Please hold Melvin Starks in your thoughts as he continues to heal.
NOT back posting on a regular basis
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See Indybay for other listings of events
ARTICLES:
A. Muhammad and Martin – January 17, 2022
Muhammad and Martin (bmetrack.com)
B. Watch & Listen: Debut of New Song on Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning & Aaron Swartz – January 14, 2022
Please sign petition #2
C. Congressional action shows OSHA vaccine mandate is a bald-faced power grab – January 10, 2022
Congressional action shows OSHA vaccine mandate is a bald-faced power grab | TheHill
D. China denies US report it’s rapidly growing its nuclear arms – January 6, 2022
China denies US report it’s rapidly growing its nuclear arms (defensenews.com)
E. On normalizing relations with Cuba, where is Nancy Pelosi? – January 7, 2022
https://48hills.org/2022/01/on-normalizing-relations-with-cuba-where-is-nancy-pelosi/
F. In Tapachula, Thousands of Haitian Migrants Wait to Be Resettled
In Tapachula, Thousands of Haitian Migrants Wait to Be Resettled | NACLA
G. When Momma and Me Lived Outside – One Family’s journey thru Houselessness (about 8 min. long)
When Momma and Me Lived Outside -One Family’s journey thru Houselessness… – YouTube
“When Momma and Me Lived Outside”, Poor Magazine’s super hero origin story, has just been accepted at The IndieFest Film Awards!
4 PETITIONS
1. Tell the California Assembly to Support CalCare
SIGN: Tell the California Assembly to Support CalCare (salsalabs.org)
2. Petition calling on organizations and individuals for Freedom for Julian Assange
3.Tell the Senate: Stop subsidizing fossil fuels and dirty energy!
What’s bad in the Build Back Better Act? The subsidies for dirty energy include:
· Nuclear power production
· Biofuels, including funding for biofuels development, and the Biofuels Infrastructure Program
· Carbon Capture and Storage, including coal, fracking, and enhanced oil recovery projects
· Hydrogen power production that depends on fossil fuel energy
· Waste-to-energy production, which is incineration of municipal solid waste that produces high levels of local pollution
4. Urge Biden, Garland, Congress, SCOTUS: Demolish the Death Chamber & Abolish the Death Penalty
Congress: Abolish the Federal & Military Death Penalty – Action Network
EVENTS
Wednesday, January 19 – Sunday, January 23
Wednesday, January 19
1. Wednesday, 8:30am, Court Hearing of SFPD’s Officer Kenneth Cha for homicide of Sean Moore
In person
We will be standing outside the
Hall of Justice
850 Bryant St.
SF
All are welcomed to stand for Justice for Sean Moore, and to support the Moore Family. Come if you can.
JUSTICE FOR SEAN MOORE!
JAIL KILLER COPS!
Signs welcomed.
Criminal | Superior Court of California – County of San Francisco (sfsuperiorcourt.org):
| 21010958 | CHA, KENNETH | HEARING | 850 BRYANT ST | 9 | 09:00 AM |
Sean Moore, a 43 year old disabled African-American male, was shot by the SFPD (Officer Kenneth Cha) on January 6th, 2017.
Sean died in January 2020.
See FB page for history: (1) FREE SEAN MOORE ! | Facebook
2. Wednesday, 12Noon – 1:00pm, Enough Is Enough! No Public Funded Stadium in Port of Oakland For Billionaire A’s Owner
In person
Oakland City Hall
Oscar Grant Plaza
Oakland
Wear mask
It is time to call a halt to the A’s billionaire owner John Fisher’s plans for a stadium in the Port of Oakland. Why are Oakland politicians and some union officials pushing spending $700 million for a privately owned stadium, hotels and 4,000 million-dollar condos for the wealthy? We need to stop this racist gentrification project at the port.
On January 19th, there will be another environmental hearing to approve the EIR that this project will follow the environmental rules. This is another charade. State politicians Nancy Skinner and Rob Banta with the support of Governor Newsom changed the rules to allow the port to be destroyed by the billionaire’s development and for it to be funded by hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money.
While thousands are homeless in Oakland, they want Fisher who also owns the GAP and controls the KIPP and Rocketship charter school chains to take more control of the Oakland Community. Community activists and trade unionists will be speaking out against public money for this billionaire’s development scheme.
This project will also destroy 80,000 maritime jobs of ILWU and other maritime unions at the port which is critical to the Bay Area. Where will the thousands of trucks park but in the West Oakland neighborhoods. The mayor and the Port Commission and it’s chair Andreas Cluver who is also head of the Alameda Building Trades really don’ t care since they are taking orders from Fisher.
Reject the EIR Report
No Union Busting In The Port Of Oakland
Working Class Housing With Public Funds
Stop Allowing Billionaires to Rip Off The People of Oakland
Initiated by United Front Committee For A Labor Party UFCLP
Endorsed by Melody Davis
Info: Enough Is Enough! No Public Funded Stadium In Port Of Oakland For Billionaire A’s Owner : Indybay
3. Wednesday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm(PT); 4:00pm – 5:00pm (Et), Virtual Town Hall on Black Maternal Health w/ ERA Coalition & FWE
Online RSVP: Meeting Registration – Zoom
Join the ERA Coalition and Fund for Women’s Equality as we talk to experts and advocates in the field of Black maternal health. We’ll discuss the need for Black maternal health prioritization in the fight for health equity, and the ways forward.
Opening recorded remarks from Rep. Lauren Underwood, co-chair of the Black Maternal Health Caucus
Speakers include:
– Breana Lipscomb, Senior Advisor of Maternal Health & Rights
Center for Reproductive Rights
– Linda Villarosa, Writer on Black maternal health
New York Times Magazine
– Charles Johnson, Founder of 4 Kira 4 Moms
Closing recorded remarks from Rep. Alma Adams, co-chair of the Black Maternal Health Caucus
Info: Virtual Town Hall on Black Maternal Health w/ ERA Coalition & FWE : Indybay
4. Wednesday, 3:00pm, Oakland Planning Commission Public Hearing – Re: Final Environmental Impact Report for proposed ballpark at Howard Terminal
Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82519936593
How to make public comment-
- Raise hand in Zoom once the item related to Howard Terminal is announced.
- Howard Terminal is a public hearing and is item #2 on the agenda, so comment will not be taken during Open Forum at the very beginning of the meeting.
See below site for details and suggested talking points
For info: Planning Commission Info + Talking Points 1.19.22 – Google Docs
Info from East Bay Housing Organizations
Thursday, January 20
5. Thursday, 12:00pm, CCSF – Stop Layoffs and Class Cuts
Online via zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2880330680…
ID 288 033 0680 Password 131457
Phone in at 1-669 900 9128, then punch in 288 033 0680 and #, then 131457 and punch # again
We Demand:
-No Layoffs of CCSF Classified Staff and Faculty employees. Rehire student employees. Cut the number of administrators and consultants, and stop privatization of public education.
-Schedule more classes to meet the needs of students and to encourage enrollment growth. Restore programs that have been reduced.
-Use the COLA for employee pay as is done at other colleges–not for the hiring of more consultants and lawyers, some of whom are being paid to help institute more layoffs.
-Build The Performing Arts Education Center (PAEC) Immediately–No More Stalling—The PAEC is a building the people of San Francisco have voted to fund three times starting in 2001, and it has still not been built!
Info: Facebook or (Town Hall Event Moved To Zoom) Rally At SF City College To Stop Layoffs/Class Cuts & Zero Covid : Indybay
6. Thursday, 3:30pm – 5:00pm, The Future of Reproductive Justice: With Roe v. Wade in Peril, What Comes Next?
Online register: Fiction or Reality: The Future of Reproductive Justice Tickets, Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite
we invite you to join National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) for a spirited virtual discussion with a panel of experts from academia, journalism, and fiction writing.
Panelists:
· Leni Zumas, author of Red Clocks
· Khiara M. Bridges, Law Professor, Berkeley Law
· Caitlin Cruz, Senior Reporter, Jezebel
Moderated by NAPW’s founder and executive director, Lynn M. Paltrow.
What does a post-Roe world look like? What does the future of the reproductive justice movement hold? And what is the role of narrative—the stories we tell, the way we tell them, and whose voices are included or omitted—in debates about abortion rights, “fetal personhood,” and bodily autonomy? Each of our panelists is uniquely poised to address the role of narrative and storytelling in the current reproductive justice movement.
Info: The Future of Reproductive Justice: With Roe v. Wade in Peril, What Comes Next? : Indybay
Friday, January 21
No presence at SF Police Officers Association today will resume on Friday, January 28
7. Friday, 6:00pm – 7:00pm, Monthly gathering with Refugio and Elvira Nieto – at Alex Nieto’s Altar
In person
Alex’s Altar
Bernal Heights
SF
All are welcomed to stand with Refugio and Elvira Nieto, the parents of Alex
Alex Nieto was unjustly murdered by SFPD officers Jason Sawyer, Richard Schiff, Nathan Chew and Roger Morse with 59 bullets
The DA’s Office, (under George Gascon) at the time declined to file criminal charges against the four officers
March 21, 2022 will be the 8th Angelversary of Alex.
March 4th is Alex’s birthday.
8. Friday, 7:00pm- 8:30pm, The Crisis in SF Public Education
Virtual forum register: Webinar Registration – Zoom
On December 14, the San Francisco Board of Education voted 6 to 1 to cut $50 million from the classroom budget as part of a plan to close a $125 million deficit. This cutback will devastate our schools and communities. But there is a growing movement to oppose these cuts.
Join us to talk about this crisis in public education in one of the richest cities in the country, and learn how we can all fight back.
Featured speakers:
- Frank Lara – Vice President, United Educators of San Francisco
- Nathalie Hrizi – Vice President of Substitutes, UESF
- Meghann Adams – President, SMART Local 1741, school bus drivers union
Host Party for Socialism and Liberation
Info Virtual Forum: The Crisis in SF Public Education : Indybay or The Crisis in SF Public Education | Facebook
Saturday, January 22
9. Saturday, 11:30am, Rise up to defend abortion rights!
In person
Meet at:
Phillip Burton Federal Building and Courthouse
450 Golden Gate Ave.
SF
11:30am Rally Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Ave (at Larkin), San Francisco
1:30pm Speak Out at Civic Center, SF
National Mobilization For Reproductive Rights
January 22 is the anniversary of the historic Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. Almost fifty years later, this right may be overturned unless the movement that won it is rebuilt. The majority are for abortion rights, so now is the time to show up and fight to keep this option.
The National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice calls on all feminists, LGBTQ+ activists, working people, and defenders of human rights to come out and fight for the full range of issues that comprise reproductive justice.
In addition to a rally and speak out for the necessity of all peoples to control their own bodies, we’ll also have a counter-presence at the anti-abortion “Walk for Life” rally beforehand.
call 415-864-1274 or email reprojustice.sf@gmail.com
Hosts: Reproductive Justice SF, Radical Women, U.S. and Freedom Socialist Party Bay Area
Info: Rise up to defend abortion rights! | Facebook and Rise Up to Defend Abortion Rights! : Indybay
10. Saturday, 12:30pm – 3:30pm, Break all the Chains, Unleash the Fury of Women as a Mighty Force for Revolution
In person gather at
Powell & Market Sts
SF
ABORTION ON DEMAND AND WITHOUT APOLOGY!
“WALK FOR LIFE” = WALK FOR FEMALE ENSLAVEMENT!
FORCED MOTHERHOOD IS FEMALE ENSLAVEMENT!
BREAK THE CHAINS, UNLEASH THE FURY OF WOMEN, AS A MIGHTY FORCE FOR REVOLUTION!
PROTEST AGAINST the thousands of Christian Fascists – the so-called “Walk for Life” – who will invade San Francisco on Sat. Jan 22, the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. They are marching because they are determined to deny women the right to abortion! Because they are determined to slam women’s backwards… And the Supreme Court, stacked with Christian fascists, is poised to gut and very possibly completely end women’s right to abortion.
See site for more info
Host: Revolution Club Bay Area
Info: Break all the Chains, Unleash the Fury of Women as a Mighty Force for Revolution! : Indybay
Sunday, January 23
11. Sunday, 10:00am (PT); 1:00pm (ET), The World Stands Up To Sanctions
Online register: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Sanctioned countries are fighting back and finding ways around the US imposed economic sanctions.
Sanctions have been imposed on around 42 countries by the United States in order to help create dissent to push for regime change. These sanctions primarily hurt the people of the sanctioned countries. This is especially true during the COVID pandemic as the US denies countries vaccines and medical equipment.
But sanctioned countries are now working together and finding ways around these sanctions. Learn what is happening as the World Stands Up to Sanction.
Speakers include:
Francisco Campbell – Nicaraguan Ambassador to the US
Carlos Ron – Venezuela’s vice minister for North America
Deacon Yoseph Teferi – Chairman of Ethiopian American Civic Council
Foad Izaadi – Assoc. Prof. , University of Tehran
Erica Jung – Nodutdol – Korean grassroots org.
Elias Amare – Eritrean Am. Journalist
Host: The United National AntiWar Coalition and Sanctions Kill Coalition
