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ILWU - Racism, Repression and Rebellion: The Lessons of Labor Defense, 2/14/09: photos 
A rally was organized at the ILWU Local 10 Hall in San Francisco to celebrate Black History Month. Scheduled speakers and artists included Angela Davis, Rev. Cecil Williams, Martina Davis-Correia, Robert R. Bryan, Gerald Sanders, Richard Brown, JR Valrey, Pierre LaBoissiere, Tayo Aluko, Jack Hirschman, Aggie Falk, and Upsurge. Angela Davis did not make it for some reason....
Posted: Sun, Feb 15, 2009 1:27am PST
Rosa Parks Day in California 2009 United States Departmento of Agriculture, Office of Outreach and Diversity helps to celebrate Rosa Parks Day in California. Site visits throughout Northern California will help facilitate better customer service to Black Farmers throughout California. The word of tangible examples of direct accountibility will make a change. Rosa Parks Day 2009 begins a new vision for California Agriculture inclusive of Black Agriculture....
Posted: Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:07pm PST
"Town Bizness" Townhall Meeting on Oscar Grant and Police Terror, Oakland, 2/11/09: audio (audio/mpeg 6.8MB) JR Valrey MC'd tonight's "Town Bizness" townhall meeting at the Black Dot Cafe in West Oakland. Featured speakers included Rekia (Oakland Cop Watch), Martina Davis-Correia (sister of Troy Davis, from Georgia), Jack Bryson (father of brothers detained on BART platform with Oscar Grant), Keith Muhammad (Nation of Islam), and Fred Hampton Jr (POCC Chairman, from Chicago). Discussed were organizing efforts regarding government and police terrorism in the Oscar Grant case and others around the c...
Posted: Thu, Feb 12, 2009 1:21am PST
Mumia Abu Jamal’s Reaction to Oscar Grant Killing 
Like you, I’ve seen the searing phone-camera tape of the killing of 22-year-old Oscar Grant, of Oakland, California.
And although it’s truly a terrible thing to see, it’s almost exceeded by something just as shocking. That’s been how the media has responded to this police killing, by creating a defense of error....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 5:16pm PST
Rosa Parks Day in California features USDA Office of Civil Rights 
USDA Assistant Secretary of Civil Rights, Office of Outreach and Diversity helps to celebrate Rosa Parks Day in California...
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2009 9:56pm PST
March of Stolen Lives Braves Massive Police Intimidation -- Enough Is Enough! 
You know they used to lynch us. Now they're just shooting us down. Just shooting us down like it’s the thing to do. And its not just here. It's everywhere."
-- Patrician Johnson, sister of Anita Gay, a grandmother shot in her home by the Berkeley Police
OAKLAND – On February 6, about 200 people gathered at the main intersection of the city to say: "Enough is Enough. No More Stolen Lives! We are all Oscar Grant!" They came to protest an epidemic of police brutality, with the murder of ...
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2009 4:28pm PST
Enough is Enough! March of Stolen Lives, Oakland, 2/6/09: video (video/quicktime 32.6MB) In response to the murder of Oscar Grant and others who have been killed by unaccountable police in the Bay Area and across the U.S., the Enough is Enough! March of Stolen Lives was called to start at Frank Ogawa Plaza on February 6th. Many family members who have lost loved ones were present and some spoke of their grief and anger and desire for justice. Video clips from the march and at the plaza afterwards are assembled here....
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2009 2:29pm PST
Enough is Enough! March of Stolen Lives, Oakland, 2/6/09: photos 
In response to the murder of Oscar Grant and others who have been killed by unaccountable police in the Bay Area and across the U.S., the Enough is Enough! March of Stolen Lives was called to start at Frank Ogawa Plaza on February 6th. Many family members who have lost loved ones were present and some spoke of their grief and anger and desire for justice....
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2009 3:06am PST
Oakland 100: NLG Explains Dropping of Charges for 28 Protesters Today, 2/6/09: video (video/quicktime 26.1MB) Over 130 people have been arrested in connection with protests surrounding the murder of Oscar Grant III. This morning, the first arraignments were to be held for over 30 people charged with misdemeanors and felonies at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland. Charges for 28 individuals charged with misdemeanors were dropped, while one person with a misdemeanor and two people with felonies are still facing their charges in court today. The next arraignments for those arrested in connecti...
Posted: Fri, Feb 6, 2009 3:49pm PST
Oakland 100: Charges Dropped for 28 Misdemeanors Related to Oscar Grant Rebellion, 2/6/09: photos 
Over 130 people have been arrested in connection with protests surrounding the murder of Oscar Grant III. This morning, the first arraignments were to be held for over 30 people charged with misdemeanors and felonies at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland. Charges for 28 individuals charged with misdemeanors were dropped, while one person with a misdemeanor and two people with felonies are still facing their charges in court today. The next arraignments for those arrested in connecti...
Posted: Fri, Feb 6, 2009 12:02pm PST
Notes from the Citizens' Police Review Board Meeting, Oakland, 2/5/09 
In Hearing Room #1 at Oakland City Hall, the Citizens' Police Review Board held a public meeting divided between Review Board business, public comment, and a presentation by an officer Gonzales, a supervisor and trainer in the OPD, regarding instruction officers receive to guide their interactions with the public. After the meeting, a non-public hearing was scheduled related to the Casper Banjo case....
Posted: Fri, Feb 6, 2009 1:15am PST
Organizers, activists & community demand all charges be dropped against the Oakland 100 
Support the over 130 arrested while protesting the execution of Oscar Grant III. Many of those facing charges ranging from misdemeanor rioting to various felonies will have their arraignments on Friday the 6th and Monday the 9th starting at 9am. Show up out front of court early with banners and signs showing solidarity and support for those who are resisting. We will also be packing the courtrooms in a non-disruptive show of support. Wear all black to show your solidarity!...
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2009 9:47pm PST
Families of victims of police murder join call for Feb. 6 protest and demand march permits In the face of massive outrage over the murder of Oscar Grant, and an epidemic of police brutality, the City of Oakland is again targeting those fighting for justice. The City of Oakland is giving the families of those killed by police and others only one hour to express their rage and grief, and is so far denying a march permit. This is yet another outrage....
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2009 9:42pm PST
Black Power wins a Black president and a white cop charged with murder 
In the first month of 2009, we put a Black man in the White House with our votes and convinced a DA to charge a white cop with the murder of a Black man with our rebellion. Stand with MOI JR at his next hearing Feb. 6, 9 a.m., 661 Washington, Oakland, and come with me to the next BART board meeting Feb. 12, 9 a.m., 344 20th St., Oakland....
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2009 12:26pm PST
A reoccurring racist nightmare 
A reoccurring racist nightmare
February 2, 2009
by Dellano Cleveland...
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2009 12:08pm PST
Drop the Charges! 
Anywhere in the Bay Area...
Event Date: Tue, Feb 3, 2009 7:00am PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2009 3:39pm PST
Scandals in the Oakland Police In the wake of the protests against the BART police murder of Oscar Grant several scandals have broken out inside the Oakland Police Department. On January 28, Oakland Chief of Police Wayne Tucker announced that he was resigning from his position. While there is bourgeois infighting involved in these scandals, as well as a certain amount of damage control, these scandals also reveal some cold facts about how the system works....
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2009 1:16pm PST
Killer Cop Gets Bail, People Take to Streets: “We Can’t Rely On This System For Justice" 
OAKLAND—On January 30, people packed the courtroom to demand that Johannes Mehserle, the cop who shot 22-year-old Oscar Grant in the back on New Year’s Day, be kept in jail. The judge, Morris Jacobson, admitted that Mehserle, who had been apprehended in Nevada (where he fled during the initial investigation), was a flight risk. And Jacobson was openly skeptical of Mehserle’s inconsistent story about the shooting of Oscar Grant, saying, “He has a willingness to add to the story, to change the ...
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2009 1:11pm PST
Support Jailed Protesters!!! Wiley Manuel Courthouse, 661 Washington, departments 107 and 112....
Event Date: Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2009 10:48am PST
Oscar Grant Rebellion Declares Demands Despite Army of Police, Oakland City Hall, 1/31/09: video (video/mp4 45.3MB) Saturday's "Justice for Oscar Grant! Oakland City Hall Rally" was met by a small army of police determined to shut down any demonstration by those demanding accountability for police abuses. Nevertheless, over 50 people braved their way past the military gauntlet to attend. Demonstrators moved from the designated meeting location in front of City Hall to the BART entrance across Broadway, knowing that BART would shut down the 12th Street station in response. Surrounded by cops and noting ...
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2009 8:15pm PST
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