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Divesting from Apartheid: Continuity, Difference, and Historical Lessons
Virtual Event. Register Here: https://ucr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAod-qgpzIrHNeoUA337buBDaYV6yZaarst#/registration...
Event Date: Mon, May 20, 2024 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, May 12, 2024 11:35pm PDT
Feather River Action! on Forest Fires and Clearcuts (audio/mpeg 61.8MB)
It’s called Lost Sierra because it hasn’t been as heavily impacted by tourism or development as some other places in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range....
Posted: Sun, May 12, 2024 11:19pm PDT
UC Alumni Open Letter Sign On, No Donations Until Divestment
As alumni of the University of California (UC), we demand that the UC Regents call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, fully divest from weapons manufacturers and other targets of the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and immediately increase and formalize protections for current students, staff and faculty who are Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and those who are vocally condemning the genocide and calling for a ceasefire....
Posted: Sat, May 11, 2024 1:45am PDT
Aramark at Yosemite Receives Second Marginal AOR in a row. Triggers contract cancelation.
NPS says that Aramark has "Created An Unacceptable Risk of Damage to Park Resources."...
Posted: Thu, May 9, 2024 12:36pm PDT
National Voter Registration Day 2024
Find info and SF Bay Area events here: https://nationalvoterregistrationday.org/
Register to vote in CA here: https://registertovote.ca.gov/
Or register in person at your county's registrar/election office...
Event Date: Tue, Sep 17, 2024 7:00am PDT
Posted: Wed, May 8, 2024 8:52am PDT
Food Empowerment Project Embraces Shared Leadership to Advance Justice and Equality (video/mp4 221.5MB)
The new collective organizational model streamlines communication, nurtures creativity and drives more impactful initiatives...
Posted: Tue, May 7, 2024 8:18am PDT
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
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
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
EMBRACE: An Interview with musician & artist KRIS FORCE (audio/mpeg 107.4MB)
Interview with musician Kris Force about her 2023 album with Jarboe "EMBRACE" and May 10, 2024 show at Spire the Church in Oakland, California....
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 5:50pm 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
Reasonable Accommodations in Housing Workshop w/ Disablity Rights CA
Online event...
Event Date: Thu, May 2, 2024 10:30am PDT
Posted: Sun, Apr 28, 2024 1:50pm PDT
May Day Community Art Build at California State Capitol
California State Capitol, 1315 10th St, Sacramento...
Event Date: Wed, May 1, 2024 10:00am PDT
Posted: Sun, Apr 28, 2024 1:20am PDT
Webinar: Palestine Solidarity Announcements
Zoom...
Event Date: Fri, May 3, 2024 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Apr 27, 2024 6:40pm PDT
Sacramento Rally & Charity for Gaza
West Steps, CA State Capitol
1315 10th St.
Sacramento, CA...
Event Date: Sun, Apr 28, 2024 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Apr 26, 2024 5:06pm PDT
NLG Condemns Attacks on Gaza Solidarity Encampments
April 25th, 2024 - The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) unequivocally condemns the ongoing repression of pro-Palestinian activism taking place on university campuses across the country. The NLG is firm in its support for a free Palestine, and is against Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and occupation of the West Bank. The violent and unprovoked attacks by police on student encampments at Columbia, Yale, NYU, University of Southern California, Emory, University of Texas, and other universities ex...
Posted: Thu, Apr 25, 2024 11:36pm PDT
Let Gaza Live!
One Ferry Plaza, San Francisco, CA...
Event Date: Sat, May 4, 2024 12:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Apr 25, 2024 9:58pm PDT
Community Groups Sue U.S. Forest Service over Unprecedented Plumas Forest Logging Plan
The Massive $650 Million Logging Project Targets Mature and Old-Growth Forest, While the Forest Service Admits Prescribed Fire Alone is Effective and Far Cheaper
SACRAMENTO, CA— A coalition of community groups filed suit in federal court over the failure of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) before unleashing industrial logging and herbicide application on 217,721 acres of the Plumas National Forest, including 133,321 acres of mature and old-g...
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2024 4:23pm PDT
ACLU Responds to California Supreme Court Ruling on Minimum Wage for Incarcerated Workers
OAKLAND, Calif., April 22, 2024 — The California Supreme Court ruled today that the state’s minimum wage law does not apply to people working for private companies while they are held in pretrial detention in California’s jails. The lawsuit, Ruelas v. County of Alameda, was brought by people incarcerated at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County who worked without compensation for Aramark, a for-profit corporation that provides food in jails and prisons....
Posted: Tue, Apr 23, 2024 12:48pm PDT
Agencies Cancel Plan to Frack Oil Wells, Build Pipelines in Los Padres National Forest
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif., April 15, 2024 — Two federal agencies have confirmed the cancellation of applications for permits proposed a decade ago to drill and frack eight new wells on federal public land in Los Padres National Forest. The announcement, made April 3, comes just weeks after California officials proposed a statewide ban on this extremely dangerous fossil fuel extraction technique....
Posted: Sat, Apr 20, 2024 6:05am PDT