By Adrienne Fong
Not posting on a regular basis
See list of Calendar of Events on Palestine from AROC: https://www.araborganizing.org/events/
If your post is about Palestine you can also list your action on the AROC calendar
Many other events are listed on Indybay that might be of interest to you (many actions re Palestine in the South, North & East Bays are also listed)
Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
See Indybay for other listings of events
Many activist groups are now posting on INSTAGRAM
ARTICLES
A. ‘Less than slaves’: The Palestinians detained by Israel despite ceasefire – January 24, 2025
“Since the announcement of the Gaza ceasefire, Israel has arrested at least 95 Palestinians in raids and at checkpoints for no clear reasons across the West Bank, according to Jenna Abu Hasna, a researcher with Addameer, a Palestinian civil society organisation monitoring arrests and detentions in the occupied territory.”
B. How the bishop who scolded Trump enabled Gaza genocide, with Ali Abunimah – January 24, 2025
How the bishop who scolded Trump enabled Gaza genocide, with Ali Abunimah – YouTube
C. US orders halt to virtually all foreign aid except for Israel and Egypt – January 24, 2025
Internal memo to US state department staff explicitly makes exceptions for military assistance to Israel and Egypt
D. What’s going on in the occupied West Bank, and why now? – January 23, 2024 3 min. Youtube
E. EXCLUSIVE: Jewish Group Gives Trump Admin List Of ‘Pro-Hamas’ Foreign Students, Faculty To Deport – January 23, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Jewish Group Gives Trump Admin List Of ‘Pro-Hamas’ Foreign Students, Faculty To Deport
F. After eyebrow-raising sermon to Trump, Bishop Budde beset with criticism and praise – Januaary 23, 2025
Related article:
‘You Are Safe Now’: Matthew Shepard Laid To Rest At National Cathedral – October 2018 (20 years after his death)
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/26/659835903/watch-matthew-shepard-laid-to-rest-at-national-cathedral
G. Where is Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya? Don’t let Israel torture to death another Palestinian doctor – January 22, 2025
H. Trump signs executive actions on Jan. 6, TikTok, immigration and more – January 21, 2025
Trump signs executive actions on Jan. 6, TikTok, immigration and more : NPR
Undoing Biden executive actions
Another order rescinded 78 Biden-era executive actions, orders and presidential memoranda. They include a wide variety of actions related to racial equality, climate, migration and gender policy; the federal workforce; and Biden’s recent move to take Cuba off the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
He also signed an order to restore the death penalty.
I. S.F. shelters send homeless families eviction notices – January 21, 2025
Homeless families sent eviction notices from S.F shelters
J. RevCom in SF Bay Area (similar actions took place nationwide on January 20, 2025)
K. One more broken promise to close Guantanamo – January 19, 2025
One more broken promise to close Guantanamo | Prison | Al Jazeera
4 PETITIONS
1. Tell Congress: Hands off International Criminal Court
2. Demand Fair Wages and Record Expungement for California’s Incarcerated Firefighters
SIGN: petition: Demand Fair Wages and Record Expungement for California’s Incarcerated Firefighters
3. Mexicans Should Not be Forced to Eat GMO Tortillas by the U.S. and Canada
SIGN: Mexicans Should Not be Forced to Eat GMO Tortillas by the U.S. and Canada
4. Solidarity with Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde!
Solidarity with Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde! | MoveOn
January & February Petitions of Upcoming Executions (click on the name to sign)
January 31, 2025 at 6:00 pm ET:
Marion Bowman Jr. in South Carolina
February 5, 2025 at 6:00 pm CT:
Steven Nelson in Texas
February 6, 2025 at 6:00 pm CT:
Demetrius Frazier in Alabama
February 13, 2025 at 6:00 pm ET:
James Ford in Florida
February 13, 2025 at 6:00 pm CT:
Richard Tabler in Texas
RESOURCES:
What are red cards? The ‘unprecedented demand’ for this small tool helping immigrants
What are red cards? The ‘unprecedented demand’ for this tool helping immigrants
For those who wish to send a Postcard of support to the Bishop of Washington for her sermon of love, esp as the Bishop is under attack –
ADDRESS:
The Rt Revd Mariann Edgar Budde
Episcopal Church House
Mount St. Alban
Washington, DC, 20016-5094, USA
EVENTS/ACTIONS
Saturday, January 25 – Wednesday, January 29
Saturday, January 25
1. Saturday, 9:00am (PT); 12Noon (ET), Free virtual screening of the documentary film “Palestine As It Was — How Palestine was turned into a Jewish state,”
Registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Free virtual screening of the documentary film “Palestine As It Was — How Palestine was turned into a Jewish state,” directed by Karl Sabbagh.
Info: Screening of film “Palestine As It Was – How Palestine was turned into a Jewish state” : Indybay
2. Saturday, 10:00am, (PT); 1:00pm (ET), Taxpayers Against Genocide national webinar
Online
Registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom
This webinar will provide information about how grassroots activists across 10 different counties in Northern CA organized and launched the Taxpayers Against Genocide (TAG) class action lawsuit against their members of Congress. The webinar is the beginning of a nationwide network supporting taxpayer’s efforts to hold our elected officials across the US accountable for illegal use of our tax dollars that make us complicit in genocide.
For more information about the lawsuit already filed by Taxpayers Against Genocide:
https://truthout.org/articles/we-have-to-act-taxpayers-suing-congressmembers-for-funding-genocide-speak-out/
Info: Taxpayers Against Genocide National Webinar : Indybay
3. Saturday, 11:00am-2:30pm(PT); 2:00pm-5:30pm(ET), Preventing Nuclear War during the Trump Presidency
Online
Register: Preventing Nuclear War during the Trump Presidency
· The threat of nuclear war is increasing, rather than abating.
· Biden’s recent actions in the Russia/Ukraine conflict has sharply increased the danger.
· The tragic Israel/Gaza conflict continues to expand.
· Cold Warriors in high places are beating the drums of war toward Russia and China.
· Enormous public expenditures are being made on upgrading all three legs of the nuclear weapons triad
Program:
2:00 Welcome: Bob Redwine (MIT) – Continuing influence of the Military-Industrial Complex
2:05 Opening Panel – International Flashpoints Chair- Joseph Gerson (Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security);
– US and Russia – Hon. George Beebe (Quincy Institute);
– US and China – Prof. Lyle Goldstein (Watson Institute/ Brown University);
– Nuclear Tensions over Israel. Gaza, and Iran – Sharon Gaya Dolev (Israel) and Emad Kiyaei (Iran) (Middle East Treaty Organization)
2:50 pm Panel 2- Costs & Dangers of the US Nuclear Weapons Buildup – Chair, Nancy Goldner (Cut Sentinel Campaign).
– Exorbitant Sentinel costs –Richard Krushnic (Mass Peace Action);
– Dangers of the New ICBMs – David Borris (Chicago Area Peace Action);
– What do we expect from Trump’s Nuclear Stances –Daryl Kimball (Arms Control Assn.).
3:30 Break
3:40 Panel 3 – Economic Campaigns – Chair, Susan Mirsky (Nuclear Disarmament Working Group);
– Moral Budget – Shailly Gupta Barnes (Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) and Kairos Center (NY);
– Warheads to Windmills – Anduin Devos (Nuclear Ban.US);
– Divestment – Susi Snyder (ICANW);
– Fund People over Pentagon – Prof. Jonathan King (MA Peace Action Education Fund).
4:20 Panel 4: No New Nukes- Campaigns Focused on Limiting Weapons: Chair, Gary Goldstein (Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security and Tufts University);
– Back from the Brink- Harry Katz (Back from the Brink);
– Restricting Sole Authority and First Use – Prof. Elaine Scarry (Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security);
– Physicists Campaign for Nuclear Threat Reduction – Prof. Stewart Prager (Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction);
– Promoting the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) – Melissa Parke ( ICANW).
5:00 Congressional Initiatives: Chair Cole Harrison
– Senate action: Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)
– Cancelling the Sentinel -Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA)
– Citizen’s Call to Action – Jodie Evans (CodePINK).
Program Committee: David Borris (Chicago Area Peace Action); Ann Fritsch (Rotary International); Nancy Goldner (Sentinel Project); Prof. Gary Goldstein (Mass Peace Action Education Fund); Cole Harrison (Mass Peace Action Education Fund); Susan Mirsky (MAPA Nuclear Disarmament Working Group); Jonathan King-Chair (Nuclear Disarmament Coordinating Committee and MIT); Prof. Bob Redwine (Nuclear Weapons Education Project and MIT).
Host: Massachusetts Peace Action
Info: Reducing the Nation’s Spending for Nuclear Weapons – Massachusetts Peace Action
4. Saturday, 12Noon – 2:00pm, Protest the Anti-Abortion “Walk for Life”
Gather at:
100 Larkin St.
Front steps of SF Main Library
SF
Nr. Civic Center BART
Masks encouaged
Join a multigenerational, multiracial, multigender coalition to protest the Catholic Church-sponsored Walk for Life West Coast
Despite threats of Project 2025 and a second Trump presidency, and despite the Democratic Party’s shift toward the right wing, we hold steadfast in our refusal to be controlled by right-wing religious fundamentalism. They have tried time and time again to control us– and they have failed and will continue to fail!
We are still here and we will continue to fight for reproductive justice, which includes all aspects of bodily autonomy. Reproductive justice is the right to choose whether and when to have a child, the right to raise a family in a safe and healthy environment, and the right to have control over all aspects of our sexuality, including our gender. Reproductive justice brings power back into the hands of the people and guarantees bodily autonomy for ALL individuals. Join us in building our power and our collective voice!
Our event will include speakers, chanting, music, and a participatory art/poetry installation. We are in the process of getting an ASL Interpreter. Accessible toilets are available in the library bathroom.
Host: SF Reproductive Justice
Info: Protest the Anti-Abortion “Walk for Life” : Indybay
5. Saturday, 7:00pm – 9:00pm, Peace Gathering with Presentations by 14 Activist Groups
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
1924 Cedar Street
Berkeley
Admission is free; suggested donation $5
Tickets are available at the door or through Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/peace-gathering-tickets-1129756826079?aff=oddtdtcreator.
Proceeds will support Myanmar refugees.
Sponsored by the Humanist Mutual Aid Network (Hank Pellissier), will feature networking tables and presentations by 14 activist groups, an honor ceremony, Chilean & Aymara music, live texting actions, and a CodePink bake sale benefiting Prosthetics for Palestine.
Participating groups include CodePink, Veterans for Peace, Mount Diablo Peace & Justice Center, Berkeley Banner Drop, Nor Cal Sabeel, Prosthetics for Palestine, Taxpayers Against Genocide, Berkeley Network for Palestine, RACCOON, People’s Arms Embargo, Women in Black, Albany El Cerrito for Palestine, Divest Bay Area, and Doctors Against Genocide.
Info: Peace Gathering with Presentations by 14 Activist Groups : Indybay
Sunday, January 26
6. Sunday, 9:00am (PT); 12Noon (ET), Doctors Against Genocide Update and Next Steps
Online:
Register for ZOOM meeting: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Demand Safe Exit of American Healthcare Workers trapped in North Gaza due to Israeli Restrictions: https://bit.ly/4gbZkSq
Linktree for actions to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya: https://linktr.ee/FreeDrAbuSafiya
We will be joined by our Colleagues from Gaza, Jenin and Geneva on Sunday!
Agenda:
– Ceasefire: What is Next?
– Updates on Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and our Colleagues in Gaza.
– Updates on Healthcare Attacks in Jenin and the West Bank.
– Updates on Our American Colleagues Stranded in North Gaza: Denied Return to Their Patient Care Duties in the USA
– The Great White Tent Protest: UN Headquarters – Geneva 1/25-1/30
– Press Conference: Francesca Albanese, and Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng UN Special Rapporteur to the Right to Health, will join DAG team and report contributors to discuss the Healthcare Community’s report on the Genocide Enablement Apparatus and the Introduction of DAG medical Definition of Genocide.
– Update on the Winter Drive to Gaza: Purchased and Delivered
– Sick From Genocide Campaign Updates
– Petitions to Medical Societies Updates
– Fundraise Drive to Send Urgently Needed More Medical Beds to Gaza
Info: Doctors Against Genocide Update and Next Steps : Indybay
7. Sunday, 9:00am – 10:50am, Norman Solomon: Prospects for Restraining Militarism in U.S. Foreign Policy
Unitarian Universalist Sunday Forum
1187 Franklin St.
SF
or
ZOOM https://zoom.us/j/93297520720?pwd=JTaHKsrJf9JXR38DN1KXiF6KLjCos1.1
Meeting ID: 932 9752 0720 Passcode: 749414
9:00am coffee, breakfast available for nominal fee
9:30am program
More than 20 years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the United States is still heavily engaged in warfare in much of the Middle East, whether firing missiles at purported enemies, or providing
massive amounts of weaponry to Israel. Norman Solomon will talk about the current dynamics of what Martin Luther King Jr. called “the madness of militarism.” He will discuss the ways that
the U.S. media and politics have enabled ethnic cleansing to intensify in Palestine, while American taxpayers have subsidized Israel’s war of genocide in Gaza. He will also assess the
prospects for restraining militarism in our foreign policy during the next several years.
Norman Solomon is national director of RootsAction.org and the executive director of Institute for Public Accuracy. The paperback edition of his latest book, War Made Invisible: How America
Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine, includes an afterword about the war on Gaza.
Info: Norman Solomon: Prospects for Restraining Militarism in U.S. Foreign Policy : Indybay
8. Sunday, 10:00am (PT); 1:00pm (ET), From Supporter to Organizer: How to Take Action with the Boycott Chevron campaign
Online:
Register on ZOOM: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Chevron has its figurative fingerprints on destroyed homes around the globe:
Chevron has, through its business extracting natural gas for Israel, funneled over $462 million in tax revenue to Israeli government coffers. That money fuels the bombing of Gaza and the violent displacement of Palestinians, destroying or damaging 92% of homes in Gaza.
At the same time, Chevron was responsible for 3.2% of global fossil fuel emissions in 2017, which worsened the LA fires that burnt 12,000 homes to the ground.
The Boycott Chevron campaign is an opportunity to take our skills from 15 months of mass mobilizing protests and apply them to a strategic target. Everyone can be part of a push to hold Chevron accountable for poisoning people and our planet! We can follow in the footsteps of successful 1980s boycott wins against multinational corporations that enabled South African apartheid.
Learn specifics of how to take coordinated action together January 31-February 2 for the #BoycottChevron: Weekend of Action:
– Simple, impactful strategies for your community based on which Chevron gas stations, sponsored venues, or other locations are in your area (afsc.org/ChevronMap)
– Step-by-step how to plan your first picket, flyering, or stickering action (more in our toolkit: uscpr.org/ChevronToolkit)
– Small but impactful actions for “beginner” supporters to participate in
– Tips for building a local team
Host: US Campaign For Palestinian Rights
Info: From Supporter to Organizer: How to Take Action with the Boycott Chevron campaign : Indybay
9. Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, Community Liberation Programs for our current Decolonization Reading Group focused on the Palestinian resistance movement
Black and Brown Social Club
474 Valencia St.
SF
Masks required
Join Community Liberation Programs for a discussion and analysis of the Strategy for the Liberation of Palestine by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
As the mass movement for Palestine grows it is important that we study the conditions and scientific and socialist strategy of the movement today.
10. Sunday, 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PT); 5:00pm-7:00pm (ET), The Fight for Public Healthcare, the Unions and a Labor Party: A UFCLP Panel
Online
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/xX1VIgKxQN2jGJUj3YuXqw
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The fight for public and worker control of healthcare is critical. This panel will look at the healthcare crisis, how it affecting workers, immigrants, privatization of Medicare and the program of this new fascist government in relationship to healthcare. It sill also look at the role of the unions in taking up the fight for public healthcare and the labor party and their interconnection.
The AFL-CIO and other national unions have pushed Medicare Advantage which is privatizing Medicare.
Speakers include:
Shiroi Konda-Muhammad, RN & Minnesota Nurses Ass Executive Bd* for info only
Dr. William Bronston, Physicians For Single Payer & National Healthcare
Cheryl Thornton, SEIU 1021 SF Community Healthcare Chair
Injured Workers From Longshore Industry
Carol Lang, CUNY Professor, AFT PSC Delegate On Privatization of Medicare Through Medicare Advantage
There will also be a report on the UFCLP initiated rally at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Investors Conference in San Francisco.
Host: United Front Committee for A Labor Party
Info: The Fight for Public Healthcare, the Unions and a Labor Party: A UFCLP Panel : Indybay
Wednesday, January 29
11. Wednesday, 12Noon, No Tax Money for Genocide – Rally & Press Conference
In front of courthouse
450 Golden Gate Ave.
SF
Class action lawsuit amended to include Pelosi and other California congresspersons for complicity in genocide.
We are holding our second rally and press conference at noon on Wednesday, January 29th, in front of the San Francisco courthouse. We will announce the expansion of our class action lawsuit to include Nancy Pelosi and other California Congress members as defendants.
If you believe your tax dollars should never be used to fund a genocide in Palestine, now is the time to take a stand—join us and demand justice!
Host: Tax Payers Against Genocide
