By Adrienne Fong
Am not back posting on a regular basis.
Please include Accessibility and ASL info in your events! And if your action is ‘child friendly’ These are JUSTICE issues!!
*** ASL interpretation – Let me know if your event needs this service .***
Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
See Indybay for other listings of events
Articles are in two sections – 2nd section is on SF DA Brooke Jenkins and homicide of Sean Moore by SFPD officer
ARTICLES
A. – WATCH: ASSANGE APPEAL — The US-UK Deception – July 6, 2023
WATCH: ASSANGE APPEAL — The US-UK Deception (consortiumnews.com)
B. At Least 45 Percent of US Tap Water Contaminated with PFAS “Forever Chemicals” – July 6, 2023
At Least 45 Percent of US Tap Water Contaminated With PFAS “Forever Chemicals” – Truthout
See Petition # 4
C. Biden Nominates Elliott Abrams To Public Diplomacy Commission – July 5, 20 23
https://popularresistance.org/biden-nominates-elliott-abrams-to-public-diplomacy-commission/
D. Historic Win for Free Speech: Judge Blocks Biden Admin from Censoring Dissent on Social Media – July 5, 2023
Kim Iverson
E. As We Celebrate Independence, the US Stifles Freedom Around the Globe – July 4, 2023
https://truthout.org/articles/as-we-celebrate-independence-the-us-stifles-freedom-around-the-globe/
F. In Jenin, Israel is unveiling the next phase of apartheid – June 30, 2023
In Jenin, Israel is unveiling the next phase of apartheid (972mag.com)
See Petition # 1
G. Supreme Court Rejects Cases Testing Liability Shield for Police – June 30, 2023
Supreme Court Rejects Cases Testing Liability Shield for Police (bloomberglaw.com)
ARTICLES – RE DA Brooke Jenkins and Homicide of Sean Moore by SFPD officer:
– On Wednesday, July 12th there will be a press conference/ protest (More info soon)
-On Tuesday, July 18, Court hearing on DA’s office ot dismiss case against SFPD’s office Kenneth Cha.
1. ‘They’re clowning us’: Boudin-era prosecutors dispute rationale for dropping final SFPD shooting case – July 5, 2023
https://missionlocal.org/2023/07/theyre-clowning-us-boudin-era-prosecutors-dispute-rationale-for-dropping-final-sfpd-shooting-case/
2. DA Jenkins prosecuted Sean Moore before dropping charges vs. cop who killed him – July 5, 2023
3. DA Brooke Jenkins to drop last SFPD police shooting case, family says July 2, 2023
4. Last SF police shooting case inches toward trial after long delays June 29, 2023
4 PETITIONS
1. Impose Financial and Military Sanctions on Israel for War Crimes
SIGN: Petition · Impose Financial and Military Sanctions on Israel for War Crimes · Change.org
2. Say NO to a nearly $1,000,000,000,000 Pentagon budget
3. Tell Congress: Boycott Kevin McCarthy’s Commission to Cut Social Security
SIGN: Take Action! (actionnetwork.org)
4. Hold PFAS polluters accountable! (Forever chemicals)
SIGN: Hold PFAS polluters accountable! (ewg.org)
EVENTS / ACTIONS
Thursday, July 6 – Tuesday, July 11
July Listing of: LABORFEST 2023 Events: LaborFest 2023 | LaborFest 2023
Thursday, July 6
1. Thursday, 12Noon (PT); 3:00pm (ET), Power Hour For Jenin – Mass Call To Learn & Take Collective Action
Online registration: Meeting Registration – Zoom
Hear the latest on Jenin….
This week, we watched with horror as the Israeli military laid siege to the occupied Palestinian city of Jenin and the crowded Jenin refugee camp, launching airstrikes, bombing the Jenin Freedom Theater, cutting off water and electricity, and trapping thousands of Palestinian civilians inside.
Channel your anger and devastation into action by joining JVP’s Power Hour for Palestine on Thursday, July 6 at 12pm PT / 3pm ET. We’ll come together to learn what’s most important to understand and take collective action to end U.S. military funding to Israel’s apartheid regime.
Info: Facebook
2. Thursday, 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PT); 6:00pm-7:00pm ET, #Climate Emergency: The People Have Solutions Teach-in w/ 350.org
Online event register:
RSVP: https://350org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpde-grD4iE9eHgAhpO6PqRZSqYW6lXXXJ#/registration
Spanish interpretation
Join 350.org for an exciting lineup of speakers for you, including activists from the frontlines of the fights against pipelines in Appalachia and Tanzania and Uganda, to the struggle to preserve the Weelaunee Forest (Stop Cop City) in Atlanta, and the Maine ballot initiative on energy.
They’ll share updates on their work, draw connections between our struggles, and provide a sneak peek into how 350 US plans to tackle the energy crisis through utilities companies — and more details about how you can get engaged this summer and fall.
Between extreme weather events like the ongoing Canadian wildfires and the approval of new fossil fuel projects like the Mountain Valley Pipeline, it’s clear that our mission to end the era of fossil fuels and switch to justly sourced renewable energy is increasingly important.
Info: #Climate Emergency: The People Have Solutions Teach-in w/ 350.org : Indybay
Friday, July 7
3. Friday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Revolutionary Friday: SHUT DOWN The San Francisco Police Officers Association
In person
SF Police Officers Association
800 Bryant St. (at 6th St.)
SF
Action is outside on the flat sidewalk (no incline)
All are welcomed to participate in Revolutionary Friday activities.
We stand and chant, hold signs and banners and chalk the sidewalk, bringing attention to the crimes of the SFPD, and calling District Attorney, Brooke Jenkins: Resign!
No more stolen lives!
Demands:
– Charge & Jail All Killer Cops with Murder!
– Abolish The Police
–Create a new unarmed entity controlled by the COMMUNITY they are to serve and protect
– Declare the Police Officers Association A Non-Grata organization
– Abolish The ‘Officers Bill Of Rights’
– this document has been used to protect officers from prosecution
– Call on SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to RESIGN!
Brooke Jenkins says she advocates for police accountability, she has failed to commit to her word.
Her recent actions:
On June 30th, Darby Williams from Jenkins office called the family to say she was dismissing the case against SFPD officer Cha. This was the day after a court hearing where she agreed for a preliminary hearing
– On Wednesday, July 12 at 11:00am there will be a press conf/ protest. More info soon
– Next court date is Tuesday July 18 (where she will dismiss the case)
On May 15th, Jenkins announced that she would not be filing charges against Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, the private security guard who shot Brown.
On May 19th her office officially dismissed the case against former SFPD officer Christopher Samayoa, for the killing of Keita O’Neil
On May 11, 2023, Jenkins dismissed the charges on SFPD’s officer Christopher Flores for the shooting of Jamaica Hampton
Host: Revolutionary Workers United Front
Info: POA: Shut it Down! : Indybay
4. Friday, 7:00pm, Nasser Mohajer discusses Voices of a Massacre
In person
Revolution Books Berkeley
2444 Durant Ave
Berkeley
A Special Event with Nasser Mohajer discussing his book, Voices of a Massacre, Untold Stories of Life and Death in Iran, 1988
Revolution Books is very excited to host Nasser Mohajer. Voices of a Massacre speaks deeply to the nature of the Iranian regime and to the current moment when the courageous mass uprising in Iran which was sparked by the September, 2022 murder of Mahsa Amini for “improper hijab” is facing extreme repression, including torture, secret trials, and executions. The International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners Now is a co-sponsor of this event.
About the Author
Nasser Mohajer is an independent scholar of modern Iranian history, author of many books and articles on contemporary Iran, including on the prison systems, the women’s movements for equal rights and histories of the Iranian left. He currently resides in Paris.
See site for more info
Info: Nasser Mohajer discusses his book,Voices of a Massacre : Indybay
Saturday, July, 9
5. Saturday, 1:00pm, Free Mumia Now! Book Launch & Panel (Part of Laborfest 2023)
In person
Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics
518 Valencia St.
SF
Masking requested
ZOOM link: Zoom link:
Speakers:
Eliot Lee Grossman, attorney for Mumia Abu-Jamal, 2001-2003
Rachel Wolkenstein, attorney for Mumia Abu-Jamal, 1995-1999
Gerald Smith, Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
The Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal (LAC) cordially invites you to a panel discussion to launch a new book on the Mumia Abu-Jamal case written by his former attorney, Eliot Lee Grossman. Mr. Grossman represented Mumia, with his colleagues Marlene Kamish, British barrister Nick Brown, and J. Michael Farrell, from 2001-2003, and saved his life by convincing a federal judge to overturn his death sentence, a decision later upheld on appeal.
The panel includes attorney Rachel Wolkenstein who, as head of the Partisan Defense Committee, brought Mumia’s case to national and international prominence, represented Mumia from 1995-1999 with co-counsel Jonathan Piper, and investigated, discovered and developed new evidence of Mumia’s innocence. Ex-Black Panther Gerald Smith will also speak on behalf of the LAC.
Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing by the author. Join our panelists to discuss how the labor movement and its allies can revitalize the international campaign to Free Mumia Now!
Info: LaborFest 2023 | Free Mumia Now! Book Launch and Panel
Sunday, July 9
6. Sunday, 12:30pm Towards a Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines! (Lunch & Learn)
In person RSVP: Tinyurl.com/peacenotAPEC
Bethany United Methodist Church
1270 Sanchez St.
SF
Join Bethany United Methodist Church and San Francisco Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines as we welcome a special guest from the Philippines, Snap Mabanta of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines. Along with Brandon Lee of SFCHRP, they will provide us insight into the impacts of failed economic policies promoted by APEC and other similar frameworks imposed by the US and how those policies fuel the human rights crisis in the Philippines.
In partnership, the Presbyterian Church (USA), National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) and the International Coalition for the Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) – US have invited Snap to tour the US to amplify the urgent need to resume peace talks in the Philippines and support genuine peace and justice in the Philippines. Click here to see the national speaking tour schedule.
About Jimarie Snap Mabanta
Snap is the Program Assistant in Program Unit of Faith, Witness, and Service (FWS) of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines from 2014 – 2023. Her work covered human rights, migration, and human trafficking.
Currently she serves as a Secretariat member to the Churches Witnessing with Migrants (CWWM), a tripartite international platform for advocacy and forthright action focused on global migration, particularly forced migration in all its forms. In the national level, she is a member of the Secretariat of the Philippine Interfaith Movement Against Human Trafficking, an alliance formed by the Roman Catholic, Evangelicals and the Protestants in the Philippines for advocacy against trafficking in the country. She is also the lead coordinator of the Consortium ‘United Against Online Sexual Exploitation of Children’.
Tuesday, July 11
7. Tuesday, 4:00pm, Laguna Hospital JCC Meeting
In person or online
In person
101 Grove St., Rm 100
SF
Phone: and phone call-in (415-655-0001, Code 2599 353 8517 #, #, press *3 to speak)
Agenda: July 11, 2023 LHH JCC Meeting | San Francisco (sf.gov)
From SF Gray Panthers:
As our Call to Action explains, the big questions are: When will LHH be recertified and resume admissions? Will closure and the deadly eviction of residents, currently scheduled for Sept. 19, occur, and when? Are all levels of government acting to avoid a state-wide crisis in the shortage of Med-CAL nursing home beds? Please read our ‘Call to Action’” SF GRAY PANTHERS (panther-gray.web.app) and testify in-person, by phone, or by email. No Closures! No Evictions! No Bed Cuts! Restart LHH admissions! Provide housing and treatment for SFs mentally ill and substance users separate from Laguna Honda, a nursing home.
