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We’re Not Paying Rent: Here’s Why 
While there has long been a housing crisis in Oakland — and throughout California– COVID-19 makes the issue particularly dire because so many people are out of work and people are being told to stay at home to combat the spread of the virus....
Posted: Thu Apr 2, 2020 10:37PM
Oakland Rent Strike: Food Not Rent 
An organized group of tenants in Oakland are beginning a rent strike. We call on others to join us....
Posted: Thu Apr 2, 2020 10:26PM
Please close the glaring "Young Adult" gap in stimulus payments Through an oversight, many young adults will receive NO stimulus payment. Please help raise consciousness about this....
Posted: Thu Apr 2, 2020 10:21PM
The Struggle Of The Grand Princess Crew & All Crew Members For Healthcare & Justice 
Terry Valen, the president of the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) talks about the conditions of the Grand Princess crew which is docked off Hunters Point shipyard. He also talks about the conditions of repatriated seafarers from the Grand Princess who are now in the Philippines...
Posted: Thu Apr 2, 2020 5:51PM
Oakland & Alameda County: Call Now to Demand Housing for Our Unsheltered Neighbors 
Alameda County and the City of Oakland have millions of dollars in emergency funds available for COVID-19 relief efforts, yet they have NOT provided the emergency housing needed for the thousands of homeless residents residing in our communities....
Posted: Thu Apr 2, 2020 12:32PM
No New Water Diversion Plans When Public Cannot Participate 
A petition against the Delta Tunnel is at https://www.change.org/p/gavin-newsom-gov-newsom-water-is-life and talking points are at californiasalmon.org....
Posted: Thu Apr 2, 2020 11:26AM
Dedicated To All Those On Rent Strike (video/quicktime 30.5MB) Video dedicated to the all those on rent strike.
Duration: 2 minutes 20 seconds
Music: Corona - Minutemen...
Posted: Wed Apr 1, 2020 10:04PM
As Delta smelt nears extinction, CDFW issues incidental take permit for endangered fish 
The incidental take permit was issued as the Delta smelt, once the most abundant species on the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, continues its steep slide towards extinction. For the second year in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in its annual fall midwater trawl survey in 2019 found zero Delta smelt during the months of September, October, November and December....
Posted: Wed Apr 1, 2020 6:39PM
Rent Strike and Anti-Capitalist Graffiti Pops Up in Oakland! 
As the COVID19 pandemic has made it difficult or impossible for many of Oakland's tenants to pay rent, "rent strike" and anti-capitalist graffiti, signs and banners have been appearing throughout West Oakland, Lake Merritt, and along Grand Avenue....
Posted: Wed Apr 1, 2020 5:06PM
SF Hunters Point Shipyard,The Workers, The Science, The Health Issues & The Cover-up 
Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai discusses continuing health epidemic of disease as a result of the contamination by the former Hunters Point naval shipyard. She also discusses the systemic cover-up by the Navy, CCSF and. UCSF of workers becoming contaminated. UCSF workers are members of AFSCME 3299 and CWA UPTE....
Posted: Wed Apr 1, 2020 12:06PM
San Francisco, CA: Windows of Union-Busting Bakery Smashed Out The following communique’ was anonymously sent to It’s Going Down which we republish below. For context, the Tartine Bakery in San Francisco has recently resisted efforts at a unionization drive by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). The communique’ reads:...
Posted: Wed Apr 1, 2020 10:15AM
Honk for Justice, SF (video/quicktime 344.7MB) As Covid-19 increases exponentially, Never Again Action and allied organizations joined in SF and across the Country to form Car Caravans to Demand that the Camps be closed. 3 minute video....
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 9:43PM
Innovative COVID-19 Safe Protest in San Francisco 
Boisterous Car Rally Honks for Justice for ICE Detainees...
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 8:54PM
War Commentary Issue #2 
Our latest issue, formatted for easy printing at home. Print out a stack of 20 and leave them at your local corner store, grocery, or gas station. Good luck, stay healthy. Long live anarchy!...
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:29PM
COVID-19 & SF DPH SEIU 1021 Community Healthcare Centers Workers Under Attack 
San Francisco DPH community center healthcare workers are being forced into dangerous positions without proper PPE protection that may contaminate them with COVID-19. SEIU 1021 SF DPH Community Healthcare Center Chapter VP Cheryl Thornton speaks out....
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:03PM
Coronavirus pandemic in Oakland: Crisis, What Crisis? 
Coronavirus pandemic in Oakland: Crisis, What Crisis?
Then I spotted a group of people (7-10 people) hanging out in a yard drinking, smoking, chatting, and having a Bar-B-Q....
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:41PM
Updates from the "Ignore Them Until they Disappear or Die Off" Genocide Zone While City & County officials who live indoors postulate, ponder, and predict, no safe shelters, sanitary shithouses, or reliable food services have opened up to replace those shut down. HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom) critic passes on some updates and the latest in-the-field reports from Food not Bombs still-serving-under-fire foodster Keith McHenry....
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:47PM
Instacart Emergency Walk Off Update 
Instacart has failed to respond to Shoppers in a way that is respectful, moral, or even just considerate to other human beings....
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:02PM
Instacart’s “Response” is a Sick Joke — The Strike is Still On 
Today, Instacart responded to Shoppers’ demands by saying a week from now they will provide hand sanitizer and set the default in-app tip amount to whatever a customer had previously tipped. Aside from simply not being enough, this is insulting for a number of reasons....
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:49PM
Watsonville Community Hospital Nurses to Hold Shift Change Actions To Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19 
To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and preparedness for frontline health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital will hold a silent vigil and solidarity stand on Monday, March 30, 2020. Registered nurses are calling on Watsonville Community Hospital to reverse its decision to weaken personal protective equipment standards and cancel staff rather than preparing for a surge of COVID-19 patients....
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:48PM