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Millions Stand Up Worldwide in Solidarity with PalestineLargest Ever Pro-Palestine Marches in NorCal Demand End to US Aid for Israel's War on Gaza2023-12-09T07:58:16Z2023-12-09T07:58:16Zen-US
In two months, more than 17,000 Gazans have been killed, tens of thousands wounded, huge swaths of infrastructure turned into rubble, and the vast majority of the population displaced, on the verge of famine and widespread disease. And yet, on December 8, the US once again used its UN Security Council veto on behalf of the State of Israel, blocking a ceasefire motion that had the support of over 100 countries. The carnage in Gaza continues, with only a fraction of desperately needed humanitarian supplies allowed into the territory.
Millions of people worldwide are standing in solidarity with Palestinians, starting with emergency rallies the day Israel's relentless bombing in Gaza began. Marches and rallies have continued ever since, demanding a ceasefire, the end of US military support for Israel, and that Palestine be freed once and for all. Every week there are more protests in cities large and small, including in many that have never seen a pro-Palestinian demonstration. City governments in Richmond and Oakland have passed motions urging a ceasefire. In San Francisco, tens of thousands have marched against Israel's war on Gaza.
Related Features: Taking Direct Action Against US Support for Israel's War on Gaza |
Israel Decimates Gaza, Nearly 2M Palestinians Displaced ]]>Anti-War and MilitarismCentral ValleyCity of San FranciscoFront PageInternationalPalestinePeninsulaSanta Cruz / Monterey Bay AreaSouth Bay AreaU.S.image/jpeg
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Institute for Study of Zionism to Hold Inaugural ConferenceConference on Speech-Chilling “IHRA definition” of Antisemitism Launches New InstituteBattling the “IHRA Definition”: Theory & Activism, on October 13-14. Through the lens of research on structural racism, state violence, and social justice movements, the conference will analyze political campaigns that seek to codify the “IHRA definition” of antisemitism, and efforts to oppose IHRA policies.]]>2023-10-12T19:53:51Z2023-10-12T19:53:51Zen-USBattling the “IHRA Definition”: Theory & Activism, on October 13-14. Through the lens of research on structural racism, state violence, and social justice movements, the conference will analyze political campaigns that seek to codify the “IHRA definition” of antisemitism, and efforts to oppose IHRA policies.
This is the first research conference focusing on IHRA campaigns, which have been a feature of conservative strategy since 2016 and are linked to anti-Critical Race Theory campaigns. IHRA campaigns have been widely criticized as efforts to chill academic freedom, and to exclude groups from funding and civic life including human rights, peace, racial justice, and legal advocates, and Palestinian and progressive Jewish organizations. Battling the “IHRA Definition”: Theory & Activism is also the first conference under the banner of Critical Zionism Studies. Critical Zionism Studies studies Zionist politics and ideas in relation to forces including states, capital, race, and culture, and it examines power from the perspective of people experiencing its effects. The Institute supports the “research from below” that is central to Critical Zionism Studies.
The conference is sponsored by numerous academic centers and departments spanning critical race and ethnic studies, Near East studies, Arab and Muslim studies, culture, creative practice, and environment at New York University, the University of California Santa Cruz, and San Francisco State University. It is additionally sponsored by student groups at NYU and CUNY, academic freedom groups in the United States and Europe, and grassroots organizations. Panels and events will take place in New York City (at NYU and The People’s Forum) and Santa Cruz (at the Resource Center for Nonviolence).
See Also: Civil Rights Groups Warn UCSC Attempts to Censor Pro-Palestine Scholarship May Violate Federal Laws]]>Education & Student ActivismFront PageInternationalPalestineRacial JusticeSanta Cruz / Monterey Bay AreaU.S.image/jpeg
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Abortion Medication Safe For Now, But Perhaps Not for LongProtests Continue Despite US Supreme Court Allowing Access to Abortion Pill Temporarily2023-04-22T06:51:27Z2023-04-22T06:51:27Zen-US
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals then scaled back the Kascmaryk ban on April 13, but issued new restrictions on mifepristone, reducing the number of weeks into a pregnancy it could be used and forbidding its shipment by mail. On April 15, a national day of action, demonstrators in Scottsdale, Arizona, protested in front of the headquarters of Alliance Defending Freedom, the right-wing lawers designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center that filed the lawsuit in Amarillo. Locally, protests were held in Sacramento, Half Moon Bay, Mountain View, Santa Cruz, Oakland, and other cities.
On April 21, the U.S. Supreme Court extended the stay against any mifepristone bans or restrictions, sending the issue back to the Fifth Circuit for further deliberations. While this is seen as at least a temporary victory, defenders of reproductive justice rights say that extremists will continue try to ban abortion at the federal level and the fight is far from over.
Related Feature: Renewed Sense of Urgency Driving Reproductive Rights Actions
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No Quarry on Mutsun Sacred GroundsHundreds Rally for Protection of Sacred Tribal Land from Mining Project2022-09-24T19:48:53Z2022-09-24T19:48:53Zen-US
The proposed sand and gravel mine in the county would significantly damage the sacred Native American site and historic artifacts. Speakers said the mining which would extract minerals for 30 years on a 300-acre site destroying indigenous history. Valentin Lopez, Amah Mutsun tribal chairman, said that the tribe went through three periods of brutal colonization and that destroying the sacred site would bring further devastation. Lopez called the rally "a call for cultural survival."
The Environmental Impact Report for the project states that, if approved, ceremonial areas used for healing and harvesting, burial sites, and sacred live oak trees, could be destroyed. In addition, the mining would eliminate precious grassland and oak woodland habitat, and disrupt a critical wildlife movement corridor.
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Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Fight to Protect One of Their Few Remaining Sacred Lands (2018)
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City of Santa Cruz Vehicles TorchedCity Hall's Hostility Toward Homeless Residents of Santa Cruz Spurs Vehicle Arson2022-07-04T04:36:18Z2022-07-04T04:36:18Zen-US
Despite community pleas to stop the intended "closure," which was announced in May, City Manager Matt Huffaker held firm to his plan to evict the 300-400 people who reside in the Benchlands. Authorities falsely claim they'll be able to shelter anyone who applies, but there are only 150 spaces actually available for those expected to be displaced from Benchlands, much less the 1000-2000 folks currently living outdoors in Santa Cruz. HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom) and Food Not Bombs have worked to raise awareness through a series of "Koffee Klatches," demanding that the city revise its homeless policies overall and that there be "No Evictions Without Real Shelter."
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COVID-19 Pandemic Threatens Most Vulnerable Populations ]]>Front PageGovernment & ElectionsHealth, Housing, and Public ServicesPolice StateSanta Cruz / Monterey Bay Areaimage/jpeg
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America: Civilian Gun Massacre Capital of the WorldGrief and Anger Over Mass Shootings Spurs Vigils and Protests NationwideJune 11, Bay Area cities will protest on a national day of action against gun violence.]]>2022-06-01T04:13:23Z2022-06-01T04:13:23Zen-USJune 11, at least 10 Bay Area cities will protest on a national day of action against gun violence.
In the wake of the attack carried out by a white supremacist in Buffalo on May 14, the Anti Police-Terror Project and others rapidly organized a solidarity vigil in Oakland. The Buffalo shooter revealed in a manifesto that he was motivated by the racist “great replacement" theory, which claims Democrats and a global Jewish cabal are deliberately diluting the European American electorate by importing immigrants of color. He drove hundreds of miles to target a predominantly Black neighborhood, despite that fact that African Americans have lived in the U.S. since well before it was a country.
After Uvalde and Texas law enforcement officials repeatedly held back facts about the timeline and their response, changing their stories in the days following the shooting, questions have grown louder as to why officers took over an hour to directly confront the shooter, even though scores of armed police officers were on the scene, inside and surrounding the school.
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The Supreme Court Intends to Overturn Roe v. WadeProtests Erupt Nationwide at Prospect of SCOTUS Ending 50 Years of Abortion Rights2022-05-05T04:43:48Z2022-05-05T04:43:48Zen-US
Protests immediately broke out across the country, including on the steps of the US Supreme Court in Washington D.C., and have continued for weeks. One of the first locally was at the Federal Courthouse in Oakland, within hours of the news breaking. Check the Indybay calendar for upcoming events.
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Counter-Protesters Rise Up at Anti-Abortion "Walk for Life" |
Demonstrators Target Corporations that Support Abortion Opponents (2021) |
Bay Area Rejects Texas Anti-Abortion Law (2021)]]>City of San FranciscoEast Bay AreaFront PageGovernment & ElectionsHealth, Housing, and Public ServicesPeninsulaSanta Cruz / Monterey Bay AreaSouth Bay AreaU.S.Womynimage/jpeg
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Russia Moves to Take All of Ukraine by Military ForceUkrainians Resist Invasion, World Responds with Protests, Sanctions, and Weapons2022-03-04T22:20:52Z2022-03-04T22:20:52Zen-US
The Ukrainian government did not collapse upon the first presence of Russian troops. Instead, a strong Ukrainian commitment to resistance arose. Russia has yet to take the capital Kyiv, but is increasing attacks on civilian centers as it assumes control of other Ukrainian cities in the north, east, and south. In response, Western nations have imposed increasing levels of sanctions on Russia and its elite, while NATO countries specifically are providing a steady stream of weaponry to Ukraine.
Bay Area Ukrainians and those in solidarity with them protested in San Francisco on February 26 and 27. Many of them agree with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's calls for maximal NATO involvement. On March 6, Code Pink and other anti-war organizations have called for a Global Day of Action to protest the invasion, while also pointing to NATO expansion on Russia's border as having contributed to the crisis. The complicated politics of the invasion have exposed rifts across the political spectrum and led to some odd alliances. As the danger of a wider war looms, no one is sure how it can be stopped or where exactly it all ends.
Related Feature:Bay Area Groups Mobilize to Protest the Drumbeat to War
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Bay Area Groups Mobilize to Protest the Drumbeat to WarRussian Military Buildup on Ukrainian Border May Not Signal Coming Invasion2022-02-08T04:04:25Z2022-02-08T04:04:25Zen-US
Prior to his one-on-one meeting with Vladimir Putin, French president Emmanuel Macron committed, according to Biden, the heresy of noting that Russia might have real security concerns regarding NATO, an anti-Russian military alliance, covering most of its western border. This is the border Germany crossed in World War II, killing thirty-two million Russian people.
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Coalition to Prevent War with Russia
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Bay Area Rejects Texas Anti-Abortion LawDozens of Pro-Choice Protests Hit Northern California, Along with Nationwide ActionsIndybay has coverage from a dozen cities.]]>2021-09-28T04:07:02Z2021-09-28T04:07:02Zen-US
Two national days of action, October 2 and October 3, were both designated as days for street protests and informational zoom meetings. Activists said they will not stop after the weekend of actions but will continue with sustained protests to demand an end to the dangerous, escalating attacks on reproductive rights and freedoms in the U.S.
Related Feature: Bay Area Marches to Protect Women's Rights (2020)
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Endangered Orcas’ West Coast Habitat Receives New Federal Protection15,910 Square Miles of Critical Habitat Added to Existing Salish Sea Protections2021-08-17T21:39:09Z2021-08-17T21:39:09Zen-US
The final rule, which is more protective than the one proposed in September 2019, follows an April 2019 court-ordered agreement achieved after the Center sued the Trump administration in 2018 for failing to issue habitat protections required by the Endangered Species Act. The expanded critical habitat covers important foraging areas, river mouths and migratory pathways along the Pacific Coast from the Canadian border to Big Sur, California. Added to the current habitat protections in Washington’s inland waters, the total designation encompasses more than 18,000 square miles of marine habitat.
While these orcas spend much of the summer in the Puget Sound and Salish Sea (areas protected as critical habitat in 2006), they travel extensively along the West Coast during the winter and early spring, congregating near coastal rivers to rest and feed on migrating salmon.
Related Feature:Lawsuit Forces Protection for Endangered Orcas' West Coast Habitat]]>Animal LiberationCaliforniaCity of San FranciscoEnvironment & Forest DefenseFront PageNorth Bay / MarinNorth CoastPeninsulaSanta Cruz / Monterey Bay AreaU.S.image/jpeg
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Bay Area Organizing to Stop Line 3Construction of Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Violates Treaty Rights of Minnesota Tribes2021-07-28T23:12:16Z2021-07-28T23:12:16Zen-US
Enbridge is more than 60% done constructing their proposed Line 3 project, and on July 15 the last restrictions keeping them from drilling under waterways where wild rice grows were lifted. The Anishinaabe women of the RISE Coalition are now calling on people to join them in northern Minnesota to protect the wild rice waters July 19-31. Since June, hundreds of Water Protectors in Minnesota have been participating in lockdowns and blockades to stop the advancement of construction.
Climate and Indigenous rights activists in the Bay Area again stood up in solidarity with a National Day of Action on August 13 to stop the construction of Line 3.
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Mindful Intelligence: Alan Clements on his New Book and FilmAuthor Delves into Dark Satire in Latest Book "Extinction X-Rated"2021-07-27T18:50:42Z2021-07-27T18:50:42Zen-US
His latest book — Extinction X-Rated — was written during the pandemic and according to Clements was “LSD inspired.” He describes the book as part autobiography and partly an “auto-fictional dark satire about good and evil.”
Since the 1970’s Clements’ life has been intertwined with the Buddhist country of Burma/Myanmar. Clements was a monk there for four years and then alerted the world to a modern genocide when he wrote Burma: The Next Killing Fields? (1990) He did a series of interviews with democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi who has often been imprisoned for her activism and those conversations later became the 1997 book Voice of Hope. Clements was kicked out of Burma and banned from traveling there until 2012. In recent years he returned to interview hundreds of activists, teachers, artists and lay people about on-going resistance to authoritarianism, chronicled in a four-volume set, Burma’s Voices of Freedom. (2020)
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May Day Marches Return to the Bay AreaInternational Workers' Day 2021 Filled with Marches, Rallies, and Direct Actions2021-05-01T06:51:09Z2021-05-01T06:51:09Zen-US
This year, beginning to emerge from a deadly year-long pandemic, actions marking May Day across Northern California demanded worker rights, housing for all, and racial justice, expressing solidarity with the Chilean general strike. Marches and rallies were held in San Francisco, Oakland, San José, and Fresno. In Oakland, a vacant house was reclaimed to highlight real estate speculator greed and a nighttime march which called for abolishing the police was met with a large and aggressive police presence. In Alameda, protesters rallied outside the homes of those who called police on Mario Gonzalez, leading to his death in April. A "Love Over Hate Unity march and rally" was held in Mountain View. Online events examined the history of May Day, celebrated social justice struggles, and looked back at America's imperialist war in Vietnam.
In San Francisco's Castro District, in Vice-President elect Kamala Harris' birthplace of Oakland, in San Rafael in Marin County, and elsewhere, the mood was jubilant as people filled sidewalks and roadways. Many recalled their emotions four years ago when Trump was declared president-elect. Saying they are eager for the day he leaves office, they asked each other how and if he will leave as he has ensconced himself in the White House. Some demonstrators said they remain fearful of a coup.
Other October protests in the Bay Area unrelated to the "Protect the Results" national day of action also demonstrated for the constitutional rights to a fair election. Saying that it was essential to show publicly that the majority of the American people will not accept any interference in the election, the group March for Democracy SF organized a march up Mission to Market Street where they held a sit-in near City Hall on October 24. On October 29, grassroots artists painted the words "Choose Democracy, Stop a Coup" in a giant street mural next to the Federal Building in Oakland. Many people fear that that Trump might refuse to leave office in a coup d'etat.
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While Planned Protests Turn Festive After Trump's Defeat, Struggle for Justice Continues
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Library/Parking Garage Is Litmus Test for the Future of Santa CruzCity Council and City Manager Advance Construction Projects Under False PretensesErica Aitken of Reimagine Santa Cruz writes: The next City Council elections will decide the future of Santa Cruz. Do we open our doors to Silicon Valley with luxury rentals and our very own Santana Row? Or do we take control and build beautiful affordable housing for those who work and would like to live here? If we ask ourselves this question, it is because we have recently been the victims of a particularly galling breach of trust from our current City Councilmembers.]]>2020-10-15T23:37:33Z2020-10-15T23:37:33Zen-USErica Aitken of Reimagine Santa Cruz writes: The next City Council elections will decide the future of Santa Cruz. Do we open our doors to Silicon Valley with luxury rentals and our very own Santana Row? Or do we take control and build beautiful affordable housing for those who work and would like to live here? If we ask ourselves this question, it is because we have recently been the victims of a particularly galling breach of trust from our current City Councilmembers who voted 4 – 2 to replace our current library with a multi-purpose, six-story parking garage flanked by a new library, right where our farmer’s market stands.
The advocates of this project used Measure S, passed in 2016, to morph what was a mandate to upgrade and fix our libraries, into a monstrous block of concrete that would never have been approved by the voters. Even though the Nelson/Nygaard study advised against the garage, the City Council voted for it, ignoring the advice of the study they themselves had commissioned. And we don’t need additional parking spaces. Downtown parking is not only underused but we, as environmentally concerned citizens, want to reduce our dependence on cars.
President Trump has said little about the wildfires raging in California, Oregon and Washington for weeks, other than to suggest poor forest management was primarily to blame. “These are climate fires,” says Timothy Ingalsbee, an Oregon-based wildland fire ecologist and former wildland firefighter who now directs Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology. “Though some scientists hesitate to attribute a single event to climate change, these are exactly the conditions predicted by climatologists.”
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PG&E's Role in Deadly Wildfires Questioned (2017)]]>CaliforniaEnvironment & Forest DefenseFront PageGlobal Justice and Anti-CapitalismHealth, Housing, and Public ServicesNorth Bay / MarinNorth CoastSanta Cruz / Monterey Bay Areaimage/jpeg
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Defunding Towards a New Vision of Health and SafetyMovement to Defund the Police Takes Off in Santa Cruz2020-09-05T03:11:13Z2020-09-05T03:11:13Zen-US
In contrast, the Santa Cruz City Council recently approved a new budget which includes an increase in police funding. The budget includes $31,098,835 for police, an increase of almost 1.5% from last year, and 27.8% of the city’s general fund budget. Ironically, in a prior meeting, the council declared July as Black Lives Matter month. They voted to display the Black Lives Matter and Pan-African flags outside of council chambers every July. The newly approved police budget begs the question of how serious the city council is about making Black lives matter. Are their recent July gestures just superficial? That said, the council also voted to ban predictive policing and facial recognition software, which are positive developments.
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Uprisings Explode Across the Country After Murder of George Floyd]]>Front PagePolice StateRacial JusticeSanta Cruz / Monterey Bay AreaU.S.image/jpeg
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Get Police Off CampusProfessors Call for Defunding Police, Ending Police and ICE Presence at UCSC2020-08-13T06:03:33Z2020-08-13T06:03:33Zen-US
The letter to the Chancellor continues, "I write to denounce the force used against protesting students and the employment—at a cost of $300,000.00 per day—of a police force brought in from neighboring cities and counties, dressed in riot gear, and equipped with military surveillance technology. This is a university campus, and one with a celebrated and valued tradition of student protest. How can we urge our students to 'question authority' when that authority stands deaf before multiple calls to renounce policies that harm, harass, ban, dismiss, and otherwise financially and academically disadvantage its very own students, including a disproportionate number of students of color?"
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For Wildcat Strikers at UCSC, There's No Turning Back ]]>Education & Student ActivismFront PagePolice StateSanta Cruz / Monterey Bay Areaimage/jpeg
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Mission Santa Cruz Spray Painted and Mission Bell RemovedAbolish Police Marchers Target Santa Cruz Mission2020-07-22T20:24:24Z2020-07-22T20:24:24Zen-US
Two weeks later, Mission Santa Cruz was spray painted again during a march to defund the Santa Cruz Police Department. The phrase "Maldita Cruz," which roughly translates to "cursed cross" or "damned cross," was spray painted on the replica mission, and an American flag was burned on the mission's historical landmark plaque, with the phrase "decolonize everything" spray painted over it. The word "genocide" was spray painted on the back of the historic marker.
Mission Santa Cruz Spray Painted and Mission Bell Removed During Abolish Police March |
Santa Cruz Mission Spray Painted Again and More Downtown Fencing Liberated during Defund SCPD March]]>Front PagePolice StateRacial JusticeSanta Cruz / Monterey Bay Areaimage/jpeg
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Fuck the FourthAlternative Independence Day Events Include Marches, Caravans, and Flag Burnings2020-07-15T05:42:44Z2020-07-15T05:42:44Zen-US
At a rally in front of San Francisco City Hall speakers said, “We will fight for justice on the streets and at the polls,” as they encouraged youth to not only vote, but get involved in community politics and action. In a separate action, a caravan that started at City Hall made stops at the African American Arts and Culture Complex where speakers demanded that San Francisco police be defunded. Their next stop was Nancy Pelosi's Pacific Heights house where protesters spray painted a message to the Congresswoman, "Pelosi Defund War $" on the road. The caravan protest brought together climate justice activists, anti-war activists, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
In Santa Cruz, a march starting at the Town Clock traveled down Pacific Avenue to the city’s police department, where demonstrators burned an American flag and two "thin blue line" police flags. From there, they marched to the Beach Flats Community where many residents cheered the demonstrators. The group returned to their start point, where they burned more American flags.
In Oakland, the ILWU shut down the port along with others up and down the West Coast. Thousands marched from the port to Oakland police headquarters and then rallied in front of City Hall. Numerous other marches and rallies were held in Oakland. Santa Cruz and other Northern California cities marched in large numbers as well. In Palo Alto and Fresno, protesters painted "BLM" and "Black Lives Matter" in huge letters in the street in front of their City Halls.
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Uprisings Explode Across the Country After Murder of George Floyd |
Juneteenth Rally For Immigrant Rights (2006)]]>Central ValleyCity of San FranciscoEast Bay AreaFront PageImmigrant RightsPeninsulaPolice StateRacial JusticeSanta Cruz / Monterey Bay Areaimage/jpeg
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Uprisings Explode Across the Country After Murder of George FloydBay Area George Floyd Protests Met with Police Tear Gas, Projectiles, and Curfews2020-06-04T01:57:56Z2020-06-04T01:57:56Zen-US Anti Police-Terror Project wrote: If you are watching what’s unfolding in Minneapolis, you may be wondering why people break social distancing guidelines to protest police violence. The Minneapolis Police Department, like police departments across the country, have a long and bloody history of the killing of Black bodies including Jamar Clark and Philando Castile. And here in the Bay Area, we are still reeling from the murder of Steven Taylor in San Leandro and the shooting of one Black person and one Chicanx by the Hayward Police Department.
The largest demonstrations have been held in the Oakland and San Francisco, but there have been protests big and small in the cities of Walnut Creek, Mountain View, Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, San Carlos, and Redwood City. In the South Bay city of San Jose, police responded to demonstrations with flashbang grenades, tear gas, and crowd control projectiles. In addition to the Bay Area, there have been Central Valley protests in Bakersfield and Fresno. Thousands have protested in coastal Santa Cruz County.
Fresno: Vigil for George Floyd in Fresno
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Santa Cruz Refuses to Implement Project RoomkeyDemonstrators Demand Santa Cruz Provide Hotel Vouchers for the Homeless2020-04-24T18:13:06Z2020-04-24T18:13:06Zen-US
Newsom declined to name the specific cities that were not accepting funds, but he had strong words for them. “I just want to encourage those cities that are blocking efforts like this to consider themselves in the context of others…to consider their actions in the context and annals of history," Newsom said. “They’ll judge themselves, not just be judged by others, by the extent they help the least among us.”
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Fundraiser for Community-Based Projects in Santa CruzHelp the Santa Cruz Hub Survive Unpredictable TimesHubster writes: The Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living is a constellation of community-based projects that has been building and celebrating community and offering crucial resources since 1994. Due to the Covid-19 crisis, many of the Hub’s projects are currently or will soon be struggling to pay the bills, particularly those projects which rely upon small cash donations from public-engaging programs. We are fundraising to account for rent / expenses at this unpredictable time.]]>2020-04-24T03:22:13Z2020-04-24T03:22:13Zen-USHubster writes: The Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living is a constellation of community-based projects that has been building and celebrating community and offering crucial resources since 1994. Due to the Covid-19 crisis, Hub on-the-ground operations are completely shut down for the safety of the community. Many of the Hub’s projects are currently or will soon be struggling to pay the bills, particularly those projects which rely upon small cash donations from public-engaging programs. We are fundraising to account for rent / expenses at this unpredictable time.
Projects like The Fábrica, SubRosa, The Bike Church, PedX Courier & Cargo, Hard Core Compost Company, Tenant Sanctuary, and Sanctuary Santa Cruz all call the Hub home, with offerings spanning from community and legal support for immigrants, to work trade in exchange for a bike for low income riders, to compost pickup at your door every week. Projects of the Hub also offer a vibrant environment for events, classes, meetings, organizing, performance, art, studying, and so much more.
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Campesino Appreciation Caravan in WatsonvilleWatsonville Community Members Give Thanks to Farmworkers2020-04-13T00:41:56Z2020-04-13T00:41:56Zen-US
Another participant wrote, "It was great to see the happy faces of the hard working gente en los campos when we all drove up to thank them for their service... not just during this time of the pandemic but always."
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Bay Area Rent StrikeWe're Not Paying: Keep Your Rent on April 1They write: We can work together to prevent eviction and foreclosure. We can keep each other housed and fed. We must demand an immediate suspension of rent and mortgage payments for everyone. And if this demand is not met, we must refuse to pay our rents and our mortgages, together.]]>2020-03-29T22:17:27Z2020-03-29T22:17:27Zen-USThey write: It is now common sense that our health depends on one another—how we act, and what we do. On April 1st, when millions of us are out of work and we’re still expected to pay our rent or mortgage, we will need each other even more. Right now, 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. 58% can’t weather a $500 unexpected expense. And 20%, about 31 million workers, are already experiencing reduced hours or unemployment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even if everyone receives a check from the government, millions will still be forced to choose between groceries and rent.
We refuse to put our families, friends, neighbors, and communities at risk. In order to contain the virus, we are all staying home as much as possible. We can work together to prevent eviction and foreclosure. We can keep each other housed and fed. We must demand an immediate suspension of rent and mortgage payments for everyone. And if this demand is not met, we must refuse to pay our rents and our mortgages, together.
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