By Adrienne Fong
Am not back posting on a regular basis.
RESOURCES:
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
There are events listed on Indybay that might be of interest to you (many listings in the South, North & East Bays and beyond the bay area)
Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
Bay Area Progressive Action Calendar
https://www.actiontogetherbayarea.org/calendar
Many groups are now posting on INSTAGRAM
ARTICLES (Many articles this time):
A. It Took 24 Hours to Speak the Names of 12,000 Children Israel Killed in Gaza—A Fraction of the Total – May 28, 2025
B. The Utter Cruelty and Inhumanity of Trump’s Immigration Policy Towards Haitians– May 28, 2025Haitians
C. Houston-based Avelo Airlines faces backlash for deportation flights – May 28, 2025
D. Their Lives for Meager Boxes of Food – May 28, 2025
See articles ‘G’, ‘J’ & ‘P’
E. ICE stormed SF court to arrest 4 asylum seekers, denounced as unlawful – May 28, 2025
ICE stormed SF court to arrest 4 asylum seekers, denounced as unlawful
-From SFGate
F. Undercover ICE agents begin making arrests at SF Immigration Court – May 27, 2025
San Francisco ICE arrests: Undercover agents at immigration court
– Fr. SF Standard
G. Gaza tribes: Aid plan failed after excluding international organizations – May 27, 2025
Gaza tribes: Aid plan failed after excluding international organisations – Middle East Monitor
H. Tribunal for Gaza Starts in Sarajevo – May 27, 2025
Tribunal for Gaza starts in Sarajevo
I. CUNY Schools Join Nationwide Student Hunger Strike for Gaza as U. of Oregon, Stanford Continue Fast – May 27, 2025
See ‘Q’ article
J. Switzerland considers investigation into Gaza Humanitarian Foundatiion’s activities May 26, 2025
K. Since George Floyd’s Murder, Police Killings Keep Rising. Not Falling – May 25, 2025
Since George Floyd’s Murder, Police Killings Keep Rising, Not Falling | Portside
L. As long as Gaza walks, it refuses to fall – May 24, 2025
As long as Gaza walks, it refuses to fall | The Electronic Intifada
M. S.F. DA has ‘pattern and practice’ of withholding evidence, public defenders allege – May 23, 2025
SF DA has pattern of withholding evidence, public defenders allege
See article in ‘T’
N.. Fact check: Do Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims to Ramaphosa hold up? May 22, 2025
O. The Hostile Takeover of Gaza Relief – May 21, 2025
P. At Stanford, a Growing Pro-Palestinian Hunger Strike Gets Silence From the University – May 21, 2025
At Stanford, a Growing Pro-Palestinian Hunger Strike Gets Silence From the University | KQED
Q. The United States is Sabotaging a Nuclear Agreement with Iran – May 19, 2025
The United States Is Sabotaging A Nuclear Agreement With Iran – PopularResistance.Org
R. Lurie’s compliant Board of Supes – May 18, 2025
S. DA Jenkins ‘lied to the State Bar,’ retired judge says, and should face stiffer discipline – May 16, 2025
DA Jenkins ‘lied to the State Bar’ says former judge
8 PETITIONS
1. Save starving Palestinians — call for an end to the Israeli aid blockade to Gaza
SIGN: Save starving Palestinians — call for an end to the Israeli aid blockade to Gaza | Demand Progress
2. Invest in communities, not mass deportations, private prison profiteers, and weapons contractors
3. ICC and ICJ Investigate Donald Trump for War Crimes and Global Warmongering
4. Stop AB 715
SIGN: AROC Action
– The bill’s authors are seeking to censor any criticism of Israel and any education about Palestine and Palestinian stories and perspectives.
5. Tell the U.S. Congress to End Sanctions on Iran
Sign: Tell the U.S. Congress to End Sanctions on Iran
6. Support the Stanford 12! Drop the charges on students!
SIGN: Support the Stanford 12! Drop the charges on students! – Action Network
See Event # 2
7. Hands off David!
SIGN: change.org/handsoffdavid
See Event # 6
8. StopTrump’s Military Parade
SIGN: Stop Trump’s military parade! | Demand Progress
EVENTS / ACTIONS
Thursday, March 29 – Monday, June 2
Thursday, May 29
1. Thursday, 11:00am – 1:00pm (PT); 2:00pm – 4:00pm(ET), West Asia Under Fire
Register: Webinar Registration – Zoom
The speakers will examine the complex but interconnected issues driving U.S. and Western foreign policy to maintain their hegemony though violent interventions against Syria, Palestine and Iran.
Webinar will feature: Bahman Azad, Ajamu Baraka and Dan Kovalik
Moderator: Margaret Flowers
Info: Facebook
2. Thursday, 1:30pm-3:30pm, Drop the Charges Against the Stanford 12
Palo Alto Courthouse
270 Grant Ave.
Palo Alto
Rally @ Palo Alto Courthouse! Tell Santa Clara County: drop the charges against the Stanford 12!
Twelve Stanford student protesters are facing felony charges.
They were peacefully conducting a sit-in at the Stanford president’s office last June for Palestine. Let’s show out for their arraignment!
Host: Hands Off! Campaign Stanford CA
Info: Drop the Charges Against the Stanford 12 : Indybay
3. Thursday, 4:30pm, San Bruno For Palestine (weekly protest)
San Bruno City Hall (Outisde)
567 El Camino
San Bruno
All are welcomed. We are a multi-generational coalition that advocates for Palestine and aims to amplify Palestinian voices in San Bruno.
Info: https://www.instagram.com/sbforpalestine/
4. Thursday, 6:30pm Debunking YIMBYism
St. James Church
4620 California St.
SF
Masks required
Join us for our next general meeting. We will be debunking the myth of YIMBYism and the danger it possesses, and what’s behind it to San Francisco
If you are not sure what side you are on and who represents what interests, you will want to hear this presentation. Small spoiler: Unless you are wealthy, the YIMBYs and Scott Weiner are NOT your friends. With upzoning on the horizon, it is imperative that we educate ourselves and our community about these issues.
The deceptive promotion of a goal of creating ‘equity’ in housing has misled many into supporting laws and public policies that result in the exact opposite. As the west side is targeted for upzoning by City Hall, it is very important for us to be able to see through the smoke and mirrors and understand the powerful financial interests that are using their resources to sway public opinion. Failure to do so may result in massive redevelopment, displacement and evictions that will impact tenants and the small businesses.we depend on.
Host: West Side Tenants Association
Info: Debunking YIMBYism : Indybay
5. Thursday, 7:00pm, Cat Brooks with Chris Hedges ‘A Genocide Foretold’
First Congregational Church of Oakland
2501 Harrison St.
Oakland
Tickets: Chris Hedges Talks A Genocide Foretold Live with Cat Brooks — Cat Brooks
$25.00 in advance; $30.00 at door
Pulitzer winning journalist and author Chris Hedges joins Cat Brooks live to discuss his latest work, ‘A Genocide Foretold’, weaving together personal stories and present and historical context to highlight the heroic effort ordinary Palestinians are waging to resist and survive.
Info: https://kpfa.org/event/chris-hedges-in-person-kpfa/
Friday, May 30
6. Friday, 9:00am, Hands Off “David”! Drop the Charges!
Hall of Justice
850 Bryant St.
SF
Pack the courthouse for David’s pre-trial hearing!
On April 5, “David” was arrested in San Francisco after leading powerful chants as part of nationwide “Hands Off!” protests: “In the name of humanity, we refuse to accept a fascist America!” and “Trump must go!” For this, he is now being charged with misdemeanor vandalism—a charge he is not guilty of. His trial is scheduled for June 4, with a pre-trial hearing on May 30 at 9:00am (850 Bryant St. San Francisco).
Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ7hYmgBy_W/
7. Friday, 3:00pm – 6:00pm, Wood Street Commons Block Party and Resource Fair: From the Street, For the Streets
Wood Street
between 24th & 26th Street
West Oakland, CA
Wood Street Commons will be hosting our 4th annual Block Party/ Resource Fair/ Fundraiser. We will have live performances by CJ Lawrence, Versoul, The Po Poets Project of POOR Magazine and The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. We will also have food, vendors, and speakers, as well as over 30 organizations with resources. We will also be hosting a silent auction.
“This event is for our unhoused neighbors, but it is also equally for our housed neighbors. Our goal is to bridge the gaps between the housed and unhoused, and rebuild the sense of community that West Oakland is known for. In this time of political domination from the executive level down, it is vital for us to stand in unity. We must create comm-unity as a form of resistance. We must create joy as an act of resistance. We must remember those no longer with us, and keep fighting for their legacy.
Info: Wood Street Commons Block Party and Resource Fair: From the Street, For the Streets
Saturday, May 31
8. Saturday, 10:00am, Tell Travis Air Force Base to Stop Arming Israel & to Stop Mass Deportations
Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, CA
Main Gate: Air Base Parkway & Parker Rd
JOIN THE PEOPLE’S ARMS EMBARGO (Updated May 28)
-Sign Up for the PEACE BUS to TRAVIS HERE. Sign Up Quick, Only 12 seats left. Leaves MacArthur BART on May 31st at 9:00 am sharp, Returns at 2:00 pm.
TELL TRAVIS: Stop Arming Israel! Stop Mass Deportations! No ICE Detention Center on Travis!
–Family Friendly, 100% legal action (No Human Blockade this time)
-Learn our FLASH MOB CROSSWALK DANCE:HERE (optional)
-If you can, wear RED, WHITE, BLACK and/or GREEN clothing: FREE, FREE PALESTINE! Bring keffiyehs, flags, and signs.
Info: The People’s Arms Embargo & Tell Travis Air Force Base to Stop Arming Israel & to Stop Mass Deportations : Indybay
9. Saturday, 11:00am – 1:00pm, Demand Health Not Profit! March for Health Care For All
Meet at:
Meet at Harry Bridges Plaza, The Embarcadero
SF
March to:
BlackRock
400 Howard St
SF
RSVP: RSVP
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION for HEALTH CARE FOR ALL
Join us in San Francisco for in a National Day of Action for Health Care For All march on Saturday, May 31, 2025, to put National Single Payer Healthcare on the nation’s agenda.
Our health care system is broken beyond repair. Insurance companies and for-profit middlemen create barriers to care and massive administrative waste. These result in unnecessary suffering and deaths. For over 60 years, piecemeal reforms have resulted in higher costs and the worst health outcomes among comparable nations.
OUR DEMANDS:
–We demand the recognition by our government that health care is a human right.
–We demand the elimination of private health insurance and the banning of for-profit delivery of care.
–We demand the enactment of a publicly financed, national single payer program that would provide comprehensive coverage to everyone.
–We demand that health care delivery be transformed from profit-seeking ventures into services organized to serve the people of our country, a system in which all caregivers are freed from corporate control.
The National Day of Action will bring people together locally and nationally from neighborhoods, unions, faith groups, businesses, and all types of civic organizations to join the demand to remove profit from health care.
We must focus our collective anger towards corporate health insurers to bring real reform: put National Single Payer on the nation’s agenda!
Host: National Single Payer Health Care coalition
Info: San Fransisco: Demand Health Not Profit! March for Health Care For All : Indybay
Sunday, June 1
10. Sunday, 9:30am – 11:00am, Let Cuba Live!
In person:
Unitarian Universalist of San Francisco
1187 Franklin St.
SF
or Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/93153489186?pwd=tta8mAjKxoiCTbLGVqv3dY9s3fnlwE.1
Meeting ID: 931 5348 9186 Passcode: 660542
Hear about Trump’s escalating aggression against Cuba and build solidarity with Cuba’s resistance. Learn more from Cuba’s revolutionary advances in healthcare, education, LGBTQ
rights and environmental protections through a unique educational exchange
Yasser Ibarra is First Secretary in the Cuban Embassy in the United States. He works with labor unions, Cuba solidarity and sports sectors.
David Ramirez Alvarez is Second Secretary in the Cuban Embassy in the United States. From 2018 to 2022 he was part of the official team
in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cuba that organized the international event that executed the 500th anniversary of the City of Havana.
Info: Let Cuba Live! : Indybay
11. Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, Boycott Chevron Picket
Temescal Chevron
5500 Telegraph Avenue
Telegraph & 55th,
Oakland
Monthly demonstration at Chevorn Temescal
Signs and chants will be provided. Bring your energy!
Israel’s genocide machine couldn’t run without power from Chevron. Israel’s war on Gaza and Occupation of Palestine contributes to the climate catastrophe. Chevron supplies light and energy via its operation and co-ownership of two major Israeli-claimed fossil gas fields in the Mediterranean.
Chevron’s extraction activities are funneling millions of dollars in tax revenues to Israeli government coffers, directly fueling Israel’s system of settler colonialism and violence against all Palestinians. In 2022, those revenues amounted to over $462 million.
BDS is a global nonviolent Palestinian led movement, we demand that Chevron immediately cut its contracts with genocidal Israel, and end its role in climate
devastation globally
Following in the tradition of the anti-apartheid gas station boycotts of the 60s & 70s, Palestinians and allies are building a global movement to hold Chevron accountable for its crimes through a coordinated boycott of Chevron gas stations and products around the world.
Info: Boycott Chevron Picket : Indybay
12. Sunday, 4:00pm – 5:30pm, The Crisis of Capitalism Today
Judge Henry Ramsey Jr. Center
2939 Ellis Street
Berkeley, CA 94703 Also
$5 dollar donation requested, no one turned away
online, see website for zoom details
Speak Out Socialists Public Meetings
The chaos created by the Trump regime is a reflection of the crisis of world capitalism. Trump’s support for authoritarian regimes, tariff wars, foreign policy and impact on our lives are a reflection of the major economic, political and social shifts in the world.
Richard D. Wolff, a well-known Marxist economist, will join us via video call discussing the changing world order.
Wolff is a professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is co-founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update.
Join us for a presentation and discussion.
For more information: https://speakoutsocialists.org/public-meet ..
Info: The Crisis of Capitalism Today : Indybay
Monday, June 2
