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Stanford People's University Stands Strong Against Inter-Fascist Forces 
On May 12 Zionist and Hindu supremacist groups rallied on Stanford University campus. Students at the People's University encampment refused to be intimidated....
Posted: Tue, May 14, 2024 6:39pm PDT
Southeast Asian Financial Scams Can Begin with a “Simple” Text 
It may start out ubiquitous, but those innocent or inquiring text messages from unknown numbers that suddenly appear on your phone saying “Hello” or “Is this Stephanie’s phone number?” are a disaster lurking in disguise. Not to be left out of the equation, too, are Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media platforms that offer ads promising jobs working from home and investment opportunities, along with access to online gambling that are all part of scams run by Southeast Asian transnational ...
Posted: Tue, May 14, 2024 5:44pm PDT
Rep. Jared Huffman's Secret Fundraiser Gets Public Voter Feedback 
Protesters yell "genocide Jared!" and "shame!, shame!, shame!"...
Posted: Tue, May 14, 2024 11:55am PDT
Bonk: University of California Office of the President Attacked 
With the Aurora Borealis above us and the martyrs in our hearts, we attacked the UC Office of the President in solidarity with the Palestinian Resistance. Using a fire extinguisher filled with red paint we covered the facade and smashed seven windows. Then, with access to the building, we released 500 cockroaches inside and emptied a second fire exintguisher onto the interior. We finalized the act by leaving a water jug inscribed with "Bonk" at the scene - an homage to the militants of Cal Po...
Posted: Tue, May 14, 2024 12:43am PDT
Memorial Vigil for Shireen Abu Akleh and Other Murdered Palestinian Journalists (video/quicktime 82.4MB) In memory of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who worked as a reporter for 25 years for Al Jazeera before she was killed by an Israeli sniper two years ago, a march and vigil on May 11. 1 min mp4 video by Lis Cox....
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 10:36pm PDT
Actions Call on Biden to Declare a Climate Emergency and End Fossil Fuels 
From April 19-22, thousands of young people from across Northern California took part in multiple national days of action calling on President Biden and other decision makers to declare a Climate Emergency and End Fossil Fuels. In San Francisco, Youth Vs. Apocalypse's annual youth-led Earth Day action centered intersectional demands around uplifting Palestine, Sudan, and Congo, countries suffering violence due to western imperialism....
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 10:28pm PDT
Santa Cruz Store Is Second Bay Area REI Location to Unionize, and Tenth Nationwide 
On April 18, workers at the REI store in Santa Cruz voted 32-12 in favor of forming a union. The workers filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on March 14, at which time they announced their intent to join United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) Local 5. The Santa Cruz REI store is the second REI location in the Bay Area to unionize, and the tenth nationwide....
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 10:22pm PDT
Fuck the 4th, Siege the Ports! 
Occupy and Block US Ports and Railyards for Palestine!...
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 9:59pm PDT
UNRWA and Co: Netanyahu's war against the truth Journalists and Israel critics as Hamas accomplices
The Netanyahu government has also been very successful in spreading narratives that declare anyone who supports the Palestinians in Gaza with humanitarian aid, reports on their suffering and criticizes the actions of the Israeli government as Hamas accomplices, Hamas misunderstanders and anti-Semites....
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 3:08pm PDT
Mother's Day March for Pro-Palestine Causes Across the Golden Gate Bridge 
Organized by CODEPINK, participants, including families and individuals of diverse backgrounds, gathered to raise awareness and show support for Palestine. Despite the solemnity of the cause, the atmosphere was one of unity and determination as the marchers made their way across the bridge....
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 12:27pm PDT
Argentina: Tragedia de los comunes... 
Argentina: Tragedia de los comunes, Ley Bases y justicia social
Rubén Lo Vuolo
08/05/2024...
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 12:06pm PDT
Palestine Solidarity Encampment Launched at UC San Francisco 
On May 13, a Palestine Solidarity Encampment was launched at UC San Francisco at Kalmanovitz Library. A rally has been organized for today (May 13) at 3 pm at the encampment, according to the Instagram page UCSF Palestine Solidarity Encampment....
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 11:38am PDT
Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks with CUNY Students at Free Palestine Encampment (audio/mpeg 9.5MB) Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks With CUNY Students at Free Palestine Encampment (April 26th 9:41 PM)...
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 10:55am PDT
Arizona Universities Attack Students for Palestine While Partnering with War Contractors 
Arizona's universities, once known for their sunshine and free spirit, are now hallmarks of censorship and oppression. The University of Arizona in Tucson, and Arizona State University in Tempe, are partnered with defense contractors, including Raytheon Missiles, a top war profiteer. The universities are smashing support for Palestine, and censoring voices opposed to war crimes and genocide....
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 9:00am PDT
Congress Urged to Spend $100 Million to Save Monarch Butterflies 
Population Declines 60% as Fish and Wildlife Service Weighs Protections...
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 7:53am 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
Memorial Vigil and March for Journalists Murdered by Israel 
141 so far as Israel pursues genocide of Palestine...
Posted: Sun, May 12, 2024 4:57pm PDT
Students at UC Merced Launch Gaza Solidarity Encampment 
On May 12, students at UC Merced launched a Gaza solidarity encampment at the Wallace Dutra Amphitheater. They have posted a call for support, as well as a set of demands to their Instagram page, writing: "The UC Regents are meeting on our campus in two days! They will hear us!!"...
Posted: Sun, May 12, 2024 4:41pm PDT
Covering Palestine and Journalists Deaths in Gaza 
Reflecting on the unprecedented number of journalists killed in Gaza by the Israeli military along with their intentional killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh two years ago, the Arab Center Washington, DC held an all-day symposium at the National Press Club (NPC) delving into the state of press coverage and journalists’ deaths in Palestine and Gaza....
Posted: Sun, May 12, 2024 9:39am 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
1,000 Grandmothers’ Action Calls for End to Genocide 
As the UN General Assembly today announced its adoption of a resolution in support of full-member status for Palestinian Statehood, activists from Code Pink and others were visiting the offices of U.S. senators in the Hart Senate Office Building to demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, an end......
Posted: Fri, May 10, 2024 6:34pm PDT
Demonstrators Shout NO to Genocide Joe Outside President's Palo Alto Fundraiser 
Biden attended a reception at the Palo Alto home of former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and her husband DCVC Co-founder Zack Bogue today. Heavy police presence kept a large number of Pro-Palestine demonstrators and about a dozen zionists with Israeli flags mostly apart when both sides showed up near the reception....
Posted: Fri, May 10, 2024 5:33pm PDT
Continental Club Hosts Zionist Event, Attendees Get Covered In Red Paint Zionists Make The Mistake of Holding An Event in West Oakland...
Posted: Fri, May 10, 2024 4:59pm PDT
Negotiations Fail, UC Santa Cruz-Gaza Solidarity Encampment Prepares for Police Repression 
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at UC Santa Cruz and UCSC Divest have issued a joint press release announcing that negotiations with the university have failed, due primarily to a policy intervention directed by California Governor Gavin Newsom. Today, the groups issued the following press release on behalf of students encamped at the UCSC-Gaza Solidarity Encampment....
Posted: Fri, May 10, 2024 4:42pm PDT
Community Rallies for Ethnic Studies Outside PVUSD School Board Meeting 
WATSONVILLE, CA, May 8, 2024 – Nearly a full school year has passed since the Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) School Board in a shock move declined to renew its contract with Community Responsive Education (CRE), which had been guiding the district in its realization of ethnic studies as both a curriculum and a mode of community engagement. CRE is an ethnic studies consulting firm headed by Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, an ethnic studies professor and a nationally recognized educa...
Posted: Fri, May 10, 2024 12:45pm PDT
Tohono O’odham Students, Elders Name Arizona’s Newest Wild Jaguar 
SAN XAVIER, Tohono O’odham Nation, May 9, 2024 — Students from schools on the Tohono O’odham Nation, as well as groups of elders and nearly 1,000 Tribal members, have voted to name the newest detected wild jaguar to enter the United States from Mexico. The name chosen is O:ṣhad Ñu:kudam, which means “Jaguar Protector” in the O’odham language. (O:ṣhad Ñu:kudam is pronounced OH-shahd NOO-KOO-dum.)...
Posted: Fri, May 10, 2024 7:27am PDT
Berkeley Students, Teachers and Parents Push Back 
Rally at Berkeley's Old City Hall sends message that Berkeley School System will not succumb to McCarthy style intimidation...
Posted: Thu, May 9, 2024 4:48pm PDT
SJSU Sit-In in Solidarity with Palestine 
Students at San Jose State University are organizing a sit-in in solidarity with Palestine beginning today, May 9 from 10am to 8pm on Clark Lawn. SJSU For Gaza, an autonomous and anonymous group of students not affiliated with any clubs, announced the sit-in on social media and has released a set of demands of the university. Students also announced that Imam Amir Abdul-Malik Ali is scheduled to speak at 6:30 PM during day one of the sit-in....
Posted: Thu, May 9, 2024 1:48pm PDT
When Students Are a Shock to the System War Culture Hates the Ethical Passion of the Young. Appearing in TomDispatch...
Posted: Thu, May 9, 2024 12:05pm PDT
Olympic Black Power Statue is Site of San José State Students Protest for Palestine 
Photos by Len and Nancy...
Posted: Thu, May 9, 2024 1:55am PDT
UAWC in Palestine Letter to Student and Youth Movements 
30 April 2024...
Posted: Wed, May 8, 2024 11:23pm PDT
GW Encampment Shut Down by Police; Students Arrested 
Pro-Palestinian student protesters and others at the George Washington University tent encampment were arrested after failing to leave university property in an early morning coordinated police action. Around 03:30 after having been warned to leave the university property and threatened with arrest for failure to do so, a coordinated police action by campus police and 500 Metro DC officers began clearing the area at University Yard (U-Yard)....
Posted: Wed, May 8, 2024 4:37pm PDT
All Out for Rapha Rally at UCB 
Thousands answer call as Israel continues the genocide with attack on starving and bombed out Palestinians...
Posted: Wed, May 8, 2024 10:48am PDT
New Anne Hillerman Mystery Novel: ' LOST BIRDS' 
From New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman, a thrilling and moving chapter in the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series involving several emotionally complex cases that will test the detectives in different ways....
Posted: Wed, May 8, 2024 9:10am PDT
Resistance to Deceptive Forest Service Measure Is Growing 
As of March 2024, 894,898 acres across the western United States are slated to be logged under a "community protection" measure proposed by the U.S. Forest Service. Resistance is growing. In addition to a lawsuit filed against the agency by a coalition in California, a National Day of Forest-Climate Action will take place on May 28, and the group Lost Sierra Forest Defense is organizing a Climate Action Camp in Plumas County from May 23-29....
Posted: Wed, May 8, 2024 7:52am PDT
Regulators Fail to Protect Schoolchildren from Repeated Exposure to Dangerous Pesticides 
A coalition has filed a lawsuit challenging the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) and Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner’s repeat rubberstamping of applications to use highly toxic and legally restricted pesticides, including chloropicrin and 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D), near three schools in the Pajaro Valley of Monterey County. The young students suffer some of the highest exposure to fumigants in the state....
Posted: Wed, May 8, 2024 7:44am PDT
Hands Off Rafah Rally at Stanford 
Community members provide meals for Stanford student rallies some nights. On May 7, they cheered as students chanted, "Liberation is our mission, no more war with our tuition."...
Posted: Wed, May 8, 2024 4:31am PDT
Scenes from the Atlanta Forest: Warrant Canary Expired It has been more than 3 months (at time of writing, 95 days) since the canary was updated....
Posted: Tue, May 7, 2024 7:29pm PDT
Compassionate Genocide The issue is not whether and how Israel lets trucks with the much-needed supplies into Gaza; it is the nearly two-decade-long siege of the Strip, worsened by the most recent devastation. Both literally and figuratively, humanitarianism does not ameliorate the situation on the ground. On the contrary, humanitarian discourse strives to make the intolerable barely tolerable....
Posted: Tue, May 7, 2024 5:05pm PDT
Student encampments are the laboratory of our future 
Importantly, in the case of this student movement, it should not be lost on anyone that part of the reason it has been so easily attacked by ill-intentioned critics and demonized in the media and elsewhere is because it is largely composed of and led by people of color. Until we see racism through the prism of power, we will never fully get it....
Posted: Tue, May 7, 2024 12:48pm 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
Carpenters Union Opposes Contractor Bidding on UC Santa Cruz Housing Project 
On May 3, members of Carpenters Union Local 505 distributed information at the base of the UC Santa Cruz campus about W.E. O’Neil Construction Co., which is bidding on the 17-acre Family Student Housing development proposal slated for the East Meadow. The union is currently appealing UC Santa Cruz’s refusal to disqualify W.E. O’Neil for the construction project, claiming the company falsified the bid. “W.E. O’Neil attempted to hide the fact that a worker was killed by electrocution on a recen...
Posted: Mon, May 6, 2024 8:09pm PDT
GW President Calls for End to Protest; Students Vow to Continue 
Student protest leaders at George Washington University (GW) held an afternoon news conference today in the aftermath of an email letter sent out yesterday to the GW community from President Ellen M. Granberg regarding the ongoing campus encampment for Gaza protest....
Posted: Mon, May 6, 2024 5:55pm PDT
AHA Statement on 2024 Campus Protests 
Approved by AHA Council, May 2024...
Posted: Mon, May 6, 2024 3:56pm PDT
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