By Adrienne Fong<\/p>\n\n\n\n
See list of Calendar of Events on Palestine from AROC<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.araborganizing.org\/events\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Many other events are<\/strong> <\/strong>listed on Indybay that might be of interest to you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Please post your actions on Indybay<\/strong>: <\/em>https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/calendar\/?page_id=12<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n See Indybay for other listings of events<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ARTICLES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A. Biden White House Signs on to New Gates-Funded Pandemic Surveillance Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n See Petition # 3<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Assange Extradition Case Moves Forward While The CIA Covers Its Tracks \u2013 Caitlin Johnstone<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Opening the Devil\u2019s Door in Asia-Pacific (consortiumnews.com)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n D. Why I \u201carrested\u201d von der Leyen for aiding Gaza genocide <\/strong>\u2013 April 17, 2024<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/blogs\/david-cronin\/why-i-arrested-von-der-leyen-aiding-gaza-genocide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n E. S.F. DA Jenkins has a message for anyone delayed during Golden Gate Bridge protest <\/strong>\u2013 April 17, 2024<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n S.F. DA has message for those delayed by Golden Gate Bridge protest (sfchronicle.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n F. Gaza protesters on Golden Gate Bridge jailed on felony charges <\/strong>\u2013 April 16, 2024<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Gaza protesters on Golden Gate Bridge jailed on felony charges – 48 hills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n G. Report Sounds Alarm Over Growing Role of Big Tech in US Military-Industrial Complex<\/strong> \u2013 April 17, 2024<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Report Sounds Alarm Over Growing Role of Big Tech in US Military-Industrial Complex | Common Dreams<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n US Marine Scott Ritter: “As an American I’m am SCARED over what’s about to happen” | Redacted News – YouTube<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n YouTube \u2013 about 22min ong.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I. Revolt in Northern England: No Ceasefire, No Vote <\/strong>\u2013 April 16, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Revolt in Northern England: No Ceasefire, No Vote (consortiumnews.com)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n J. Justice for Abu Ghraib <\/strong>\u2013 April 15, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Justice for Abu Ghraib | Center for Constitutional Rights (ccrjustice.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n K. Wildly inaccurate story leads to death threats for activist, 48hills writer <\/strong>\u2013 April 14, 2024<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Wildly inaccurate story leads to death threats for activist, 48hills writer – 48 hills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n L. From The River To The Sea \u2013 Coloring book<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/strong>Facebook<\/a> and https:\/\/1804books.com\/products\/pre-order-from-the-river-to-the-sea-a-colouring-book<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n This South African illustrator, Soweto-based Nathi Ngubane and author created a coloring book for kids to learn about Palestinian history, resilience and freedom<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fanmi Lavalas Presentation, April 6th 2024 \u2013 Haiti Action Committee (haitisolidarity.net)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Haiti Action Committee is honored to post the transcript of a presentation by Fanmi Lavalas executive committee members, Dr. Maryse Narcisse and Joel \u201cPacha\u201d Vorbe, delivered via zoom during our April 6th event at Eastside Arts Alliance in Oakland, California.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/em>See Event # 2<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 PETITIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Protect Journalists in Gaza: Boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n SIGN: Protect Journalists in Gaza: Boycott the White House Correspondents’ Dinner – Action Network<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Tell your U.S. Congress Members to Protect Taxpayers from the High Costs of Nuclear Power and STOP the Dirty Deal!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0SIGN:\u00a0Take Action! Tell your Senators to STOP the marriage of bills S. 1111 and H.R. 6544! (salsalabs.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n SIGN: Tell Your State Legislators to Stop the WHO’s Power Grab! – Organic Consumers Association | Organic Consumers<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Stop the \u201cMake Everyone A Spy\u201d expansion of mass surveillance!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n SIGN: Stop the “Make Everyone A Spy” expansion of mass surveillance! | Demand Progress<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n EVENTS \/ ACTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Friday, April 19 \u2013 Monday, April 22<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Friday, April 19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Then we march to our targets: Blackrock and Bank of NY Mellon<\/p>\n\n\n\n RECLAIM EARTH DAY – NO to GENOCIDE! NO to ECOCIDE! We are uplifting the movement demands set forth by Palestinian, Sudanese, and Congolese movement organizers. We have an additional demand set forth by the youth leading this event: More info: https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/events\/reclaiming-earth-day-end-imperialism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Info: San Francisco: Protest March to Reclaim Earth Day – No to Genocide! No to Ecocide! : Indybay<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Friday, 12Noon, Palestine Solidarity Announcements- Special guests: Pierre Labossiere & Robert Roth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Zoom link: We\u2019re back tomorrow with another PSA\u2014join us tomorrow at 12p noon PT for updates and a conversation featuring our comrades with Haiti Action to talk about the crucial importance of Palestine-Haiti Solidarity in this current period of intensified imperialist aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Info: Webinar: Palestine Solidarity Announcements : Indybay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday, April 20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Saturday 12Noon \u2013 3:00pm, Bayview Hunters Point Community Peoples Earth Day-Peace Walk & Environmental Justice Rally<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Meet at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bayview Plaza Walk to HPNS outdoor area near 451 Galvez Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Info: https:\/\/allthingsbayview.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday, April 21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Sunday, 12:00Noon (PT); 3:00pm (ET), Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon: “Destroying Healthcare: Israel\u2019s War on Gaza Hospitals”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Online registration: Meeting Registration – Zoom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n After you register, you will immediately get an Approved response on the screen – BUT then look in your email for an email From: Zoom with the word “Confirmation” at the end of the subject line…there you’ll find the link and password to watch the film in advance of the Salon event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thirty-six hospitals served 2.2 million residents in Gaza on October 6, 2023. The United Nations says that only twelve are \u201cpartially functioning\u201d today. Israeli bombs, missiles and artillery have destroyed the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ambulances and vehicles transporting medical supplies have also been destroyed. Electricity and fuel is severely restricted, with doctors operating in the dark. Medicine, including anesthesia, adrenaline and pain-killers are depleted. Surgery (including amputations on children) is done while patients are wide-awake and screaming in pain. Wounded women and children are dying because of the lack of medical care. Doctors and medical personnel have been killed, evicted, or forced to flee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Try to imagine Hell. VFHL will focus on Gaza healthcare and hospitals through three videos. Panelists will discuss the destruction of hospitals, collapse of the healthcare system, shortages of medical supplies, unimaginable working conditions, international laws regarding hospitals in war zones, and the needs for rebuilding medical capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n discussion of the situation with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Ghassan Abu-Sittah – Palestinian surgeon at Al Shifa and Al Ahli Arab Hospitals<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Clyde Farris – Orthopedic Surgeon at Al Shifa Hospital; formerly with Doctors Without Borders (MSF)<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Eileen Shields-West: Journalist, chair emeritus of Refugees International (RI) and chair of THE SEED Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our moderator will be Chris Giannou – former Chief Surgeon at ICRC and former Executive Committee member of Palestine Red Crescent Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Sunday, 3:00pm \u2013 5:00pm, Westside Neighbors for a Ceasefire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n – JFK Promenade @ Pelosi Drive – across from the tennis courts, SF<\/p>\n\n\n\n Neighbors, community members, and organizations on the westside of San Francisco will gather to continue the many echos calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and for a free Palestine. From the river to the sea!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Info: https:\/\/www.araborganizing.org\/events\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Sunday, 3:00pm \u2013 6:00pm, Commemorating 8 years since the Frisco 5 hunger strike<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 474 Valencia St. Public transportation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16th<\/sup> Street Bart<\/p>\n\n\n\n MUNI: # 22, # 14, # 49<\/p>\n\n\n\n Free entrance, free food & drink<\/p>\n\n\n\n All are welcomed \u2013 All ages<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dialogue, timeline research, & conversation on what took place,why, and where we\u2019re at now in SF politics \/ police<\/p>\n\n\n\n Info: Facebook<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Sunday, 6:00pm \u2013 7:00pm Monthly gathering at Alex Nieto\u2019s Altar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bernal Hill MUNI – # 67stops nearby<\/p>\n\n\n\n All are welcomed to join Alex\u2019s parents Refugio and Elvira Nieto as they remember Alex and their call for justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On March 21, 2014, Alex was murdered by SFPD officers Jason Sawyer, Richard Schiff, Nathan Chew, and Roger Morse, with 59 bullets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DA Gacon (at the time) declined to file criminal charges against the officers. DA Jenkins let the attorney go who was working pm the case under Chesa Boudin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last month on the 10th<\/sup> Angelversary of Alex\u2019s murder, drawings of the proposed memorial were shown publicly for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monday, April 22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n By Adrienne Fong See list of Calendar of Events on Palestine 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. Biden White House Signs on to New Gates-Funded Pandemic… Continue reading Biden White House Signs on to New Gates-Funded Pandemic Surveillance Plan \u2022 Children’s Health Defense (childrenshealthdefense.org)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
B. Assange Extradition Case Moves Forward While The CIA Covers Its Tracks \u2013 April 17, 2024<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
C. Opening the Devil\u2019s Door in Asia-Pacific \u2013 April 17, 2024<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
H. US Marine Scott Ritter: “As an American I’m am SCARED over what’s about to happen” | Redacted News \u2013 April 16, 2024<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
M. Haiti; Fanmi Lavalas Presentation,on April 6 April 6th 2024<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
3. Tell Your State Legislators: Don\u2019t Give Up Control Over Public Health to the World Health Organization<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
1. Friday, 10:00am,\u00a0San Francisco: Protest March to Reclaim Earth Day – No to Genocide! No to Ecocide!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Meet at:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Embarcadero Plaza
Market & Steuart Sts.
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Imperialists out of Palestine, Congo, and Sudan!
Join Youth Vs. Apocalypse and hundreds of youth for our annual youth-led Earth Day action, centering intersectional demands that target the root of oppression.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis year, we are witnessing the US fund the active genocide with over 36,000 Palestinians martyred by the Israeli occupation, we must keep our eyes on the struggles happening all over the Global South. We have a responsibility, as US and western imperialist forces are responsible for this mass suffering. We know it\u2019s our duty as climate justice organizers in the belly of the beast to put pressure on the ruling class in power to ensure liberation for the masses of people, domestically and internationally.
This is why a large coalition of youth leaders and environmental movement organizers have come together to organize an Earth Day action centered around uplifting Palestine, Sudan, and Congo \u2013 three countries going through massive violence at the hands of western imperialism.
We believe that the oppression going on in Palestine, Sudan, and Congo is directly related to our core values of environmental justice, youth power, indigenous land stewardship, and the right to self-determination.
From The Bay and Congo to Sudan and Palestine, we say no more extracting resources at the sacrifice of human life and environmental health. All three of these countries are being targeted by greedy corporations, war-profiteering politicians, and imperialist governments to further their genocidal agendas and widen their profits. As they exploit and murder entire communities, they are also destroying the land. Genocide will always be coupled with ecocide. The youth, the people, and the land share a common enemy. As environmental justice organizations, we must stand against imperialism to advance the liberation of the masses of oppressed people and protect the land and its right to flourish.
We will march from the Embarcadero Plaza to our targets: Blackrock and Bank of NY Mellon (BNY Mellon), due to their involvement in investing in imperialist institutions responsible for resource extraction, war, violence, and genocide in the Global South. Blackrock is invested in various corporations furthering imperialism in Palestine, Congo, and Sudan. BNY Mellon is invested in Elbit Systems which is Israel\u2019s largest weapons firm playing a huge role in the current Genocide against Palestinian people.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE REQUIRES THE END OF IMPERIALISM. Imperialists out of Palestine, Congo, and Sudan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SF<\/p>\n\n\n\n8. Monday, 10:00am,\u00a0Sweep The Court<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Federal Court House
450 Golden Gate Ave. (nr. Polk St.)
SF<\/h1>\n\n\n\nMarching to the State Building at 350 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA 94102 and then to City Hall.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
In January 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of Johnson v. Grants Pass, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that barred municipalities across the western United States from punishing their unhoused residents for sleeping outside, even when there are no available shelter options. With its hard-right conservative majority, SCOTUS will likely overturn Grants Pass, creating a devastating ripple effect for homeless people across the country. Democratic leaders across local and state governments have submitted amicus briefs, or \u201cFriends of the Court\u201d briefs, in support of the overturning of Grants Pass\u2013 a deliberate attempt to use the hyper conservative court to enact violence on their poorest constituents.
On April 22nd, 2024, cities across the country will mobilize to show their support for the rights of unhoused people, demanding that the Supreme Court recognize sweeps without the offer of adequate shelter constitute cruel and unusual punishment, a violation of the Eighth Amendment. In San Francisco, where the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is located and the fight for the human rights of homeless people is most storied, join us in mobilizing from the Federal Building, to the State Building, and then ending at City Hall on April 22nd.
STOP THE SWEEPS!<\/h1>\n\n\n\nHosts: Coalition on Homelessness\/ WRAP<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Info: Sweep The Court : Indybay<\/a><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"