By Adrienne Fong
Please hold the following people in your thoughts:
Victor Picazo, dealing with health complications
Jackie Barshak, battling stage 4 metastatic lung cancer, as she continues chemo therapy.
Melvin Starks
– Still needs housing!
Rodger Scott as he gains strength. Open site to see telephone number Meal Train for Rodger Scott
He welcomes noon time visits
Good visiting time is early afternoon around 1pm to 2pm, please see calendar to choose a day. Also, Rodger has a meal service and bringing meals is not necessary.
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 events
ARTICLES
A. Proposed agreement between DA and SFPD rejected by Police Commission – October 20, 2022
Proposed agreement between DA and SFPD rejected by Police Commission – Mission Local
B. SCOTT RITTER: Nuclear High Noon in Europe – October 19m 2022
C. Would-be District Attorneys take aim at DA Jenkins in raucous debate – October 19, 2022
Would-be District Attorneys take aim at DA Jenkins in raucous debate (missionlocal.org)
D. Oppose US and UN military intervention in Haiti! – October 17, 2022
Oppose US and UN military intervention in Haiti! – CounterPunch.org
See Urgent Action on Haiti below and
See Event # 12
Urgent Action Alert on Haiti
Contact the office of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at ph: (212) 963-7160
Contact Your House Representative in Congress Phone: 202-224-3121
Contact Your Senator in Congress
Contact the White House at ph: (202)-456-1111
Talking points: Oppose expanded US/foreign military intervention in Haiti; end US support for Ariel Henry PHTK dictatorship; stop US financing/training Haitian National Police; stop deporting Haitian refugees; end the US/UN occupation of Haiti
EVENTS
Friday, October 21 – Wednesday, October 26
Friday, October 21
1. Friday, 8:30am, Court Support for Sergio Sosa – and his case regarding La Raza Resource Center (Gabriel Medina)
In person – meet outside at 8:30am
Superior Court
400 McAllister St. at Polk St. (Courtroom 514)
SF
Court starts at 9:00am
For several months there was a picket line outside La Raza Resource Center in support of Non-profit workers rights to organize and in support of Sergio Sosa who was fired for supporting workers rights.
Please come support if you can.
2. Friday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Shut Down the SF Police Officers Association, JUSTICE YES! JENKINS NO!
In person
SF Police Officers Association
800 Bryant St. (at 6th St.)
SF
All are welcomed to stand with Mothers On The March and people from the community.
Interim DA Brooke Jenkins
Since Mayor London Breed appointed Jenkins to replace DA Chesa Boudin, more of Jenkins deceit has been exposed. We need to resist and expose her agenda:
– For not holding police accountable for abusing and killing people in our communities, she fired or reassigned attorneys who were in various phases of the trial process.
– For her deceit of San Franciscans, from the time the Guido trial didn’t go her way and she quit the DA’s office till the lies she continues to build in her campaign.
– For contributing more to AAPI Hate by dividing the Black, Brown and Asian communities
The Police Officers Association has made a donation to the election of interim District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.
Article:
S.F. November election: Here’s how much D.A. and supervisor candidates have raised so far – September 30, 2022
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/S-F-November-election-Here-s-how-much-D-A-17479232.php
“…Jenkins, who was appointed to the district attorney job by Mayor London Breed after the successful June recall of progressive Chesa Boudin, raised about $126,500 through Sept. 24 and ended the reporting period with about $61,700 in the bank after accounting for expenses. Her notable donors include Breed, Police Officer Association President Tracy McCray and some lawyers from the District Attorney’s Office…”
On July 21, SF BoS approved a two-year, $14 billion budget that includes the hiring of 220 police officers to fill vacancies within the San Francisco Police Department – This was Mayor Breed’s proposal.
No accountability measures were part of this bill.
Only one supervisor voted against this – Supervisor Dean Preston.
Our Demands:
– JUSTICE YES; JENKINS NO!
– The Police Officers Association be SHUT DOWN!
– Abolish the ‘Officers Bill of Rights’
– Jail Killer Cops – we demand killer cops be charged with murder
– Abolish the Police
Info: Justice, Not Jenkins! : Indybay
3. Friday, 6:00pm – 7:00pm, Monthly Gathering at Alex Nieto’s Altar with Refugio and Elvira Nieto
In person
Alex’s Altar
Bernal Hill
SF
On March 21, 2014, Alex was murdered by SFPD officers Jason Sawyer, Richard Schiff, Nathan Chew, and Roger Morse, with 59 bullets.
DA Gacon (at the time) declined to file criminal charges against the officers.
All are welcomed to stand with Refugio and Elvira Nieto, the parents of Alex.
4. Friday, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, Haight Ashbury Peace Vigil – October 2022
In person
Corner of Masonic & Fell St.
SF
Haight Ashbury Peace Vigil, 6 to 8 pm Friday, October 21, and the third Friday of every month, at the corner of Masonic and Fell, in the Golden Gate Park Panhandle, San Francisco.
We will have our usual signs, music, candles, and snacks.
Join us for the whole two hours or for just five minutes.
Everybody welcome!
Sunset is now about 6:25 pm, so this will be a mostly nighttime vigil.
The forecast is for partly and mostly cloudy skies, with temperatures in the mid fifties. Please dress for the weather.
Info: Haight Ashbury Peace Vigil – October 2022 | Facebook
5. Friday, 7:00pm – 9:00pm, Film showing of: Persepolis
In person
Revolution Books Berkeley
2444 Durant Ave.
Berkeley
Revolution Books supports the uprising in Iran – courageous people,
especially young women, taking to the streets across Iran in the face of police tear gas, batons and bullets. This rebellion was sparked when Iran’s “morality police” killed Mahsa Amini in custody. Her “crime”? Her hair was not completely covered by her hijab, the mandatory headscarf. The fury of young women burning their hijabs in bonfires in the streets has touched people everywhere women are oppressed – that is, the entire world.
Come see Persepolis. This is the first of a series of events we will do on Iran. This 2007 film presents a vivid picture of a young girl growing up in Iran. Through her story and that of her family, you see what it feels like inside the Islamic Republic, and see what is behind today’s massive rejection of the regime. Stay for a discussion.
Info: Film showing of: Persepolis : Indybay
Saturday, October 22
6. Saturday, 11:00am, NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST TO STOP POLICE BRUTALITY, REPRESSION AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF A GENERATION (Sacramento)
In person
Sacramento State Capitol
Sacramento
Wear black
Come stand in solidarity with impacted families and supporters. Press Conference and Rally on this national day.
Info: ELLO@VOICESOFSTRENGTH.INFO
STAGRAM: @VOICESOFSTRENGTH
Flier: Facebook
7. Saturday, 3:00pm – 4:30pm, Bay Area Solidarity Rally For Railroad Workers! Defend The Right To Strike!
In person
Port Of Oakland
Shoreline Park
2777 Middle Harbor Road,
Oakland
US railroad workers are continuing to mostly vote against a proposed contract that does nothing to defend their health and safety condition on he job with long dangerous hours.
Using the Railway Labor Act as a union busting tool which it is, workers are being told they really don’t have the right to strike and have to accept a contract that destroys workers lives and conditions.
Working people and unions need to rally to defend railroad workers and all other unions and working people who are under attack from striking NUHW Healthcare workers, OEA OUSD teachers, UTR WCCSD teachers and all public workers. We also need to defend Amazon, Starbucks and all worker who are fighting to get organized and have a union.
They face union busting billionaires that flagrantly violate weak US labor laws that are not even enforced by Biden & his “union” Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh. We have to fight the closures of public schools and privatization of public services, privatization of the Port of Oakland and defend all public services and fight systemic racism.
With 750,000 unionized workers whose contracts expire next year, we need to build a united working class movement of all unions and working people to back each other up and fight together. Business unionism will not defend working people, our unions and worker rights. Join us in a solidarity rally for Railroad workers and their right to strike and all workers in this country and around the world.
Initiated By United Front Committee For A Labor Party Endorsed by Transport Workers Solidarity Committee, Workers World Party, Amazon Workers Network Bay Area.
For more information info@ufclp.org
Info: Bay Area Solidarity Rally For Railroad Workers! Defend The Right To Strike! : Indybay
Sunday, October 23
8. Sunday, 9:00am – 11:00am, Election discussion with Tim Redmond
In person & Online
Unitarian Universalist Society
1187 Franklin St. San Francisco
In person in the Thomas Starr King room.
And on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/94266592820?pwd=QUw1czcyb29rQ3NrZ0IzRG9McUVudz09
Tim Redmond is the editor and publisher of 48 Hills, San Francisco’s largest daily, online independent community news and culture site: Anticipating the November elections, which may be the most important election of our lifetimes,
Tim will bring us his special insider’s access on the latest happenings at City Hall; will help us decode the confusing State Propositions, and provide the latest up-to-date specifics on our national elections. Join us for a lively discussion.
Sponsored by the UUSF Forum & Human Rights Working Group
Info: Election discussion with Tim Redmond : Indybay
Monday, October 24
9. Monday, 10:00am, Rules Committee of SF BoS on Police Acquisition of Military Weapons (More info will be provided this weekend)
In person:
SF City Hall
Legislative Chamber – Rm. 250
SF
Remotely:
REMOTE ACCESS WATCH SF Cable Channel 26, 28, 78 or 99 (depending on provider) WATCH www.sfgovtv.org PUBLIC COMMENT CALL-IN 1 (415) 655-0001 / Meeting ID: 2495 887 5111 # #
Agenda: https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/rls102422_agenda.pdf
6. 220641 [Administrative Code – Funding, Acquisition, and Use of Certain Police Department Equipment]
Sponsor: Mayor
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require Board of Supervisors approval of a policy governing the funding, acquisition, and use of certain law enforcement equipment consistent with the criteria set forth in state law, and approving the Police Department’s use of Equipment Policy.
Wednesday, October 26
10. Wednesday, 5:30am (PT); 8:30am (ET), Come out for Mumia Abu-Jamal
If you can’t be there in person – check info below
On / Off facebook: YouTube live stream link: [LIVE] Mumia Abu-Jamal Court Hearing (Oct 19th) – YouTube
Mumia Abu-Jamal
• A Black Panther Party veteran, writer and community activist.
• Unfairly convicted by Philadelphia’s racist injustice system in 1982 and sentenced to be executed.
• The people’s movement forced the state to take him off death row in 2011 but he still faces Death by Incarceration.
• New evidence found in hidden boxes at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office in 2018 could prove his innocence.
• An October 19 court hearing may rule that Mumia has a right to reopen his case in Common Pleas Court to hear the new evidence.
• If so, the resulting court procedures could finally release him after 40 years behind bars.
Host: Mobilzation4Mumia
Info: Come out for Mumia Abu-Jamal | Facebook
11. Wednesday, 12 Noon – 2:00pm, Mumia in court, Oct. 19 (Oakland event)
In person
Oakland Federal Building
1301 Clay St. (@ 14th St.)
Oakland
1 block from BART (get off at the front of the train)
After more than four decades, 14 000 days, spent far away from his family, the case of Mumia ABU-JAMAL will be heard in the Philadelphia, PA Court of Common Pleas. The same court system that had sentenced him to die by lethal injection, then to death by incarceration. The evidence that has now come to light — but was long kept in the dark by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office — should enable his release !
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal is the cry heard around the world for 40 years. It will reverberate in Philadelphia on Oct. 19. Here in the Bay Area we are calling for freedom for Mumia.
Host: The Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
Info: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! : Indybay
12. Wednesday, 4:00pm – 6:00pm, Oppose US and UN military intervention in Haiti! –End the US/ UN occupation of Haiti!
In person
San Francisco Federal Building
90 7th Street
SF
Demand that the Biden Administration and US Congress:
· Stop US Funding and Training of the Haitian Police!
· Stop US Support for the PHTK Dictatorship!
· Stop Deportations of Haitian Refugees!
Haiti Action Committee joins with Haiti’s popular movement to strongly condemn the call for an expanded foreign military occupation of Haiti made on October 7th by US/ UN occupation-imposed prime minister Ariel Henry. Henry obediently followed calls made by the UN Integrated Office in Port-au-Prince the day before for an expanded UN occupation of Haiti and by OAS General Luis Almagro who tweeted that Haiti “must request urgent assistance from the international community to help resolve security crises, determine the characteristics of an international security force.”
We strongly condemn the letter submitted on October 9th by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the UN Security Council, proposing the deployment of a foreign, armed occupation force to Haiti. And we denounce the Biden Administration’s drafting of a UN Security Council Resolution calling for the immediate deployment of a foreign “rapid action force” in Haiti, as reported on October 15th.
Turning to the UN Security Council, the OAS, and the US government to “stabilize” the crisis in Haiti today is akin to pleading with the arsonists to quell the fire they have unleashed.
Info: Oppose Expanded US/UN Military Intervention in Haiti! : Indybay
