BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org
PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:Indybay-18666833
SEQUENCE:18742396
CREATED:20101217T015300Z
DESCRIPTION:Oakland, CA – Friday, December 17, 2010 – Community activists will take 
 to the streets again this Friday to show support for an ongoing prisoners 
 strike in Georgia, the largest prison strike in U.S. history. Supporters of 
 the strike will rally at North County Jail (6th street between Jefferson 
 and Clay) at 4pm before marching over to City Hall for a convergence at 
 6pm. Activists say they chose to rally at North County Jail because they 
 claim the demands raised by the Georgia strikers affect prisoners in jails 
 across the country.\n\n“Prisoners in Georgia are striking over basic 
 human rights such as compensation for their work, healthy meals, and 
 adequate medical care. These horrible conditions are taking place right 
 here in California too and the community can no longer ignore these 
 abuses,” said Zak Solomon, a student organizer.\n\nActivists say this is 
 just the beginning of a larger campaign started by the Georgia strikers. 
 The campaign will include an array of tactics including organized boycotts 
 of companies contracting prison services, public demonstrations and 
 educational outreach.\n\nClifton Rashad, another organizer who was 
 previously involved with the Oscar Grant protests said that the movement 
 against state violence couldn’t end at arrest: “being killed is not the 
 end of the story. The police brutality that we’ve seen with Oscar Grant 
 and Derrick Jones and countless others, doesn’t stop there. It continues 
 in the silent stories of most every incarcerated person, disproportionately 
 drawn from working class communities of color all over the 
 country”.\n\nFor more information please contact: Anastasia Gomes at 
 347-576-3621.\n\n                                                           
                                       # # #\n\nCommunity organizations 
 endorsing the rally include: UC-Berkeley Student Worker Action Team (SWAT), 
 Community Action Project (CAP), La Voz de los Trabajadores 
 (www.lavozlit.com), Laney College Student Unity & Power 
 (SUPLaney.wordpress.com), Laney College Black Student Union (BSU) , Bay 
 Area United Against War Newsletter (bauaw.org), ,Socialist Viewpoint 
 magazine (socialistviewpoint.org), Workers International League 
 (www.socialistappeal.org), Bay Area ISO (norcalsocialism.org), We Are the 
 Crisis (UC Davis Chapter), Bicycle Barricades (UC Davis), Socialist Action, 
 Socialist Organizer, San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper 
 (sfbayview.com), UC-Berkeley Black Student Union (BSU), SF State Black 
 Student Union (BSU), SF State Student Unity & Power (SUP), Advance the 
 Struggle (AS), Bail Out the People Movement\n\nAddendum: the Georgia 
 Prisoners’ full list of demands:\n\n* A LIVING WAGE FOR WORK\n* 
 EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES\n* DECENT HEALTH CARE\n* AN END TO CRUEL AND 
 UNUSUAL PUNISHMENTS\n* DECENT LIVING CONDITIONS\n* NUTRITIONAL MEALS\n* 
 VOCATIONAL AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES\n* ACCESS TO FAMILIES\n* JUST 
 PAROLE DECISIONS\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/16/18666833.php
SUMMARY:OAKLAND COMMUNITY TO RALLY IN SUPPORT OF GEORGIA PRISONER STRIKE
LOCATION:Supporters of the strike will rally at North County Jail (6th street 
 between Jefferson and Clay) at 4pm before marching over to City Hall for a 
 convergence at 6pm.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/16/18666833.php
DTSTART:20101218T000000Z
DTEND:20101218T040000Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR