroyed much of Gaza’s infrastructure, housing, hospitals, schools and water supply.
Israel claims it does not “occupy” Gaza, yet it has complete control of Gaza’s land crossings, seacoast and air space. Israel severely restricts Palestinians’ movement and their access to food, medical supplies, and construction materials.
In 1984, protesting against South African Apartheid, the Bay Area longshore workers union, ILWU Local 10, went on strike for 11 days against the Nedlloyd Kimberley, a ship carrying South African cargo.
In 2010, responding to the deadly Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Local 10 honored a picket of an Israeli-owned ZIM ship by 1,200 community and labor activists, refusing to unload the ship for 24 hours. In August 2014, Palestinian, community and labor activists, in an historic victory, blocked the Zim Piraeus for five days and forced it to leave the Bay with most of its cargo still on board.
We ask the ILWU to carry on its long historical tradition of opposing injustice and honoring community picket lines. Let’s keep the pressure on and continue this tradition of labor blockades against oppression.
Please come to a sustained community and labor activist picket beginning on September 27th to stop the Zim Shanghai from unloading or loading any cargo – from when it arrives in Oakland until it leaves. This will also send a message to stevedoring companies such as Stevedore Services of America (SSA) who are pushing for concessions right now against longshore workers who are working without a contract.
Picket Lines Mean Don’t Cross!
An Injury to One is an Injury to All!
Solidarity with the Palestinian people!
Stop ZIM Action Committee
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Endorsed by:
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition USA
BDS National Committee (Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee)
BDS Marin
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists – Social Justice Committee
Block the Boat, Tampa
Block the Boat, Vancouver
Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights (BCPR)
Coalition of Lebanese Civil Societies
CodePink, Golden Gate Chapter
CodePink, SF Chapter
East Bay Veterans for Peace
14 Friends of Palestine – Marin
Free Gaza Movement
Free Palestine Movement
Global Campaign for the Return to Palestine
Global March to Jerusalem
International Bolshevik Tendency
ISM – NorCal
Justice for Palestinians (San Jose)
Keep Hope Alive
Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace (LMNOP)
MECA (Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance)
NorCal Friends of Sabeel
North Coast Coalition for Palestine
Muslim American Society
Palestinian Association (Hamilton, Ontario)
Palestine Solidarity Committee/ISM, Seattle
Palestinian Solidarity Committee Stuttgart, Germany
Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore
Peace and Freedom Party
Socialist Organizer
St. Francis of Assisi Pax Christi, Derwood, MD
Transport Workers Solidarity Committee
United Public Workers for Action
Voices for Palestine
Voices for Peace in the Middle East, Bellingham
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
After the Zim shanghai had been prevented from being unloaded for two shifts today, the call has gone out to continue the blockade.
The #StopZim committee has put out a call for a 5AM picket tomorrow morning at SSA Berth 57, 1717 Middle Harbor Rd. #BlockTheBoat
— Not Frantz Fanon (@violentfanon) September 28, 2014
Pickets tonight were successful. We urgently need you at Sunday AM shift at 5AM W Oakland BART. Please bring friends. #Blocktheboat #stopzim
— Stop Zim Action Comm (@StopZIMOak) September 28, 2014
All six cranes at SSA sit motionless. Zim ship won't unload tonight. What a beautiful sight!
#StopZim #BlockTheBoat pic.twitter.com/LAC6Blj2ZN
— Not Frantz Fanon (@violentfanon) September 28, 2014
Come to a forum about militarization and repression in our communities, from
Ferguson to Gaza to Oakland. Hear speakers actively fighting to stop this.
– “Uncle Bobby” Johnson (Oscar Grant’s uncle), reporting back from Ferguson
– Clarence Thomas, ILWU Local 10 member, former SFSU BSU leader, with a worker’s
perspective on the Block the Boat for Gaza campaign, which stopped an Israeli Zim ship from
unloading most of its cargo at the Port of Oakland
Sponsored by the Black Student Union in conjunction with Workers World Party
OccupyForum Field Trip
KPFA Radio 94.1FM , Earth Island Journal
and Movement Generation present:
NAOMI KLEIN
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
Hosted by Jason Mark
� This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate is the most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine.
Naomi Klein clearly explains why we must soon abandon the core free market ideology of our time, restructure the global economy,
and remake our political systems. In short, either we embrace radical change,
or radical changes will be violently visited upon us. Status quo is no longer an option.
Naomi Klein argues that climate change is not merely another issue to shrug off and file away for the future. It is an alarming certainty that demands
we fix an economic system already failing in many terrible ways. Klein meticulously presents the case for how massively reducing
our greenhouse emissions is our best chance to simultaneously reduce the growing inequalities, re-imagine our broken democracies,
and rebuild our gutted local economies. She exposes the ideological desperation of climate-change deniers, the messianic delusions
of would-be geo-engineers, and the tragic defeatism of far too many mainstream green initiatives. She demonstrates precisely
why the market has not and can not fix the climate crisis, and will in fact make things worse,
with ever more extreme, ecologically damaging extraction methods,
accompanied by rampant disaster capitalism.
Klein reveals how the changes to our relationship with nature and one another that are required to respond humanely
to this crisis should not be viewed as grim penance, but as a kind of gift, a catalyst to transform broken economic and cultural priorities
and heal long-festering historical wounds. She documents the inspiring movements already involved, communities not simply refusing
to be sites of further fuel extraction, but already building
the next regeneration-based economies.
Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist and the author of the critically acclaimed #1 international bestseller
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and of No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies, which The New York Times called “a movement bible.”
Klein is a contributing editor for Harper’s Magazine, a reporter for Rolling Stone, and a syndicated columnist for The Nation and The Guardian.
She is a member of the board of directors of 350.org and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute.
Thousands of Oakland’s tenants are being intimidated by their landlords, harassed, or neglected in the landlords attempts to push them out. We have worked with Council member Dan Kalb to draft an ordinance that will stop this behavior and fine landlords that intimidate or threaten tenants, and we need your support to get the council to pass it.
The Tenant Protection Ordinance (TPO) will define harassment to include 16 different methods that we have seen landlords use to push tenants out of their homes in Oakland. In its definition of harassment it names: neglect to make basic repairs, physical and verbal threats, the threat of calling ICE, and a number of other actions that will be punishable with administrative and civil penalties. It gives tenants the ability to both make complaints directly to the city and take legal action against landlords who violate the rights that all tenants have to healthy housing.
Tell Your Story
Let’s show the media and City government just how serious the situation is in Oakland. Post your story about harassment or eviction on our blog today. Each entry will be sent directly to the City Councilmembers and the press to build the case for this new law. We wont use your name unless you include it. Don’t have a personal experience with harassment? Check out the BLOG to see stories others are posting.
Tell it to the Council
Come out Tuesday, September 30th at 1pm to Oakland City Hall for a rally followed by the hearing that starts at 2pm AND BRING PEOPLE WITH YOU! We want to get 50 people to fill out speakers cards in advance to show community support. Fill out a Speakers Card HERE. Put in Agenda Item 4. EVEN IF YOU DONT WANT TO SPEAK, but just want to show your support, Fill out a Speakers Card. You can click the box for “In Favor” and also indicate if you wish to speak or not.
RSVP Here
EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION
HANDS OFF PRESIDENT ARISTIDE AND THE LAVALAS MOVEMENT!
HUNDREDS OF SUPPORTERS RALLY OUTSIDE PRESIDENT ARISTIDE’S HOME AFTER MASKED AND HOODED POLICE SURROUND IT!
ON SATURDAY MORNING, MASKED HAITIAN POLICE SURROUNDED FORMER PRESIDENT JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE’S HOUSE, AS HAITIAN RADIO STATIONS BROADCAST NEWS THAT HE WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RALLIED IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, VOWING TO STAY THERE TO PREVENT HIS ARREST.
THIS IS THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO THE LAVALAS MOVEMENT’S CALL FOR DEMONSTRATIONS ON TUESDAY TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1991 COUP AGAINST PRESIDENT ARISTIDE. IT IS PART OF A PATTERN OF INTIMIDATION THAT HARKENS BACK TO THE DAYS OF THE DUVALIER DICTATORSHIP.
ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, AT 1 A.M., THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT REMOVED THE SECURITY DETAIL THAT HAS BEEN GUARDING FORMER PRESIDENT ARISTIDE AND HIS FAMILY SINCE HIS RETURN TO HAITI IN 2011. THIS CAME A DAY AFTER A JUDGE ORDERED PRESIDENT ARISTIDE, HAITI’S FIRST DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT, TO BE PLACED UNDER “HOUSE ARREST.” UNDER CURRENT HAITIAN LAW, “HOUSE ARREST” DOES NOT EXIST, BUT IT WAS USED FREQUENTLY AS A FORM OF REPRESSION BY THE DUVALIER REGIME.
WE VIEW THIS WITH THE GRAVEST CONCERN AND CONSIDER THESE DEVELOPMENTS A DIRECT THREAT TO PRESIDENT ARISTIDE AND HIS FAMILY.
PLEASE CALL THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT’S HAITI DESK.
THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN A KEY SUPPORTER OF THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT OF MICHEL MARTELLY. LET THEM KNOW — GIVEN THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE MARTELLY GOVERNMENT – THAT WE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF PRESIDENT ARISTIDE AND HIS FAMILY, AND THAT WE DEMAND AN END TO THIS HARASSMENT AND REPRESSION AGAINST PRESIDENT ARISTIDE AND THE LAVALAS MOVEMENT.
Please Call:
Haiti Special Coordinator Thomas ADAMS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
202 647-9510
AND
Pamela White, Ambassador of the United States in Haiti
Embassy of the United States
Tabarre, Haiti
Tel: 011-509-2229-8000
Fax 011 509 2-229-8028
Initiated by Haiti Action Committee
www.haitisolidarity.net
https://twitter.com/OccupyUCBerk/status/516317564792619008/photo/1
Join with us across the generations in celebrating and continue the fight for social, environmental, economic, civil and racial justice and world piece.
He’s a very good dog,
and he’ll make a very good Mayor.
What? A press conference to formally announce Einstein’s candidacy.
Why? The Oakland Mayoral campaign needs a voice for the City’s oppressed residents.
A dog for Mayor of Oakland?! Sound crazy? But the question, as we see it, is not, “Can a dog run the City?” The question we should all ask is, “Can any individual be accountable for running the City?”
Of course, the Mayor doesn’t run the City single-handedly. Nevertheless, who do we hold responsible when residents suffer from mismanagement of the City’s tremendous wealth of resources? Is it not the highest elected official in City Government? This system allows residents to blame the Mayor for not solving the social problems facing Oakland.
Without a fallible human in the Mayor’s Office, we must all play our parts in determining the route Oakland will take into the future. Please read Einstein’s Platform and Blog (links are provided below) and see if you agree that if Einstein is elected, the interaction of residents with City officials – and with each other – will change, radically. No longer will we ask what the City Government can do for us. Instead, we will see the way clear to changing the City ourselves, to expanding the power of residents of modest income, to shrinking the power of the rich by establishing a larger and more representative City Council. No longer will we have a single individual to blame for our problems. After all, how can a very good dog like Einstein cause social problems?
Please come and show your support for the only dog in the race!
A selection of planks in Einstein’s platform:
- Greatly expanded democratic representation for the residents of Oakland
- An end to Orwellian surveillance and a restoration of privacy
- The rights of Oakland’s residents supersede the rights of police officers.
- Einstein will facilitate the creation of the Public Bank of Oakland and the Oakland Debtors’ Assembly.
- Maximum-wage requirement to eliminate the inflationary pressures that render minimum-wage requirements ineffective at increasing the purchasing power of Oakland’s hardest-working and most unappreciated residents
- Penalties for crimes must be apportioned according to wealth.
Einstein intends be a voice in this campaign for what is right and what is needed by many Oakland residents, without concern for what is legal or politically feasible. A role in government for everyone is what is meant by democracy; financial independence for all benefits all; and the protection of civil rights by governing officials is necessary for full democratic participation in our society.
Einstein For Oakland Einstein’s Platform Einstein’s Blog
Einstein on Facebook Einstein on Twitter
An unpaid political advertisement Q&A With Einstein.
The beginning of Einstein’s rise to political prowess.
Einstein in the media:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tCOiHrkoCk4
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q4DNfJz24A
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2014/07/16/Einstein-the-dog-throws-his-collar-into-the-ring-in-the-Oakland-mayoral-race/5571405525022/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/07/15/dog-from-occupy-encampment-joins-pack-hoping-to-become-oaklands-mayor/
http://www.usatoday.com/media/cinematic/video/12727893/einstein-the-dog-running-for-mayor-of-oakland/
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-California/2014/07/16/Dog-Runs-for-Oakland-Mayor
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/weird/2014/07/16/dog-running-mayor/12734791/
Climate change is taking place. Will we have the wisdom to survive?
Transition Berkeley invites you to join us for an inspiring film that focuses on how we can live creatively and even joyfully in the face of this catastrophe. The Wisdom to Survive features thought leaders and activists in the realms of
science, economics and spirituality: Bill McKibben, Richard Heinberg, Joanna Macy, Gus Speth, Roger Payne and more.
We’ll meet and greet from 6:30 to 7:00. Please bring locally grown snacks to share. The film will be at 7:00 and followed by a discussion about how we can form strong communities to meet the challenges we face.
According to Joanna Macy:
“ If you want an adventure, boy! What a time to be alive! Don’t waste time in self-pity over darkness. Don’t waste time trying to figure out better circumstances that you might like. You’re born into this and you’re here to love it! And to see that it goes on ..”
This evening promises to be thought-provoking and action promoting. See you there.
For more info: info [at] transitionberkeley.com
website: http://www.transitionberkeley.com
This event is cosponsored by Transition Berkeley, Obsidian Farm and BFUU’s Social Justice Ctee.
Wheelchair accessible.
Award winning poet, comedian and storyteller Josh Healey will perform.
Advance tickets start at just $12.25, but no one will be turned away for a lack of funds. You can get your tickets here.
March to STOP Evictions & Luxury Condos in the Mission &
Support PROP G
Gather Sat. Oct. 4, 1PM @ Brava Theater York & 24th
March 2pm for affordable housing!
Rally 3PM @ 16th & Mission
Dear Causa Justa family:
Our fights are many, on both sides of the bay and we know we are asking a lot from you tenant meetings, city hall hearings, marches, rallies, etc but our people are in the eye of the storm. Stand with us as we fight for our very survival here in this Bay Area gold rush.
This weekend we march in San Francisco’s Mission district to send a message loud and clear: we will not roll over without a fight. Join Our Mission No Eviction and the Plaza 16 Coalition in a historic march to demand affordable housing. And to fight against the biggest development the Mission has ever seen planned for the 16th St. Plaza the proposed looming monster development by Maximus Real Estate, which includes luxury housing, retail space, and 10-story towers. We’re also marching to support Prop G � the anti-spec tax that would stop the flipping of properties by speculators. Read more here and here
#stoptheflip #housingisahumanright
RSVP here for No Monster in the Mission March
Historic March and Festival.
Affordable Housing Now!
A ten-story monster development is proposed for 16th & Mission. The Mission needs deeply affordable housing, not more luxury towers!
1 pm: Gather.
2 pm: March begins.
3 pm: Rally/Festival at 16th St. BART Plaza.
Food :: Music: :: Art :: Community.
The Bay Area Rights of Nature Ethics Tribunal will examine the violations of nature’s rights and human rights caused by the fossil fuel industry, using Chevron’s refinery in Richmond as a case study. By highlighting the impacts on people and nature from the Chevron refinery and Big Oil’s activities, the Tribunal will also place on trial current legal and economic systems that advance the destruction of nature.
Tribunal judges include:
Carl Anthony (Breakthrough Communities; Urban Habitat)
Brian Swimme (California Institute of Integral Studies; Journey of the Universe)
Anuradha Mittal (Oakland Institute)
Courtney Cummings (Arikara and Cheyenne; Native Wellness Center, Richmond)
Bill Twist (Pachamama Alliance)
The day will also include:
The Web of Life Labyrinth, created by local artists
Local music; food for purchase
Insights from Bay Area ecological justice, human rights, local economy, indigenous, women’s, and other groups.
Save your space for this important event;
(Directions: Lake Merritt BART. Located on north campus off 10th St, across from the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center.)
FREE; registration is required – Register now!)
*Please arrive 20 minutes early to experience the Web of Life Labyrinth.
Presented by the Bay Area Rights of Nature Alliance: bringing people together to advance the rights of nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
For more, visit: therightsofnature.org/events/bayareatribunal
On Facebook: Bay Area Rights of Nature Alliance
A call for white people to stand in solidarity with African resistance in Ferguson and around the world. Reparations and justice for African people everywhere!
Keynote speakers:
- Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African Socialist International and author of An Uneasy Equilibrium: the African Revolution Versus Parasitic Capitalism.
- Penny Hess, Chairwoman, African People’s Solidarity Committee and author of Overturning the Culture of Violence.
Come hang out, eat (pot luck if you can swing it), get yourself heard on pirate radio and generally enjoy yourself at the Staples occupation.
Information, discussion & community — Monday Night Forum!
Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue
on all sides of these critically important issues!
Occupy Forum presentsF R A C K I N G:
Building a Diverse Movement to Win
Hosted by Californians Against Fracking
Speakers:
Tia Lebherz, Food & Water Watch
David Braun, Americans & Californians Against Fracking
As fracking continues to expand at an unrelenting pace in California, a movement to stop it is rising up and, like New York, is preparing to win a moratorium. But these wins aren’t easy, and this one will be hard won. The good news is that powerful networks exist and smart organizing is going on in multiple communities to stop the oil and gas industry and their toxic processes.Come hear about what the membership of Californians Against Fracking is planning for the fall,share your ideas, and find out how you can plug in for the win.
Tia Lebherz is the Northern California organizer for Food & Water Watch. Based in Oakland; she works to engage activists and hold elected officials accountable on a range of issues across the region including fracking, water privatization, and food issues including factory farms and genetic engineering. Prior to joining Food & Water Watch, Tia worked extensively in the Midwest organizing on campaigns for clean energy and fair food. Tia most recently worked as the Michigan organizer for Food & Water Watch based in Detroit.
David Braun is a co-founder of Americans Against Fracking and New Yorkers Against Fracking, and has recently relocated back to his home state of California to fight fracking where he works with Californians Against Fracking, a coalition of over 150 organizations fighting for a ban. While in New York, David founded and worked with several grassroots anti-fracking organizations` including United for Action, Sane Energy Project, among others. Previously, he was the grassroots coordinator for the films, GASLAND and GASLAND II. Before working on the fracking issue, he worked with MoveOn and has also engaged with numerous other social, environmental and economic justice campaigns.
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.
YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
Episode 6: Winds of Change
Created by · Joel Bach and David Gelber
For a description of this film, see the website shown below.
Humanist Hall is wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street
OCTOBER 10-13, 2014
THE INSPIRATION
We are in a movement moment.
Droves of people, many of them young and black, took to the streets of Ferguson to demand justice for Mike Brown. Millions stood in solidarity as protestors were met by a brutal and militarized response by local police departments.
Our country can no longer deny the epidemic of police violence facing Black and Brown communities. Mike Brown is now part of a long list of people like John Crawford, Ezell Ford, Eric Garner, Oscar Grant and countless others who have been unjustly killed by police. And, their lives mattered.
JOIN HANDS UP UNITED AND OUR PARTNERS IN FERGUSON FROM OCTOBER 10-13TH FOR A SERIES OF EVENTS, MARCHES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE BUILDING OUR MOVEMENT FOR REAL CHANGE.
Dramatic and compelling stories of human beings imprisoned unjustly, often for decades, and then exonerated by DNA evidence. The film shows the emotional journey back into society and efforts to rebuild lives with little or no support. SJC is working hard for California State Ballot Prop. 47 which if it passes will make a huge difference in reforming our broken criminal justice system.
More info: http://www.afterinnocence.net/index.html
Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Ctee as part of our Conscientious Projector Series for the 99%
Wheelchair accessible.
http://www.bfuu.org/signup.html
Report-back from activists who “went inside” the Urban Shield convention and trade show in Oakland September 4th-7th and were “volunteers” at some of the exercises. And discussion of next steps.
Directions: From 580, take Park Blvd west one long block; turn right on McKinley Avenue, turn right again on Home Place East, park in the parking lot to your left. Entrance is there, walk past the cafeteria to the auditorium.
Join Shane Bauer and others on this, the 3rd anniversary of the occupation of Oscar Grant Plaza.
Shane Bauer is a journalist who, with Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattel, were kidnapped by Iranian border guards and imprisoned in solitary in Iran for many months. After his return to the US. Shane wrote about Pelican Bay, California’s notorious solitary confinement facility for inmates.
As he was observing one of the Urban Shield exercises as a official member of the press he was ordered to stop taking pictures and leave.
Urban Shield, a convention devoted to the glorification of the militarization of the police, has been happening in Oakland since 2007. The Mayor announced that it would not be held in Oakland next year, but it will still be held, probably somewhere else in Alameda County. It should be stopped once and for all or, barring that, Oakland and Oakland’s police should not participate.
Links to Letter Sized PDF of flyer
Older flyer and poster versions:
Inside Urban Shield Half Sheet Inside Urban Shield 11×17″ Poster IUS 18×24″ Poster PDF
Click to download 2-to-sheet PDF
Final flyer:
inside urban shield poster 11×17 rev
inside urban shield poster 18×24 rev
Inside Urban Shield Fact Sheet and Forum Schedule (PDF): IUS-Schedule-Fact-Sheet
