Calendar

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Mar
9
Sat
The Foreclosure Defense Group Presents: Displacement: Place, Power, and Race @ First Congregational Church
Mar 9 @ 2:30 am – 5:30 am

The Foreclosure Defense Group presents its second event in the “Welcome to Class Warfare” series

Gentrification, foreclosures, “urban redevelopment”…. all are facets of the same brute force we feel acutely in our daily lives : Displacement, the uprooting and shifting of communities serving the demands of speculative capital and white supremacy. We offer this forum to hear voices from different struggles, to deepen understanding of the powers at play, and to strategize for popular self defense.

Speakers Include:

James Bealum, former Fillmore resident and organizer, will speak on the community organizing against displacment in the Fillmore of the mid-1960s

Darwin Bond-Graham, Oakland journalist and sociologist, will present on his recent work detailing the local “foreclosure-to-rental mill”. on the further impositions of precarity on the working class and communities of color.

Tony Marks-Block, an organizer with the Stop the Injunctions Coalition will speak to the deployment of gang injunctions effecting displacement

Brooke Terpstra, FDG organizer, will present on different models of present organizing and their underlying values and limitations.

Community members…. You! Each segment is intended not only as a presentation but as provocation! As starting points for discussion, the inclusion of all our voices. Each portion will have ample time and space for any questions and discussion.

Hope to see you Friday!
Wheelchair accessible.
Childcare provided (please rsvp)


A Cityscape by Geremy George
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Strike Debt Ideas into Action @ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Mar 9 @ 11:00 pm – Mar 10 @ 1:00 am

We will divide up into groups that will look something like this:

  1. Study & Research Groups (people interested in tackling specific research questions, reading books together, etc.)
  2. Outreach & Education (people interested in getting our message out – to community groups, churches, etc.)
  3. Direct Action (people interested in organizing Wells Fargo and other actions)
  4. Debtors’ Union (tactical work for collective organizing against private and public debt)
  5. Alternative Institutions (Alternative currencies, public banking, communal living, and more!)

Each group will begin to figure out how they want to organize: set up email lists; set meeting times; brainstorm further ideas, etc.  Everyone is welcome at this meeting and we encourage you to bring friends!

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Mar
10
Sun
International Women’s Day March! in SF @ Broadway & Columbus Avenue
Mar 10 @ 1:59 am – 5:59 am
International Women’s Day March Against the Sites of the Oppression of Women
Saturday, March 9
6-9PM, Meet at Broadway & Columbus in SF

From the expanding porn industry to the escalating attacks on abortion rights… In a world like this, there is no “neutral.” If you are not fighting the oppression of women, you are saying it’s okay!

 

This International Women’s Day, 2013, join Stop Patriarchy! Bay Area in the streets to say:
We refuse to accept a world which enslaves and degrades half of humanity  simply  because they are born female. We are done turning our heads and making excuses. We are done swallowing the daily insults and abuses. We are  done blaming ourselves and/or each other. We are done choking on our rage. We dare to confront this war on women head-on, without fear and without compromise.

 

We will start LOUDLY and BOLDLY at Broadway and Columbus in North Beach, where women are commodified, sold, and used at the strip clubs, porn stores and on the street.  Then we will MARCH through San Francisco, take back the night in the name of women everywhere, and CALL OUT the institutions of patriarchy, in all forms – no matter how normalized they have become.

 

Only  through mass, ferocious, political struggle can we begin turn the tide, and we won’t stop until we create a world where women can walk the earth free of fear of rape or violence from men, a world where women participate fully  and equally in every realm together with men, a world where being born female is no longer condemnation to a life of abuse and shame.

 

For International Women’s Day 2013, through our mass public actions around the country – joining with women and men around the world – we will make it known:  there is a new movement taking hold, a movement you have to join, a movement that will not stop until all the chains that bind women have been shattered forever.

 

RISE UP with the WOMEN OF THE WORLD!

 

IWD2013 – See full flier
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Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ 19th and Telegraph
Mar 10 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
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Mar
14
Thu
March on Apartheid-bus company Veolia with Tristan Anderson in Oakland @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Mar 14 @ 12:30 am – 2:00 am

The contract for Paratransit in Oakland is held by a company called Veolia, who also holds the contract for segregated, settler only bus lines that run inside the Occupied Palestinian Territories. We will march to Paratransit not with the intention of shutting them down or disrupting services for the day, but more to air their dirty laundry and pressure them to pull out of the West Bank.

This march is part of a larger day of happenings beginning at 4pm and going till about 9 that we are calling “A Feast to the Global Resistance” where we will gather at Oscar Grant Plaza for food, films, community, etc. The day marks the 4th anniversary of the shooting of Oakland activist TRISTAN ANDERSON by Israeli Border Police. Tristan survived (he was shot in the head with a tear gas grenade during a protest in Palestine in 2009) and will be leading the march from his wheelchair.

**We hope that others from the disability community will support the day’s events and join Tristan in the march on the anniversary of his shooting.**

This march is being called by Justice 4 Tristan, a small loose group of friends of Tristan, who are also folks from Occupy Oakland. We do not expect any kind of confrontation or problems. Our intentions are towards a positive, community gathering type of vibe for the day. Also, we are definitely activists who don’t take out permits and don’t march on the sidewalk.

For more info, check out the facebook event page

https://www.facebook.com/events/491728237558697/

Wed March 13
4:00- Feast and Gather [at Oscar Grant Plaza]
5:30- March
6:30- 9:00- Film Clips and Skype Calls
from Resistance Movements around the World [back at Oscar Grant Plaza]

Also, for more on the international campaign against Veolia, check out

http://wedivest.org/2013/01/why-target-veolia/

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March 14th Rally to Support SHU Prisoners Lawsuit -Pack the Courthouse!
Mar 14 @ 7:00 pm – Mar 15 @ 12:00 am

Come support the SHU prisoners’ class action lawsuit against solitary confinement! CDCR has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, and on February 14th a federal judge will decide whether to allow the case to go to trial or dismiss it.

JOIN US for a RALLY outside the courthouse to put pressure on the court to hear our case!

After the rally, PACK THE COURTHOUSE! Bring your state ID and join us in the courtroom to show our solidarity with those inside, and show the judge and CDCR that we hold them accountable!

Finally, stick around for a PRESS CONFERENCE to raise awareness about this issue. We need to amplify the voices of the thousands of men and women inside the SHU who are silenced!

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Mass Rally at SF City Hall to Save CCSF!
Mar 14 @ 11:00 pm – Mar 15 @ 1:00 am

The March 14 action is placing three demands on SF elected representatives:

1) Use the power of your office to ensure that Prop A funds be used as the voters intended: to reverse cuts to classes, services, staff, and faculty.

2) Commit to filling any budget gap by advancing funds to CCSF. Call on Sacramento to reverse spending priorities. (California is currently 49th in public education spending and 1st in prison spending.)

3) Call on the Department of Education to take immediate action to stop the ACCJC’s unjustified show cause sanction against CCSF.

Endorsers of Rally (partial list):

Save CCSF; Associated Students Mission Campus; AFT 2121; United Educators of SF; SF Labor Council; Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring of Northern CA; Arab Resource and Organizing Center; Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club; Poor Magazine/Prensa Pobre; Socialist Organizer; Gray Panthers of SF; Senior Disability Action; California Alliance for Retired Americans; The Potrero Hill Democratic Club; Veterans for Peace SF Bay Area Chapter; CFT Local 4681 of San Mateo Adult School; Save The Berkeley Post Office; Friends of Deir Ibz’a; SF for Democracy; Marc Krizack; Federation of Retired Union Members; SF Older Women’s League;Answer Coalition; Bay Area Latin American Solidarity Coalition; International Brother of Teamsters 2010; The Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club; Freedom Socialist Party; Radical Women; Ann Wettrich Consulting

DEFEND OUR COLLEGE! CITY HALL MUST TAKE ACTION TO SAVE CCSF!

City College of San Francisco (CCSF) is widely acknowledged to be one of the best community colleges in the country. The current crisis is largely the joint creation of two groups: the accreditation commission (ACCJC), an unaccountable rogue body that has ties to for-profit colleges and the student loan industry; second, interim administrators who have no long-term commitment to the school. Both are abusing the accreditation process to impose an agenda to downsize the college, funneling students into private and online schools that will saddle them with crushing debt. This is an attack on tens of thousands of Bay Area residents, particularly from low-income, people of color, and immigrant communities.

We, the people of San Francisco, want to save our school and reverse the cuts to classes, programs, staff, and teachers. Join us on March 14 to call on the city’s elected officials to take immediate action. City Hall must ensure that Prop A funds are used for education — as the voters intended. It must fill any extra budget gap by advancing the funds to the college . And it must call on the Department of Education to stop the ACCJC’s unjustified “show cause” sanction against CCSF. Education is a right, not a privilege. Through united action we can stop the corporatization of City College and protect public education for all.

1pm Walkouts on each campus
2pm March from the Mission Campus (22nd and Valencia)
4-6pm Rally at SF City Hall (Civic Center)

Invite your friends to the Facebook event

Get more info, fliers, etc.

Please spread the word!

Get involved: saveccsf.org – info@saveccsf.org – #saveccsfnow – facebook.com/saveccsf

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Mar
15
Fri
Rally For Justice at Oakland Airport! @ Oakland Airport, Terminals 1 and 2
Mar 15 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Since June 2012, non-union food service workers at the Oakland Airport have been demanding a fair process to decide whether to form a union. They have since called for a boycott of airport shops, and participated in multiple rallies over the past seven months to highlight injustices and retaliatory firings.

Come stand with workers as they continue their fight for justice! We will be inside the terminals near baggage claim, as well as outside Terminal 2.

RSVP at our Facebook event.

If you haven’t already, be sure to sign the boycott pledge.

For more information, visit our website.

UNITE HERE Local 2850, 1440 Broadway, Suite 208, Oakland, CA 94612, Tel. 510-893-3181, Fax 510-893-5362

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RALLY TO DEFEND ILWU ! International Day Of Action @ 1 Montgomery/Market in SF
Mar 15 @ 11:30 pm – Mar 16 @ 1:30 am

RALLY   TO   DEFEND   ILWU !

International Day Of Action  

Stop Mitsui Union Busting and Concessionary Contracts

Fight the Lockout of ILWU by United Grain

in the Port of Vancouver, Washington

                       

Friday March 15, 2013 –  4:30PM

1 Montgomery/Market Sts., SF

 

On March 15, 2013 there will be international actions and protests against the union busting lockout of ILWU Local 4 members by the Mitsui-owned company United Grain in the Port Of Vancouver, Washington.

Since the concessionary contract at EGT in Longview, Washington, other grain handlers have imposed a similar contract in NW grain ports after longshore workers voted 94% to reject it. The contract eliminated the union hiring hall, imposed a 12 hour day and allowed the replacement of union members if they stopped work for health and safety reasons. The other anti-union grain monopoly Cargill/Temco signed a separate agreement which includes many of these draconian measures which is being heralded by union officials as a “victory” because, they say, Cargill is American-owned. Longshore workers  in Portland, the West Coast’s largest grain port, voted that concessionary contract down.

Already there have been fires and dangerous accidents working under these contracts.

Mitsui-owned United Grain locked out the ILWU members and have brought in scabs who have been training for many months to bust the ILWU. This attack on the union hiring hall, a key victory of the 1934 West Coast Maritime strike, is a major defeat for  members of the ILWU and all workers whether in unions or not. This also whets the appetite of all maritime bosses who are want to impose EGT-type concessions in 2014 when the West Coast longshore contract expires.

The ILWU International leadership, using racist, flag-waving nationalism, is attacking Japanese capitalist bosses like they did during the lockout of ILWU Local 30 miners who were locked out in Boron, California by British-based Rio Tinto. This is a reactionary diversion. Only international labor solidarity actions can  beat these union busters. Many companies are global. Whether British-owned company, Japanese-owned or American-owned, these companies are intent on destroying union labor here and around the world.

The ILWU Local 8 Executive Board in Portland and Japanese Doro-Chiba railway union have taken the initiative to call for action against Mitsui in solidarity with ILWU grain workers. The Transport Workers Solidarity Committee (TWSC) is supporting this International Day of Action.

Join us on Friday March 15th at 4:30 PM at 1 Montgomery Street in San Francisco at the headquarters of Mitsui in California. Let them know: Union busting is disgusting!

For more information go to www.transportworkers.org    Or call 510-501-7080

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Mar
17
Sun
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ 19th and Telegraph
Mar 17 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
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Mar
19
Tue
Federalization of Police: Update on the Battle to Control OPD @ Berkeley Cop Watch
Mar 19 @ 1:00 am – 2:30 am

Oakland based civil rights attorney James Chanin will discuss the
federalization of Oakland police and the recent movement to hire William
Bratton, the champion of “Stop and Frisk” policing. With over 40 years in the
struggle for police accountability, from the establishment of the Berkeley
Police Review Commission to the Negotiated Settlement Agreement (NSA) that
guides Oakland’s police, James Chanin is a leading voice in the fight to stop
police abuse.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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Mar
21
Thu
ANTI-FLAG 20th Anniv. Tour! Two Nights in Oakland (Occupy Expressly Welcome!) Wed 3/20, Thu 3/21 @8pm @ Oakland Metro Operahouse (Downtown Oakland – Jack London Square Station)
Mar 21 @ 3:00 am – 6:45 am

ANTI-FLAG 20th Anniversary Tour! Two Nights in Oakland (Occupy Expressly Welcome!)

March Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st, 2013 (8PM)

Oakland Metro Operahouse – http://www.oaklandmetro.org

(Downtown Oakland – Jack London Square Station)

630 3rd Street – Oakland, California 94607 – (510) 763-1146

 

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The well-known punk band Anti-Flag has positively responded to a request made by members of Occupy Oakland to have a presence at their two performances happening in Oakland this week. “We would be honored to have [Occupy Oakland] table and speak at the show.” Anti-Flag  will be performing on Wednesday, March 20th and Thursday, March 21st, 8PM at the Oakland Metro Opera house located in Jack London Square. Any Occupy member that has a powerful, succinct message to communicate may very well have the opportunity to deliver it live, on the mic, center stage. This is a call out to members of Occupy Oakland committees to bring your flyers, PR and recruiting skills, energy and passion to this tabling effort. Come one, come all! Bring your literature! Bring your message! Committee members and general troops will meet at the front entrance between 6:45-7:00PM and set up inside soon then after. Hope to see you there!

 

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Anti-Flag is an American punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formed in 1988. The band is well known for its left-wing political views, focusing on anti-war activism, imperialism, class struggle, human rights, and various sociopolitical sentiments. The line-up includes singer/guitarist Justin Sane and drummer Pat Thetic, who founded the band; later members are guitarist Chris Head, and singer/bassist Chris Barker (#2) who replaced Jamie “Cock” Towns, who had replaced original bassist Andy Flag in 1997 following his departure one year prior. Anti-Flag is known also for their advocacy of progressive political action groups such as Greenpeace and Amnesty International. Most recently, the band has declared solidarity with the global Occupy Together movement.

 

Anti-Flag have been involved with activism throughout their musical career. This has included starting the activism groups The Underground Action Alliance, Military Free Zone (a group to protest a clause in the No Child Left Behind Act, which gave military recruiters automatic access to students’ personal details) and The Bright Lights. They have been involved in performing at multiple protests, including two in support of Rage Against The Machine.

 

They performed outside the Republican National Convention in 2008. They were supposed to be the last band to play, but when officials found out that Rage Against The Machine were going to perform after them, they shut down the stage’s power and Rage Against The Machine performed two songs using megaphones.

 

Most recently, the band played an acoustic set at the Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York City on October 8, 2011.

 

They also regularly support political organizations which include:

– Democracy Now!, the latest headlines from which can be found on the band’s homepage.

– PETA, who were one of the sponsors of their 2010 ‘The Economy Sucks Let’s Party’ tour.

– Amnesty International, to which the band donated money from the sale of The People and the Gun, have supported for a long time and who were one of the sponsors of their 2010 ‘The Economy Sucks Let’s Party Tour’.

– Greenpeace, with whom the band worked in order to persuade world leaders to attend the climate conference in Copenhagen and who were one of the sponsors of their ‘The Economy Sucks Let’s Party Tour’.

– Useless, whom they sold screen-printed limited-edition T-shirts with to raise money The Kandorwahun project, while raising awareness and visibility for Useless.

 

The band’s song “Die For Your Government” was sung by anti-war protesters who briefly blocked a road to prevent US troops from deploying to Iraq in August 2010.They have appeared in the 2010 music documentary Sounds Like A Revolution, about new protest music in America.

 

(Anti-Flag Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Flag)

 

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March 20th and 21st, 2013 (8PM)

 

Oakland Metro Operahouse – http://www.oaklandmetro.org

(Downtown Oakland – Jack London Square Station)

630 3rd Street – Oakland, California 94607 – (510) 763-1146

 

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Anti-Flag Web Site: http://www.anti-flag.com

 

Anti-Flag Oakland Tour Dates Page with Opening Acts and Ticket Links: http://www.anti-flag.com/?page_id=29

 

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YouTube Music Videos:

 

Anti-Flag: You’ve Got To Die For Your Government (With Lyrics): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN4m6nWI5XI

 

Anti-Flag: Fuck Police Brutality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smFVm7UIjbg

 

Anti-Flag: Anatomy of Your Enemy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzxMvGJ7gwE

 

Anti-Flag: Fuck the Flag:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx2hEWdivGw

 

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Other Media Event Announcement Page(s):

 

East Bay Express Event Page (w/directions link): http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/anti-flag-20-year-anniversary-show-1/Event?oid=3484013

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Occupy The Farm: Vernal Equinox Spring Celebration @ Memorial Glade, UC Berkeley Campus
Mar 21 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Join Occupy the Farm and student group We Dig the Farm for a merry afternoon celebrating spring!

Featuring

Seed Planting + Seedling giveaways: we’ve got the seeds, dirt and itty bitty pots, you bring your hands and ears and we’ll teach you all about growing your own food and send you home with a head start

T-shirt and poster making: t-shirts and poster materials provided along with paint and artsy stencils

Food!!! compliments Food Not Bombs

Live Music and acclaimed speakers delivering tunes and knowledge throughout the entire event.

12:30-1:30 Wago and Chris of Magnetic Highway
2:00-2:30 Dear Indugu
3:30-4:00 Emily Yates, Ukulele Superstar!

The acclaimed speakers will be interspersed with the music, and they are TBA

Brings friends, family, and a blanket or two sit on. We will provide the rest!!

More info at Occupy The Farm website

Facebook event

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ANTI-FLAG 20th Anniv. Tour! Two Nights in Oakland (Occupy Expressly Welcome!) Wed 3/20, Thu 3/21 @8pm @ Oakland Metro Operahouse (Downtown Oakland – Jack London Square Station)
Mar 21 @ 8:00 pm – 11:45 pm

ANTI-FLAG 20th Anniversary Tour! Two Nights in Oakland (Occupy Expressly Welcome!)

March Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st, 2013 (8PM)

Oakland Metro Operahouse – http://www.oaklandmetro.org

(Downtown Oakland – Jack London Square Station)

630 3rd Street – Oakland, California 94607 – (510) 763-1146

 

——————————————————-

 

The well-known punk band Anti-Flag has positively responded to a request made by members of Occupy Oakland to have a presence at their two performances happening in Oakland this week. “We would be honored to have [Occupy Oakland] table and speak at the show.” Anti-Flag  will be performing on Wednesday, March 20th and Thursday, March 21st, 8PM at the Oakland Metro Opera house located in Jack London Square. Any Occupy member that has a powerful, succinct message to communicate may very well have the opportunity to deliver it live, on the mic, center stage. This is a call out to members of Occupy Oakland committees to bring your flyers, PR and recruiting skills, energy and passion to this tabling effort. Come one, come all! Bring your literature! Bring your message! Committee members and general troops will meet at the front entrance between 6:45-7:00PM and set up inside soon then after. Hope to see you there!

 

——————————————————-

 

 

 

Anti-Flag is an American punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formed in 1988. The band is well known for its left-wing political views, focusing on anti-war activism, imperialism, class struggle, human rights, and various sociopolitical sentiments. The line-up includes singer/guitarist Justin Sane and drummer Pat Thetic, who founded the band; later members are guitarist Chris Head, and singer/bassist Chris Barker (#2) who replaced Jamie “Cock” Towns, who had replaced original bassist Andy Flag in 1997 following his departure one year prior. Anti-Flag is known also for their advocacy of progressive political action groups such as Greenpeace and Amnesty International. Most recently, the band has declared solidarity with the global Occupy Together movement.

 

Anti-Flag have been involved with activism throughout their musical career. This has included starting the activism groups The Underground Action Alliance, Military Free Zone (a group to protest a clause in the No Child Left Behind Act, which gave military recruiters automatic access to students’ personal details) and The Bright Lights. They have been involved in performing at multiple protests, including two in support of Rage Against The Machine.

 

They performed outside the Republican National Convention in 2008. They were supposed to be the last band to play, but when officials found out that Rage Against The Machine were going to perform after them, they shut down the stage’s power and Rage Against The Machine performed two songs using megaphones.

 

Most recently, the band played an acoustic set at the Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York City on October 8, 2011.

 

They also regularly support political organizations which include:

– Democracy Now!, the latest headlines from which can be found on the band’s homepage.

– PETA, who were one of the sponsors of their 2010 ‘The Economy Sucks Let’s Party’ tour.

– Amnesty International, to which the band donated money from the sale of The People and the Gun, have supported for a long time and who were one of the sponsors of their 2010 ‘The Economy Sucks Let’s Party Tour’.

– Greenpeace, with whom the band worked in order to persuade world leaders to attend the climate conference in Copenhagen and who were one of the sponsors of their ‘The Economy Sucks Let’s Party Tour’.

– Useless, whom they sold screen-printed limited-edition T-shirts with to raise money The Kandorwahun project, while raising awareness and visibility for Useless.

 

The band’s song “Die For Your Government” was sung by anti-war protesters who briefly blocked a road to prevent US troops from deploying to Iraq in August 2010.They have appeared in the 2010 music documentary Sounds Like A Revolution, about new protest music in America.

 

(Anti-Flag Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Flag)

 

——————————————————-

 

March 20th and 21st, 2013 (8PM)

 

Oakland Metro Operahouse – http://www.oaklandmetro.org

(Downtown Oakland – Jack London Square Station)

630 3rd Street – Oakland, California 94607 – (510) 763-1146

 

——————————————————-

 

Anti-Flag Web Site: http://www.anti-flag.com

 

Anti-Flag Oakland Tour Dates Page with Opening Acts and Ticket Links: http://www.anti-flag.com/?page_id=29

 

——————————————————-

 

YouTube Music Videos:

 

Anti-Flag: You’ve Got To Die For Your Government (With Lyrics): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN4m6nWI5XI

 

Anti-Flag: Fuck Police Brutality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smFVm7UIjbg

 

Anti-Flag: Anatomy of Your Enemy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzxMvGJ7gwE

 

Anti-Flag: Fuck the Flag:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx2hEWdivGw

 

——————————————————-

 

Other Media Event Announcement Page(s):

 

East Bay Express Event Page (w/directions link): http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/anti-flag-20-year-anniversary-show-1/Event?oid=3484013

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Free Prince: Pack the Court. @ Wiley Manuel Courthouse
Mar 21 @ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Prince, assaulted by OPD on May Day, 2012, was arrested days ago (presumably on charges related to May Day). This is his arraignment hearing. It is scheduled in Department 112. Please come and show solidarity.

From tweets by OccupyTheMob:

Prince was attacked by OPD on May 1, 2012, tased, arrested, & slapped with false charges
 
“By “false” I mean completely fabricated charges.Officers claimed he did things he didn’t do & arrested him for it
 
It was a purely political arrest of an outspoken young man at a protest.
 
He sat in jail for three days, the DA did not file any charges against him, and he was released
 
Mths later, DA quietly filed against him, didn’t provide notice, & issued a bench warrant for failure to appear.

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Mar
22
Fri
Rally in Solidarity with NYC Protests Against the Police Execution of Kimani Gray and Against Police Murders @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Mar 22 @ 12:00 am – 1:30 am

Kimani Gray was shot seven times by two NYPD undercover cops — thrice in the back — on March 9th in Brooklyn. The officers who shot him, Mourad Mourad and Jovaniel Cordova, have a record of civil liberties violations.

For five consecutive nights last week protests against this police murder have been held in New York City. The Justice 4 Alan Blueford Coalition calls for a rally in solidarity with these ongoing protests and against police brutality — the same brutality which resulted in the death of Alan Blueford — here in Oakland.

Kimani’s mother spoke out a few days ago:

“Why was Kimani been murdered, and slaughtered? Why was Kimani begging for his life? Why was Kimani saying [those things] if he had a weapon? … He’s my angel, and my baby, and he was slaughtered, and I want to know why. After the first shot, why the second bullet, why the third bullet? … Just walk in my shoes, please, and understand my grief… I want justice, for his civil rights, for being an American citizen.”

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As usual, the Police have published their lies about what happened, inventing witnesses who no one else seems able to find (much as they did in Alan’s case), and as usual, the media has simply reprinted the lies straight from NYPD’s mouth as if they are truth.

The JAB Coalition does not accept these lies, we do not accept the racial profiling and stop and frisk policies that led to the two police jumping out on Kimani, and we do not accept the continued slaughter of young men of color with the platitude that police were just doing their job. If the job of the police is to provoke a response and then kill a teenager, then we do not need them to keep doing that job. Far from keeping the community safer, the police only bring more violence and more loss of life, and the people have had enough.

Come join together in one voice on Thursday to tell the world that this must stop!

The Justice 4 Alan Blueford Coalition stands in solidarity with the family of Kimani Gray and the Brooklyn protesters who have endured assaults by NYPD for five nights running in their attempts to express their grief.

The murder of unarmed Kimani Gray – who begged the police not to kill him as they fired a hail of bullets – can’t help but remind us of the death of Alan Blueford who died telling his executioner “I didn’t do anything.”


The deaths of young men of color at the hands of the police have gone on far too long. It must stop, and stop now! One more death is 10,000 too many.


Rest in power Kimani Gray.

Call for rally by the Justice 4 Alan Blueford Coalition.

Facebook page for the Oakland rally.

‘We Want Justice for Kamani Gray’ Facebook Page.

We recognize the rage in the community as this killing closely resembles so many other killings by police in Oakland, including the murder of Alan Blueford, but out of respect for Kimani’s family, we ask that this event not be a place for window smashing. We know that it is the police who generally bring physical violence and need no provocation, but we ask that participants come not with the intent to provoke that response but rather with their own expressions of solidarity for Kimani’s friends and family as well as the dozens of people who have been arrested in Brooklyn for protesting his killing.

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Mar
26
Tue
Counterinsurgency Then and Now. @ The Holdout
Mar 26 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am

This month we are focusing on repression against
women in revolutionary movements. We will be
focusing specifically on Polish/German
Communist Rosa Luxemburg, Assata Shakur of
the Black Panthers and Black Liberation Army,
Anna Mae Aquash of the American Indian
Movement, and (Karen Pickett of Earth First will
be with us to present on) the FBI repression and
bombing of Judi Bari. As usual, we will be
dissecting the repressive tactics used, as well as
discussing lessons to be learned from these cases,
in order to strengthen our practice in the face of
ongoing efforts to neutralize our movements.

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SAVE GG’S AND ORION’S HOME @ GG's House
Mar 26 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Location Details:
1415 ALLMAN STREET OAKLAND 94602
CROSS STREET IS BEAUMOUNT ST NEAR PARK BLVD AND 580

Event Type: Party/Street Party
COFFEE, DONUTS AND FRUIT AND A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE SHERIFF

ORIGINAL EVICTION DATE WAS 6 AM FEB 23
JUDGE GRANTED 30 DAY OF STAY OF EVICTION UNTIL MAR 23, SO SHERIFF COULD COME AT ANY TIME
WE WANT TO HAVE A GOOD SHOWING TOMMORROW BECAUSE IT/S THE MOST LIKELY DAY FOR THE EVICTION

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“Thank You Occupy & Friends” Pancake Brunch @ GG & Orion's house
Mar 29 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

“Thank You So Much Occupy & Friends” Pancake Brunch, Friday at 11 AM.

We heard this from our friend Nick at the RCA Squat that there is soon to be a banner on our home “IT’S NOBODY’S FAULT BUT THE BANKSTERS.”

PS: WE NEED occupiers and any help, media etc.  if you want to volunteer call Orion at 510 541-3835   As little or as much time as you can, no guilt trips.

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Anti-repression Rally & Speakout to support the ACAC 19 @ San Francisco Courthouse
Mar 29 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Gather on the SF court house steps this Friday at Noon to support the ACAC 19! Our comrades will be in court for what will likely be the pivotal pretrial day that could be the final before a trial date is set. Please join the ACAC 19 support committee in an anti-repression rally and speakout over the Friday lunch hour and show your solidarity with our comrades.

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