[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.