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George Floyd Solidarity in the Bay Area: Representation and Power This is a critique of weaponized identity politics used to silence rebels and gain political capital....
Posted: Fri, May 29, 2020 3:38pm PDT
An Updated Letter to SCPD Police Chief Mills in the Wake of the George Floyd Murder In anticipation of possible protests in Santa Cruz regarding police violence and racial injustice, I've written Chief Andy Mills a follow-up letter regarding concerns I expressed 2 1/2 years ago. I begin with an earlier letter I sent him, and his responses to that letter. Attempts to get more detailed information were unsuccessful....
Posted: Fri, May 29, 2020 10:28am PDT
Solidarity For George Floyd 
Berkeley Solidarity for George Floyd....
Posted: Fri, May 29, 2020 1:28am PDT
George Floyd’s Murder: Hitting the Streets of Oakland and Wanting a World Worth Fighting For 
An anonymous group has called for a display of “vengeance” Friday night beginning at Oscar Grant Plaza at 8pm in response to the murder of George Floyd....
Posted: Thu, May 28, 2020 11:24pm PDT
Minneapolis Solidarity Demo in Oakland 
Oscar Grant Plaza (14th & Broadway)
Downtown Oakland...
Event Date: Fri, May 29, 2020 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, May 28, 2020 12:19am PDT
As the Death Toll Rises, We Demand: Trump/Pence Out Now! 
Refuse Fascism in the SF Bay Area is carrying out a series of actions in response to the dangerous situation we are in. We will deliver body bags to the Federal Building in San Francisco (on Seventh St.) on May 27 protest escalating deaths in prisons and detention camps, and we will do freeway bannering on May 20, with banners saying “Trump=Fascism=Death” and “Trump Pence Out Now” along with other actions. These will be protests that support and preserve social distancing....
Posted: Tue, May 19, 2020 11:44am PDT
Santa Cruz Needs Community Control of Surveillance Santa Cruz has a community control of surveillance law in front of the City Council. We need transparency, advanced notice and joint decisionmaking about pervasive surveillance everywhere. Sign the petition (from ACLU) https://action.aclu.org/petition/cn-santa-cruz-surveillance-petition...
Posted: Sat, May 16, 2020 2:37pm PDT
21-Year-Old Dies in Santa Cruz County Jail 
The Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office says on Sunday evening, May 10, correctional officers discovered 21-year-old Tamario Smith was unresponsive in his cell at the County Jail. At about 6pm, paramedics administered medical aid, however Smith was pronounced deceased at the scene. According to the Sheriff's Office, Smith did not share a cell, and foul play is not suspected. The Sheriff's Office states there were no signs of trauma or visible injuries, and that Smith did not show signs of COVID-19 sy...
Posted: Mon, May 11, 2020 1:47pm PDT
San Quentin Gets Car Caravan Protest 
Protesters demand end to "Covid-19 death camps."...
Posted: Sat, May 9, 2020 7:27pm PDT
SFPD Wore "Blue Lives Matter" Face Masks While Responding to Protests 
Photos of the scene at a May 1 housing protest in San Francisco show a row of police wearing face masks that depict the "thin blue line" flag. At least one policeman at a reopen rally the same day wore the same mask. Police regulation states that officers cannot alter their uniform. City Police Chief Bill Scott says he is seeking “neutral” face coverings for the city’s rank and file....
Posted: Sun, May 3, 2020 5:54am PDT
May Day Caravan in Santa Cruz 
#COLA4ALL activists in Santa Cruz organized a May Day Caravan to support those "striking and fighting for their right to live in this city". Beginning on the UC Santa Cruz campus to support the striking COLA graduate students, the caravan traveled downtown to the Santa Cruz Main Jail, and then on to support Food Not Bombs at Front and Laurel Streets. (Photos taken downtown by Keith McHenry of Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs.)...
Posted: Sat, May 2, 2020 5:27pm PDT
Press Conference: Rancho Cordova PD Stop Beating Our Children 
7-Eleven (Rancho Cordova, CA)
10246 Mills Station Rd
Rancho Cordova, California 95670...
Event Date: Wed, Apr 29, 2020 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Apr 29, 2020 10:57am PDT
Transition and Deaffiliation from the IWW 
None of this is meant to be taken as an indictment of the network. It is rather a recognition of Oakland’s differing needs and trajectory....
Posted: Sun, Apr 26, 2020 1:54pm PDT
OPD arrests two outreach volunteers in East Oakland Collective’s parking lot (video/mp4 48.1MB) This Is How Police Treat Unhoused Outreach Volunteers in East Oakland...
Posted: Fri, Apr 24, 2020 11:39pm PDT
Ride for Justice for Steven Taylor 
24 Hour Fitness - San Leandro
304 Bay Fair Mall, San Leandro...
Event Date: Sat, Apr 25, 2020 2:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Apr 23, 2020 9:10am PDT
Police shut down rally to #FreeThemAll from Santa Rita jail A report on the car rally to free prisoners being held at Santa Rita jail during the Covid-19 pandemic....
Posted: Tue, Apr 21, 2020 8:24pm PDT
San Leandro Police Execute Black Man in Walmart 
As white nationalists gather across the country wielding assault rifles in protest of public health mandates with no response from police, people of color experiencing apparent mental health crises continue to be shot and killed because of egregious and brutally racist law enforcement practices....
Posted: Mon, Apr 20, 2020 6:34pm PDT
Oakland Privacy: Against the Surveillance State Probably online via Zoom. See below....
Event Date: Wed, May 13, 2020 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Apr 16, 2020 8:58am PDT
Ride on Santa Rita Jail 
Lake Merritt BART
800 Oak Street...
Event Date: Thu, Apr 16, 2020 11:15am PDT
Posted: Wed, Apr 15, 2020 4:50pm PDT
Car Rally to #FreeThemAll in Yuba Detention 
Yuba County Jail
215 5th St.
Marysville, CA...
Event Date: Tue, Apr 14, 2020 11:00am PDT
Posted: Sun, Apr 12, 2020 4:17pm PDT
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