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GATHER TODAY (TUESDAY, DEC. 9) AT BANCROFT + TELEGRAPH AT 5:00PM. IF THERE’S STILL NO JUSTICE, THERE WILL BE NO PEACE!…
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Tuesday city council meeting must be shut down. City government needs to be brought to a halt. In response to the tear-gassing of Telegraph Ave and the People’s Park area, Mayor Bates must resign. Bates resignation must be requested during the city council meeting of Dec 9th. It needs to be made clear that Bates political career is over; he does not represent Berkeley.
Shut down Berkeley city government. The police are waging war on the populous.
If Bates won’t protect citizens from the police, then there needs to be mayor who will.
Furthermore, the police chief Michael Meehan must be terminated. The dissolution of trust has been too great.
The system is corrupt. Shut it down.
Converge at Berkeley City Hall tomorrow at 7pm and demand an end to police terrorism and repression. #Berkeley #BerkeleyProtests #Oakland
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) December 9, 2014
#Berkeley Any group converging 5pm Telegraph&Bancroft march/regroup @ MLK Jr. / Civic Center Park for 7pm convergence. 2options. #ShutItDown
— Domain Awareness (@domainawareness) December 9, 2014
Postal Police have raided/harassed the Occupation/Vigil at the Post Office opposing its sale and the privatization of the Postal Service for four mornings: Thursday, 12/4, Friday, Sunday and Monday.
They did not show up again Tuesday morning, fortunately. Let’s make sure they don’t again, or if they do, have a crowd waiting for them, as we did Monday morning and again on Tuesday.
Berkeley Post Office Defenders welcomes your support!
East Oakland rally and march. Justice for Mike Brown, Eric Garner and all victims of police brutality and murder. Bring the outrage to the scene of numerous police killings: Brownie Polk, Alan Blueford, Derrick Jones, Jose Buenrostro, Andrew Moppin… to name just a few Black, Brown and Native American young victims of the New Jim Crow.
Ferguson is Everywhere
Justice for Michael Brown and Eric Garner
Police Murder and Brutality Must Stop
Update: live-from- #Ferguson tribunal moved to 2537 Haste St. to accommodate larger crowd 4pm; then march from Telegraph and Bancroft 7pm
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) December 10, 2014
Tribunal 4PM @ Room 174 Barrows Hall, UCB (near Bancroft + Telegraph); afterward MARCH gathers @ Bancroft + Telegraph
#berkeleyprotests
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) December 10, 2014
The night of December 6, over 500 UC-Berkeley students and community members marched to demand justice for Mike Brown and Eric Garner. Police from across the East Bay rioted against the peaceful crowd, with batons, tear gas, and rubber bullets. They broke one person’s leg, inflicted other injuries, and indiscriminately arrested members of the crowd.
But UC-Berkeley students and community members poured into the streets to protest this violent onslaught and STAYED STRONG FOR NINE HOURS. Inspired by the heroic example of Ferguson, we showed that WE WON’T BACK DOWN!
Protesters voted to MARCH AGAIN this MONDAY, DEC. 8 at 5:00pm at the intersection of Bancroft and Telegraph, for THESE DEMANDS:
* Jail Darren Wilson, Daniel Pantaleo, and All Killer Cops
* End the Racist Coverups by the District Attorneys and Grand Juries
* Down with the New Jim Crow! Down with the Police From Ferguson to Ayotzinapa to Staten Island: March Against State Repression
* Release the Berkeley protesters arrested and drop all charges.
*** BERKELEY ASKS OTHER CAMPUSES AND COMMUNITIES TO JOIN US IN SOLIDARITY ***
*** SHARE PHOTOS + VIDEO FROM THAT DAY TO GET OUT THE TRUTH ***
“Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.”
— United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Across the world, December 10th is commemorated as Human Rights Day. Having access to a job, education, healthcare, and safety in Alameda County is a human rights issue! Join us, along with faith leaders and community members, for a vigil in front of the Alameda County Administration building.
Let’s tell the Alameda County Board of Supervisors that we oppose the ongoing cuts to reentry job training, education, healthcare, and housing. We need more funding for community-based programs and services, not jails.
To learn more about the 50% for Jobs Not Jails Campaign visit www.ellabakercenter.org/
he grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the August 9 murder of Ferguson resident Mike Brown is simultaneously shocking and predictable. The same is true of a Staten Island grand jury’s decision not to indict Daniel Panteleo for the choking death of Eric Garner, spitting in the face of the people around the country who took to the streets to protest Wilson’s escape. The global spotlight on police murder after the rebellion in Ferguson makes the decision to let both walk all the more surprising, but the ugly reality is that police routinely murder Black and Brown people across the U.S. without facing consequences. The number of people killed by police last year was the highest number in 20 years, according to the FBI itself. Come to this meeting to discuss why the police are so out of control and what we can do to demand justice.
Speakers: Michael Chase (ISO) and student from Stanford that participated in recent walkouts
Originally scheduled for November 10th, now scheduled for December 11th, although the time is not certain. Check back for additional possible changes and verification of time.
Plaintiffs City of Berkeley and Mayor and Members of the City Council of the
City of Berkeley have filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary
injunction, to enjoin defendants United States Postal Service, Patrick R. Donahoe, Tom A.
Samra, and Diana Alvarado from completing a sale of the Berkeley Post Office. According to
that motion, “the City believes that USPS will attempt to convey the Post Office property at any
moment,” even though USPS reportedly has not performed the reviews required by the National
Historic Preservation Act or the National Environmental Policy Act.
This order hereby ENJOINS the named defendants from completing the sale of the
Berkeley Post Office until a hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction can be conducted…
(signed)
WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
During the Mario Romero Second Annual BBQ on September 1st folks marched in solidarity with the call-out from Ferguson to take to the streets & to halt traffic at busy intersections for 4’30” to symbolize the 4 hours and 30 minutes that Mike Brown lay in the streets after he was murdered by officer Darren Wilson. The police began pushing people towards the side walk in an aggressive & intimidating manner. Noticing that all the police had lapel cameras that were not turned on Ali politely requested the officers to activate their cameras, and that is when he heard a threat from behind him from one of the officers to “get off the street or you know what is going to happen.” Ali asked him what he meant by that when he was confronted by a sergeant and threatened with arrest. Ali continued to ask the sergeant to order his officers to turn their lapel cameras on so the crowd would feel safer, knowing that their actions were being recorded. While Ali was talking to the sergeant on the edge of the side walk (the officer was in the middle of the street), the policeman came from the middle of the street and arrested Ali for PC 148, Obstructing a Police Officer.
Court support is requested to show solidarity with the families of Vallejo who have lost loved ones to arbitrary police violence and are being continuously harassed to this day.
with Jesse Jackson
for Good Jobs & Equality
This year Reverend Jackson pushed tech companies to release demographic figures revealing appallingly low percentages of employees who are Black, Latino and women calling the battle for job parity “the fourth stage of the civil rights movement.” (USA Today) We all see every day in our neighborhoods how the Bay Area tech driven economy is not providing good jobs to the people in our communities who need them the most.
Tech companies do create some jobs that go mostly to people of color: contracted service jobs in janitorial & security. But tech CEOs are leaving our Black and Latino communities behind by hiring low-road contractors that pay low wages and benefits. (USA Today)
Together we can challenge income inequality by holding big tech accountable! Let’s build a bay area economy where all workers and their families can thrive!
We invite you to be a part of this movement:
RSVP on Facebook, reply to this email, or join the action planning committee meeting:
Tuesday, 11/18 4pm at Working Partnerships, or call-in option 712 432 1212 code: 383 793 014
You can also sign your organization on to endorse the rally or let us know if you need transportation to the event from San Jose or San Francisco.
Endorsed by:
Jesse Jackson & the Rainbow Push Coalition, SEIU USWW, Working Partnerships USA
UPDATE (12/11 5:45): 2 Comrades are being released tonight! One of them is being released no charges filed, the other is our injured comrade who just got bailed out. They need rides from Santa Rita TONIGHT!
Press Conference to Call for DOJ Prosecution of Professor John Yoo for Torture
Our message is that prosecution is mandatory under the law. Eric Holder must do his duty and indict and prosecute Yoo.
- We will set up a waterboard and do a mock waterboarding and forced feeding. We will have orange jumpsuits for people to wear.
- Codepink will attempt a citizen’s arrest of John Yoo. Some will attempt to pink slip him.
- Codepink and allies will deliver a message to UC Law School Dean Choudry that we are calling for the prosecution of John Yoo, as well as a UC investigation. We will also demand that UC take Yoo’s endowed chair away from him and that his relationship with UC be severed immediately. We will no longer accept that UC employs a torture enabler to teach law.
- Alumni are especially encouraged to speak at the press conference if they have decided not to donate to UC any longer because of Yoo.
- Codepink and allies gathered over 100 signatures of UC alumni and current students and members of the community on petitions during the FSM 5th Anniversary events. The petitions call for Yoo to be investigated by UC and prosecuted by Eric Holder and the Department of Justice. We will present the petitions to the media and law school at the press conference
The Bay Area Civil Liberties Coalition works actively to empower individual efforts and collective initiatives to support civil rights and defeat illegal government spying.
TODAY Bike Ride for Black Lives – 5pm Friday, Dec 12th @ 14th & Broadway #Oakland #ShutItDown #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/95HfdLynVq
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) December 12, 2014
2014 Worst Boss of the Year: Hs. Lordships, Don’t Steal Our Healthcare!
Workers at H’s Lordships restaurant have been bargaining a contract for four years. These longtime workers are asking for a fair contract, however management continues to propose drastic takeaways. Workers have offered to give up sick days and vacation time and participate in a new plan with a high deductible and reduced benefits. But the restaurant is proposing to increase healthcare eligibility so that as many workers would lose their health insurance all together. For those who still qualify, they are also proposing shifting another $290 per month of the cost of family medical from the Employer to the worker.
To make matters worse, they are now threatening to unilaterally implement these takeaways effective January 1. UNITE HERE Local 2850 is declaring H’s Lordships the “Worst Boss of the Year.”
Join us for Christmas carols and cookies at our holiday action, where we will ask for worker justice this holiday season. Let’s tell management to stop being a Grinch!
Questions or need a ride? Contact Nicole Zapata at nzapata@unitehere.org or 925-639-7588.
ANSWER Community Forum: All Welcome
The Movement to End Police Brutality: What’s Next
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Featured Speakers
Maile Hampton, ANSWER Coalition
Akbar Muhammad, International Representative of the Nation of Islam
Frank Lara, Party for Socialism and Liberation& New Video on the Struggle for Justice
Wheelchair accessible. Refreshments provided.
Find out why Harvey Milk is on a stamp as a pioneer for the gay community. (Documentary) The film won an academy award. Free.
Long Haul is screening a move the second through last Sunday of each month in December, January and February.
Join black students from Cal at a rally THIS SATURDAY at noon at Telegraph & Bancroft #ferguson2cal #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/lZaPNgWatK
— CalProgressives (@CalProgressives) December 11, 2014
In solidarity with Ferguson and NYC, we will be hosting a #BlackLivesMatter rally and march starting 12:00 PM on Bancroft and Telegraph. Following our action we plan to travel together to the Millions March in Oakland at Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th & Broadway.
Millions March Oakland: https://www.facebook.com/events/858052834217501/
Ferguson National Demands
De-Militarization of National Law Enforcement
Comprehensively review systemic abuses by police
Repurpose military funds to support restorative justice
Investigate Criminalization of communities of color
Support passage of End Racial Profiling Act
Obama administration enact national plan for racial justice
#Ferguson2Cal
http://fergusonaction.com/demands/
The Internet is great because it belongs to all of us equally, providing a level playing field. The web as we know it today is founded on the principle of ‘Net Neutrality’ — the idea that data, no matter who it is coming from or who is receiving it, should be given the same priority. Policymakers in the US are currently considering whether or not to adopt rules that protect Net Neutrality.
Come to this exciting event to learn a little bit about your digital rights and what Net Neutrality means for you.
We will have speakers who can talk to us about these issues and how they might impact everyone.
Bring your devices to learn about your privacy options and settings in a hands-on workshop with volunteers from Sudo Room and join us for a short maker party where we will craft buttons, posters or zines inspired by this conversation. We will tweet and post your creations #InternetFreedom or #OpenInternet
Speakers
MALKIA CYRIL grew up believing that “everyone deserves a public voice.” Inspired by her mother’s work editing the Black Panther’s newspaper in Brooklyn, Cyril recognized the power of media and culture at an early age. Today, Cyril is founder and executive director of the Center for Media Justice and co-founder of the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net), a national network of 175 organizations working to expand media access and rights for marginalized communities. For more than a decade MAG-Net members have been winning fights for open Internet protections, digital inclusion, wireless and phone equity, community radio and public media at the local and national levels. A prolific writer, Cyril’s articles — on issues from Net Neutrality to prisoners’ communication rights to corporate accountability — have appeared in The New York Times, Politico, Huffington Post, Democracy Now, Essence Magazine and dozens more. In 2012, Cyril received the prestigious Donald H. McGannon Award for her work to advance the roles of women and persons of color in the media reform movement.
http://mediajustice.org/ | http://mag-net.org/
JEREMY GILLULA is a staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where he focuses on privacy and civil liberties issues arising from new and existing technologies, including the Internet, machine learning algorithms, and autonomous ground and aerial vehicles. Prior to joining EFF, Dr. Gillula was a postdoctoral scholar at UC Berkeley in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, where he developed novel methods for guaranteeing the safe operation of machine learning algorithms. He earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from the Stanford University Computer Science department, and his bachelor’s degree from the California Institute of Technology Computer Science department.
SPONSORED BY Oakland Public Library with Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Media Justice, Oakland Wiki, The Sudo Room, Media Alliance, and EveryLibrary CA.
NJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS INJUSTICE EVERYWHERE. WE MUST DEMAND JUSTICE FOR MIKE BROWN! JUSTICE FOR ERIC GARNER! JUSTICE FOR ALL THOSE WE HAVE LOST AT THE HANDS OF THE RACIST KILLER COPS!
WE MUST COME TOGETHER IN UNITY AND SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE BRUTALITY AND MURDER OF BLACK AND BROWN BODIES! THERE IS POWER IN NUMBERS. SO WE ARE GOING TO GO ALL OUT ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 13th @ 2pm. MEET AT OSCAR GRANT PLAZA.
#BLACKLIVESMATTER.
WE MUST NOT ONLY SHOW OUR POWER, BUT SHOW THAT THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR HUMANITY, WE MUST SHOW THE WORLD THESE DEATHS ARE NOT IN VAIN.
THIS MUST HAPPEN IN EVERY MAJOR CITY, SO SPREAD THE WORD. FROM EAST TO WEST. INVITE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
THIS IS NOT TOO AMBITIOUS. THIS IS POSSIBLE.
WE MARCH.
TOGETHER.
AS ONE.
BECAUSE #WECANTBREATHE
OUR CALL TO ACTION: DEMAND THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PURSUE FEDERAL CHARGES AGAINST ALL KILLER COPS.
OAKLAND IS FERGUSON. FERGUSON IS OAKLAND.