By Adrienne Fong
Sending appreciation to all –
Not back posting on a regular basis
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ARTICLES
A. The Civil Rights Movement Fought for Environmental Justice Long Before Earth Day – April 22, 2023
The Civil Rights Movement Fought for Environmental Justice Long Before Earth Day – Truthout
B. Guantanamo inmates face ‘accelerated aging’ – Red Cross – April 22, 2023
Guantanamo inmates face ‘accelerated aging’ – Red Cross — RT World News
C. S.F. fentanyl crisis: Newsom directs CHP and National Guard to combat drug dealing in city – April 21, 2023
Gavin Newsom to offer CHP, National Guard to aid SF with drug crisis (sfchronicle.com)
D. WATCH: John Pilger’s Guide to Propaganda – April 21, 2023
WATCH: John Pilger’s Guide to Propaganda (consortiumnews.com)
E. French protesters storm stock exchange (VIDEO) – April 20, 2023
French protesters storm stock exchange (VIDEO) — RT World News
F. Toxic groundwater, rising sea levels bad combo for southeast SF – April 21, 2023
Toxic groundwater, rising sea levels bad combo for southeast SF (missionlocal.org)
G. Judge Clemons cops out: Mumia and the law of lawlessness – April 20, 2023
See Event # 4
H. No Business as usual! Mumia supporters shut down the road during traffic hour in San Francisco on April 19th. Mumia needs to be released! He is innocent. #FreeMumia
Mural outside court house and across the street from SF Fed. Bldg:
I.. San Francisco Board of Supervisors Approve New Police Contract, Officer Raises – April 19, 2023
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Approve New Police Contract, Officer Raises – NBC Bay Area
I. The U.S. Supreme Court Rules 6-3 in Favor of Rodney Reed – April 19, 2023
J. Ivan Cantu’s Execution Date Withdrawn After Two Trial Jurors Call For Halt to Execution and Review of New Evidence – April 19, 2023
Execution Date Withdrawn April 19 2023 – Google Docs
2 PETITIONS
1. SIGN Now to Urge Sec. Vilsack: Save Oak Flat!
SIGN: Sign Now to Urge Sec. Vilsack: Save Oak Flat! (actionnetwork.org)
2. Tell the USDA: Kids Need Stronger School Meal Nutrition Standards
SIGN: Tell the USDA: Kids Need Stronger School Meal Nutrition Standards (dailykos.com)
EVENTS
Sunday, April 23 – Thursday, April 27
Sunday, April 23
1. Sunday, 9:30am – 11:00am, How Communities Can Organize To Stop Book Bans With Deborah Doyle
In person -Doors open 9:00am
Unitarian Universalists Association of San Francisco
1187 Franklin St
SF
9:00 – Coffee, breakfast available, socializing
9:30 – Program begins – also available on Zoom (see below)
10:30 – Questions, Comments, Discussion
10:45 – Adjourn
Deborah Doyle has been an active library advocate at local, state and national levels for 25 years. She worked in both staff and volunteer roles at Friends of the SF Public Library — including executive director and board chair and currently chairs the Sonoma County Library Commission. With a BA from UVA and an MLIS from SJSU, she has served as president of both California Public Library Advocates and the California Library Association, sits on the American Library Association’s Committee on Legislation and is currently president-elect of United for Libraries, ALA’s division that includes trustees, Friends, fundraisers and other library advocates. She has also held positions in marketing recruiting and research at Dolby Laboratories, Booz Allen, Heidrick & Struggles and the Defense Nuclear Agency.
Sponsor by UUSF Forum
Info: Understanding the Movement to Ban Library Books That Challenge Right-Wing Perspectives : Indybay
2. Sunday, 2:00pm, Honor and Defend Land and Life!
In person
In person: register: 4/23 2p Honor&Defend Land&Life RSVP (google.com)
Bethany UMC
1270 Sanchez St.
SF
Public Transportation MUNI # 24 nearby
We will be joined by an award winning human rights lawyer Angelo Karlo Guillen, who will speak on the relentless attacks on human rights advocates under the guise of the Philippine government’s counterinsurgency operations & his continued advocacy for human rights in the Philippines despite surviving a near fatal stabbing. International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) members who recently traveled to the Philippines and UN headquarters in Geneva will share stories from survivors of war crimes & efforts to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Philippines. We will also hear updates on the Justice for Brandon Lee campaign and upcoming opportunities to get involved.
Speakers:
- Brandon Lee is a human rights defender, environmental activist and journalist. In 2019 Brandon Lee survived an assassination attempt for the work he was doing with indigenous communities in the Cordillera region of the Philippines.
- Attorney Angelo Karlo Guillen is a Filipino human rights defender and is a member and currently the Secretary-General of the Panay chapter of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL). In 2020, Guillen was arrested and charged along with dozens of activists when they tried to hold a motorcade following the murder of local activist and labor leader Jose Reynaldo Porquia. In March 2021, after months of surveillance, red-tagging, and harassment, he was assaulted and repeatedly stabbed by multiple assailants who then left him for dead. Despite surviving a near-fatal attack, Guillen has continued his work as an NUPL lawyer, human rights defender and advocate.
- Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) is federation of progressive peoples organizations among indigenous communities in the Cordillera Region, Philippines. Brandon was a human rights volunteer for CPA at the time of the assassination attempt. CPA will speak on the current human rights situation in the Cordillera.
- Rev. Sadie Stone, Deputy Secretary of ICHRP Global Council recently returned from Geneva, Switzerland as part of the Philippine UPR Watch. She will share about the lobby efforts of the delegation during their participation in the 52nd Regular Session of the UN HRC’s adoptions of the recommendations made during the 4th UPR on the Philippines last November.
- Narissa Lee, a member of SFCHRP, recently returned from an interfaith fact finding trip in the Philippines and will share stories from survivors of War Crimes committed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP)
Monday, April 24
3. Monday, 7:00am, The People vs Wells Fargo – Shut Down the Dirty Banks
In person RSVP: The People vs. Wells Fargo – Action Network
Wells Fargo Headquarters
464 California St.
SF
At the end of April, three of the world’s largest funders of fossil fuels will hold their Annual General Meetings: Wells Fargo, Citibank, and Bank of America. These three banks alone have loaned more than $789 billion to coal, oil, and gas companies since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015.
With allies across the country – we are going to shut down, occupy, and disrupt business at the global headquarters of all three banks the day before their annual shareholder meetings. Citi’s HQ in New York, Bank of America’s HQ in Charlotte, and Wells Fargo’s HQ in San Francisco will each be subject to massive, disruptive and impossible-to-ignore protests, the day before their most important meetings of the year.
Wells Fargo is the world’s third-largest funder of fossil fuels. In 2021 alone, it loaned more than $42 billion to coal, oil, and gas corporations. But at its annual shareholder meeting, investors have a chance to make a real difference. They’ll be voting on resolutions to end financing for fossil fuel expansion, prevent greenwashing, and push the bank to create a climate transition plan.
Info The People vs. Wells Fargo – Action Network
4. Monday, 5:00pm – 8:00pm, Free Mumia Day!
In person
East Oakland Youth Development Center
8200 International
Oakland
Please join us on Mumia’s birthday, also known as Free Mumia Day, April 24th in East Oakland, and support Love Not Phear in any way you can.
Join us for the inauguration of the first mural in a REVOLUTIONARY LOVE series that will span all across the world. This series is meant to honor my grandfather Mumia and his late wife Wadiya Jamal. These murals will memorialize their infinite love, a love that was steadfast and strong, despite the bounds and violence imposed by the carceral state.
Keynote speaker Jamal Hart Jr.
Also featuring spoken word artists –Upside Down Ghost and Epitome
Screening of the Mumia Documentary: “Justice On Trial”
Info: Facebook
5. Monday, 5:00pm(PT); 8:00pm(ET), End US-Backed War Crimes in the Philippines!
Online event – register: Meeting Registration – Zoom
Join ICHRP-US and BAYAN USA for “End US-Backed War Crimes in the Philippines! An Online Teach-In on International Humanitarian Law.”
Amidst poverty and economic crisis, the Filipino people are suffering an assault on their rights and lives under the Marcos II Regime. Regardless of documented violations of International Humanitarian Law committed by the Philippine military and police, the Biden Administration continues to pursue military agreements that jeopardize the lives of the Filipino people.
Join us to learn about the US-backed war crimes being committed by the Philippine Government, the social, economic and political roots of the armed conflict in the Philippines and the ongoing fight to achieve a just and lasting peace.
Speakers will include Coni Ledesma, member of the NDFP Peace Negotiating Panel and Attorney Angelo Karlo Guillen, Secretary General of the National Union of Peoples Lawyers in Panay.
Info: Facebook
Tuesday, April 25
6. Tuesday, 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PT); 7:00pm – 8:30pm (ET), Ray McGovern: On Russia and Ukraine
Online register: Meeting Registration – Zoom
Retired intelligence analyst Ray McGovern joins us for a discussion about the war in Ukraine. Read Ray’s recent article “The Banality of Biden’s ‘Exceptional’ Elite Advisers” here.
Ray’s talk will not be a mere situation report. Rather, donning his old hat as presidential briefer, Ray will draw on old-school media analysis and the expertise of weapons experts to examine one key motive behind Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. After the US withdrew from the ABM Treaty, missile holes started to appear in NATO allies Romania and Poland. (They were said to be necessary to meet a threat from Iran). THE PROBLEM: The Kremlin cannot be sure what missiles now dwell – or could eventually dwell – in those holes. Nor could Moscow abide the possibility of similar holes being dug even closer to Russia in Ukraine. Sixty years ago President Kennedy faced a similar situation in Cuba.
Ray McGovern, formerly an Army intelligence and infantry officer, went on to serve at the CIA for 27 years. During this time his duties included chairing the National Intelligence Estimates and preparing the President’s Daily Brief which he briefed to President Reagan’s most senior national security advisors. In 2003, Ray co-created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) to expose how intelligence was being falsified to “justify” war on Iraq. At his retirement, the CIA awarded Ray McGovern with the Intelligence Commendation Medallion for “especially meritorious service.”
In 2006, Ray returned the medal explaining “I do not want to be associated, however remotely, with an agency engaged in torture.” Ray is fluent in Russian, along with English, German, and Spanish.
Host: Massachusetts Peace Action
Info: https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ray-mcgovern-on-russia-and-ukraine/
Wednesday, April 26
7. Wednesday, 12 Noon – 1:00pm, March for a Fair Contract with the Veritas Tenants Association!
In person – meet at:
1 Bush St.
SF
March to 1 Post St.
VTA members ask allies to meet up with the group at 1 Bush Street at 12pm, march for approximately 6 minutes along Market Street to Veritas’ HQ at 1 Post Street, and stay until 1pm for the protest and press conference. If you can make it, please take a moment to RSVP at !
The VTA is holding a public march to take their fight for a fair contract on rent hikes and passthroughs straight to Veritas HQ on Wednesday, April 26th at noon! We’ll be joined by United Educators of San Francisco and UNITE HERE Local 2, because this is bigger than Veritas—it’s about making San Francisco affordable for public school families and teachers, essential workers, seniors, and disabled people.
This show of tenant and labor power will reaffirm the demands of the VTA’s contract campaign and drive the message home to Veritas that its shameless rent gouging, tenant harassment, negligence, and union-busting practices WILL NOT STAND!
Info: VTA March April 26th (wix.com)
Thursday, April 27
8. Thursday, 7:00pm – 9:00pm, Sunsara Taylor Speaking on: “Woke” Lunacy VS. Real Revolution
In person
Revolution Books – Berkeley
2444 Durant Ave.
Berkeley
Special Presentation and Discussion by RNL (Revolution Nothing Less) Show co-host, Sunsara Taylor:
“Woke” Lunacy VS. Real Revolution
Watch this video: From The Bob Avakian Interviews: “Woke Is A Joke, A Bad Joke” https://youtu.be/8rG5gSObin0
Info: Sunsara Taylor Speaking on: “Woke” Lunacy VS. Real Revolution : Indybay or “Woke” Lunacy vs. Real Revolution – presentation & discussion | Facebook
