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Aug
24
Thu
Handmaids’ Resistance San Francisco @ Hall of (In)Justice
Aug 24 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

oin us outside the San Francisco Hall of Justice as we protest anti-abortion advocates David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt.

In 2015, David and Sandra released edited footage claiming that Planned Parenthood was selling fetal tissue for profit. These claims were later proven to be completely false. The videos were nothing more than an attempt to slander Planned Parenthood, incite violence against abortion providers, and make abortion inaccessible. David and Sandra are currently being charged with 15 felony counts.

Let’s show them that the State of California will not tolerate anti-choice propaganda and that we stand with Planned Parenthood. Under the Trump regime we cannot afford to be silent when it comes to women’s rights.

Feel free to make your own sign and bring a friend. Handmaid costumes can be provided but please make sure to RSVP so that we know how many to provide.

Please register at:
https://act.weareultraviolet.org/event/handmaids_resist_events/1788

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Aug
26
Sat
Anti-Racist Rally, San Francisco
Aug 26 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Please join us at the Anti-Racist rally to be held in opposition to the White Supremacists that are organizing a racist rally at Chrissy Fields in San Francisco.

There is a call to assemble in the morning, followed by a march to Chrissy Field at 10:00am.

PLEASE CHECK BACK HERE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVEN’T CHANGED THE MEETING POINT.

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Join Longshore Workers to Shut Down the Fascists
Aug 26 @ 10:00 am
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 10 AM
Assemble on Scott St. in Marina Green
Racists Want Charlottesville Terror Here – It’s Up to Us to Stop It!
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LONGSHORE WORKERS: 
SHUT DOWN THE FASCISTS!
We, longshore workers, support the call to action for our union to take the lead for the working class, to stop a deadly threat to the rights and the lives of us all. 
This weekend, fascist groups plan to stage rallies that threaten to repeat the racist terror of Charlottesville in the Bay Area. We’ve shut down the port against racism, war and police repression. Longshore workers have got the power, and we will not allow labor-hating white supremacists to bring their lynch mob terror here.
On Saturday, August 26 at 10AM, we will assemble on Scott St. in Marina Green (between Fort Mason and Crissy Field) and march to stop the fascist provocation at Crissy Field. We’re calling on all ILWU members, other unions and supporters to be there. Stop these racist killers from killing again. If not now, when? If not here, where? We have the power. Let’s use it!
On August 26, the fascist group that calls itself “Patriot Prayer” plans to hold a rally on Crissy Field. On August 27, several fascist groups plan a rally in Berkeley. What this means was shown in Portland on May 26: a Nazi who attended a “Patriot Prayer” rally the previous month killed two men for standing up against his racist threats to two young women. On June 4, members of 14 unions in Portland mobilized in the struggle to stop the fascists drawn by “Patriot Prayer.”
Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12 showed again that the fascists are not about “free speech.” The rally by Nazis, KKK and other white supremacists led directly to the murder of Heather Heyer and injuries to dozens of courageous anti-racist counter-protesters. Some of the same Nazis plan to come to the Bay Area this weekend. Meanwhile, Trump obscenely praises “good” fascists and “beautiful” statues of bloody Confede­rate slave masters. 
And now the fascists want to bring their race-terror here? We say: Hell no! Who do these fascist creeps think they’re messing with? SF is a union town. Let’s bring out the whole Bay Area labor movement, with defenders of African American, Asian, Latino, gay, lesbian, women’s and immigrant rights, to stop the fascists
To do this, we must rely on our own power as workers – not phony “friend of labor” politicians of both bosses’ parties. Their pleas for Trump’s Department of the Interior to deny a permit for Crissy Field are a diversion. Any bans, especially in a port city, could be used against workers fighting for their rights. But as the Portland Painters said in a solidarity message, when we use our “power as workers to take action against the fascists on August 26th, that will be a call to action of workers and oppressed people throughout this country.”
Now’s the time to stand up for all that ILWU has fought for, as opponents of racism and oppression. We can’t let these racists and fascists keep on killing. Enough is enough. Let’s join together in unity and in strength to put our union resolution into action. On August 26, 
DON’T WORK! SHUT THE PORT DOWN AND THE FASCISTS TOO!
 Anthony Leviege #9576                               Jack Heyman #8780 (ret.)
Longshore Workers to Stop the Fascists
August 21, 2017
 
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Update: At the planning meeting on Aug. 22, union sisters and brothers highlighted the threat to African American and all union members posed by the hanging nooses and vile racist slurs that have repeatedly appeared at SSA terminal. Make no mistake: this racist filth is a threat of lynching. It’s exactly the kind of thing the Klan, Nazis and other fascist/racist terror groups use. We have to stop it with the power of our union. This is and must be closely connected to the mobilization this Saturday, Aug. 26 to stop the fascists.
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REMEMBER: We are assembling SATURDAY, AUG. 26, 10 AM, on
SCOTT ST. IN MARINA GREEN BETWEEN FORT MASON & CRISSY FIELD.
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Oct
4
Wed
No Tasers in San Francisco!! – Postponed @ San Francisco City Hall, Room 400
Oct 4 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Tasers are on the agenda for the police commission meeting. They may be voting at this meeting and will have a public hearing on the subject!

Show up, speak out, and let’s shut down tasers for SFPD.

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Oct
19
Thu
Rally for Justice – Sacramento. #BlackLivesMatter #BrownLivesMatter #MarchForJustice
Oct 19 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

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Oct
24
Tue
EVICTION RESISTANCE PARTY @ HERE/THERE on the Berkeley/Oakland border, across from Sweet Adeline bakery
Oct 24 @ 4:30 pm – Oct 25 @ 11:45 pm

You’re invited to an

EVICTION RESISTANCE PARTY

The evening of Tuesday, Oct. 24

through Wednesday morning,

as long as necessary.

The camping community HERE/THERE has been practicing consensus government and responsible urban camping at its present location for more than nine months. Multiple members of City Council have called us “a model community”. So why has “someone” in the city government told BART to get rid of us?

We were only given three days notice: they will seize our property and force us onto the street some time on Tuesday. This eviction order is illegal. Help us resist it by coming out to shout at the pigs and enjoying a potluck Eviction Resistance Party. Tuesday evening through Wednesday morning, as long as necessary. Also, you can contact Lateefah Simon, the BART board director for our district, through https://www.lateefahforbart.com/contact and Rebecca Saltzman, chair of the BART Board of Directors whose district represents many people in Berkeley and Oakland: 

Rebecca Saltzman, Chair, BART Board, Director, District 7
Rebecca.Saltzman@bart.gov
@rebeccaforBART
510 464-6095

 

COPS GO HOME

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Bring a camera. This is also a good time to donate food, water, and any kind of survival equipment.

If they do manage to evict us, we’re going straight to City Hall, where we’re going to raise a hell of a ruckus. In that event, we will need help with transport and temporary storage of property. So maybe bring a pickup or a van, just in case?

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Nov
5
Sun
Stroller Brigade: Save The Birth Place of the East Bay @ Alta Bates Hospital
Nov 5 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Did you have a baby at Alta Bates?
Know someone born at Alta Bates?
Join Nurses to Help Stop the Alta Bates Closure!

Sutter Health wants to close Alta Bates Medical Center — Berkeley’s only acute-care hospital — a mother and
infant-care center of excellence for more than a century! Sutter is crippling nurses’ ability to care for the community right now with unsafe short staffing! Closing Alta Bates will leave Berkeley and other cities along the Interstate 80 corridor, through the Caldecott Tunnel, without access to a full-service, acutecare hospital, putting lives at risk.

Berkeley and East Bay Communities Need Alta Bates!

Bring friends, families, and neighbors — and all available STROLLERS (no baby required) — for our march to save Alta Bates hospital!

The East Bay Must Rise Up to Save Alta Bates in Berkeley!

CNA: A Voice for Nurses. A Vision for Healthcare.

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Nov
7
Tue
Rally in SF to Save Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants @ SF City Hall Plaza
Nov 7 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Rally to Save Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants

The Trump administration is threatening to remove TPS from Salvadorans, Hondurans, Nicaraguans, Syrians, and Haitians and send them back to situations of life-threatening violence. Many came to the United States because of wars and natural disasters and have been here for years, and for some, even decades. Removing Temporary Protected Status will put hundreds of thousands of people at risk of deportation. Sending them back to countries where there are ongoing conflicts or economic instability is a human rights disaster.

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Nov
8
Wed
OEA Hour of Power! @ Six different locations, see below.
Nov 8 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Locations:

  • 7th & Market St.
  • 51st & Telegraph
  • Spash Pad Park (Macarthur and Grand)
  • 35th & Macarthur
  • 98th and International
  • 66th and International

We Demand: The Resources our students deserve! This is not our mess: Take $ from admin and private contracts. No Cuts to Schools or Essential Staff!

  • Support a teacher contract that Oakland Families and Teachers deserve.
  • The state ran up OUSD’s debt. It’s not our fault.
  • No state takeover under any conditions.
  • No school closures. No more charters.
  • No more cuts: CA underfunds education.
  • We’re 46th in student spending out of 50 states.
  • CA is the 5th largest economy in the world. Make the banks and corporations pay.

If you’re still energized afterwards, then MOBILIZE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING: 5:30 – 6:30

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Nov
11
Sat
Tax Scam Rally @ Oakland Federal Building
Nov 11 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

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Nov
27
Mon
Parents United for Public Schools: OUSD Board Meeting: Reject Cuts! @ KDOL Studios/Met West
Nov 27 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Folks are asking what they can do with other parents, teachers and students at their schools to stop the District from cutting $5.6 million from school site budgets. Here are the THREE things we ALL need to do:

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Nov
29
Wed
UC Berkeley – National Walkout / Rally to Save Higher Ed @ Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley
Nov 29 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

On Nov 29th, we join together with graduate students nationwide to oppose the GOP tax plan. The tax plan targets higher education by taxing tuition waivers as income, drastically increasing the amount we pay in taxes and locking out continuing and future grads who can’t afford the cost.

At 12pm on Wednesday 11/29, join together with grads, undergrads, faculty, staff, and community members at Sproul Steps. Bring a sign, bring a friend, and come ready to make some noise!

Starting at 10 am gather at Anthony Hall to make signs, have breakfast, and perform outreach about the bill. Walkout at 12 pm to gather at Sproul Plaza for a rally and speak out against the bill.

This action is co-sponsored by: The UC Student-Workers Union (UAW 2865), The UC Postdoctoral Researchers Union (UAW 5810), the Graduate Assembly (GA), International Socialist Organization (ISO), UC AFT, Electrical Engineering Graduate Student Association (EEGSA), BERC Action, and the Berkeley Faculty Association (BFA).

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Dec
4
Mon
Halt the Trump Tax Heist @ UN Plaza
Dec 4 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

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Dec
7
Thu
CANCELLED: Protest outside Verizon store against the rollback of net neutrality protections Emeryville. @ Emeryville’s Verizon store.
Dec 7 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

THIS EVENT HAS APPARENTLY BEEN CANCELLED.

Protest outside Verizon store against the rollback of net neutrality protections.

Host:
Joseph Liesner

Protest outside Verizon store against the rollback of net neutrality protections.

Join other Team Internet members at the protest. Internet users outraged by top Verizon lawyer turned FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to gut net neutrality are planning to protest at Verizon retail stores across the country on Thursday, December 7th, one week before an expected vote at the FCC. Protesters will make it clear to members of Congress that the time is now to stand for net neutrality, not Verizon’s bottom line. And please remember, this event is about protesting actions of Verizon executives, lobbyists and their supporters in Washington, not the employees at these stores.

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Protest the Ongoing Attempted Murder of Net Neutrality @ Verizon
Dec 7 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The new chairman of the FCC was a top guy at Verizon, and he just called a vote to kill net neutrality. On December 7, one week before the vote, we’ll protest at retail stores across the U.S. and demand that Congress stop Verizon’s FCC from destroying the Internet as we know it.

And please remember, this event is about protesting actions of Verizon executives, lobbyists and their supporters in Washington, not the employees at these stores. Please treat them with nothing but the utmost respect.

RSVP

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Bay Area Rally Against the Libyan Slave Trade! @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Dec 7 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

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Protest against the rollback of net neutrality protections – Berkeley @ Verizon Store
Dec 7 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Join other Team Internet members at the protest. Internet users outraged by top Verizon lawyer turned FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to gut net neutrality are planning to protest across the country on Thursday, December 7th, one week before an expected vote at the FCC. Protesters will make it clear to members of Congress that the time is now to stand for net neutrality, not Verizon’s bottom line. And please remember, this event is about protesting actions of Verizon executives, lobbyists and their supporters in Washington, not the employees at these stores.

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Dec
9
Sat
Tax Scam Protest and March @ Astro Park
Dec 9 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

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All Out For Palestine: Hands Off Jerusalem! @ Civic Center Plaza
Dec 9 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

San Francisco – Led by Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim leaders, community members from across the Bay Area will rally in San Francisco to oppose Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a move that violates international law and furthers the ongoing theft of Palestinian land by the Israeli state.

“Trump’s outrageous announcement, which was applauded by Israeli officials, demonstrates the natural alliance between his administration’s white supremacy and Israel’s apartheid, racism, and systematic violence against the Palestinian people,” said Sharif Zakout of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center. “The Trump administration is only more blatantly carrying out what has been the US’s long standing policy of supporting Israeli occupation, settlement expansion, theft of Palestinian land, and routine military violence against the Palestinian population.”

The rally will feature powerful speakers and performers. Spokespeople will be available to speak with the press.

General Union of Palestine Students -GUPS SFSU and AROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center

PROTEST FOR PALESTINE: Hands Off Jerusalem!

The Trump Administration has just announced that they will officially recognize occupied Jerusalem as the capital of the settler colonial State of Israel.

The San Francisco Bay Area rejects this move and asserts that Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine.

US Out of Palestine!
No to White Supremacy Here or in Our Homelands!
Boycott, Divest and Sanction Israel!
End the colonial occupation of Palestine


CO-SPONSORS:
14 Friends of Palestine, Marin
Al-Awda SF
Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA)
Anakbayan – East Bay
ANSWER Bay Area
Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP)
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)
Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC)
Asians for Black Lives – Bay Area (A4BL)
Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine
CodePink
Design Action Collective
Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA)
General Union of Palestine Students, SFSU (GUPS)
International Action Center
International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN)
Jewish Voice for Peace-Bay Area (JVP)
Marcha Patriotica Colombia-California
Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
National Lawyers Guild – SF (NLG)
NorCal International Solidarity Movement
Palestine American Coalition (PAC)
Palestine Legal
Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)
Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT)
San Francisco CODEPINK
Students for Justice in Palestine-Berkeley
Students for Justice in Palestine-San Jose
SWANAA-BAY AREA
Third World Resistance
Voice for Justice in Palestine – Walnut Creek
Workers World Party


Hands Off Jerusalem: Hundreds of Community Members to Rally in Defiance of Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement

Press Contacts:
Jody Sokolower – 510.499.4315 – jasokolower@gmail.com
Middle East Children’s Alliance
Lara Kiswani – 530.220.2842lara@araborganizing.org
Arab Resource & Organizing Center


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Dec
10
Sun
Protest the Eviction of Aunti Frances @ Driver's Plaza
Dec 10 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

DEFEND AUNTI FRANCES! Emergency Eviction Defense Rally.
Please come for an emergency eviction defense rally for beloved Oakland community member Aunti Frances Moore. It is crucial we get as many people as possible to show up and prove to Aunti Frances’ landlords that her community will support her no matter what. As the official launch of our eviction defense campaign, this event and its community turnout will be crucial. We will celebrate with food, music, and people power. Bring your kids, friends, and neighbors!

For any questions, please contact info@defendauntifrances.orgStay connected with this cause!

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