Time
Tuesday, July 26 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location
Continental Club
1658 12th St
(between Campbell St & Willow St)
Oakland, CA 94607
Neighborhood: West Oakland
From Police Murder to Pelican Bay ....
Please join the C.R.T., ONYX, and the Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant for a community panel and conversation with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. of the P.O.C.C.
Tuesday, July 26th from 7pm-9pm
Eastside Arts Alliance
$5 suggested donation to support the hunger strikers
Food, refreshments and live performances
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
ANOTHER YOUNG BROTHER GUNNED DOWN BY POLICE
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A man shot by police in the Bayview District Saturday afternoon has died from his injuries.
The shooting happened near the intersection of Third and Oakdale Streets in San Francisco around 4:40 p.m. Saturday.
Eyewitensses told ABC7 News the suspect, identified only as a 19-year-old man, de-boarded the T-Third Muni train without a ticket. When he was approached by police, the suspect fled and at one poitn was shot at several times by police, according to witnesses.
The suspect was rushed to San Francisco General Hospital. He was pronounced dead shortly after 7:00 p.m.
There's no word on what caused officers to open fire on the suspect. No other injuries were reported.
Portions of Third Street between Oakdale and Palau were briefly closed during the police investigation. Tactical police officers were called out to keep watch over a large crowd of onlookers in the minutes after the shooting.
The shooting happened near the intersection of Third and Oakdale Streets in San Francisco around 4:40 p.m. Saturday.
Eyewitensses told ABC7 News the suspect, identified only as a 19-year-old man, de-boarded the T-Third Muni train without a ticket. When he was approached by police, the suspect fled and at one poitn was shot at several times by police, according to witnesses.
The suspect was rushed to San Francisco General Hospital. He was pronounced dead shortly after 7:00 p.m.
There's no word on what caused officers to open fire on the suspect. No other injuries were reported.
Portions of Third Street between Oakdale and Palau were briefly closed during the police investigation. Tactical police officers were called out to keep watch over a large crowd of onlookers in the minutes after the shooting.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
FTP MOVEMENT WITH THE O.N.Y.X ORGNAIZING COMMITTEE
Will be preparing and distrubuting food to those in need
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE COME TO
939 35th St (between Market St & San Pablo Ave)
@9AM
07/23/2011
WE WILL BE MAKING BAG LUNCHES AND DISTRUBUTING THEM IN EAST AND WEST OAKLAND
Needed donations:
Bread
Lunch meat (no pork)
Sandwich bags
Brown paper bags
Fruit
Granola Bars/Chips
Cheese slices
Sandwich
fixings (mayo, mustard, pb&j)
Extra Bottled water:
FOR MORE INFO CALL 619-288-8925
If you are unable to bring donations please bring yourself we need all the help we can get
“ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE COME TO
939 35th St (between Market St & San Pablo Ave)
@9AM
07/23/2011
WE WILL BE MAKING BAG LUNCHES AND DISTRUBUTING THEM IN EAST AND WEST OAKLAND
Needed donations:
Bread
Lunch meat (no pork)
Sandwich bags
Brown paper bags
Fruit
Granola Bars/Chips
Cheese slices
Sandwich
fixings (mayo, mustard, pb&j)
Extra Bottled water:
FOR MORE INFO CALL 619-288-8925
If you are unable to bring donations please bring yourself we need all the help we can get
“ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE
Inmate hunger strike expands to more California prisons
By Sam Quinones, Los Angeles Times
July 6, 2011
Inmates in at least 11 of California's 33 prisons are refusing meals in solidarity with a hunger strike staged by prisoners in one of the system's special maximum-security units, officials said Tuesday.
The strike began Friday when inmates in the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison stopped eating meals in protest of conditions that they contend are cruel and inhumane.
"There are inmates in at least a third of our prisons who are refusing state-issued meals," said Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
The number of declared strikers at Pelican Bay — reported Saturday as fewer than two dozen — has grown but is changing daily, she said. The same is true at other prisons.
Some inmates are refusing all meals, while others are rejecting only some, Thornton said. Some were eating in visitation rooms and refusing state-issued meals in their cells, she said.
Assessing the number of actual strikers "is very challenging," Thornton said.
Prison medical staff are "making checks of every single inmate who is refusing meals," she said.
More than 400 prisoners at Pelican Bay are believed to be refusing meals, including inmates on the prison's general-population yard, said Molly Poizig, spokeswoman for the Bay Area-based group Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity.
The group had received reports on the strike from lawyers and family members visiting inmates over the weekend, she said.
The group's website claims that prison officials attempted to head off the strike by promoting a Fourth of July menu that included strawberry shortcake and ice cream. According to the website, the wife of a Security Housing Unit inmate said her husband had never had ice cream there and "has never seen a strawberry."
Inmates at Calipatria State Prison — with more than a thousand prisoners — were among those reported to be refusing meals, Poizig said. Prison officials could not be reached for comment.
But Thornton acknowledged that inmates at the prison were refusing to eat state-issued meals.
The strike was organized by Security Housing Unit inmates at Pelican Bay protesting the maximum-security unit's extreme isolation. The inmates are also asking for better food, warmer clothing and to be allowed one phone call a month.
The Security Housing Unit compound, which currently houses 1,100 inmates, is designed to isolate prison-gang members or those who've committed crimes while in prison.
The cells have no windows and are soundproofed to inhibit communication among inmates. The inmates spend 22 1/2 hours a day in their cells, being released only an hour a day to walk around a small area with high concrete walls.
Prisoner advocates have long complained that Security Housing Unit incarceration amounts to torture, often leading to mental illness, because many inmates spend years in the lockup.
Gang investigators believe the special unit reduces the ability of the most predatory inmates, particularly prison-gang leaders, to control those in other prisons as well as gang members on the street.
Prison administrators are meeting with inmate advisory councils to discuss the inmates' complaints, Thornton said.
But "I have not heard there's been any decision" to modify policies governing the Security Housing Unit, she said. "A lot of those policies have been refined through litigation."
July 6, 2011
Inmates in at least 11 of California's 33 prisons are refusing meals in solidarity with a hunger strike staged by prisoners in one of the system's special maximum-security units, officials said Tuesday.
The strike began Friday when inmates in the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison stopped eating meals in protest of conditions that they contend are cruel and inhumane.
"There are inmates in at least a third of our prisons who are refusing state-issued meals," said Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
The number of declared strikers at Pelican Bay — reported Saturday as fewer than two dozen — has grown but is changing daily, she said. The same is true at other prisons.
Some inmates are refusing all meals, while others are rejecting only some, Thornton said. Some were eating in visitation rooms and refusing state-issued meals in their cells, she said.
Assessing the number of actual strikers "is very challenging," Thornton said.
Prison medical staff are "making checks of every single inmate who is refusing meals," she said.
More than 400 prisoners at Pelican Bay are believed to be refusing meals, including inmates on the prison's general-population yard, said Molly Poizig, spokeswoman for the Bay Area-based group Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity.
The group had received reports on the strike from lawyers and family members visiting inmates over the weekend, she said.
The group's website claims that prison officials attempted to head off the strike by promoting a Fourth of July menu that included strawberry shortcake and ice cream. According to the website, the wife of a Security Housing Unit inmate said her husband had never had ice cream there and "has never seen a strawberry."
Inmates at Calipatria State Prison — with more than a thousand prisoners — were among those reported to be refusing meals, Poizig said. Prison officials could not be reached for comment.
But Thornton acknowledged that inmates at the prison were refusing to eat state-issued meals.
The strike was organized by Security Housing Unit inmates at Pelican Bay protesting the maximum-security unit's extreme isolation. The inmates are also asking for better food, warmer clothing and to be allowed one phone call a month.
The Security Housing Unit compound, which currently houses 1,100 inmates, is designed to isolate prison-gang members or those who've committed crimes while in prison.
The cells have no windows and are soundproofed to inhibit communication among inmates. The inmates spend 22 1/2 hours a day in their cells, being released only an hour a day to walk around a small area with high concrete walls.
Prisoner advocates have long complained that Security Housing Unit incarceration amounts to torture, often leading to mental illness, because many inmates spend years in the lockup.
Gang investigators believe the special unit reduces the ability of the most predatory inmates, particularly prison-gang leaders, to control those in other prisons as well as gang members on the street.
Prison administrators are meeting with inmate advisory councils to discuss the inmates' complaints, Thornton said.
But "I have not heard there's been any decision" to modify policies governing the Security Housing Unit, she said. "A lot of those policies have been refined through litigation."
Hunger Strike Carries On After Reaching 6,600 Prisoners
Hunger Strike Carries On After Reaching 6,600 Prisoners
Fri Jul 8 2011 Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Solidarity Actions Continue in Oakland and San Francsico
Friday Jul 8th, 2011 6:37 PM : #bayofrage is marching down Broadway in solidarity with the Pelican Bay hunger strike
Thousands of California prisoners have come together in solidarity with the prisoners at Pelican Bay SHU, while being locked up in brutal conditions themselves. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s own figures acknowledge 6,600 prisoners participated in the hunger strike across 13 prisons (out of a total 33) in California this past weekend. While the CDCR claims the number of prisoners participating has dropped to 2,100 people yesterday, supporters believe the hunger strike is strong and many prisoners are in it for the long haul.
Solidarity actions were held on July 1st on both sides of the Bay. Further solidarity actions are planned for Oakland on July 8th at 6pm and San Francisco on July 9th at 11am.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/08/18684098.php
Fri Jul 8 2011 Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Solidarity Actions Continue in Oakland and San Francsico
Friday Jul 8th, 2011 6:37 PM : #bayofrage is marching down Broadway in solidarity with the Pelican Bay hunger strike
Thousands of California prisoners have come together in solidarity with the prisoners at Pelican Bay SHU, while being locked up in brutal conditions themselves. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s own figures acknowledge 6,600 prisoners participated in the hunger strike across 13 prisons (out of a total 33) in California this past weekend. While the CDCR claims the number of prisoners participating has dropped to 2,100 people yesterday, supporters believe the hunger strike is strong and many prisoners are in it for the long haul.
Solidarity actions were held on July 1st on both sides of the Bay. Further solidarity actions are planned for Oakland on July 8th at 6pm and San Francisco on July 9th at 11am.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/08/18684098.php
Friday, July 8, 2011
Non-Violent Civil Disobedience Action Civic Center BART, Monday, July 11th
just an FYI. I don't have any more details at the moment, but everyone who supports this should start spreading the word asap...
peace,
david
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PROTEST: Shut down the Murderous, Inept, Corrupt BART Police Department
START DATE: Monday July 11
TIME: 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Location Details: Civic Center BART - In the station. On the Platform.
San Francisco, California
Event Type: Protest
Last Sunday night, BART Police attacked and essentially executed a man so drunk he could barely stand! 2 BART Police officers responded to a call of a homeless man with an open container of alcohol described as stumbling and wobbling around civic center platform. Within 60 seconds of getting out of the train and onto the platform, these cops managed to shoot the man 3 times in the chest and kill him.
The BART police chief is... claiming he is 'comfortable' with this behavior. There is video that they are refusing to release. There are witnesses that contradict the police story (the lies they are using to try to cover this up). History does repeat itself, until we get angry enough to do something about it.
Join us to THIS MONDAY. ON THE CIVIC CENTER PLATFORM (yes, in the BART!). We will participate in a collective act of civil disobedience to demand:
1. The BART Board of Directors must shut down the corrupt, inept, disgraceful, and murderous BART police department, PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY.
2. Both officers must be fired, and we demand an independent, PUBLIC investigation of this killing, and all applicable charges filed and prosecuted against the killers.
DEMAND JUSTICE FOR OSCAR GRANT AND ALL KILLED BY THE POLICE!
http://www.indybay.org/
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