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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
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?
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.
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.
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
Join us as we deliver a Jumbo Dollar bill to the 1% beneficiaries of GOP budget -Tax Scam Payout – November 11, 2017 – 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Federal Building Plaza , 1301 Clay St., Oakland, CA pic.twitter.com/7W8fh7dTjb
— Indivisible Berkeley (@IndivisibleBerk) November 10, 2017
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:
- 1) Email the Board members and tell them to #ChopFromTheTop & #NoCutsToSchools: http://bit.ly/EmailOUSDBoard;
- 2) Come to the Board meeting on November 27 at 5:30pm at KDOL Studios/Met West 314 East 10th St;
- 3) Keep reporting the cuts and their impacts to us using this form: http://bit.ly/OUSDCuts2017. #J4OS #JusticeForOaklandStudents
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).
Bay Area folks: there's a tax protest tomorrow in SF at noon, organized by every @IndivisibleTeam group around. Be there or be square. Be advised the the House could pass the Senate bill tomorrow and the bill would not go to any conference committee. pic.twitter.com/asIZglitxN
— RedwoodWitch🌹 wants healthcare & housing for all (@RedwoodGirl) December 3, 2017
THIS EVENT HAS APPARENTLY BEEN CANCELLED.
Protest outside Verizon store against the rollback of net neutrality protections.
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.
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.
Bay Area Rally Against the Libyan Slave Trade! 5:30 PM!
December 7th
Oscar Grant plaza 14th & Broadway downtown Oakland!!
Share this ASAP!!!— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) December 7, 2017
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.
Protest and march: Liar Liar Pants on Fire! Kids & Friends Against the Tax Scam. Sat. Dec. 9, 11AM-12 noon in Oakland at Astro Park by Lake Merritt & Lakeview Library pic.twitter.com/8NaL3g88YO
— Indivisible Berkeley (@IndivisibleBerk) December 6, 2017
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
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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 – 530.220.2842 – lara@araborganizing.org
Arab Resource & Organizing Center
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!
Join us
4:45 Short march (4 blocks -click to see map) to Board Meeting
5:00 Rally at La Escuelita, 1050 2nd Avenue
#NO CUTS TO KIDS!
We demand: The Resources Our Students Deserve!
OUSD only legally needs to cut $1.2 million, not $9 million. This is down from $15 mil. due to our protests!
No Cuts To Schools or Essential Staff! No Layoffs of Non-Administrator workers!
CA already underfunds education. We are 46th in student spending out of 50 states even though we are the 6th largest economy in world. Make the banks and corporations pay their fair share in taxes.
Don’t make kids pay for adult mistake
Contact the School Board
Email format: firstname.lastname @ ousd.org
Call: (510) 879-8199 / Jody London x31, Aimee Eng x32, Jumoke Hinton-Hodge x33, Nina Senn x34, Roseann Torres x35, Shanthi Gonzales x36, James Harris x37
We cannot let this happen without signaling our dissent.
On Thursday morning, December 14, wealthy investors, real estate agents, developers, and others will pay $100/plate to hear a panel of developers discuss the future of Oakland with no input from the community: https://
We know that wealth, power, and privilege are barriers to the kind of creativity we need in these times, and that nothing life-giving can come from an event designed as a profit opportunity for some at the expense of many. The plans seeded at this event will result in more displacement, gentrification, and cultural whitewashing of our city.
Unless we act. Unless we speak out. Unless we bring the deepest, truest vision we can muster and stake our lives on that, pledging our solidarity with people who have been or are now being displaced, listening to each other (and especially to those whose voices have historically been silenced), and taking care of each other.
Bring your visions for how we can do that, or just your desire to support the visions of Oaklanders, and join us outside the Marriott for an alternative “networking” event.
A FREE breakfast will be served outside because, in the future we envision, everyone will have enough to eat regardless of their ability to pay. (If you can, please bring a breakfast item to share; whether or not you can bring something, please come and be fed—physically, mentally, and spiritually.)
It is said that without a vision, the people will perish. We say: With a vision, the people of Oakland will live.
CALL FOR A DAY OF ACTION AGAINST THE NIGHTMARE BUDGET
—-FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15TH—-
ALL DAY: Call, email, visit your republican legislators. Melt their communication channels.
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EVENING: Assemble at Harvey Milk Plaza at 5:30pm. Bring candles, dress warmly, and wear comfortable shoes ♥
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Trump and the GOP’s tax bill is the latest and most brutal attack on working people and the middle class. Bernie Sanders rightly characterized it as an act of ‘class war’. The plan will cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%, while simultaneously raising the rate on the lowest marginal income-tax bracket from 10% to 12%. In effect, the wealthiest in our society are being given a handout out of the pockets of tens of millions of working people.
Republicans claim that this tax cut will free up businesses to invest in creating new jobs. This is the same old trickle-down economics that has been pushed since the Reagan era. But corporate profits are at record highs, and big business pays some of the lowest effective tax rates in the world. Contrary to the reasoning of Trump and his billionaire friends, the capitalists are sitting on their money and keeping wages stagnant. People can’t afford to pay for basic things they need like housing and health care, child care, or education. The bill shamelessly attacks women’s reproductive rights, attempting to define personhood at conception. We cannot stand for this. Trump and the GOP are willing to let families become homeless, fall into mountainous debt, and let the sick die, all so they can line their pockets and make the biggest heist in modern history.
Wealthy donors, like the Mercers & the Koch Brothers have hired the GOP to mock, beat, belittle, and attack you right now. With that, far too many Democrats in congress have responded as if thousands of lives aren’t at stake. Let’s be clear: lives are at stake. If this passes, untold numbers of people may die. And for what? So the rich can get richer. Larry Summers, Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton and economic advisor to Barack Obama, estimated on Monday that 10,000* people per year would die as a direct result of this legislation if it becomes law. Progressive organizations have placed this estimation far higher**.
Their tax bill does not even pretend to offer anything to the vast majority of Americans. Got a private jet? There’s an exemption for that. But if you’re a grad student making under $30,000 per year, your tax rates will go up 400%. This is what living under capitalism means for us -a 24/7 struggle to pay bills and rent while Wall Street and the 1%, buy our politicians and consolidate their power, condemning the vast majority to poverty. This is not a mistake but a feature of the capitalist system.
So we need to ask ourselves, is this the best we can do? We say no: there’s no reason why we cannot provide for everyone’s basics needs. We have the resources. We live in the richest country in the world. These basic and attainable needs are denied to millions of people because we live in an economic system that values profits over people’s lives? That’s why we’re calling for a national day of action against this tax bill; it’s part of a broader fight for a world where our elected representatives are accountable to the people they serve, not their corporate billionaire backers, and where the immense wealth of this country is democratically used to pay for the things we need and ensure a dignified quality of life for all.
The Republicans think that with their majorities in the House and Senate their naked power grab is all but assured. They assume our democratic institutions are weak, and that Americans will not fight back.
Let’s prove them wrong.
We Demand:
Stop the Tax Scam– Tax the Rich!
Fully Fund:
Housing: Build High-Quality Public Housing for Low-Income Residents
Education: Cancel Student Debt and Provide Free College Education for All
Healthcare: Single-Payer Healthcare
Childcare: Free High-Quality Childcare-Centers in Every Neighborhood
Green Jobs Program: Public Funding for Green-Energy Infrastructure and Job Training
Women’s Health: Free Comprehensive Women’s Reproductive Services
**https://thinkprogress.org/
We got word that there will be a March Against Sanctuary Cities, and Against Jose Ines Garcia Zarate after he was acquitted of all murder charges against him.
There group is planning on showing up at 1pm that day, so let’s show up before them and host our own Rally and March in Solidarity with Immigrants!
We need get together on that day and show them what the Bay Area stands up for. We stand in solidarity with Immigrants, Sanctuary Cities, and Refugees from all over the world who want a better life. We have to stand in solidarity with the immigrants, refugees, and police victims. So I ask that you join us at our counter protest to show solidarity.
Please reach out on the FB event if you’d like to endorse or help organize:
Time is ticking for our senator, Dianne Feinstein, to make a critical choice. Will Feinstein use her office to bring the Dream Act to a vote this week, rising up for undocumented young people to be safe in their communities and homes?
Or will she vote for a Republican budget that cuts off immigrants from safety, family, and dignity on our watch?
California will not let Republicans or Democrats stand idly by while our immigrant communities are under attack. Join Bay Resistance and our partner groups on Wednesday to demand that Dianne Feinstein walk the talk.
76% of Americans, and even a majority of Republicans, support legal status for undocumented Dreamer young people. We need our representatives to bring the Dream Act to a vote immediately through the spending bill – and the deadline for the bill is this Friday.
Our representatives can either vote on the Dream Act or shut down the government to further the Trump agenda: #NoDreamNoDeal.
It is no longer acceptable for Democrats to do the least amount possible towards justice for immigrant communities. Can you join Bay Resistance and our partner groups on Wednesday at 10am in San Francisco to show Feinstein that she can – and should – fight hard for the Dream Act?
California will not stand idly while our immigrant communities are under attack. The community demands Democrats to back their words by action and rise up for undocumented youth!
Rather than resist Trump’s anti-immigrant attacks, congressional and senate democrats have abandoned the immigrant community by not doing what is right and shutting down the government if no DREAM Act bill is included in the spending bill.
By not pushing for a DREAM Act under the house spending bill, Democrats are deliberately doing the least amount possible to remove DACA youth from harm’s way along with the immigrant community at large.
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