NOT back posting on a regular basis
Please hold the following activist in your thoughts…
Condolences to Rodger Scott
Maria-Theresa Au-Scott (Obituary by Rodger Scott)
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sfgate/name/maria-theresa-au-scott-obituary?id=33393753
R.I.P.
♥ Maria-Theresa Au-Scott ♥
Refugio Nieto as he heals from surgery
Jackie Barshak as she is in treatment for Stage 3 lung cancer. She welcomes well wishes.
Melvin Starks as he continues to heal.
Renay Davisas she continues treatment for cancer.
Please include Accessibility and ASL info in your events! And if your action is ‘child friendly’ This is a JUSTICE issue!!
*** ASL interpretation – Let me know if your event needs this service .***
Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
See Indybay for other listings of
Articles in 3 groups a) General b) SFPD Stangel case c) Ukraine
ARTICLES
A. What the A’s stadium plan will do to Oakland’s port, its workers and the California supply chain
B. Supreme Court Says Torture at CIA Black Site Is a “State Secret” –March 7, 2022
Supreme Court Says Torture at CIA Black Site Is a “State Secret” (truthout.org)
C. Dennis Cunningham, Civil Rights Lawyer for Varied Causes, Dies at 86 – March 6 , 2022
D. Was a youtube that cyber cops must be monitoring and won’t let me send!!!
E. Supreme Court rules against disclosure in torture case – March 3, 2022
Supreme Court rules against disclosure in torture case : NPR
San Francisco Police Dept – Stangel case
1. Jury acquits SFPD Officer Stangel in historic trial – March 7, 2022
Jury acquits SFPD Officer Stangel in historic trial – Mission Local
2. San Francisco police officer found not guilty of assault and battery charges in landmark use of force trial – March 7, 2022
3. Editorial: Police brutality trial raises questions about whether SFPD has embraced reform – March 4, 2022
4. SFPD sanctioned for withholding evidence in Dacari Spiers SFPD beating case – March 2, 2022
SFPD sanctioned for withholding evidence in Dacari Spiers SFPD beating case – Mission Local
Ukraine / Russia & related articles
1. Pity the Nation – March 7, 2022
Pity the Nation – Consortium News
Fact-based arguments Scott Ritter made challenging the case for war against Iraq were effectively silenced. Today he sees the same template in play towards anyone challenging the dogma of “Putinism
2. Why don’t we treat all refugees as if they were Ukrainian? – March 6, 2022
Why don’t we treat all refugees as if they were Ukrainian? – 48 hills
3. Ukraine Solidarity, Stop the War Mural – Image “A Dove Has Spread Her Wings and Asks for Peace’ March 6th in SF
Photo of Mural by Leon Kunstenaar: 2022 March 6, SF No War In Ukraine – kunstena (smugmug.com)
Today in solidarity with people of Ukraine a group or artists and over a hundred community folks recreated a giant version of a painting by Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko, called “A Dove Has Spread Her Wings and Asks for Peace.”
It was painted in Harry Bridges Plaza in front of the San Francisco Ferry Building and took place in conjunction with an antiwar rally and march
Thanks to Martha Hubert for initiating the SFBoS to Not destroy the mural. DPW will not power wash it.
4. Zimbabwe: Russia/Ukraine Conflict – Zimbabwe Explains Anti-Russia Vote Abstinence – Marach 3, 2022
https://allafrica.com/stories/202203030621.html
5. Zelensky pleads with U.S. lawmakers for no-fly zone and fighter jets – March 5, 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/03/05/zelensky-call-senators/
6. Global group of Black attorneys file U.N. complaint for African refugees – March 4, 2022
PETITIONS
1. The Official Record Of Opposition To The Death Penalty
SIGN: The official record of opposition to the death penalty (reprieve.org)
2. Tell Congress: Don’t spoil diplomacy with Iran!
SIGN: Tell Congress: Don’t spoil diplomacy with Iran! | Win Without War
3. #MomsAgainstTorture: help pass AB1630 to protect medically vulnerable Californians
4. Tell DOE to Prevent Fraud and Waste in Nuclear Bailout Program
SIGN: ACT NOW! Tell DOE to Prevent Fraud and Waste in Nuclear Bailout Program (salsalabs.org)
CALL;
Demand Congress and the White House restore the Child Tax Credit NOW! Children Need it, Mothers Have Earned It!
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EVENTS
Tuesday, March 8 – Friday March 11
Tuesday, March 8
International Women’s Day
1. Tuesday, 5:00am (PT); 8:00am (ET), Silent No More: Domestic Workers Confront Violence at Work (NEW)
Online:
To participate, simply click on this link tomorrow:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82803788272
The event will also be broadcast on Facebook Live here:
https://www.facebook.com/labourstart.org
The event will give a platform to domestic workers from around the world to discuss this important subject.
- Myrtle Witbooi is a South African labour activist. She currently serves as the General secretary of the South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union (SADSAWU) and is president of IDWF.
- Norma Nelson is an Executive Committee member of IDWF from the Caribbean region, part of the Antigua Trades and Labour Union (ATLU), a national trade union in Antigua and Barbuda.
- Mimi Jalmasco is from Southeast Asia, a mother of three, a full-time domestic worker in the UK and a survivor of trafficking. She is a legal trustee of the Voice of Domestic Workers, a self-help group campaigning for the rights, freedom, and justice of migrant domestic workers in the UK. She is also a member of the Research Advisory Board with Survivor Alliance and has been a research assistant in the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women.
- Achell Gurung is a domestic worker from Meghalaya, India. Currently she is a union member with IDWF affiliate NDWM. She has been in domestic work for 14 years and has been a part of the domestic workers’ movement for more than 8 years.
You’ll be able to ask questions and engage in live conversation with these extraordinary women from all over the world
Host: LaborStart
2. Tuesday, 8:00am (PT); 11:00am (ET), Town Hall – Celebrating International Women’s Day // Ayuntamiento – Celebración del Día Internacional de la Mujer (NEW)
Online register: Webinar Registration – Zoom
We’ll hear from two Water For People staff, Beatriz Alvarado from Peru and Grace Kanweri from Uganda, as they share the experiences of women and girls from the regions where they work. We’ll also share some meaningful ways you can honor women and girls by supporting increased access to clean, reliable water services. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available for this event. We’re excited to celebrate International Women’s Day with you!
Host: Water For People
3. Tuesday, 9:00am(PT); 12Noon (ET), What Do Mothers and Caregivers Want? International Survey Launch (NEW)
Online registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Care Income Now! announces the Launch of an International Survey: “What Do Mothers and Caregivers Want?”
Launch and survey available in English, Spanish, Italian, and Thai
There is an assumption that childcare and/or elder care is all that mothers and other caregivers need. But we are never asked what we think about how we spend our time and the resources we have/don’t have. This survey aims to find out what caregivers of every gender want, including in different countries.
Some of the questions you will be answering:
* How many hours a week do you spend caregiving?
* Did you get the support you needed to breastfeed?
* Do you find it hard to have to go to work when your child or relative is unwell?
* If you had no financial pressure, would you do the waged job you are doing now?
* Do you think your caring work is a contribution to society that should be paid?
Sponsored by Care Income Now! an international network of grassroots women and organizations coordinated by the Global Women’s Strike campaigning for a care income for all, regardless of gender, who doing the work of caring for people and planet.
4. Tuesday, 12 Noon – 2:00pm Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights on International Women’s Day!
In person
Sproul Plaza – Entrance nr. Telegraph & Bancroft
UC Berkeley
One hour rally to be followed by march through the city of Berkeley.
We Refuse to Let the U.S. Supreme Court
Deny Women’s Humanity & Decimate Their Rights!
ABORTION ON DEMAND & WITHOUT APOLOGY!
Everyone for reproductive justice is welcome. Our first hour of this action will be a rally on the campus in Sproul Plaza (near campus entrance) where we will rise up to say Roe v. Wade must stand.
Roe was the landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman’s liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction. Yet Roe v. Wade protects so much more than abortion rights. It protects other core, basic human rights including marriage equality and access to contraceptives and fertility treatments like IVF. This is EVERYONE’s cause. Step up and step out with us!
Without an immediate and large uprising, the Supreme Court stands poised to decimate this landmark decision. The Women’s March, which in past years organized actions on International Women’s Day, has abandoned the cause of preserving Roe v. Wade and is already planning for a post-Roe America. We say NO to that response. Join us in Berkeley as we rise up on March 8 as part of a national day of action.
Host: Bay Area Coalition for IWD Action
Info: Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights on International Women’s Day! : Indybay
5. Tuesday, 5:00pm International Women’s Day 2022:Defend Abortion Rights! Rally
In person
Meet at:
Powell & Market St.
SF
Women’s rights are under attack. The unelected and unaccountable body of the Supreme Court is threatening to reverse decades of struggle for abortion rights by undermining the precedent of Roe v. Wade in Mississippi and Texas.
The Democratic Party stands idly by while the assault on women’s reproductive rights and bodily autonomy continues, disproportionately effecting poor women and working-class women of color. Join us in the streets to make our voices heard!
On Feb. 28, the Senate voted on the Women’s Health Protection Act, defeating the bill in a 46-48 vote. The WHPA, a landmark bill that would have enshrined the right to abortion access
The Senate vote is disappointing but not surprising, as Senate Republicans and conservative Democrats continue to refuse to represent the interests of their constituencies. If politicians’ votes reflected the will of the people, WHPA would pass easily—80% of Americans support access to abortion in all or most cases.
We demand abortion to be legalized nationwide! We demand an end to state-sanctioned violence against women here in the U.S. and abroad! We demand an end to systemic exploitation of women’s work and labor worldwide!
Host: PSL
Info: International Women’s Day 2022: Defend Abortion Rights! | Facebook
6. Tuesday, 6:00pm (PT); 9:00pm (ET), International Women’s Day: Standing Against U.S. Genocide + Building the Women’s Movement (NEW)
Online: REGISTER here! https://tinyurl.com/8th-March
The Women’s Committee of the Spirit of Mandela Coalition presents this International Women’s Day program and gathering:
DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS, FIGHTING OPPRESSION, AND BUILDING SOLIDARITY
Speakers:
ROSA CLEMENTE- Afro-Latina Organizer; Independent Journalist, Producer, Scholar Activist
MONIFA BANDELE- Black/New Afrikan Organizer; Chief Strategy Officer, MomsRising
OLGA SANABRIA-DAVILA- Puerto Rican Independence Movement; Advisor to Decolonization Committee of 24
DIAN MILLION- Athabascan Nation; Associate Professor in American Indian Studies, Univ. of Washington
SHAFEAH M’BALIA- Muslims for Social Justice; Southern Coordinator of Imam Jamil Action Network
We are reaching out to women from the various oppressed national communities to join our Women’s Committee and give guidance as to which women’s issues are most important to be raised from each community and contribute to the struggle for women’s rights.
Info: International Women’s Day: Standing Against U.S. Genocide + Building the Women’s Movement | Facebook
Wednesday, March 9
7. Wednesday, 3:00pm – 7:00pm, SF Food Not Bombs – Food Sharing
For information or to volunteer: send an email to sffnbvolunteers@riseup.net or send a text message to 415-656-8168.
Cookhouse: St. John The Evangelist Church, 110 Julian Avenue (at 15th). Please ring the doorbell at the door on Julian closer to 15th Street.
3:00pm – 4:00pm. Food Pickups: 110 Julian Avenue-Help Needed!
4:00pm – 6:30pm, Cooking: 110 Julian Avenue Help Needed!
6:30pm Sharing: 16th and Mission BART Plaza–Help Needed!
6:30pm – 7:30pm, Cleaning Up: 110 Julian Avenue–after Cooking–Help Needed!
Schedule: https://sffnb.org/serving-schedule/
8. Wednesday, 5:00pm (PT); 8:00pm (ET),The Devastating Impacts of Pacific Nuclear Testing, the Fukushima Disaster & Radioactive Waste from U.S. Nuclear Reactors
Online register: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Nuclear is Not a Climate Solution: The Devastating Impacts of Pacific Nuclear Testing, the Fukushima Disaster & Radioactive Waste from U.S. Nuclear Reactors
The Affected Communities and Allies Working Group of the Nuclear Ban Treaty Collaborative will host a discussion on the devastating impacts of nuclear testing in the Pacific, the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and the dangers of parading nuclear energy as a solution to the climate crisis.
This free online webinar will explain why nuclear energy is not a climate solution and shed light on the underreported impacts of the ongoing nuclear crises in communities impacted by nuclear testing, nuclear energy, and radioactive waste.
Speakers:
Dr. Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Ayami Nakanishi, student of University of New Mexico, intern of Nuclear Issues Study Group
Bedi Racule, Marshall Islands Student Association, MISA4ThePacific
Eileen O’Shaughnessy, Nuclear Issues Study Group
Mari Inoue, Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World
Ms. Omori, a Fukushima mother (video message)
Fukushima youth who developed thyroid cancer (video message)
Representative of Reverse the Trend Pacific
Sponsor: The Affected Communities and Allies Working Group of the Nuclear Ban Treaty Collaborative.
9. Wednesday, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State – Meeting
Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.
Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay and nationwide.
We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, tracking equipment, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” — to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what government officials, employees and agencies are doing.
Info: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State : Indybay
Thursday, March 10
10. Thursday, 9:00am – March 17th 1:00pm, MAILING PARTY: #DefundClimateChaos Street Art Project #ArtNotWar
In person
Only At Bridge
23 Maine Ave.
Richmond
HELP: ship out thousands of street art posters printed as newspapers for the #DefundClimateChaos Week of Art Action, April 2-10, 2022. We will be assembling papers, packing and taping envelopes to be shipped. We will be working out doors, so please dress for it.
GET ART: Pick Up Poster Art: Come get copes of the poster art to get up during the week of action to past, use in action or in Pop-Up Art Exhibits.
PASTING WORKSHOP: At Noon we will have a short (wheat) Paste Up Training/Practice to learn ow to make paste, and paste up on walls or or surfaces.
POP-UP ART SHOW: World-wide premier art exhibit of the giant poster art designs together with artists statements. The Pop-up Are show is available for Bay Area use at public events, in neighborhood or in front of banks.
#DefundClimateChaos Street Art Week of Action info:
Info: (1) MAILING PARTY: #DefundClimateChaos Street Art Project #ArtNotWar | Facebook
Friday, March 11
11. Friday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Shut Down the San Francisco Police Officers Association
In person
SF Police Officers Association
800 Bryant St. (@ 6th St.)
RESIST with Mothers On The March and Family’s whose loved ones have been killed by the SFPD, and the Community.
After the verdict of the Stangel case it is more important that we stand together against police terror!
– Demand the San Francisco Police Officers Association Be Shut Down!
-The SF Police Officers Association Be Declared a Non Grata Organization
-Call for the abolishment of the ‘Officers Bill of Rights’
-Jail Killer Cops – demand killer cops be charged with murder.
-Abolish the Police!
Theo POA has supported and defended office who have executed people in our communities
If you can’t attend contact Mayor London Breed and the SF Board of Supervisors – Tell the that you OPPOSE funding for the SFPD:
Mayor Breed
Tel: (415) 554-6141
Email: MayorLondonBreed@sfgov.org
Contact list for SF Board of Supervisors
https://sfbos.org/roster-members
12. Friday, 3:00pm – 4:00pm, 11th Anniversary of Fukushima No Nukes, No War, US Military Out Of Japan & Okinawa
In person
San Francisco Japanese Consulate
275 Battery St. (nr. California St.)
SF
Join the Rally and Speak Out/Music/Poetry/Voices
On the 11th anniversary of the Fukusihma nuclear explosions, the government has still not removed the melted nuclear rods at the broken plants. There has been no decontamination and TEPCO which has
been taken over by the government is planninng to release more than 1 million tons of radiocative water In tanks surrounding the reactors.
The government continues to pressurize the refugees who left the area to return despite the fact that it still remains contaminated and dangerous. There are still tens of thousands of bags of radioactive waste that continue to remain throughout the prefecture with no place to go.
On this 11tth anniversary the Japanese government along with the US government are spending billions for preparation of war and a clear violation of Article 9 of the Constitution which forbids offensive wars and yet this is what the governnment is now violating.
The US with the support of the Japanese government is continuing to build bases in Okinawa and terrorizing the population with jet and helicopter noise pollution, spread of covid by US military personel and rapes and attacks on Okinawan people.
WE demand that there be no restarting of nuclear plants in Japan, full compensation for the refugees and for
government officials to be held accounntable for this dangerous condition still facing the Japanese people and
the world.
Host: No Nukes Action
Info: On 11th Anniversary of Fukushima No Nukes, No War, US Military Out Of Japan & Okinawa : Indybay
