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imageVictory! EFF Helps Indybay Resist San Francisco Police Warrant and Gag Order
Indybay Beats Back Illegal Search Warrant and Gag Order
by Indybay
On January 24, SFPD served a search warrant on Indybay, seeking identifying information about the author of a communiqué. The warrant included a non-disclosure order. After pushback from Electronic Frontier Foundation attorneys, SFPD agreed to take no further action on the warrant. Indybay and EFF then filed a motion to quash the warrant and vacate the gag order. On March 7, the gag order was vacated and the warrant was confirmed void....
Posted: Wed, Mar 20, 2024 5:30pm PDT
imageCatholic Anti-Choice Marchers Get an Earful from Abortion Rights Activists in San Francisco
Rain Doesn’t Stop Reproductive Justice Rally
by Indybay
On January 20, thousands traveled to San Francisco to protest the continued availability of abortion. Lacking local support, the Catholic Church hires dozens of busses to transport their flock for the Walk for Life annually. As in previous years, their event this year attracted members of hate groups, with some giving nazi salutes. Counter-protesters assembled in front the San Francisco Public Library to confront marchers as they passed....
Posted: Fri, Feb 9, 2024 12:13am PST
imageWall of Shipping Containers Intended to Keep the Public Out of People's Park
UC Berkeley Moves to Kill People's Park Forever
by Indybay
Even as a case awaits a California Supreme Court decision regarding student housing UC Berkeley intends to build on the land, the university went in for the kill on People's Park shortly before midnight on January 3, sending in hundreds of police to clear the park and to make way for a wall of shipping containers. Protesters were ready for the raid, but police closed nearby streets to prevent more from coming to defend the park. Several demonstrators were arrested....
Posted: Wed, Jan 10, 2024 12:21am PST
imageActions for Gaza: Blockades, Occupations, Banner Drops, Graffiti, Smashed Windows, Sabotage
Taking Direct Action Against US Support for Israel's War on Gaza
by Indybay
Protesters in Northern California have engaged in direct actions aimed at disrupting business as usual and raising the profile of the call to free Palestine. Activists shut down the Bay Bridge. A US military vessel destined to deliver weaponry to Israel was blocked from leaving the Port of Oakland. A defense contractor's office was locked down. Communiqués posted on Indybay claim sabotage of train lines, as well as a water main at a pro-IDF fundraiser....
Posted: Tue, Dec 12, 2023 2:44am PST
imageLargest Ever Pro-Palestine Marches in NorCal Demand End to US Aid for Israel's War on Gaza
Record Numbers Stand Up Worldwide in Solidarity with Palestine
by Indybay
Millions of people worldwide are standing in solidarity with Palestinians as Israel wages war on Gaza. Marches and rallies have demanded a ceasefire, the end of US military support for Israel, and that Palestine be freed once and for all. Every week there are more protests in cities large and small, including in many that have never seen a pro-Palestinian demonstration. In San Francisco, tens of thousands have marched against Israel's war on Gaza....
Posted: Fri, Dec 8, 2023 11:58pm PST
imageThousands of Police and Metal Walls Isolate Elites from the People in San Francisco
APEC CEO Summit in SF Meets Opposition
by Indybay
As billionaires and politicians met behind ten-foot-high metal walls, tens of thousands of demonstrators protested outside. Member nations of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit claim to have "Inclusive, Collaborative Solutions for Just Transitions," but opponents call this greenwashing and maintain that years of corporate neoliberalism are responsible for economic inequality, oppression, the climate crisis, and war....
Posted: Sat, Nov 18, 2023 7:16pm PST
imageThree Activists Detained at Climate Protest for Crossing Beale Air Force Base Gate
Climate Activists Call for Immediate Escalation of the Fight for the Future
by Indybay
At sunrise on October 19, youth climate activists associated with the group Occupy Beale gave a speech decrying the imperialist military-industrial complex, responsible for countless ecological atrocities, energy consumption, and carbon emissions. Four activists, banners in hand, then marched across the demarcation line at the Schneider gate of Beale Air Force Base. Military police detained three of them for over an hour....
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2023 11:34pm PDT
imageSeven Weeks of Israeli Blockade and Bombings Leaves Gazans Struggling to Survive
Israel Decimates Gaza, Nearly 2M Palestinians Displaced
by Indybay
Over 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced and face serious malnutrition and dehydration. Nearly 15,000 have been killed, a third of whom are children. Around 50% of all residential housing in the strip has been destroyed. Israel has killed over 200 medical and aid workers, and 65 journalists. It has bombed and raided hospitals, schools, UN facilities, and more, allowing in barely enough supplies to keep the population from starving to death....
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2023 10:39pm PDT
imageStop Cop Campus Coalition Protests Planned Police Facility in San Pablo
San Pablo Says No to Cop Campus
by Indybay
The city of San Pablo plans on building a new police headquarters and training facility. The Stop Cop Campus Coalition intends to prevent the new facility from being constructed, arguing such huge amounts of money would be better spent meeting the needs of city residents rather than policing them. On September 30, their second protest was held with a march down the middle of San Pablo Avenue to the site of the proposed "Cop Campus."...
Posted: Tue, Oct 17, 2023 12:10am PDT
imageConference on Speech-Chilling “IHRA definition” of Antisemitism Launches New Institute
Conference on “IHRA definition” of Antisemitism Launches New Institute
by Indybay
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....
Posted: Thu, Oct 12, 2023 12:53pm PDT
imageCalifornia Climate Justice Actions in Coordination with Massive New York City March
Thousands March in Sacramento to Demand End of Fossil Fuels
by Indybay
On September 16, thousands rallied and marched in Sacramento in solidarity with New York City's massive March to End Fossil Fuels. Starting with colorful rallies in Sacramento's Old Town, protesters marched to the Tower Bridge and displayed a huge banner demanding an end of fossil fuel use. Sign bearing kayakers in the river joined in. Smaller demonstrations happened in Palo Alto and other cities....
Posted: Fri, Sep 29, 2023 8:03pm PDT
imageEverywhere Anti-Transgender "Feminists" Gathered in SF Was Met with Trans Rights Protest
Standing Up to the TERFs in San Francisco
by Indybay
Women’s Declaration International held a conference in San Francisco the weekend of September 16. Their mission is to attack what they call "gender ideology" and they align with ultra-conservative groups including Christian nationalists and Republican politicians to enshrine bigotry into law and otherwise further marginalize transgender folks. LGBTQ+ rights activists rose up in opposition with several rounds of protests and counter-protests....
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2023 8:37pm PDT
imageEnvironmentalists Speak Out Against Airport Expansion as Climate Disasters Accelerate
Oakland Airport Expansion Plans Meet Pushback
by Indybay
As the Port of Oakland views ever increasing use of autos and aviation as integral to humanity's evolution in the Bay Area, others beg to differ. Environmentalists from the Stop OAK Expansion Coalition view fossil fuels as the main cause of, now undeniable, global warming and current climate crises. They demand we move away from autos and air travel to fuel efficient systems such as electric rail. They are protesting and speaking out at public meetings....
Posted: Sat, Aug 19, 2023 3:01pm PDT
imageStarbucks Bus Tour Stops in San Francisco, Rallies with Allies to Support Unionization
No Contract, No Coffee!
by Indybay
More than 8,500 workers have formed unions at over 340 Starbucks stores in the U.S. With thousands more to go, customers and labor advocates are hitting the streets this summer to keep pressure on the union-busting company. On July 31, the national bus tour of Starbucks workers made a stop to rally at San Francisco City Hall. On August 7, Starbucks customers across the U.S. held a day of action targeting locations not yet unionized....
Posted: Sat, Aug 12, 2023 4:02pm PDT
imageArtists Evicted from Stop Music Studios to Make Way for Commercial Development in Portugal
Cities for People, Not for Profit
by Indybay
More than a decade ago, artists and musicians created a vibrant hub for the arts in an abandoned shopping mall in Porto, Portugal. City officials long sought to close the DIY space and finally moved on the Stop Shopping Center in late July. For over 10 days, more than 500 musicians were forcibly evicted from their workspace by police and city authorities, with over 100 rehearsal rooms and workplaces closed down. Thousands came out to protest the eviction....
Posted: Tue, Aug 8, 2023 12:34am PDT
imageBrian “Peppy” DiPippa and Krystal DiPippa Face Decades in Prison on Trumped Up Charges
Free Peppy and Krystal!
by Indybay
From the solidarity website: "Peppy and Krystal are exceptional and caring humans. For decades they have been active participants in solidarity with oppressed and marginalized people. Their tireless advocacy and community building has put them in the crosshairs of state repression. They will both undoubtedly face a long and arduous court process in the months, if not years, ahead.... Today they need our support."...
Posted: Thu, Jul 27, 2023 10:31pm PDT
imageHalt to Fossil Fuel Funding Demanded as Wells Fargo Operations Shut Down
Protesters Block Wells Fargo Headquarters' “Business As Usual”
by Indybay
On July 14, climate activists demanded a stop to Wells Fargo's reckless funding of fossil fuels. The action was part of a "block party" by local climate action groups that included loud chanting, carnival style games, music, street painting and dancing. Protesters said they timed their event to keep the pressure on the bank as it released its quarterly earnings report. Six protesters locked themselves down to block the entrance and were arrested....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2023 12:53pm PDT
imageDemonstrations Wrack France, Boiling Over After Police Murder of Youth
French See Democracy Fading
by Indybay
In response to anti-government protests after police murdered a seventeen-year-old boy of Algerian descent, the French government has taken a number of repressive anti-democratic actions. Several hundred protesters were tried, convicted, and sentenced to lengthy prison terms within just forty-eight hours. One teenager with no prior record was sent to prison for a year and a month for allegedly throwing an empty soda can at a group of police....
Posted: Thu, Jul 13, 2023 2:34pm PDT
imageA Call for Pride to Return to its Roots as a Riot in Defense of LGBTQ+ Rights
Across the City, San Francisco Celebrates Pride in Myriad of Ways
by Indybay
San Francisco's is one of the biggest Pride parades in the world, but as it has grown larger so have criticisms that it has become too corporate. While this year was an opportunity to push back against a wave of homophobia and anti-trans hate across the US, as usual corporate floats abounded at the main event along Market Street. The real spirit of resistance was in the smaller People's March held at the same time in the Tenderloin district....
Posted: Sun, Jul 2, 2023 9:17pm PDT
imagePentagon Papers Leaker, Anti-War Activist Daniel Ellsberg Leaves Lasting Legacy
Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg Passes Away at 92
by Indybay
Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst-turned-peace activist who revealed that the U.S. government had been lying about its war on Vietnam, died on June 16. He was best known for leaking the Pentagon Papers to news outlets in 1971. He became a vocal anti-war campaigner. In a 2019 interview, Ellsberg said, "an act of truth-telling, of exposing the realities about which the public had been misled, can indeed help end an unnecessary, deadly conflict."...
Posted: Mon, Jun 19, 2023 6:16pm PDT
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