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ARTICLES
A. U.S. Senate’s First Bill, in Midst of Shutdown, is a Bipartisan Defense of the Israeli Government From Boycotts – January 5, 2019
B. Judge Temporarily Halts Surprise Arrests of Up to 2,000 Cambodian Refugees – January 4, 2010
C. US halts cooperation with UN on potential human rights violations – January 4, 2019
D. NYC: Activists Arrested for Peaceful Protest Against War on Yemen – January 3, 2018
E. Why Indian women formed a beautiful 620km long human wall (Action involved over 5 million women)
F. As President Bolsonaro Takes Power, Brazil’s Indigenous Movement Prepares to Resist – January 1, 2019
See Action # 5
5 – ACTIONS:
1. Send message to EPA: Stop Trump from poisoning our communities with mercury!
SIGN: https://action.foe.org/page/8625/action/1?ea.tracking.id=Email&ea.url.id=179387
2. Don’t Stand in the Way of Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal! Don’t Appeal Judge Tucker’s Decision!
SIGN: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/krasner-do-right-by-mumia?source=direct_link&
3. Tell Huntington Bank to Stop racially profiling Black customers
4. Tell Mitch McConnell: End the government shutdown now.
SIGN: https://act.credoaction.com/sign/mcconnell_shutdown_2019?t=2&akid=31087%2E21110%2EDhVtHB
5. Oppose Brasils new President Jair Bolsonaro’s decimation of Indigenous Rights and The Amazon
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Monday, Jan. 7 – Friday, Jan. 11
Monday, January 7
1. Monday, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, 2Y+9M: Life of Luis Celebration with his Wife and Children!
Luis’s Altar
SF
Please join us on Monday Jan. 7th at 6PM at Luis’s Altar on Shotwell and 19th Street to Celebrate the Life of Luis Góngora Pat WITH his widow Doña Carmen May Can and his children Luis chico, Angel and Rosana Góngora May.
The family will be at the site for the first time and rebuild Luis’s altar. It will also be the first day of depositions with the (evil) City Attorney and the family would be very happy to see friendly faces after a hard day. The family ALSO wishes to carry out an act of generosity to remember Luis’s spirit of generosity. So we will go out on a hot chocolate run to offer a warm drink to the homeless encampments nearest to us. People are more than welcome to join us on the walk and bring Rosca de Reyes or other offer! We have little bandwidth to organize more than hot chocolate for tomorrow, so if anyone else wants to offer other useful items for people living on the street, you are welcome to offer them again. THANKS!
Save the date: January 10th – for possible ‘Meet & Greet – Fundraiser’
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2172049776382852/
Tuesday, January 8
2. Tuesday, 8:00am – MOCK DRONE TRIAL to “Prosecute” US Drone War Criminals (Sacramento)
Sacramento Federal Court
501 “I” Street (& 5th St.)
Sacramento
8:00-8:30 am: Anti-Drone Rally in front of U.S. Federal Court Bldg.
(Arrive by 7:45 if you can), Press conference included.
8:30 am: Ad Lib Public Mock Drone Trial
“GIVE US OUR TRIAL….JUSTICE FOR DRONE VICTIMS!”
Background: During 8 years of ongoing monthly protests at Beale Air Force Base, we have had dozens of civil resistance actions, many dozens of arrests and multiple letters written to Beale base commander, and yet no trials for over 5 years! The Jan. 8th arraignment for 4 defendants who were arrested last October, was just cancelled and charges dismissed by the Sacramento DA. Except for a couple of trials in the early years, this is the umpteenth time, the Sacramento DA is dismissing all charges against drone activists. We demand our right to have a trial and put the drone program in the public eye. Anti-drone activists will hold their own “mock trial” in front of the court house on the same day they were supposed to be arraigned. “Bring the crimes of the U.S. Government and Military before the public and on court records!”
Needed are Trial Supporters & Players
Note: After Trial: Occupy Beale Anti-war drone vigil/resistance,
3-5:00pm, Tues., Jan. 8 at Beale AFB, Wheatland Gate (South Beale Rd. & Ostrom Rd.)
If Rain likely: Trial will be postponed, and Beale Vigil will be moved to 6-8am Tues. Jan. 8th.
Update on weather and final plans will be sent on Mon. morning.
(A small group will also protest at a Beale gate on Mon. afternoon).
FMI and Carpooling:
Toby Blomé, ratherbenyckeling@comcast.net, 510-215-5974
Shirley Osgood, (941) 320-0291
3. Tuesday, 12Noon – 2:00pm, Stop Chase, Bank of Doom!
The Westin St. Francis (Union Square)
335 Powell St.
SF
Tell JPMorgan Chase to stop funding climate destruction!
Chase Bank is the biggest Wall Street funder of fossil fuels.
Chase continues to profit while Indigenous rights get trampled, and the climate sacrificed.
This is a defining moment for the climate.
Will they continue to finance the Keystone XL pipeline? Will they continue to fund toxic tar sands oil? Will they continue to fund Indigenous rights abuses? Will they continue to profit off climate chaos?
January 8th, we take to the streets to demand: Stop financing expansion of fossil fuels, starting with tar sands
Host: Rainforest Action Network
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/363929024165432/
4. Tuesday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, Pack the Court to Free Aida – Hearing
630 Sansom St., Suite 650
SF
Thank you all so much for your support including, attending Aida’s community vigil, gifting items to her children, and donating to her GoFundMe campaign to help her 3-month-old baby and 4-year-old daughter with medical and transportation expenses.
https://www.gofundme.com/freeaida-her-children-need-community-support
Aida’s second master calendar hearing is scheduled for January 8, 2019
– After a month of continuously requesting documents regarding Aida’s detention, DHS attorneys finally disclosed the documents ICE used as a basis to detain Aida.
Without this information, Aida’s attorney could not accurately respond to DHS allegations, or prepare Aida’s bond hearing. DHS’s delay in giving this information further prolonged Aida’s separation from her children and loved ones;
– DHS submitted the actual red notice from Interpol, and a 2018 arrest warrant from El Salvador charging Aida and 30+ individuals with crimes. At the hearing, DHS claimed that Aida is a member of MS 13;
– As we know, Interpol red notices should hold little weight, as Interpol does not have investigative capacity, and only maintains a database of information that other countries upload without quality control from Interpol;
– The arrest warrant, issued 6 yeas after Aida fled from El Salvador, is vague and only lists the crimes that Aida is being charged with (robbery and theft); and
– Aida disclaims any membership in these gangs, and did not commit these crimes. Aida has not been in El Salvador since 2012, after she fled severe domestic violence.
Host: Pangea Legal Services
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1144339989048599/
5. Tuesday, 1:00pm – 4:00pm, Solidarity with Unist’ot’en, Wet’suwet’en- Canadian Consulate SF
Canadian Consulate
580 California St., Suite 1400
SF
Demonstration at the Canadian Consulate in San Francisco, Ohlone Territory, to oppose their violent RCMP attack on Wet’suwet’en sovereignty. The Wet’suwet’en people are peacefully protecting their home and the rest of the Salish Sea against the TransCanada pipeline project.
This is part of an international series of solidarity actions. For the main list, visit:https://www.facebook.com/events/2225649537692362/
Goal is to bring much-needed international media attention to the Unist’ot’en Camp and their work and challenge the perception that Canada is keeping their promises on climate change and Indigenous rights.
Action Protocols as laid out by the Gitimt’en:
-Take action against the provincial government in B.C, federal government of Canada, and Canadian consulate internationally.
-Demand that the provincial and federal government uphold their responsibilities to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and ‘Anuc niwh’it’en (Wet’suwet’en law).
-The Wet’suwet’en Access Point on Gidumt’en Territory are conducting peaceful actions as sovereign peoples on their territories, and ask that all actions taken in solidarity are conducted peacefully and according to the traditional laws of other Indigenous Nations.
What to Bring:
Signs or banners– “No Pipelines” “Support Unist’ot’en” “Support Wet’suwet’en” Messaging must be in alignment with the protocls listed above
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/279989672642100/
Wednesday, January 9
6. Wednesday, 5:00pm – 8:00pm, Mass mobilization to tell the school board no cuts no closures
1050 2nd Avenue
Oakland
5:00 Rally/Press Conference
5:30 School Board meeting begins
6:30 The scheduled time for public comments
Public education in Black and Brown communities is under attack. We must not just defend and keep our schools open, we must demand sustainable community schools and create the schools we deserve.
There will be at least two big items on the school board agenda:
1. Cutting $30 million from the 2019-20 budget, including $8.6 million directly from schools.
2. The closure of ROOTS Academy and the end of this school year and closing over 20 other schools over the next 5 years.
We need everyone to come to the school board meeting on January 9th. We need parents, students, teachers, alumni, and community members. We need every school represented. We need the organizations that say they care about equity and opportunity to show up. We need to pack the meeting and as a united community to tell the school board
Sponsor: Oakland Public Education Network (OPEN)
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/281353305857839/
7. Wednesday, 6:00pm – 7:15pm, First Mission Nightwalk of 2019
Meet at:
Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist
Julian Ave. & 15th Street
SF
As we look back on 2018 with both gratitude and sadness we also look to 2019 with hope and determination. Our message remains simple, clear, and very much needed: “We care,” and “Stop the violence.”
Host: Mission Nightwalks
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/365682310649481/
8. Wednesday, 6:30pm, Community BOYCOTT of Manny’s! –Stop the Woke-Washing of the Mission!Weekly protest
3092 16th St. (nr. Valencia)
SF
We call for a community boycott of “Manny’s” at 3092 16th St in the Mission District of San Francisco. “Manny’s” as a gentrifying wine-bar, cafe and fake “social justice” space in the Mission District, will only accelerate the raising of rents and the displacement of Black, Latinx, disabled and trans/queer people in the Mission. Additionally, the proprietor of Manny’s, Emmanuel Yekutiel, has unequivocally espoused racist, Zionist, pro-Israel ideals that we will not tolerate or accept in our community.
Further, “Manny’s:
· Claims to be a “community” space, yet no one in the Mission, long a poor and working-class, Latinx and black community, asked him to open this gentrifier wine bar. In fact, Emmanuel Yekutiel previously attempted to open Manny’s in the Bayview and the Tenderloin but was told to leave by community members and organizations.
· Even with no community support and no connection to the Mission, Manny’s was given a “reduced rate rent” by Sam Moss, executive director of Mission Housing, the landlord of the space.
· Claims to be a “cultural space” specifically for the local community of San Francisco and the Mission District. However, so far, the space has almost exclusively hosted Washington DC politicos TED-talks catering to the ruling-class Tech-elite. As longstanding Mission District cultural spaces like Galería de la Raza are forced out of their spaces due to the eviction crisis, the owner of Manny’s, a well-connected, Washington DC corporate and political consultant for companies like Facebook and the Hilary Clinton campaign are helping turn the Mission into a rich-only zone fueled by tech-gentrification.
We will not tolerate gentrifiers and Zionists attempts at invading and destroying our community through “woke-washing”!! The Lucy Parsons Project from this moment forth is calling for a boycott of Manny’s, at 3092 16th St., until the space is shut down!!
2 Articles:
Manny’s builds a real-life space for civic discourse in SF – Jan. 1st written by Emmanuel Yekutiel (owner of Manny’s)
Mission District civic engagement space met with protests, calls for boycott – January 4, 2019
Thursday, January 10
9. Thursday, 3:00pm – 6:00pm, STOP the Luxury Takeover of the Mission!
SF Planning Commission
SF City Hall, Room 400
1 Dr. Carleton B. Goodlett Pl
SF
*3140 16th St large auto body garage across from the Roxie that wants to convert into a 3-story entertainment space including a rooftop bar is still on and must be stopped!
This area is already overcrowded with a imbalance of food and drink spaces (55%) and we need to keep our blue-collar spaces. A Subaru dealer, in fact, wants to run a repair shop at this space and is happy to work with us to get our Mission folks into these good-paying jobs.
*344 14th St is a luxury housing project that is currently offering only the bare minimum of affordable housing plus high-tech manufacturing space 90% of which will be at market-rate prices. This project will add to the displacement and gentrification of this blue-collar area of the Mission!
Sponsors: United to Save the Mission, Calle 24 Latino Cultural District, Cultural Action Network, Our Mission NO Eviction
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/484880375354099/
10. Thursday, 6:00pm, SF Food Not Bombs Food Share
16th & Mission BART Plaza
SF
Note: Servings may cancel in event of rain.
For information or to volunteer: send email to sffnbvolunteers@riseup.net.
Cookhouse: Station 40, 3030B 16th Street (between Mission and Julian).
Food Pickups: Help Needed!
Cooking: 3030B 16th Street–3:00 pm to 6:00 pm–Ring doorbell for entry–Help Needed!
Sharing: 16th and Mission BART Plaza — 6:00 pm–Help Needed!
Webpage: https://sffnb.org/serving-schedule/
11. Thursday, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, The People vs. Wall Street: SF Public Bank Coalition Launch
Women’s Building
3543 18th St.
SF
1st Floor – wheelchair accessible
– LEARN how a city-owned public bank can bring San Francisco’s $11 billion budget “From Wall Street to Our Streets!”
– EAT good food surrounded by good people from a wide range of divestment, racial justice, economic justice, and environmental justice movements across San Francisco!
– DANCE to old and new jams!
– STRATEGIZE with working groups on student debt, affordable housing, green energy, or something else!
Sponsors: SF Public Bank & 14 Other groups
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/190975971823539/
12. Thursday, 6:00pm – 9:00pm, Our struggles are connected: Update from the US-Mexico Border
Asian Resource Gallery
317 9th St.
Oakland
* Live from the Border: Pedro Ríos from the American Friends Service Committee Border Program, San Diego, will speak via Skype on the current struggle for rights of the Migrant Caravan at the Tijuana-San Ysidro border wall.
* Catherine Tactaquin, from the National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (NNIRR) on the current struggles for the rights of migrants and refugees.
* Art and poetry to help us further connect the struggles of our communities across borders.
Come see the art on display at the Asian Resource Center Gallery:
“GRAFFIKA URBANA” | Prints by Noel Rodriguez from Mexico City
“PRESENTE! Defend Puerto Rico” | Puerto Rican Photographers
Sponsored by East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation East Side Arts Alliance
Chiapas Support Committee
Class Conscious Photographers
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/773688856336596/
Friday, January 11
13. Friday, 12Noon – 2:00pm, Mothers on the March Against Police Murders – Week 118
Hall of Injustice
850 Bryant St.
SF
All are invited to join us to demand that District Attorney George Gascon charge police officers with murder. Stand with ALL families who have lost loved ones to police murders. Since Gascon has been the DA in San Francisco, he has not charged any police officers
14. Friday, 7:00pm – 10:00pm, I Am Not Your Negro – film & discussion
Revolution Books – Berkeley
2444 Durant Ave.
Berkeley
Toward the end of his life, James Baldwin, novelist, essayist and poet, wrote notes for a book he had wanted to write about his three assassinated friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King. Raoul Peck’s film uses these notes to jump through time, in a blazing examination of the history of race in America.
“I Am Not Your Negro, an Oscar-nominated documentary by Raoul Peck, is a must see. If you think you know the reality of the brutal depth and horror of white supremacy in America, if you think you’ve seen it all and even if you have, you’ve not seen it delivered like this.”
Andy Zee, New York Revolution Books
