[Oct 31] Youth-led resistance against raids and deportations (SF)

YOUTH-LED RESISTANCE AGAINST THE IMMIGRATION RAIDS AND DEPORTATIONS

This Halloween, join a broad and united youth led campaign against the ICE raids and deportations, against capitalism, imperialism and authoritarianism, and for solidarity beyond color lines.

Many youth groups all over the bay are currently planning a creative, action packed and unforgettable demonstration to draw attention to the inhumane attacks on im/migrant communities, especially since neither presidential candidates have made any serious attempts to address immigration. Help us make sure corporate media has no option but to report on an action that will call for an end to the repression and violence that many of our families and communities silently suffer. We will not let them intimidate us into passive silence.

Join hundreds of youths fighting and uniting beyond color lines for our Collective Liberation! Make this Halloween '08 a day to remember!

Friday the 31st, yes, All Hallows’ Eve

10am: gather for blessings w/ danza azteca, the legendary radical community organizer and author Betita Martines and others inspiring elders and youth, music, poetry & hip-hop, agit-prop theater, skull face painting, banner and sign making, food and more at the Ferry park in San Francisco. (Embarcadero BART)

11:30: (Funeral?) March to the National Headquarters of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) @ 630 Sansome (near Washington).

12pm: Mass Rally, Theater and More in front of ICE headquarters.

***REMEMBER TO WEAR BLACK AND SKULL FACE PAINT OR MASKS!***

Represent the violence done to im/migrants and families in Africa, Mexico, Central and South America, Asia and Pacific Islands, the “Middle” East and everywhere people are fleeing to escape poverty, famine and wars.

Please contact us ASAP if you would like to participate or donate in any way, big or small. Maybe you can help w/ media, know how to make large puppets or can bring some extra paint...please send an email to: stoptheraidsnow@gmail.com

We must get involved and stop the persecution and criminalization of economic and political refugees in our cities! Politicians don't care about upholding Sanctuary City laws, so we must do it ourselves!

NO ONE IS ILLEGAL!!!

[Oct 29] Showdown in Bolivia (San Rafael)

Wednesday, October 29, at 7:30 PM
First United Methodist Church
9 Ross Valley Drive at Fourth Stree
San Rafael

The political showdown in Bolivia will be the topic of a discussion by Roger Burbach, Director of the Center for the Study of the Americas (CENSA).

While Bolivia is on the brink of a civil war, President Evo Morales continues to maintain his commitment to constructing a popular democracy by working within the state institutions that brought him to power. He received a 67% vote of confidence in a referendum that took place on August 10th. However, Bolivia’s four eastern departments, with backing from USAID, have orchestrated a rebellion against Morales’ changes in allocation of the countries resources by demanding departmental autonomy and control of the oil and gas revenues, as well as an end to agrarian reform. In addition, they say they will refuse to accept a national vote on the referendum for a new constitution scheduled for December.

People have been killed and beaten, roads have been blocked, government buildings ransacked by hired thugs and international flights canceled. After 30 peasants were massacred in the province of Pando, Morales declared martial law; and the prefect (governor) was arrested for orchestrating the massacre. Bolivian soldiers have used considerable restraint in order to avoid further confrontations.

On September 15 nine presidents and three presidential delegates of UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) met in Chile and produced a 9-point declaration of support for Bolivian President Evo Morales.

Burbach has written extensively on Latin America and is the author of The Pinochet Affair: State Terrorism and Global Justice.

This event is sponsored by the Task Force on the Americas.

A $5-10 donation is requested. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
The venue is wheelchair accessible.

For more information, please call 415/924-3227, email mitf@igc.org or go to
www.mitfamericas.org

[Oct 24] Dismantling Monoculture (Hayward)

Oct. 24 6:30pm
Hayward Community Garden
25051 Whitman Street
Hayward, CA

Join the Beehive Collective for a picture storytelling performance thatcovers their new graphic "Mesoamerica Resiste!" This graphic takes a critical look at Project Mesoamerica (formerly "Plan Puebla Panama")– a development plan designed to facilitate the exploitation of resources bycorporate interests in Central America, and transform much of its land to create more "efficient" trade routes for global markets just as early European monarchies set out to do 500 years ago. This elitist plan is athreat to the very survival of unique and important ecosystems andtraditional cultures. Our presentation illustrates many inspiring andsuccessful examples of resistance to this top down development through horizontal community-based organizing.

more info: beehivecollective.org
contact: juan@beehivecollective.org or sakura.saunders@gmail.com

The Beehive Collective is an all-volunteer non-profit graphics workshop who's mission is to cross pollinate the grassroots by creating iconic imagery that can be used as popular education and organizing tools.

the beehive design collective
www.beehivecollective.org
pollinators@beehivecollective.org
3 elm st - machias, me - 04654

[Oct 22] Dismantling Monoculture (SF)

October 22 - 8 PM
Station 40
3030b 16th st (at Mission)
San Francisco, CA

Join the Beehive Collective for a picture storytelling performance thatcovers their new graphic "Mesoamerica Resiste!" This graphic takes a critical look at Project Mesoamerica (formerly "Plan Puebla Panama")– a development plan designed to facilitate the exploitation of resources bycorporate interests in Central America, and transform much of its land to create more "efficient" trade routes for global markets just as early European monarchies set out to do 500 years ago. This elitist plan is athreat to the very survival of unique and important ecosystems andtraditional cultures. Our presentation illustrates many inspiring andsuccessful examples of resistance to this top down development through horizontal community-based organizing.

more info: beehivecollective.org
contact: juan@beehivecollective.org or sakura.saunders@gmail.com

Other bay area shows:
Oct. 24 6:30pm
Hayward Community Garden
25051 Whitman Street
Hayward, CA

The Beehive Collective is an all-volunteer non-profit graphics workshop who's mission is to cross pollinate the grassroots by creating iconic imagery that can be used as popular education and organizing tools.

the beehive design collective
www.beehivecollective.org
pollinators@beehivecollective.org
3 elm st - machias, me - 04654

[Oct 22] Social & Environmental Justice in Brazil (San Rafael)

Social & Environmental Justice in Brazil

Wednesday, October 22, 7:30 PM
First United Methodist Church
9 Ross Valley Drive at Fourth Street
San Rafael

Learn about Brazil's Landless Workers Movement (MST), Homeless Movement (FIST), and projects to transform poverty-stricken communities. A presentation by local human rights activists recently returned from Brazil will include slides, discussion and a film.

"The Miracle of Candeal." is part documentary and part cinematic parable, and is the story of how the solidarity, struggle and efforts of a small group of individuals can change and improve the life of an entire community.

Co-sponsors: Task Force on the Americas and Bay Area Friends of MST.

A $5-10 sliding-scale donation is requested. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Refreshments will be served.

Wheelchair accessible.

For more information, please call 415/924-3227
Email: mitf@igc.org, or go to www.mitfamericas.org.

[Oct 21] Discussion on violence (SF)

Violence against women has reached epidemic proportions in many countries in Latin America. Gender-motivated killings of women -- referred to as "femicides" have become common not only in the highly publicized case of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, but in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Equally alarming is the virtually total impunity enjoyed by those that beat, maim and kill women. Notwithstanding this bleak reality, courageous women in many of the most violent countries have organized to develop strategies and actions to bring an end to the violence and impunity.

Join us for a discussion on the issue of violence - and courage in the face of violence

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Reception: 5:00 -5:30 PM
Program: 5:30 -7:00 PM
U.C. Hastings College of the Law, Alumni Reception Center
200 McAllister Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102

Guest speakers:

Claudia Paz - Director of the Guatemalan Institute for Comparative Studies in Criminal Science (ICCPG). The ICCPG is committed to the effective protection of human rights through strengthening the rule of law. The ICCPG conducts investigations and publishes reports on pressing issues of criminal justice; one of its most recent publications is "Por Ser Mujer," an extensive study on the femicides in Guatemala.

Jayne Fleming - Pro Bono Counsel of Reed Smith LLP and leader of the firm's human rights team. Ms. Fleming has handled seventeen pro bono asylum matters herself and supervised over two dozen more. She has developed expertise in the area of gender-based persecution. She has represented torture survivors from Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Russia, Kazakhstan, Eritrea, Syria, and Sri Lanka. This year, Ms. Fleming is launching a program on behalf of Central American children fleeing violence. Ms. Fleming frequently lectures and writes on human rights topics. She supervises partnerships between Reed Smith and the asylum clinics at Penn Law School and Boalt Hall School of Law.

Karen Musalo - Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies at U.C. Hastings. Karen Musalo has been a pioneer in the area of "gender asylum," litigating landmark cases which establish refugee protection for women fleeing gender-related human rights violations such as female genital cutting. Prof. Musalo is attorney of record for the Guatemalan asylum seeker, Rodi Alvarado, whose case may well determine whether women who are victims of family violence qualify for protection under the U.S. Refugee Act. Prof. Musalo has led efforts to make connections between human rights violations in the home country, and the need for asylum protection, and her interest in this area has led to an initiative addressing the femicides in Latin America.

Click here for more info

[Oct 21] Teaching Rebelliion (Davis)

Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca
Discussion and Photo Exhibit

Tuesday, Oct. 21 - 7:30pm
University of California, Davis
2016 Haring Hall

CASA has just published a new book, Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca. Members of the CASA Chapulín collective in Oaxaca have been working tirelessly to compile this diverse and powerful collection of first-person narratives, complemented by truly stunning photography.

The book tour kicked off in LA, at an event celebrating the International Day of Indigenous Resistance. Next stop is the Bay Area.

The tour aims to foster dialogue among activists from Oaxaca and the U.S. around organizing strategies and movement building based on the experiences of Oaxacan organizers, who brought together labor, indigenous, women's, youth, and neighborhood organizations to build a powerful movement for democracy and accountability in 2006.

(For other locations and more info, see the full tour schedule <http://chiapaspeacehouse.org/teaching-rebellion>)

[Oct 20] Teaching Rebellion (Berkeley)

Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca
Discussion and Photo Exhibit

Monday, October 20 - 4 pm

University of California, Berkeley
5125 Dwinelle Hall
Spanish and Portuguese Library

featuring

Gustavo Vilchis, Mexican journalist and photographer
Melissa Mundt, activist and co-director of CASA (Colectivos de Apoyo, Solidaridad y Acción)

CASA has just published a new book, Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca. Members of the CASA Chapulín collective in Oaxaca have been working tirelessly to compile this diverse and powerful collection of first-person narratives, complemented by truly stunning photography.

The book tour kicked off in LA, at an event celebrating the International Day of Indigenous Resistance. Next stop is the Bay Area.

The tour aims to foster dialogue among activists from Oaxaca and the U.S. around organizing strategies and movement building based on the experiences of Oaxacan organizers, who brought together labor, indigenous, women's, youth, and neighborhood organizations to build a powerful movement for democracy and accountability in 2006.

(For other locations and more info, see the full tour schedule <http://chiapaspeacehouse.org/teaching-rebellion>)

[Oct 19] March for social and economic justice (SF)

[Español sigue abajo]

March and Rally for Social and Economic Justice for All Regardless of Race or Immigration Status

· Living Wage Jobs
· Universal Health Care
· Affordable Housing
· Quality Public Education
· Progressive Taxation of Corporations and the Wealthy

Sunday, October 19
11:00 a.m. – Assemble at 16th St. and Mission
12 noon – March down Mission Street
1 p.m. – Rally, 24th St. and Mission

Sponsors: American Federation of Teachers Local 2121, California Nurses Association, California State University Employees Union Local 2579 SEIU, Church Women United, Cindy Sheehan for Congress, Communication Workers of America Local 9404, Instituto Laboral De La Raza, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Northern California District Council, Ironworkers Local 377, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement – SF chapt., Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 3, Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21, Robert Guter, Roofers Union Local 40, San Francisco Labor Council, San Francisco Living Wage Coalition, Service Employees International Union Local 1021, Transport Worker Union Local 250A, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 648, UFCW Local 101

Endorsers: Bay Area Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Colectiva de Mujeres, Marc Norton, Mitzi Raas, People Organized to Win Employment Rights, Rodger Scott, Tom Brown

For more information or to volunteer or donate, call (415) 863-1225; fax (415) 863-1927
Email: sflivingwage@riseup.net
Website: www.livingwage-sf.org

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Marcha y Manifestación para Justicia Economica y Social para Todos sin importar su raza o estato legal

· Empleos con salarios dignos
· Seguro medico universal
· Viviendas de bajo costo
· Educación publica digna
· Impuestos progresivos para los ricos y las corporaciones

domingo, 19 de octubre

11:00 a.m. – congregarnos en la esquina de 16th St. y Mission
12 mediodia – marcha a Mission Street
1 p.m. – Manifestación, 24th St. y Mission

Patrocinadores: American Federation of Teachers Local 2121, California Nurses Association, California State University Employees Union Local 2579 SEIU, Church Women United, Cindy Sheehan for Congress, Communication Workers of America Local 9404, Instituto Laboral De La Raza, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Northern California District Council, Ironworkers Local 377, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement – SF chapt., Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 3, Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21, Robert Guter, Roofers Union Local 40, San Francisco Labor Council, San Francisco Living Wage Coalition, Service Employees International Union Local 1021, Transport Worker Union Local 250A, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 648, UFCW Local 101

Apoyo: Bay Area Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Colectiva de Mujeres, Marc Norton, Mitzi Raas, People Organized to Win Employment Rights, Rodger Scott, Tom Brown

Para mas información, llame (415)863-1225; fax (415)863-1927
Email: sflivingwage@riseup.net
Website: www.livingwage-sf.org

[Oct 19] Teaching Rebellion (San Francisco)

Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca
Discussion and Photo Exhibit

Sunday, Oct 19th - 5pm
The Green Arcade
1680 Market Street @Gough
San Francisco

CASA has just published a new book, Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca. Members of the CASA Chapulín collective in Oaxaca have been working tirelessly to compile this diverse and powerful collection of first-person narratives, complemented by truly stunning photography.

The book tour kicked off in LA, at an event celebrating the International Day of Indigenous Resistance. Next stop is the Bay Area.

The tour aims to foster dialogue among activists from Oaxaca and the U.S. around organizing strategies and movement building based on the experiences of Oaxacan organizers, who brought together labor, indigenous, women's, youth, and neighborhood organizations to build a powerful movement for democracy and accountability in 2006.

(For other locations and more info, see the full tour schedule <http://chiapaspeacehouse.org/teaching-rebellion>)

[Oct 17] Teaching Rebellion (Oakland)

[English below]

Presentación del libro Teaching Rebellion (Enseñando rebelión)
Viernes, 17 de octubre - 7 pm
1919 Market Street Oakland, entre calles 19 y 20 st

El Colectivo CASA y Radio Zapatista presentan el libro: Teaching Rebellion (“Enseñando Rebelión”), Relatos Sobre las Mobilizaciones de Base en Oaxaca, Editado por Diana Denham y Colectivo CASA.

El periodista Gustavo Vilchis, se juntara con nosotros desde Mexico para hablar sobre el libro, presentar arte y fotografia de Oaxaca, para promover plática y reflexión sobre el clima politico en Oaxaca, pasado y presente, y su importancia para tod@s aquell@s que organizan en sus propias comunidades.

Tambien presentaremos un documental acerca del movimiento social en Oaxaca, y tendremos chelas, botana y mesa de info.

(Todo lo recaudado en la entrada sera para apoyar el colectivo CASA, (http://www.chiapaspeacehouse.org/es), y la gira del libro. Todo lo que se recaude de bebidas y botanas será para apoyar los próximos eventos en apoyo a movimientos de resistencia que organiza ARCO (Acción y Resistencia Colectiva) (busca por ARCO en lists.riseup.net).

Lugar: 1919 Market Street Oakland, entre calles 19 y 20 st

Tomando BART:
Sal en: 12 St. Oakland City Center
(ve a la calle 12 y Broadway, toma el camión #88 hacia el Norte de Berkeley, baja en la calle Market y 18, y camina hacia la calle 19 por la Market)

Manejando:
I-80 hacia Oakland, sigue a la derecha para tomar CA-880 S, (San Jose I-880 S/ Alameda).
Toma la salida Maritime St, hacia W Grand Ave. Sigue adelante hacia W Grand Ave. Toma la derecha en Market St.

Info: 510-292-9643 / 415 912 8913
Email: arco@riseup.net
Cooperación: De $5 en adelante

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Presentation of the book Teaching Rebellion
Friday, 17 October - 7 pm
1919 Market Street Oakland, between 19th St and 20th St

Colectivo CASA and Radio Zapatista present the book: “Teaching Rebellion”, Stories from the
Grassroots Mobilizations in Oaxaca, edited by Diana Denham and CASA collective.

Speaker Gustavo Vilchis, journalist, will join us from Mexico to speak about the book, present art and photography from Oaxaca to promote discussion and reflection on the former and current political climate in Oaxaca and its relevance to everyone organizing in their own communities.

We will also show a short documentary about the social movement in Oaxaca and we’ll have drinks, snacks and an info table.

(All the collection from the door will be in support of CASA, (http://www.chiapaspeacehouse.org/en) and the book tour. All of what is sold from the drinks and snacks will be to support the next benefits for resistance movements in Mexico organized by ARCO (Collective Action and Resistance) (look for ARCO at lists.riseup.net).

Place: 1919 Market Street Oakland, between 19th y 20th street

Taking BART:
Exit: 12th St. Oakland City Center
(On 12st and Broadway, take the #88 bus towards North Berkeley, exit on Market and 18th and walk towards 19th on Market)

Driving: (from SF)
I-80 E toward Oakland. Slight right at CA-880 S (signs for San Jose/I-880 S/Alameda). Take the Maritime St exit toward W Grand Ave. Continue straight onto W Grand Ave. Turn right at Market St

Info: 510-292-9643 / 415 912 8913 Email: arco@riseup.net
Suggested Donation: $5 or more

[Oct 16] Teaching Rebellion (Santa Cruz)

Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca
Discussion and Photo Exhibit

Thursday, Oct 16th - 12:30 pm
University of California, Santa Cruz
Oakes College
Mural Room

CASA has just published a new book, Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca. Members of the CASA Chapulín collective in Oaxaca have been working tirelessly to compile this diverse and powerful collection of first-person narratives, complemented by truly stunning photography.

The book tour kicked off in LA, at an event celebrating the International Day of Indigenous Resistance. Next stop is the Bay Area.

The tour aims to foster dialogue among activists from Oaxaca and the U.S. around organizing strategies and movement building based on the experiences of Oaxacan organizers, who brought together labor, indigenous, women's, youth, and neighborhood organizations to build a powerful movement for democracy and accountability in 2006.

(For other locations and more info, see the full tour schedule <http://chiapaspeacehouse.org/teaching-rebellion>)

[Oct 12] Rally against raids and deportation in SF

[Español abajo]

Stop the Raids and Deportations Now!
National Day of Action!

October 12
1 - 3 PM
Rally @ 24th and Mission, San Francisco

Over 1,100 undocumented immigrants in California have been rounded up in recent weeks by ICE. We cannot let the government intimidate us into silence. When we organize and mobilize, we have tremendous power. Folks throughout the country will be taking to the streets on October 12 in a National Day of Action Against Raids and Deportations to say loud and clear: ¡Ya Basta! Enough is enough!

In San Francisco, activists and organizations have united around building a community protest and informational rally on Sunday October 12 in the Mission District, as a step toward re-building a mass immigrant's rights movement.

Spread the word. Be there. Get involved.
Stop the Raids and Deportations Now!
Papers for All!
Defend Our Sanctuary City!
Bailout the Workers Not the Banks!

Local Endorsers:

Mujeres Unidas y Activas, Workers International League, ANSWER, Teatro Jornalero, Socialist Organizer, Movement for Unconditional Amnesty, Manos Unidas Community Center, Workers World, El Militante: Sin Fronteras.

Contact: sfamnisita@gmail.com

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¡Alto a las Redadas y Deportaciones Ahora!
¡Día de Acción Nacional!

12 de Octubre
1 - 3 PM
Manifestación en la calle 24 y Mission, San Francisco

Más de 1.100 inmigrantes indocumentados en California han sido detenidos en las últimas semanas por el ICE. No podemos permitir que el gobierno nos intimide al silencio. Cuando nos organizamos y movilizamos tenemos un tremendo poder. Gente a lo largo y ancho del país irá a las calles el 12 de octubre, en un Día Nacional de Acción Contra las Redadas y Deportaciones, para exclamar fuerte y claro: ¡Ya Basta!

En San Francisco, activistas y organizaciones se han unido en torno a la construcción de una protesta comunitaria y mitin informativo el domingo 12 de octubre en el Distrito de la Misión, como un paso hacia la re-construcción de un movimiento de masa en defensa de los derechos inmigrantes.

Corre la voz. Preséntate. Involúcrate.

¡Alto a las Redadas y Deportaciones Ahora!
¡Papeles para Todos!
¡A Defender Nuestra Ciudad Santuario!
¡Rescatar de la Crisis a los Trabajadores No A Los Bancos!

Participantes Locales:

Mujeres Unidas y Activas, Workers International League, ANSWER, Teatro Jornalero, Socialist Organizer, Movement for Unconditional Amnesty, Manos Unidas Community Center, Workers World, El Militante: Sin Fronteras.

Contacto: sfamnisita@gmail.com

[Oct 11] An Evening of Immigration Experiences

A night of immigration resistance through music with MamacoAtl, Paul Flores, & Los Nadies. Join them on Saturday October 11at 8pm at la Peña Cultural Center located at 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 USA $10 adv. $12 door

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Una noche de resistencia y experiencias de inmigracion atravez de la musica de MamacoAtl, Paul Flores, & Los Nadies. El dia sabado 11de octubre a las 8pm en La Peña Cultural Center hubicados en el 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 USA $10 adv. $12 puerta.

[Oct 11] Peace and Dignity Fundraiser

Taking place at 7pm at the Intertribal Friendship House located at 523 International Ave. Oakland Ca. No one is turned away due to lack of funds.

Recausacion de fondos Paz y Dignidad se llevara acabo el 11 de octubre en el Intertribal Friendship House located hubicaso en el 523 International Ave. Oakland Ca. Nadie sera rechasado por falta de fondos.

http://www.myspace.com/urbanreservation