{"id":23847,"date":"2022-10-21T13:06:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T20:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=23847"},"modified":"2022-10-21T13:06:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T20:06:42","slug":"articles-urgent-action-alert-on-haiti-events-for-friday-oct-21-wednesday-oct-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2022\/10\/21\/articles-urgent-action-alert-on-haiti-events-for-friday-oct-21-wednesday-oct-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles ~ Urgent Action Alert on Haiti ~ Events for Friday, Oct. 21 &#8211; Wednesday, Oct. 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Adrienne Fong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Please hold the following people in your thoughts:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Victor Picazo<\/strong>, dealing with health complications<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jackie Barshak,&nbsp;<\/strong>battling stage 4 metastatic lung cancer,&nbsp;as she continues chemo therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Melvin Starks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211; Still needs housing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rodger Scott&nbsp;<\/strong>as he gains strength. Open site to see telephone number&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mealtrain.com\/trains\/n1nyod\">Meal Train for Rodger Scott<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;He welcomes noon time visits<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Please include<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;<strong>Accessibility and ASL info in your events! And if your action is \u2018child friendly\u2019<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>This is a JUSTICE issue!!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>***<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>ASL interpretation<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Let me know if your event needs this service .<strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please post your actions on Indybay<\/strong>:<em>&nbsp;<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/calendar\/?page_id=12\">https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/calendar\/?page_id=12<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;See Indybay &nbsp;for &nbsp;other listings of events<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ARTICLES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A. Proposed agreement between DA and SFPD rejected by Police Commission&nbsp;<\/strong><em>\u2013 October 20, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2022\/10\/police-commission-rejects-proposed-mou-da-sfpd\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Mission+Local&amp;utm_campaign=c51af91b74-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_10_20_09_14&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_05b141c840-c51af91b74-221008057&amp;mc_cid=c51af91b74&amp;mc_eid=a5479e1995\">Proposed agreement between DA and SFPD rejected by Police Commission &#8211; Mission Local<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>B. SCOTT RITTER: Nuclear High Noon in Europe&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><em>&#8211; October 19m 2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lzglkDusJo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2022\/10\/19\/scott-ritter-nuclear-high-noon-in-europe\/\">SCOTT RITTER: Nuclear High Noon in Europe<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;SCOTT RITTER: Nuclear High Noon in Europe&#8221; &#8212; \" src=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2022\/10\/19\/scott-ritter-nuclear-high-noon-in-europe\/embed\/#?secret=yR58HePSo5#?secret=lzglkDusJo\" data-secret=\"lzglkDusJo\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>C. Would-be District Attorneys take aim at DA Jenkins in raucous debate&nbsp;<\/strong><em>\u2013 October 19, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2022\/10\/district-attorney-san-francisco-debate-brooke-jenkins-john-hamasaki-joe-alioto-veronese\/?fbclid=IwAR3dXp6ywKqw_7GHHO5awpeilHJ7Gkir8lI-OQ0FhKMMYo6zssRy4C79raI\">Would-be District Attorneys take aim at DA Jenkins in raucous debate (missionlocal.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">D.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2022\/10\/18\/oppose-us-and-un-military-intervention-in-haiti\/\">Oppose US and UN military intervention in Haiti!<\/a>&nbsp;<em>\u2013 October 17, 2022<\/em><em><\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2022\/10\/18\/oppose-us-and-un-military-intervention-in-haiti\/\">Oppose US and UN military intervention in Haiti! &#8211; CounterPunch.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>See Urgent Action on Haiti below and<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp; See Event # 12<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Urgent Action Alert on Haiti<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/content\/contact-un-news\">Contact the office of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres<\/a>&nbsp;at ph: (212) 963-7160<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ziplook.house.gov\/htbin\/findrep_house\">Contact Your House Representative<\/a>&nbsp;in Congress&nbsp; Phone:&nbsp;<a>202-224-3121<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/senators\/senators-contact.htm\">Contact Your Senator<\/a>&nbsp;in Congress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/contact\/\">Contact the White House<\/a>&nbsp;at ph: (202)-456-1111<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Talking points<\/strong><em>:<\/em><em>&nbsp;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<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Friday, October 21 \u2013 Wednesday, October 26<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, October 21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Friday, 8:30am, Court Support for Sergio Sosa \u2013 and his case regarding La Raza Resource Center (Gabriel Medina)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In person \u2013 meet outside at 8:30am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Superior Court<br>400 McAllister St. at Polk St. (Courtroom 514)<br>SF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Court starts at 9:00am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please come support if you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Friday, 1:00pm \u2013 2:00pm, Shut Down the SF Police Officers Association, JUSTICE YES! JENKINS NO!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In person<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SF Police Officers Association<br>800 Bryant St. (at 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0St.)<br>SF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All are welcomed to stand with Mothers On The March and people from the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Interim DA Brooke Jenkins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &#8211; 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211; For her deceit of San Franciscans, from the time the Guido trial didn\u2019t go her way and she quit the DA\u2019s office till the lies she continues to build in her campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211; For contributing more to AAPI Hate by dividing the Black, Brown and Asian communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Police Officers Association has made a donation to the election of interim District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Article:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;S.F. November election: Here\u2019s how much D.A. and supervisor candidates have raised so far&nbsp;<em>\u2013 September 30, 2022<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/article\/S-F-November-election-Here-s-how-much-D-A-17479232.php\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/article\/S-F-November-election-Here-s-how-much-D-A-17479232.php<\/a><\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201c\u2026Jenkins, who was\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/article\/S-F-s-new-D-A-is-Brooke-Jenkins-the-17290873.php\" target=\"_blank\">appointed to the district attorney job<\/a>\u00a0by 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\u2019s Office\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 21, SF BoS approved a two-year, $14 billion&nbsp; budget that includes the hiring of 220 police officers to fill vacancies within the San Francisco Police Department \u2013 This was Mayor Breed\u2019s proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No accountability measures were part of this bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only one supervisor voted against this \u2013 Supervisor Dean Preston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Demands:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp; &#8211; JUSTICE YES; JENKINS NO!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; The Police Officers Association be SHUT DOWN!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211; Abolish the \u2018Officers Bill of Rights\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &#8211; Jail Killer Cops \u2013 we demand killer cops be charged with murder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &#8211; Abolish the Police<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Info:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2022\/10\/19\/18852673.php\">Justice, Not Jenkins! : Indybay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Friday, 6:00pm \u2013 7:00pm, Monthly Gathering at Alex Nieto\u2019s Altar with Refugio and Elvira Nieto<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In person<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alex\u2019s Altar<\/strong><br><strong>Bernal Hill<\/strong><br><strong>SF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 21, 2014, Alex was murdered by SFPD officers Jason Sawyer, Richard Schiff, Nathan Chew, and Roger Morse, with 59 bullets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DA Gacon (at the time) declined to file criminal charges against the officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All are welcomed to stand with Refugio and Elvira Nieto, the parents of Alex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Friday, 6:00pm \u2013 8:00pm,&nbsp;Haight Ashbury Peace Vigil &#8211; October 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In person<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Corner of Masonic &amp; Fell St.<br>SF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will have our usual signs, music, candles, and snacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for the whole two hours or for just five minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everybody welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunset is now about 6:25 pm, so this will be a mostly nighttime vigil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forecast is for partly and mostly cloudy skies, with temperatures in the mid fifties. Please dress for the weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/660441548828485?ref=newsfeed\" target=\"_blank\">Haight Ashbury Peace Vigil &#8211; October 2022 | Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Friday, 7:00pm \u2013 9:00pm,&nbsp;Film showing of: Persepolis<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>In person<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Revolution Books Berkeley<br>2444 Durant Ave.<br>Berkeley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Revolution Books supports the uprising in Iran &#8211; courageous people,<br>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\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d killed Mahsa Amini in custody. Her \u201ccrime\u201d? 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 &#8211; that is, the entire world.<br><br>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\u2019s massive rejection of the regime. Stay for a discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2022\/10\/13\/18852554.php\">Film showing of: Persepolis : Indybay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday, October 22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6. Saturday, 11:00am, NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST TO STOP POLICE BRUTALITY, REPRESSION AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF A GENERATION (Sacramento)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In person<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sacramento State Capitol<br>Sacramento<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wear black<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come stand in solidarity with impacted families and supporters. Press Conference and Rally on this national day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ELLO@VOICESOFSTRENGTH.INFO\">ELLO@VOICESOFSTRENGTH.INFO<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>STAGRAM: @VOICESOFSTRENGTH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flier:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=6109289042431657&amp;set=a.101841723176449\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Saturday, 3:00pm \u2013 4:30pm,\u00a0Bay Area Solidarity Rally For Railroad Workers! Defend The Right To Strike!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In person<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Port Of Oakland<br>Shoreline Park<br>2777 Middle Harbor Road,<br>Oakland<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">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.<br>Using the Railway Labor Act as a union busting tool which it is, workers are being told they really don\u2019t have the right to strike and have to accept a contract that destroys workers lives and conditions.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They face union busting billionaires that flagrantly violate weak US labor laws that are not even enforced by Biden &amp; his &#8220;union&#8221; 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initiated By United Front Committee For A Labor Party Endorsed by Transport Workers Solidarity Committee, Workers World Party, Amazon Workers Network Bay Area.<br><br>For more information&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:info@ufclp.org\">info@ufclp.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2022\/10\/14\/18852558.php\">Bay Area Solidarity Rally For Railroad Workers! Defend The Right To Strike! : Indybay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday, October 23<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. Sunday, 9:00am \u2013 11:00am,&nbsp;Election discussion with Tim Redmond<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>In person &amp; Online<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unitarian Universalist Society<br>1187 Franklin St. San Francisco<br>In person in the Thomas Starr King room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And on Zoom:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/94266592820?pwd=QUw1czcyb29rQ3NrZ0IzRG9McUVudz09\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/94266592820?pwd=QUw1czcyb29rQ3NrZ0IzRG9McUVudz09<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tim Redmond is the editor and publisher of 48 Hills, San Francisco\u2019s largest daily, online independent community news and culture site: Anticipating the November elections, which may be the most important election of our lifetimes,<br>Tim will bring us his special insider\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sponsored by the UUSF Forum &amp; Human Rights Working Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2022\/09\/26\/18852233.php\">Election discussion with Tim Redmond : Indybay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday, October 24<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9. Monday, 10:00am, Rules Committee of SF BoS on Police Acquisition of Military Weapons&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>(More info will be provided this weekend)<\/em><\/strong><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In person:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SF City Hall<br>Legislative Chamber \u2013 Rm. 250<br>SF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Remotely:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>REMOTE ACCESS WATCH SF Cable Channel 26, 28, 78 or 99 (depending on provider) WATCH&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgovtv.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.sfgovtv.org<\/a>&nbsp;PUBLIC COMMENT CALL-IN 1 (415) 655-0001 \/ Meeting ID: 2495 887 5111 # #<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agenda:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sfbos.org\/sites\/default\/files\/rls102422_agenda.pdf\">https:\/\/sfbos.org\/sites\/default\/files\/rls102422_agenda.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. 220641 [Administrative Code &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>Funding, Acquisition, and Use of Certain Police Department Equipment<\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Sponsor: Mayor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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&#8217;s use of Equipment Policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, October 26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10. Wednesday, 5:30am (PT); 8:30am (ET),&nbsp;Come out for Mumia Abu-Jamal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can\u2019t be there in person \u2013 check info below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On \/ Off facebook: YouTube live stream link:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0TfPmciZLC8\">[LIVE] Mumia Abu-Jamal Court Hearing (Oct 19th) &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mumia Abu-Jamal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 A Black Panther Party veteran, writer and community activist.<br>\u2022 Unfairly convicted by Philadelphia\u2019s racist injustice system in 1982 and sentenced to be executed.<br>\u2022 The people\u2019s movement forced the state to take him off death row in 2011 but he still faces Death by Incarceration.<br>\u2022 New evidence found in hidden boxes at the Philadelphia District Attorney\u2019s office in 2018 could prove his innocence.<br>\u2022 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.<br>\u2022 If so, the resulting court procedures could finally release him after 40 years behind bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Host: Mobilzation4Mumia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/485920756597179?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A%2229%22%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3A%22event_friend_going%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&amp;notif_id=1665669934172067&amp;notif_t=event_friend_going&amp;ref=notif\">Come out for Mumia Abu-Jamal | Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11. Wednesday, 12 Noon<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>\u2013 2:00pm, Mumia in court, Oct. 19&nbsp;<em>(Oakland event)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In person<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oakland Federal Building<br>1301 Clay St. (@ 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0St.)<br>Oakland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 block from BART (get off at the front of the train)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After&nbsp;more&nbsp;than&nbsp;four&nbsp;decades,&nbsp;14 000&nbsp;days, spent far away from his family, the case of Mumia ABU-JAMAL will be heard in the&nbsp;Philadelphia, PA&nbsp;Court of Common Pleas.&nbsp;The same court system that had sentenced him to die by lethal injection, then to death by incarceration.&nbsp;The evidence that has now come to light \u2014 but was long kept in the dark by the Philadelphia District Attorney\u2019s office \u2014 should enable his release !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><u>Free Mumia Abu-Jamal<\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>is the cry heard around the world for 40 years. It will reverberate in Philadelphia&nbsp;on Oct. 19.&nbsp;Here in the Bay Area we&nbsp;are calling&nbsp;for freedom for Mumia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Host: The Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2022\/10\/13\/18852547.php\">Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! : Indybay<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12. Wednesday, 4:00pm \u2013 6:00pm, Oppose US and UN military intervention in Haiti!<\/strong>&nbsp; &#8211;<strong>End the US\/ UN occupation of Haiti!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In person<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>San Francisco Federal Building<br>90 7<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Street<br>SF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Demand that the Biden Administration and US Congress:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><em>Stop US Funding and Training of the Haitian Police!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><em>Stop US Support for the PHTK Dictatorship!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><em>Stop Deportations of Haitian Refugees!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haiti Action Committee joins with Haiti\u2019s popular movement to strongly condemn the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/10\/07\/haiti-military-assistance-us-un-crisis\/\">call<\/a>&nbsp;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&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/10\/07\/haiti-military-assistance-us-un-crisis\/\">tweeted<\/a>&nbsp;that Haiti \u201cmust request urgent assistance from the international community to help resolve security crises, determine the characteristics of an international security force.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We strongly condemn the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2022\/10\/1129372\">letter<\/a>&nbsp;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\u2019s drafting of a UN Security Council Resolution calling for the immediate deployment of a foreign \u201crapid action force\u201d in Haiti, as&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/10\/15\/politics\/biden-administration-haiti-united-nations-resolution\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;on October 15th.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Turning to the UN Security Council, the OAS, and the US government to \u201cstabilize\u201d the crisis in Haiti today is akin to pleading with the arsonists to quell the fire they have unleashed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2022\/10\/20\/18852681.php\" target=\"_blank\">Oppose Expanded US\/UN Military Intervention in Haiti! : Indybay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adrienne Fong Please hold the following people in your thoughts: Victor Picazo, dealing with health complications Jackie Barshak,&nbsp;battling stage 4 metastatic lung cancer,&nbsp;as she continues chemo therapy. Melvin Starks &nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211; Still needs housing! Rodger Scott&nbsp;as he gains strength. 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