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Conference on the “IHRA definition” of antisemitism launches new Institute The newly-formed Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism (ICSZ) will hold its inaugural bicoastal conference, Battling the “IHRA Definition”: Theory & Activism, on October 13-14. Through the lens of research on structural racism, state violence, and social justice movements, the conference will analyze political campaigns that seek to codify the “IHRA definition” of antisemitism, and efforts to oppose IHRA policies. This is the first research conference focusing on IHRA campaigns, which ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2023 9:37am PDT
We Lit the Fire and Trusted the Heat: An Interview with Maria Gaspar (audio/mpeg 106.1MB) Interview with Chicago-based artist Maria Gaspar about her first West Coast solo exhibition "Compositions" at the UC Santa Cruz Institute for the Arts and Sciences (IAS) Gallery from September 26 to March 3, 2024. The opening celebration is Friday, October 6, 6 to 8 PM. An Artist Talk and Performance happens Saturday, October 7, 4 to 5:30 PM....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2023 1:00pm PDT
San Pablo Says No to Cop Campus 
San Pablo rejects $43 million police center in Saturday 30th demonstration and march...
Posted: Sun, Oct 1, 2023 2:21pm PDT
Civil Rights Groups Warn UCSC Attempts to Censor Pro-Palestine Scholarship May Violate Federal Laws 
On Wednesday, Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights wrote to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) warning them to cease attempts to unlawfully censor the upcoming Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism (ICSZ) convening, “Battling the ‘IHRA definition’: Theory & Activism”, which is set to be jointly held at UCSC and New York University (NYU) on October 13th and 14th. The convening is a working meeting of the Institute’s community of scholars and activists, ai...
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2023 7:32am PDT
March Against Cop Campus! 
Kennedy Plaza in San Pablo (23rd St & Brookside Dr)...
Event Date: Sat, Sep 30, 2023 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2023 12:22am PDT
Reparations Organizers Targeted by FBI to Speak in Oakland 
The Uhuru Solidarity Movement presents “The Uhuru 3” on U.S.- wide speaking tour to expose the FBI’s violent, pre-dawn raids and the U.S. Department of Justice baseless charges against African People’s Socialist Party leader Chairman Omali Yeshitela and two reparations activists working under his leadership. Learn about the struggle for reparations and black economic development!...
Posted: Fri, Sep 15, 2023 6:58am PDT
Golden Harvest Parade and Festival - World Dashiki Week showcases Pan African Culture 
California Pioneers of Pan African Ancestry (1840-1875) are overcoming the challenge towards broader acceptance for future equity and inclusion. As part of our Golden Harvest Parade and Festival we share our common and unique historical journey here in the Great State of California, toward a "Greener Tomorrow for Youth"...
Posted: Sun, Aug 6, 2023 9:22pm PDT
"The Funk Queen" an autobiography by Dawn Silva open up First Friday 2023 Black August 
"The Funk Queen" autobiography by Dawn Silva opens an new conversation towards equity and inclusion in a good way, on the one, funky....
Posted: Fri, Jul 28, 2023 10:23pm PDT
On Julian Assange's Birthday: SF Rally To Free Him & Mumia Abu-jamal 
On Julian Assange's birthday on July 2, 2023 a solidarity rally was held at the Harry Bridges Plaza in San Francisco to demand his freedom....
Posted: Tue, Jul 4, 2023 6:33pm PDT
On 2023 Juneteenth, ILWU10 Closes N.Ca Ports & Makes Actor Danny Glover An Honorary Member 
On Juneteenth, ILWU Local 10 will close all ports in Northern California and make Danny Glover and honorary member of the Local. Retired ILWU Local 10 secretary treasurer Clarence Thomas talks about the history of Juneteenth and also the history of Danny Glover with the ILWU Local 10....
Posted: Fri, Jun 16, 2023 3:56pm PDT
California Senate Committee Blocks Governor's Plan to Gut Environmental Law 
Representatives of environmental groups spoke out against the legislation at the hearing, supporting the staff recommendations to move the trailer bills to the regular policy process and to reject the flood and drought trailer bill language....
Posted: Sun, May 28, 2023 10:02pm PDT
Graffiti Writers Paint Over Pro-Police “Street Art” Campaign Backed by a Tech Billionaire 
A “street art” campaign backed by Welsh tech billionaire and venture capitalist Michael Moritz is being targeted by graffiti artists in San Francisco, California. The campaign features posters and even wheat-pastes which call for a “law and order” approach to homelessness and fentanyl related deaths in San Francisco....
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2023 1:03pm PDT
Governor guts landmark environmental law to expedite the salmon-killing Delta Tunnel 
Advocates for fish, water and environmental justice are outraged over Governor Gavin Newsom's plan to gut the California Environmental Quality Act in order to construct the Delta Tunnel, Sites Reservoir and other destructive infrastructure projects....
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2023 4:52pm PDT
Protest Over CA AG Rob Bonta's Refusal To Prosecute O'Neil's Killer 
There was a protest at the San Francisco Hall of Justice and courts against the decision by California Attorney General Rob Bonta not to protest the killer of Keito O'Neil....
Posted: Sat, May 20, 2023 2:48pm PDT
Banko Brown Murder & License To Kill: SF Press Conference At DA Brook Jenkins Office 
The murder of Banko Brown by a Walgreen security guard in San Francisco and the failure to prosecute by the District Attorney Brook Jenkins backed up by Mayor London Breed has led to fury among people in San Franicsco. Many Democratic Party officials organized a rally at Jenkins office to protest and call for prosecution. There are over 61 billionaires in San Francisco and speakers charged that there is massive ethnic cleansing going on in San Francisco with Blacks being driven out of San Fra...
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2023 5:36am PDT
Leidesdorff Plaza established May 1966, rekindles the strength and courage to try again 
Sacramento Negro Museum and Library Association dedicated Leidesdorff Plaza, May 1966, it is one of the last remaining authentic markers showcasing California Pioneers of Pan African Descent, like a Phoenix the rest of the story must rise....
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2023 1:20am PDT
On 75th Anniversary of Nakba Speak Out In SF While SF Mayor In Israel Supporting Zionists 
On the 75th anniversary of Nabka, a rally was held in San Francisco. Speakers talked about SF mayor London Breed's visit to Israel to support the apartheid Zionist regime and the continued police murders of Black youth in the City by her police....
Posted: Sun, May 14, 2023 8:29pm PDT
May 1st March in Fresno 
Around 200 people marched through downtown Fresno May 1st to advocate immigrants' rights....
Posted: Sun, May 7, 2023 5:31pm PDT
Your Tesla's Destroying the Earth: Silicon Valley Protest to Stop Thacker Pass Lithium Mine 
Fremont Park, corner of Santa Cruz Ave. and University Dr. in Menlo Park, across from Peet's Coffee. Walking distance from Menlo Park Caltrain....
Event Date: Wed, May 3, 2023 8:00am PDT
Posted: Mon, May 1, 2023 10:13pm PDT
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