By Adrienne Fong
Am not back posting on a regular basis.
RESOURCES:
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
There are events listed on Indybay that might be of interest to you (many listings in the South, North & East Bays and beyond the bay area)
Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
Bay Area Progressive Action Calendar
ATW Bay Area / NorCal — Action Together West
ARTICLES:
A. Crypto billionaire’s company, nonprofit to give over $9M to S.F. police for surveillance unit – June 2n 2025
Crypto billionaire to give over $9M to SFPD surveillance unit
B. Immigration As a Political Weapon – June 1, 2025
Immigration As A Political Weapon – PopularResistance.Org
C. The Deadliest Period in History for Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Detention – June 1, 2025
The Deadliest Period in History for Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Detention
D. A Month After Conscience Attack: Freedom Flotilla Ship Madleen Sets Sail for Gaza – June 1, 2025
To track Freedom Flotilla Madleen: https://freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/
E. Gaza Doctor Hamdi al-Najjar has died 8 days after suffering severe injuries in an Israeli strike that killed nine of his 10 children.
https://www.aljazeera.com/#flips-6373737111112
F. Palantir Corporation is creating a Data Base of every American – May 31, 2025
G. 10,000 activists from over 32 countries.are preparing to March to Gaza – May 31, 2025
https://www.instagram.com/p/DKSVMIsIHyF/?hl=en
See special section on March to Gaza
H. The Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Tribunal – May 29, 2025
The Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Tribunal – Gaza Tribunal
I. MIT class president says students ‘for a free Palestine’ – May 29, 2025
Brazilian oil trade unions urge Lula to impose energy embargo on Israel – May 29, 2025
PETITIONS
1. Stop Big Tech Complicity in Genocide & Apartheid
SIGN: Stop Big Tech Complicity in Genocide & Apartheid
– See Event # 2
2. Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s attacks on TSA
SIGN: Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s attacks on TSA
3. Tell the Senate: Reject the House GOP Budget That Slashes Medicare and Hikes Household Costs
Tell the Senate: Reject the House GOP Budget That Slashes Medicare and Hikes Household Costs
4. Tell the FCC: Block the Charter-Cox Megamerger
SIGN: Tell the FCC: Block the Charter-Cox Megamerger
5. Congress: Pass the Arctic Refuge Protection Act Now
SIGN: Congress: Pass the Arctic Refuge Protection Act Now
6. Tell Paramount: Don’t capitulate to Trump’s attacks. Stand up for free speech!
SIGN: Take Action!
6 PETITIONS of Scheduled June Executions (Click on the name to sign)
June 10, 2025 at 6:00 pm CT:
Gregory Hunt in Alabama
June 10, 2025 at 6:00 pm ET:
Anthony Wainwright in Florida
June 12, 2025 at 10:00 am CT:
John Hanson in Oklahoma
June 13, 2025 at 6:00 pm ET:
Stephen Stanko in South Carolina
June 24, 2025 at 6:00 pm ET:
Thomas Gudinas in Florida
June 25, 2025 at 6:00 pm CT:
Richard Jordan in Mississippi
EVENTS/ ACTIONS
Wednesday, June 4 – Sunday, June 8
Wednesday, June 4
1. Wednesday 12Noon, Rally before SF before Budget & Appropriations Hearing
SF City Hall
1 Dr. Carleton B. Goodlett Pl (steps)
SF
Join us for a rally on Wednesday, June 4th at 12pm before the first Budget and Appropriations Hearing at the front steps of San Francisco City Hall. The city’s most vulnerable are being asked to pay the price while billionaires and big corporations get handouts. We’re saying, STOP THE CUTS!
Info fr. Bay Rising: https://www.instagram.com/p/DKaUKLWvxy_/
2. Wednesday, 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PT), Virtual Action Hour: End Big Tech Complicity in Genocide
Register: End Big Tech Complicity in Genocide: Action Hour – Airtable
As Big Tech shows itself to be a crucial partner in Israel’s genocide, we have to use all strategies to hold them accountable and end those ties. Shareholder meetings are one place we can pressure investors to listen, and those annual meetings are coming up for PayPal (June 5) and Google (June 6).
At the Action Hour on June 4th, you’ll hear from tech workers and campaigners working on various campaigns on the front lines — and we’ll take collective digital action together.
Info: Virtual Action Hour: End Big Tech Complicity in Genocide : Indybay
See Petition #1
3. Wednesday, 5:30pm, ICE Ramps Up Attacks: We Must Stand Up and Fight Back!
SF Main Library (Mary Louise Strong Room)
100 Larkin St.
SF
Since President Trump’s return to office, ICE has significantly intensified its enforcement efforts. Here in San Francisco, ICE agents recently detained four individuals in court immediately after their asylum hearings. In this moment, we must fight back and against this unjust, violent system! Join us for a presentation and discussion on what can be done.
4. Wednesday, 6:00pm – 7:00pm, Close Guantánamo & Dismantle the Inhumane Deportation Machine! Stop Deportations NOW!
Corner of:
Mission & 22nd St.
SF
Please join us in San Francisco in solidarity with human rights defenders around the world for the coordinated monthly global vigils calling to end the ongoing human rights abuses at Guantánamo, close the detention center once and for all, and stop the cruel, inhumane, unlawful deportations NOW!
Join us in San Francisco as part of the 1st Wednesday monthly global vigils calling to close Gitmo! Dismantle the mass deportation machine and invest in our communities NOW!
Host: Amnesty International & Others
Info: Close Guantánamo & Dismantle the Inhumane Deportation Machine! Stop Deportations NOW! : Indybay
5. Wednesday, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, SF Living Wage Coalition Meeting
This will be a hybrid meeting with an in-person meeting at 2973 – 16thStreet 3rd floor, next to the Victoria Theatre, across from 16th StreetBART. You can register in advance for the Zoom option using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/rKCeFKvfQgeOWvuwGuszDw After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containinginformation about joining the meeting and the agenda. San Francisco Living Wage Coalition Meeting The Living Wage Coalition is building a grassroots movement of low-wage workers and their allies to win economic justice. Anyone who works full time should be able to survive on what they earn and support themselves and their children. We are engaged in a transformative rethinking of the economy that makes the goals of public policy living wage jobs forall. Come to be a part of discussing next steps in pursuing an economic justice agenda.
Thursday, June 5
6. Thursday, 12Noon – 1:00pm, Save Our VA! Oakland Rally To Stop Attacks On VA
2221 MLK Way
Oakland VA Clinic
Oakland
Join veterans, VA workers and supporters of the VA on Thursday June 5 from 12-1PM
No Mass Firings, No Cuts To Veterans Healthcare & Benefits
Hosts: NEFE Local 1, FUN
Info: Save Our VA! Oakland Rally To Stop Attacks On VA : Indybay
7. Thursday, 3:30pm, Kids in Solidarity with Kids in Palestine
Senator Padilla’s Office
333 Bush St.
SF
a children’s rally to demand an arms embargo and an end to the occupation of Palestine NOW.
We want bread, not bombs! Let aid in, stop sending weapons, and end the occupation NOW.
We will also be delivering letters from children to Senator Padilla.
Please go to the link to RSVP and find our letter templates and to write your own letter to Senator Padilla: https://bit.ly/ChildrensRally
As children, parents and families of conscience, we must raise our voices and demand an end to US complicity in genocide NOW and act in solidarity with children and families in Palestine.
Join us – bring noisemakers, pots and pans, and your letters for Senator Padilla!
Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/DKR77kuxCPW/
Sunday, June 8
8. Sunday, 7:00am – 7:00pm, The Right of Return Pilgrimage for Gaza
Register: Right of Return Pilgrimage Registration
Location: East Bay, CA (Starting in Alameda, ending in Berkeley)
Distance: 22-mile journey, in 7 legs, symbolizing the distance from Rafah to Gaza City.
Starting at Islamic Center of Alameda
Ending at West Berkeley Shellmound
On June 8th, 2025, join Interfaith4Ceasefire to walk in public witness for the Palestinian Right of Return to their homes and families. We also walk to affirm the human right to remain, return, and migrate. We will walk 22 miles—from Alameda to Berkeley—in reverse of last year’s pilgrimage route, journeying in prayer and solidarity with the right to return, symbolizing the distance from Rafah to Gaza City. This effort is part of the global movement of Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimages that began last year and continues on.
We gather in pilgrimage across spiritual and cultural communities because we uphold human life, dignity and mutual well-being as foundations of our spiritual beliefs. We recognize that the atrocities being carried out by U.S. tax dollars against the Palestinian people are intertwined with cruel and harmful U.S. policies of family separation, incarceration and criminalization that harms immigrants, unsheltered people, Indigenous, trans and BIPOC communities.
This daylong journey will include scheduled stops for collective prayer and action, with opportunities for participants to join for shorter legs. A route can be previewed on our pilgrimage webpage. Adjustments may still be made.
Info: Right of Return Pilgrimage – Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
~ GLOBAL MARCH TO GAZA ~
June 12 – June 20 – March to Gaza
Info:
https://www.instagram.com/globalmarchtogaza/
Global March To Gaza – Walking Together, Opening Roads to Life for Gaza.
MARCH TO GAZA! Join the international call aimed at opening the Rafah crossing to allow the flow of life-saving aid into Gaza.
This is a moment that requires new tactics to break the political siege on Gaza. We need to continue to increase the pressure however we can for as long as Gaza is under attack.
The situation in Gaza is unbearable and governments and international bodies have failed to intervene to deliver justice for the people of Palestine. So we must do it ourselves.
An international congregation will meet on June 15 in Egypt and will make its way towards the border with Rafah.
The march is set to begin in Cairo on June 12, after which the group will travel to Al-Arish and subsequently proceed on foot toward the Gaza border.
The marchers plan to camp at the Rafah border crossing as a form of nonviolent protest, applying peaceful pressure to open the crossing and allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.
Join the movement and march to Gaza!
From: TikTok: Update: Global March to Gaza, Freedom Flotilla @Global March Palestine… | march to gaza route | TikTok
Key Objectives of the March
According to the organizers, the main goals include:
1. Stop the Genocide
Collective, practical action to halt ongoing Israeli crimes, especially the use of starvation as a weapon and the systematic killing of children.
2. Immediate Humanitarian Aid Access
Demand for direct and urgent entry of food, medical supplies, and essentials through the Rafah Crossing, where thousands of trucks have been stuck at the border.
3. End the Siege
Call for the unconditional opening of a stable humanitarian corridor and removal of restrictions preventing access to food, clean water, fuel, and medicine
4. Mobilize International Opinion
Unite civil societies across countries to expose war crimes, pressure governments, and engage global media in supporting justice and Palestinian human rights.
5. Accountability for War Crimes
Call for legal and ethical accountability for all parties contributing to or complicit in violations against the Palestinian people.
