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SDS Humboldt Statement on the End of the Occupation of Siemens Hall
It may be the end of the occupation, but we’re only just getting started...
Posted: Sun, May 5, 2024 9:46am PDT
May Day March for Immigrants' Rights in Fresno
There was a march May Day through downtown Fresno, calling for immigrants' rights....
Posted: Sat, May 4, 2024 9:25pm PDT
Day of Forest Action May 28th (audio/mpeg 9.4MB)
45 million acres to be cut for fire prevention
9m45s...
Posted: Sat, May 4, 2024 9:16pm PDT
Students and faculty protest the war against Palestine at Cal State University Fresno
Two hundred turned out for a sit-in for Palestine at Cal State University Fresno on Wednesday, May 1. The event lasted several hours and was peaceful....
Posted: Sat, May 4, 2024 9:13pm PDT
ILWU Local 10 Calls for Labor Boycott of All Cargo to Israel to Stop the Genocide
San Francisco based ILWU Local 10 at their May Day stop work meeting voted unanimously to support a complete labor boycott of Israel. The resolution will be coming up at the ILWU convention in June...
Posted: Sat, May 4, 2024 7:27pm PDT
“Palestinian Embassy” Participates in Passport DC
This year a Pop-up Palestinian Culture Street Fest/protest was held at the Embassy of Palestine on a crowded public sidewalk directly across the street from the Israeli Embassy. Today’s event included passport stamping, along with Palestinian arts, crafts and fashions for sale, free Palestinian food samples, as well as children’s activities and numerous protest signs and banners. Included, too, were handouts with information about Israel’s genocide taking place in Gaza...
Posted: Sat, May 4, 2024 2:52pm PDT
Day Three at UCSC's Gaza Solidarity Encampment
The Gaza solidarity encampment at UC Santa Cruz has grown significantly since it was established on May Day. Tents now stretch beyond the limits of Quarry Plaza. The mood at the camp was tranquil on the afternoon of May 3; groups of students participated in study groups on the Student Union decks as a teach-in was being held in front of Ivéta Cafe. Educational programming has been robust at the encampment, with full event schedules being posted daily by Students for Justice in Palestine....
Posted: Sat, May 4, 2024 10:38am PDT
Youth and Age Together in Action on Earth Day
Photos from Earth Day event April 19 in front of Palo Alto City Hall in King Plaza...
Posted: Sat, May 4, 2024 12:32am PDT
W.E. O’Neil Construction Co. Unqualified to Bid on U.C. Santa Cruz Student Housing Project
W.E. O’Neil Construction Co. Unqualified to Bid on U.C. Santa Cruz Student Housing Project, Carpenters Union Alleges
University of California should reject W.E. O’Neil bid based on new evidence. Carpenters Local Union 505 Says Construction Company Falsified State Bid...
Posted: Fri, May 3, 2024 3:00pm PDT
Bay Area Autonomists Reflections on UCB, SFSU, and USF Camps
a reflection and context for why the bay area's movement in solidarity with Palestine has been stifled...
Posted: Fri, May 3, 2024 12:30pm PDT
Second Lawsuit Filed to Protect Hawaiian Petrels From Dangerous Lighting at Maui’s Grand Wailea
HONOLULU, May 2, 2024 — A coalition of conservation groups today filed a second lawsuit to protect Hawaiian petrels (ʻuaʻu) from dangerous lights used by the Grand Wailea Resort on Maui. Hawaiian petrels are protected as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act....
Posted: Fri, May 3, 2024 8:53am PDT
SF Workers Rally for a General Strike for Palestine & Labor Party on May Day 2024
A May Day rally was held at Harry Bridges Plaza in San Francisco and ILWU 10 longshore workers, healthcare workers, non-profit workers and students spoke out about the struggles of working people and the link with the struggle of Palestinian workers and people....
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 6:59pm PDT
Gaza Student Protest at GWU Continues to Grow
Students at GWU continue on with their protest and encampment as the university preppares to have them removed....
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 5:47pm PDT
Anatomy of a Moral Panic
The repressive machine currently arrayed against campus protests follows a familiar pattern...
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 4:28pm PDT
Sit-in at CSU-Fresno to Stop Genocide in Gaza
A sit-in was held in Fresno to protest U.S. genocidal policy in Israel/Gaza....
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 2:19pm PDT
CAIR Condemns House Adoption of Misleading Antisemitism Awareness Act
May 1, 2024 - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, tonight condemned members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted hours ago to approve a one-sided, and dishonest proposal about campus antisemitism that ignored anti-Palestinian racism and conflates criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism....
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 11:06am PDT
ACLU Condemns House Passage of Dangerous Bill That Would Chill Free Speech
This Bill Would Falsely Equate Criticism of Israel with Antisemitic Discrimination...
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 10:55am PDT
Port Closure Prompts Palestine Support Rally at BART Station
A quick victory for Bay Area resistance to Israeli war crimes...
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 10:30am PDT
Workers Speak Out in SF Mission on May Day 2024 & Bring Solidarity with Palestine
Workers rallied in the Mission district in San Francisco to commemorate May Day 2024 and spoke out about the attacks on workers in the US and Palestine....
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 5:59am PDT
Stanford Faculty Members Speak Out in Solidarity at Student Encampment
During the second round of encampment at Stanford University, supportive faculty and staff members encouraged student activists. Top photo: Students listen to speakers....
Posted: Wed, May 1, 2024 9:21pm PDT
On May Day, UCSC Students Establish Gaza Solidarity Encampment
Today, students at UC Santa Cruz marched for International Workers' Day and established a Gaza solidarity encampment at Quarry Plaza....
Posted: Wed, May 1, 2024 7:06pm PDT
Environmental Journalism, a Most Dangerous Profession
“One environmental journalist is killed every two days” is how Jon Sawyer Executive Director, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, opened the first panel discussion ever on the dangers that environmental journalists face in doing their job. After war reporting, environmental journalism is the second most dangerous area for journalists to work in....
Posted: Wed, May 1, 2024 5:49pm PDT
Students at UC Santa Cruz Launch Gaza Solidarity Encampment
On May 1, students at UC Santa Cruz launched a Gaza Solidarity encampment at Quarry Plaza. Students for Justice in Palestine at UCSC have posted to social media a set of demands, as well as a list of their immediate needs (see photos)....
Posted: Wed, May 1, 2024 12:38pm PDT
Community Ready Corps (CRC) Provides Week of Service in Black and Brown Neighborhoods
CRC supports positive engagements with low-income families by participating in the Positive Pull Up this weekend, which aims to promote cleaner and safer neighborhoods by finding solutions to local problems. CRC will organize a week of community service that includes street cleanups free food, and music. These events have been scheduled from April 27 to May 4, 2024....
Posted: Wed, May 1, 2024 11:06am PDT
UCLA Palestine Solidarity Encampment Press Release
April 30, 2024 - The life-threatening assault we face tonight is nothing less than a horrifying, despicable act of terror. For over seven hours, zionist aggressors hurled gas canisters, sprayed pepper spray, and threw fireworks and bricks into our encampment. They broke our barriers repeatedly, clearly in an attempt to kill our community....
Posted: Wed, May 1, 2024 6:09am PDT
Freedom Flotilla (audio/mpeg 2.8MB)
Freedom Flotilla delayed by Israel 2m30s...
Posted: Tue, Apr 30, 2024 9:05pm PDT
Escalation and Orientation
Let's strive to deepen the political horizons of this moment as much as the tactics....
Posted: Tue, Apr 30, 2024 4:29pm PDT
CFA Humboldt Condemns Arrest of Students and Faculty
CFA Humboldt Condemns the arrest of students and faculty in response to Solidarity with Palestine protest on Cal Poly Humboldt Campus...
Posted: Tue, Apr 30, 2024 3:47pm PDT
CSU Sacramento Students Launch Encampment in Support of Gaza
On April 29, students at Sacramento State University launched a Gaza solidarity encampment on the Quad. Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), CSU Sacramento is calling for community support, and released an official statement and set of demands (see photos)....
Posted: Tue, Apr 30, 2024 12:43am PDT
Et Tu USF!
And you too USF! - USF students are joining thousands throughout the country and world that are saying no to the genocide of Palestine...
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 10:52pm PDT
From Redwood Trees to Olive Groves, the Commune Grows
A Statement from the Tree Occupation at Cal Poly Humboldt...
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 7:04pm PDT
Students at University of San Francisco Launch 'Popular University for Gaza'
On April 29, students at the University of San Francisco launched the Popular University for Gaza, an encampment in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Students have issued a set of demands, and are requesting support at the encampment....
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 6:12pm PDT
Students at San Francisco State Establish Gaza Solidarity Encampment
On April 29, students at San Francisco State University established an encampment in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The encampment is located at the Main Quad of campus, and students are requesting support be made through their Venmo account. At 8pm, students will hold a Vigil for Gaza....
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 5:26pm PDT
On Workers Memorial Day 2024, Injured Workers Demand Justice at CA State Oakland Building
On Workers Memorial Day 2024 injured workers and supporter spoke out in front of the California State Building in Oakland that has OSHA and Workers Compensation offices. They talked about the less than 200 Cal Osha inspectors for California's 18 million workers and also the corruption of the workers compensation system which they said is controlled by the insurance companies and employers....
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 12:44pm PDT
African Religious Organizations Call for Tripling Size of Vulnerable Countries Fund
Kenya President Ruto Hosts Heads of State and World Leaders for Aid Negotiations...
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 10:56am PDT
Faculty for Justice in Palestine SFSU Statement of Support for Student Protests
April 28, 2024 - As the newly launched chapter of Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FJP) at SFSU, we are proudly watching students across the country assert their power to oppose Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the ongoing settler-colonial oppression of the Palestinian people....
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 7:32am PDT
The Do-It-Yourself Occupation Guide 2024 Edition
Buildings are easier to defend than outdoor camps AND they can be more disruptive. For anyone ready to escalate for Gaza, check out this re-issue of a text that has been used in previous movements....
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 1:57am PDT
Stanford Encampment for Palestine Serene for Now: Night 4
Students sat with laptops studying at the encampment on the fourth night of the current sit-in. About a dozen protesters took up a crocheting project. Stanford administration shut down the previous 120-day overnight camp for Palestine in February....
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 12:58am PDT
UC Berkeley Palestine Support Encampment - April 28
About fifty more tents. Many middle aged supporters present...
Posted: Sun, Apr 28, 2024 9:27pm PDT
International Workers' Day 2024 Actions Include Urgent Support for the Palestinian People
May Day actions are being organized this year with particular urgency in solidarity with the Palestinian people, heeding the call from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions to stand with Gaza. Marches and rallies will fill the streets across Northern California on May 1, and there will be no business as usual at the Port of Oakland as working people from all across the Bay Area will be converging to shut it down....
Posted: Sun, Apr 28, 2024 11:34am PDT
Updated List of Protests at Colleges, Universities
Updated list of colleges and universities where students are protesting the decimation of Gaza and Palestinians...
Posted: Sun, Apr 28, 2024 10:20am PDT
Iranian Rapper’s Death Sentence Sparks Outrage, Global Rallies
Popular Iranian dissident, rapper and hip-hop artist Toomaj Salehi, a 33-year-old former factory worker known for his protest songs and social media posts critical of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, has been sentenced to death after being convicted of “spreading corruption on earth” charges. The sentence has been globally condemned including by the State Department’s office of the U.S. Special Envoy for Iran by calling for his release and that of Kurdish-Iranian rapper Saman Y...
Posted: Sat, Apr 27, 2024 7:29pm PDT
Workers Protest SFLC Honor for Zionist ILWU Pres Willie Adams: No Labor Support for Genocide
Workers protested the San Francisco Labor Council honoring of ILWU president Willie Adams at a COPE dinner. Adams flagrantly violated the ILWU policy of support for Palestinians and supported the Zionist regime. He also fired the Editor of the Dispatcher for telling him what the policy was. The SFLC leadership has also blocked any discussion of the genocie in Gaza and action to oppose it....
Posted: Sat, Apr 27, 2024 9:57am PDT
Stanford U. Encampment in Second Day
Stanford administration is using police to intimidate students into leaving pro-Palestine encampment. Students are being supported by community and alumni....
Posted: Fri, Apr 26, 2024 11:08pm PDT
Sonoma State University Launches Gaza Solidarity Encampment
On April 26, students at Sonoma State University launched a Gaza solidarity encampment on Person Lawn. SSU Students for Justice in Palestine has published the solidarity encampment's demands on their Instagram page, and announced: "We have a beautiful and strong community surrounding us. Join us & stand for a PERMANENT ceasefire now!" Students are calling for support, and say they need the following items: tents, water bottles, and a PA system/speaker....
Posted: Fri, Apr 26, 2024 9:55pm PDT