By Adrienne Fong
List of Calendar of Events from AROC: https://www.araborganizing.org/events/
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
ARTICLES
A. Lawsuit to block US aid to Israel over campaign against Hamas dismissed – January 31, 2024
https://www.courthousenews.com/lawsuit-to-block-u-s-aid-to-israel-over-campaign-against-hamas-dismissed/
B. Where Are the Progressives as Biden Marches Toward War? – January 31, 2024
Opinion | Where Are the Progressives as Biden Marches Toward War? | Common Dreams
C. Yemen’s Houthis Speak to MintPress About U.S. Attacks, Their Blockade of Israel – January 30, 2024
Yemen’s Houthis Speak to MintPress About U.S. Attacks, Their Blockade of Israel (youtube.com)
D. Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan’s online rant spurs threats to supes, police reports – January 30, 2024
SF supes receive threats in mail following CEO Garry Tan’s tweets (missionlocal.org)
E. American Medical Association won’t stand up for Gaza’s health workers – January 29, 2024
American Medical Association won’t stand up for Gaza’s health workers | The Electronic Intifada
F. A Radically Different World Since Assange’s Indictment – January 29, 2024
A Radically Different World Since Assange’s Indictment (consortiumnews.com)
G. US and UK Also Committing Genocide Crimes in GAZA; Former UN Official – January 26, 2023
US and UK also committing genocide crimes in Gaza: Former UN official (therealnews.com)
H. Alabama carries out nation’s first execution with nitrogen gas
I. Video by Art Kock – outside Oakland Federal Building – Aerial view – January 26 – turn on your sound
J. Photos by Peg Hunter on Facebook from Oakland Federal Court House – January 26
A Federal Court hears charges of failing to prevent, and aiding and abetting genocide, filed against Biden, Blinken and Austin – Oakland, CA
Today, inside the Federal Building in Oakland, a federal court heard a lawsuit brought against President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Austin. Palestinian plaintiffs charge them with complicity in Israel’s genocide of the people of Gaza.
Outside the courthouse, hundreds of people filled 14th street to carefully unroll long sections of white paper filled with the names of 6,700 Palestinians killed in the first month following October 7th. The finished white banner of names measured 220′ long and was held on one side by people wearing green and on the other side by people wearing black, with a triangle of people wearing red at the top, to signify the Palestinian flag.
Directly in front of the courthouse, others painted the street with a huge and beautiful street mural reading “BIDEN: COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE – NO BOMBS TO ISRAEL”, and groups in the Plaza gathered in other creative ways to stand in solidarity with the plaintiffs, represented by Center for Constitutional Rights, who were pleading their case inside.
4 PETITIONS
1. Tell Congress: Demand Biden reinstate UNRWA funding.
SIGN: Tell Congress: Demand Biden reinstate UNRWA funding. – JVP (jewishvoiceforpeace.org)
2. Tell Biden – Comply with the ICJ Ruling: End all arms and military funding to Israel – January 29, 2024
SIGN: Tell Biden—Comply with the ICJ Ruling: End all arms and military funding to Israel – Action Network
3. Break down barriers to abortion. Support the Abortion Justice Act.
4. Support critical reforms for racial justice and equality
police brutality remains a painful reality
EVENTS / ACTIONS
Thursday, February 1 – Sunday, February 4
FEBRUARY is BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Thursday, February 1
1. Thursday, 8:30am, & Friday Feb. 2, Pack the court for the Bay Bridge 78
Hall of Justice
850 Bryant St.
SF
Pack the court for the Bay Bridge 78! The #BayBridge78 are back in court on the heels of San Francisco’s historic ceasefire resolution, joining the millions demanding an end to the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Join us to tell San Francisco DA @BrookeJenkins_SF to DROP THE CHARGES: Thursday, Feb 1 & Friday, Feb 2 Gather at 8:30 AM 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco We will not be silent while DA Brooke Jenkins targets 78 community members who took action for a ceasefire and end to US military aid to Israel.
DA Jenkins has consistently refused to hold police officers accountable for murder, but now she is pursuing serious charges against 78 protesters for their acts of civil disobedience to demand a ceasefire and an end to US military aid to Israel.
The movement for a Free Palestine will not be silenced by political repression! Over 170 local and national organizations have endorsed the campaign to drop the charges against the Bay Bridge 78, who are facing 5 charges each. Pack the courts and demand the DA DROP THE CHARGES NOW!
You can learn more about the #BayBridge78 and take action with the Drop the Charges toolkit.
Info: https://www.araborganizing.org/events/
2. Thursday, 9:00am (PT); 12N00 (ET), Virtual Global Rally Against Complicity in Gaza Genocide
ZOOM registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Given several North American and European governments’ unconscionable decision to defund the UN aid agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) – even as the International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel is plausibly committing genocide in Gaza, including through deprivation of humanitarian aid – we are organizing a global online rally to demand: Defund genocide, not aid to the genocided.
Join Ronnie Kasrils, Roger Waters, Michael Lynk, Gabor Mate, Shawan Jabarin, Vijay Prashad, Gayatri Spivak, Susan Abulhawa, and many others.
Info: Virtual Global Rally Against Complicity in Gaza Genocide : Indybay
3. Thursday, 12Noon – 2:00pm, SFSU Rally for Red Week
RALLY ON MALCOLM X PLAZA
SF State University
SF
We’re declaring RED WEEK for the first week back to campus at SFSU!
Let’s build on our strike energy and start our semester grounded in the collective joys and struggles of fighting for the people’s university.
First, be sure to wear RED all week to show your support for faculty & a fair contract!
Info: CFA-SF Strike Ready – Red Week (google.com)
4.Thursday, 5:30pm, Saoirse Huriya Irish Palestinian Solidarity Meeting
Starry Plough
3101 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley
Join us! Our kick off meeting Thursday 5:30pm at the Starry Plough. Opening remarks, solidarity action planning meeting and a music exchange, a solidarity session with Irish and Palestinian music and dance.
Plus a pop up food kitchen featuring Yemeni and Mediterranean food from Tanoor
Info: https://www.araborganizing.org/events/
5. Thursday, 6:30pm, Film Screening – The Hour of Liberation has Arrived
Medicine For Nightmares
3036 24th St.
SF
Masks required
Nostalgic for Nothing Cinema is a new mobile cinema showing radical films in the Bay Area. We are back with two films next week (1/29 and 2/1) that capture the militancy of the liberation movements of Palestine and Oman. We have much to learn and reflect from past struggles; let their militancy and determination continue to inspire our anti-imperialist movements today. A short discussion will follow each film. THE HOUR OF LIBERATION HAS ARRIVED / dir. Heiny Srour / 1974 / 62 mins
In the late 60s, Dhofar rose up against the British-backed Sultanate of Oman, in a democratic, feminist guerrilla movement. Director Heiny Srour and her team crossed 500 miles of desert and mountains by foot, under bombardment by the British Royal Air Force, to reach the conflict zone and capture this rare record of a now mostly-forgotten war
Info: https://www.araborganizing.org/events/
Friday, February 2
6. Friday, 8:30am, Pack The Court for The Bay Bridge 78 (See action #1)
7. Friday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Revolutionary Friday: Stop U.S. Funding for Genocide; End the Occupation
SF Federal Building
Corner of 7th & Mission Sts.
SF
The International Criminal Court ruled on provisional measures on January 26.
The court ordered the Israeli government to ensure its military does not commit violations of the convention in Gaza, punish those who incite genocide, immediately provide basic services and humanitarian assistance to Gazans, prevent the destruction of evidence that could show violations of international law, and submit a report to the ICJ on all steps it takes to implement the above measures.
The ICJ did not grant South Africa’s request for a cease-fire.
Despite the court’s rulling…
The bombing of Palestine continues, health care facilities are still targeted as well as nutrition lines. The death toll rises, abductions continue including of children, people are displaced, there is no fresh clean water, aid trucks have been limited to enter Gaza by Isreal. etc.
President Biden, Representative Pelosi and Senators Padillia and Butler are our elected federal officials, they continue to vote for funds for military aid and weapons to Israel. All are resisting the massive calls to stop funding Israel and for a ceasefire in Gaza. All are complicit in the genocide of the Palestinian People! We stand at the Federal Building to call these officials out.
All are welcomed to join the Revolutionary Workers Front and Mothers On The March, to demand an 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.
We Call on the elected Federal officials to:
– End ALL U.S. Military Aid and Weapons to Israel
– End the Blockade of Palestine
– End the Apartheid / Colonialization of Palestine
– A Ceasefire on the Palestinian People by the Zionist government
VIVA PALESTINA!
7. Friday, 7:00pm – 9:00pm, Film: I Am Not Your Negro
Revolution Books Berkeley
2444 Durant Ave.
Berkeley
In the year of the James Baldwin Centennial, join us to watch and discuss: I Am Not Your Negro, directed by Raoul Peck.
Filmmaker Raoul Peck’s Oscar-nominated documentary I Am Not Your Negro features the work of the late writer, poet, and social critic, James Baldwin.
At the time of his death in 1987, he was working on a book, Remember This House, in which he wanted to explore the lives of three of his civil rights movement contemporaries and close personal friends: Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X. It was never completed, but his notes for that project became the foundation for Peck’s film.
Two timely quotes by James Baldwin:
“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage almost, almost all of the time — and in one’s work.”
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
Info: Film: I Am Not Your Negro : Indybay
Saturday, February 3
8. Saturday, 12Noon, Chevron Out of Palestine
Chevron Refinery
Gate 14, Castro St.
Richmond, CA
See RSVP page
– If you need a ride from BART (Shuttles will be running from Richmond BART from 11:30 – 12:30 and the back at 1:15 – please RSVP
– Have access needs
RSVP: RSVP to join us: Chevron out of occupied Palestine! (actionnetwork.org)
A group of Bay Area Environmental Justice organizations, Richmond activist organizations, and pro-Palestine groups are planning a rally outside the Chevron refinery; connecting Chevron to the genoicde in Palestine.
There will be art and speakers. We plan to turn out the Bay Area and have the event be safe for youth. We are working on finalizing all the details and social media accounts, I can update once we have those
Israel and Chevron’s profit from the gas Chevron extracts is used to fuel their apartheid state. As Israel bombs Gaza and slaughters Palestinian families, Israel and Chevron profit from gas extracted off the coast of Palestine. This leaves Palestinians without any share of the profit and gives Israel full control of Gaza’s electricity and the energy available. Chevron and Israel have gained billions of dollars while stealing Palestinian access to resources such as income and food sources like fishing.
Info: https://www.araborganizing.org/events/
9. Saturday, 4:00pm, Meeting re Corruption of Non-profits & Argentina
Companeros Del Barrio
474 Valencia St.
SF
In the mainstream media some non-profits in SF have been exposed for their corruption.
Come learn more and brainstorm what we can do.
10. Saturday 3:00pm – 6:00pm, Myanmar Spring Revolution Candlelight Vigil
Civic Center
SF
3 years of peoples resistance against facism.
Host: Northern California Burmese Democracy Forces
Sunday, February 4
11. Sunday, 2:00pm – 4:00pm, The Occupation of the American Mind” – Film screening & discussion
Pine United Methodist Church
426 33rd Ave.
SF
This in-person event at Pine Church in the Richmond district in San Francisco is intended to educate and activate the community by discussing ways in which we can support the struggle of the Palestinian people
Info: https://www.araborganizing.org/events/
12. Sunday, 4:00pm (PT); 7:00pm (ET), Philippine Labor Fights Back!
Register: tinyurl.com/phlaborwebinar
Join us for a webinar on US-backed counterinsurgency in the Philippines and its impacts on the Philippine labor movement and workers struggles under the Marcos Jr. Regime. We will be joined by speakers from Kilusang Mayo Uno, a labor center in the Philippines promoting genuine, militant and patriotic trade unionism.
Repression against workers organizing in the Philippines continues to heighten under President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr. A joint report published by the the International Labor Organization and Trade Unions in the Philippines highlights recorded violations of international labor standards and rights including cases of state interference with the right to self organize through extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, illegal arrest and detention, threats and intimidation, and terror tagging of labor leaders.
While workers in both the US and the Philippines are suffering from low wages and poverty, unstable employment, understaffing, inhumane working conditions and attacks on the right to unionize, we must strengthen our solidarity between the workers of our countries and our shared fight for workers rights across the world!
From SF CHRP
