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 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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ARTICLES
A. Why is the White House stealing $7bn from Afghans – February 16, 2022
Why is the White House stealing $7bn from Afghans? | Moustafa Bayoumi | The Guardian
See petition # 1
B. Trudeau’s Power Grab Is Unconstitutional | Opinion – February 15, 2022
Trudeau’s Power Grab Is Unconstitutional | Opinion (newsweek.com)
C. Harrowing Drone-Strie Testimony at US Senate – February 10, 2022
D. Meet the Investors Behind the PHC Oil Palm Plantations in DRC – February 8, 2022
Meet the Investors Behind the PHC Oil Palm Plantations in DRC | The Oakland Institute
E. WATCH: 2-minute video on the 78 Palestinian children killed by Israel in 2021, and the 1 Israeli child killed by Palestinians – January 27, 2022
WATCH: 2-minute video on the 78 Palestinian children killed by Israel in 2021, and the 1 Israeli child killed by Palestinians (israelpalestinenews.org)
7 PETITiONS
1. Humanitarian relief for Afghans
2. Demand an Immediate Global Ban on Gain-of-Function ‘Biomedical’ and ‘Biodefense’ Research!
3. Don’t Gut SF Surveillance Ordinance
SIGN: Don’t Gut SF’s Surveillance Ordinance (salsalabs.org)
4. FDA: Protect Americans from heavy metal exposure
SIGN: FDA: Protect Americans from heavy metal exposure (consumerreports.org)
5. Fully Restore Clean Water Act Protections for All Waters of the United States
6. Stop letting broken systems fail formerly incarcerated American
SIGN: Stop letting broken systems fail formerly incarcerated Americans (actionnetwork.org)
7. Cancel Student Debt
SIGN: CANCEL STUDENT DEBT | American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org)
EVENTS
Thursday, February 17 – Monday, February 21
Thursday, February 17
1. Thursday, 7:00am – 9:00am, Freeway Bannering & Walking for Peace with Russia
In person
On Footbridge over I-80, just south of University Ave.
Access to foot bridge on both sides of fwy.
Good parking on SW corner of I-80 and University Ave, off of bayside frontage road.
Berkeley
Wear mask
Join Codepink In solidarity with Russians and Ukrainians who have the most to lose!
We’ll divide into two groups.
7:00 – 8:00am, One group will walk around Aquatic Park while the other group banners.
8:00-9:00am, We’ll switch rolls.
Info from Toby
2. Thursday, 9:00am, Trial of SFPD’s Terrance Stengal (Case # 20013301)
Hall of Justice
850 Bryant St. Dept. 27 (2nd Floor)
SF
Important for people to come out to show support for the D.A.’s case against SFPD’s Terrance Stengal for “excessive use of force” on
Dacari Spiers in 2019.
Tomorrow (Thursday) there will be one witness for the prosecution (D.A.’s office)
Court adjourned before noon today
Remaining known schedule:
-NO court on Friday 2/18; nor on Monday,2/21
-Trial resumes on Tuesday 2/22 at 9:00am
3. Thursday, 12Noon, Save Our Port; Save Our Schools
In person
(Oakland City Hall)
Oscar Grant Plaza
Oakland
All out for Oakland youth! No cuts or closures
Both unions are fighting privatization!
– In the Port against the Oakland A’s new stadium
-The teachers are fighting against school closures
Oakland! Tomorrow Longshore Workers will shut down the port on Thursday to hold a noon rally at Oscar Grant Plaza with Oakland teachers & students!
The City Council of Oakland is pushing ahead to give GAP-A’s billionaire owner John Fisher hundreds of millions of dollars of city and state funds for his private stadium, hotels and 3,000 1 million-dollar condos that will wreck the Port of Oakland and drive out working class Black and Brown community members.
The same City Council members also claim they are against privatization of the schools in Oakland, but they ignore the fact that Fisher and his family control KIPP and Rocketship charter schools and even the president of A’s Dave Kaval is on the board of Rocketship. Why are they helping him and his agenda?
Info from APTP: (2) Facebook or Stop Privatization & Union Busting! DUMP A’s Fisher Stadium Scam & OUSD School Closures : Indybay
Friday, February 18
4. Friday, 12Noon – 1:00pm, “Mi Maria”: First Hand Accounts of Surviving Puerto Rico’s Devastating Hurricane
On line register: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Voice of Witness presents their latest book Mi María: Surviving the Storm, an account of Puerto Rico’s devastating Hurricane María told by first-person narrators.
On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María pummeled Puerto Rico for over thirty hours. As brutal as the storm was, the real catastrophe was yet to come. Lack of government support left many in the archipelago without electricity, clean drinking water, food and medical care for months. Years later, Puerto Rico is still recovering.
Mi María: Surviving the Storm brings together seventeen stories of perseverance and community that ask what it means to be a US citizen in a colonial context, how communities come together in the wake of disaster and how precarity is exacerbated for those on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
Co-hosts: Voice of Witness & San Francisco Public Library
Info: “Mi María”: First Hand Accounts of Surviving Puerto Rico’s Devastating Hurricane : Indybay
5. Friday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm,Shut Down the SF Police Officers Association
In person
SF Police Officers Association (outside)
800 Bryant St. (@ 6th St.)
SF
RESIST with Mothers On The March, Black & Brown for Justice and Equality, Family’s who loved ones have been killed by cops from SFPD, and the Community.
– Demand the San Francisco Police Officers Association Be Shut Down!
– The SF Police Officers Association Be Declared a Non Grata Organization
– Call for the abolishment of the ‘Officers Bill of Rights’
– Jail Killer Cops – demand killer cops be charged with murder.
– Abolish the Police
The POA has supported and defended officers who have executed people in our communities.
Telephone: (415) 554-6141
Email: MayorLondonBreed@sfgov.org
Contact list of SF Board of Supervisors
https://sfbos.org/roster-members
6. Friday, 4:00pm – 6:00pm, Carl Dix speaks at Rev Bks NY Bringing Back Stop & Frisk and NYPD Street Crimes Units
Online registration: Carl Dix: “Eric Adams’ Blueprint to End Gun Violence is War on the People” Tickets, Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite
Livestream
Bringing Back Stop & Frisk and NYPD Street Crimes Units…
Eric Adams’ Blueprint to End Gun Violence is a
War on the People.
Why That Is True, and the Revolution We Need to End the System Responsible For These and Other Horrors!
Eric “Oinker” Adams, with the blessing of “mass incarceration Joe” Biden, is rolling out a war on the people: escalating police terror and murder against Black and brown people.
Get into it with Carl Dix and a panel including voices of those whose lives and families have been devastated by this country’s criminal “injustice” system.
Host: Revolution Books
Info: Carl Dix speaks at Rev Bks NY Bringing Back Stop & Frisk and NYPD Street Crimes Units : Indybay
7. Friday, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, “Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust” Virtual Screening and Talk
Virtual event
Join us on the eve of the 80th anniversary of Day of Remembrance for a virtual screening of acclaimed documentary, MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST, followed by a live dialogue with the filmmaker and special guests. From the majestic peaks of the snow-capped Sierras to the parched valley of Payahuunadü, “the land of flowing water,” MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST poetically weaves together memories of intergenerational women. Native Americans, Japanese-American WWII incarcerees and environmentalists form an unexpected alliance to defend their land and water from Los Angeles.
Learn more about the film at: https://www.manzanardiverted.com/.
Host: Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Info: “Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust” Virtual Screening and Talk : Indybay
Saturday, February 19
8. Saturday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, The People’s Rally For Healthcare
In person
Lake Merritt, Oakland, by the Lake Merritt Amphitheater, the corner of 12th Street and Lake Merritt Blvd.
CalRedBerets and Red Berets of San Francisco, part of the nationwide network of Red Berets for Medicare for All who work to build solidarity among all healthcare justice activists across the US, is presenting this rally in honor of Black History Month
We are gathering at Lake Merritt, Oakland, to express our frustration and displeasure at the killing of AB1400/CalCare bill, to call for the purging of the Dark Money in politics and to demand the elected of this state and nation to prioritize the health of our communities.
Confirmed speakers include: Shahid Buttar (congressional candidate, district 12), Eric Curry (also congressional candidate, district 12), Janani Ramachandran (candidate for Oakland City Council), Compton Jay (Revolutionary Blackout Network), Shareef Snuggs (International Health care Coalition) and others.
Info: The People’s Rally for Healthcare : Indybay
9. Saturday, 1:30pm – 2:30pm, Hate Has No Home Here
In person
Webster Street Pedestrian Walkway over Geary Blvd.
SF
With the rising incidents of hate crimes against our Asian brothers and sisters, we declare San Francisco a place of LOVE.
May this year of the Tiger be a peaceful one filled with love!
Please join us if you’re free.
And ask your friends and neighbors to join us too!
Bring your own signs if you’d like.
And, please observe COVID safety measures (masking and distancing).
Gung Hay Fat Choy!
Host: Martha
Info: Hate Has No Home Here : Indybay
Sunday, February 20
10. Sunday, 1:00pm-4:00pm, Black Women Fire Up the Movement for Reproductive Justice
Online register in advance: On Zoom:tinyurl.com/BHM-2022
The war on abortion access and reproductive rights is mounting daily. In the crosshairs of these assaults, Black women are leading the fightback. Hear from grassroots organizers about how you can help build a militant, multiracial movement that is centered on demands that leave no one behind.
Celebrate Black History Month in a vibrant discussion about reproductive justice for all.
Info: Black Women Fire Up the Movement for Reproductive Justice! : Indybay
11. Sunday,1:15pm, Nomad Kurdish FilmFest
Roxie Theater
SF
Tickets: NOMAD KURDISH FILMFEST #2 – Roxie
LAKFF presents a new series of monthly screenings:
‘Nomad Kurdish FilmFest’ is a traveling Festival with monthly screenings of critically acclaimed Kurdish films.
This month we bring you:
The Little Refugee
The most heart-wrenching image of 2015 is that of a 3-year-old Syrian-Kurdish boy, dressed in a red shirt and blue jeans, washed up on a Turkish beach. His name was Alan Kurdi, and he was one of the 12 Kurdish refugees who died when their flimsy boat capsized during a desperate attempt to escape the war in Syria. This tragedy inspired the Little Refugee, a poetic interpretation of Alan’s faith by Batin Ghobadi, an Iranian-Kurdish filmmaker. Ghobadi’s magic realistic chronicle of Syrian refugees is a beautiful and emotional reminder of the tragic faith of displaced people.
The Mandarin Tree
This beautiful short story from Cengiz Akaygün, the German-born Kurdish filmmaker, is an intimate ode to the power of symbolism and hope. Sirin, a young Kurdish girl, draws a colorful bird for her father who’s a political prisoner. When her drawing is being rejected by the prison guards for being an “anarchist symbol”, she’s devastated. But soon after she learns that regimes might be able to chain people, they cannot imprison ideas.
The Stain
The Stain is an intimate portrait of war trauma. A stunning short film written and directed by Shorsh Wakili, a graphic designer-turned filmmaker from Rojhalat, Kurdish Iran. An ex-soldier working in a movie theater battles a blood-red stain that appears on screen every time a war film plays. The more he fights the stain, the bigger it gets until it drips onto the floor and leaves a puddle. Unable to remove the stain, the man must face his unresolved trauma about his life in the military.
Info: (2) Nomad Kurdish FilmFest | Facebook
Monday, February 21
12. Monday, 6:00pm – 7:00pm, Monthly Gathering at Alex Nieto’s Altar with Refugio and Elvira Nieto
In person
Alex’s Altar
Bernal Hill
SF
All are welcomed to stand with Refugio and Elvira Nieto, the parents of Alex.
Alex 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 same time declined to file criminal charges against the four officers.
March 4th is Alex’s Birthday
March 21, 2022 is the 8th Angelversary of Alex’s murder.
