By Adrienne Fong
Not posting on a regular basis.
Hold all the victims of Hurricane Helene & Milton in your thoughts…
See list of Calendar of Events on Palestine from AROC: https://www.araborganizing.org/events/
If your post is about Palestine you can also list your action on the AROC calendar
Many other events are listed on Indybay that might be of interest to you (many actions re Palestine in the South, North & East Bays are also listed)
Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
See Indybay for other listings of events
Many activist groups are now posting on INSTAGRAM and not using facebook nor Indybay
ARTICLES
A. Washington keeps silent after Israel arrests US journalist over report on Iran attack – October 11, 2024
Washington keeps silent after Israel arrests US journalist over report on Iran attack (thecradle.co)
B. OCTOBER 7TH, THE ELECTION AND CAPITALIST CRISIS October 11, 2024
October 7th, The Election And Capitalist Crisis – PopularResistance.Org
C. Atomic Bomb Survivors Win Nobel Peace Prize, Say Gaza Today Is Like Japan 80 Years Ago – October 11, 2024
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/11/nobel_peace_prize_nihon_hidankyo
See Petition # 4
D. 65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza – October 9, 2024
Opinion | What Doctors and Health Care Workers in Gaza Saw – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
NYTimes guest article
5 PETITIONS
1. Stop sending Netanyahu weapons. De-escalate now!
SIGN: Stop sending Netanyahu weapons. De-escalate now! | Demand Progress
2. SFUSD: Educators Need Anti-Racist Training, Not Pro-War Training
SIGN: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/01c15cb4cfde8f54e0dcb5d5ad567688c8777bc8
3. Tell Congress: Abolish the Death Penalty
Sign: Tell Congress: Abolish the Death Penalty (actionnetwork.org)
4. Congress: Honor the Hibakusha, Stand with Humanity
SIGN: Congress: Honor the Hibakusha, Stand with Humanity (everyaction.com)
5. Stop Project 2025 from taking over Medicare!
SIGN: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-project-2025-from-taking-over-medicare/
PETITIONS FOR OCTOBER EXECUTIONS (Click on the name to sign)
- October 17 at 6pm in Alabama – Derrick Dearman
- October 17 at 6pm in Texas – Robert Roberson
EVENTS / ACTIONS
Sunday, October 13 – Tuesday, October 15
Sunday, October 13
1. Resistance Until Return:
Addressing the Root Causes within a Rights-based Decolonization Approach
Sunday, October 13
10:00am (PT); 1:00pm (ET)
Register: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip has exceeded the 1-year mark, and it has extended its aggressive and hostile acts to Lebanon, with the participation of the United States and complicity of other colonial states.
These states claim the aggression is justified in order to ensure the return of Israeli colonizers to the northern areas of Palestine, that Zionist forces ethnically cleansed and colonized prior to and during the Nakba.
Palestinian refugees and internally displaced persons, who today number 9.17 million and account for 66 percent of the Palestinian people, have been denied their right of return. Not only has Palestinian return been denied for over 76 years, but they have also experience additional repeated and multiple forced displacement.
Forced Displacement and transfer is one pillar of Israel’s system of domination, which also includes colonization and apartheid applied over all of Mandatory Palestine.
Again, this is made possible and even supported by Israel’s colonial allies, that have not only provided the Israeli regime with impunity but also military, financial and political backing.
In this context, it becomes essential that the focus remains on the root causes, one of which is the forced displacement and transfer of Palestinians, their inalienable right of return and the legal and practical measures and steps to ensure fulfillment of that right.
Panelists include:
Lubnah Shomali, AFA and Advocacy Unit Manager, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights, Palestine
Heidar Abu Ghosh, survivor from Naksa
Hanna Kawas, Nakba and Naksa survivor
Omar El-geberi, Nakba survivor from Gaza Al-Awda, the Palestinian Right to Return Coalition
Khaled Mouammar, Nakba survivor
Host: Good Shepherd Collective
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBCbJO4oe4R/
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2. NO TO SF FLEET WEEK
Sunday, October 13
12Noon – 4:00pm
SF Ferry Building
RSVP for picketing shifts for the day of action: https://bit.ly/N2FWflyer
Join us at the SF Ferry Building to stand against the annual Blue Angels show and educate the public about the effects of U.S.-led war and militarism!
Every year since 1981, Fleet Week has been happening at San Francisco to drum up support for the U.S. war machine and its proliferating wars across the globe after the Vietnam War. Now after millions dead from the invasions of Iraq, Afghanistan, and the genocide in Gaza from the same jets and their future models used at Fleet Week, it’s time to show your indignation and anger against this show in the midst of war and genocide!
Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/DA9_KVBJdKg/
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3. SUMUD: Resistance Until Liberation Mural
Sunday, 1:30pm
401 26th St, Oakland, CA 94612
Accessibility info: The event is family-friendly; we will have activities available for children, but children should be supervised by their guardian(s) at all times. The space will be primarily outdoors, on a paved parking lot that is wheelchair accessible. All gender, wheelchair-accessible portable bathrooms will be onsite. Street parking is very limited
COVID Protocol: The event will take place outdoors. If you are feeling unwell or have any recent exposures, please stay home and care for yourself. We will have a limited number of masks available onsite
The mural is located in Uptown Oakland at Uptown Body & Fender – Auto Body Shop. Over 50 participating organizations and groups are represented in this important mural. Please join us for an unveiling and launch event
About the mural: The SUMUD: Resistance Until Liberation mural project is a collaboration between artists and activists in the U.S. and Palestine that explores and confronts the deep interconnections between the brutal systems of imprisonment in the U.S. and Palestine. The mural will serve as a demonstration of the Palestinian Liberation Movement’s vibrancy and a memorialization of this historical moment in our struggle globally and locally.
Monday, October 14
4. Indigenous Peoples Day Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island
Monday, October 14 – 4:00am
Tickets/Info: Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Gathering | City Experiences
October 14, 2024:
Departure Times: 4:15 AM, 4:30 AM, 5:00 AM, 5:15 AM
Or join online or via radio from 6:00-8:00 AM:
KPFA 94.1 FM, or stream online at http://www.kpfa.org
Simulcast via IITC’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/treatycouncil
The Indigenous Peoples’ Day Sunrise Gathering on October 14th and November 28th are organized by the International Indian Treaty Council commemorating the 1969-71 occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes. It is one-day events and is not the standard Alcatraz Island tour; all areas except for where the ceremony takes place will be closed and inaccessible to the public.
Please note there is absolutely no sale of merchandise of any kind allowed on Alcatraz Island, at Pier 33 Alcatraz Landing, or on the sidewalk outside of Alcatraz Landing.
Walk-up tickets will be available for purchase the morning of the event. However, tickets are limited and we can not guarantee availability the day of the event
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5. Film Screening: “Gaza Is Our Home.”
Monday, October 14
6:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Reem’s Mission SF
2901 Mission St.
SF
$5-15 entry, pay what you can
All proceeds will support mutual aid in Gaza
Light refreshments will be available for purchase
we are honored to host filmmaker @monear.shaer for a very special screening of his film “Gaza Is Our Home.” Monear’s film, which began as a simple slideshow highlighting the beauty of the people of Gaza primarily through footage and photos of his trip to see his family in 2021, transformed into a feature-length documentary portraying the untold and heart-wrenching realities endured by his loved ones in Gaza under Israel’s horrific siege.
Join us for a film screening followed by meet & greet with the director. The filmmaker Monear is also offering our community the rare chance to connect directly to the cast of the film LIVE in Gaza – this will be an experience you don’t want to miss!
Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBAEBQ0TokT/
Tuesday, October 15
6. The Suffering in Gaza and a Region in Turmoil One Year On
Tuesday, 4:00pm – 6:00pm(PT); 7:00pm – 9:00pm (ET)
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__yzLxEHRQiCGtOR2nJeUpw#/registration
It has been a year since Hamas carried out its deadly attack against Israel, killing approximately 1,200 people and taking more than 200 hostages. Within hours of the attack, Israel began its brutal assault on Gaza, which over the past year has killed more than 41,000 Palestinians (mostly women and children) and injured a 100,000 more. Tens of thousands remain unaccounted for, trapped under the rubble caused by an estimated 70,000 tons of bombs dropped on 140 sq. miles of land.
Almost two million people are now displaced, undergoing disease and starvation. With no ceasefire in sight and approximately 100 Israeli hostages still in captivity, Israel’s war against Gaza has expanded to Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen.
As regional tensions escalate and the humanitarian catastrophe worsens, we will reflect on what this moment means for the people of Gaza and the region. A year later, are we headed towards an all out regional conflagration and if so, how will the U.S. respond? What has been the impact on the struggle for Palestinian freedom? How has the Palestinian diaspora responded to the trauma of Gaza’s devastation? And how has the past year shaped the American-Jewry’s response to Israel? Join us to hear our speakers respond to these questions and more at our Zoom webinar on:
Speakers
Laila El-Haddad is an award-winning Palestinian author, social activist, policy analyst and journalist. She frequently speaks on the situation in Gaza, the intersection of food and politics, her own personal journey as a Palestinian mother and journalist, as well as on contemporary Islam. She has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, including the Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, The New Statesman, The Daily Star, Le monde diplomatique, and has appeared on many international broadcasting networks, including NPR, CNN, Aljazeera, and CCTV.
Trita Parsi is the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute. He is an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign policy, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He has authored three books on US foreign policy in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Iran and Israel. He was named by the Washingtonian Magazine as one of the 25 most influential voices on foreign policy in Washington DC in both 2021 and 2022, and preeminent public intellectual Noam Chomsky calls Parsi “one of the most distinguished scholars on Iran.”
Peter Beinart is a professor of journalism and political science at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. He is an editor-at-large at Jewish Currents, a contributing opinion columnist at The New York Times, a political commentator for MSNBC, and a fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He also writes ‘The Beinart Notebook,’ a weekly newsletter. His forthcoming book, ‘Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza,’ will be published in January 2025.
Host: Massachusetts Peace Action
Info: https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-suffering-in-gaza-and-a-region-in-turmoil-one-year-on/
