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Standing Up to the TERFs in San FranciscoEverywhere Anti-Transgender "Feminists" Gathered in SF Was Met with Trans Rights Protest2023-09-26T03:37:39Z2023-09-26T03:37:39Zen-US
On the first full day of the WDI conference, transgender-supporting groups raised a ruckus with a speakout and rally in front of the Hilton Hotel on Kearny. Following that demo, a second group of protesters took Kearny, blocking it for several hours. SFPD arrested one protester after the Hilton sign was vandalized and briefly broke out their riot gear. Later that night, the front doors of a WDI-friendly art gallery near the Hilton was treated to a coat of red paint with the words "NO TERFS ON OUR TURF." On September 18, the TERFs staged a small protest in front of SF city hall and were outnumbered by trans rights counter-protesters.
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Free Peppy and KrystalBrian “Peppy” DiPippa and Krystal DiPippa Face Decades in Prison on Trumped Up Charges2023-07-28T05:31:15Z2023-07-28T05:31:15Zen-US
The charges relate to a protest of a hundred or so people outside of the O'Hara Student Center at the University of Pittsburgh on April 18, where notorious transphobe Micheal Knowles was invited to speak by a right-wing student group. The DOJ claims the protest itself was "civil disorder" and alleges that Peppy threw two smoke bombs and a firecracker during the disorder, and that Krystal assisted him. They now face up to twenty years in prison and fines of up to $750,000.
From the solidarity website: "Peppy and Krystal are exceptional and caring humans. For decades they have been active participants in solidarity with oppressed and marginalized people. Their tireless advocacy and community building has put them in the crosshairs of state repression. They will both undoubtedly face a long and arduous court process in the months, if not years, ahead and will need a variety of care, support and compassion. Today they need our support."
Supporters are encouraged to write letters to Peppy in prison and to contribute to their legal defense fund.
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French See Democracy FadingDemonstrations Wrack France, Boiling Over After Police Murder of Youth2023-07-13T21:34:26Z2023-07-13T21:34:26Zen-USNahel Merzouk, a seventeen-year-old of Algerian descent, at a traffic stop. The rebellion was intense. Police, fire stations, schools and city halls were attacked as symbols of the State. A car was sent into the home of a mayor, injuring his wife. Merchandise was expropriated from over two thousand stores.
In response to this latest immigrant-led revolt, the French government has taken a number of repressive anti-democratic actions. Government spokespersons have restricted their rhetoric to deploring protest "violence," while ignoring underlying causes, and have become more strident in accusing opposition on the left of disloyalty to the Republic. Former presidential candidate Eric Zemour proposed to withhold French nationality from people born in France to French parents until they "apply" for citizenship.
Several hundred protesters were detained, tried, convicted, and sentenced to lengthy prison terms all in the space of forty-eight hours. One seventeen-year-old with no prior record was sent to prison for a year and a month for allegedly throwing an empty soda can at a group of police (hitting no one). Government officials are also trying to impose severe fines and remove public assistance from the parents of protesters.
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San Francisco Celebrates Pride in Myriad of WaysA Call for Pride to Return to its Roots as a Riot in Defense of LGBTQ+ Rights2023-07-03T04:17:21Z2023-07-03T04:17:21Zen-US
Taking the route of the original San Francisco Pride march held in 1970, organizers Juanita More and Alex U. Inn led a group of about two hundred people in a rally followed by a march that culminated in an afternoon of music and dancing in the streets. Speakers included a reproductive justice advocate who said their movement includes queer and trans rights in addition to abortion rights. Others called for Pride to return to its roots as a riot in defense of LGBTQ+ rights.
Meanwhile, in yet another part of town, members of Starbucks Workers United went on strike. They spoke out in front of the Castro district store about their fight for a union and the company’s decision to ban PRIDE decorations in stores across the country.
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Community Demands Justice for Banko BrownSecurity Guard Tackles, Punches, Shoots, and Kills Banko Brown Over Alleged Shoplifting2023-06-01T05:19:54Z2023-06-01T05:19:54Zen-US
The following day, San Francisco police arrested Anthony on suspicion of murder, but, on May 2, San Francisco district attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that she would not be filing any charges against Anthony. Jenkins refused to release surveillance footage of the killing, yet said in a statement that the security video "clearly" showed Anthony acted "in self-defense." The community was outraged. On May 9, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to demand that Jenkins make the video public. Finally, on May 15, the DA released the video footage and other files related to the case. The video does not show Anthony acting in self-defense.
Banko's friends, family, co-workers, and concerned community members have protested ever since to demand accountability for the killing, marching and rallying at City Hall, the DA's office, and at the Walgreens on Market Street where Banko was shot. On May 26, Banko's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Walgreens, its parent company, a security firm, and the guard who shot him, seeking $25 million in damages.
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Drag Up and Fight BackDrag Activists March in San Francisco Against Nationwide Anti-Trans/Queer Bills2023-04-15T04:51:27Z2023-04-15T04:51:27Zen-US
So far in 2023, lawmakers in 46 states have introduced more than 650 anti-LGBTQ bills. These attempts to strip away the rights of queer and trans people include attacks on gender-affirming care and drag shows, as well as book bannings.
In the San Francisco march, many demonstrators carried signs and wore paraphernalia in remembrance of drag activist Heklina who was a pioneering figure in the San Francisco drag scene and an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ+ causes. Heklina died in London just two days before the march at the age of 55.
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Queer/Trans Youth Organize National Day of ActionWave of Anti-Trans State Legislation Nationwide Moves Queer and Trans Youth to Act2023-04-05T04:05:17Z2023-04-05T04:05:17Zen-US
Queer Youth Assemble already had an action in the works in response to the violence and discrimination transgender people face when a mass shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, became an excuse for right-wing media to seize on the reported identity of the shooter. LGBTQ demonstrators and speakers bemoaned the fact that extremists continue to villainize the entire transgender community and say transgender folks are a threat to society.
In San Francisco, an estimated 700 people, mostly youth, marched on City Hall, where they listened to speakers including elected leader Honey Mahogany. In San Jose, Silicon Valley Pride organized an event at City Hall that featured music and a singalong, as well as community activist and youth speakers.
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No Free Speech or Democracy with OligarchyAs Sole Owner, Elon Musk Bends Twitter Toward His Own Personal Ends2023-02-17T22:42:11Z2023-02-17T22:42:11Zen-US
On the content side, through his personal account, Musk regularly engages with some of the worst actors on the right-wing. He has welcomed back to the platform avowed neo-Nazis and trolls who were once banned. COVID disinformation is allowed again and hate speech is on the rise. Simultaneously, he banned popular leftist accounts such as CrimethInc, It’s Going Down, and Chad Loder, at the behest of right-wing trolls. Journalists, comedians, and others critical of Musk have also been banned. All of this under the reign of a self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist." In the last week, he had remaining engineers rework Twitter software to boost his own tweets above all others.
A series of protests have been held at Twitter's main headquarters in San Francisco since November, including one that painted a huge mural on the street that read, "No Free Speech or Democracy with Oligarchy." At least one related protest was held at the Tesla plant in Fremont. Musk owns over 20% of Tesla's stock .
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St. Mary's Sunday Mass Disrupted, Catholic Patriarchy DenouncedOn March 8 International Women’s Day, People Will Rise Up for Abortion RightsMarch 8 International Women’s Day nationwide. In the Bay Area, an abortion rights demo will be held at UC Berkeley.]]>2022-03-06T05:07:38Z2022-03-06T05:07:38Zen-US
The St. Mary's protest was part of a buildup of activity in advance of mass protests to be held on March 8 International Women’s Day nationwide. In the Bay Area, an abortion rights demo will be held in Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley campus from noon and will be followed by a march through the city.
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"Unite to Fight" Holds March for LGBTQ and Human RightsPeople's March and Rally Returns in Absence of Pride Parade in San Francisco This Year2021-07-28T05:28:28Z2021-07-28T05:28:28Zen-US
According to the organizer's press release, the event's focus was "to stand in protest of transgender and racial injustice, police violence and killings, unjust healthcare, the fight for gun control, reparations to Black People, and the right for people of color to have the right to vote without laws of intimidations."
"We will roar our voices in solidarity with our Black, Brown, and Indigenous trans and queer family, friends, lovers, and neighbors," the release continues. "We will show up in droves with amplified voices to advocate for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, denounce and condemn police violence against our communities, and raise awareness for the need to defund police departments, which will allow for funds to be reallocated to social services, mental healthcare providers, and social justice organizations."
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Chelsea Manning Is Free, AgainSupporters of Chelsea Manning Effectively Fined $256,000 for Her Principled Stand2020-03-16T18:39:10Z2020-03-16T18:39:10Zen-US
The fines accumulated to $256,000 by the time Trenga ordered her release, stating that “the business of Grand Jury 19-3 had concluded” and “the Court finds that Ms Manning’s appearance before the Grand Jury is no longer needed.” The fines are effectively on Manning’s supporters, who weren't going to let the heroic whistleblower be saddled with crushing debt for the rest of her life. Within days, funds were raised to fully cover Chelsea's court fines.
Stephen Ross is the majority owner of the parent company of SoulCycle and Equinox gyms who has given heavily to Republican candidates and committees. Nationally, activists responded quickly when they heard that Ross would be holding a large Trump fundraiser in the Hamptons on August 9th. In San Francisco, demonstrators took the opportunity to remind Soul Cycle members entering the rainbow flag decorated building to know where their money is going and refuse to buy products and services that will benefit investors who support anti-gay rights causes and other forms of discrimination. Demonstrators in Harvey Milk Plaza held signs calling out Trump for his policies against immigrants.
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Chelsea Manning Takes Another Brave StandChelsea Manning Jailed for Refusing to Testify to Grand Jury Investigating WikiLeaks2019-03-17T03:30:58Z2019-03-17T03:30:58Zen-US
Recently, Chelsea has refused to answer questions before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange. She had been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors in Virginia’s Eastern District to appear for questioning about her 2010 leak to WikiLeaks of hundreds of thousands of State Department and Pentagon documents. She was taken into custody on March 8 after a federal judge found her in contempt.
A speak out for Chelsea will be held at the U.S. Federal building in San Francisco on March 18 at noon.
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Queer Arts Collectives Create Iconic Ahed Tamimi Street ArtBay Area Queers Spread Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi’s Image Far and Wide2018-04-05T03:43:53Z2018-04-05T03:43:53Zen-US
"Mainstream feminists talk about 'empowering' girls and young women, but often it’s understood as an apolitical, individual type of empowerment" said one QUIT! member. "Ahed is a symbol of what real empowerment for looks like."
QUIT! distributed hundreds of signs with the artist’s rendering of Ahed at the Women’s March in San Francisco, while members of Jewish Voice for Peace carried them in the Oakland march. The posters include part of a statement Ahed made while at a film screening in South Africa, "We may be victims of the Israeli regime, but we are proud of our choice to fight for our cause, despite the known cost….[W]e chose the struggle and our struggle is just."
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Tantra & The SF Two-Spirit PowWow7th Annual Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirit PowWowTsunami Huerta shares a personal account of the February 3, 2018, San Francisco Two-Spirit PowWow: I'm being whisked to a PowWow. We zip along San Francisco's waterfront. I inhale the fresh sea air and hear seagulls squawking. The Two-Spirit PowWow, to over simplify, is a LGBTQ PowWow. LGBTQ fluidity may be new in a sense for we modern inhabitants of the U.S. these last few centuries, but not at all, for most, very ancient Indigenous cultures here! They/we, were accepted as an important, integral and sacred part of the community at large.]]>2018-02-26T01:02:13Z2018-02-26T01:02:13Zen-USTsunami Huerta shares a personal account of the February 3, 2018, San Francisco Two-Spirit PowWow: I'm being whisked to a PowWow. We zip along San Francisco's waterfront. I inhale the fresh sea air and hear seagulls squawking. The Two-Spirit PowWow, to over simplify, is a LGBTQ PowWow. LGBTQ fluidity may be new in a sense for we modern inhabitants of the U.S. these last few centuries, but not at all, for most, very ancient Indigenous cultures here! They/we, were accepted as an important, integral and sacred part of the community at large.
At this PowWow the stronger emphasis is put on just showing up and bravely being yourself, far more so than actually competing. There are many shy people dancing in the big circle barely moving their feet. And I found myself unfairly judging them at first until I finally realized that this PowWow circle was an especially safe and sacred space. Here everyone was invited to be completely and exactly themselves in this precious moment.
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Millions March for Women's Rights WorldwideWomen Across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa Rise Up for the 2018 Women's March2018-01-23T05:16:08Z2018-01-23T05:16:08Zen-US
U.S. organizers issued a unifying declaration of principles for the 2018 Women's March: "We believe that Women’s Rights are Human Rights and Human Rights are Women’s Rights. We must create a society in which women — including Black women, Native women, poor women, immigrant women, disabled women, Muslim women, lesbian queer and trans women — are free and able to care for and nurture their families, however they are formed, in safe and healthy environments free from structural impediments." Named goals included ending violence, reproductive rights, LGBTQIA rights, workers' rights, civil rights, disability rights, immigrant rights, and environmental justice.
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We Will Not ComplyReclaim MLK 2018: 96 Hours of Non-Compliance with the Trump and Schaaf Regimes2018-01-12T03:05:03Z2018-01-12T03:05:03Zen-US
Friday's actions address State-Sponsored Violence. Saturday's actions confront the Housing crisis with demands including "No new development without Community benefit agreements for developers." Sunday's actions focus on Indigenous/International Solidarity, demanding "Indigenous Land Rights - Return Sacred Ohlone Land." Monday, "We reclaim the Radical legacy of MLK."
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Memorial for Bay Area Activist Kaye "Nana" GriffinIndybay Co-Founder Kaye "Nana" Griffin Passes OnSaturday, October 21, 2:00 PM, at the Center for Sex and Culture, 1349 Mission St. in San Francisco. Keith McHenry recalls, "Kaye spent many hours volunteering with San Francisco Food Not Bombs and reported on the arrests and court cases posting on Indybay. She participated in nearly all the huge protests with her pet rat on her shoulder and I remember her insightful comments about a wide range of issues."]]>2017-10-07T00:23:52Z2017-10-07T00:23:52Zen-USSaturday, October 21, 2:00 PM, at the Center for Sex and Culture, 1349 Mission St. in San Francisco.
John Gilmore shared an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) advertisement while recalling, "Kaye got around to many Bay Area subcultures. Here's one of her appearances in the digital rights subculture. This full page ad appeared in 2003 in Rolling Stone magazine, featuring Kaye in the middle of the lineup. [...] She was involved in so many things that I suspect that none of us knew the full extent of her activities and activism."
Keith McHenry also provided a short reflection, "Kaye spent many hours volunteering with San Francisco Food Not Bombs and reported on the arrests and court cases posting on Indybay. She participated in nearly all the huge protests with her pet rat on her shoulder and I remember her insightful comments about a wide range of issues. Her vision of what is wrong with the political and economic system and ideas of where to take action to move our world forwards was spot on."
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Another Fascist Fail as Bay Area Stands Against White SupremacyCommunity Victory Against Right-Wing Troll Milo Yiannopoulos's "Free Speech" Week2017-10-04T04:53:51Z2017-10-04T04:53:51Zen-USlate August. On September 23, hundreds of anti-racist activists rallied and marched through the streets of Berkeley, declaring that blatant fascists and neo-nazis will never find a home in the Bay Area. Upbeat and greeted by an enthusiastic crowd, Chelsea Manning made a surprise appearance at the rally on the edge of the UC Berkeley campus, barely four months since she was released from prison.
Separately, Berkeley Patriots, the UC Berkeley student group behind "Free Speech Week," announced the day before it was supposedly set to begin that all events had been cancelled. Nevertheless, white supremacist provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, who had glommed onto the Berkeley Patriot non-event, said he would still make an appearance on campus on September 24. Yiannopoulos and his supporters were outnumbered and couldn’t be heard over the shouts of anti-fascist protesters. Yiannopoulos was at UC Berkeley only 20 minutes before quickly exiting the campus flagged by supporters turned bodyguards.
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A Step Forward for the Rights of Transgender InmatesNew California State Legislation Honors The Dignity Of Transgender Prisoners2017-04-19T18:17:31Z2017-04-19T18:17:31Zen-USCoral Feigin & Sasha Buchert write: Despite the fact that transgender and gender non-conforming people have recently become more visible in the media and popular culture, the realities for street-based, poor, black and brown and disabled trans women remain the same. Trans people continue to face discrimination from traditional housing, employment and healthcare forcing many trans people into alternative street economies like sex work, drug sales and whatever other work people can find. As a result of being pushed out of these traditional systems, trans people, especially trans women of color, become easy targets for police violence and criminalization.
Across California, and nationally, trans people are funneled into state prisons, detention centers and county jails — often criminalized for our survival in a world that does not want us to exist. While incarceration is violent and unsafe for everyone, trans people face extreme conditions while locked up, including unsafe housing, physical/emotional/sexual assault, lack of access to basic transition health care and a refusal to be recognized by our chosen names and genders.
To address some of these issues and provide relief for our trans and gender non-conforming loved ones inside, a coalition has formed to work on legislation benefiting trans prisoners between the Transgender, Gendervariant, Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP), the St. James Infirmary, the Transgender Law Center (TLC) and the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP). This year, the coalition is running SB 310: the Name and Dignity Act for Incarcerated Trans People. This bill authored by Sen. Toni Atkins (D San Diego), if passed, would make it possible for trans people in custody to file for a legal name and/or gender marker change on their identification documents and would ensure that they are recognized as such while incarcerated. While this is only one small step in demanding safety and liberation for trans people inside and outside of prison walls, it will offer some respite by forcing the prison system to refer to trans people by their true name and gender.
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Downtown Streets Blocked in Santa Cruz During International Women's Day StrikeGender Strikes Organized Internationally as Follow-Up to Women's Marches2017-03-14T00:55:04Z2017-03-14T00:55:04Zen-US
Multiple events were planned for International Women's Day in Santa Cruz. The downtown march began at Louden Nelson Center and made its way to the Santa Cruz Town Clock where speakers were heard in front of the clock and in the street, where many of the participants held space at the big intersection at Water and Pacific. Streets were blocked for nearly an hour and a half.
One group participating in the March 8 demonstration was the UCSC March Collective, who invited the public to join in the call for solidarity with, "women, trans and queer people, muslims, immigrants, people of color, sex workers, survivors of violence, currently and formerly incarcerated people, and oppressed people everywhere." The march collective invited people of all genders to join the action, stating in an event announcement that, "We strike because we can't afford not to care."
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Revolutionary Organizing Against Racism ConferenceConference Aims to Build Anti-Racist Front Against Oppression and Capitalism in Bay AreaMarch 11 at OMNI Commons in Oakland and March 12th at California Institute for Integral Studies in San Francisco. Organizers write: During these times more and more attention is being paid to those of us who use direct action and hold liberatory and revolutionary politics. We can use this moment not only to inspire others through our actions, but to also inspire with our ideas.]]>2017-03-10T23:40:06Z2017-03-10T23:40:06Zen-USMarch 11 at OMNI Commons in Oakland and March 12th at California Institute for Integral Studies in San Francisco.
Organizers write: During these times more and more attention is being paid to those of us who use direct action and hold liberatory and revolutionary politics. We can use this moment not only to inspire others through our actions, but to also inspire with our ideas.
Themes and topics that will be covered at the conference include but are not limited to: Black Liberation/Black Power, Indigenous Struggles, Police Brutality, Community self-defense, Political Prisoners, Intersections of racism and disability, Undocumented + Immigrant struggles, Muslim struggles, Black + Brown unity, Anti-Patriarchy, Transphobia + Homophobia, Anti-Racism for White people, and History Lessons from Movements past.
See Also:High School Student Asks Questions for Paper Against Racism]]>City of San FranciscoEast Bay AreaFront PageGlobal Justice and Anti-CapitalismImmigrant RightsLGBTI / QueerPolice StateRacial JusticeWomynimage/jpeg
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Militant, Anti-Capitalist Feminists Call for International General StrikeInternational Women's Day General Strike on March 8: Walk Out, March and DemonstrateMarch 8, International Women's Day events are scheduled for Berkeley/Albany, Oakland, San Francisco, Cupertino, Santa Cruz and throughout Northern California. A diverse group of radical feminists issuing a call-out for an international women's strike write: In our view, it is not enough to oppose Trump and his aggressively misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic and racist policies. We also need to target the ongoing neoliberal attack on social provision and labor rights. Let us use the occasion to build a feminism for the 99%, a grassroots, anti-capitalist feminism – a feminism in solidarity with working women, their families and their allies throughout the world.]]>2017-02-10T06:57:23Z2017-02-10T06:57:23Zen-US
Together, Linda Martín Alcoff, Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, Nancy Fraser, Barbara Ransby, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Rasmea Yousef Odeh, and Angela Davis wrote:
The massive women’s marches of 21 January may mark the beginning of a new wave of militant feminist struggle. But what exactly will be its focus? In our view, it is not enough to oppose Trump and his aggressively misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic and racist policies. We also need to target the ongoing neoliberal attack on social provision and labor rights.
While Trump’s blatant misogyny was the immediate trigger for the huge response on 21 January, the attack on women (and all working people) long predates his administration. Women’s conditions of life, especially those of women of color and of working, unemployed and migrant women, have steadily deteriorated over the last 30 years, thanks to financialization and corporate globalization.
Let us join together on 8 March to strike, walk out, march and demonstrate. Let us use the occasion of this international day of action to be done with lean-in feminism and to build in its place a feminism for the 99%, a grassroots, anti-capitalist feminism – a feminism in solidarity with working women, their families and their allies throughout the world.
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Millions of Women Take a Stand Against Trump the Day After InaugurationWomen's Marches Across US and Worldwide Represent Largest Demonstrations in Recent Memory2017-01-23T04:41:48Z2017-01-23T04:41:48Zen-US Organizers of the Women's March in Washington, D.C. wrote:
The rhetoric of the past election cycle has insulted, demonized, and threatened many of us — women, immigrants of all statuses, those with diverse religious faiths particularly Muslim, people who identify as LGBTQIA, Native and Indigenous people, Black and Brown people, people with disabilities, the economically impoverished and survivors of sexual assault. We are confronted with the question of how to move forward in the face of national and international concern and fear.
We support the advocacy and resistance movements that reflect our multiple and intersecting identities. We call on all defenders of human rights to join us. This march is the first step towards unifying our communities, grounded in new relationships, to create change from the grassroots level up. We will not rest until women have parity and equity at all levels of leadership in society. We work peacefully while recognizing there is no true peace without justice and equity for all. HEAR OUR VOICE.
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Japanese American Community Rallies Against Growing Racial and Religious HatredSan Francisco Japanese Americans Protest Growing Wave of Racism, Homophobia, Xenophobia2016-12-16T03:21:47Z2016-12-16T03:21:47Zen-US
One speaker was Grace Shimizu who was with the Comfort Women Justice Coalition. Larry Yamamoto, a retired member of ILWU Local 10, spoke about his family's incarceration in concentration camps during the Second World War. He addressed the fight of the ILWU against discrimination.
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Anti-Fascists Shut Down Nazi Rally at California State CapitolSix Stabbed, Three Suffer Blunt Force Trauma Repelling Nazis from Capitol Grounds2016-06-29T18:46:35Z2016-06-29T18:46:35Zen-US
Anti-Fascist Action Sacramento issued a call-out to "confront these bigots, deny them a platform to promote hate and to make sure they know they are not welcome on our streets or in our communities." A diverse showing from across Northern California and the West Coast came out in solidarity. A militant antifa force of anarchists, punks, anti-racist skinheads, white, Black, Latino, Asian, cisgender, queer, and trans folks set out to deny the Nazis their rally — and they succeeded.
The success of preventing the Nazis from having their moment in the sun came at a steep price, however, when the largest group of perhaps ten or so Nazis arrived at once on the southeast corner of the main Capitol grounds with shields and knives. According to the antifa medical fundraising site, six anti-fascists were stabbed and three others suffered blunt force trauma during a clash with Nazis. At least three of those stabbed were African American.
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Politicians Booed Off Stage at Trans MarchThousands Attend "We Are Still Here" Trans March 2016 in San Francisco2016-06-29T05:29:09Z2016-06-29T05:29:09Zen-USSan Francisco Trans March is San Francisco's largest transgender Pride event and one of the largest trans events in the entire world. It's always the Friday of Pride weekend and thousands of people attend. The 12th annual Trans March was held on June 24, 2016, and this year's theme was "We Are Still Here Embracing Our Legacy." This year is also the 50th Anniversary of the Compton's Cafeteria Riot that occurred in 1966 at the corner of Turk and Taylor streets in San Francisco.
Thousands of people marched through the streets of downtown San Francisco, including the Mission District and Castro, loudly proclaiming we are still here. Many allies and friends of transgender people also attended the march. At the end of the march, a new sign commemorating Compton's Cafeteria Riot was revealed at the corner of Turk and Taylor streets. A portion of Taylor Street has been named Compton’s Cafeteria Way.
At the pre-march event, politicians Mark Leno, David Chiu, and Mayor Ed Lee were booed off stage. Janetta Johnson, Executive Director of the TGI Justice Project and a 2016 San Francisco Pride Grand Marshall, announced on stage she would not attend the parade because of the increased police presence.