[Dic 28] Una noche de resistencia musical (Berkeley)


La Plebe, Aztlan Underground, Rupert Estanislao, The Brass Liberation Orchestra, Bolivar Vive!

Friday December 28, 2007

La Peña (www.lapena.org)

$10 - 9pm

Una Noche de Resistencia Musical
A Night of Musical Resistance

A night which features various musical groups and one poet, with different artistic styles and influences, yet joined by one universal cause and intention… The Brass Liberation Orchestra plays in the streets of the Bay Area, carrying their instruments as weapons, while waging social warfare upon various events, protests, parades, celebrations and ceremonies with their renditions of worker inspired anthems… Bolivar Vive! plays a blend of ska, reggae, punk, and other worldly influences, inspired by the acts of various international revolutionary movements, while the group Aztlan Underground from Los Angeles mixes elements of heavy rock, hip hop, pre-Colombian, and indigenous rhythms, with lyrics that are both intelligent and defiant… The solo and unaccompanied poet for the evening is Vallejo's Rupert Estanislao, who moonlights as vocalist for the hardcore group Eskapo, spitting powerful lyrics in both English and Tagalog, Rupert speaks from the heart… And finally, closing the evening is the bilingual punk quintet La Plebe from San Francisco, who play fast and aggressive punk with horns, projecting a sincere sound that has found it's home somewhere between the local BART station, the neighborhood cantina, and the international concert hall…

A percentage of the door will be donated to the organization California Prison Focus (www.prison.org), to help in their fight for human rights and reform within the California prison system… More information about their work will be available the night of the event, as representatives will be present to answer any questions...
Una noche con varios grupos musicales y un poeta, con diferentes estilos
artisticos y influencias, pero aun unidos por una causa universal y
intencion...La Brass Liberation Orchestra, (Orquestra Laton de
Liberacion), toca en las calles de la Area de la Bahia, cargando sus
insrumentos mientras haciendo guerra social dentro de varios eventos,
protestas, marchas, celebrando ceremonias con sus rendiciones de antemas
inspirados por trabajadores...

Bolivar Vive! toca una mescla de ska, reggae, punk, y otras influencias
mundiales, inspirado por actos de varias resistencias de movimientos
internacionales, mientras que el grupo Aztlan Underground de Los Angeles,
que mescla elemoentos de rock, hip-hop, pre-Colombiano, con ritmos
indigenas, con la palabra que es ambo inteligente y desafiante...El poeta
solitario y unico para esta noche es Vallejo's Rupert Estanislao, que
tambien es vocalista para el grupo hardcore Eskapo, sacando palabras
lyricas ambas en Ingles, Tagalog, Rupert habla con corazon...

Y finalmente, cerando la tarde es el la banda quinteta y bilingue La Plebe
desde San Francisco, quienes tocan punk rapido y agresivo con trompetas,
projectando un sonido sincero que ha encontrado su hogar en algun sitio en
medio de la plaza de BART y la cantina de la vecindad, y la sala de
concierto internacional...

Un porcentaje de la puerta se donara a la organizacion de California
Prison Focus, (Enfoque a las Prisiones de California)(www.prison.org),
para ayudarles en su lucha para los derechos humanos y la reforma dentro
del systema de las prisiones en Califas...Mas informacion sobre su trabajo
estara disponible la noche del evento, y representativos estaran presente
para contestar qualquier pregunta.


La Plebe - www.laplebe.com
Bolivar Vive! - www.myspace.com/bolivarvive
Aztlan Underground - www.myspace.com/aztlanunderground
Rupert Estanislao - http://www.suicidekingsspokenword.com/rupert.html
Brass Liberation Orchestra - http://brassliberation.org/

[Dec 17] International Migrants Day Photo Exhibit

Photographs by David Bacon
Celebrating International Migrants Day
and the solidarity of working people in our community
December 7, 2007 - January 31, 2008

Asian Resource Gallery
310 Eighth St.
Oakland, CA 94607
(Close to the 12th Street and Lake Merritt BART Stations)

Opening Reception &
International Migrants Day Celebration
At the Asian Resource Center Gallery
Monday, December 17, 2007
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Participating organizations (partial list):
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
Filipinos for Affirmative Action
Service Employees Union Locals 1877 and 24/7
Association of Workers and Immigrants
Oakland Sin Fronteras

Sponsored by East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
With support from City of Oakland Arts & Culture, Alameda Co. Arts, &
East Bay Community Foundation

FOR MORE INFO: dbacon@igc.org or call Greg Morozumi @ (510) 532-9692

[Dic 14] Concierto de FUGA

Concert by Fuga
Friday, Dec 14, 2007
9 PM

Intertribal Friendship House
523 International Blvd, Oakland

Native Youth Benefit Show

[Dec 10, 12] Gang Injunction Hearing - IMPORTANT!

[Español abajo]
COMMUNITY ALERT:
San Francisco Police Department Gone Wild!


On Thanksgiving Day, a woman and her family were terrorized by several San Francisco Police officers. At the time, the woman was taking a shower while her children were downstairs. The police entered her home, terrorized her children, assaulter and arrested one of her family members. When she came out of the shower to find out what was happening, the police held her, in front of her children, with no clothes on.
This woman is not alone. Dozens of families in this community and others are being terrorized by the SFPD and gang injunctions that protect Lennar, not families. These racist gang injunctions need to be stopped, and the SFPD needs to be held accountable.

SFPD SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RUN WILD IN BAYVIEW
GET INVOLVED TODAY!
Gang Injunction Hearing -- Monday, December 10 10am
City Hall, 2nd floor
San Francisco Police Commission -- Wednesday, December 12 6pm
City Hall, Room 400
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO GET INVOLVED, CALL POWER TODAY:
(415) 864-8372 EXT. 302/303

WE DESERVE:
• Community policing, not policing for Lennar and other developers
• The removal of these officers from the community
• Community education and control over the terms and enforcement of the gang injunctions
• Police Accountability--including contact information and badge numbers of all officers in the community, and an anonymous complaint line

____________________________

¡ALERTA A LA COMUNIDAD!
¡El departamento de policia de San Francisco está fuera de control!

El día de Thanksgiving, una mujer y su familia fue aterrorizada por algunos oficiales de la policia de San Francisco. Esta mujer estaba en la ducha mientras sus hijos estaban abajo, la policia entró a su casa asustando a sus hijos y arrestando, a uno de los miembros de su familia. Cuando la mujer salió de la ducha para enterarse de lo que estaba sucediendo, la policia la retuvo desnuda ante sus hijos.
Esta mujer no está sola. Docenas de familias de la comunidad han sido aterrorizados por la SFPD y una banda proteccionista de la compañia Lennar, en vez de estar protejiendo a las familias. Necesitamos parar a estas bandas racistas y que la policia se haga responsable de los hechos.

EL SFPD NO DEBERíA PODER SER VIOLENTO EN BAYVIEW ¡INVOLUCRESE HOY!

Gang Injunction Hearing -- Lunes, 10 de Diciembre a las 10am en City Hall, Piso 2

San Francisco Police Commission -- Miércoles, 12 de Diciembre a las 6pm en City Hall, cuarto 400

PARA MAYOR INFORMACIóN O PARA TOMAR ACCIóN,
LLAME HOY POWER AL:
(415) 864-8372 EXT. 302/303

NOSOTROS MERECEMOS:
• Policia para la comunidad y no para otros grupos de Lennar
o otros constructores
• Sacar a estos oficiales de la comunidad
• Educación comunitaria y control sobre los términos legales de esta banda
• Policia Responsable y Transparente: incluyendo la información de los oficiales, números de placa de todos los oficiales en la comunidad,
y una línea anónima de quejas.

[Dec 5] A Benefit for Zapatista Health Care at La Peña, Berkeley

Indigenous Autonomy and Resistance: A Report from Chiapas and the Indigenous
Encuentro in Sonora

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 - 7:30 PM
La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley

As Mexico reels from poverty and drug violence, the Zapatistas are constructing another world in Chiapas, a world of autonomy, direct democracy and collective work for the good of all. Members of a delegation just back from Chiapas got an inside look into those aspects of Zapatismo and will share their experiences. Several went on to Sonora where they had an opportunity to observe and film the Continental Indigenous Encuentro. Their report will feature:

* Report from the Chiapas Support Committee’s medical delegation to Chiapas
* Music by Musica Humana Blues: Arnoldo Garcia, Andrew Kong Knight and Jose Palafox
* Video from Continental Indigenous Encuentro in Vicam, Sonora, Mexico

Wheelchair Accessible
Near Ashby BART

Requested Donation $7-$10 (Sliding Scale)
Proceeds Benefit Zapatista Autonomous Health Care in San Manuel

Sponsored by the Chiapas Support Committee
For more Information: (510) 654-9587
email: cezmat@igc.org

[Dec 1-2] Huichol Art Show - Berkely

Huichol Art Show
with Luciano Valdez

Saturday, December 1, 2007 - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 2, 2007 - 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Gathering Tribes Indian Times
1573 Solano Ave, Berkeley CA
(510) 528-9038 www.gatheringtribes.com

Please join us in welcoming our Huichol brothers from the South:
Artist, Luciano Valdez & Traditional Healer, Don Jacinto!

Luciano has brought a wonderful selection of Huichol beadwork, yarn paintings and jewelry just in time for the gift giving season! You will find beautiful beaded deer, coyotes, turtles, frogs and jaguars. As well as colorful yarn paintings full of the spiritual symbolism of the Huichol.

The Huichol Indians live in remote areas of the Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico. They live sustainably and traditionally, the way all of us lived in the not too distant past. Each year for the past 10 years, Luciano has made the long journey of over a week to Gathering Tribes to share the beauty of his culture with us.

All proceeds from the sale of the art goes directly to Luciano.

This year, Luciano has brought Don Jacinto along for the journey. Don Jacinto is a traditional healer who will be conducting healing sessions at Gathering Tribes during the show. The sessions are first come, first serve.
Contributions may be given directly to Don Jacinto.

[Nov 29] Mobilization and press conference: Salvadoran Consulate, SF

Emergency Mobilization and Press Conference
Thursday, November 29
11 am
Salvadoran Consulate, San Francisco
507 Polk Street, #280 (Polk and Golden Gate)

Join with Bay Area CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador) to demand the immediate release of members of the Cutumay Camones community who were attacked and captured by the Salvadoran Riot Police. The community has been trying to block construction of a private garbage dump that would contaminate their local water source.

We are fortunate that Blanca Flor Bonilla, FMLN deputy to the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly will join us in speaking out against the violent repression of the social movement!

Thursday, November 29 is the day that Tony Saca, President of El Salvador will be meeting with Bush in Washington to discuss their partnership in the "War on Terror." Saca is also in DC to receive an award from the International Republican Institute as a "friend of freedom"!

We demand an end to police repression!
We demand justice for 14-year old William Alfredo Ventura, who died of lung conditions likely due to tear gas!
We demand that the U.S. State Department stop training the police at the ILEA!

Please contact CISPES at (415)
503-0789 for more information.


Brutal Government Attacks on Community of Cutumay Camones Continue
CISPES update
November 27, 2007

On November 22, the community of Cutumay Camones was again brutally attacked by the Salvadoran riot police (UMO). The community, in their continuous resistance to the construction of a garbage dump, blocked the entrance of the construction site. Orlando Mena, Santa Ana's mayor, joined with Police Director Rodrigo Avila in sending more than 300 riot police to "dissolve the protest", attacking the community with tear gas fired from surrounding helicopters.

The attack on the community likely caused the death of 14-year old William Alfredo Ventura who died from bronchitis and pneumonia complications provoked by the tear gas. At the same time, 39 people, including children under the age of 18, have been arrested and are under police custody. The community is demanding the immediate release of all community members captured last week and continues to demand an end to the construction of the garbage damp as well the end of police intervention on behalf of the private company Presys.

Given that the death of Ventura cold have been directly related to the use of tear gas, Human Rights Ombudsman Oscar Luna called for an investigation into his death. "We are questioning the police abusive use of force, for which there must be an investigation into the actions of the National Civilian Police," said Ombudsman Luna. Social organizations that make up the Forum for the Defense and Sustainability of Water are joining in the demand that the death of Ventura to be investigated. They are calling for solidarity with the community against the repressive acts of the National Civilian Police. Also, the Legislative Assembly called for Police Director Rodrigo Avila to visit the Assembly on Wednesday November 28 to explain the police procedure implemented in Cutumay Camones.

Previously, social organizations such as the Water Workers Union SETA organized an activity to accompany the community in their resistance against the building of the garbage dump which will contaminate local water resources. Various communities in resistance gathered at the event to show their support. The case is similar to that of the community of Tacuba where community leaders were targets of state repression for defending the administration of water earlier this year.

Right-wing parties such as the PCN recently voted in favor of a resolution in the Legislative Assembly which includes a series of recommendations on the Cutumay Camones case. First, the resolution demands that the General Attorney's office investigate the series of irregularities in the concession of construction and operating permits that the Environmental Ministry awarded the private company Presys. Second, it asks the National Civilian Police to stop intervention in the community, saying that a national security entity cannot serve the interests of a private company, nor should it be applying excessive force. Lastly, the resolution calls for the suspension of the garbage dump.

Alexis Stoumbelis
Bay Area CISPES
Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador
3012 16th Street, #205 (at Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94103
bayareacispes@yahoo.com
(415) 503-0789
www.cispes.org

[Nov 24-25] Día internacional para la eliminación de la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas


Nov 24: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts - 3 pm
2868 Mission St., San Francisco, CA - (415) 821-1155

Nov 25: Dance Mission - 5 pm
3316 24th St. San Francisco - (415) 826-4441

[Nov 16] No Attack on Iran: Demonstration in San Francisco

"Orange Alert"
to PREVENT Bush Bombing Iran

Friday, November 16
Nation-wide in unity with Iraq Moratorium

DEMONSTRATE in SAN FRANCISCO
Come pledge resistance to war against Iran

Rally and March - Converge at 2:30 PM
U.S. Army Recruiting Station
670 Davis, San Francisco, CA
(7 blocks from Embarcadero BART)

For more info: worldcantwait.org /415-864-5153

[Nov 9] Son Jarocho: Los Cojolites

Los Cojolites are in San Francisco!

Friday- November 9, 2007
8:00 p.m.

Community Music Center
544 Capp Street, San Francisco
(on capp, between 20th and 21st)

[Nov 9] Real Unity


Cafe Axe Cultural Center
1525 Webster, Oakland, CA
MAP
7:00 p.m. - Midnight

FREE

Featuring:
Fiyawata
The Attik
Company of Prophets
One Struggle Band

Youth Showcases:
Tha Faculty
Ball Till We Fall E.N.T.
Trinidad
EMC Boyz: Doe Boy and Darcsage
A-1 Nemisis
Chaos Da Kadar
Twizm
Zelly Mac and Young O

DJ Smokestack

Special Guests:
Aebl Dee and Treat-U-Nice

Hosted By:
Zakiya

More info

[Nov 2] Día de los muertos at the Secret Garden

Save our treasured community garden

Friday, November 2
6:30-8:30 pm
2710 Harrison St, near 23rd St

You are invited to share & enjoy the Altars, Pan de Muerto, Tamales, Music, Chocolate, Atole

The Secret Garden is a magical refuge where the soul of our community thrives and childrens' dreams come alive. We celebrate our cultural traditions at the Secret Garden, honoring and remembering our family & friends and offering our thoughts to people throughout the world in search of a just future.
This year, come stand with our community to protect our Secret Garden from those who have shut the garden's doors and robbed our community of its harvest.

Organized by ¡PODER! / To get involved call 415.431.4210

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Dia de los Muertos en el Jardín Secreto
Salva nuestro querido jardín

Viernes 2 de noviembre
6:30-8:30 pm

2710 Calle Harrison cerca de la Calle 23

Comparten y disfrutan los Altares, Pan de Muerto, Tamales, Musica, Chocolate, Atole

El Jardín Secreto es en refugio mágico donde el alma de nuestra comunidad crece con fuerza y los sueños de nuestros niños viven. Celebramos nuestras tradiciones culturales en el Jardín Secreto, honrando y recordando a nuestras familias y ofreciendo nuestros pensamientos a todo el pueblo del mundo que busca un futuro justo.

Este año, vengan apoyar a nuestra comunidad para proteger nuestro Jardí­n Secreto de los que lo cerraron, robando la cosecha de nuestra comunidad.

Organizado por ¡PODER!
Para involucrarse: 415.431.4210


People Organizing To Demand
Environmental & Economic Rights (PODER)
474 Valencia St. #125
SF, CA 94103
(415)431-4210
www.podersf.org

[Nov 1] Cafe de los Muertos: Benefit Dinner with Live Music in Oakland

Benefit for the No Borders Camp

11/01/2007
7:00pm - 11:59pm

It's the Day of the Dead and there's so much living to do.
A celebration for those going beyond their boundaries.

7:00 pm Dinner
Feast provided by local Farmers' Markets and community kindness.

8:00 pm Music
Brass Liberation Orchestra
The Aimless Never Miss
BeatBeat Whisper
The Sunward Spike
Clar Mooncalf
Okay
and more...

Plus a burn-your-effigies bonfire and midnight moment of silence.

$2-5 dinner, music for free.

All proceeds go to the No Borders Camp.
http://noborderscamp.org

The Speakeasy
604 56th Street @ Shattuck
North Oakland
(Ashby or Macarthur BART)

[Oct 27] Concierto de Francisco Herrera: Honor Migrante

27 de octubre de 2007
Teatro Brava
2781 24 th st.
San Francisco CA. 94110
7:00p.m.

Concierto HONOR MIGRANTE
Francisco Herrera nos deleitará con canciones de su nuevo CD llenas de amor, justicia y esperanza para nuestro pueblo migrante

Información: (415)643-9362
Ticket:15.00

[Oct 20] Precita Eyes Muralists celebrate 30th aniversary

Saturday, October 20th
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Project Artuad
499 Alabama Street
(between 17th street and Mariposa)

Precita Eyes Muralists is celebrating 30 years of community mural arts on Saturday, October 20th, with an all out Extravaganza at the funky & fabulous Project Artaud. The Gala evening will feature a live mural painting performance, an exhibit and silent auction of works by 30 Master Muralists, live music, light refreshments, & much more!

To reserve, call or email: (415)285-2287

[Oct 14] Immigration Nation

A collective of over twenty five artists
Invite you to join us
Sunday, October 14
Brava Theater
24th St. at York St.
Mission District - San Francisco
5 PM

A Festival! ****A Party!****A Concert!
Food***Drink***Music***Dance***Poetry
Join us as we celebrate who we are, and who we have always been—
a nation of many—a place of refuge—a sanctuary for the laboring people
of the world.

As artists we will be coming together to:
*collectively honor the first Americans, our
Native ancestors
*pay tribute to the our immigrant ancestors
and their immeasurable contribution to this nation
*reiterate the promise made to the laboring
people of the world as stated on the Statue of Liberty
*call on all immigrants to just “Keep on Crossing!”

Featured artists includes:
Juanita Smith Aguilar: Sierra Mono First American Singer Illdry
The Immigration Nation Drummers Alfonzo Texador and Sarah
Jorge Molina Powell
Maria Medina Serafim Shwarwan Napoli
Enrique Ramirez Colombian Dance Ensemble
Alfredo Gomez Jack Hirschman
Mama CóAtl Jennifer Barone
Palestinian Dance Troupe Los Nadies
Meklit
Alejandro Murguia
Francisco Orrego
YJ the Korean Rap Master

For more information, write to dorpayne@hotmail.com
or call (415) 571-7150

The Terror Dream

Friday, Oct. 12 - 8 pm
King Middle School Auditorium
1781 Rose Street
Berkeley

Book presentation and roundtable discussion

The Terror Dream
with Susan Faludi,Lakshmi Chaudhry, and Nora Barrows-Friedman

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Faludi, the author of /Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women/ and /Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man,/ is also the winner of a National Book Critics' Circle Award for Nonfiction.

"Susan Faludi, as always, is simply stunning. With heroic acuity, she digs through the mythological debris of the Bush era to recover the dark fairytale - shades of white savagery on the early frontier - that underlies the vengeance fantasy we call the 'war on terrorism.'" - Mike Davis

"The book is absolutely riveting, and is a refreshing, in-depth look at the ways in which the US' culture of aggression (especially after 9-11) continues to weave itself into the fabric of the definitions of feminism and masculinity -- and the underlying roles of the villains, the victims and the superheroes in the context of unraveling war, domination, 'terrorism' and violence." - Nora Barrows-Friedman

[Oct 6] Aniversario del Che Guevara

¡No has muerto, compañero!
40 Aniversario
de la caída de nuestro Comandante
Che Guevara

1967-2007

Sábado 6 de octubre 6 a 9 pm
522 Valencia St. (entre 16 y 17) - San Francisco

Trova, poesía, video
Comida y bebida

Donación voluntaria

Comité de Base del FMLN en San Francisco
(415) 503-0789
fmln@fmln-sf.org

[Oct 6] ¡El Che vive!


Homenaje al guerrillero heroico

Sábado 6 de octubre - 6 PM

522 Valencia St. - San Francisco
entre las calles 16 y 17

"Si el presente es de lucha, el futuro es nuestro."
“Che” Guevara

Musica, poesia y video
Biografia del Che por Gilberto Osorio
El Dueto Dinamico: Nina y Fabio,
Trovador en resistencia: Daniel Alvarenga,
Mamacoatl-Spoken word.
Omar y sus Rumberos
Poetas: Jacky Mendez, Chito Cuellar, Tony Ryan, Dottie Payne, Huracan Gomez, Alfonso Texidor.
Video y testimonio sobre los 5 heroes cubanos encarcelados.

Invita el Comite de Base del FMLN en San Francisco
Tel.: 415 503 0789 / 415 420 4203
E-mail: fmln@fmln-sf.org

[Oct 2] Funeral of a young man murdered by police, West Oakland

FUNERAL OF A YOUNG MAN IN WEST OAKLAND
MURDERED BY A POLICE OFFICER

On Thursday September 20th, on 54th and MLK, a young man of 21 years of age was murdered by a police officer.

Come and support the family of this victim of police violence.

THIS TUESDAY OCTUBER 2ND

BEEBE CHURCH
3900 TELEGRAPH AVENUE
11:00 AM

BY SHOWING UP, YOU WILL SHOW UNDERSTING FOR UNJUSTICE.

[Sep 30] Community Mural Block Party (Mission)


This Sunday we're celebrating the new Mural on 24th and Capp that was painted over the summer by over 200 community artists and volunteers from the Mission District. Please come out to support and have some fun.

Sunday Sept. 30
11am-5pm
24th and Capp St.

[Sep 28] Pachanga - recaudación de fontos para karavana al encuentro continental indígena


Pachanga!
Recaudación de fondos para una karavana al
Encuentro Continental Indígena en Sonora, México
(www.encuentroindigena.org)

611 32nd Street
Oakland, Califas
$5 cover (opcional)
*cooperación voluntaria para la comida

[Sep 16] Amor sin fronteras



16 Sep 2007 - 11AM-5PM
Dolores Park - San Francisco
For more info / para más información:
Angel: 415-699-2495
Rodrigo: 415-558-8403 x309

[Sep 15] FUGA en la Misión


¡Vengan a celebrar con nosotros los paises de latino america en la mision! ¡VIVA MEXICO LIBRE CON JUSTICIA Y DIGNIDAD!

We humbly invite you to dance, sing, y rebelar la noche del grito en la mision. Con una presentacion especial cultural de hora y media de parte de FUGA!

Sábado, 15 de Septiembre - 9PM
12 GALAXIES
2565 Mission ST.
con:
FUGA!
y también, desde Los Angeles, CA
MEZKLAH eletrónica / tribal en español
y special guests sorpresa de esa noche!

tickets $10
advance se pueden comprar en 12galaxies.com por internet

...desde la frontera...

www.fuguista.com

[Sep 13] Maquilápolis: Documentary on maquiladoras

Maquilapolis screening at City College
Thursday, Sep 13th at 12:30pm
at the Multicultural Resource Center
lower level Student Union Building, rm 104b
CCSF Ocean Campus, 50 Phelan ave

We will also have a discussion about the concerning the recent Border Tour trip hosted by the MCRC and planing for the No Borders Camp in November

http://www.deletetheborder.org/
Other planning meetings for the No Borders Camp in October
More info will be posted on Indybay calendar

[Sep 12] Vigilia por los derechos de l@s migrantes / Vigil for migrant rights

Vigilia en apoyo a Elvira Arellano y por derechos iguales para nuestras comunidades

Miércoles 12 de sept - 6:30 pm
24 y Mission, San Pancho
Para más información, llame al 415.487.9203

Vigil in support of Elvira Arellano and for equal rights for our communities

Wednesday Sep 12 at 6:30 pm
24th and Mission, San Freancisco
For more info call 415.487.9203

[Sep 9] Rebellion and Repression in Oaxaca

Sunday September 09
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
The Long Haul 3124 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
(2 blocks east of Ashby BART)

The customary Long Haul Sunday dinner (vegetarian, mostly vegan, served starting by 7:30) will have a Mexican flavor.

After dinner, there will be videos, presentations and discussion about the political repression in Oaxaca and other parts of Mexico. The main video will be True To My Pledge, the English-subtitled version of Compromiso Cumplido, a recent video which documents the struggle of the people of Oaxaca against the repressive State and Federal governments.

This event is also a fundraiser for the victims of the repression in Oaxaca. Donations for dinner and the program are encouraged but not mandatory.

People with information about struggles and repression in other parts of Mexico are encouraged to share it at this event.

[Sep 6] "Made in LA": Documentary about immigration, sweatshops and women workers

San Francisco Premiere Screening of the New Documentary Made in L.A.

A remarkable documentary about immigration, sweatshops and the women who make your clothes.

Thursday, September 6, 7 PM
Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street (near Valencia Street), San Francisco

FREE!

Made in L.A. follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from trendy clothing retailer Forever 21.
Compelling, humorous, and deeply human, Made in L.A. is a story about immigration, the power of unity and the courage it takes to raise your voice. In English and Spanish with bilingual subtitles. View the trailer.

Post-film discussion with filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar; Guadalupe Hernandez, one of the workers featured in the film; and Katie Quan, Associate Chair of the UC Berkeley Labor Center.

Presented by the UC Berkeley Labor Center and Active Voice. Co-sponsored by KQED with Amnesty International Western Regional Office, Asian Immigrant Women Advocates, Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition, Global Exchange, ITVS, Mujeres Unidas y Activas, and Sweatshop Watch.

For more information, please go to http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/ or http://www.madeinla.com/. Made in L.A. will air nationwide on PBS’ critically acclaimed nonfiction film series P.O.V. on September 4th at 10 pm (check local listings).

[Aug 16, 21] Autonomy in the Mission (San Francisco)

Our communites are greatly affected by violence and the city has their plan, which does not address the root causes of violence.

We as a community have a plan on how to address violence at the root and we need your help to get people informed, come share ideas and strategies how to implement a real plan on solving violence in the hood.

There are two events coming up:

•August 16th: Community Town Hall
@ Centro del Pueblo (5:30-7:30)
474 Valencia St, SF

•August 21st: Second Community
Townhall Meeting
@ St. Peters Church (5:30-7:30)
1249 Alabama St, SF

We need help with volunteers for child care, food, set up, and help the day of.

For More Info: Ana Maria Loya 415-575-3500

[Aug 15, 17] Fundraising for Indigenous Encuentro in Sonora (SF, Oakland)

Hope you can join us and PLEASE help us spread the word!

FUNDRAISING EVENTS for the EZLN / LA OTRA CAMPANA in their need
for support in preparation of THE UPCOMING ENCUENTRO INDIGENOUS
GATHERING OCTOBER 11TH - 14TH in Mexico

ATA, IFH & Comision de Fondes ( LA + Bay Area)
present "RESIST TO EXIST":
2 special screenings to benefit
the Zapatista / EZLN / La Otra Campana

Where+When #1:
Artists' Television Access (ATA) - 992 Valencia Street (at 21st), San Francisco
Wed, Aug 15, 8pm

Where+When #2:
Intertribal Friendship House (IFH) - 523 International Blvd, Oakland
Fri, Aug 17, 8 pm

How Much: $6 / Nota
All proceeds benefit the EZLN and La Otra Campana !

...

The Program:

Resistir Para Existir : La Lucha Cucapa (2007)
( Resist to Exist: the Cucapa Struggle)

+ Excerpts from "The Battle of Mexcio City" (2001)
Rage Against The Machine's concert DVD with xtras including
interviews with Zach de la Rocha, Noam Chomsky and Subcommandante Marcos

+ current clips from the indigenous struggles in Oaxaca, Atenco, etc.

+ Alicia Garcia & Sabin Portillo with slide show and special guests to
discuss the upcoming Encuentro de Pueblos Indigenas de America ( the
Gathering of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas) which will take place
October 11th-14th October, 2007 in the community of Vícam, Yaqui
Territory, Municipality of Guaymas, State of Sonora, Mexico

...

"Resist To Exist" is a short doc, which illustrates how the Cucapa, an
indigenous people from the community of El Mayor, Baja California,
struggle to survive after the Colorado River disappeared and after the
Mexican govt. has taken away their right to fish in the sea. A fishing
community by tradition for the thousands of years, the Cucapa now face a
life without water or food. However, their decision to continue as a
people, heirs of an ancient culture, has led them to find various avenues
to defend their rights. The Other Campaign and the Sixth Delegation of the
EZLN, have committed themselves to this struggle in defense of the life,
the culture and the nature of the Cucapa and Kiliwa people with the
establishment of an encampment on indigenous, Baja Californian territory
(from feb. to april 2007).

Produced by The Video Commission of la Otra en el Otro Lado Mexico 2007
17:56 min

...

"The Battle of Mexico City" is a documentary by Rage Against The
Machine at the height of their musical and political force just prior to
their initial disbanding, and now a perfect prelude to their
reunion show in SF on the Rock The Bells Tour with Public Enemy, Wu-Tang
Clan and many more on Aug. 18. Directed by Joe DeMaio.

...

More Information:

www.encuentroindigena.org
www.stopthegenocidecampaign.blogspot.com
www.atatsite.org
www.ifh07.freehostia.com/news.php

...

Contact: Sabin
bigamigo@earthlink.net

[Jul 24] Fear and Loathing with the Bay Area Immigrants Rights Coalition

Join the Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition
for a night at the movies!

Featuring: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro

Show starts at 9:15pm
Come early to order your pizza and beer, grab your popcorn and comfy couch!

Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Parkway Speakeasy Theatre
1834 Park Blvd, Oakland
www.picturepubpizza.com

Entrance $8 – Bring your checkbooks!

fearandloathing

[Jul 17] Anti-Gentrification Action (San Francisco)

Tomorrow we'll be meeting up at 12:30 at the Cesar Chaves site, gather up again at 24th and bart to do some fliering, then take bart to the public hearing w/ Supervisors at City Hall, scheduled to begin at 3:30pm (sharp!) RM 200. Help us hold these men accountable to people before profits!

Please come and bring friends & family!!! Another Project IS Possible!
****************************

Mañana a las 12:30pm not vamos a reunir al sitio en la Cesar Chavez, y de ahi irnos al 24 y bart para hacer mas volanteo, y de ahi tomar bart para la audiencia publica, que va conensar a las 3:30 (en punto!), en el cuarto 200. Porfavor ayuda hacer que estos hombres pongan las necesidades humanas antes del dinero!

Porfavor trai tu familia y amig@s! Otro Projecto SI es Posible!!!

[Jul 9 - 17] Week of Action for Affordable Housing/Semana de Accion por la Vivienda accesible (Mission)

BASTA CON DESPLAZAMIENTO! HAY QUE ORAGANIZARNOS! /
ENOUGH WITH GENTRIFICATION! LET'S GET ORGANIZED!

Lunes Julio 9 - Martes Julio 17
Semana de acciones para oponer condominios lujoso$ y otro walgeens y retomarlo para viviendas accesibles para nuestars familias y centros para la communidad! Reunete con nosotros cada dia en el sitio 3400 Calle Cesar Chaves, esquina con la Calle Mission.

Monday July 9th - Tuesday July 17th
Week of actions to oppose expen$ive condos & another walgreens & retake it for affordable housing for our families and community spaces! Join us every day at the site, at 3400 Cesar Chavez St, corner at Mission St.

Horario/ Schedule-

Lunes/Monday: "La Retoma/The Take Back!"

12pm Conferencia de Prensa/ Press Conference
5-7pm Eventos comunitarios /Community Events

Martes/Tuesday: Vivienda y Anti-pobreza/Housing Justice & Anti-poverty

5-7pm Eventos comunitarios /Community Events

Miercoles/ Wednesday- Trabajadores/as! / Workers!
12-2 Taller con Jornaleros, Trabajadoras Domesticas y Eventos Comunitarios / Workshops with Day Laborers, Women Domestic Workers and Community Events.

Jueves/ Thursday- Immigrantes/ Immigrants!

5-7pm Eventos comunitarios /Community Events

Viernes/ Friday- Solidaridad con Grupos LGBT y de Otras Communidades/ Solidarity w/ LGBT groups and Other Communities

5-7pm Eventos comunitarios /Community Events
7pm- Pachanga!/ Party! w/con Young Workers United

Sabado/ Saturday- Jovenes/ Youth!
2-5pm BBQ + Eventos comunitarios /Community Events

5-7pm Microfono Abierto Para los Jovenes/ Youth Open Mic

Domingo/ Sunday- Familias/ Families!
1-5pm Reunion y Eventos/ Reunion and Events

Lunes/ Monday 16th - Caminata por la Vecindad/ Walk through the Neighborhood!
5-7pm Alcance a la communidad/ Outreach to community

Martes/ Tuesday 17th-
Reunion Publica con la Mesa de Supervisantes/ Board of Supervisors Public Meeting
3:30pm llegale con tod@s tu familia y tus compas! / bring all your family an friends!


Si podrias ayudar con mesas, comida, tarpas o qualqiera de los muchos trabajos que se va necesitar para esta grande semana, porfavor pongase en contacto con Nicolas, (MAC, MEDA), al 415.531.4239

If you are interested in helping with tables, food, tarps or any of the many tasks required for this big week, please contact Nicolas (MAC, MEDA) at 415.531.4239

[Jul 12] Protest Gang Injunctions

Racial Profiling = Gang Injunctions

Thursday, July 12, 2007
* Press Conference at the Court Building: 400 McAllister St
at 9:30 am!! Stop the Gang Injunctions!

The Mission District and allies are protesting the proposed Gang Injunctions against the Nortenos, Eddy Rock, Chopper City and Knock Out Posse gangs.

These gang injunctions will:

1. Make it easier to criminalize youth
2. Exclude those under the injunction from their communities
3. Make it easier to prosecute alleged "gang members" by making "gang signs" a crime, wearing certain colors a crime, associating with other folks under injunctions a crime, and much more
4. Legalizes Racial Profiling against Blacks, Latinos, and other People of Color

The mission district feels that gang injunctions are an extension of gentrification because it is segregating more people of color out of their communities were they could receive services or interact with community organizations that can provide help to them.

We also feel that we have directly been pushed aside from any decision making in this process. Where is the jobs for youth? Where is the money for rehabilitation programs? Why haven't our children's schools been getting more funding?

Our communities should demand to be included in policies that will directly affect our families, friends, and communities.

Please come and support our press conference and let the Mayor Newsom and City Attorney Dennis Herrera that we don't want any gang injunctions, what we want is community involvement in solving our problems.

For more info holla at Ana Maria Loya @ 415-575-3500 at La Raza Centro Legal

The next meeting will be held at Centro del Pueblo on July 10, 2007 @ 5pm.
Located on 16th and Valencia
(474 Valencia Street)

[Jul 12] An Evening of Comedy for Immigrant Rights

Immigrant Rights Are Humor Rights!
An Evening of Comedy to Support BAIRC
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Doors open at 6:00, show starts at 6:30 pm
Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland

Starring: Hari Kondabolu ( http://www.harithecomic.com/ ) who has performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and was featured in the 2007 HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.

Aundré the Wonderwoman from Funny Girlz who has been described as “The Queen of Nothing Sacred” and takes on everything from animal lovers to presidential politics.

Sheng Wang who has appeared on Comedy Central and Mistress of Ceremonies: Betty Pazmiño

No host bar, food and raffle.
Donation: $20-50, sliding scale
Bring your checkbooks, too!

Please join us for a night of laughs, good company, and fundraising!

[Jul 6] "Fuck the Fourth" - Micro Film Festival

July 6, 7:30pm-10pm
AK Press Warehouse
674a 23rd Street, Oakland

Estacion Libre and Collectiva Zapatista Ramona are collaborating on a micro film festival to build community, stimulate dialogue, and encourage creative resistance. We will be screening a series of shorts ranging from old government films, Zapatista footage, animations, queer and feminist films.

We are raising funds for a delegation of people of color with the purpose of building the anti-authoritarian, liberation movement.

The film fest will run through the summer and be held on the first Friday of July, August and September... each Friday will have a different theme so be sure to`come to all of them.

The first film screening called is Fuck the Fourth and we will be showing a series of patriotic shorts.

Come out on on July 6, 7:30pm-10pm to AK Press Warehouse 674a-23rd Street, Oakland.


Estacion Libre, a radical people of color colllective, is committed to building a free, egalitarian, cooperative, directly democrative and peaceful society that empowers each of us through autonomy and self-determination.

Collectiva Zapatista Ramona, is formed by migrants in the bay area, adherent to the sixth declaration of the Lacandon Jungle committed to making a different form of politics inspired by the Zapatistas, below and to the left in order to create a different world.

[June 22] Cartas del Otro Lado

INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY COALITION presents...
Free Community Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Cartas del Otro Lado/ Letters From the Other Side

FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 7pm @ EastSide Cultural Center

2277 International Blvd, OAKLAND

For more information call 510/ 533 6629

Partial list of IWDC members: AnakBayan East Bay, AnewAmerica Community Corporation, La Clinica de la Raza - CASA CHE, CRECE, EastSide Arts Alliance, Filipinos for Affirmative Action, Huaxtec, Mujeres Unidas y Activas



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La COALICION DIA INTERNACIONAL DEL TRABAJADOR presenta
Cine por la Comunidad Gratis y Discusion sobre Inmigracion

"Cartas del Otro Lado"

VIERNES 22 de JUNIO, 7pm en el EastSide Cultuaral Center

2277 International Blvd, Oakland

Para mas informacion llamar al 510/ 261 3398

Lista parcial de miembros de la coalicion: AnakBayan East Bay, AnewAmerica Community Corporation, La Clinica de la Raza - CASA CHE, CRECE, EastSide Arts Alliance, Filipinos for Affirmative Action, Huaxtec, Mujeres Unidas y Activas

[Jun 13] Braving Borders, Building Bridges: A Journey for Human Rights

Please join
The Black Alliance for Just Immigration
and
The Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition

A Forum and Report Back from:

“Braving Borders, Building Bridges: A Journey for Human Rights”
An African American Tour of the U.S.-Mexico Border
Wednesday, June 13
Dinner: 5:30 p.m.
Program: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Laney College Forum
900 Fallon Street, Oakland
Donations accepted

African American leaders will share their experiences on a human
rights tour of the US-Mexico border. They include Rev. Phil Lawson,
San Pablo City Councilmember Leonard McNeil, former Peralta
Community College Board Member Alona Clifton, Liz Derias of the
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and BAJI Coordinator Gerald Lenoir.

We will hear music, have dinner and begin creating relationships
necessary to foster true positive change for all our communities.

For more information, contact Gerald Lenoir at bajimail@yahoo.com,
(510) 849-9940 or Larisa Casillas at 510-839-7598,
larisa@immigrantrights.org.

[June 12] Fred Hampton Jr and Emory Douglas

Chairman Fred Hampton Jr of the Prisoners of Conscience Committee will be having a open public discussion wit' Black Panther Party Minister of Culture Emory Douglas about revolutionary art, the counter-intelligence program, and the history and legacy of the Black Panther Party and how it relates to the work of the POCC today. This event will take place on Tuesday, June 12th at 7pm at the Black New World, 836 Pine St., in the Bottoms of West Oakland. No one will be turned away because of lack of funds.

[Jun 9] Transforming Racism: In our Congregations and our World

Facilitated by Swan Keyes & Abbazero
Sat, June 9th. - 9am-4pm

Cost: $55
Location: UU Church of Berkeley, 1 Lawson Rd, Berkeley

This seminar investigates many things including:
Social Justice work as Spiritual Practice.

To Register or for more info call 925-256-4334 or
email Susan@LankfordDesign.com

[Jun 9] 4th Annual Temescal Street Fair

Saturday, June 9, 2007 - Noon to 6:00 PM
Telegraph Avenue, between 48th and 51st Streets, Oakland.

Music Stage, Kids Stage, Craft and Community Booths
Art Making, Food and Drink Booths

The Chiapas Support Committee will have a booth there all afternoon.
Join us!
Our booth is #88, located in between 48th and 49th Streets.

[June 9] Leftist Lounge IV (San Francisco)

Saturday, June 9
8pm - 2am

Balazo Gallery, 2183 Mission St. @ 18th, San Francisco
$8-20 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds!
Wheelchair accessible!

Dance all the way to Atlanta: DJ's, dancing, silent auction and surprises!

A benefit party to get working-class members of local grassroots organizations to Atlanta this summer for the 1st ever national U.S. Social Forum. Come out and help our communities participate in this important opportunity to build a strong and united left to challenge u.s. imperialism!

Calling all revolutionaries, souljahs, freedom fighters, graffiti writers, grassroots organizers... Shake yo conscious booties to celebrate the struggle and raise funds for the movement!!

The Leftist Lounge is a celebration of local, national and international struggles for social, economic and racial justice.

[June 7] Calle y Libertad action group (Balazo Gallery)

Oye mi gente..

Manaña tendremos la proxima reunion de nuestro grupo de accion CALLE y LIBERTAD. Estamos preparando unas acciones comunitarios y necesitamos el apoyo de todos. Esta es una de los pasos para alcanzar nuestro vision de tomar y desarollar el sitio localizado en la calles mission y chavez para nuestra comunidad: Queremos viviendas accesibles, trabajos justos y negocios locales.

Jueves, 7 de Junio
6:30-8pm Balazo 18 gallery
2183 Calle Mission /cerca de la Calle 18

para información llamanme al 415-431-4210

comida y bebidas gratis

-oscar

•••••••••
Oye my peoples...

Tomorrow is our next meeting of our action group CALLE y LIBERTAD at Balazo gallery.

We are getting ready for some upcoming community actions and events. We need your support. These are some real important steps towards reaching our goals of turning over the lot at Chavez & Mission for the communiy- We want affordable housing, good jobs for our people and local businesses.

Thursday, June 7
6:30-8pm @ balazo 18 gallery
2183 Mission St./18th St.

for info call me (415)431-4210

free food
-oscar

--
People Organizing To Demand Environmental & Economic Rights (PODER)
474 Valencia St. #125
SF, CA 94103
(415)431-4210
www.podersf.org

[May 22] Voting for Berkeley Sanctuary / Votación para Santuario Berkeley

El Concilio y el Alcalde de Berkeley votarán para declarar a Berkeley una Ciudad Santuario en apoyo a la comunidad inmigrante

Martes 22 de Mayo a las 6:30 PM
2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
(En la entrada de las oficinas del Distrito Escolar)
Quienes: Padres de familia, lideres comunitarios, maestros y niños acompañenos para seguir el ejemplo de otras ciudades del area de la bahía como, Oakland, Richmond, San Francisco, San Jose y East Palo Alto: ciudades que se han declarado santuario. Antes de la junta, nos reuniremos en las gradas para apoyar la resolución, habrá oradores y medios de comunicación para difundir el apoyo a la comunidad inmigrante y protestar por las redadas y el terror que causa ICE en nuestras comunidades.

Apoyo: BOCA, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, AFSCME LOCAL 3299 y miembros de la comunidad


Berkeley's Mayor and City Council will vote to join other Bay Area cities including Oakland, Richmond, San Francisco, San Jose and East Palo Alto in declaring itself an immigrant sanctuary
Before the meeting, community members will rally on the front steps of the City Council Chambers

Tuesday May 22, 2007 at 6:30 PM
2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Who: Immigrant parents, community leaders, teachers and children will be on hand to testify about the terrifying impact of ICE raids on the City of Berkeley and to urge our city leaders to join other cities in reaffirming its support for the civil rights of all of its residents and declaring itself an immigrant sanctuary by way of a new historic ordinance.

Support: BOCA, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, AFSCME LOCAL 3299, and community members

[May 22] Cucapas: People of the River (photo exhibit - SF)

Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 6-9 PM
111 Minna - San Francisco

For more info: www.stand4dignity.org
info@stand4dignity.org

[May 16-19] International Conference on the Murders of Women in Mexico, Canada and Guatemala

Stanford University

Conference and all events FREE and open to the public!

The conference Feminicide = Sanctioned Murder: Race, Gender and Violence in Global Context will be examining the murders and disappearances of women in Mexico , Guatemala and Canada that are occurring on an epidemic scale.

The aim and purpose of the conference is to stop the violence and map out ways to bring about justice. Distinguished participants include Elena Poniatowska, one of Mexico’s most eminent writers, whose innovative writing advocates for women and the poor in their struggle for social and economic justice, and Lidia Cacho, who recently received an award from Amnesty International for exposing a net of pederasts linked to the government and big business, and for creating a shelter for the children, victims of trafficking and abuse in Cancún, Mexico.

The conference, presented by Chicana and Chicano Studies of The Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University , brings together the most knowledgeable experts on the subject of feminicide in recent years, including mothers of murdered and disappeared women, activists, academics, writers and journalists, human rights lawyers, artists and filmmakers.

In Ciudad Juarez alone over 400 victims have been murdered over the last fourteen years and over 600 have been reported disappeared. In Guatemala, more than 700 women a year are being killed with impunity. Recently, a conference in Canada revealed that over 100 indigenous women have been murdered in a similar manner.

Schedule:

* Killer’s Paradise, the screening of a new Canadian documentary about the feminicide in Guatemala. Discussion following.
When: Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Time: 7:00pm
Where: Main Quad, Building 260, Room 113

* Candlelight Vigil. People will gather to commemorate the women who have been murdered.
When: Thursday, May 17, 2007
Time: At dusk
Where: White Plaza

* Conference. Panels and featured speakers
When: Thursday and Friday, May 18 and 19
Where: Tresidder Union, Oak West

· Friday, May 18:
Opening speaker: Elena Poniatowska (9:00-10:00 am)
Relatives of Murdered Women (10:00 am-12:00 pm): Paula Flores ( Juarez ), Eva Arce
(Juarez), Gwenda Yuzicappi ( Canada ), Norma Cruz ( Guatemala )
Cover Up: Corruption, Torture and Erasure (2:00-4:00 pm): Marisela Ortiz, Miguel David Meza, Lidia Cacho
Plenary speaker: Rita Laura Segato (4:00-5:00), “Who Is Behind the Murders?”
Art and Human Rights (7:00-9:00): Rosa-Linda Fregoso, Lourdes Portillo, Irene Simmons

· Saturday, May 19:
· Remedies (10:00am – 12:00 pm): Adriana Carmona, Esther Chávez Cano, Judith Galarza
· Judicial Reform (2:00 – 4:00 pm): Lucha Castro, Carlos Castresana Fernández, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (to be confirmed)

*Closing speaker: Marcela Lagarde

NOTE: Simultaneous translation will be provided.

The art installation, ReDressing Injustice by Irene Simmons will be on display in Tresidder Lounge.

For additional information and directions to the conference visit: http://ccsre.Stanford.edu.

[May 17] Fight University of California's development of Hidrogen Bomb

Students at the University of California at Berkeley are doing a fast in solidarity with the UC Hunger Strike by UC Santa Barbara students opposed to the University's role in developing a new Hydrogen Bomb.

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_5500489

On May 17, the UC Regents will be meeting. The students at Berkeley have decided to go on a full hunger strike if the UC does not back out of their plans.

Info on attending the Regents meeting on Thursday, May 17th:

Schedule: 8 am - public comment period
If you'd like to make a one-minute statement to the Regents, please call their office during business hours to sign up: 510-987-9220.

10 am - Rally!
ARTivism! Join us outside the meeting for music, speeches, and beautiful art as we call on the Regents to adopt an emergency resolution to sever ties with the nuclear weapons labs.

11:20 - DOE lab oversight committee meets

12:00 - Press conference outside the meeting

Location: UCSF Mission Bay Campus. For driving directions, a campus map, and parking info, please see: http://pub.ucsf.edu/missionbay/directions/

Transportation: For carpool, please email chelseavc@gmail.com.
Public transit: The UCSF Mission Bay campus is served by the Muni T-Third Street line, which stops at the UCSF Mission Bay Station located on Third Street near 16th Street.

For more background on our movement: www.freetheuc.org.

And feel free to visit the fasters at our spot by Wheeler Hall, Monday-Wednesday 11 am - 6 pm!

Please forward this info on to your contacts. We need all the help we can get!

For more info:
http://nonukeshungerstrike.blogspot.com/
http://www.ucnuclearfree.org/
http://detodos-paratodos.blogspot.com/2007/05/huelga-de-hambre-en-la-universidad-de.html

To support us:
http://www.sbantiwar.org/hungerstrike

[May 12] Celebrate Roque Dalton (SF)

Celebration of the life and work of Salvadoran poet and revolutionary
Roque Dalton

Saturday, May 12 - 6-9 PM
312 Valencia St, San Francisco


Poetry, music, and commentary on the current situation in El Salvador / Latin America.

Salvadoran food will also be available.

Sponsored by the FMLN and Veterans of the Roque Dalton Cultural Brigade

[May 4] Noche Rebelde / Night of Rebellion (concert)

ONE STRUGGLE BAND, BROWN BUFFALO PROJECT, DJ AGANA!!
Viernes, 4 de Mayo / Friday, May 4 - 7:00 PM
Intertribal Friendship House (523 International Blvd, Oakland)

Recaudación de fondos para apoyar a la comunidad Cucapá de Baja California, Mexico y para una delegación indígena a Chiapas.
Fundraiser to support the Cucapa community from Baja California, Mexico & an indigenous delegation to Chiapas.

$5 estudiantes/students, $8 general

Para mas información, visita: http://stopthegenocidecampaign.blogspot.com

Una colaboracion de/A collaboration of:
Colectiva Zapatista Ramona ~ Stand for Dignity ~ SFSU Student Group ~ Chiapas Support Committee ~ SFSU MEChA ~ SKINS ~ Estacion Libre de Oakland ~ Intertribal Friendship House Committee

[May 4] Decolonization! An installation of self-rule


Opening reception for
DECOLONIZATION! AN INSTALLATION OF SELF RULE

Friday, MAY 4 - 6 TO 9PM
CORNELIA BELL'S BLACK BOTTOM GALLERY
1018 Pine Street, West Oakland 94607
Village Bottoms Cultural District

new work by marcel diallo, eesuu orundide,
githinji wa mbire, duane deterville & kimara dixon

PLUS:
decolonization suite!
freedom music by
Marcel Diallo, vocals
Ric Alexander, sax
India Cooke, violin
Kimara Dixon, bass
Kele Nitoto, percussion

the black new world
social aid & pleasure club
836 pine street - oakland, 94607
www.blacknewworld.com

[May 3] Atenco no se Olvida (AZ Davis)

Acción Zapatista Davis presents
Atenco no se Olivda

An evening of info & dialogue in solidarity with the victims & political prisoners from Atenco, Mexico

THURSDAY MAY 3rd - 8PM
119 WELLMAN HALL
UCDAVIS

screening the documentary:
ATENCO- BREAKING THE SIEGE

followed by discussion about the situation in atenco,
the otra campaña zapatista & its significance here in the US,
& a chance for folks to dialogue about the may 1st events

One year ago, on may 3rd and 4th, 2006 the mexican city of san salvador atenco was the site of brutal repression by thousands of federal police forces against the local community as well as members of the otra campaña zapatista. the horrific violence included the murder of two young men, rampant police brutality, arbitrary detentions, random raids of private homes, acts of torture, and sexual assault against dozens of women. one year later, 29 political prisoners remain incarcerated at the santiaguito prison, and justice has not been served...

info: laotracalifas@yahoo.com

[May 1] Marcha del 1 de Mayo en Oakland

[ENGLISH BELOW]
Los invitamos a participar en el Dia Internacional del Trabajador, el 1 de Mayo 2007 en Oakland

La MARCHA va empezar a las 10am en la PLAZITA de la FRUITVALE hasta el EDIFICIO FEDERAL en OAKLAND.

Legalizacion para Todos! Alto a las redadas y a las deportaciones!

Muchos grupos estan trabajando juntos prioritzando liderazgo inmigrante para planear esta marcha incluyendo:
CRECE, Lucha Unida de Jornaleros, Casa CHE de la Clinica de la Raza, East Bay Santuario, Mujeres Unidas y Activas, Causa Justa, Eastside Arts Alliance, Anew America & BAIRC

Si su grupo tiene interes en apoyar la planificacion de esta marcha por favor entre en contacto con Mujeres Unidas: (510) 261 3398, maria@mujeresunidas.net


We invite you to participate in International Workers Day, May 1, 2007 in Oakland!

MARCH May 1 at 10am from the FRUITVALE PLAZA to the FEDERAL BUILDING in OAKLAND

Legalization for all now! End detentions and deportations!

Many organizations are working together and prioritizing grassroots immigrant leadership to plan this march including:
CRECE, Lucha Unida de Jornaleros, Casa CHE de la Clinica de la Raza, East Bay Santuario, Mujeres Unidas y Activas, Just Cause, Eastside Arts Alliance, Anew America & BAIRC

If your organization is interested in helping to plan this march please get in touch with Mujeres Unidas: (510) 261 3398, claudia@mujeresunidas.net
http://www.mujeresunidas.net/

Check out our new report on the working conditions of household workers! http://www.mujeresunidas.net/media/MUA_rpt.pdf

[May 1] Marcha del 1 de Mayo en San Francisco

¡Celebre el día internacional del trabajador!
¡No trabaje!
¡No vaya a la escuela!

Marcha por la legalización para tod@s
Martes, el 1 de Mayo
12 del medio día
Parque Dolores
Deporten a la Migra se va a juntar en la Dolores y 19.
Busque nuestra manta amarilla.

El 1 de Mayo de 2006 fue histórico en el movimiento pro-inmigrante. Este 1 de Mayo hágalo histórico de nuevo —salga a la calle y únase a la marcha por la legalización y en contra de las redadas.

Celebrate international worker's day! Don't work or go to school!

March for the legalization for all now!
Tuesday, May 1st - 12 noon
Dolores Park
Deporten a la Migra will gather at Dolores & 19.
Look for our yellow banner.

MAY DAY 2006 will go down in history as the day millions of immigrants took this country back, by marching and boycotting school, work, and commercial products. This MAY DAY come help make history again--march to oppose the anti-immigrant bills proposed in congress and demand just legalization for all.

[Apr 30] On the Eve of El Primero de Mayo / En la víspera del 1o de mayo

(sigue en español)
Conversation with organizers and leaders
about the struggle for Immigrant Rights
in the Bay Area and beyond

Monday, April 30, 2007 - 7:00 pm
522 Valencia St., San Francisco, 3rd Floor Auditorium

The Center for Political Education invites you to participate in a discussion on the Immigrant Rights Movement: join leaders, activists and members of the immigrant rights movement in a dialogue on the eve of the May Day mobilizations across the country.
  • Where is the movement at one year after the April/May 2006 upsurge?
  • What's the latest analysis about immigration reform, legal battles, deportation and detention and the fight for citizenship and legalization?
  • What lessons can be learned from the last year of work and how can the broader left support the movement?

    Organizations Invited:
    Deporten a la Migra - San Francisco Organizing Project (Proyecto de Organización de San
    Francisco) - Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition (Coalición de Derechos de Inmigrantes del Área de la Bahia) - San Francisco Labor Council (Consejo Laboral de San Francisco) - San Francisco Immigrant Legal and Education Network (Red Legal y de Educación de Inmigrantes
    de San Francisco)

    $5 donation at door (no one turned away)
    For more information contact: (415) 431-1918 or
    center@politicaleducation.org

    **Este evento va tener traducción en español**


    Conversación con organizadores y líderes sobre la
    lucha por los Derechos de los Inmigrantes en el Área de
    la Bahia y más allá


    Lunes, 30 de Abril, 2007 - 7:00 pm
    522 Valencia, San Francisco, Auditorio del Tercer Piso

    El Centro de Educación Política le invita a participar en esta discusión sobre el Movimiento de Derechos de Inmigrantes: reúnase con líderes, activistas, y miembros del movimiento pro derechos de inmigrantes en la víspera de las mobilizaciones del Primero de Mayo en todo el país.
  • ¿Dónde esta el movimiento a un año del surgimiento de Abril/Mayo 2006?
  • ¿Cuál es el análisis más reciente sobre la reforma migratoria, batallas legales, deportaciones y detenciones, y la lucha por la ciudadanía y la legalización?
  • ¿Qué lecciones se pueden aprender del trabajo de este año, y cómo puede la izquierda más amplia apoyar a este movimiento?

    Organizaciones invitadas:
    Deporten a la Migra
    San Francisco Organizing Project (Proyecto de Organización de San Francisco) - Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition (Coalición de Derechos de Inmigrantes del Área de la Bahia) - San Francisco Labor Council (Consejo Laboral de San Francisco) - San Francisco Immigrant Legal and Education Network (Red Legal y de Educación de Inmigrantes de San Francisco)

    Donación voluntaria $5. Todos son bienvenidos.
    Para más información llamar a 415-431-1918 o escribir a
    center@politicaleducation.org

    www.politicaleducation.org

[Apr 28] El Recorrido/The Journey (The Roxie, SF)


Queridos amigos
Vamos a mostrar la pelicula El Recorrido

We will be showing the movie: El Recorrido Oxkutzcab-San Francisco
Saturday April 28 at 11AM at the ROXIE theatre and it's FREE ADMISSION.
3117 16th St. (at Valencia) in Sn Fco. You can take Bart and get off at 16th St,
Hope to see you all there!!!!

[Apr 28] Immigrant Workers Organize

Bosses use ICE and the threat of deportation to intimidate workers and deny them their rights. Come exercise strategies to defend ourselves from La Migra. This workshop will look at using the law and ways to act beyond the law.

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2pm - 5pm" at Corazon del Pueblo at 4814 International Boulevard, E. Oakland

[Apr 26] Escuela Rosa Parks: ¡Conozca sus Derechos!


Conozca sus Derechos de Inmigración

Jueves 26 de abril - 6:30 a 8:00 PM
Escuela Rosa Parks
930 Allston Way - Berkeley

[Apr 24-25] Day of Action to Clean Up Ecuador

APRIL 24th, 2007 6-8pm
Public Speaking Event with Goldman Prize Winner
Luis Macas and Trial attornies Pablo Fajardo and Steven Donziger
World Affairs Council
312 Sutter #200 and Grant San Francisco, CA
At Powell BART

APRIL 25th, 2007 7-11:30am
Rally @ Chevron Headquarters' Annual
Shareholder's Meeting
6001 Bollinger Road, San Ramon, CA
Take Express Shuttle from Walnut Creek BART

Protest @ Chevron's Annual Shareholder's Meeting April 25th
Rally Begins at 7:00am
Shareholders Arrive 7:00am - 8:00am
Shareholder Meeting: 8:00am - 10:00am
Report Back from Ecuadorian Indigenous Leaders Attending Meeting: 10:00am
Rally While Shareholders Depart!
Take the Express Shuttle to Chevron from Walnut Creek BART
To join a carpool from SF, Berkeley, or Oakland, contact Christy Tennery at cetennery@hotmail.com.

THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY IS CLOSE TO VICTORY.

ChevronTexaco is currently a defendant in an historic trial in Ecuador for having deliberately dumped 18.5 billion gallons of toxic waste directly into the rainforest, threatening the survival of indigenous peoples and leaving behind what is likely the worst oil-related disaster on the planet. The crude oil contained in Texaco's contamination is more than 30 times greater than the entire volume of crude spilt in the Exxon Valdez disaster.

Filed on behalf of 30,000 indigenous and campesino people from the Ecuadorian Amazon, the lawsuit (Aguinda v. ChevronTexaco) has the potential to set a precedent that could benefit millions of persons worldwide victimized by human rights abuses committed by private companies. The case implicates important issues of globalization, indigenous rights, and corporate responsibility.

Support communities from at home and abroad, including the Philippines, Iraq, Richmond, and Ecuador, in holding Chevron accountable for human and environmental rights abuses that exact a toll on their lives, land, and culture.

COSPONSORS:
Amnesty International, Amazon Watch, Oil Change International, Anti-War Groups, West County Toxics, Communities for a Better Environment, Richmond Greens, Rainforest Action Network, Global Exchange, Filipino/American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity (FACES CARENOW! Campaign), International Accountability Project

For more information contact:
Zachary Hurwitz at 415-487-9600 or zach@amazonwatch.org
www.chevrontoxico.com
www.amazonwatch.org
www.amnestyusa.org/business/sharepower/chevron

[Apr 25] ¡Vicente Fox, No eres Bienvenido!

[English version below]

Marcha en el Centro de San Diego
Abril 25 2007 a las 6:00 pm

Vicente Fox, el ex-presidente de Mexico, responsable por masacres de gente indígena en Chiapas, por las desapariciones de participantes en la lucha en Oaxaca y por la negligencia en el caso de las mujeres asesinadas en Juarez y Chihuahua, viene a San Diego el 25 de abril para recibir el "Premio de la Democracia y la Paz", dado por el Instituto de las Americas, una organización derechista que está ubicado en el campus de la Universidad de California de San Diego

Como la coalición vAPPOroaxaca, creemos que premiar a Fox es un insulto profundo a toda la gente afectada por las grandes violaciones de derechos humanos hechas por su gobierno.

Como respuesta, hacemos una llamada de accion a toda la comunidad de San Diego a participar en la marcha "Fox, NO eres bienvenido!" que empezará a las 6 pm en frente de la estatua de Benito Juarez en Pantoja Park (en el G Street, entre las calles Kettner y State) y terminará en el Horton Plaza, frente al hotel US Grant donde Fox recibirá su premio. También, habrá un bloc de bicicletas que empezará en el fuente de Balboa Park a las 5 pm y se reunirá con la marcha.

Habrá una reunión para planificar la marcha a las 12 pm el sabado, el 21 de abril durante las festividades del día de Chicano Park.

Si tiene preguntas, por favor mande un correo a vappor-oaxaca@riseup.net.



Vicente Fox: You're Not Welcome!
March in downtown San Diego.
April 25 2007 at 6:00 pm
Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, responsible for the massacres of indigenous people in Chiapas, for the disappearances of participants in the struggle in Oaxaca and for negligence in the case of the murdered women in Juarez and Chihuahua, is coming to San Diego on April 25th to receive the "Award for Democracy and Peace", given by the Americas Institute, a right-wing organization that is located on the UC San Diego campus.

We in the coalition vAPPOroaxaca believe that giving this award to Fox is a grave insult to all people who have been affected by the gross violations of human rights committed by the his administration. As a response, we are making a call to action to the community of San Diego to participate in the march "Fox, you are NOT welcome!" that will start at 6 pm in front of the Benito Juarez statue in Pantoja Park (on G Street in between Kettner and State streets) and end in Horton Plaza in front of the US Grant hotel where Fox will receive his award. Also, there will be a bike blocthat will start at the fountain in Balboa Park at 5 pm and meet up with the march. There will be a planning meeting for the march at noon on Saturday, April 21, during the Chicano Park day festivities.

If you have any questions, please send an email to vappor-oaxaca@riseup.net.

[Apr 21] Decolonization and Autonomous Solutions

An open dialogue by and for indigenous people, immigrants and other people of color; Let's strengthen autonomous solutions towards decolonization.

SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2pm - 5pm at Corazon del Pueblo at 4814 International Boulevard, E. Oakland

[Apr 20] 2nd Annual Expressions of Queer People of Color

SFSU QPOC PRESENTS
2nd Annual Expressions of Queer People of Color
Friday April 20th 2007 - 6-9 pm
Jack Adams Hall (SFSU Student Center)
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco,CA

$3-5 donation at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds)

An evening of live performances:
Spoken Word
Theatrical Comedy
Dance
Music
Films
Open Mic
Art
Drag
Raffle
Free Food and more!!!!

[Apr 19] Verdades y Mentiras sobre la propuesta de ley Gutierrez-Flake

Este evento esta dirigido a inmigrantes que no conocen el contenido de esta
propuesta de ley

Jueves 19 de Abril 7:00 p.m
New College, Teatro principal
Calle Valencia 777 - San Francisco
(Entre Calle 18 y 19 cerca de la
estacion de BART de la Calle 16 y Mission)

Invitada especial Angie Junck, Abogada del Inmigrant Rigths Resource Center.
Especialista en leyes de inmigracion y quien nos explicará detalladamente (y en español) el contenido de esta nueva Propuesta.

En la vispera de la presentacion del señor Luis Gutierrez, quien es creador y promotor de la "STRIVE act of 6 2007", en la ciudad de San Jose California el proximo 21 de abril, es importante para los trabajadores sin documentos, saber por parte de una especialista los apartados de esta controvertida propuesta de ley, y de ese modo los propios inmigrantes podran determinar si los beneficia o perjudica.

Invitamos a todos los interesados a venir e informarse.

Contacto: (415) 368 8542

Convoca: Alianza Latinoamericana por los Derechos de los Inmigrantes (ALDI)