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March against the Police Murder of Alan Blueford – 5/12/12 Photos

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“SUPPORT THE BLUEFORD FAMILY AT CITY HALL:

During the early morning hours of May 6, 2012, Alan Blueford was murdered by an OPD officer, whose name has yet to be released. His family is now seeking justice for his death.

Pack the City Council meeting this Tuesday, May 15th, at 6:00 pm. It is located at 14th and Broadway in downtown Oakland. Show your support in your presence and voice for all of our sons and daughters of Oakland. 

email: alanblueford@yahoo.ca
Facebook: Alan Blueford
event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/383404501705968/383406365039115/?notif_t=group_comment_reply

**the family asks for non-violent, supportive actions for this event. this information is from a poster distributed by the Blueford family**”  

 

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Bayer Demonstration May 16 – Ban the Pesticides – Save the Bees!

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MILLIONS OF DEAD BEES!   MYSTERY SOLVED!!

Join the protest against Bayer on Wednesday, May 16th, from 4 to 6 pm.

Wear bee garb, dress like bees, bring your smokers and stingers….

We are demanding the immediate ban of Clothianidin, the pesticide responsible for massive bee die-offs worldwide, which is produced by Bayer.   This pesticide has precipitated Colony Collapse Disorder, threatening the livelihood of both large and small farmers as well as beekeepers—indeed the ecological balance of the planet.   Many vegetables and fruits and other crops depend upon bees for pollination.  The variety and nutritional value of our whole food system is threatened by the bee die-off.

Pursuing profits at risk of destroying the food supply, Bayer has successfully influenced public policy and stopped the EPA from banning this toxic pesticide, which is outlawed in several European countries.  Bayer is in our own backyard and we need to call attention to their role in colony collapse disorder.

On Wednesday, May 16, we are marching from San Pablo Park (Ward & Mabel) to Bayer (Greyson and 7th), about a mile, with a potential visit to the Farm at Gill Tract, San Pablo and Marin.

Join us!

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OccupyTheFarm Thursday 5/10/12 Photos

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…It was nice to see all kind of people supporting the peaceful farm occupiers.  Here are some photos from that day, and night. Oh yeah… they played a movie, “Happy Feet”! 🙂

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Re-Imagine the GA Working Group Meeting at New Location!

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The Re-Imagine the GA Working Group (the group planning the gathering to re-imagine the GA) will now be meeting from 6:00-8:00pm at Cafe Madrid at 2001 Broadway (at 20th) on Fridays starting 5/18. All are welcome to join us in organizing the re-imagining event/s.

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Justice Begins with Seeds Conference – Interview #2 with GMO Educator & Presenter Pamm Larry, labelgmos.org. Presented by the biosafetyalliance.org. May 18 – 19. By Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine.

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Justice Begins with Seeds Conference – Interview #2 with GMO Educator & Presenter Pamm Larry, labelgmos.org.

Presented by the biosafetyalliance.org. May 18 – 19.

By Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine.

http://planetshifter.com/node/2015

 

WP: Tell us about the forces that are fighting to not label GMO foods?

PL: “They are the chemical companies that produce the genetically engineered seeds and all the chemicals that the farmer has to buy to use them. They are the large monoculture agribusiness companies who are shoving out small farmers and poisoning us, the soil and our planet. They are the huge grocery stores who are afraid folks will not want to buy GMO foods (and they are often on the boards of directors of the other companies mentioned above.) It is all the forces out there that fight food sovereignty of the people so they can make a profit while ruining the world.”

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We are having a Community Visioning Meeting at 5 pm Saturday at the Farm

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The flier for this weekend’s events has been posted on this site. Please check out all the cool workshops the Gill Tract Project has for both Saturday and Sunday this three week anniversary weekend to preserve urban farming in Albany!

Come for the workshops but stay for the community visioning meeting! Phat Beets and the Ecology Center are coming. We hope to welcome everyone who wants to know more about the undeveloped acres of the Gill Tract. Our community will be the beginning and result of planning for this land.

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Re-Imagine the General Assembly Survey

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GA Hand RaisingIn preparation for re-imagining the General Assembly, we’d like to hear your thoughts about the GA.  Please take a couple minutes and tell us what you think in our survey:

English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8YDSBC2

Spanish: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8FBFRGT

Much feedback has been received about the Occupy Oakland General Assembly over the months. Some people find that the General Assembly works well as an effective decision-making process and as a community forum. Others feel that it is not serving the needs of everyone who may want to participate. We acknowledge that some have felt injured by the process; and also that others say it is not well-structured for organizing political action. We would like to bring the community together to see how best to design our GA.

These questions reflect feedback the Facilitation Committee has received about the GA over the months. Your answers will help us design the gatherings for further discussion and possible changes to the GA, beginning with the first gathering in mid-June. You don’t need to answer all the questions, and you can make additional comments throughout.

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Justice Begins with Seeds Conference – Interview with Presenter Katherine Zavala , IDEX. Presented by the biosafetyalliance.org. May 18 – 19, 2012, SF. By Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine.

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Justice Begins with Seeds Conference – Interview with Presenter Katherine Zavala , IDEX.

Presented by the biosafetyalliance.org. May 18 – 19, 2012, SF.

By Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine.

The purpose of the upcoming Justice Begins with Seeds conference is to grow the food sovereignty movement by advancing learning and building coalitions between the GMO counter-movement in the US, and other movements thriving to develop sustainable food systems, alleviate climate change through soil practices, defend the rights of indigenous communities, reduce social inequalities and encourage citizen democracy against corporatocracy.

http://planetshifter.com/node/2014

 

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CÓRDOBA (SPAIN) – AGAINST THE ATTACK TO OUR RIGHT AND OUR FREEDOM: FROM THE INDIGNATION TO THE ORGANIZATION

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After one year fighting, debating, accumulating forces and organization, 15M Movement in all the State of Spain will organize marches and debates spaces to do the point of situation and to launch another time the movement and the fight. In Córdoba (Andalucía, south of Spanish State) too is moving this process – in the days that, one year ago, thousand peoples took the street and camped in central places of the cities all over the State – to remember, to think, to reorganize and to go forward a new time of fight against a system that make to us every day poorer, every days more exploited.

 

From 12th to 15th of May the 15M Córdoba Movement will organize a Forum “Building Majorities” where will stay neighborhood’s general assemblies, work’s groups, committees and all of the rest of organizations (alternatives trade-unions and political organizations) that went forward the fight in this year.   

 

A mobilization and debate moment that is building, in Córdoba like in all the State, in a very tense situation for the repressive big wave that is hitting comrades that in this year is working politically for the fight in the movement: creation a black list of activists, formal complaints with a fine till 6 thousand euros, changes in the penal legislation to favor preventive detentions and more. All those things to silence the voice of oppressed and of who fight every day. All this things didn’t stop and will not stop our activities, our assemblies, our fights.

 

15M Córdoba Assembly – North Area

http://norte.15mcordoba.net
contacto@norte.15mcordoba.net

 

Here you have the link to the manifest of 15M Córdoba Movement (Spanish):

http://15mcordoba.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Manifiesto-definitivo.pdf

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University could move to clear activists off farm land in California

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Free Speech Radio News

Thu, 05/10/2012 – 14:30

  • Year: 2012
  • Length: 5:02 minutes (4.61 MB)
  • Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)

On a piece of land just north of Berkeley, California, dozens of people calling themselves Occupy the Farm have been tilling the earth, planting seedlings, and caring for chickens. The action started on Earth Day last month. The University of California owns the land, known as the Gill Tract, and filed a lawsuit against the activists, saying the activities are illegal.The university uses part of the tract several months each year for crop research and plans to sell an adjacent parcel for commercial uses. But activists vow to prevent the university from developing the land they have occupied. FSRN’s Judith Scherr has the story.

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