Idle No More SF Bay is organizing this Wednesday morning action.  I hope many of you can come.  If you are willing to be a monitor, read guidelines attached and email inmsolidaritysf@gmail.com

Hi powerful women allies,
(and all allies in support!)

We ask for you all to come together once again for all our relations at Standing Rock
As we have seen this week with the horrible violence by law enforcement, a backwards move by the U.S.A
rmy Corps of Engineers announcing a plan to evict the Oceti Sakowin camp (from Treaty lands) rather than the DAPL permits, and the DAPL’s announcement that it plans to drill under the Missouri River soon, it is urgent that we act now and that we act quickly.  Another way to stop this project (and others threatening the land, air, water, nonhuman relatives) is to stop their financing – which is why we are targeting the banks.  It is so urgent that we are planning this action for NEXT week! Please help us get a strong turnout of our communities divesting DAPL.

What we are asking:

Please join us and help spread the word about our next indigenous-led NODAPL BAY AREA WIDE solidarity action. Please REPLY and let us know if your group will be joining us on Wednesday, and how.

What is to happen:
Prayer Walk to several banking institutions funding the DAPL

***We are specially asking you to encourage your community members with accounts at Wells Fargo (Citibank – Bank of America – Chase – US Bank – Barclays – all other financiers) to consider divesting, and to contact us if they are willing to withdraw their money/close their accounts with us on Wed.11/30.

For more information, see:
FB page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1834348963450855/
Website: https://www.farewellsfargo.com/
Flyers: Attached as documents. (Picture graphics at: https://www.farewellsfargo.com/new-page-1/)
The morning will begin with prayers for the water led by the women of Idle No More SF Bay. A teach-in will be conducted on why everyone needs to divest from the financial institutions funding the Dakota Access Pipeline. This will be followed by a prayer walk to several banking institutions funding the DAPL. Educational hand-outs will be available to pass out.

If you have any questions you can email us at inmsolidaritysf@gmail.com or call any of the women in Idle No More SF Bay (or 925-435-7934).  Those of you whose phone contacts we have, we will be calling you to loop you in.

Thank you,
Idle No More SF Bay

One of the folks arrested in Oakland the night after the election is facing heavy charges and would love community support!

Please join him with his family on Wednesday Nov. 30th at 9am at Rene Davidson Courthouse (entrence is on 12th Street, at Oak). Department 7!

Wells Fargo has almost half a billion dollars invested directly in DAPL. Join us in demanding that they withdraw their funding immediately.

We will congregate at the steps of Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley at 8am, and march to the Wells Fargo on Shattuck. Wear blue, if you can. Please organize yourselves into affinity groups beforehand and bring signs. Know your rights. Come prepared to protest peacefully. See here for more information on affinity group formation and utility: https://libcom.org/files/Miscellaneous%20direct%20action%20guides.pdf

On November 20th 2016 the police violently attacked peaceful water protectors at Standing Rock. Police used tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray, concussion grenades, and sprayed them with water cannons in subfreezing conditions. One ally and activist, Sophia Wilansky, may face the amputation of her arm.

In response a coalition of groups at Standing Rock are calling for a week of action starting on November 25th that will culminate in a Global Day of Action on December 1st.

The main targets are financiers of the Dakota Access Pipeline and the police departments that have been brought in from across the Midwest to brutalize water protectors.

The financial footing of the Dakota Access Pipeline is in jeopardy if they do not complete the project by January 1st. If this deadline is missed, a majority of the stakeholders with contracts to ship oil through the pipeline will be able to renegotiate or cancel their contracts. This could be devastating to Energy Transfer Partners and the other pipeline companies behind DAPL.

With its vulnerabilities exposed, our solidarity efforts are needed now more than ever.

#NoDAPL #DivestFromDAPL

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will discuss his new book, “Our Revolution,”

Sanders made a spirited but ultimately unsuccessful bid to become the Democratic Party’s 2016 nominee for president. The eventual Democratic nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, lost the Nov. 8 election to Republican Donald Trump.

“Our Revolution” covers Sanders’ run for the presidency, and the movement he sparked based on his ideas on college tuition, employment, health care, the environment, tax fairness, how to bring progressive activism to local, state and national elections, and the Citizens United Supreme Court decision of 2010, according to a news release from the event sponsors, Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore of Berkeley and Diesel bookstore of Oakland.

Mario Woods:

We Shall Never Forget.

Join us to Celebrate Our Son Our Brother’s Mario Woods life.
It is time, it is past time, for the Community to Stand on the Right side of Justice.

We will gather at 3:30 pm at MLK Park in the Bayview to march to the site where Mario was murdered by San Francisco Police Department.

to start our Vigil and Celebration of Mario’s Life at 4:35 the time which Our Son Our Brother was pronounced dead.

Come one Come All

Power to the People

Map and directions to MLK Park at Armstrong and 3rd Street:
https://www.google.com/maps/dir//37.7262499,-122.3926652/@37.7263849,-122.394731,17z/data=!3m1!4b1

Celebrate the season with the Ecology Center at our upcoming open house holiday party. Get to know our neighbors and their friends, including the Sierra Club, League of Women Voters, SEEDS Community Resolution Center, and others while enjoying good music, tasty treats, 10% off purchases from Store during the party, and fun giveaways. We hope to see you there!

We are also collecting warm coats for BOSS, and materials to send to Standing Rock in partnership with Victory Kitchen. Please bring cold weather sleeping bags (for temperatures below freezing), banners, insulated coveralls, overalls, and coats. Clothing should be in good condition. These will be sent to the camp on December 26th.

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For those who do not know, Stephen Bannon is Donald Trump’s newly appointed Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor. He is a white supremacist: infamous for his Alt-Right website Breitbart News, and specifically for his racist, anti-LGBTQI, anti-immigrant, anti Semitic views and disrespect of women and people of color. The KKK and other hate groups celebrate his appointment.

It is extremely dangerous to have this type of influence in the White House, and so close to the president-elect!

It’s also very straightforward: it is preposterous to have someone who represents these openly hateful views in high office.

We must have OUR voices heard! Join us in coming together to take a stand against White Supremacy in the White House!

STANDING ROCK OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE REGARDING ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ATTEMPT TO SHUT DOWN THE CAMP http://standwithstandingrock.net/army-corp-closes-public-access-oceti-sakowin-camp-dec-5th/

The Bernie Sanders Brigade invites you to join us for a Solidarity Vigil in support of the Oceti Sakowin Camp. Oceti Sakowin Camp is a unified emcampment of Water Protectors decidated to protecting the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s land and water against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Army Corp of Engineers has threatened to forcibly shut down the camp on December 5th. #NoDAPL We are calling for a national and international day of action at U.S. Federal Buildings and U.S. Embassies around the world in support of Oceti Sakowin Camp.

Learn more about the camp here:
OSC official website:
https://www.facebook.com/OcetiSakowinCamp/
http://www.ocetisakowincamp.org/

“Oceti Sakowin Camp values assuring the welfare of all people by honoring human rights, treaties, agreements and cultures. Our goal is to peacefully and prayerfully defend our rights. and rise up as one to sustain Mother Earth and her inhabitants.” – Oceti Sakowin Camp

The Howard Zinn Book Fair is an annual celebration of People’s History, Past Present and Future. We gather together authors, zinesters, bloggers and publishers for a day of readings, panel discussions and workshops exploring the value of dissident histories towards building a better future. In the spirit of the late historian Howard Zinn we recognize the stories of the ways that everyday people have risen to propose a world beyond empires big and small.

Program Listing.

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library

The New Path to Mumia’s Freedom

A precedent-setting ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court provides the basis for a new legal action filed by Mumia Abu-Jamal, providing a path for the courts to overturn Mumia’s conviction and win his freedom. But we we can never forget the continuing importance of mass action to support Mumia’s legal case. Gerald Smith will discuss Mumia’s case to date, Mary McIlroy will discuss the latest in the effort to free Leonard Peltier, and Ricardo Ortiz will bring us up to date on Oscar López Rivera.

Seating is limited, so plan to come early. We start promptly.
FREE – but hat will be passed for donations to NPML

About Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library
A weekly discussion series inspired by our respect for the work of Karl Marx and our belief that his work will remain as important for the class struggles of the future as they have been for the past.

For info or to subscribe to our weekly announcements,
Call Gene Ruyle at 510-332-3865 or email: cuyleruyle [at] mac.com

Legal Observers work to insure that protesters’ right to express their political views are not violated by law enforcement. They do not participate in protests or actions, instead documenting law enforcements’ interactions with protesters. We need LOs now more than ever.

Get trained by civil rights attorney EmilyRose Johns, connect with other organizers and legal observers, and learn how you can put your legal knowledge to work to protect freedom of assembly and expression.

This training is FREE, but please register via EventBrite so that we can track how many folks will be attending and prepare accordingly: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/legal-observer-training-tickets-29664269629

Donations to support the space always welcome, but NOTAFLOF!

Legal Observers are a program of the National Lawyers Guild, the nation’s oldest and largest progressive bar association. Learn more about the San Francisco chapter of the NLG at http://www.nlgsf.org/. Trainings are open to anyone who does not work for law enforcement; no legal background necessary.

Childcare: If you need childcare during the event please email kids AT omnicommons DOT org

Accessibility: The building is wheelchair-accessible on the ground floor, with a wheelchair lift to the ballroom from the entrance hall, and a currently usable but incomplete wheelchair-accessible bathroom that we aim to have finished by early next year.

Trump’s white nationalist rhetoric has already led to a rise in attacks on Muslims, immigrants, women and LGBTQ people. We need to fight against discrimination in all its forms and defend each other. This has begun with mass protests in the streets. But Trump is also dangerous because he is a billionaire looking to deregulate financial institutions and line the pockets of rich shareholders. Come discuss how we can build the resistance against sexism, racism and Islamophobia and a movement for good jobs and high living standards in the long term. Socialist Alternative calls for an invigorated anti-racist working class movement and a new party to the left of the failed Democrats. Another world is possible!

Join us  for this important discussion.

RSVP to the event here: https://www.fb.com/events/1026206074175242/

The next Post Salon will discuss two important question: What would a Public Bank mean for Oakland, and how should Oakland go about picking a new schools’ superintendent?

A Public Bank operates in the public interest, rather than operating to generate short-term profits for shareholders. North Dakota has a public bank. Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, and other communities are looking at creating them.

Speakers will look at: What is a Public bank? Why does it matter? Can we get one in Oakland?

Second, the city’s superintendent is leaving in February, and many residents are saying that a replacement should reflect the values and priorities of Oaklanders.

Some suggestions:

1. No interim superintendent. Use a team of locals instead, while search for permanent superintendent goes on.
2. A deep look at compensation. Is $400,000 a year too much to pay a superintendent, when teachers and other employees cannot afford to pay rent?
3. Hire a leader who involves and empowers the community.

Although the national elections were ugly, the Oakland community has won many progressive victories. The Oakland Post and the Post Salon Community Assembly played an important role in several of those victories.

Luisella Preciado -From the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center, Chiapas

Luisella Preciado is a human rights defender and attorney with the FrayBa Human Rights Center in Chiapas, Mexico. There, Ms. Precido accompanies indigenous peoples fighting for their rights as autonomous, self-determining communities.

She will speak on on-going Indigenous peoples’ struggles for autonomy and rights in Chiapas and other parts of Mexico.
In Spanish with English interpretation.

Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/361188807568719/

Apparently cancelled.

C.f. http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article118694613.html

SEIU LOCAL 1000, California State employees are conducting a 1 day strike on December 5, 2016. Grab a picket sign and march @ 1515 Clay Street (State bldg) Oakland or 111 Grand Ave (Caltrans).