By Adrienne Fong
Not back posting on a regular basis.
RESOURCES:
UPDATES WITH BAY RESISTANCE and get plugged to actions you can support, text “Resist” to 888-850-0928
GI HOTLINE (877) 477-4497
Center On Conscience and War: 800-379-2679 (toll free) In Washington DC
– Since the Iran War – there has been an increase of active duty service people applying for C.O. status
– Share these numbers to people who know active duty service members
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. Christa Pike’s lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution – October 4, 2026
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/christa-pikes-lawyer-says-she-has-not-regained-consciousness-since-her-failed-tennessee-execution
B. Top US officials discuss renewed war in Iran, Yemen intervention: Report – October 3, 2026
https://thecradle.co/articles/top-us-officials-discuss-renewed-war-in-iran-yemen-intervention-report
C. October 30th, unions, civil society and activists around the world are uniting to shutdown over than 50 ports for their complicity in genocide and militarism.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DeCYVAIMmcS/?hl=en
D. The double standards of a failed execution – October 3, 2026
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/10/3/the-double-standards-of-a-failed-execution
Had Christa Pike faced the death penalty in the Middle East, there would be relentless outrage and condemnations.
E. Kim Iversen: NEWSFLASH: The US sponsors more terror than Iran – October 2, 2026
F. Connie Chan – Supports a Full Arms Embargo on Israel with Goal to End Genocide and the Apartheid State. October 2, 2026
https://www.instagram.com/p/DeBMcQ5hbHA/?hl=en
G. Coal company’s $1 billion lawsuit against Oakland dismissed = October 2, 2026
Coal company’s $1 billion lawsuit against Oakland dismissed
H. Witnesses recount Christa Pike’s survival of two lethal injections – video – October 1, 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2026/oct/01/witnesses-recount-christa-pikes-survival-of-two-lethal-injections-video
Thank you to everyone who have been signing monthly petitions of scheduled executions
I. Nurses March to Demand that Palantir Stop Targeting their Patients – October 1, 2026
Nurses March to Demand that Palantir Stop Targeting their Patients : Indybay
J. An Open Letter to the Honorable People of the United States of America – September 29, 2026
https://img9.irna.ir/d/r2/2026/09/29/0/173138753.pdf?ts=1790679102019
Iran’s IRGC Publishes 26-Page Open Letter To Directly to AMERICANS
K. US Senate blocks resolution demanding accountability over Israeli violence in West Bank -September 29, 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/29/senate-resolution-west-bank-israel-violence
L. Greenland Deal: Trump Drops Threat to Annex Island in Favor of Greater U.S. Military Role – September 29, 2026
M. Newsom signs laws targeting ICE with shock glove ban, detention center tax – September 29, 2026
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/29/ca-shock-glove-ban-signed-01094029
N. NRC Wants to Bulldoze Workplace Radiation Protections – September 28, 2026
NRC Wants to Bulldoze Workplace Radiation Protections – Confined Space
5 PETITIONS
1. Block the Sale of Bombs to the Saudi Military
SIGN: Block the Sale of Bombs to the Saudi Military | Win Without War
The Trump administration just greenlit a $5 BILLION weapons sale to Saudi Arabia — including the same 2,000-pound bombs the Saudi military has previously used to kill civilians in Yemen.
2. Who needs $1,760 more? You or Pete Hegseth’s recless Pentagon?
SIGN” Who needs $1,760 more? You or Pete Hegseth’s reckless Pentagon? | Win Without War
3. Tell Governor Gavin Newsom to commute every death sentence in California
SIGN: Tell Governor Gavin Newsom to commute every death sentence in California – RootsAction
4. STOP Censoring Posts About Cornell Gang Rape
SIGN: STOP Censoring Posts About Cornell Gang Rape – Action Network
5. Stand With Awajún and Wampis Women!
SIGN: Stand With Awajún and Wampis Women! | Amazon Watch
In Condorcanqui, in the Peruvian Amazon, Awajún and Wampis women are demanding protection and justice for survivors of sexual violence. Through the Awajún Wampis Women’s Council Umukai Yawi (COMUAWUY), they accompany survivors, organize community defenders, and provide refuge where government services fall short. Between 2023 and August of 2026, 525 cases of sexual violence against minors were officially reported, but the authorities brought charges in only 33 of those PETITIONS for Scheduled October Executions (Click on name to sign)
October 7, 2026 at 6:00 pm CT:
Jamaal Howard in Texas(opens in new tab)
October 13, 2026 at 6:00 pm ET:
William Thompson in Florida(opens in new tab)
October 20, 2026 at 6:00 pm ET:
William Reaves in Florida
EVENTS / ACTIONS
Monday, October 5 – Saturday, October 9
Monday, October 5
1. Monday, 12:30pm – 1:30pm, No Monarch Monday: Weekly Protest at Tesla in San Francisco
Tesla Dealership
999 Van Ness (corner of Van Ness and O’Farrell)
SF
Join us to stand up for democracy, civil liberties, and the planet, and against the fascist/authoritarian Trump Regime!
ABOLISH ICE! END THE WAR ON IRAN!
Bring a sign if you have one.
Info: No Monarch Monday: Weekly Protest at Tesla in San Francisco : Indybay
2. Monday, 5:00pm – 7:00pm, Ed Panel: AI, Drones, Flock Cameras, Data Centers, Techno Fascists & Labor
Adobe Bookstore
3130 24th St. (bet, Shotwell & Folsom)
SF
The massive introduction of AI, models and agents with drones, flock cameras and Data centers is threatening all democratic, human and labor rights. It is being done secretly and without any control or oversight by the techno fascists who run San Francisco, the US and the world.
This panel will look at how this technology is being used on the public and working people and how people and organizations are organizing to defend communities and labor.
On October 14th (Wednesday) there will be meeting of the San Francisco police commission at SF City Hall at 5:30 and there will be a hearing on whether to expand the drones in San Francisco. This has been partly funded direct ly by techno billionaires Chris Larson. There will be discussion on how to build a united front to challenge these attacks and threats.
The construction and introduction of this technology is also threatens war and humanity as well as our environment.
Initial Speakers:
AIAC, SF DeFlock, Stop AI, WorkWeek
Info: Ed Panel: AI, Drones, Flock Cameras, Data Centers, Techno Fascists & Labor : Indybay
Tuesday, October 6
3. Tuesday, 6:30pm – 8:00pm, Care Vs. Criminalization- Rethinking Street Response to Homelessness
Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore
– 3036 24th Street
SF
The Coalition on Homelessness is hosting a hybrid community panel entitled “Care vs. Criminalization: Rethinking Our Street Response to Homelessness” with formerly homeless folks, public health workers, and civil rights advocates discussing the overview of the current state of criminalization of homeless people and a new vision for a street response in San Francisco.
Come hear a panel of speakers and learn how to get involved to protect the human rights of homeless people and implement a vision of compassionate solutions that work.
Speakers include former Supervisor Dean Preston, representatives from Public Defender, ACLU, Unhoused Leader Couper Arana, and Harm Reduction Therapy Center.
Info: Care Vs. Criminalization- Rethinking Street Response to Homelessness : Indybay
Wednesday, October 7
4. Wednesday, 8:00am – 9:30am, Protest on October 7th: PG&E – Cancel the Palantir contract & Reduce our utility rates!
Hilton Union Square
333 O’Farrell St
SF
Meet up in front of the main entrance to the Hilton Hotel at 333 O’Farrell. We will bring signs and banners to hold, but feel free to bring your own calling out PGE for their complicity with Palantir, as well as continually putting their own profit over the economic well being and the health and safety of the residents of California.
PG&E is also partnering with Palantir Technologies, the same company that provides software to ICE, used to track and harm immigrants.
On October 7th in SF, PG&E is sponsoring the “Power & Energy Society Resiliency Summit” and the PG&E CEO will be making the keynote address.
Join us! Let PG&E and conference attendees know PG&E needs to cancel the Palantir contract and make utility rates affordable!
Info from: Oil & Gas Action Network
Info: https://actionnetwork.org/events/protest-pge-on-october-7th
5. Wednesday, 6:30pm, Honoring Our Martyrs – Vigil
San Francisco State University
Hassani Bell Bench in the Quad
SF
Join us on October 7th at the Hassani Bell Bench in the Quad at 6:30pm to honor our martyrs. May we see a Free Palestine in our lifetime
Host: SFSUGUPS
Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeAQh5VScp2/?hl=en
Thursday, October 8
6. Thursday, 4:00pm – 6:00pm, Tell Target to Stand Up To ICE!
Metreon Target
789 Mission Street.
Meet on the sidewalk by the Mission Street entrance
SF
Join us to say: Until Target acts to protect its workers and guests from ICE, we will not shop at Target!
We will hold signs, hand out flyers, and explain why we must all boycott Target until they Stand Up To ICE.
Bring a sign if you have one.
Hosts: Jamie, Hazel, Cat
Info: Tell Target to Stand Up To ICE! : Indybay
Friday, October 9
7. Friday, 10:00am, Oakland Arms Embargo: Mass Mobilization at FedEx
FedEx Shipping Center,
9190 Edes Ave
Oakland
ALL OUT FOR THREE YEARS OF GENOCIDE, SHIPPED BY FEDEX!
For the last 3 years, Israel has been relentless in its genocide and bombardment of Gaza and increased settler violence and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. We know that without an arms embargo, the bombs won’t stop. As we’ve seen with Trump’s latest weapons package, the 2,000-lb bombs that have been dropped in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran will only continue—and FedEx is responsible for making this possible.
It is our moral duty to hold corporations like FedEx accountable for their pivotal role in the genocide of Palestinians. FedEx is a key facilitator of the supply chain of death that for Israeli’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets that target people in Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran.
Oakland and the Bay Area stand with Palestine, and we will not allow our revolutionary history to become tainted by complicity in genocide
For more information: https://armsembargonow.com/.
Info: Oakland Arms Embargo: Mass Mobilization at FedEx : Indybay
8. Friday, Oct. 9 – Oct. 11, NAZA screens at NEW PEOPLE October 9–11, then moves to The Roxie on October 12
New People Cinema
1746 Post St. (In Japantown)
SF
Tickets: https://roxie.com/film/new-people-naza/#:~:text=NAZA%20screens%20at%20NEW%20PEOPLE,who%20designed%20and%20operated%20them.
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIBRLEEaueo
NOTE: Film will also be shown in Marin, Oakland and the South Bay – check your local areas
In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them.
Directors Note:
We made this film out of a sense of obligation to use our position as Israeli filmmakers and journalists to examine the systems behind the mass killing of Palestinian civilians for which our country is responsible. While filming members of Israel’s military on rooftops at night in Tel Aviv over the past three years, we found ourselves asking the very questions that were asked by our grandparents’ generation and throughout the 20th century: how does one group of people allow the total dehumanisation of another?
What do the inner workings of such a system look like? Many of the revelations in the film were published almost immediately as we learned of them, in the months following the October 7th attacks, by The Guardian (one of NAZA’s producers), in collaboration with reporting partners +972 Magazine and Local Call. The film lets us explore something deeper than we could in our investigative journalism alone: not only the words being said but also those that are not said, the silence. It is up to all of us to break that silence.
– Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
Info & Tickets: https://roxie.com/film/new-people-naza/#:~:text=NAZA%20screens%20at%20NEW%20PEOPLE,who%20designed%20and%20operated%20them.
Saturday, October 10
9. Saturday, 11:00am – 12Noon, No More Techno Fascists Buying Elections in San Francisco Speak-out
2620 Larkin St.
SF
Billionaire Chris Larson Spending Tens Of Millions To Stop Billionaires Tax & Pushing For More AI, Flocks, and Less Democracy In San Francisco & The State
The techno fascist billionaires who run the San Francisco Democratic party are putting tens of millions of dollars to buy the 2026 election in San Francisco and California. Trump supporter Chris Larson is spending nearly $100 million not only against Proposition 40 which is a one time 5% tax on billionaires but also for pro-capitalist candidates and propositions.
He along with Mayor Lurie is also supporting Propositions D, E & F which will further take away more democratic rights and give us more corruption by the billionaires.
Lurie already is contracting out hundreds of millions of dollars to private companies to eliminate public jobs and turn over public jobs to private contractors who are his billionaire supporters like Salesforce.
Larson has personally funded Flock cameras in San Francisco to further militarize the City, and Mayor Lurie wants a massive increase in Drones with AI which are primarily targeted working class parts of San Francisco including Bay View Hunters Point and the Mission District.
Host: UFCLP
Info: No More Techno Fascists Buying Elections in San Francisco Speak-out : Indybay
10. Saturday, 6:00pm, Crisis in the West Bank—Defending Palestinian Lands
UUSF
1187 Franklin Street (corner Geary)
SF
RSVP, email humanrights@uusf.org
Dinner & Solidarity Presentation for Ralph Fenn, who is leaving for the West Bank in November to help with the olive harvest and being a “protective presence” to farmers there.
He will speak about his reasons for going to Palestine. We will hear from Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, who will reflect on the sources and resolution of violence there, and Jeff Pekrul, who will share his observations from 2004. Both Ralph and Jeff are members of the Human Rights Working Group at UUSF.
Please join us for an exciting presentation and complimentary dinner.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
October 23, Friday, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Three Years of Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with Ali Abunimah, Lara Kiswani, and Cat Brooks (Oakland)
First Congregational Church of Oakland
2501 Harrison St.
Oakland
Tickets Sliding Scale https://events.humanitix.com/mecaxabunimahxoak
Join the Middle East Children’s Alliance on October 23 at First Congregational Church Oakland as we welcome Ali Abunimah, Lara Kiswani, and Cat Brooks for this special event in solidarity with Palestinians who have faced three years of ongoing genocide in Gaza and beyond.
Proceeds from this event support projects of the Middle East Children’s Alliance
Ali Abunimah is executive director of The Electronic Intifada. He is the author of One Country, and The Battle for Justice in Palestine.
Lara Kiswani has has been active in anti-war, Palestinian liberation, and Third World solidarity movements for over two decades. She is the Executive Director of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), which serves thousands of poor and working-class Arabs and Muslims. AROC has built and led local, national, and international campaigns and coalitions advancing Palestinian liberation while also strengthening broader struggles for racial, social, and economic justice.
Cat Brooks is co-founder and executive director of Anti-Police Terror Project and Justice Teams, host of Law & Disorder on KPFA, and a long-time performer, organizer, and activist.
Info: Middle East Children’s Alliance: https://www.mecaforpeace.org/event/oakland-ca-ali-abunimah-three-years-of-ongoing-genocide/
Saturday, October 24, 5:00pm – 9:00pm, Three Years of Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with Ali Abunimah and Lara Kiswani (MENLO PARK)
Sequoia Room, Arrillaga Family Recreation Center
700 Alma St
Menlo Park
Reception 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm. Meet and Greet with our special guests and MECA Staff. Refreshments and entry to main event included. Limited tickets! Program starts at 7 p.m.
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/mecaxmenlo26
Join the Middle East Children’s Alliance as we welcome Ali Abunimah, Lara Kiswani, and Samia Shoman for this special Silicon Valley event in solidarity with Palestinians who have been facing three years of ongoing genocide and learn more about MECA’s humanitarian efforts in Gaza and beyond.
We’re also honored to welcome accomplished violinist Basma Edrees and friends for a special musical performance.
Info: https://events.humanitix.com/mecaxmenlo26