[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