By Adrienne Fong
Am not back posting – have listed a few actions for this week
Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
See Indybay for other listings of events
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 .***
ARTICLES
A. SF among first to install state’s CARE Court to aid mentally ill – September 28, 2023
SF CARE Court to help with serious mental health issues | The City | sfexaminer.com
B. Breed looks for political points by finding more ways to punish poor people – September 27, 2023
C. Caitlin Johnstone: Neocons Love the Ukraine War – September 27, 2023
D. Israel’s Fingerprints Are All Over the Ethnic Cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh – September 27, 2023
See petition # 3
E. 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers prepared to strike if labor deal not reached – September 25, 2023
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/kaiser-strike-contract-negotiations/3326514/
See event # 10
4 PETITIONS
1. Sign On: Stop Cop City
SIGN: SIGN ON: Stop Cop City! (actionnetwork.org)
2. It’s time the Pentagon – NOT essential services saw budget cuts!
SIGN: It’s time the Pentagon — NOT essential services —saw budget cuts! | Win Without War
3. Pass the Supporting Armenians Against Azerbaijani Aggression Act
SIGN: Pass the Supporting Armenians Against Azerbaijani Aggression Act – Action Network
4. Tell President Biden that Israel Does Not Belong in the Visa Waiver Program
SIGN: Tell President Biden that Israel Does Not Belong in the Visa Waiver Program (everyaction.com)
Petitions for Scheduled October Executions (Click on the name to sign)
October 3, 2023 at 6:00 pm ET:
Michael Zack in Florida
October 10, 2023 at 6:00 pm CT:
Jedidiah Murphy in Texas
October 23, 2023 at 6:00 pm CT:
William Speer in Texas
EVENTS / ACTIONS
Friday, September 29 – Wednesday, October 4
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
1. Friday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Revolutionary Friday: FREE PALESTINE! Israel Stop the Genocide of Palestine
Israeli Consulate
456 Montgomery St.
SF
All are welcomed to participate with the Revolutionary Workers Front and Mothers On The March in front of the Israeli Consulate to demand an end to the horror inflicted on Palestinians by the Zionist Israeli government.
There has been an escalation of Israeli military and settler violence that has seen 2023 become the deadliest year for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the Second Intifada.
NO U.S. FUNDING FOR GENOCIDE, OCCUPATION And APARTHEID Of PALESTINE!
FREE PALESTINE
BOYCOTT, DIVEST AND SANCTION ISRAEL
BOYCOTT BIRTHRIGHT
THERE ARE NO “CHOSEN PEOPLE
Abductions by the occupation forces are increasing even that of children.
On Wednesday, 9/27/23
“… five Palestinians, near Jenin, Tulkarem, and Hebron, in the northern and southern parts of the occupied West Bank…”
Photo is from an earlier abduction .
Photo: IMEMC News
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
2. Saturday, 11:00am – 12Noon, Solidarity with Cuba Human Billboard
Grand Lake Theater
3200 Grand Ave.
Oakland
Bring signs and banners to support the campaign to remove Cuba from the U.S. Government’s “State Sponsor of Terrorism” List, which further isolates Cuba from international investments and trade. This human billboard, sponsored by the Bay Area Cuba Solidarity Network & Venceremos Brigade Bay Area Committee, will also demand an end to the U.S. blockade of Cuba. Let Cuba Live! Cuba isn’t a terrorist nation! Join us in front of the Grand Lake Theater
Info: Solidarity with Cuba Human Billboard | Facebook
3. Saturday, 12Noon – 1:30pm, N. California UAW Solidarity Rally:Victory For UAW Auto Workers Your Fight Is Our Fight
GM Cruise Lot
530 10th St./Bryant (nr. COSTCO)
SSF
Let’s join together to let GM and the auto bosses know we have the back of UAW strikers and their struggle for justice.
80 % of workers support strike
Info:
N. California UAW Solidarity Rally:Victory For UAW Auto Workers Your Fight Is Our Fight : Indybay
The UAW workers are fighting for all of us. All workers need a 32-hour work week for 40 hours pay, a COLA on their wages and end to two tiers. They want defined pensions for all workers and a living-wage with a 40% pay increase.
They are also fighting for AI and robotics to benefit them instead of the auto bosses who want to eliminate 40% of the workers with EV vehicles and substandard jobs and wages at US subsidized battery plants.
GM owned robotic taxi company Cruise is trying to destroy thousands of driver jobs with their robontaxis. They are blocking the streets and on August 14th, an injured pedestrian died when two Cruise robotaxis blocked the road.
The fight of the striking SAG-AFTRA and Writers to demand control of the introduction of AI is a fight for healthcare workers, Teamsters, and education workers. A victory for them will be a victory for all union members and working people. Over 80,000 Kaiser workers will be strike on Oct 4 and other workers are fighting for contracts. It is time to unite all these struggles to win.
We are calling for solidarity actions in the US and around the world on September 30 to show this is a global fight for all working people.
The Republicans also want to shut down the govern- ment to force wage cuts and massive cutbacks on social services. If the government is shut down by these union busters and reactionaries, we need to give them a real shutdown by organizing a general strike to really shut- down the country. It’s past time that all working people stand up to the continuing assault on the lives of working people and the oppressed in this country.
4. Saturday, 3:00pm, STOP COP CITY – From Atlanta to the Bay Stop Police Militarization in our Communities
Kennedy Plaza i
(23rd St & Brookside Dr)
San Pablo
STOP COP CAMPUS!
The City of San Pablo plans to build a $43 million police training center and shooting range for cops around the Bay Area. The people of San Pablo and the Bay Area oppose this expansion of police power because of cops long history of harassing, abusing, incarcerating, and killing Black and Brown people.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1
5. Sunday, 9:00am – California: A Slave State, by Jean Pfaelzer
In person
Unitarian Universalists of SF
1187 Franklin St.
SF
Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://zoom.us/j/98107855084?pwd=QmxySTFPZWZCSFE5a1AvWlhJN2UzQT09
Meeting ID: 981 0785 5084 Passcode: 752327
9:00 In Person at UUSF: coffee/tea, breakfast available for nominal fee, socializing
9:30 Program begins and Zoom online as listed below
10:15 Questions, Discussion
Jean Pfaelzer is a commentator, historian, and professor of American studies at the University of Delaware. A life-long Californian, she has written extensively for popular and academic audiences on the state’s origins, and has authored many books on 19th Century American studies, especially about California.
Her most recent book, California, A Slave State, upends our understanding of slavery as a North-South struggle. In deep research across three centuries, vivid storytelling and interviews, she documents that our state’s beginnings and sunny utopian prosperity have a history of brutal multiracial bondage, resistance, and servitude that persists today. As other states are banning the teaching of our true history in schools and academia, her work stands out as a beacon of light and hope for the future.
Info: California: A Slave State, by Jean Pfaelzer : Indybay
6. Sunday, 10:00am – 5:00pm, 25th Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair
Humanist Hall
390 27th St.
Oakland
Wheelchair accessible.
N95 or KN95 masks required before 11:30 am and optional from 11:30 on.
Some ASL available
The Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair is an annual event that brings together people interested and engaged in radical work to connect, learn, and discuss through books and information tables, workshops, panel discussions, skill sharing, films, and more! We seek to create an inclusive space to introduce new folks to anarchism, foster a productive dialogue between various political traditions as well as anarchists from different milieus, and create an opportunity to dissect our movements’ strengths, weaknesses, strategies, and tactics.
. Please see https://bayareaanarchistbookfair.com for accessibility information and further
Info: 25th Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair | Facebook or Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair : Indybay
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2
7. Monday, 2:00pm – 4:30pm, SF Speak Out-Stop Attacks On Civil Service &. Outsourcing/Privatization Using Non-Profits
SF City Hall
1 Dr. Carleton B. Goodlett Pl
Room 400, 4th Floor – elevator access
SF
Come submit / voice your opinion!
The Commission gives approval of non-profit organizations
.Executives of non-profits receive high salaries and benefits. Their workers receive significantly less pay and no essential benefits like healthcare.
There is no oversight nor accountability of Non-profit organizations.
– Demand equal pay for equal work!
– Demand that Non-profit organizations be held accountable1
About 2 years ago during the ‘pandemic’ many city employees were fired for refusing the vaccine. Now only a select people were given back their jobs and benefits. Many were not given their jobs back.
Despite your opinion on the vaccine – it should be an individual choice. Other counties, like Alameda did not fire their employees.
Function of Civil Service Commisison: https://sf.gov/departments/civil-service-commission :
-“We hold public hearings to learn more about city contracts, city hiring, and unfair treatment of employees in City departments. We also review and develop employment rules and policies.”
Info: SF Speak Out-Stop Attacks On Civil Service &. Outsourcing/Privatization Using Non-Profits : Indybay
8. Monday, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, No to FBI War on Black Liberation: Days of Reparations – Oakland, CA
OakStop
1721 Broadway
Oakland
No to FBI War on Black Liberation: Days of Reparations – Oakland, CA Registration, Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite
Chairman Omali Yeshitela will also be at SFSU on Tuesday – see Indybay for listing
The Uhuru Solidarity Movement presents “The Uhuru 3” on U.S.- wide speaking tour to expose U.S. Department of Justice baseless charges against African People’s Socialist Party leader Chairman Omali Yeshitela and two reparations activists working under his leadership.
Learn about the FBI’s July 29th, 2022 violent, pre-dawn raids on the Uhuru Movement and the bogus “Russian agent” charges attacking Yeshitela’s decades of struggle for reparations and black economic development, and how to help raise reparations to Black Star Industries!
Speakers:
Chairman Omali Yeshitela
Penny Hess, African People’s Solidarity Committee Chair
Jesse Nevel, Uhuru Solidarity Committee Chair
Info: Oakland Day of Reparations to African People 2023: “No to FBI War on Black Liberation” : Indybay
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3
9. 6:00pm – 9:00pm, Tuesday, From Howl to Now: Book Bans in the U.S.
Online via ZOOM Register: RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-howl-to-now-book-bans-in-the-us-tickets-694787978547
City Lights Bookstore San Francisco in conjunction with PEN America present FROM HOWL TO NOW: BOOK BANS IN THE U.S. – Moderated by Ipek Burnett with appearances by Nic Stone, Becky Calzada, Leela Hensler, and Summer Lopez.
During Banned Books Week, City Lights and PEN America bring together authors, librarians, and student activists to discuss the alarming rise in book bans across the country. They share insights, observations, and methods to counter the suppression of books that address issues pertaining to race, gender, and sexuality. Ever timely, their conversation is a powerful call to action to stand up for the freedom to read.
See Indybay site for list of panelist.
Info: From Howl to Now: Book Bans in the U.S. : Indybay
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4
10. 3 – Day Strike at Kaiser Hospital – If contract not reached
SF Kaiser
2425 Geary Blvd.
SF
Please come out to show support for Kaiser workers if they go on strike
Some of Kaiser workers are only making $18.00/hr
Kaiser has also been ‘out-sourcing’ care to non-union groups.
11. Wednesday, 4:00pm – 6:00pm, Global Days of Action: Yes to Peace In Ukraine: No to War Profiteering
Demo is in 2-parts
4:00pm
BlackRock Financial Investments
400 Howard Street (between First and Fremont Sts)
San Franciisco, CA
5:00pm
Montgomery BART station, (Market St, between Montgomery and Sansome), SF
This gathering, sponsored by Peace in Ukraine Coalition (peaceinukraine.org), is coordinated with the Global Days of Action (Sept. 30-Oct. 8th) calling for a “Ceasefire & Diplomacy: Not More War in Ukraine”.
4PM: Meet us at war profiteer BlackRock’s San Francisco headquarters (400 Howard St, SF…at First St) to challenge their investment practices. BlackRock profits not only from arms sales to Ukraine but aims to profit from Ukraine’s reconstruction at the war’s end. Shortly before 5PM, we walk to nearby Montgomery BART. (see below)
5PM: Meet us at the Montgomery BART station, (Market St, between Montgomery and Sansome), to speak with and flyer BART patrons about war profiteering and ending the war through peaceful diplomacy.
Info: Global Days of Action: Yes to Peace In Ukraine: No to War Profiteering : Indybay
SAVE the DATES
October 21, Saturday – World Wide actions being planned against war in Ukraine.
– Local demo in the Bay Area will be at Travis AFB, where the military equipment to Ukraine is being sent from.
October 21, Saturday, 3:00pm – 5:00pm, Event on Haiti with Mrs. Mildred Aristide, in Oakland
November 11 & 12, No to APEC! People’s Counter Summit and Actions Against APEC in SF, Nov. 11 & 12, 2023
No to APEC! People’s Counter Summit and Actions Against APEC in SF, Nov. 11 & 12, 2023 (google.com)
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) is coming to San Francisco in November to establish major international trade deals. The ministers and businesses involved prioritize corporate profits over people’s needs while crafting agreements that will impact over 3 billion people around the world.
The trade deal that will be the focus of these trade talks is called the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). IPEF already includes fourteen countries, and between them, would set rules governing approximately 40% of the global economy. More countries are expected to join IPEF, too, and it could become the template for new trade deals around the world.
IPEF would usher in a major increase in the power of multinational corporations, more offshoring of jobs during an already severe unemployment crisis, easy access to personal data by corporations and governments for surveillance and profit motives, deregulation of price and product quality standards, and the further erosion of democratic governance in countries throughout the Pacific. We must not let this deal for the rich pass without a fight!
