Please hold the following activist in your thoughts…
Jackie Barshak as she is in treatment for Stage 3 lung cancer. She welcomes well wishes.
Iris Biblowitz as she continues to heal from major surgery
Melvin Starks as he continues to heal.
Renay Davisas she continues treatment for cancer.
NOT back posting on a regular basis
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Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
See Indybay for other listings of events
ARTICLES
A. Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill at Least 82 People in Yemen, Including African Migrants – January 24, 2022
Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill at Least 82 People in Yemen, Including African Migrants | Democracy Now!
See Petition # 1
B. High Court Allows Assange to Appeal to Supreme Court – January 24, 2022
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/01/24/high-court-allows-assange-supreme-court-appeal/
C. Walk For “Life” Disrupted by Women’s Rights Protest – January 23, 2022
Walk For “Life” Disrupted by Women’s Rights Protest : Indybay
See petition # 5
D. Buddhist Monk and Peace Activist Thích Nhất Hạnh Dead at 95 – January 22, 2022
Buddhist Monk and Peace Activist Thích Nhất Hạnh Dead at 95 (commondreams.org)
Rest In Peace…Thank you for all you have given the world.
♥ Thích Nhất Hạnh ♥
E. UKRAINE CRISIS: US “Toolboxes’ Are Empty – January 22, 2022
UKRAINE CRISIS: US ‘Toolboxes’ Are Empty – Consortium News
See Petition # 3
F. Total Death From COVID Much Lower Than Reported – January 22, 2022
Total Deaths From COVID MUCH LOWER Than Reported – YouTube
G. SF Police Refuse to Admit Man Killed by Officers Had Airsoft Guns – January 21, 2022
SF Police Curiously Refuse to Admit Man Killed by Officers Had Airsoft Guns (sfstandard.com)
G. Second court victory for Palestine Action – January 20, 2022
Second court victory for Palestine Action | The Electronic Intifada
H. Blaming the Victims—Not the System—for Bronx Fire Deaths – January 19, 2021
Blaming the Victims—Not the System—for Bronx Fire Deaths – FAIR
I. Aafia Siddiqui, Political Prisoner – January 19, 2022
Aafia Siddiqui, Political Prisoner – CounterPunch.org
J. Glenn Greenwald: How Deep State Has WEAPONIZED January 6th – January 6, 2022
8 PETITIONS:
1. President Biden: End ALL U.S. involvement in Yemen
SIGN: President Biden: End ALL U.S. involvement in Yemen | Win Without War
Tell the president it’s time to end ALL U.S. support for the Saudi-and Emirati-led coalition’s war.
2. Don’t Let the Iran Deal Die
SIGN: US Hard Line on Iran Risks Collapse of Nuclear Deal (everyaction.com)
A year into the Biden presidency, he is continuing Donald Trump’s reckless policy towards Iran. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly known as the JCPOA or Iran Nuclear Deal, worked until Trump pulled the US out of it. Biden has so far failed to return to the deal. Because the US won’t rejoin the deal, your administration isn’t talking directly with Iran in the Vienna negotiations. Now tensions are rising again
3. No War in Ukraine
SIGN: No War in Ukraine (actionnetwork.org)
4. Stop Deporting Cameroonian Refugees
SIGN: Add your name: Stop deporting Cameroonian refugees | Grassroots Law
5. Petition to Congress: Demand abortion within reach, regardless of zip code
6. Tell Your Members of Congress to co-sponsor the Burma Act of 2021
SIGN: Tell Your Members of Congress to co-sponsor the Burma Act of 2021 – Action Network
7. Biden: Do Not Designate the Houthis as a Terrorist Organization!
SIGN: Biden: Do Not Designate the Houthis as a Terrorist Organization!- CODEPINK – Women for Peace
8. Tell Liberty & Chubb: Insure Our Future Not Off Shore Oil and Gas!
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Actions Needed on Scheduled Executions this week & Other Death Penalty issues:
Please also hold the families of those murdered in your thoughts/prayers.
Matthew Reeves is scheduled to be executed January 27, 2022, in Alabama
Call Governor Kay Ivey at 313-242-7100
Petition: Stop the Execution of Matthew Reeves in Alabama – Action Network
NOTE: On January 7, 2022, a federal judge issued an injunction that should postpone this execution by allowing Reeves to wait until Alabama’s gas chamber is ready and allowed to be used. This order is based on the fact that Reeves is too intellectually disabled to have signed up to be gassed rather than injected when prison guards passed out the form.
Reeves was 18 years old at the time of the crime. A neuropsychologist determined that he “has significant deficits in multiple areas of adaptive functioning” and because those deficits appeared before age 18, it was concluded that Reeves is intellectually disabled. This information was never presented at trial.
Donald Grant is scheduled to be executed January 27, 2022, in Oklahoma
Call Governor Stitt at 405-521-2342 (Press 0)
Petition: Stop the Execution of Donald Grant in Oklahoma – Action Network
Donald Grant’s mental illness and congenital and acquired brain damage was so severe that it took five years for Mr. Grant to be stabilized where he could somewhat assist his attorneys in his defense. There was no assurance Mr. Grant was even competent to be put on trial, but he was in 2005 and sentenced to death.
The jury who sentenced Mr. Grant to death received limited evidence of his severe, documented mental illness. The jury never saw pictures of Mr. Grant’s visible brain damage or had an expert explain the impact this damage and his undisputed mental illness had on his crime and behavior.
Kevin Cooper: Documentary Film teaser- The People VS Kevin Cooper: Carlson Films
Cooper has been on death row since 1985 for the murder of four people in San Bernardino County in June 1983. Prosecutors said Cooper, who had escaped from a minimum-security prison and had been hiding out near the scene of the murder, killed Douglas and Peggy Ryen, their 10-year-old daughter, Jessica, and 10-year-old Chris Hughes, a friend who was spending the night at the Ryen’s. The lone survivor of the attack, eight-year-old Josh Ryen, was severely injured but survived.
For over 36 years, Cooper has insisted he is innocent, and there are serious questions about evidence that was missing, tampered with, destroyed, possibly planted, or hidden from the defense. There were multiple murder weapons, raising questions about how one man could use all of them, killing four people and seriously wounding one, in the amount of time the coroner estimated the murders took place.
The teaser alone gives a good overview of the case, and helps explain why so many believe Cooper was wrongfully convicted
EVENTS
Monday, January 24 – Saturday, January 29
Monday, January 24
1. Monday, 4:00pm (PT); 7:00pm (ET), FBT – End Family Separation Now
Online registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom
You can submit a comment here: Ensure Trump’s Family Separation Policy is Never Reimplemented – Immigration Justice Campaign
Please join Families Belong Together to take action to end family separation now! We are thrilled to be joined by special guests Kate Melloy Goettel of the American Immigration Council, Leidy Perez-Davis of Asylum Seekers Advocacy Project, and Daniel Galindo of the American Civil Liberties Union who will share their expertise about the latest updates in immigration policy and the ongoing horrors of family separation. Ensuring families are never separated again is going to take all of us–come learn how to take action and join the movement to end family separation!
2. Monday, 4:00pm(Pt); 7:00pm(ET), Meet the Big 5: How the Military-Industrial Complex Controls Politics
Online register: Meeting Registration – Zoom
We talk a lot about the military-industrial complex, but what exactly is it, who makes it up, and why are they so important?
A new coalition groups opposing their local war companies has joined together to form the War Industry Resisters Network, focused on corporate control over US foreign policy.
The political influence of several weapons manufacturers has made these companies extravagantly wealthy, all while the United States has wasted trillions of dollars on military adventurism and destroyed large parts of the Middle East and Central Asia, killing at least hundreds of thousands and displacing tens of millions. The 5 major companies with the most influence and power are:
Raytheon Technologies
Lockheed Martin
Boeing
Northrop Grumman
General Dynamics
We’ll take a look at these companies, their partnership with the US government, and their influence over the US Congress and the Executive Branch, under both Democratic and Republican presidents.
Why, despite public opposition, do military budgets continue to rise and arms sales to authoritarian governments continue?
To answer these questions we’ll be joined by experts including:
William D. Hartung, Christian Sorensen, and more.
Host: Massachusetts Peace Action
3. Monday, 5:00pm (PT); 8:00pm(ET), Prospects for Peace in Korea in 2022
Online registration: Meeting Registration – Zoom
Simone Chun, Ph.D., researcher in US foreign policy in the Korean Peninsula; former Assistant Professor at Suffolk University; currently a member of Korea Peace Network, associate at Korea Policy Institute and Board of Advisors at CodePink. She will speak on the 2022 South Korean presidential election and the Korea peace movement.
Jessica Lee is a Senior Research Fellow on East Asia with the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. She previously led the Council of Korean Americans to advance the voice and influence of the Korean American community.
Host: New England Korea Peace Campaign
Tuesday, January 25
4. Tuesday,4:00pm (PT); 7:00pm(ET), Orwellian Control, Public Denial, and the Murder of President Kennedy
Online registeration: Meeting Registration – Zoom
Does understanding the true nature of American society matter in our struggle to turn the United States toward peace? If so, what light does the assassination of President Kennedy and its cover-up throw on this issue?
Continuing a discussion which began with our webinar about James Douglass’ JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters. We will be exploring these questions with Dr. Martin Schotz, author of History Will Not Absolve Us: Orwellian Control, Public Denial, and the Murder of President Kennedy available for free online at https://ratical.org/ratville/JFK/HWNAU/ . Of central importance is the President’s June 10, 1963 American University address about world peace. For a commentary on this speech and its context see https://ratical.org/ratville/JFK/JFKatAUjubilee.html .
Host: Massachusetts Peace Action
Wednesday, January 26
5. Wednesday, Food Not Bombs Food Share (Weekly)
In person
Food Pickups: 110 Julian Avenue-3:00PM to 4:00PM–Help Needed!
Cooking: 110 Julian Avenue–4:00 PM to 6:30 PM–Help Needed!
Sharing: 16th and Mission BART Plaza–6:30 PM–Help Needed!
Cleaning Up: 110 Julian Avenue–after Cooking–6:30 PM – 7:30 PM–Help Needed!
Please note: servings may be canceled in the event of heavy rain!
Info: Serving Info | San Francisco Food Not Bombs (sffnb.org)
Thursday, January 27
6. Thursday, 12:00Noon – 1:30pm, Defend 5,000 Striking South African Clover Workers
In person
San Francisco Israeli Consulate
456 Montgomery St.
SF
Global Day of Action
Defend 5,000 Striking South African Clover Dairy Workers
Rallies In New York, Los Angeles & San Francisco At Israeli Consulates
Actions will be held at Israeli consulates, embassies, South African consulates, embassies, and the Israeli bank Mizrahi Tefahot which is owned by the Wertheim family and is the third largest bank in Israel.
Clover is the largest dairy company in South Africa with 5,000 workers. In 2019, the ANC government allowed it to be taken over by the Israeli billionaire Wertheim family. They promised to protect jobs until October 2022, but they are now laying off thousands and shutting plants in rural communities with plans to import Israeli product. The company also imposed a 20% cut in wages.
The South African Federation of Trade Unions, General Industrial Union of South Africa, and Food and Allied Workers union are also demanding that the company be nationalized and that it be run under workers control. They are also supporting an international day of solidarity action.
The Wertheim family also control the Coca-Cola franchise through the Central Bottling Company, CBC.
They support and fund Israeli settlements on Palestinian land and the Israeli Defense Forces. They also have a Coca-Cola plant on Palestinian land.
On January 18th, in an escalation of the attacks on striking workers by Clover bosses, rubber bullets were fired at workers injuring them at the Clover Clayville plant in Johannesburg. The use of rubber bullets by Clover’s private security forces is linked up directly with the treatment of Palestinians except they use bullets to terrorize and murder Palestinians.
Workers’ demands are clear:
1. The unconditional re-instatement of all retrenched workers
2. The complete scrapping of all austerity measures including the 20% salary cuts
3. The disinvestment of Milco SA/CBC
4. Nationalization of Clover SA and its complete trans- formation into a co-operative run by workers and com- munities.
Host: United Front Committee For A Labor Party UFCLP
Info: Defend 5,000 Striking South African Clover Workers : Indybay
Friday, January 28
NO Mothers on the March at SF Police Officers Association today
Saturday, January 29
7. Saturday, 10:00am (PT); 1:00pm (ET), Restoring our Environment with Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh
Online registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom
The struggle to heal a land degraded by occupation and colonialization
In this webinar, Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh will describe the catastrophic environmental impact of Israeli settler colonialism on the land of Palestine. He will also share how Palestinian civil society organizations are working to research, educate about and conserve Palestine’s natural world, culture and heritage in the face of the Israeli state’s human rights and environmental abuses. The talk will be followed by a Q&A.
Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh is founder and volunteer director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) at Bethlehem University (http://palestinenature.org). Qumsiyeh published over 160 scientific papers, over 30 book chapters, and several books on topics ranging from cultural heritage to human rights to biodiversity conservation to cancer
Host: Middle East Children’s Alliance, US Palestinian Community Network, AROC + Other groups
Info: (1) Restoring our Environment with Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh | Facebook
8. Saturday, 11:00am (PT); Haiti at the Crossroads: Rebuilding Popular Democracy
Webinar registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Haiti is now at a crossroads. Hundreds of organizations, including Fanmi Lavalas, the people’s party, have signed onto the Montana Accord, calling for the end of the dictatorship and a new transitional government. The ruling PHTK party is now totally isolated, dependent on U.S. support for survival.
Please join the Haiti Action Committee for a webinar as we begin our 30th year of solidarity with the popular movement in Haiti.
We will discuss the fast-changing events on the ground in Haiti as well as the ongoing refugee crisis, which has seen over 10,000 Haitians deported back to Haiti from the U.S. over the last few months.
For more information, contact the Haiti Action Committee at action.haiti@gmail.com or go to www.haitisolidarity.net
9. Saturday, 11:00am-3:00pm (PT); 2:00pm-6:00pm(ET), Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War: Rebuilding a Broader Movement
Online registration: Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War: Rebuilding a Broader Movement (everyaction.com)
With Congress appropriating funds for new and upgraded nuclear weapons and delivery systems, the need to counter these misguided policies has become acute. The 2022 Conference will follow the general pattern of previous conferences, but with increased emphasis on coordinating efforts of advocates, and expanding outreach to organizations and constituencies outside the world of nuclear disarmament advocates.
See site for agenda & breakout sessions: https://masspeaceaction.org/event/reducing-the-threat-of-nuclear-war-rebuilding-a-broader-movement/
Host: Massachusetts Peace Action
Save the Date
Tuesday, February 1, 1:00pm (PT); 4:00pm (ET), Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and All Anti-Racist and Anti-Imperialist Freedom Fighters!
Online registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom
(This is an international webinar)
Answering the call to action from the 338,000 members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) for an international campaign to free Mumia Abu-Jamal, labor organizations, political and social justice activists as well as prominent individuals from around the world will assemble on February 1, 2022, for an online, global forum to demand:
For International Workers Action—
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and All Anti-Racist and Anti-Imperialist Freedom Fighters!
You can read about the updated speakers list and endorsements here: https://www.facebook.com/IWAFAPP/
Host: International Workers Action
