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ARTICLES
A. Pelosi Says ‘We Have to’ Pass $33 Billion Ukraine Aid Package – May 8, 2022
Military equipment and $$ to Ukraine is NOT an act for PEACE!
See Article ‘E”
Rep. Nancy Pelosi & President Biden are adding more fuel to the fire! If you are outraged about what Pelosi is advocating call her offices and let her know!
SF office: (415) 556-4862
Washington, DC: (202) 225-4965
US Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
B. THE AWAKENING #Achair4Assange – May 8, 2022
THE AWAKENING #Achair4Assange – YouTube
“Impossible not to shake your heart watching this, The wave for Assange grows in the world, we all want truth and Justice
Stella Morris tears make my heart shake, it’s time to act!”
C. ‘Enforced childbirth is slavery’: Margaret Atwood on the right to abortion – May 7, 2022
See Event # 14
See Petition # 3
D.. Chaos erupts as judge delays hearing of officer accused of killing Keita O’Neil – May 6, 2022
Chaos erupts as judge delays hearing of officer accused of killing Keita O’Neil (missionlocal.org)
See Event # 1
E. UN reaches consensus on Ukraine for the first time – May 6, 2022
UN reaches consensus on Ukraine for the first time — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
F. A U.S. agency will stop selling target dummies that resemble Black men. An Oakland artist is the reason why – May 6, 2022
G. Exposing ‘copaganda’ as SFPD spends $1.6 million on ‘strategic communications’ – May 5, 2022
Exposing ‘copaganda’ as SFPD spends $1.6 million on ‘strategic communications’ – 48 hills
H. AIPAC’s $16 mill lays down red line for Dems: Don’t criticize Israel – May 3, 2022
AIPAC’s $16 mill lays down red line for Dems: Don’t criticize Israel (israelpalestinenews.org)
See Events # 8, 11 & 13
5 PETITIONS:
1. TIAA-CREF: Tell Chevron- No Business With Genocide
SIGN: TIAA-CREF: Tell Chevron – No Business With Genocide – Action Network
2. Tell Amazon to conduct a full racial equity audit now!
SIGN: Tell Amazon to conduct a full racial equity audit now! | ColorOfChange.org
3. Call on Congress to ban police from using phone data to spy on pregnant people!
4. Un-dam the Snake River. Save the salmon, stop the extinction.
SIGN: The Path to Dam Removal (columbiariverkeeper.org)
5. Tell President Biden: No more drilling on public lands
SIGN: Tell President Biden: No more drilling on public lands – 350
Petitions on upcoming Executions for May
– Please hold the victims families and friends of all those who have lost their loved ones to ‘murder’ in your thoughts
May 11, 2022, Wednesday
1. Stop the Executions of Clarence Dixon in Arizona
SIGN: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-clarence-dixon-in-arizona/
or his 1977 killing of Deana Bowdoin, a 21-year-old Arizona State University student.
If it takes place as scheduled, this would be the state’s first execution in eight years. Dixon has been on death row more than 40 years.
Just 3 more days until Arizona intends to resume executions. This time it is of an elderly, blind, #Navajo man who has been on death row for over 40 years.
May 13, 2022, Friday
2. Stop the Execution of Brad Sigmon in South Carolina
SIGN: Stop the Execution of Brad Sigmon in South Carolina – Action Network
Brad Sigmon, 63, is scheduled for execution in South Carolina on May 13, 2022 for the murders of David Larke and Gladys Larke.
Under South Carolina law, he has to make a choice to die by electrocution or by firing squad.
May 17, 2022, Tuesday
3. Virgil Presnell is scheduled for execution in Georgia
Stop the Execution of Virgil Presnell in Georgia – Action Network
EVENTS
Monday, May 9 – Saturday, May 14
Monday, May 9
1. Monday, 9:00am, CANCELLED Court Hearing of former SFPD Officer Christopher Samayoa for murder of Kieta O’Neil
At the Hearing on Friday, the judge postponed the next hearing until July 14th!!
Info: Case Calendar (sftc.org)
| 20012531 | SAMAYOA, CHRISTOPHER DAVID | HEARING | 850 BRYANT ST | 20 | 2022-07-14 | 09:00 AM |
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The POA (Police Officers Association) attorney is doing the same delay tactics on SFPD’s Officer Kenneth Cha’s case for the homicide of Sean Moore. There have been 5 hearings in Dept. 19 with no advancement to Dept. 20 until May 26th. The defense for Cha claims he needs more info! The prosecution has been ready and has given the defense material that is required!
| Case Number | Case Title | Purpose | Location | Dept | Date | Time |
| 21010958 | CHA, KENNETH | HEARING | 850 BRYANT ST | 20 | 2022-05-26 | 09:00 AM |
| 21010958 | CHA, KENNETH | HEARING | 850 BRYANT ST | 20 | 2022-06-30 | 09:00 AM |
Both familie have received large settlements from the city of SF; but that does not bring JUSTICE!
Please continue to hold both families in your thoughts.
2. Monday, 6:00pm, Vigil For A Clean & Honest Election in the Philippines
SF Philippine Consulate
477 Sutter St. (between Stockton & Powell)
SF
May 9th marks the end of overseas voting for the Philippines’ national and local elections.
Hosts: ICHRP- US, BAYAN, Malaya,
Info: Facebook
Tuesday, May 10
3. Tuesday, 2:00pm – 7:30pm, CA POOR PEOPLE’S Campaign Art Build
In person
Bridge Arts & Storage
23 Maine Ave.
Richmond
Join us help make art (cutting fabric, helping with screen printing, assembling signs and some painting) for both the May 16 March on LA and the JUNE 18, 2022 –POOR PEOPLE’S AND LOW-WAGE WORKERS’ ASSEMBLY AND MORAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON AND TO THE POLLS.
We will mostly be working outdoors, so bring sun protection and for any indoor work will require mask safety.
More info on CA Poor People’s Campaign: https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/california/
Info: (3) CA POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN ART BUILD | Facebook
4. Tuesday, 3:00pm, Book Launch: You Have Not Yet Been Defeated by Alaa Abd el-Fattah
This is an in-person & Virtual Program
In Person Location: San Francisco State University, Library Room 121
For InPerson Participation,Register at:
For Virtual Participation, Register at:
Accessibility Accommodations:
(1) In person event space will be wheel chair accessible.
(2) The Virtual Program will have closed captioning
Masks required for in-person event – preferably N95
SFSU’s Race and Resistance Studies Department presents: You Have Not Yet Been Defeated By Alaa Abd El-Fattah. Join us with guest speakers Angela Davis, long-time political activist, professor and author, and Sanaa Seif, Egyptian filmmaker, political activist and sister to Alaa Abd el-Fattah in conversation about the launch of You Have Not Yet Been Defeated By Alaa Abd el-Fattah. Moderated by Professor Rama Ali Kased of Race and Resistance Studies and Sharif Abdel Kouddous, an independent journalist, editor and reporter for Eygpt’s Mada Masr.
About the Book: Alaa Abd el-Fattah is arguably the most high-profile political prisoner in Egypt, if not the Arab world, rising to international prominence during the revolution of 2011. A fiercely independent thinker who fuses politics and technology in powerful prose, an activist whose ideas represent a global generation which has only known struggle against a failing system, a public intellectual with the rare courage to offer personal, painful honesty, Alaa’s written voice came to symbolize much of what was fresh, inspiring and revolutionary about the uprisings that have defined the last decade.
For more info: Book Launch: You Have Not Yet Been Defeated by Alaa Abd el-Fattah | Facebook
5. Tuesday, 3:00pm – 9:00pm, 7th Annual 510Day: Oakland Protesting Gentrification With Culture!
In person
Lake Merritt Columns
Oakland
This free, public, inter-generational, grassroots community resistance and resiliance event is dedicated to the celebration of Oakland’s history and culture in the face of the rapidly growing housing crisis.
Displacement is not the only by-product of gentrification, as newcomers to Oakland have been increasingly responding to the culture here in hostile, dangerous and potentially deadly ways particularly to Black and Brown residents over the past decade. Hanging out with friends, celebrating our cultures, breaking bread with fambam in public, and enjoying the sunshine has become an act of resistance and resilience in these times of re-colonizations.
Oakland is the land of the Ohlone people, the birthplace of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, the city where Bruce Lee once lived, & where Cesar Chavez first started organizing. It was Tupac’s spiritual home. The home of Soulbeat, Festival at the Lake, the East Bay Dragons, Everett&Jones, Flints, Ricky Henderson, Marshawn Lynch, Gary Payton, Dru Down, Too $hort, & 3XKraxy. Oakland is a community where Black, White, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, & LatinX people have lived together for generations.
Over the past several years, Oakland has experienced a wave of gentrification & displacement characterized by a rapidly rising cost of living, skyrocketing housing prices, & the criminalization of BIPOC communities & our cultural practices.
Gentrification threatens to erase the history, culture, and identity of Oakland in just a matter of years. 510Day celebrates an inclusive and equitable Oakland, one which embraces the future & stays true to our past. We envision an Oakland that continues to be racially diverse, family friendly, & rich with the culture & tradition of activism. 510Day embodies this vision & spirit.
this year’s 510Day will.be the biggest one yet.
Lakeshore Ave will feature various community organizations putting work in The Town around issues that the pressures of gentrification have created, like homelessness, increased criminalization and incarceration of our communities, closing of public school, homelessness, evictions, and so much more.
grand Ave will feature Oakland vendor
Info: (1) 7th Annual 510Day: Oakland Protesting Gentrification With Culture! | Facebook
6. Tuesday, 4:30pm (PT); 7:30pm (ET), Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Support Meetup
Online – register to attene: Meeting Registration – Zoom
To mark one year of Daniel Hale’s incarceration, his support team invites you to a night of letter writing, reflection, and solidarity.
Host: Courage To Resist
Wednesday May 11
7. Wednesday, 11:00am – 12:30pm (PT); 2:00pm – 3:30pm (ET), Chevron on Notice: How 2022 Shareholder Action Can Advance Corporate Accountability
Online register: Chevron on Notice: How 2022 Shareholder Action Can Advance Corporate Accountability (ucsusa.org)
Hold Chevron accountable on human rights and climate
Amazon Watch, Investor Advocates for Social Justice, Majority Action, Newground Social Investment, Sierra Club, the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, and the Union of Concerned Scientists invite you to a virtual conversation on Chevron’s poor track record on climate, disinformation, human rights, environmental & racial justice, and corporate governance. Join us to learn about several proposals put forward by investor advocacy groups to advance corporate accountability at the fossil fuel company.
Speakers include:
• Alfredo Angulo—Community Organizer, Richmond Progressive Alliance
• Simon Billenness—Executive Director, International Campaign for the Rohingya; Director, No Business with Genocide
• Nan Greer, PhD—Executive Director, Alistar International
• Alison LaFrance—Climate Fellow, As You Sow
• Mary Minette—Director of Shareholder Advocacy, Mercy Investment Services
• Donald Moncayo—President, Unión de Afectados por Texaco
• Kathy Mulvey—Accountability Campaign Director, Union of Concerned Scientists
• Nora Nash, OSF—Director of Corporate Responsibility, Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
• Paul Paz y Miño—Associate Director, Amazon Watch
• Ivy Schlegel—Senior Research Analyst, Majority Action
Host: Union of Concerned Scientists
8. Wednesday, 11:00am 12:30pm (PT); 2:00pm – 3:30pm (ET), The Palestinian Return Centre in Conversation with Dr Michael Lynk
Online via Facebook (You don’t have to subscribe to FB to view)
The Palestinian Return Centre in Conversation with Dr Michael Lynk | Facebook
Dr. Michael Lynk is the UN Special Rapporteur
Nasim Ahmed, Middle East Monitor
Info: (1) The Palestinian Return Centre in Conversation with Dr Michael Lynk | Facebook
9. Wednesday, 2:00pm (PT); 5:00pm (ET), GI Resistance Meet Up
Online – Zoom link: Launch Meeting – Zoom
Special Guest: Alan Kennedy
National Guard Officer Alan Kennedy is challenging the constitutionality of Department of Defense order 1325.06 on the grounds that it infringes on the soldier’s right to free expression. Facing harassment, conflicting instructions, and contradictory reprimands, Captain Kennedy pushes on to protect service members rights to protest and self expression. Listen to the Alan’s episode of the Courage to Resist podcast.
Welcome and introduction from:
· Jeff Paterson, Courage to Resist director / VFP Board of Directors member
· Stephanie Atkinson, Courage to Resist / VFP Seattle Chapter Secretary
· James Branum, GI Rights Lawyer / VFP Associate Member
· Hosts: Courage to Resist and the GI Resistance Working Group of Veterans For Peace
Thursday, May 12
10. Thursday, 5:30pm – 7:00pm, THE EMPTY HOMES TAX: Housing for people or for profits?
In person
St. John the Evangelist
1661 15th Street
SF
This will be a bilingual event in English and Spanish, interpretation provided.
Over the last decade, the number of vacant units in San Francisco has skyrocketed, largely due to units being held off the market as either second homes or investment vehicles. They’re in high density areas like SOMA, Downtown, and the Mission District, neighborhoods where the highest concentration of new units have been built has also caused mass gentrification. Vibrant working class communities of color have been pushed out, and more and more people find themselves without a home, while units sit empty.
Join us for an in-person gathering to learn how faith communities and progressive political movements are joining forces to change this at the ballot this coming November.
Speakers:
With Violeta Roman Mijares, Faith in Action
Shanti Singh, Democratic Socialists of America
John Avalos, Council of Community Housing Organizations
Supervisor Dean Preston, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Host: Council of Community Housing Organizations
Info: THE EMPTY HOMES TAX: Housing for people or for profits? | Facebook
11. Thursday, 6:30pm, Conversation with Addameer
In person
EastSide Cultural Center
2277 International Blvd
Oakland
Join us for an in-depth look at imprisonment and prisoner resistance in Palestine with Milena Ansari of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, an organization that supports Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli and Palestinian prisons.
Info: https://www.eastsideartsalliance.org/
Friday, May 13
12. Friday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Shut Down the San Francisco Police Officers Association
In person
SF Police Officers Association (Outside)
800 Bryant St. (at 6th St)
SF
RESIST with ‘Mothers On The March’, Families whose loved ones have been murdered by SFPD (or other law enforcement) and the Community.
Our Demands:
– The Police Officers Association be SHUT DOWN!
– The SF Police Officers Association Be Declared a Non Grata Organization
– Abolish the ‘Officers Bill of Rights’
– Jail Killer Cops – we demand killer cops be charged with murder.
– Abolish the police!
The POA has defended police officers that have executed and terrorized people in our community.
“The Mothers On The March” are in support of NO on “H” – NO to the RECALL of CHESA BOUDIN!
If you can’t attend, please contact SF Mayor London Breed and the SF Board of Supervisors. Tell them you OPPOSE funding for the SFPD!
Mayor London Breed:
Tel: (415) 554-6141
Email: MayorLondonBreed@sfgov.org
Contact for SF Board of Supervisors
Roster of Members | Board of Supervisors (sfbos.org)
Saturday, May 14
13. Saturday, 12Noon, Nakba 74 – Rally & Mobilization
In person – gather at:
16th & Valencia Sts.
SF
Join us as we prepare to commemorate another year of Palestinian resistance to the ongoing occupation of Palestine. RALLY AND MOBILIZATION! Bay Area show up for Palestine!
What is happening in Palestine?
The Israeli occupation is again escalating its ethnic cleansing of Palestine during the holy month of Ramadan. Israeli armed forces are attacking Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Settler organizations continue violent attacks on Palestinians in Jenin and Sheikh Jarrah, while the Palestinian resistance mobilizes to combat these excursions. 47 Palestinian have been killed by the IDF in 2022, while Gaza has been bombed numerous times. Palestinian political prisoners continue militant resistance from inside Israeli jails through hunger strikes and political organizing.
What is the Nakba?
If you want to understand the root of the ongoing injustice Palestinians are facing, here are the simple facts. For centuries, Palestinians had been living in vibrant towns and cities in Palestine. But in 1948, people who wanted to establish Israel on land where Palestinians were already living forced nearly 75% of the Palestinian population out of their homes and off their land, separating families and destroying entire communities. Palestinians call this the “Nakba,” which is an Arabic word that means “catastrophe.”
The Nakba has never ended, and Palestinians are still fighting to stay on their lands as the colonial state of Israel intensifies its attacks each year.
Co-Organized by: Al-Awda Bay Area, ANSWER Coalition, Arab Resource & Organizing Center, Art Forces, Friends of Wadi Fouqin, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Jewish Voices for Peace – Bay Area, Middle East Children’s Alliance, NorCal Sabeel, Palestinian Youth Movement – Bay Area, Queers Undermining Israeli Terror, US Palestinian Community Network, Workers World Party
Info: (2) Nakba 74 – Rally & Mobilization | Facebook
14. Saturday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, San Francisco: Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights Nationwide Protests
In person gather at:
24th & Mission St.
SF
Info & RSVP: May 14 Mass Protest: We Refuse to Let the Supreme Court Take Away Abortion Rights! – Action Network
Nationwide Protests: May 14 Unified Nationwide Protests! – Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights.
We Refuse To Let the Supreme Court Take Away the Right to Abortion!
Abortion On Demand and Without Apology!
The end of Roe v. Wade would be one of the most significant reversals of a fundamental human and civil right in this country’s history.
Wear green.
Info: San Francisco: Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights Nationwide Protests : Indybay
