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ARTICLES:
A. Resisting COVID-19 in Haiti
B. US Blocks UN Global Ceasefire Resolution, Objecting to Indirect Reference to World Health Organization – May 9, 2020
C. Wall Street is Profiting From Police Brutality
D. Coronavirus and prisons: San Quentin protesters demand protection for state inmates – May 9, 2020
E. Bill Gates’ Plan to Vaccinate the World – May 8, 2020 (Youtube)
See Action # 1
F. Man who took video of Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting will also be investigated, Georgia official says – May 8, 2020
See Action # 2
G. Native American health center receives body bags instead of coronavirus supplies – May 6, 2020
8 – ACTIONS:
1. Petition calls on the federal government to investigate Bill and Melinda Gates for “crimes against humanity” and “medical malpractice.”
2. #JusticeforAhmaud: District Attorneys George Barnhill & Jackie Johnson must be REMOVED from office
3. Stop the Execution of Walter “Arkie” Barton in Missouri
Execution scheduled for – May 19th
4. Do not throw the water generated by the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster into the sea
SIGN: http://chng.it/NLZm8bgF2T
5. Grand Canyon Threatened by Radioactive Trump Plan
6. Stop the Trump administration’s abuse of power!
McConnell has three amendments that would allow the Trump administration to spy on people in the United States without a warrant.
7. Mayor Breed: City of SF essential workers deserve safety
8. The Pentagon is seeking BILLIONS from Congress in the next COVID relief stimulus package. To protect mega-profits of arms dealers & defense contractors. Bail Out the People Not the Pentagon!
EVENTS
Monday, May 11 – Thursday, May 14
Nightly, 8:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT), Bail Out the People, Not the Corporations
See FB site for some posted videos:
Mothers on the March and Black and Brown for Justice, Peace & Equality have been demonstrating nightly since ‘sheltering-in’. They have been sending a loud message by banging on pots/pans and yelling “Bail Out the People, Not Corporations”, some have sung or written poetry, signs with messaging have also been placed in their windows.
Their call also is to STOP ALL military, economic and political aggressions against Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and other countries. All governments must work together to save HUMANITY.
In the last months, we’ve seen the U.S. government bail out Wall Street, banks, airlines and large industries.
We’ve seen a rise in homelessness, people who have lost their jobs and healthcare, the Mom / Pop stores that are shut down and affecting our communities.
We’ve seen the affect of US government policies in supporting fascist regimes of Israel and the Philippines and others.
All are invited to join the nightly demos and post your message on the FB site or send a 15 sec. video to me.
We must not be silent during this time!
Monday, May 11
1. Monday, 12:30pm, Caravan Protest for Gig Worker Rights!
Gather at:
REI parking lot
840 Brannon St.
SF
Join a gig driver caravan to Uber’s offices during a shareholder meeting. Gig workers are struggling in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with little to no help from gig companies. Workers are taking to the streets to demand safe working conditions, fair pay, and dignity and respect as employees—not just during this global crisis, but every day.
The caravan will drive to Uber’s offices, where we’ll honk our horns and chant through our car windows. Participants are expected to stay in their vehicles for the duration of the action. We will be observing social distancing and safety precautions – bring a face covering.
On Tuesday, California sued Uber and Lyft for misclassifying drivers as independent contractors, denying them the rights and protections they need and deserve. The state is seeking civil damages and back wages for drivers.
This week we released a unique study on rideshare & food delivery workers in partnership with UC Santa Cruz. The findings show that this lawsuit could not be more timely—for a large portion of this workforce, despite this being full-time work, they were financially vulnerable before the outbreak, and the crisis is pushing many of them to the brink:
*Average pay after expenses can be as low as 224/week. Some make nothing after expenses.
*21% have no healthcare because Uber, Lyft, Instacart & others are breaking SF laws
*13% of food delivery workers rely on food stamps
*32% have slept in their cars
Info: Jobs with Justice – San Francisco
2. Monday, 2:00pm (PT); 5:00pm (ET), What COVID-19 Reveals about Our Broken Justice System
Register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3WGOlVKFQV-vcep2JgNj7g?source=em20200505-43537
Prosecutors Chesa Boudin and Rachael Rollins join Jose Garza, candidate for D.A. in Travis County, to talk about what COVID-19 has taught us about what must change in our justice system.
Host: Real Justice
3. Monday, 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PT); 7:00pm – 9:00 (ET), Mass Incarceration and COVID19… A Death Sentence Waiting to Happen
Register:
Online conversation on how the 2 million people crammed in prisons without masks, soap and water, face a possible death sentence.
No need for FB account
Carl Dix – Revolutionary Communist Party
James “Yaya” Hough – formerly incarcerated artist
Roosevelt – member, Chicago Revolution Club
The U.S., with more than 2 million people locked down in its prisons and immigrant detention camps, leads the world in incarcerating its people. It has more people in prison, and the largest percentage of its population in prison, than any country in the world today– larger than any country in the history of the world.
More than 60 percent of these more than 2 million people are Black or Latino, and they are being forced to face the deadly coronavirus without consistent access to soap and water, without masks, with no ability to do “social distancing.”
Host: Revolution Books NYC
4. Monday, 7:30pm (PT), Stories from The Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project
Click to tune in
Al Sasser “Suitable Placement”
Pamela Ann Keane “Bloom”
Fred Johnson “Success in Minor”
Host: Monday Night MarshStream
Tuesday, May 12
5. Tuesday, 9:00am (PT); 12Noon (ET), Palestinian children in Israeli prisons amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
No Way To Treat A Child Webinar:
Click here to register for the webinar »
Zoom platform. details for joining the webinar will be shared by email after you have registered.
Defense for Children International – Palestine, staff in Ramallah will share information on the situation of Palestinian children in Israeli prisons amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. We will also provide updates on congressional advocacy efforts concerning H.R. 2407
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) to introduce H.R. 2407, the “Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act.” The bill prohibits U.S. taxpayer funding for the military detention of children in any country, including Israel.
While generally applicable, H.R. 2407 seeks to promote justice, equality, and human rights by ensuring that U.S. financial assistance provided to Israel is not used to support widespread and institutionalized ill-treatment against Palestinian children detained by Israeli forces and prosecuted in Israeli military courts that lack basic fair trial protections.
follow the campaign on Facebook and Twitter
Host: Defense for Children International – Palestine
6. Tuesday, 9:00am, Men in Solitary Confinement in CA Take Their Case Before 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
link to the livestream available here on Youtube channel: https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/live_oral_arguments.php
Tune in at 9:00 AM. Arguments in Ashker will likely start between 9:00 and 9:30, depending on the length and order of arguments.
WHAT:
Argument before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, on a district court order finding the California Department of Corrections has violated terms of a 2015 settlement agreement intended to end indefinite solitary confinement
Ashker v. Governor of California amended an earlier lawsuit filed by then-Pelican Bay SHU prisoners Todd Ashker and Danny Troxell representing themselves. Co-counsel in the case with the Center for Constitutional Rights are Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Siegel & Yee, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Bremer Law Group PLLC, the Law Offices of Charles Carbone, and the Law Office of Matthew Strugar.
For more information, visit the Center for Constitutional Rights’ case page.
7. Tuesday, 10:00am – 11:00am, Press Conference: Enough Excuses, House the People!
live at facebook.com/psl.sanfrancisco
It is maddening that, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, the streets of San Francisco remain lined with tent encampments while thousands of hotel rooms and housing units sit empty and unused.
The City has the power and resources to house all residents in need, and to immediately provide dignified shelter-in-place conditions that meet the guidelines outlined by healthcare professionals. Instead, the most vulnerable are being left behind to face the pandemic with little protection for themselves and the communities they are a part of.
Contrary to Mayor Breed’s assurance that everything possible is being done, she and other officials have in reality continued to make excuses amidst the crisis for why the needs of San Francisco’s at-risk population cannot be fully met.
We believe that all should be housed. Half-measures and inaction continue to take a human toll and put everyone at risk.
Hear from the La Riva/Peltier 2020 campaign, The Party for Socialism & Liberation and community activists in a press conference to demand: Enough excuses, house the people!
Host: PSL + 2 Other groups
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/582669482348073/
8. Tuesday, 12Noon – 1:00pm (PT); 3:00pm – 4:00pm (ET), The Hardest Hit: Latino People & the Fight Against Coronavirus
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/events/264553291366033/
Text “OnTheLine” to 5-2-8-8-6 to get a text when this live-stream starts and go to ourlivesontheline.org to learn about other town halls in this series.
Have a question for this town hall? Record a quick video — you might see it on the livestream:
a digital town hall focusing on Latino people and the fight against coronavirus. Through the continuation of the Our Lives On The Line series, Health Care Voter is shining a light on the experience of some of the people hardest hit by this pandemic.
Latino people in the United States have long faced racial health disparities, and the coronavirus pandemic has brought these disparities in access to quality, affordable health care and prevalence of preexisting conditions to light. Latino people currently make up more than a quarter of coronavirus-related deaths in virus hotspots, and a large segment of the workforce displaced and financially threatened by this pandemic.
Host: Health Care Voter
Info: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/07/18832869.php
9. Tuesday, 5:00pm (PT); 8:00pm (ET), Why Congress Must Fight for Power, Water and Broadband for All
Register for webinar:
Join Food & Water Action, the Center for Biological Diversity, Corporate Accountability, Appalachian Voices, Partnership for Southern Equity, and Democracy Collaborative for a virtual town hall about the urgent need for the inclusion of a utility shutoff moratorium and long term funding in CARES 2 – in order to improve our utility services, make them affordable, and keep them publicly owned.
Millions of people have lost jobs and wages, and the economic impacts of coronavirus will continue to hit people hard in the months to come. People cannot safely stay at home without electricity, water, or internet. We need Congress to stand up for us, and ensure that a moratorium, a temporary ban on utility shutoffs, as well as long-term funding for these vital
services are included in the next stimulus.
10. Tuesday 6:00pm (PT); 9:00pm (ET), How Does Justice Integrate With Healing and Resilience?
Register for info: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uZEpdOuprzkpXWCXH9iGv2p-x-F47GfWLg
special guests are Julie Hess, JC Cavitt, and Ritika Aggarwal, of UnCommon Law! Uncommon Law’s mission is to provide access to justice and healing for those impacted by incarceration. Their work is Trauma-Informed and Transformative. Julie is UL’s Director of Clinical Support, Ritika is a legal advocate, community organizer, and therapeutic counselor, and JC is a formerly incarcerated person who now provides counseling, mentorship, and restorative
Host: The Peace Alliance
11. Tuesday, 6:30pm (PT); 9:30 (ET)?, Candlelight Vigil to Honor Fallen Nurses
RSVP:
By coming together, we will not only honor these nurses, but also call attention to the lives that are at stake if our elected leaders continue to leave us without the proper PPE we need. We must join together to say enough is enough.
Nearly one hundred nurses in the United States have died so far from COVID-19. To honor our colleagues and those of us health care workers who are still putting our lives at risk, we’re holding a nationwide virtual candlelight vigil at the conclusion of Nurses Week.
Host: National Nurses United
Wednesday, May 13
12. Wednesday, 9:00am (PT); 12Noon (ET), Conversation about: The Legacy of Mutual Aid in Indigenous, Black and Palestinian Communities
Register here to join the virtual conversation
virtual conversation between Grassroots Al-Quds, Seeding Sovereignty, and BYP-100 NYC Chapter.
Thursday, May 14
13. Thursday, 11:00am – 12:30pm , Town Hall: Crisis in Care in SF
Sign up at:
The video link will be sent to you shortly before the event.
Join advocates for elders and people with disabilities, public health advocates, concerned community members, and City officials in an online Town Hall on problems of care in nursing homes and other congregate facilities (group homes, board & care homes, assisted living facilities, homeless shelters, SROs, jails etc).
The huge concentrations of COVID-19 cases and deaths in care facilities has been a national disgrace. San Francisco is no exception. Contributing factors include no provision of social distancing, the lack of testing, lack of formal or informal oversight, lack of transparency in reporting cases and deaths to families and the public, and the long-standing low-staffing, low pay, and lack of safe conditions and PPE for care workers. Nursing facilities are nearly all for-profit, and money must not be a motivating factor in whether or not to provide the best care possible.
Please attend to learn about these problems, declare that ageism and ableism are unacceptable in our community, and join the dialogue to prevent future tragedies.
Sponsored by the California Care Rationing Coalition: Senior and Disability Action, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Gray Panthers, California Alliance of Retired Americans, Hand in Hand, and many more
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/526657094681700/
14. Thursday, 12Noon – 1:00pm (PT); 3:00pm – 4:00pm (ET) Asian-American and Pacific Islander People & Fight Against Covid-19
Livestream:
https://www.facebook.com/events/281914759506633/
Text “OnTheLine” to 5-2-8-8-6 to get a text when this live-stream starts and go to ourlivesontheline.org to learn about other town halls in this series.
Join us live on Facebook for a digital town hall focusing on Asian-Americans
and Pacific Islander Americans (A/PIA) and the fight against coronavirus.
A/PIA people in the U.S. are being attacked from all sides by the coronavirus. Right now, A/PIA people are facing vicious racist attacks encouraged by the President’s rhetoric, skyrocketing unemployment, and declining business.
Join us as we hear from advocates, experts, and some of our elected officials about the disproportionate challenges threatening A/PIA people during this pandemic, and what all of us must do to hold the Trump administration accountable for putting profits and politics ahead of A/PIA people’s lives.
Host: Healtcare Voter
Info: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/07/18832870.php
15. Thursday, 12:30pm – 1:30pm, Free Them All! A Town Hall Meeting for Immigrant Justice
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83509529973?pwd=T0pWdDR1KzZVblZTRkpuMWFPUkN2Zz09
Password: 05142020
Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +16699006833,,83509529973# or +13462487799,,83509529973#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 929 205 6099
Webinar ID: 835 0952 9973
International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kodnXofyI
On Wednesday May 6, Carlos Escobar-Mejia died of COVID-19. He was one of the 32,000 ICE detainees in the United States held in close quarters, with no opportunity to practice social distancing–conditions that have already sickened 140 people at the Otay Mesa detention facility. His death is the predictable policy of neglect and cruelty by ICE and CBP officials who continue to hold immigrants in detention camps rather than allowing them the opportunity to fight for the internationally recognized right of asylum, not to mention the right to work in their country of choice, from the safety of their own homes. In the best of times, ICE detainees suffer from woefully substandard medical care. But now, these conditions amount to state-sanctioned murder.
A coalition has formed in California to demand that Governor Gavin Newsom use his emergency powers during COVID-19 to close all detention facilities and release immigrant detainees to their communities of choice, with the opportunity to safely quarantine themselves. We can’t rely on the Trump-led federal government and ICE officials to do the right thing. If California wants to pride itself on being the center of the #Resistance, Newsom needs to put his money where his mouth is. We have invited him to come to a town hall meeting to agree to the community’s call for justice, to close the concentration camps and release all immigrant detainees.
Sponsored by the #FreeThemAll coalition (Committee to Close the Camps and Free the Children, San Francisco DSA, Never Again Action, Bay Resistance Immigrant Justice Committee)
https://www.facebook.com/events/540425946668027/
16. Thursday, 4:00pm – 5:30pm, Grounds for Healing Rooted in Resistance
Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PifXcfaxSL6lixRpFud9Fg
How do Black landworkers relate to anti-imperialism, self-determination, and healthy futures during the global COVID-19 pandemic?
Join The Center for Political Education and Movement Generation
Featuring:
Joy Moore, food security activist
Wanda Stewart, Common Vision
Leslie Bennett, Pine House Edible Gardens
Malaika Parker, Hummingbird Urban Farming Collective
Moderated by: Deseree Fontent
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2710823682533450/
17. Thursday, 5:00pm (PT); 8:00pm (ET), Updates on Status of Keystone XL
Webinar registration:
Host: 359.org
