f{"id":52070,"date":"2026-10-11T22:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T05:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=52070"},"modified":"2026-10-11T22:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T05:07:40","slug":"articlespetitionsevents-for-monday-oct-12-wednesday-oct-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/10\/11\/articlespetitionsevents-for-monday-oct-12-wednesday-oct-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles~Petitions~Events for Monday, Oct. 12 &#8211; Wednesday, Oct. 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Adrienne Fong<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">Not back posting on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><b><i>Next announcements will be posted on Thursday or Friday<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><b>RESOURCES:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>UPDATES WITH BAY RESISTANCE and get plugged to actions you can support, text \u201cResist\u201d to 888-850-0928<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><b>GI HOTLINE (877) 477-4497<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><b>Center On Conscience and War: <\/b><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><b>800-379-2679 (toll free)<\/b><\/a> In Washington DC<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/centeronconscience.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/centeronconscience.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">\u00a0 <i>&#8211; Since the Iran War \u2013 there has been an increase of active duty service people applying for C.O. status<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">\u00a0 &#8211; <i>Share these numbers to people who know active duty service members<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">There are events listed on Indybay that might be of interest to you<b> <\/b><i>(many listings in the South, North &amp; East Bays and beyond the bay area)<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">Please post your actions on Indybay:<i>\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/calendar\/?page_id=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/calendar\/?page_id=12<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">Bay Area Progressive Action Calendar:<b> <\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actiontogetherwest.org\/bayarea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ATW Bay Area \/ NorCal \u2014 Action Together West<\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h1>ARTICLES<\/h1>\n<h1>A. \u201cChildren\u2019s Peace Drawings Are Antisemitic!\u201d \u2013 Says Israeli UN Ambassador<i> \u2013 October 11, 2026<\/i><\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8BDzyE_MGp0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">\u201cChildren\u2019s Peace Drawings Are Antisemitic!\u201d \u2013 Says Israeli UN Ambassador<\/a><\/h1>\n<h1><span class=\"yiv2352805572widgetheadline-text\">B. \u2018We May\u2019: Trump Says US Could Soon Start Bombing Yemen Again to Help Saudi Arabia <\/span><span class=\"yiv2352805572widgetheadline-text\"><i>\u2013 October 11, 2025<\/i><\/span><i><\/i><\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-saudi-war-yemen?utm_source=Common+Dreams&amp;utm_campaign=baf5819625-Top+News+%7C+Thu.+8%2F13%2F26_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-998917937b-600157583&amp;mc_cid=baf5819625&amp;mc_eid=b423052afb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;We May&#8217;: Trump Says US Could Soon Start Bombing Yemen Again to Help Saudi Arabia | Common Dreams<\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>C. Netanyahu Orders Investigation, Prosecution of Interviewees in &#8216;NAZA&#8217; Documentary<\/h1>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/israel-security\/2026-10-11\/ty-article\/.premium\/netanyahu-orders-to-uncover-identity-of-soldiers-interviewed-in-naza\/000001a1-2c02-d618-adfb-be9285810000?fbclid=IwY2xjawU479dleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMVRJUkpCSjBIYmNwSGpRSXJzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe4jxgiT4Ho5gQ2pP6THBdITDo2atJ48TZw3cg147X9EwBBjwOp--OTGsDY6o_aem_7XaG42a5tq2rgP3M7P23lw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Netanyahu Orders Investigation, Prosecution of Interviewees in &#8216;NAZA&#8217; Documentary &#8211; Israel Security<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">\u00a0 <i>See Event # 3<\/i><\/p>\n<h1>D. Some in Tennessee governor\u2019s office don\u2019t want second Christa Pike execution: Cuomo<\/h1>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/us-news\/mid-south\/tennessee-christa-pike-second-execution-attempt\/#:~:text=According%20to%20her%20legal%20team%2C,execution%2C%20NewsNation%20affiliate%20WKRN%20reported\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/us-news\/mid-south\/tennessee-christa-pike-second-execution-attempt\/#:~:text=According%20to%20her%20legal%20team%2C,execution%2C%20NewsNation%20affiliate%20WKRN%20reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>E. POWERFUL MESSAGE: Navi Pillay Dedicates Nobel Peace Prize to Survivors of International Crimes| AC1C <i>\u2013 October 10, 2026<\/i><\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=he9ddzEpevU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=he9ddzEpevU<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0<i><\/i><\/h1>\n<h1>F. Hundreds at FedEx Demand End of Weapons Pipeline for Palestine Genocide <i>\u2013 October 10, 2026<\/i><\/h1>\n<h1>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2026\/10\/10\/18889189.php?fbclid=IwY2xjawU5MyhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5ctnNyPJRDilHvXcSIufd0ZPOJWUaTBvm89725R4joJ2AmI6Wg5ilvu2vxTg_aem_MpnLZ4IQWXK3HrUjuBm9RA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Hundreds at FedEx Demand End of Weapons Pipeline for Palestine Genocide : Indybay<\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>G. Soldiers Are Already Looking for a Way Out of Hegseth\u2019s Livestreamed Firing Squad <i>\u2013 October 8, 2026<\/i><\/h1>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonsun.com\/defense\/soldiers-fort-hood-nidal-mikal-hasan-pete-hegseth-livestream-firing-squad-execution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.washingtonsun.com\/defense\/soldiers-fort-hood-nidal-mikal-hasan-pete-hegseth-livestream-firing-squad-execution<\/a><\/p>\n<h1><strong>H. Pentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestream<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/pentagon-says-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter-will-be-livestreamed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/pentagon-says-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter-will-be-livestreamed<\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>I. SFPD beat city resident into near-coma in 2025 and DA \u2018tried to cover it up,\u2019 public defenders allege\u00a0<i>\u2013 October 8, 2026<\/i><\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2026\/10\/sfpd-beat-resident-near-coma-public-defenders-allege\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2026\/10\/sfpd-beat-resident-near-coma-public-defenders-allege\/<\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>J. Antisemitism Law Helped Get A Professor Fiered For Free Speech, Lawsuit Says <i>\u2013 October 6, 2026<\/i><i><\/i><\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/10\/06\/professor-fired-free-speech-iran-antisemitism-law\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawUzXbpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMUtqNzZDY1R4aFpGdTgzVllzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeis4F3SlEgn6M-NDRrrR32r8KJZTgwpYulBu0tQTmbllbgblyQccKm3U1y8g_aem_uBjTBmddCMFwVUArXUcDJw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Arkansas Professor Fired After Harassment Campaign Citing Gaza Speech<\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>K. S.F. prosecutors again boycott judge over alleged anti-police, anti-DA bias\u00a0<i>\u2013 October 6, 2026<\/i><\/h1>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2026\/10\/prosecutors-boycott-judge-alleged-bias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2026\/10\/prosecutors-boycott-judge-alleged-bias\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><b>L. Israel is Arming Who???<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/Hik4XiZKE4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ISRAEL IS ARMING WHO???? &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><b>M, Bt Cotton in India: How did genetically modified seeds enter Indian fields before formal approval? <\/b><i>\u2013 October 2, 2026<\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/Dd_odtTuCu_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/Dd_odtTuCu_\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">\u00a0 <i>\u00a0<\/i><i>Dr. Vandana Shiva<\/i><\/p>\n<h1>N. Doctors and the Death Penalty: Panel Discussion <i>\u2013 September 29, 2026<\/i><\/h1>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8EI0i4Peubw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Doctors and the Death Penalty: Panel Discussion<\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"yiv2352805572uabb-heading-text\">O. Newly created viruses are a warning. We still have a window to stop AI-enabled bioweapons <\/span><span class=\"yiv2352805572uabb-heading-text\"><i>\u2013 September 4, 2026<\/i><\/span><i><\/i><\/h1>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thebulletin.org\/2026\/09\/newly-created-viruses-are-a-warning-we-still-have-a-window-to-stop-ai-enabled-bioweapons\/#post-heading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Newly created viruses are a warning. We still have a window to stop AI-enabled bioweapons &#8211; Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><b>PETITIONS\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><b>1. It is time Congress held Hegseth accountable for his moral failings and criminal acts<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">\u00a0 SIGN: <a href=\"https:\/\/act.winwithoutwar.org\/act\/impeach-hegseth-oct26?c0=impeach-hegseth-oct26.4XgbnX&amp;rd=1&amp;source=em20261011&amp;t=9&amp;referring_akid=11372.294094.VwKTyX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">It is time Congress held Hegseth accountable for his moral failings and criminal acts | Win Without War<\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><b>2. Tell 2026 Senate Candidates: Tax the rich, don\u2019t cut Social Security<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">\u00a0 SIGN: <a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/letters\/tell-2026-senate-candidates-tax-the-rich-dont-cut-social-security\/?source=group-takeitbackorg&amp;referrer=group-takeitbackorg&amp;redirect=https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/tib_tax_rich_dont_cut_soc_sec&amp;link_id=1&amp;can_id=4d8abb95a7895a1648b41bfa1ad2bb3b&amp;email_referrer=email_3439282&amp;&amp;&amp;email_subject=senators-who-will-decide-the-future-of-social-security&amp;refcodeEmailReferrer=email_3439282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Take Action!<\/a><b><\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\" align=\"center\"><b>EVENTS \/ ACTIONS<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\" align=\"center\"><i>Monday, October 12 \u2013 Wednesday, October 14<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\" align=\"center\"><b>Monday, October 12<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\" align=\"center\"><b>Indigenous Peoples Day<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\"><b>1. Monday, 4:00am \u2013 8:00am, 47<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Indigenous Peoples Day Sunrise Gathering\u00a0 <\/b><i>(See below for tickets &amp; ferry times)<\/i><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\">\u00a0Alcatraz Island in<br \/>\nSan Francisco (Yelamu)<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\">Ticket info: <a href=\"https:\/\/alcatrazcitycruises.com\/tickets\/sunrise-gathering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/alcatrazcitycruises.com\/tickets\/sunrise-gathering<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\">\u00a0\u00a0 Cost: <strong>Cost:<\/strong> $12.00 to $15.50 per person (round-trip boat transport; the event itself is free)<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Children free under 5 y\/p<\/p>\n<p>The Sunrise Gathering is open to the public, and all community members are welcome.<\/p>\n<p><b>Boats will leave from Pier 33 in San Francisco at 4:15 AM, 4:30 AM, 5:00 AM, and 5:15 AM<\/b>. Limited ferry tickets will be available for sale at the Pier 33 box office starting at 3:15 AM.<\/p>\n<p>Participants are encouraged to purchase boat tickets in advance on the City Experiences website.<\/p>\n<p>The gathering will also be broadcast live on KPFA Radio, 94.1 FM, and online at kpfa.org. IITC extends its appreciation to all those whose participation makes these events possible and thanks the San Francisco Arts Commission and Grants for the Arts for their support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\">The gathering, co-hosted by IITC affiliate Indigenous Justice, will highlight Indigenous Peoples\u2019 resilient living cultures in California and around the world. It will share our ongoing struggles to protect sacred lands and ways of life in the face of 534 years of genocide in the Americas, affirm \u201cTruth in History,\u201d and honor the original occupation of Alcatraz (1969-1971), which sparked the national and international Indigenous Peoples\u2019 rights movements.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\">The 2026 Indigenous Peoples Day gatherings will be carried out in the face of many challenges. These include threats by the U.S. government to re-establish a federal prison on Alcatraz; threatened encroachments for mineral extraction on other sacred places, such as Chaco Canyon in New Mexico and Bears Ears in Utah; and U.S. military incursions threatening Tohono O\u2019odham sacred places along the southern border to build a border wall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\">Host: International Indian Treaty Council (IITC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\">Info: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iitc.org\/iitcs-2026-indigenous-peoples-day-sunrise-gathering-on-alcatraz-island-will-take-place-on-october-12-2026\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawU48zpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5NfljrBOAFsBH36mfcV6Fjzorv9rXbUC57Lb-eOzzuZbWIFIyBGztyH4jT6w_aem_iZefmucW8gvWvjI2e__osA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">IITC\u2019s 2026 Indigenous Peoples Day Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island Will Take Place on October 12, 2026 | International Indian Treaty Council<\/a>\u00a0<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\"><strong>2. Monday 12Noon \u2013 4:00pm \u00a08<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Indigenous Peoples Day in Yerba Buena Gardens<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\"><strong>Yerba Buena Gardens<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Mission St. (between 3<sup>rd<\/sup> &amp; 4<sup>th<\/sup> Sts.)<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>SF\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\">Join us in celebration of San Francisco Indigenous Peoples Day with a magnificent profusion of Native American art, music and vendors. The event highlights the vastly diverse and talented community of Indigenous artists in the Bay Area, California and the Americas. Presented on Yelamu, Ramaytush Ohlone Territory, in partnership with the International Indian Treaty Council, the program at Yerba Buena Gardens follows the Annual Indigenous Peoples Day Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz &#8211; please check the IITC website for updates. Schedule to be announced<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\">A groundbreaking Indigenous musician whose art flows directly out of his cultural activism, tenor <a title=\"https:\/\/jeremydutcher.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/jeremydutcher.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Jeremy Dutcher<\/a> is a conservatory-trained Canadian composer, musicologist and performer who has turned European classical music into a vehicle for language preservation. A member of Neqotkuk First Nation in Eastern Canada now based in Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec, Dutcher catapulted to renown with his debut album <em>Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa<\/em>, which won the 2018 Polaris Music Prize and the Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys in 2019. The project unearthed century-old archival recordings of his ancestors, which he turned into collaborative compositions on piano. Sung entirely in Wolastoqey, his endangered mother tongue, the album led to collaborations with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma and Feist.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.lylajune.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lylajune.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Lyla June<\/a> is musician, scholar and community organizer of Din\u00e9 (Navajo), Ts\u00e9ts\u00eah\u00e9st\u00e2hese (Cheyenne) and European lineages. Influenced by her work in Human Ecology, Indigenous Pedagogy and her traditional upbringing, Lyla\u2019s multi-genre presentation style has engaged audiences across the globe towards personal and collective healing.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/theneighborhoodkidsmusic.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/theneighborhoodkidsmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">The Neighborhood Kids<\/a> are a collective from Southern California, blending powerful lyricism, high-energy hip-hop and punk influences into an explosive live show. Rooted in culture, community and resistance, The Neighborhood Kids bring an unapologetic energy to the stage with music that speaks to identity, social justice and the power of the people.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sh1ne.l1ght\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sh1ne.l1ght\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">SH1NE L1GHT<\/a> is a life-long writer whose music is raw and deeply intentional. He blends radical honesty and spirituality to foster connection, community and healing. Catch him and his 7-piece band bringing a hip-hop jazz infused set on to the YBG Festival stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\">Info <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/indigenous-peoples-day-with-jeremy-dutcher-at-ybgfestival-tickets-1986360842752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/indigenous-peoples-day-with-jeremy-dutcher-at-ybgfestival-tickets-1986360842752<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\"><b>3. Monday, Film: NAZA at Roxie in the Mission \u00a0(October 12 \u2013 October 22)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\">Roxie<br \/>\n3125 16<sup>th<\/sup> St.<br \/>\nSF<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\">Tickets: <a href=\"https:\/\/roxie.com\/film\/naza\/#showtimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/roxie.com\/film\/naza\/#showtimes<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572wp-block-paragraph\">In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel\u2019s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Directors Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572wp-block-paragraph\">We made this film out of a sense of obligation to use our position as Israeli\u00a0filmmakers and journalists to examine the systems behind the mass killing\u00a0of Palestinian civilians for which our country is responsible. While filming\u00a0members of Israel\u2019s military on rooftops at night in Tel Aviv over the past\u00a0three years, we found ourselves asking the very questions that were asked\u00a0by our grandparents\u2019 generation and throughout the 20th century: <em>how\u00a0does one group of people allow the total dehumanisation of another<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572wp-block-paragraph\">What\u00a0do the inner workings of such a system look like?\u00a0Many of the revelations in the film were published almost immediately as\u00a0we learned of them, in the months following the October 7th attacks, by\u00a0<strong>The Guardian<\/strong> (one of NAZA\u2019s producers), in collaboration with reporting\u00a0partners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.972mag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">+972 Magazine<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/justvision.org\/localcall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Local Call<\/a>. The film lets us explore something\u00a0deeper than we could in our investigative journalism alone: not only the\u00a0words being said but also those that are not said, the silence. It is up to all\u00a0of us to break that silence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 <strong>Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572wp-block-paragraph\" align=\"center\"><b>Tuesday, October 13<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572wp-block-paragraph\"><b>4. Tuesday, 3:00pm-5:00pm(PT); 6:00pm \u2013 8:00pm(ET), Press Conf:<\/b><b> <\/b><b>The Petition on the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for Freedom of MUMIA ABU-JAMAL<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">In person:<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">Grace Congregational Church\u00a0of Harlem<br \/>\n310 West 139th St,<br \/>\nNew York, NY 10030<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">Live stream Online with YouTube: <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/Oct13-Mumia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">tinyurl.com\/Oct13-Mumia<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572Default\">\u00a0SPEAKERS<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572Default\">MC: Sophia Williams<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572Default\">Rev. Dr. Nigel A. Pearce<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572Default\">Bret Grote, ALC Legal Director and Mumia Abu-Jamal\u2019s lead attorney<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572Default\">Mumia Abu-Jamal, expected to call in<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572Default\">Dr. Ricardo Alvarez, Abolitionist Physician and Mumia\u2019s medical consultant<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572Default\">Pastor Keith Collins, Abolitionist, Practitioner of Liberation Theology and Decolonization<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572Default\">Special Invited Guest: Mama Pam<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><b>Contact: <\/b>Suzanne Ross (917) 584-2135, Sophia Williams (917) 806-0521<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">New York\u2014For more than 44 years, U.S. citizen Mumia Abu-Jamal has been arbitrarily detained in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Today, the Abolitionist Law Center and a national coalition of other human rights organizations \u2013 American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Constitutional Rights, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, and Release Aging People in Prison Campaign \u2013 submitted a petition to a United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention seeking relief. The submission provides evidence of the state of Pennsylvania violating international standards by consistently denying Mr. Abu-Jamal a fair trial and appellate process, by applying torturous conditions of confinement, and condemning him to a death by incarceration sentence that prevents him from ever leaving prison alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Abu-Jamal, a 72-year-old award-winning broadcast journalist and prolific author, has been incarcerated for more than four decades, since December 1981. He was arrested and charged with murdering a police officer after being found at the scene, also shot. After being convicted and given the death penalty, he was held in solitary confinement on death row (1983-2011) for 29 years, a gross violation of the international Mandela Rules limiting solitary confinement to 15 days. Throughout, Mr. Abu-Jamal has been targeted for his political expression, associations, and his race\u2014prior to his arrest, at trial, and over the course of his incarceration, appeals, and postconviction proceedings, including repeated attempts to censor and silence his political writings and speech.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMumia\u2019s case exemplifies the racism endemic to the criminal punishment system in Philadelphia in the 1970s and 1980s, and the use of incarceration as a tool of political repression,\u201d said Saleem Holbrook, Executive Director of the Abolitionist Law Center, the public interest law firm that represents him. Police, prosecutorial and judicial misconduct plagued his conviction. Mr. Abu-Jamal\u2019s 1982 trial, according to Amnesty International, \u201cfailed to meet minimum international standards safeguarding the fairness of legal proceedings.\u201d The UN submission clearly documents the racial discrimination Mr. Abu-Jamal has been subject to along with deprivation of his right to represent himself, deprivation of adequate time and facilities to mount a proper defense, and political interference. \u201cAt every step, the case against Mumia violated fundamental legal principles. He would be free if courts applied the law to his case instead of playing politics with the Constitution,\u201d said Abolitionist Law Center Legal Director Bret Grote. \u201cWe are seeking a ruling from the United Nations that exposes the bias, racism, and cruelty of the judicial system in Mumia\u2019s case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Abu-Jamal has diligently pursued a new and fair trial through appellate and post-conviction proceedings in both state and federal court, but has exhausted all legal avenues for relief. Though his death penalty was overturned, Mr. Abu-Jamal\u2019s sentence of life without parole \u2013 also known as death by incarceration (DBI) \u2013 is torture: a cruel, inhumane, and degrading punishment that violates international law. \u201cThe inherent arbitrariness of an indefinite DBI sentence, which allows no periodic review of continuing need or reasonableness, in combination with Mr. Abu-Jamal\u2019s many years served to date, advanced age, declining health, and lack of risk to the public violates multiple provisions of international law,\u201d said Samah Sisay, Staff Attorney at Center of Constitutional Rights. Now an elderly man, Mr. Abu-Jamal has endured multiple near-death medical crises, including hepatitis C, congestive heart failure, a preventable hyperglycemic emergency that threatened his life, and multiple ophthalmic conditions that, due to inadequate medical care by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, pose a significant risk of permanent blindness. As the submission states, Mr. Abu-Jamal is one of a staggering number of individuals in the United States condemned to die in prison. As of 2020, more than 200,000 people in the United States were serving life or virtual life sentences, of whom nearly 8,300 were in Pennsylvania; more than 56,000 people in the U.S. are serving formal sentences of life without parole, of whom more than 5,000 are in PA. Black people comprise only about 1 in 9 of incarcerated people in PA, but 2\/3 of those serving life sentences. A growing consensus of international authorities has condemned DBI sentencing in the U.S. as violating international prohibitions on racial discrimination. In November 2023, the United Nations Human Rights Committee recommended that the United States \u201cestablish a moratorium on the imposition of sentences to life imprisonment without parole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572wp-block-paragraph\">The July 28 submission to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention can be found at alcenter.org.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572wp-block-paragraph\"><b>5. Tuesday, 5:00pm \u2013 6:30pm (Pt); 8:00pm-9:30pm(ET), Webinar: U.S. Military Spending and How to Stop It<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\">Webinar registration: <a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/events\/webinar-us-military-spending-and-how-to-stop-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Webinar: U.S. Military Spending and How to Stop It<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>A 90-minute live event with 45 minutes for Q&amp;A &#8212; Bring your best questions!<\/h4>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoListParagraph\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 U.S. military spending is twice what we&#8217;re ever told and more than the rest of the world&#8217;s combined<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoListParagraph\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s over three-quarters of proposed discretionary spending and stripping funding from urgent needs<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoListParagraph\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s driving a global arms race, wars, and the risk of nuclear war<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoListParagraph\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We have the power to reverse<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">Speakers:<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\"><strong>David Vine<\/strong> is the author of a trilogy of books about war and peace including <em>The United States of War: A Global History of America&#8217;s Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State<\/em>. David is a founder and steering committee member of the Network to Dismantle the Military Industrial Complex, among other projects. David is a fellow at the Transition Security Project and a contributor to TomDispatch.com and Foreign Policy in Focus. David has also worked and published with the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, the Institute for Policy Studies, and the Center for International Policy. David was a professor of anthropology at American University in Washington, DC for 18 years before resigning with the rank of full professor in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\"><strong>Hanna Homestead<\/strong> (she\/her) is a policy analyst and strategist with over a decade of experience spanning grassroots organizing, international development, and electoral and issue-specific campaign work. She served as a congressional staffer, a Global Health Corps fellow in Uganda, and worked on the intersection of climate crises and militarism at the Center for International Policy. In her current role at the Institute for Policy Studies, she researches federal budget priorities and the costs of war, with the goal of moving tax dollars from the Pentagon to beneficial public goods. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and Politico. She holds a bachelor&#8217;s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master&#8217;s degree from Columbia&#8217;s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\"><strong>John Reuwer <\/strong>is Treasurer and a Member of the Board of Directors of World BEYOND War. He is a retired emergency physician whose practice convinced him of a crying need for alternatives to violence for resolving tough conflicts. This led him to the informal study and teaching of nonviolence for the last 35 years, with peace team field experience in Haiti, Colombia, Central America, Palestine\/Israel, and several U.S. inner cities. He worked in South Sudan with the Nonviolent Peaceforce, one of the few organizations practicing professional unarmed civilian peacekeeping. He also serves on the Committee to Abolish Nuclear Weapons with Physicians for Social Responsibility educating the public and politicians about the threat from nuclear weapons, which he sees as the ultimate expression of the insanity of modern warfare, so blatantly displayed in the current war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\"><strong>Sunjeev Bery<\/strong> serves as People Over Pentagon campaign director at Public Citizen, where he coordinates a coalition of hundreds of organizations, advocates, and scholars working to reduce wasteful Pentagon spending and redirect resources toward critical human needs. Over the course of his career, Bery has held a range of advocacy and campaign leadership roles focused on democracy, human rights, climate, and education. As a regional director for the American Civil Liberties Union, he organized and advocated on civil rights issues including post-9\/11 government surveillance, immigrant rights, and police accountability. As executive director of Freedom Forward, he built and led international human rights and climate campaigns focused on ending U.S. alliances with repressive oil monarchies in the Middle East. As advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International USA, he lobbied U.S. and international officials, diplomats, and policymakers on foreign policy and human rights concerns during the Arab Spring. Bery has also worked as a lobbyist on college affordability issues and as a fundraiser and digital campaigner for environmental organizations. Bery holds a B.A. from UC Berkeley and an M.P.A. from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a Harvard Public Service Fellow. He is a recipient of the 2007 Asian Law Alliance Community Impact Award and has received commendations from the California State Senate and State Assembly for his human rights advocacy. He has spoken widely in national and international media, and his commentary on U.S. foreign policy and human rights has appeared in a wide range of newspapers and other publications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572prefade\"><strong>Moderated by David Swanson. <\/strong>David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is executive director of <a href=\"http:\/\/worldbeyondwar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">World BEYOND War<\/a> and campaign coordinator of <a href=\"http:\/\/rootsaction.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">RootsAction.org<\/a>. Swanson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/davidswanson.org\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">books<\/a> include <em><a href=\"https:\/\/davidswanson.org\/war-is-still-a-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">War Is Still A Lie<\/a><\/em>. He blogs at <a href=\"https:\/\/davidswanson.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">DavidSwanson.org<\/a> and hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/davidswanson.org\/taxonomy\/term\/41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Talk World Radio<\/a>.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">Host: World Beyond War<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">Info: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2026\/09\/28\/18888881.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Webinar: U.S. Military Spending and How to Stop It : Indybay<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>Wednesday, October 14\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h1>6. Wednesday, 10:00am \u2013 12Noon, Protest Flock CEO Appearance at &#8220;Disrupt TechCrunch&#8221; Conference<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">Moscone Center<br \/>\n747 Howard St.<br \/>\nSF<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">Disrupt TechCrunch, a conference highlighting tech and start ups, will feature Flock Safety, Inc. founder and CEO Garrett Langley at its annual event this year, to be held at San Francisco\u2019s Moscone Center.<\/p>\n<p>Flock&#8217;s mass surveillance network statistically has NOT increased safety. Instead, it has been abused by local police departments to track down women fleeing domestic violence and has falsely accused people of a variety of crimes.<\/p>\n<p>We will be demonstrating to highlight the absolute incoherence of inviting Garrett Langley, CEO of surveillance tech company Flock Safety, to speak at an event in San Francisco while ICE is leveraging Flock technology to terrorize communities throughout California in particular and across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The Wolves are supported in this protest by co-sponsors Bay Resistance, the Raging Grannies, DSA Silicon Valley, DeFlock SF, SOS Safety Over Surveillance and Peoples Aid amongst others.<\/p>\n<p>Our protest outside Moscone Center where the conference is being held will feature multiple speakers, 1984 movie audio clips, banners, signs, surprise art visuals, and an opportunity for community members to express their outrage against Flock and other automated license plate readers (ALPR\u2019s). Flock Safety, Inc. has been at the forefront of this industry holding approximately 80% of the US market based on mapping data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">Info: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2026\/10\/11\/18889217.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Protest Flock CEO Appearance at &#8220;Disrupt TechCrunch&#8221; Conference : Indybay<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>7. Wednesday 6:30pm, Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State<\/h1>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">Please email contact [at] oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for privacy, surveillance regulation of both corporations and the state, and government transparency, around the Bay and nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, tracking equipment and online tracking, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws, and requirements for \u201cbackdoors\u201d to cellphones; we oppose \u201cpre-crime\u201d and \u201cthought-crime,\u201d \u2014 to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what government officials, employees and agencies are doing.<\/p>\n<p>We draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and in Sacramento. We advocate in op-eds and in the streets. We pursue lawsuits as necessary to protect our rights. We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and believe no one is illegal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2352805572MsoNormal\">Info <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2026\/09\/17\/18888599.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State : Indybay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adrienne Fong Not back posting on a regular basis. 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