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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.”
“You may well ask: ‘Why direct action? Why sit ins, marches and so forth? Isn’t negotiation a better path?’ You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored. My citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent resister may sound rather shocking. But I must confess that I am not afraid of the word “tension.” I have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood. The purpose of our direct action program is to create a situation so crisis packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.”
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
#MLKshutitdown Bay Love at N. Oakland Farmers Market.
No other information available.
This action is being held by WAS – Workers Against the System; an affinity group of Anti-Police Terrorism Spokescouncil as part of the weekend reclamation of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy weekend.
Join us in our action to interrupt business as usual at the Oakland Walmart. We will raise awareness of John Crawford’s murder that happened August 5, 2014 inside of a southern Ohio Walmart store.
We stand in solidarity and remembrance with his family against the injustice the system has served them; by murdering their son and not indicting the officers involved in the shooting.
Wal-Mart is notoriously known for underpaying it’s workers; and in the Bay Area, employing managers that are publicly racist. Wal-Mart also facilitated the murder of John Crawford. We need to remind them that BLACK LIVES MATTER!
More information on Facebook page.
The Domain Awareness Center was constrained last year to the Port of Oakland, and not allowed to come online until a privacy policy was put in place.
The privacy policy has been written, and will come before the City Council beginning on February 10th.
The Privacy Policy Committee and the Oakland Privacy Working Group have been working hard to make sure the privacy policy is very strong and it has become a national model. Now support is needed so that it won’t be watered down by the Council!
The Privacy Policy Committee will also recommend to the City Council that the Privacy Policy for the DAC be extended to Oakland (currently Oakland has no privacy policy), and also that the City Council adopt an “open” surveillance equipment acquisition ordinance.
Come learn more about all of this and how you can help keep privacy alive in Oakland.
Reference: The DAC FAQ
The first portion of the CrytoParty will be the DAC Workshop:
Stop the Spy Center from Encroaching Into Oakland – A Workshop on the DAC, its Privacy Policy and Surveillance Equipment
which begins at 2:00 PM. The usual cryptoparty will begin at 3:30 PM.
Join us for dinner ,outdoor entertainment and a sleep-in.
Everyone deserves a #Right2Rest.
Description (Drama 1984) Directed by Spike Lee – a community responds to the killing of a black man
“Equality demands dignity. And dignity demands a job and a paycheck that lasts through the week.”
“When you have mass unemployment in the Negro community it’s called a social problem. When you have mass unemployment in the white community it’s called a depression”
“We refuse to believe the bank of justice is bankrupt”
— Martin Luther King, Jr—–
Join the Anti Police-Terrorism Project (APTP) for a MLK day march that reclaims the spirit of King and celebrates his legacy of resistance!
There will be performances, speakers, resource booths, face painting, crafts and more!
This is a family-friendly event and a celebration of King’s legacy, Black Lives and the struggle for social justice.
We will gather at the plaza outside of Oscar Grant Station (Fruitvale) at 11 AM. There will be performances, speakers, resource booths, face painting, crafts and more! From there we will march to Coliseum City connecting the dots between police terrorism and economic terrorism – meaning the unjust ways that cops kill unarmed Black people as with Oscar Grant and the unjust way Oakland’s development is either pushing Black and Brown people out of the city and/or not hiring Black and Brown Oakland residents to facilitate or benefit from the new development as with the Coliseum City project.
Stay Tuned for More Details!!!
The APTP is a group of concerned institutions, organizations and individuals committed to ending the state sanctioned murder of Black, Brown & Poor people by police departments across the country.
#BlackLivesMatter. Join us as we discuss the national epidemic of police brutality, misconduct and associasted laws and legal procedures, as well as your rights when facing law enforcement and the state of our modern civil rights movement.
Panelists: John Burris, Adante Pointer, Paul Henderson, Cephus Johnson
Performance: Prentice Powell, spoken word artist.
Please come at 9am and 2pm to support folks arrested at a march during MLK weekend. Let’s come out and support each other!
Always check the event page and Antirepression for last minute changes.