By Adrienne Fong
Am not back posting on a regular basis.
See list of Calendar of Events on Palestine from AROC: https://www.araborganizing.org/events/
If your post is about Palestine you can also list your action on the AROC calendar
Many other events are listed on Indybay that might be of interest to you (many actions re Palestine in the South, North & East Bays are also listed)
Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
See Indybay for other listings of events
ARTICLES
A. Mayor Breed says ‘very aggressive’ sweep of S.F. homeless encampments will launch in August – July 18, 2024
SF Mayor Breed’s ‘aggressive’ homeless camp sweeps in August (sfchronicle.com)
See Petition # 5
B. Milwaukee activists protest killing of unhoused veteran Samuel Sharpe by Republican convention cops – July 17, 2024
C. Milwaukee Shipped in 4,500 Cops From Across the US to Suppress Protest at RNC – July 17, 2024
Milwaukee Shipped in 4,500 Cops From Across the US to Suppress Protest at RNC | Truthout
D. Historic Case Dismissed As Ninth Circuit Panel Rules Courts Cannot Hear Claims Biden Is Enabling Israel’s Genocide in Gaza – July 15, 2024
E. PSL Statement – the attempted assassination of Trump and its political fallout – July 13, 2024
PSL Statement – The attempted assassination of Trump and its political fallout – Liberation News
F. Testimonies from the Mawasi massacre: 90 people buried in the sand – July 14, 2024
Testimonies from the Mawasi massacre: 90 people buried in the sand – Mondoweiss
G. Hundreds March Against GOP in Milwaukee During First Day of RNC – July 15, 2024
Hundreds March Against GOP in Milwaukee During First Day of RNC | Truthout
H. US war games in Pacific seek global participation in imperialist maneuvers – July 13, 2024
I. From Regional Uprisings to Reactionary Regimes: How Sudan Relates to Palestine – July 11, 2024
From Regional Uprisings to Reactionary Regimes: How Sudan Relates to Palestine | Truthout
J. The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders – July 10
The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders – In These Times
See Event # 7
K. Unmarked cars and secret orders: How a pharmacy prepared drugs for Texas’ executions – July 10, 2024
Texas secretly purchased execution drugs from local pharmacy, Rite-Away : NPR
L. BDS impacts in times of genocide – July 9, 2024
BDS impacts in times of genocide | BDS Movement
M. U.S. troops leaving Niger bases this weekend and in August after coup, commander says – July 5, 2024
U.S. troops leaving Niger bases this weekend and in August after coup, commander says | PBS News
PETITIONS
1. Tell Congress: #RejectTheSpeech by Israeli war criminal Netanyahu
SIGN: Tell Congress: #RejectTheSpeech by Israeli war criminal Netanyahu (actionnetwork.org)
2. Tell Pres. Biden: No War in Lebanon
SIGN: Tell Pres. Biden: No War in Lebanon | Win Without War
3. Call on the IOC to Ban Israel from Official Participation in 2024 Olympics like Russia
4. Tell Pres. Biden: No AI in weapons systems!
SIGN: Tell Pres. Biden: No AI in weapons systems! (actionnetwork.org)
5. Support real solutions to homelessness. Oppose arrests and fines
6. Let President Biden know you stand with Steven Donziger
SIGN: let President Biden know you stand with Steven Donziger → – Action Network
7. Tell Congress Don’t Cut SNAP Benefits
SIGN: Tell Congress: Don’t Cut SNAP Benefits | Civic Shout
8. We Need Nursing Home Staffing Standards NOW
SIGN: We Need Nursing Home Staffing Standards NOW (seiu.org)
Scheduled July Executions
July 16, 2024 at 6:00 pm CT:
Ruben Gutierrez in Texas
July 16: Update on Ruben Gutierrez:
Great news! Just a short while ago, the US Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to Ruben Gutierrez, who was to have been killed at 6pm CDT this evening. Congratulations and hats off to Attorney Sean Nolan and his entire team, and of course, big hugs and grateful prayers to Ruben, his family and friends.
July 18, 2024 at 6:00 pm CT:
Keith Gavin in Alabama
July 18th: Keith Gavin was Denied Final Halal Meal
He was executed this evening.
EVENTS / ACTIONS
Friday, July 19 – Monday, July 22
LaborFest Events: https://laborfest.net /
Friday, July 19
1. Friday, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, Haight Ashbury Peace Vigil
Corner of Masonic & Fell Sts
Golden Gate Park Panhandle
SF
Every third Friday of every month, at the corner of Masonic and Fell, in the Golden Gate Park Panhandle, San Francisco.
We will have our usual signs, music, candles, and snacks.
Join us for the whole two hours or for just five minutes.
Everybody welcome!
Sunset is now around 8:30 pm, so this will be an entirely daytime vigil.
The forecast is for sunny skies with temperatures starting in the high sixties and dropping to the mid sixties. Please dress for the weather.
Info: Haight Ashbury Peace Vigil – July 2024 | Facebook
2. Friday, 6:30pm – 9:30pm, Film “The Revolt Of The Good Guys” by Sensible Cinema
In –person:
First Unitarian Universalist Church
1187 Franklin St.
SF
Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/93773547229?pwd=eGF4STA2LzhnZ3dyaTN5ZEFVSll5UT09
Meeting ID: 937 7354 7229 Passcode: 283947
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/amksEMQSG
For more information please contact:
Melvin Starks (melvinstarks734@yahoo.com) or Larry Danos (415-722-6480)
This month, Sensible Cinema along with SF LaborFest remembers the letter carriers strike of March 1970 beginning in New York City and spreading across the nation. Described as the largest wildcat strike in U.S. history, this action resulted in a raise, collective bargaining, and respect for the rank and file letter carriers in New York as well as the United States.
In the film we will see an ultimate act of civil disobedience against the Federal Government forcing President Nixon to the bargaining table to address what had been a decades long struggle for equality and respect, and shaping a brighter future for themselves and for those who came after them.
After the screening there will be a discussion and Q&A.
Saturday, July 20
3. Saturday, 12-2:00pm (PT); 3:00pm – 5:00pm (ET), Black Women’s Lives Count
Will be on YouTube:
Black Women’s Lives Count: Reclaiming Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE) – YouTube
Since the early 1980s, at least 200 Black women and girls were killed or disappeared and presumed dead in South Los Angeles, they were victims of multiple serial killers who preyed on vulnerable and impoverished Black women. Law enforcement referred to the victims as NHI (No Humans Involved) and the murders were not prioritized by public officials or the media. For decades, the Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders (Black Coalition) protested and gathered community support in demanding justice. The Black Coalition are now working on a permanent memorial monument (ROSE South LA) for the victims that reclaims their dignity, shows community care, underscores that their lives mattered and provides family members and the impacted community a dignified space for reflection and healing.
- Conversation with founder Margaret Prescod and artist Michael Massenburg from the Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders
- Archives display of the Black Coalition & local community struggles
- Film clips from Tales of the Grim Sleeper, an award winning film that tells the story of the murders and the fight for justice
Called by: Women of Color/Global Women’s Strike, Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders and the Wages for Housework Community Archives
4. Saturday, 4:00pm – 5:30pm, The Forced Migration Crisis At The Border
South Berkeley Senior Center
2939 Ellis Street
Berkeley, CA 94703
Tens of millions of people around the world are being forced from their homes.
The climate crisis, economic, political, and social crises–the violence of poverty, the state, and gangs–have made life impossible in their homelands.
The politicians–both Democrats and Republicans–want us to believe that these thousands of desperate people are a threat to our lives. That’s a lie. We cannot allow the separation, imprisonment, deportation of migrant families to be carried out in our name.
Justin Akers Chacon–a Chicano educator, author, and socialist activist–will discuss the current crisis at the border. Chacon is based in San Diego, California and is involved in border resistance as well as campaigns for worker and migrant rights in the US-Mexico border region. His most recent book is, “The Border Crossed Us: The Case for Opening the US-Mexico Border.”
Host: Speak Out Now
Info: The Forced Migration Crisis At The Border : Indybay
5. Saturday, 7:00pm – 9:00pm, Class Struggles in Argentina and US Imperialism with Guillermo Kane, Argentinian Socialist
Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery
3036 24th Street San Francisco CA 94110
Come and hear in person Professor Guillermo Kane,of the Partido Obrero(Workers Party)in Argentina and an elected legislator at the Buenos Aires Province Regional Parliament and also a Professor at the University of Buenos Aires,will be speaking about the current struggles in Argentina against the Milei reactionary government and its alliance with Yankee Imperialism. Professor Kane will inform us about how the working class and its allies are fighting back against the neoliberal measures that the IMF,World Bank,USA and and the EU are trying to impose in Argentina.
He will also be presenting his book “ La Crisis Del Imperio Norteamericano de Trump a Biden”(The Crisis Of US Imperialism From Trump to Biden)an excellent analysis of of the current political state of affairs of the US Empire in the World vs the working class and the exploited classes and the USA vs China,Russia,European Union and others.
Habrá traducción al Español
For more information: http://www.medicinefornightmares.com
Info: Class Struggles in Argentina and US Imperialism with Guillermo Kane, Argentinian Socialist : Indybay
Sunday, July 21
6. Sunday, 6:00pm – 7:00pm Monthly gathering at Alex Nieto’s Altar
Bernal Hill
SF
MUNI – # 67stops nearby
All are welcomed to join Alex’s parents Refugio and Elvira Nieto on the 21st of each month as they remember Alex. It’s been over 10years since Alex was killed.
On March 21, 2014, Alex was murdered by SFPD officers Jason Sawyer, Richard Schiff, Nathan Chew, and Roger Morse, with 59 bullets.
DA Gacon (at the time) declined to file criminal charges against the officers. DA Jenkins let the attorney go who was working pm the case under Chesa Boudin.
There is still no justice for SFPD’s execution of Alex.
The new Memorial is still in the works.
Monday, July 22
7. Monday, 12:00Noon, The People’s State Of The Nation Address
Philippine Consulate
447 Sutter St (nr. Powell)
SF
Each year, the Philippine president misrepresents the true state of the Philippines through so-called “accomplishments” and the country’s progress. The people RESIST this misrepresentation by presenting the actual conditions and exposing the government’s hunger for profit and power.
This August 6th is the 5 year anniversary of the assassination attempt on Brandon Lee’s life by the Philippine military and until now there has been no independent investigation and accountability in the brazen shooting that left him paralyzed from the chest down.
Please join us at 12 noon, July 22, to protest at the Philippine consulate to demand justice for Brandon Lee and all victims of state violence.
Host: SFCHRP
8. Monday, 2:00pm (PT); 3:00pm(MT), Defendant Toby Blomé, TRIAL (One of 6 Anti-Drone defendants at
JOIN HERE: meet.google.com/obg-sexd-zfn
(US) +1 505-738-1632 PIN: 644 703 005#
(This is a tentative date that could change? Confirmation will come later)
, Judge Jimmy C. Foster, Pro Se (Defendant defending herself). Plea: Not Guilty
9. Monday, 5:00pm – 8:00pm, Mario Woods Day
3rd Street & Fitzgerald Ave
SF
Today would have been Mario’s 35th Birthday.
Join Mario Woods family to honor him on his 35th birthday. Come celebrate his life & be in community with his family & loved ones
Also please feel free to call & say a thoughtful voice message for Mario on his family at 415-323-6009 #justice4mariowoods #mariowoods4ever
Food will be provided
