By Adrienne Fong
Not back posting on a regular basis.
Things are happening very rapidly in the Middle East – Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen etc….
RESOURCES:
UPDATES WITH BAY RESISTANCE and get plugged to actions you can support, text “Resist” to 888-850-0928
GI HOTLINE (877) 477-4497
Center On Conscience and War: 800-379-2679 (toll free) In Washington DC
– Share these numbers to people who know active duty service members
There are events listed on Indybay that might be of interest to you(many listings in the South, North & East Bays and beyond the bay area)
Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
Bay Area Progressive Action Calendar: ATW Bay Area / NorCal — Action Together West
ARTICLES
A. The Iranian Central Bank Confirms Tolls Are Being Paid For Strait Of Hormuz Passage – April 23m 2026
https://www.instagram.com/p/DXfFTbiCPh9/
B. Dr. Marandi: Washington Post Assassination Orders, Iran Refuses Negotiations & UAE Complicity –April 23, 2026
Dr. Marandi: Washington Post Assassination Orders, Iran Refuses Negotiations & UAE Complicity
From Trump’s threats to “annihilate Iranian civilization” to sudden calls for negotiations, the geopolitical landscape is shifting rapidly. But behind closed doors and in hawkish op-eds, a darker strategy is emerging: explicit calls to assassinate Iranian officials who dare to negotiate. In this episode, we go behind the headlines with Dr. Marandi to break down what really happened in Pakistan, why JD Vance was rejected, and how the UAE is secretly fueling the war against Iran despite publicly claiming neutrality.
C. Israel Used Bayer-Monsanto Manufactured White Phosphorus Against Lebanon – April 22, 2026
https://www.instagram.com/p/DXZ2Cc9iAjL/
See Petition # 1
D. Palestinian deaths in Gaza, West Bank get less empathy than destroyed statue of Jesus: Haarets – April 22, 2026
E, Activists with the Global Sumud Flotilla have disrupted the MSC Maya, a cargo ship they believe was carrying materials used for Israeli weapons
https://www.instagram.com/p/DXYNVzrE3-J/
Tracker of Sumud Flotilla: https://globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/
FFC and Thousand Madleens Tracker: https://freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/
F. Trump PANICS as Generals HIDE NUCLEAR CODES?!! April 21, 2026
Trump PANICS as Generals HIDE NUCLEAR CODES?!!
G. One of San Francisco’s two immigration courts to shutter, 8 months early – April 21, 2026
H. WATCH: Dozens Of US Military Veterans Arrested While Protesting Against The Iran War At Capitol Hill – April 20, 2026
I. S.F. activists display 120-foot ‘End U.S. aid to Israel’ banner on Twin Peaks – April 18, 2026
J. . Tanzania: UN experts urge transparency and respect for Indigenous Peoples’ rights in Ngorongoro – April 17, 2026
K. Civil Society Demands World Bank Withdraw from the Board of Peace: Terminate Facilitation of Funding – April 16, 2026
4 PETITIONS
1. Ban Monsanto (Bayer) & Israel Chemicals Ltd’s White Phosphorus Weapons
SIGN: https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/89552/action/1
2. Stop Trump’s Plan to Bring Back the Draft
SIGN: Stop Trump’s Plan to Bring Back the Draft!
3. Tell Congress: Pass Articles of Impeachment to Remove Pete Hegseth!
Tell Congress: Pass Articles of Impeachment to Remove Pete Hegseth! | Win Without War
4. Tell Congress: No Immunity for Big Oil!
EVENTS / ACTIONS
Thursday, April 23 – Sunday, April26
Thursday, April 23
1. Thursday, 4:00pm – 6:00pm, Tell Target to Stand Up To ICE!
Metreon Target:
789 Mission Street. Meet on the sidewalk by the Mission Street entrance.
SF
Join us to say: Until Target acts to protect its workers and guests from ICE, we will not shop at Target!
We will hold signs, hand out flyers, and explain why we must all boycott Target until they Stand Up To ICE!
Bring a sign if you have one.
Info: Tell Target to Stand Up To ICE! : Indybay
2. Thursday, 4:00pm, Panel Discussion with Mahmoud Khalil and his attorney, Mark Van Der Hout.
Knuth Hall
Creative Arts 132
SFSU
SF
RSVP REQUIRED- LINK IN BIO
On March 8th 2025, Mahmoud Khalil was kidnapped and illegally arrested by ICE for his role as a Palestinian student activist for 3 months.
We invite everyone to join us in welcoming Mahmoud Khalil this Thursday and to hear about his important story
Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXUi77ZDScq/?hl=en
3. Thursday, 5:00pm (PT); 8:00pm (ET), RESISTING US/ISRAELI WARS from Venezuela and Cuba to Gaza, Iran and Lebanon
Register online: Meeting Registration – Zoom
VFP members Ann Wright, Josh Shurley and Gerry Condon were among the first international visitors to Venezuela following the January 3 US bombing and kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro and “First Combatant” Cilia Flores.
Ann Wright has subsequently traveled to Cuba with desperately needed humanitarian aid. Ann is currently in the Mediterranean where she will be reporting live from the Gaza Sumud Flotilla.
VFP Executive Director Michael McPhearson will join the webinar to report on the veterans protest this week against the US war on Iran. He was one of 62 veterans who were arrested for peacefully protesting in the Capitol rotunda.
Host: Veterans for Peace & Task force on the Americas
4. Thursday, 8:00pm – 11:00pm, Screening of “Earth’s Greatest Enemy” with Abby Martin Q&A
Roxie Theater
3117 16th Street
SF
Buy Tickets at:
Info: Screening of “Earth’s Greatest Enemy” with Abby Martin Q&A : Indybay
Friday, April 24
5. Friday, 10:30am – 12Noon, Protest the zionist consulate in SF
456 Montgomery St
SF
Come out and let the zionists know that we don’t want them anywhere in the Bay Area !
Bring drums, noisemakers, banners and flags to make a proper ruckus !
FREE PALESTINE
Host: Noise Against Genocide
Info: Protest the zionist consulate in SF : Indybay
6. Friday, 4:00pm – 5:30pm, Weekly Friday Banner Drop for Palestine
I-80 pedestrian bridge
(598 University Ave.)
Berkeley
Israel continues to starve and bomb Gaza, regardless of the ceasefire agreement.
Join autonomous activists every Friday from 4–5:30pm on the I-80 pedestrian bridge in Berkeley. Bring your keffiyehs and your Palestinian flags.
This action has been going strong since April 2024. Let’s keep showing up in force, standing in solidarity, and keeping one another safe.
Free parking is available next to Seabreeze, 598 University Ave.
Info: Weekly Friday Banner Drop for Palestine : Indybay
Saturday, April 25
7. Saturday, 12Noon – 2:00pm, Communities Not Cages: National Day of Action to Stop ICE Warehouse Detention
corner of Van Ness and O’Farrell St
SF
Join us outside as part of a nationwide day of action to oppose the Trump administration’s expansion of ICE warehouse detention and its attack on the due process rights of immigrants and all Americans.
The Department of Homeland Security is moving to lock thousands of people in massive detention warehouses — disappearing them from their families, their lawyers, and their communities. We’re taking to the streets to make clear that we stand for dignity, justice, and the rule of law.
We’ll gather to:
• Show visible, public opposition to ICE detention expansion and the criminalization of immigration
• Stand in solidarity with detained immigrants and the communities fighting to protect them
• Demand that our elected officials defend due process for everyone
This event will take place during our regular Saturday Trump Regime Takedown protest
hosted by Indivisible SF and 50501 SF (organizers of the San Francisco No Kings March) as part of the Communities Not Cages National Day of Action organized by the Disappeared In America campaign and partners including Detention Watch Network, Indivisible, Public Citizen, The Workers Circle, MoveOn and many others.
Info: Communities Not Cages: National Day of Action to Stop ICE Warehouse Detention : Indybay
8. Saturday, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, Attack on BirthrightCitizenship:Trump,SupremeCourt &Poetry Carved Into Angel Islands Walls
Revolution Books
2444 Durant Ave.
Berkeley
Presentations & Discussion:
Carrie Rosenbaum, Professor at the USF School of Law
Jeffrey Leong, poet and author of Wild Geese Sorrow: The Chinese Wall Inscriptions at Angel Island
and Barry Thornton, writer for Revolution newspaper and staff of Revolution Books
On his first day in office, Trump issued an executive order abolishing “birthright citizenship” for people born in the U.S. whose parents were not “legal residents” at the time of their birth. This directly violates the 14th Amendment of U.S. Constitution, which guarantees citizenship to all people born in the United States.
On April 1st, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of Trump’s executive order and will rule probably this summer on whether to submit to the Trump regime’s demand to eliminate birthright citizenship.
The panel will address:
Who was Wong Kim Ark and what can be learned from this case?
Where do things stand now with the case before the Supreme Court?
Why is this under attack now?
What does this say about the rule of law and the increasing fascist attacks on people’s rights?
What is behind the current attack on birthright citizenship? How is this attack connected to the history of the US in how it has treated immigrants, especially those who are not from European countries?
USF Law professor, Carrie Rosenbaum will speak about the landmark Supreme Court case of Wong Kim Ark that established birthright citizenship in 1898 and the significance of the case before the Supreme Court. She is also an immigration lawyer whose research/scholarship is in the area of immigration, race and rights.
Jeffrey Thomas Leong, author and poet, veteran of the Third World Liberation Front and Asian American Studies at UC Berkeley will read from his book, Wild Geese Sorrow: The Chinese Wall Inscriptions at Angel Island, new translations he made of many of the poems carved into the men’s barracks walls. The racist Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 kept out all Chinese except merchants and students. Some Chinese immigrants claimed birthright citizenship as the sons and daughters of citizens. All Chinese were detained at Angel Island until they passed the interrogation by immigration officials. These poems capture the detainee’s deep anger, sorrow, and loneliness and are a powerful testament to human resiliency and perseverance everywhere.
Barry Thornton will speak about how the assault on birthright citizenship, and on immigrants in general, is the cutting edge of the overall fascist clampdown on society, how this is deeply rooted in American history and capitalist development, and why we need a fundamentally different system.
Info: Attack on BirthrightCitizenship:Trump,SupremeCourt &Poetry Carved Into Angel Islands Walls : Indybay
Sunday, April 26
9. Sunday, 12Noon – 1:30pm, A socialist feminist speaks out for renewable energy
Bay Area Freedom Socialist Party
747 Polk St.@ Ellis
SF
7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near Muni #5, 19, 27,
31, 38 and 49
The weather patterns are drastically changing due to the drive for profit and resulting wars. Join the discussion on how to mitigate the damage and reverse the dependence on fossil fuels.
Speaker: Sam Rubin, Freedom Socialist writer and environmental justice activist
See their latest article at https://bit.ly/solar-wind-powersurging
Info: A socialist feminist speaks out for renewable energy : Indybay
10. Sunday, 12:30pm – 2:00pm Environmental Health & Justice Community Seminar
The Swedenborgian Church
2107 Lyon Street
San Francisco
Toxic and Radioactive Waste at the Hunters Point Shipyard Superfund Site: The threat to Our Health and Environment
Join us for a FREE informative seminar and hear from Greenaction, champions of advocacy and organization for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities across the state which suffer unjustly from unhealthy conditions and polluted environments. Come ask questions and find out what you can do to advance health and environmental justice!
This program is hosted by the San Francisco Swedenborgian Church.
Guest Speakers:
Bradley Angel, Executive Director
Shirletha Holmes-Boxx, Climate Justice Policy Advocate
Host: Green Action
Info: Environmental Health & Justice Community Seminar : Indybay
11. Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, Land, Life, and Livelihood: 42nd Cordillera Day Celebration!
1975 Post St.
SF
RSVP: SFCHRP Cordillera Day 2026
Join us for an educational discussion and art-making event to learn about the Justice Brandon Lee campaign and affirm our solidarity with indigenous environmental defenders in the Cordilleras and their struggle against corporate plunder and militarization in the Philippines.
As the US continues to leverage the Philippines as a strategic tool in its rivalry with China, it is indigenous environmental defenders like those in the Cordilleras who are at the forefront of resistance against militarization in the Philippines.
To commemorate Cordillera Day, we’ll create art calling for the cancellation of the upcoming Balikatan exercises and all US-led war games in the Philippines and support for the genuine sovereignty and self-determination of the Filipino people.
