By Adreinne Fong
Not back posting on a regular basis.
List of Calendar of Events from AROC: https://www.araborganizing.org/events/
Many other 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. Israeli spies threatening my family – South African FM – February 9. 2024
Israeli spies threatening my family – South African FM — RT Africa
B. WATCH: All Hands on Deck for Assange – February 9, 2024
WATCH: All Hands on Deck for Assange (consortiumnews.com)
C. Pam Africa Health Update On Mumia – February 9, 2024
Pam Africa Health Update On Mumia – Prison Radio
D. Scott Ritter: Putin Up Close! – February 9, 2024
Scott Ritter: Putin Up Close! (youtube.com)
E. The Biden-Schumer Plan to Kill More Ukrainians – February 9, 2024
F. San Francisco prosecutor calls Arabs ‘hate mongers,’ compares them to Nazis in email – February 8, 2024
https://sfstandard.com/2024/02/08/san-francisco-district-attorney-anti-arab-emails/
G. Stopping the Cop Cities Countrywide – February 7, 2024
CrimethInc. : Stopping the Cop Cities Countrywide : With a Report from Lacey, Washington
H. Japanese company to sever tie with Israel’s Elbit over Gaza war – February 6, 2024
Japanese company to sever tie with Israel’s Elbit over Gaza war – Middle East Monitor
I. Top military expert Col. Douglas MacGregor warns against attack on Iran – February 5, 2024
Top military expert Col. Douglas MacGregor warns against attack on Iran (israelpalestinenews.org)
2 PETITIONS
1. No more tax breaks for billionaires who donated to dark money groups
SIGN: Patriotic Millionaires (actionnetwork.org)
2. Stop Brain-Computer Interfaces!
PETITIONS – FEBRUARY SCHEDULED EXECUTIONS (click on the name to sign)
February 28, 2024
Thomas Creech in Idaho
February 28, 2024 at 6:00 pm CT:
Ivan Cantu in Texas
CALL your elected officials to:
STOP ALL AID & WEAPONS TO ISRAEL!!
This past week the House of Representatives and Senate started voting on aid packages to Israel and Ukraine. Please call and tell them you do not support your tax $$ to Israel for genocide.
Congressional switchboard at 1-202-224-3121.. Ask to be connected to your representative or senator’s offices
California Senators
Senator Alex Padilla
(202) 224-3553 DC office
(415) 981-9369 SF office
Senator Laphonza Butler
(202) 224-3841 DC office
(415) 393-0707 SF office
Representative Nancy Pelosi
(202) 225-4965
(415) 556-4862
EVENTS / ACTIONS
Saturday, February 10 – Wednesday, February 14
Saturday, February 10
Lunar New Year
1. Saturday, 9:00am (PT); 12Noon (ET), Meet-Up: Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal
Registration: Meet-Up: Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal (actionnetwork.org)
NOTE: When you register, be sure to click “yes, opt in…” in order to receive follow up emails about this event (including reminders, zoom links, etc)
Joining us will be Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Maguire, and Dr. Aisha Jumaan, epidemiologist and president of the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation.
This will be a fascinating conversation with two world-renowned peace activists, as well as an opportunity for you to discuss your concerns about world events, nonviolent actions you may have taken in response to events, and additional actions you would like to see the War Crimes Tribunal take.
This will be our third meet-up session and will provide an opportunity for the Tribunal to share new information and to hear from participants who have been so important throughout this Tribunal process.
Hoping that there will be a recording of this.
Host Contact Info: tribunal23@merchantsofdeath.org
From Kathy Kelley
2. Saturday, 11:30am – 1:30pm, Oakland: Kids Rally for Palestine
Lake Merritt Amphitheater
Oakland
Please join Families for Ceasefire at the Lake Merritt Amphitheater on Saturday February 10th for a children’s rally from 11:30am – 1:30pm, in advance of the Gaza Solidarity Ride and in response to Mosab Abu Toha’s call for children of the world to take to the streets and demand a ceasefire. We will have children’s activities and encourage everyone to bring signs, snacks and noisemakers!
Sunday, February 11
3. Sunday, 8:00am (PT); 11:00am (ET), South Africa v Israel – The International Coalition Against Genocide
ZOOM registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom
As the world watches the bombings of homes and hospitals, killing mostly children and women, the murder of healthcare and aid workers and media, and the denial of basic necessities to Gazans, civil society has risen in solidarity with Palestine with major demonstrations, efforts to blockade weapons and other supplies to Israel and legal cases to stop the genocide and hold individuals accountable. One expression of this resistance is a new International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine, which currently has over 2,000 endorsing organizations from 100 countries.
Webinar speakers include:
Ajamu Baraka: National Organiser of the Black Alliance for Peace and member of the UNAC Administrative Committee.
Margaret Flowers, Director of Popular Resistance and members of the UNAC Administrative Committee for the United National Antiwar Coalition
Suzanne Adely, Pres. National Lawyers Guild, US Palestinian Community Network.
They will discuss the case against Israel and the new coalition and actions being planned to support the South African case against Israel.
Info: Webinar: South Africa v Israel — The International Coalition Against Genocide : Indybay
4. Sunday, 9:30am – 11:00am, Jennifer Friedenbach: The Road Home: A Discussion on Resolving Decades-Long Homelessness
Unitarian Universalist Society
1187 Franklin St. San Francisco, Ca.
Thomas Starr King room or via Zoom
Zoom: Launch Meeting – Zoom
Jennifer Friedenbach is the Executive Director of the Coalition on Homelessness-San Francisco. During her tenure, she has achieved significant victories alongside homeless people and community members including crafting, Prop C Our City Our Home, a tax on corporations that pays for homeless housing and will double San Francisco’s efforts to address homelessness. These efforts have included the creation of a local housing subsidy serving hundreds of homeless families and adults, acquisition of over 1,000 units of housing, expansion of prevention efforts to halt displacement, and expansion of substance abuse treatment. She has spearheaded numerous legislative reforms protecting the rights of homeless people, and garnered public investments in programs that have saved countless lives. However, there is much controversy currently because of the noticeable rise in homeless encampments throughout the City, along with a rise in deaths due to fentanyl. Ms. Friedenbach will address these issues and explain some new efforts being undertaken by the Coalition to address these latest concerns.
Info: Jennifer Friedenbach: The Road Home: A Discussion on Resolving Decades-Long Homelessness : Indybay
5. Sunday, 1:00pm -4:00pm, Street Mural for People’s Park
Haste St. & Bowditch
Berkeley
On February 11, 2024, from 1 -4 pm, we will meet at Haste St and Bowditch St Berkeley for Participatory Painting, Music and Poetry.
Info: http://peoplespark.org Street Mural for People’s Park : Indybay
Monday, February 12
6. Monday, 4:30pm – 6:00pm, No Tax $$ for Gaza Murders – Divest from Death
Ferry Building Plaza
SF
No Tax Dollars for Gaza Murders – Divest from Death
RACCOON action at Ferry Building Plaza for peace & humanitarian aid to Palestine
Art & Noise Crowd Participation! We provide chalk, blood red paint, stencils, air horns, metal trashcan lids, soccer trumpets, whistles, kazoos, megaphones, original chants, songs, rants – plus earplugs and RACCOON t-shirts – & you can bring your own crazy noisemakers!
Host: RACCOON
Info: No Tax $$ for Gaza Murders – Divest from Death : Indybay
Tuesday, February 13
7. Tuesday, 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PT); 7:00pm – 8:00pm (ET), Gaza: The Media Goes to War
Online registration: Gaza: The Media Goes to War (everyaction.com)
Prof. Iskandar will talk about how mainstream media used the framing of 9/11 to describe the Oct. 7 attacks, and how their coverage privileges the Israeli narrative. He will also talk about how people consume the news and the battle for ideas over the depiction of the conflict in Israel and Gaza
Bio: Professor Adel Iskandar is an Associate Professor of Global Communication at Simon Fraser University where he directs the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (CCMS). He is the author, co-author, and editor of several works including “Egypt In Flux: Essays on an Unfinished Revolution”; “Al-Jazeera: The Story of the Network that is Rattling Governments and Redefining Modern Journalism” and “Edward Said: A Legacy of Emancipation and Representation”. Iskandar’s work deals with media, identity and politics; and he is a co-editor of Jadaliyya.
Host: Massachusetts Peace Action
Wednesday, February 14
8. Wednesday, 6:00pm, Gaza Community Forum: Never Again Is Now!
Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore
3036 24th Street
SF
Urgent updates on Gaza genocide casesa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the U.S. Federal Court and the impact of a possible cease-fire, from the perspective of the Global South.
Join us with invited guests from the Palestinian Youth Movement, Arab Resource Organizing Center, Haiti Action Committee, Myannar Student Union, San Francisco Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, Global Exchange, and Chiapas Support Committee.
Sponsored by: National Lawyers Guild- SF Bay Area, Global Exchange, ILPS Bay Area, & Justice For Brandon Lee Campaign.
Info: NLG – San Francisco Bay Area | We Defend and Protect Communities (nlgsf.org)
9. Wednesday, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, Living Wage MeetingZoom meeting. Register in advance for this meeting Meeting Registration – Zoom (click on the link or copy and paste it into your browser) After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containinginformation about joining the meeting and the agenda. The Living Wage Coalition is building a grassroots movement of low-wageworkers and their allies to win economic justice. Anyone who works fulltime should be able to survive on what they earn and support themselvesand their children. We are engaged in a transformative rethinking ofthe economy that makes the goals of public policy living wage jobs forall. Come to be a part of discussing next steps in pursuing an economicjustice agenda.
