Rally in Richmond this Saturday
Posted on August 11, 2009
Got a couple emails this morning about a big rally and action at the Chevron Oil Refinery in Richmond this saturday. I’m going to try to make it out and, if you can, you should too. here’s the call:
Tired of hearing about climate Change? Then do something.
August 15th Chevron oil refinery action
- CLEAN AIR FOR RICHMOND & THE BAY;
- STOP OIL REFINERY EXPANSIONS
- CORPORATIONS OUT OF COPENHAGEN CLIMATE TALKS!
Saturday, August 15th, 11:30am
Richmond BART,
16th St. & Macdonald Ave., Richmond, CA
FESTIVAL RALLY – 11:30am
MARCH ON CHEVRON OIL REFINERY – 1:00pm
followed by NONVIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
In order to bring our climate back to the safe zone and avoid catastrophic consequences, we need to make massive emissions cuts now. There’s only one way we can achieve that: we need to turn the political heat way up — and push back the corporate and business lobbyists who use false solutions (clean coal and carbon trading) to keep polluting and profiting.Climate change is rooted in an unjust economic system controlled by corporations at the expense of people and planet. Climate justice means we need to address these root causes and create postive alternatives; localized, low-carbon communities and economies.
On August 15th stand with the environmental justice movement that has stopped Chevron’s refinery expansion in Richmond. Chevron already produces two million pounds of air pollution, water pollution, and greenhouse gases each year. The expansion would create much more greenhouse gas and toxic air pollution.
Join the growing alliance of groups and people creating “street heat” for climate justice in the lead up to the December 2009 Copenhagen Climate Talks
Organize a climate justice affinity group with your friends, neighbors, co-workers, fellow students, union, church or family and join us for Aug. 15 and beyond.
The call is being put out by the Mobilization for Climate Justice, West and the page for info on the action is http://west.actforclimatejustice.org/2009/08/august-15th-protest-chevrons-oil-refinery-expansion/ or just http://west.actforclimatejustice.org/ for their main website.
Hope to see ya’ll there!
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Benefit for Tristan Anderson July 10th
Posted on July 7, 2009
Got this from a friend and wanted to pass the word on for everyone in the Bay Area. Tristan is a friend who was recently shot in the head and seriously wounded by the Israeli military while participating in a nonviolent protest in Palestine against the Israeli border wall that cuts through and annexes large portions of Palestein. He is currently back in the US and in serious condition and his family needs all the help they can get.
Hello friends,
If you haven’t seen our movie “Shutdown” we are showing it as a benefit next Friday July,10th at 7pm at Ak Press for our fearless friend and comrade, Tristan Anderson, who is still in the hospital in serious condition after being shot in the face by the Israeli Defense Forces while protesting Israel’s Apartheid wall on March 13th, 2009.
Tristan is one of the many activists who appear in the movie discussing issues of social justice and movement building strategy. He has taken such a blow in the fight against injustice and because of his actions for a free Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement that we need everyone to come and support a comrade and friend who needs our love and solidarity. For more about Tristan, his medical condition and to donate online please go to http://justicefortristan.org/
All proceeds from the event will go directly to aid Tristan’s medical and life needs.
We will have food, drinks, music and room for discussion.
Thanks,In struggle,
Jonathan, Beca, Helia
Sticks and Stones Productions
AK Press 674-A 23rd. St Oakland, CA
b/t MLK and San Pablo – near 19th St. BART and West Grand Exit of 80/980
For more info contact:
AK Press at 510.208.1700, akpress@akpress.org or visit www.akpress.org
All events at AK Press are wheelchair accessible.MORE INFO ON THE MOVIE:
Shutdown the movie is the latest video release from AK Press:
“Re-creating the fervor of the era…Shutdown may inspire some to take the streets again”- SF weekly
“Shutdown does exactly what I expect any good activist documentary to do. It gives Props to our hard won victories and gives time and space to figure out our failures.” – Left Turn Magazine
On March 20, 2003—the day after the (most recent) Iraq war started—San Francisco was brought to a grinding halt by thousands of activists who occupied the streets to oppose the war. It was a mass uprising that forced the police to declare the financial district “shut down.” The planning and outreach coordinated by Direct Action to Stop the War (DASW), filled downtown San Francisco with approximately 15,000 people clogging traffic, stopping business as usual, communicating with passersby, and creating a pandemonium that lasted for several days. But neither DASW nor the mass resistance outlasted Iraq’s occupation.
Shutdown is an action-packed documentary chronicling how DASW successfully organized effort to shut down a major US city and how they failed to effectively maintain the organization to fight the war machine and end the occupation of Iraq.
Created by organizers involved with DASW, Shutdown combines detailed information on organizing for a mass action, critical interviews on organizing pitfalls, and the wisdom of hindsight. It is a must-see film for those engaged in the continuous struggle toward social justice.
check out www.shutdownthemovie.com for more info
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Benefit for Tristan Anderson this Friday in Oakland
Posted on April 12, 2009
Thanks to Indybay’s calender – I just found out about this. If you’re in the bay area and can make it, please be there.
| Title: | Benefit for Tristan and CSF- Ferment Change on the dance Floor |
| START DATE: | Friday April 17 |
| TIME: | 8:00 PM - 2:00 AM |
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| at the Oakland Noodle Factory Union St & 26th St (entrance on Union) West Oakland 8pm-2am Friday April 17th |
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| Event Type: | Fundraiser |
| Contact Name | munc |
| Email Address | grow.your.own.food [at] gmail.com |
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| Ferment Change! on the Dance Floor!
Brass Liberation Orchestra A benefit for Oakland’s own: at the Oakland Noodle Factory $10-$20 |
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