BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889585 SEQUENCE:19068061 CREATED:20261022T182800Z DESCRIPTION:10/24/26 Saturday 10:00 AM \nPress Conference Rally\nNo More Anthropic Zionist Police Shills In Congress\nWiener Your Hands Are Bloody!\n\nKoshland Park\nPage & Buchanan St. San Francisco\n\nThis past week, it was announced that the techno fascist company Anthropic has given $3 million for Scott Wiener’s campaign for Congress. Wiener’s so-called “regulation” of AI was supported by the tech billionaires because it has no teeth.\n\nWiener has also been an active supporter of Netanyahu and the apartheid state of Israel. He supported the attack on California Ethnic Studies and personally helped get CSU San Jose Professor Sang Hea Kil fired for her support of a Palestinian encampment. He also supported SB 715 which is being used by Zionists to silence any discussion about the genocide and to intimidate and fire teachers who speak up for Palestinians.\n\nIn Congress, he will be a supporter of the Zionist state and its ongoing genocide and support the US war machine. He will also support the techno fascists who are implementing Project 2025 and allowing the tech companies to regulate themselves. He has opposed working class housing, and instead has pushed “market rate” housing which is helping developers and speculators while driving people out of their homes in San Francisco and throughout California. He is supported by Grow SF which is funded by techno fascist Chris Larsen.\n\nHe supports public funding for the biotech industry and a California bond of $7.5 billion that would provide funding to private biotech companies. Unfortunately some unions like UAW 4811, UAW Region 6, NUHW, UBC, IUOE and UFCW 648 are supporting him. The SF & CA Democratic parties are supporting him as well showing their own support for the techno fascists and\nthe Zionist regime.\n\nLabor Community Rally For Palestine and Against Techno Fascists At Wiener’s Canvass Union Bureaucrats Rallying Their Members For Techno Fascists & Zionist Supporter Scott Wiener \n\nWiener and his supporters will be having a Canvassing Event.\n\nSupported by: United Front Committee For A Labor Party, Homecare Workers For Prop 40\nwww.ufclp.org\n\nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXZqTi8eeQWSAOmZYrvNg-7HDu2Oimyh_OHvR9K3aLFIg5Ow/viewform\n\nUAW Members Reject Support of Scott Wiener\n**Please sign by Thursday, Sept. 17 at noon PT**\n\nDear UAW Region 6 Political Action Committee,\nWe are UAW members who joined this union to build solidarity to support each other and the wider struggle for a liberatory, worker-led future. We have spent hours, months, and years organizing to increase our power and advance our shared values of justice and equity. UAW’s proposal to put $30,000 of our resources behind supporting Scott Wiener’s bid for Congressional District 11 (https://www.uawregion6.org/california) is a betrayal of those values.\n\nUAW Region 6’s opposition to the genocide in Palestine has been clear and consistent. UAW joined calls for a ceasefire in Gaza (https://uaw.org/uaw-statement-israel-palestine/) in 2023. Locals 4811 and 8121 spoke out in solidarity with student encampments  (https://www.uaw4811.org/updates/blog-post-title-one-7wkrf)that were unjustly targeted (https://www.instagram.com/p/C6fCfntPAt0/) for their pro-Palestine views. Region 6 endorsed the Oakland Arms Embargo (https://armsembargonow.com/labor), calling for a halt to all military cargo shipments to Israel from the port of Oakland. Just this year, UAW members voted to divest UAW funds from Israeli bonds (https://uaw.org/uaw-closes-out-39th-constitutional-convention-with-unified-vision-for-the-fights-ahead/), becoming the first major US union to do so. These actions align with Region 6’s stated commitment to a permanent ceasefire and justice in Palestine (https://www.uawregion6.org/ourwork). \n\nSenator Wiener’s views are directly in contradiction with these values. UAW Region 6 endorsed him while he was still denying Israel’s genocide in Gaza. He bent to public pressure in 2026 (https://www.kqed.org/news/12069409/scott-wiener-pivots-after-congressional-forum-israel-has-committed-genocide-in-gaza), acknowledging the genocide more than 2 years in, with over 71,000 Palestinians in Gaza killed  (https://www.ochaopt.org/content/reported-impact-snapshot-gaza-strip-6-january-2026)by Israel. Wiener opposed a ceasefire resolution (https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/large-crowd-packs-san-francisco-city-hall-to-support-gaza-cease-fire-resolution/) passed by the SF Board of Supervisors in January 2024 and supports selling “defensive” weapons (https://www.scottwiener.com/foreign-policy) to Israel. \nSenator Wiener didn’t just fail to acknowledge genocide. He used his position to condemn people who acknowledged and fought against it, including UAW members. He co-authored SB 1287 (https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB1287/id/2964675), a bill to impose new time, place, and manner restrictions for protests and demonstrations on public university campuses (a bill UAW publicly opposed (https://www.dailycal.org/news/uc/newsom-approves-bill-to-prevent-hostile-protest-environments-on-college-campuses/article_c5316348-8217-11ef-8828-5bba697a269a.html)), impacting tens of thousands of UAW members. \n\nSenator Wiener’s clashes with our core values extend beyond Gaza’s urgent human rights crisis. He opposed SF’s Proposition D (https://missionlocal.org/2026/03/overpaid-ceo-tax-proposal-government-poll/), which would have taxed wealthy corporations to fund public services. It’s contradictory for UAW to endorse Proposition D while backing a candidate who refused to get behind taxing the billionaire class. SEIU withdrew their endorsement  (https://missionlocal.org/2026/04/sf-congress-scott-wiener-seiu-union/)of Wiener at the time, unable to live with that contradiction. \n\nEndorsing Senator Scott Wiener does not reflect a sound use of UAW members’ resources, time, and energy, nor do we believe it reflects the will of the membership. Senator Wiener is not running against another candidate who threatens our goals and values. It’s irresponsible to spend more on him than any other candidate, when his endorsement never should have happened in the first place. We urge the committee to vote against allocating $30k—donated voluntarily by our members—toward supporting his campaign. We call for UAW Region 6 to reform its endorsement process to be more transparent and democratic, giving the membership the full opportunity to decide where our money goes and who will be telling voters they have the UAW stamp of approval. \n\nUAW’s growing membership and commitment to new organizing primes us to reinvigorate the labor movement at a time when working-class strength is necessary to steer the future of this country. UAW can’t afford to lose the trust of its membership. We build on our strength by embodying our values and letting them guide us toward the more just and equitable future we must build together.\n\n\nCalifornia Jewish legislators demand that UC and CSU systems protect Jewish students\n\nhttps://jweekly.com/2023/11/10/jewish-legislators-demand-that-uc-and-csu-protect-jewish-students/\nBY RYAN TOROK NOVEMBER 10, 2023\n\nA letter from the California Legislative Jewish Caucus sent this week to the heads of the state’s two massive university systems ticks off a long list of alleged antisemitic incidents on campuses since the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in Israel and subsequent war:\n\nPhysical attacks on Jewish students at UC Berkeley, UC Davis and San Jose State University for expressing support for Israel.\n\nJewish students at UC San Diego needing a police escort to safely leave a meeting.\n\n“Obscene” anti-Israel graffiti on a Jewish student group’s banner at Cal Poly Humboldt.\n\nAnti-Israel groups, including Students for Justice in Palestine, celebrating the Hamas terrorist attack, including a rally at UCLA that “interrupted classes with hate-filled rhetoric.”\n\nA social media post by a UC Davis professor with knife, ax and blood emojis calling for violence against “Zionist journalists” in their homes and their “kids in school.”\n\nAn Israeli student at UC Berkeley being told she couldn’t participate in a class-related conference because of her nationality.\n\nThe UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council describing Oct. 7 as part of the “Palestinian freedom struggle.”\n\nAn increased need for armed security at Jewish student centers on many campuses.\n\nJewish students on University of California and California State University campuses have been “traumatized by a barrage of physical abuse, threats, intimidation, hate speech, online harassment and exclusion from academic opportunities,” the Nov. 7 letter states.\n\n“It’s become clear the situation is escalating. It’s getting worse and not better. That’s what prompted us to send the letter,” state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-S.F.), who co-chairs the caucus, told J. in a phone interview. “UC and CSU leaders have an obligation to foster a safe environment on campuses.”\n\nThe California Legislative Jewish Caucus — a group of 18 lawmakers in Sacramento — described its “outrage and concern regarding the explosion of antisemitism” at UC and CSU campuses over the past month.\n\nThe university systems “must take immediate action to protect Jewish students,” the letter states.\n\n“This is not just a California issue,” Assemblymember and caucus co-chair Jesse Gabriel, D-Encino, told J. in a phone interview. “It’s a national issue.”\n\nThe letter is addressed to University of California President Michael Drake and California State University Chancellor Mildred Garcia. It was sent as Jewish college students across the country and worldwide feel threatened and isolated amid a sharp spike in hate directed at Jews and Israelis following the massacre, hostage-taking and subsequent Israel-Hamas war.\n\nThe caucus noted what it views as a double standard on the part of university officials when it comes to condemning hate speech against Jews.\n\n“What is deeply distressing to many in the Jewish community — including members of our Jewish Caucus — is the pervasive feeling that the response by campus officials to the current situation would be markedly different if it involved another historically marginalized group,” the letter stated.\n\nWe cannot imagine — nor would we tolerate — silence or equivocation if any other group on campus were being similarly targeted.\n\n“We cannot imagine — nor would we tolerate — silence or equivocation if any other group on campus were being similarly targeted. We have seen the UC and CSU stake out bold positions on politically charged issues like immigration and LGBTQ+ rights; it should not be this difficult to condemn antisemitism.”\n\nSince Oct. 7, caucus members have met with dozens of UC and CSU students and held a Zoom meeting with 16 Hillel directors from across the state.\n\nGabriel, who is a UC Berkeley alum, said the “volume of incidents has become so concerning. So we’re considering all the tools we have available so that Jewish students, like all other faiths and backgrounds, feel protected from hate. And we’re going to lean in and do everything we need to do.”\n\nSpokespeople for UC and CSU said the university systems — with a combined enrollment of about 740,000 students — are working to address hate incidents on their campuses.\n\n“Any type of targeted discrimination, including antisemitism and Islamophobia, does not belong on any University of California campus and will not be tolerated,” a spokesperson for the UC Office of the President said in a statement provided to J.\n\nCSU spokesperson Hazel Kelly told J. that the “safety of students, staff and faculty is a top priority” and that the chancellor has been getting updates from campus officials about incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia and “how they are responding.”\n\nCaucus members plan to keep a close eye on campus climate for Jewish students, Wiener said.\n\n“We’re not just going to send a letter, then pack up and go home,” he said. “We’re going to be monitoring this very closely on an ongoing basis and we’re not going to let it go.”\n\nYaelle Shaye, a UCLA sophomore who describes herself as “very Zionist,” told J. after a recent pro-Israel demonstration on campus that she’s been disappointed by the silence of her university’s professors.\n\n“Pretty much all my teachers pretend like nothing’s happening,” she said, “And if they do, they’re not really pro-Israel. I think the ones that are — they’re not so eager to express their opinions.”\n\n\nCalifornia Jewish legislators demand that UC and CSU systems protect Jewish students\nhttps://jweekly.com/2023/11/10/jewish-legislators-demand-that-uc-and-csu-protect-jewish-students/\nBY RYAN TOROK NOVEMBER 10, 2023\n\nScott Wiener speaks as Jesse Gabriel listens\nState Sen. Scott Wiener speaks at a May 2023 Jewish Public Affairs Council summit in Sacramento as Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel looks on. (Courtesy)\nSign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area.\nA letter from the California Legislative Jewish Caucus sent this week to the heads of the state’s two massive university systems ticks off a long list of alleged antisemitic incidents on campuses since the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in Israel and subsequent war:\n\nPhysical attacks on Jewish students at UC Berkeley, UC Davis and San Jose State University for expressing support for Israel.\nJewish students at UC San Diego needing a police escort to safely leave a meeting.\n“Obscene” anti-Israel graffiti on a Jewish student group’s banner at Cal Poly Humboldt.\nAnti-Israel groups, including Students for Justice in Palestine, celebrating the Hamas terrorist attack, including a rally at UCLA that “interrupted classes with hate-filled rhetoric.”\nA social media post by a UC Davis professor with knife, ax and blood emojis calling for violence against “Zionist journalists” in their homes and their “kids in school.”\nAn Israeli student at UC Berkeley being told she couldn’t participate in a class-related conference because of her nationality.\nThe UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council describing Oct. 7 as part of the “Palestinian freedom struggle.”\nAn increased need for armed security at Jewish student centers on many campuses.\nJewish students on University of California and California State University campuses have been “traumatized by a barrage of physical abuse, threats, intimidation, hate speech, online harassment and exclusion from academic opportunities,” the Nov. 7 letter states.\n\n“It’s become clear the situation is escalating. It’s getting worse and not better. That’s what prompted us to send the letter,” state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-S.F.), who co-chairs the caucus, told J. in a phone interview. “UC and CSU leaders have an obligation to foster a safe environment on campuses.”\n\nThe California Legislative Jewish Caucus — a group of 18 lawmakers in Sacramento — described its “outrage and concern regarding the explosion of antisemitism” at UC and CSU campuses over the past month.\n\nThe university systems “must take immediate action to protect Jewish students,” the letter states.\n\n“This is not just a California issue,” Assemblymember and caucus co-chair Jesse Gabriel, D-Encino, told J. in a phone interview. “It’s a national issue.”\n\nThe letter is addressed to University of California President Michael Drake and California State University Chancellor Mildred Garcia. It was sent as Jewish college students across the country and worldwide feel threatened and isolated amid a sharp spike in hate directed at Jews and Israelis following the massacre, hostage-taking and subsequent Israel-Hamas war.\n\nThe caucus noted what it views as a double standard on the part of university officials when it comes to condemning hate speech against Jews.\n\n“What is deeply distressing to many in the Jewish community — including members of our Jewish Caucus — is the pervasive feeling that the response by campus officials to the current situation would be markedly different if it involved another historically marginalized group,” the letter stated.\n\nWe cannot imagine — nor would we tolerate — silence or equivocation if any other group on campus were being similarly targeted.\n\n“We cannot imagine — nor would we tolerate — silence or equivocation if any other group on campus were being similarly targeted. We have seen the UC and CSU stake out bold positions on politically charged issues like immigration and LGBTQ+ rights; it should not be this difficult to condemn antisemitism.”\n\nSince Oct. 7, caucus members have met with dozens of UC and CSU students and held a Zoom meeting with 16 Hillel directors from across the state.\n\nGabriel, who is a UC Berkeley alum, said the “volume of incidents has become so concerning. So we’re considering all the tools we have available so that Jewish students, like all other faiths and backgrounds, feel protected from hate. And we’re going to lean in and do everything we need to do.”\n\nSpokespeople for UC and CSU said the university systems — with a combined enrollment of about 740,000 students — are working to address hate incidents on their campuses.\n\n“Any type of targeted discrimination, including antisemitism and Islamophobia, does not belong on any University of California campus and will not be tolerated,” a spokesperson for the UC Office of the President said in a statement provided to J.\n\nCSU spokesperson Hazel Kelly told J. that the “safety of students, staff and faculty is a top priority” and that the chancellor has been getting updates from campus officials about incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia and “how they are responding.”\n\nCaucus members plan to keep a close eye on campus climate for Jewish students, Wiener said.\n\n“We’re not just going to send a letter, then pack up and go home,” he said. “We’re going to be monitoring this very closely on an ongoing basis and we’re not going to let it go.”\n\nYaelle Shaye, a UCLA sophomore who describes herself as “very Zionist,” told J. after a recent pro-Israel demonstration on campus that she’s been disappointed by the silence of her university’s professors.\n\n“Pretty much all my teachers pretend like nothing’s happening,” she said, “And if they do, they’re not really pro-Israel. I think the ones that are — they’re not so eager to express their opinions.”\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/22/18889585.php SUMMARY:Rally To Hold Scott Wiener Accountable! No More Anthropic Zionist Police Shills LOCATION:Koshland Park\nPage & Buchanan St.\nSan Francisco URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/22/18889585.php DTSTART:20261024T170000Z DTEND:20261024T180000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR