By Adrienne Fong
Am not posting on a regular basis.
Things are changing rapidly, faster than what is posted. RESISTANCE matters!!!
RESOURCES:
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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
ATW Bay Area / NorCal — Action Together West
ARTICLES
A. ALERT: The Global Summud Flotilla has been attacked 10 times (10 explosions & chemicals) this evening.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/globalsumudflotilla/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DO9xFj2DKJ2/
– No injuries
– It looks like they (Israel) are going after the smaller vessels to immobilize them, One ships mast is down.
– The flotilla is in Full Drone Alert!
– See Petitions # 1 & 2
B. Italian Dockworkers and Protesters Block Roads to Protest Israel’s Genocide in Gaza – September 22, 2025
https://www.instagram.com/p/DO6_VDcDCIF/
C. Dublin, Ireland | Pro-Palestinian protesters block off the Dublin Port
https://www.instagram.com/p/DO7Igvrjfj-/?img_index=1
D. Documents offer rare insight on ICE’s close relationship with Palantir – September 22, 2025
See Event # 9
E. Targeting Venezuela – September 20, 2025
See Petition # 5
F. CPJ: Israeli Strike in Yemen Was Largest Attack on Journalists in 16 Years – September 20, 2025
CPJ: Israeli Strike in Yemen Was Largest Attack on Journalists in 16 Years | Truthout
G. Trump administration proposes selling nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel – September 19, 2025
Trump administration proposes selling nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel
See Petition # 3
H. Protesters march near Port of Oakland, demanding end to Israel arms shipment – September 19 2025
See Petition # 4
I. The Engardio recall, Yimby urbanist elitism, and the next step in SF politics – September 18, 2025
The Engardio recall, Yimby urbanist elitism, and the next step in SF politics – 48 hills
7 PETITIONS
1. Take Action for The Global Sumud Flotilla
OFFICIAL CONTACTS – BY COUNTRY This is from the Global Sumud Flotilla website;
OPEN: https://globalsumudflotilla.org/contact-officials/#map
you can select the box to send a message to all the countries or just one or a few.
2. Tell U.S. lawmakers and European governments: Grant safe passage to the Global sumud Flotilla sailing to Gaza
3. ACTION ALERT: CAIR Calls on Congress to Reject $6 Billion Arms Sale to Fuel Israel’s Gaza Genocide
SIGN: ACTION ALERT: CAIR Calls on Congress to Reject $6 Billion Arms Sale to Fuel Israel’s Gaza Genocide
4. Oakland People’s Arms Embargo
SIGN: Sign the Petition — Oakland People’s Arms Embargo
5. Stop Trump’s war with Venezuela! Pass Rep. Ilhan Omar’s War Powers Resolution
SIGN: Stop Trump’s war with Venezuela! Pass Rep. Ilhan Omar’s War Powers Resolution | Demand Progress
6. Tell Boeing: Gaza Needs Bread, Not Bombs
SIGN: Amnesty International USA | Amnesty International USA
7. Block ICE from using phone-hacking spyware
SIGN: Block ICE from using phone-hacking spyware! | Demand Progress
EVENTS / ACTIONS
Wednesday, September 24 – Monday, September 29
Wednesday, September 24
1. Wednesday, 8:00am -4:00pm, ICE Out of San Francisco Courts!
ICE Court
100 Montgomery St. (nr Montgomery BART)
SF
Join neighbors, activists, grassroots organizations in resisting ICE abductions happening at immigration court hearings!
We meet every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday outside of one of the SF immigration court buildings to:
- deter ICE from taking people
- accompany people to their court proceedings (if/as requested)
- walk people to their transportation home (if/as requested), to reduce their chances of being abducted in transit
- encourage oncoming traffic to honk in support 🙂
- share art, literature, and snacks
Court is in session from 8am – 4pm. Including cleanup & last call for accompaniment home, we’re generally outside from 8am to 4:30pm / 4:45pm.
Serious violence against protestors has occurred, but most days thus far have passed without incident.
Everyone is welcome and every one is vital, even if you can only participate for a small while.
Info: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/09/16/18879905.php
2. Wednesday, 5:00pm – 6:30pm, Poets Call Out: Let Gaza Live
1 Post St
SF
POETS TO PADILLA & SCHIFF: THE WORLD CRIES OUT, LET GAZA LIVE
Poets read-out the collective cry of the majority of Californians, calling on our Senators to follow the will of the people and join the majority of Democratic Senators in supporting Block the Bombs legislation, defending freedom of the press and protecting Palestinian journalists.
POETS READ OUT:
Genny Lim, San Francisco Poet Laureate
Maxine Hong Kingston
The Veteran Writers Group:
James Janko
Joe Lamb
Mike Wong
Kimi Sugioka- Alameda Poet Laureate
Kathleen Herman & Jacalyn Eyvonne- co-Poet Laureates of Vallejo
Devorah Major- 3rd SF Poet Laureate
Alexandro Murguia, 1st Latinx SF Poet Laureate
Paul Flores’, Poet, Playwright, American Book Award recipient
Kirk Lumpkin
Demands to Senators Schiff and Padilla:
1) BLOCK THE BOMBS Support the Block the Bombs legislation to stop US arms to Israel. Most US Democratic Senators voted for it recently and it has 50 Congressional Reps cosponsoring it. Polls show that the majority of Americans want to stop the flow of these weapons.
Background:blockthebombs.org
2) FREEDOM OF PRESS AND PROTECT JOURNALISTS We demand the protection of Palestinian journalists and an end to the impunity for crimes against them in the Gaza Strip. We demand the foreign press be granted independent access to the Gaza Strip.
Info: Poets Call Out: Let Gaza Live | Facebook
3. Wednesday, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, Trump Must Go Now! Mass Organizing Meeting-Sunsara Taylor,national leader Refuse Fascism
First Unitarian Universalist Society
1187 Franklin Street
San Francisco
Trump Must Go Now!
MASS ORGANIZING MEETING- featuring Sunsara Taylor & other speakers
Come one! Come all! You are needed for the BIGGEST nonviolent but determined mobilization in U.S. history, November 5, Washington, D.C. to demand: Trump Must Go Now!
“Fascism is not a looming threat. It is upon us now. Humanity’s only hope is for the decent people of this country to rise in our millions. We cannot wait for future and rigged elections. We must drive the Trump Fascist Regime from power.” (read the full call at refusefascism.org)
If these words strike a chord in you… If you see the truth in the rest of this call from Refuse Fascism… you are urgently needed.
We are calling YOU to a meeting on Wed. Sept. 24th at 6:00 p.m. to hear Sunsara Taylor, a national leader of Refuse Fascism, and other speakers from different perspectives (to be announced)
RefuseFascism.org initiated the call for November 5th, and we welcome and call on every organization – political, religious, civic, union, professional, etc. to take this up. Let’s work together, overcoming divide-and-conquer schemes, in the spirit demanded by these dangerous times. If you represent a group, organization or institution, get in touch about endorsing and speaking at the meeting.
You will about the plan…you will hear and discuss why this is our only chance to win… and you will be able to contribute your efforts, talents and ideas to making this happen.
Defeating Trump/MAGA fascism CAN be done… but nobody will do it for us.
See you there!
Info: Trump Must Go Now! Mass Organizing Meeting-Sunsara Taylor,national leader Refuse Fascism : Indybay
4. Wednesday 6:30pm – 8:00pm, Study Group: Socialist Feminism – The First Decade, 12th session
In person:
New Valencia Hall
747 Polk St.
San Francisco
Requested donation: $3-6 per session
Online registration: https://bit.ly/soc-fem-first-decade
Session 12 – join at any session!
This unique book records the forging of the first Marxist feminist party in history — the Freedom Socialist Party. Set in the tumultuous upsurges of the 1960s and ’70s, author Gloria Martin vividly describes the eruption of the women’s liberation movement amidst the antiwar, civil rights, and queer struggles. Its central message is inescapable: socialist feminism as a theme and strategy has never been more urgently needed than it is today. Copies of the book available for sale at each session.
Info: Study Group: Socialist Feminism – The First Decade, 12th session : Indybay
Thursday, September 25
5. Thursday, 12 Noon, Arms Embargo Now!
Meet at:
630 Sansome St
SF
12 Noon – Rally
1:00pm – March to the Consulate of Israel
The call has gone out around the world for immediate action. This March will be in solidarity with ongoing actions, blockades, and marches internationally.
We will not be silent, we will stay with Gaza. We will resist ICE.
This is the beginning of a long path of resistance that will be waged deep into 2026.
“Break the blockade or we break the economy” will be the last warning!
Info: March on the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco : Indybay
Friday, September 26
6. Friday, 10:30am – 12:30pm, Israel! Stop Starving Gaza! Stop the Genocide of Palestinians!
Israeli Consulate
456 Montgomery St.
SF
LOUD NOISE ACTION at Israel Consulate to protest the criminal nation’s terrible war crimes – sadistic starvation of babies, genocidal killing of women and children, repulsive lying of psychopathic Netanyahu, cravenly murder of aid workers, medical workers, journalists, and academics, plus indiscriminate destruction of Gaza homes, businesses, mosques, churches, museums, universities.
Stop the IDF!
We will create a furious ruckus. We have megaphones, trumpets, whistles, and air horns to share, plus bring your own pots and pans to beat on the barricades they set up to separate us from the Zionists inside.
Info: Israel! Stop Starving Gaza! Stop the Genocide of Palestinians! : Indybay
7. Friday, 4:30pm – 6:30pm, Stop AI Protest
1455 3rd St.
SF
Help us say, “Close OpenAI!” OpenAI is the company leading the race to smarter-than-human AI, also known as Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), which is AI that is smarter than all human experts across all technical domains. Although libertarians have long espoused that technology always generally benefits workers, AGI would leave humans out of the loop in every major industry, and, ultimately, have no need for humans to repair or improve itself. AGI would mean mass unemployment, and a massive transfer of wealth to the 1%.
AI developers like OpenAI have stolen copyrighted works from creatives without their consent, and actively refuse to share royalties with any of them. It is ludicrous to think they’ll start sharing wealth with anyone who they’ve caused to be unemployable. If the rich no longer need human workers or human soldiers, and everyone but them is homeless, what will stop the rich from throwing out the trash? It is the job of the people to reserve their right to strike, and protest the corporations that are trying to lead us to this catastrophe.
Furthermore, OpenAI continues to work with military defense contractor Anduril to develop increasingly advanced AI weapons for the United States and Israel. There is no world where putting extremely smart AIs in military weapons is a good idea.
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-anduril-defense/
2,700 cited AI researchers said in a poll that there is a 19% chance of AGI causing human extinction (1), and Prof. Geoffrey Hinton, who won the Nobel Prize for his work in AI in 2024, says there is a 50% chance of AGI causing human extinction (2). Some experts, like Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, say the risk of extinction is 99.99%(3). Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, when asked about the worst case for AGI, said it could be, “lights out for all of us”(4). It is impossible to have experimental evidence that the behavior of an AGI will stay safe indefinitely and that AGI will never want something that will lead to our extinction. We have caused the extinction of many less intelligent species, and would equally assume their fate.
We demand that workers, within their respective industry, are given the right to vote on what level of AI they are ok with, to stop themselves from becoming increasingly unemployable. We demand an end to the integration of AI into militaries worldwide. We demand that the US government shut down OpenAI, close any other company building AGI, and permanently ban the development of AGI.
Info: Stop AI Protest : Indybay
Saturday, September 28
8. Saturday, 12Noon – 2:00pm, Trump Regime Takedown (every Saturday)
Corner of Van Ness & O’Farrell
SF
We do not consent to Trump and his billionaire allies taking a chainsaw to our government and our economy for their benefit! San Francisco is a sanctuary city and We the People need to defend the values that make it so. Let’s stand united and oppose the endless assaults on our communities, our civil rights, the rule of law, and our democracy.
Keep democracy alive every Saturday by showing up, taking a stand, and sticking together for the long haul. Standing together is better than standing alone. Let’s get together and call out the Trump/MAGA regime as a community. Plus, it’s fun! Think of it as our democracy corner—a place for you to voice your opinion, hang out with like-minded fellow protesters, and experience a cathartic moment together.
What you can do:
• If you’ve got signs, flags, cardboard cutouts, or any protest visuals you want to make, bring ’em! We also have spare signs to lend.
• If you have whistles, drums, cowbells, or other noisemakers, bring ’em!
• Musicians are welcome and encouraged. Sing the song of democracy!
• Many of our regular protesters are part of local activist groups who are happy to chat with anyone who wants to pair their indignation with direct action beyond street protest.
Host: Indivisible SF and 50501 SF
Info: Trump Regime Takedown (every Saturday) : Indybay
Monday, September 29
