By Adrienne Fong
Not back posting. Many articles for you to glance at, mainly on Palestine / Israel. Events are only listed for tomorrow, Thursday.
Please note – all the events happening are not listed in one place. Have only listed events for SF & Oakland that I could find.
Will try to get a postings out tomorrow. Next week is the APEC conference in SF.
There are many events listed on Indybay that might be of interest to you, check it out!
Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
See Indybay for other listings of events
Please include Accessibility and ASL info in your events! And if your action is ‘child friendly’ These are JUSTICE issues!!
*** ASL interpretation – Let me know if your event needs this service .***
ARTICLE
2nd Police Officer Acquitted In Death Of Elijah McClain – November 6, 2023
2nd Police Officer Acquitted In Death Of Elijah McClain | HuffPost Latest News
ARTICLES ON PALESTINE / ISRAEL
A. ‘The Rain of Bombs Is Inhumane’: Belgian Deputy PM Calls For Sanctions On Israel – November 8, 2023
‘The Rain of Bombs Is Inhumane’: Belgian Deputy PM Calls For Sanctions On Israel (commondreams.org)
B. 100+ Congressional Staffers Stage Walkout Demanding Their Bosses Back Gaza Cease-Fire – November 8, 2023
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cease-fire-gaza
C. Israel-Palestine war: ‘If we are not bombed to death we are going to die of starvation’ – November 8, 2023
Israel-Palestine war: ‘If we are not bombed to death we are going to die of starvation’ | Middle East Eye
D. Pro-Palestinian rallies held in Manhattan, Brooklyn as war in Mideast enters 2nd month – Novermber 7, 2024
Israel-Hamas war: Pro-Palestinian rallies held in Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn as Middle East crisis enters 2nd month – ABC7 New York (abc7ny.com)
E. US Senate Democrats block Republican bid to aid Israel, not Ukraine – November 7, 2023
F. U.S. diplomats slam Israel policy in leaked memo November 6, 2023
G. JVP took over the Statue of Liberty to demand a ceasefire. November 6, 2023
Click on Instagram within the article to see more photos
H. Pro-Palestinian protestors block Tacoma port to halt suspected weapons shipment to Israel – November 6, 2023
I. Doctors in Gaza Respond to Israeli Doctors Who Endorsed Bombing of Hospitals – November 6, 2023
Doctors in Gaza Respond to Israeli Doctors Who Endorsed Bombing of Hospitals (commondreams.org)
J. Palestine Solidarity Activists Block Boeing’s Doors to Stop Delivery of Bombs – November 6, 2023
Palestine Solidarity Activists Block Boeing’s Doors to Stop Delivery of Bombs | Truthout
K. Barcelona Dockworkers Vow Not to Load Weapons for Israel or Any Conflict Zone – November 6, 2023
L. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators confront guests at Israel defense gala in San Carlos – November 5, 2023
M. Col. Douglas Macgregor: “Israel is losing everywhere.. Eventually they will lose support from US!” – November 5, 2023
N. Aerial View of November 4 SF Demo – Ceasefire & End U.S. Aid to Israel
O. Biden Wants Arms Deals With Israel to Be Donein Complete Secrecy November 2, 2023
3 PETITIONS
1. Tell CEOs to stop funding Cop City and militarized policing!
2. Make it easier to repurpose office buildings into affordable housing!
SIGN: Make it easier to repurpose office buildings into affordable housing! | MoveOn
3. Stop the bloodshed – suspend arms sales to Israel
SIGN: Stop the bloodshed – suspend arms sales to Israel (eko.org)
Call the President & your elected officials RE Palestine!
White House Comment Line
Open Tuesday-Thursday 11am-3pm EST
(202) 456-1111
Email Contact Page: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Suggested demands:
-VOTE NO on 14.3 Billion Supplemental Appropriations Bill for Israel! Tell them you oppose the use of American aid to pursue inhumane collective punishment
-Prioritize the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid to alleviate the suffering in Gaza
-Ceasefire Now!
-Stop US funding of military aid and weapons to Israel
Senator Alex Padilla
(202) 224-3553 DC office
If voicemail box is full, try Senator Padilla’s other office locations: (415) 981-9369 San Francisco office; (916) 448-2787 Sacramento office, (559) 497-5109 Fresno office; (310) 231-4494 LA office; (619) 239-3884 San Diego office
Email Contact Page: https://www.padilla.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/
Senator Laphonza Butler
(202) 224-3841
https://www.butler.senate.gov/
Congressional Switchboard
(202) 224-3121
Nancy Pelosi’s Office
SF Office: (415) 556-4862
DC office: (202) 225-4965
ACTIONS FOR THURSDAY
In SF & Oakland
Thursday, November 9
(General Strike for Palestine)
1. Thursday, 9:00am (PT); 12Noon (ET), Jam the Phone Lines for Palestine
Jam the Phone Lines for Palestine – Congress Call Power Hours 11.9.23 – Google Docs
Join USCPR on Thursday, November 9 to mobilize our masses to take virtual action to contribute to SHUT IT DOWN 4 PALESTINE. We know not everyone can walk out of work all day, and we want to kick off the day with a strategic, low commitment mobilization:
Jamming Congress’s phone lines together at 12pm ET / 9am PT Thursday, Nov. 9—a critical time when the Senate will be debating Israel weapons funding, advocates will be on Capitol Hill, and Congressional staff dissent should be at an all time high.
Why host a phone zap power hour on Thursday?
1. Activate newer organizers to increase impact of direct actions: We’re on the heels of the largest Palestine march in history. And, staffers just organized 100 person walkout on Wednesday Nov. 8 and people will Shut It Down for Palestine on Thursday Nov. 9. Jamming the phone lines will offer a low-commitment way especially for newly activated (or slightly burnt out) people to participate on Thursday, while increasing the impact of higher commitment direct actions.
2. Move Congress through a tactic that staffers say is having major impact: We know folks are tired of and distraught about Congress’ complicit in genocide. And, we’re hearing from staffers that the calls are extremely impactful. We can’t stop now.
3. Leverage grasstops & influencers: Inviting an influencer or trusted member of your community to ‘host’ the phone bank can encourage them to talk about Palestine on their platforms and can bring in more of a base
Info: Jam the Phone Lines for Palestine – Congress Call Power Hours 11.9.23 – Google Docs
2. Thursday, 11:50am – 1:00pm, Student – Led Healthcare Walkout for Gaza
UC Med Center
Kalmanovitz Library
530 Parnassus
SF
Info: Facebook
3. Thursday, 12Noon – 2:00pm, Shut It Down For Palestine
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton St.
SF
3. Thursday, 1:00pm, Rally Speak Out at SF AFL-CIO, End AFL-CIO Complicity with Genocide
San Francisco Labor Council
1188 Franklin St., (nr. Geary Blvd)
SF
Join the picket and press conference protesting the sup- port of Israel’s genocide by the AFL-CIO national lead- ership and the San Francisco Labor Council leadership.
Nearly all unions around the world are calling for a halt to the bombing and genocide against Palestinians, but not the AFL-CIO national leadership and the San Fran- cisco Labor Council leadership.
Dockers in Barcelona and Belgium logistics workers are stopping all military cargo to Israel and we need to do the same here. Instead of supporting solidarity action with the Palestinian workers and people, the AFL-CIO is on the side of the apartheid regime of Israel.
The AFL-CIO leadership is directly linked with the Zionist “union” Histadrut. The Histadrut helped arm and support Apartheid South Africa and steals money from Palestinian workers. The AFL-CIO also worked with the CIA to murder thousands of trade unionists in South Africa by supporting Chief Buthelezi.
Today, AFL-CIO takes $75 million from the US NED to support operations in 75 countries through it’s so called “Solidarity Center”.
They also openly support the racist ideology of Zionism which says Jews have more rights than Palestinians who have lived their entire lives in that Israel and the occu- pied territories.
The same union leadership have supported Biden and the war mongers in the Congress who voted billions more for military aid to Israel and Ukraine. This is when hundreds of thousands are homeless, hungry, and mil- lions have no healthcare.
In 2021 when delegates in the San Francisco Labor Council wanted to pass a resolution for the defense of the Palestine people, AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler sent a letter to the Council saying it was out of order and SFLC Executive Director Rudy Gonzalez and his supporters shut down the debate without even a discus- sion. The same leadership has organized boycotts of the monthly meeting by delegates, so this month they didn’t even have a quorum.
It is time to rebuild the labor movement with democra- cy and not an agenda controlled by the Democrats and war mongers like Nancy Pelosi.
Silence On Genocide is Support To Genocide Stop US Military and Economic Aid to Israel For Labor strikes and boycotts to shut Israel down
No Support For The Democrats and Republicans, Labor Party NOW!
Initiated by United Front Committee For A Labor Party
Info: Rally Speak Out at SF AFL-CIO, End AFL-CIO Complicity with Genocide : Indybay
4. Thursday 2:00pm, SHUT IT DOWN FOR PALESTINE‼ – Speak Out
SF Federal Building
90 7th St.
SF
This Thursday, Nov. 9 we call on groups to walk out of work and/or school and join us in front of the SF Federal Building (90 7th street) at 2pm for a speak out!There is a growing global movement for a Free Palestine, but we have to keep the pressure!
❌ No business as usual until Palestine is free!
This call to action begins on November 9, but we will continue to build up the momentum with ongoing days of action.
Be sure to wear kuffiyehs or black armbands!
@palestinianyouthmovement @aroc_bayarea @nationalsjp @answercoalition @peoplesforumnyc @peoples.assembly
Host: Palestinian Youth Movement, AROC, PSL etc
Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/CzZHOKSxChg/
5. Thursday, 4:00pm (PT); 7:00pm (ET), Film Screening: Killing Gaza
Online: Meeting Registration – Zoom
On Thursday, November 9 at 7pm Eastern Time, we will be hosting a virtual screening of the documentry film Killing Gaza. After watching the film, we will have Q&A discussion.
Film description: In the feature-length documentary film “Killing Gaza,” journalists Dan Cohen and Max Blumenthal documented Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza.
Yet this film is much more than a documentary about Palestinian resilience and suffering. It is a chilling visual document of war crimes committed by the Israeli military, featuring direct testimony and evidence from the survivors.
“Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen’s powerful new film, ‘Killing Gaza,’ offers an unflinching and moving portrait of a people largely abandoned by the outside world, struggling to endure.” -Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, best-selling author and activist Chris Hedges.
Info: Free virtual screening of the film “Killing Gaza” : Indybay
6. Thursday, 4:30pm, Global Indigenous Solidarity With Palestine
Oakland Federal Building
1301 Clay St.
Oakland
Gather at 4:30pm. Action at 5:00pm – 7:00pm
intergenerational action to demand the lifting of the siege on Gaza and to stop U.S. aid to Israel.
CURYJ (Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice) invites everyone to an intergenerational cultural resistance action in solidarity with Palestine. As colonized people on stolen land, we stand in solidarity with Palestine and demand decolonization across the globe Stop the Genocide in Gaza! Lift the Siege on Gaza Now! Stop US Aid to Israel!
CEASE FIRE NOW! Join us for our Global Indigenous Solidarity With Palestine event for an intergenerational action to demand the lifting… | Instagram and Global Indigenous Solidarity with Palestine : Indybay
