By Adrienne Fong
Am not back posting on a regular basis
Many events are listed on Indybay that might be of interest to you
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 are divided into two groups. Second group is on Palestine
ARTICLES
A. San Francisco Spent More Than $11M on Staff Overtime, $7M for Parties During APEC – December 13, 2023
https://sfstandard.com/2023/12/13/san-francisco-apec-summit-spent-millions-host-world-leaders/
B. EPA ‘Safe’ Limits for Pesticides on Food Geared Toward Adults, Not Kids
C. S.F. DA Brooke Jenkins faces blowback after saying homeless people should be made ‘uncomfortable – December 13, 2023
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/brooke-jenkins-homeless-uncomfortable-18547794.php
D. DA foiled in excluding police shooting from trial of man shot by police – December 12, 2023
DA foiled in excluding police shooting from trial of man shot by police (missionlocal.org)
E. Radioactive Objects Found at San Francisco’s Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Raise New Concerns – December 7, 2023
Radioactive Objects Found at San Francisco’s Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Raise New Concerns | KQED
PALESTINE
A. RFS Song to the World (Turn on the sound – words are written in English)
B. US Losing Allies on Gaza – December 13, 2023
US Losing Allies on Gaza (consortiumnews.com)
C. US Homeland Security staff accuse leadership of turning ‘blind eye’ to Gaza – December 13, 2023
D. Forcible Transfer of Gazans Is a Crime Against Humanity – December 13, 2023
Forcible Transfer of Gazans Is a Crime Against Humanity (consortiumnews.com)
E. West Bank fighters say Israel war on Gaza inspires more resistance – December 12, 2023
West Bank fighters say Israel war on Gaza inspires more resistance | Occupied West Bank | Al Jazeera
F. CAIR-SFBA Joins Parents, Workers, and Clergy Members at Sit-in Urging Elected Officials To Stop Funding Genocide – December 12, 2023
G. Millions Stand Up Worldwide in Solidarity with Palestine
Millions Stand Up Worldwide in Solidarity with Palestine : Indybay
2 PETITIONS
1. GAP: Stop exploiting workers in Bangladesh!
SIGN: GAP: Stop exploiting workers in Bangladesh! (eko.org)
2. Tell Congress: A vote for a ‘fiscal commission’ is a vote to cut Social Security and Medicare!
SIGN: Take Action! (actionnetwork.org)
Call the President & your elected officials RE Palestine!
White House Comment Line
Open Tuesday-Thursday 11am-3pm EST
(202) 456-1111
Email Contact Page: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Suggested demands:
Stop US funding of military aid and weapons to Israel
-Tell them you oppose the use of American aid to pursue inhumane collective punishment
-Prioritize the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid to alleviate the suffering in Gaza
-Permanent Ceasefire
Senator Alex Padilla
(202) 224-3553 DC office
If voicemail box is full, try Senator Padilla’s other office locations: (415) 981-9369 San Francisco office; (916) 448-2787 Sacramento office, (559) 497-5109 Fresno office; (310) 231-4494 LA office; (619) 239-3884 San Diego office
Email Contact Page: https://www.padilla.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/
Senator Laphonza Butler
(202) 224-3841 DC office
415-393-0707 SF office
https://www.butler.senate.gov/
Congressional Switchboard
(202) 224-3121
EVENTS / ACTIONS
Thursday, December 14 – Monday, December 18
AROC’s List of Bay Area Solidarity Events With GAZA
Arab Resource and Organizing Center (araborganizing.org)
Thursday, December 14
1. Thursday, 2:00pm, Emergency Rally to Save Asylum
Meet at:
1 Post St.
SF
BAY AREA: Congress is on the verge of enacting legislation that could effectively end asylum for people fleeing danger. Join CGRS and Carecen SF in SF tomorrow for an emergency rally to #SaveAsylum!
Info: Facebook
2. Thursday, 4:30pm, SHUT DOWN GOOGLE – NO AI FOR GENOCIDE‼
Meet at:
1 Market St.
SF
Mask required
Google is profiting off of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians!
This has been named the first AI-powered genocide. Google’s “Project Nimbus” is a 1.2 Billion dollar contract that provides powerful AI tools to Israel, making Google directly complicit in this genocide.
As the brutal military siege on Gaza has escalated and taken tens of thousands of Palestinian lives, Google has ramped up internal pressure within the company to silence the voices of workers of conscience demanding an end to Project Nimbus.
Host: Palestinian Youth Movement, Jewish Voice for Peace, No TECH For Apartheid
Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/C0sCHLgSH9U/
3. Thursday, 5:00pm – 7:00pm, Emergency Town Hall: Save the Redstone Labor Temple
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
2868 Mission St.
SF
The Redstone Labor Temple on 16th St. is a community space in the Mission.
Landlords clearing buildings for artificial intelligence start-ups moving into the Mission District is causing displacement of community serving organizations and community event spaces.
Come out for a town hall community forum to discuss preserving community spaces in the Mission.
Info: Facebook
4. Thursday, 5;00pm (Pt); 8:00pm (ET), Rush To Kill: Trump’s Federal Execution Spree Revisited
Online registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom
We will be joined by George Hale and others who bore witness to the federal execution spree. George Hale is a reporter with Indiana Public Media who covered the thirteen federal executions that took place in the final six months of the Trump Administration. Listen to his fascinating eight-part podcast here (https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1205108509/w-f-i-u-rush-to-kill), which notes Death Penalty Action’s leadership in opposing the executions in episode eight!
Host: Death Penalty Action
Friday, December 15
5. Friday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Revolutionary Friday: Stop U.S. Funding for Genocide; End the Occupation
San Francisco Federal Building
90 7th Street (Corner of Mission & 7th St.)
San Francisco, CA
Revolutionary Friday, will be at the SF Federal Building this Friday, Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s office is located there. Representative Pelosi as well as President Biden, the two California senators, Padilla and Buttler continue to vote for funds for military aid and weapons to Israel. All are resisting the peoples call to stop funding Israel and for a ceasefire in Gaza. All are complicit in the genocide of the Palestinian People!
All are welcomed to join the Revolutionary Workers Front and Mothers On The March, to demand and end to the genocide, illegal and violent occupation and apartheid inflicted on Palestinians by the Zionist Israeli government.
We have banners, signs, and chalk for sidewalk messaging. You are also welcomed to bring your own homemade messages.
Update December 13. It is cold and rainy season in Gaza. The IDF continues to bomb Gaza and the West Bank, abduct children, women and men. At least 18,608 + Palestinians have been killed by Israeli
attacks since October 7, many more people remain buried in the rubble
Stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine! Call Out the U.S. governments complicity with the genocide of the Palestinian people.
WE CALL FOR:
• AN END TO ALL U.S. MILITARY AID AND WEAPONS TO ISRAEL
• AN END TO THE BLOCKADE OF PALESTINE
• A CEASEFIRE on the Palestinian people by the Zionist government
• BOYCOTT, DIVEST AND SANCTION ISRAEL
• END THE APARTHEID / COLONIALIZATION OF PALESTINE
Our RESISTANCE to U.S. policy makers is important to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine / Gaza.
VIVA VIVA PALESTINA!
Info: Revolutionary Friday: Stop U.S. Funding for Genocide; End the Occupation : Indybay
6. Friday, 5:30pm Stop Greenwashing the Philippines NO to the 123 Nuclear Agreement
RSVP Online registration: Meeting Registration – Zoom
Join Bayan USA, Malaya Movement USA, Kabataan Alliance, and ICHRP USA for an online speakout against further greenwashing, plunder, and militarization of the Philippines!
The Section 123 nuclear agreement signed between the US and Philippine governments last month would allow the US to export nuclear technology and material to Manila. While President Marcos Jr. claims the so-called “peaceful nuclear cooperation” to be an alternative energy solution for the Philippines, in reality this deal will only worsen the social and economic crises oppressing Filipinos and compromise the safety of their lives and lands. Join us to learn more about why we must oppose this deal and how to get involved in fighting back in your region!
7. Friday, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, Haight Ashbury Peace Vigil – December 2023
Corner of Masonic and Fell in the Golden Gate Park Panhandle, San Francisco
The December vigil will be this coming Friday night, December 15. We will be at our usual location–Masonic and Fell, in the Panhandle, between 6 and 8 pm. Sunset is now about 4:50 pm, so this will be another entirely nighttime vigil. The forecast (as of Tuesday night) is for mostly cloudy skies, with temperatures starting in the mid-fifties and dropping to the low fifties. Please dress for the weather.
We will have our usual signs,candles, music, and snacks. We invite you to join us for 5 minutes, or for the whole two hours.
Info: Haight Ashbury Peace Vigil – December, 2023 | Facebook
Saturday, December 16
8. Saturday, 1:00pm. Labor 4 Palestine Rally-Permanent Ceasefire/No US Military Aid To Israel/ End Occupation
Oscar Grant Plaza
(Next to Oakland City Hall)
Oakland
Nr. 12th Street BART
Labor Demands:
A Permanent Ceasefire
No US Military Aid for Israel
End the Occupation
Wear your union t-shirt and bring your union or labor banner.
Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza Resolution for the Executive Board, ILWU Local 10
Whereas, the ILWU has always defended Palestinian rights; and
Whereas, In 1988 & 1991 the ILWU Convention passed multiple resolutions in the Liberation of Palestinian people; and
Whereas, Local 10 took action in defense of Palestinian rights when the Israeli army bombed the headquarters of Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions in the West Bank in February 2002; and
Whereas, in 2010, 2014 and 2021, Local 10 did not work ships of Israeli Zim Line ships when there were protests against the repression of the Palestinians, and in the last case notified other locals on the Coast that this was “hot cargo” from Zim; and
Whereas, the repression of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza is worse than the conditions in South Africa under apartheid; and
Whereas, this October 7, Hamas organized a breakout attack from Gaza after which nearly 1,300 Israeli civilians were killed in an indefensible attack. The UN calls Gaza an “open air prison” of 2.2 million Palestinians. Under such repressive conditions it is no surprise that there would inevitably be a rebellion but this in no way justifies Israel’s genocidal bombing of civilians in Gaza, now approaching 10,000 mostly children, women and innocent civilians; and
Whereas, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions has made an appeal to unions worldwide for solidarity with the Palestinians; and
Whereas, the ILWU Local 5 Executive board along with other Unions like UE, UAW 2865, OEA, have all passed resolutions calling for Ceasefire in Gaza and the rest of Palestine;
Therefore be it resolved, that in this dire emergency Local 10 demand a ceasefire of Gaza & send a message to the PGFTU expressing our solidarity and our determination to take action in their defense consistent with our actions in the past and ILWU’s principled position of defending Palestinian rights.
Therefore may it be further resolved, that ILWU Local 10 call on elected officials demanding a ceasefire, and an end to the Israeli Apartheid.
Be it finally resolved, that ILWU Local 10 send a copy of this resolution to the ILWU international and district councils encouraging them to pass similar resolutions. We additionally call on other trade unions both nationally and internationally to support the PGFTU, a ceasefire and an end to Israeli apartheid oppression.
US Labor Has Long Been a Stalwart Backer of Israel. That’s Starting To Change
Host: Labor For Palestine
Info: Labor 4 Palestine Rally-Permanent Ceasefire/No US Military Aid To Israel/ End Occupation : Indybay
9. Saturday, 2:00pm – 5:00pm, Action San Francisco: Demand Senator Alex Padilla call for ceasefire now
Gather at Senator Alex Padilla’s Office
333 Bush St.
SF
Gather at Senator Alex Padilla’s office in San Francisco to demand immediate unconditional, cease-fire, immediate humanitarian relief, and an end to US military aid to Israel.
Info: ACTION SF: Demand senator Alex Padilla call for ceasefire | Facebook
Sunday, December 17
10. Sunday, 2:00pm, Film: Roadmap to Apartheid & the Struggle Today Against US Funded Israeli Genocide
Companeros Del Barrio
474 Valencia St.
SF
Roadmap To Apatheid expose the connection between the South Africa apartheid regime.
With a comparison between apartheid South Africa and the Israel/Palestine conflict, this doc traces the future of one conflict from the past weaving the history of apartheid into the complex issues facing Israelis and Palestinians.
It also looks at the Israeli trade union Histadrut. The Histadrut supported apartheid regime in South Africa and supports the racist apartheid system. The AFL-CIO leadership also support the Histadrut and the Zionist regime and have been silent about the genocide.
In this tour de force video, award winning documentary, two first-time directors, a white South African and a Jewish Israeli, use their own experiences to examine the apartheid analogy commonly used to describe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Narrated by Alice Walker (The Color Purple), Roadmap to Apartheid is as much a historical document of the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa, as it is a film about why Palestinians feel they are living in an apartheid system today, and why an increasing number of people worldwide are beginning to agree with them.
The film compares the many similar laws and tools used by both Israel and apartheid-era South Africa, and also points out where the analogy is less applicable. The audience will see what life is like for Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and inside Israel while gaining a deeper understanding of the conflict with the help of respected analysts. Combined with archival material and anecdotes from South Africans, the film forms a complete picture as to why the analogy is being used with increasing frequency and potency.
Discussion To Follow Film
Sponsored by
Revolutionary Workers Front and United Front Committee For A Labor Party
Info: Screening of Roadmap to Apartheid & the Struggle Today Against US Funded Israeli Genocide : Indybay and Film: Roadmap to Apartheid & the Struggle Today Against US Funded Israeli Genocide | Facebook
11. Sunday, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, Book Discussion on Ten Myths About Israel at Revolution Books
Revolution Book
2444 Durant Ave.
Berkeley
In this world, which is tearing apart, with raging genocide and fascists coming to power, revolution is urgently needed – and possible. For real and lasting change, we need to understand the real history of this country and Israel.
The outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of Israel.
This book addresses key questions crucial for everyone who wants to find out about the reality of Israel and to stand with humanity. Pappe examines the “ten myths” including:
· Before the creation of Israel, Palestine was an empty land, and the Jews were a people without a land.
· Zionism and Judaism are the same.
· Zionism is not a colonial project of occupation.
· The Palestinians left their Homeland voluntarily in 1948.
· Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.
Info: Book Club Discussion on Ten Myths About Israel at Revolution Books : Indybay or Book Discussion – Ten Myths About Israel | Facebook
Monday, December 18
12. Monday, 8:00am Press Conference & Support: For the Bay Bridge 78
Hall of Justice (outside for press conference)
850 Bryant St.
SF
Wear black & keffiyahs
Please come out to support the people who blocked the SF Bay Bridge on November 16, during No2APEC as Biden was speaking at the CEO Summit
Arraignments for the 78 arrested on the Bay Bridge will begin on Monday, December 18. Charges have yet to be filed by the DA, preparations are being made for when they are filed.
Court dates for arraignments are scheduled every day this week Monday 12/18 – Friday, 12/22.
PACK the COURTROOM for EVERYDAY court is in session!! Those arrested have had their court dates divided up. Will post more info as it becomes available.
Thank you in advance.
