Oakland Calls, We Answer: Nov. 2, 2011

Oakland Calls - We Answer All out in the Streets in Solidarity with Occupy Oakland

Wednesday, November 2nd

http://www.bailoutpeople.org   
Early Tuesday morning 900 police from a dozen police agencies in the Bay Area, along with Homeland Security, brutally cracked down on demonstrators who marched in support of Occupy Oakland. The demonstrators were marching to reestablish the Oakland occupation, which was shut down earlier in the day. At least one person was critically injured, 24 year old Iraq war veteran, Scott Olsen, who was struck in the face with a projectile launched by police.
In response to the violent repression, which included the use of tear gas, guns that use incapacitating bean bags, batons and the arrests of over 85 protesters, the General Assembly of Occupy Oakland has called for a Mass Day of Action and a General Strike in Oakland to take place on Wednesday November 2nd.
We support Oakland's call. In the wake of the violence used by the police in Oakland, also in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Boston, New York and elsewhere, we are asking students and community organizations, unions, anti-war groups, all progressive organizations and individuals across the country to take to the streets in solidarity. Defend Oakland! Defend all the occupations!
All Out Wednesday, November 2nd
We Are Oakland
Stop Police Brutality
We Shall Not be Moved
Supported by:
Bail Out the People Movement, Labor-Community Forum/South Bronx Community Congress; May 1 Workers & Immigrant Rights Coalition, Cynthia McKinney; Clarence Thomas, Co-chair Million Worker March, Exec. Bd member ILWU Local 10*, Bay Area; Council on American Islamic Relations, New York Chapter (CAIR-NY); BAYAN USA, United National Antiwar Coalition; The Islamic Leadership Council of Metropolitan NY (Majlis Ash-Shura) Social Justice Committee; International Action Center; SEIU Local 32BJ* Latino Caucus - Ed Figueroa-Chair; Charles Jenkins, VP Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; Larry Hales, New Yorkers Against the Budget Cuts; Mike Eilenfeldt-Delegate-NYC Central Labor Council* Ramsey Clark - Awarded UN Human Rights Award, former U.S. Attorney General, Frantz Mendes, Pres. United Steelworkers Local 8751, Boston School Bus Union; John Parker, President, Los Angeles Empowerment Congress Central Area Neighborhood Council*; All Peoples Congress, Baltimore; Reverend C. D. Witherspoon, President, Baltimore Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Andre Powell, AFSCME delegate, Baltimore Metropolitan AFL-CIO Council*; Puerto Rican Alliance, Los Angeles; Carlos Montes, LA Committee to Stop FBI Repression

*=for ID only
Bail Out the People Movement
Solidarity Center
55 W. 17th St. #5C
New York, NY 10011
212.633.6646
www.BailOutPeople.org
Email: bailoutpeople.org/cmnt.shtml

Resistance at Big Mountain 2011 Santa Cruz

Resistance at Big Mountain
2011 Benefit Event in Santa Cruz
Sunday, November 6th
6:00pm @ Quaker Meeting House
225 Rooney St. (at Highway 1 & Morrissey Blvd.)

SPEAKERS:
Louise Benally (Diné/Navajo)
A Diné mother, grandmother, activist, educator and lifelong resister of relocation and coal mining at Big Mountain.
Ann Marie Sayers (Ohlone)
An outspoken and active Ohlone woman who has worked for decades to protect burial grounds and sacred places of her ancestors.
- Delicious food, drinks, and desserts
- Black Mesa Indigenous Support slideshow
- California Indian Singers, including Wicahpiluta Candelaria (Rumsen Ohlone)
This is a fundraiser, however, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
All donations will go to direct on-land support for Black Mesa families resisting relocation.
BACKGROUND
Since 1977, federal relocation policy has forced over 12,000 Diné (Navajo) people from their ancestral homeland in Arizona, an area known to contain 21 billion tons of high-grade coal. For over 30 years, many traditional Diné families at Big Mountain have lived in resistance, steadfastly refusing to relocate as strip-mines rip apart their sacred lands and generating plants poison the desert air.
"Coal is the liver of Mother Earth"
Keep it in the ground. Keep the earth alive.
To view the poster for this event:
http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2011/10/30/nov6poster-web.jpg
For a printable mini-flyer in PDF format:
http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2011/10/30/nov6-halfsheet.pdf
Facebook invitation link:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=294690597217516
Indybay announcement link:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/10/18628307.php
* 2011 Fall Caravan to Black Mesa *
On November 19th, work crews from Santa Cruz and all across the country will converge in support of the indigenous resistance communities of Big Mountain/Black Mesa, AZ.
Donations of tools, food, clothing, and other basic supplies are requested.
Donations can be dropped off at the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz, Monday-Thursday between 12 and 4pm, or please call 831-708-8199 to make a different arrangement or request a pick-up.
Thank you!
For more information:
Black Mesa Indigenous Support, Santa Cruz regional organizers:
sheepandsagebrush@riseup.net / 831-708-8199
http://blackmesais.org/

From Tucson to San Xavier, walkers remember migrants

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Janice Felix, San Xavier District Council Member,
Tohono O'odham, welcomes walkers

Article and photos by Brenda Norrell

Censored News

http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com

TUCSON -- Walkers journeyed eight miles from Tucson to San Xavier on the Tohono O'odham Nation on Saturday, in the annual pilgrimage to remember the migrants who have died crossing the Sonoran Desert.

Family members walked with the crosses of loved ones who died, and placed their crosses in the circle of crosses for their fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, children and grandparents.

Janice Felix, San Xavier District Council member, walked with the walkers and welcomed them to Tohono O'odham land when they arrived.

Kat Rodriguez of Derechos Humanos described how US immigration policies and the militarization of the US/Mexico border has resulted in increased deaths over the past decade, as more migrants risk dangerous areas of the desert for crossing.

Standing in front of San Xavier Mission, walkers called out the names of loved ones, and said, "Presente!" when their names were read.

"The Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a celebration of life, a traditional way for the living to affirm their love for those who have passed away," said the statement.

"Today, as we make our pilgrimage to the beautiful, historic San Xavier Mission, we walk with the spirits of those who have gone before us. We carry in our hearts the memories and dreams of all who have walked beside us in the journey of life. So long as we remember with love and honor, the dead never really die."

There have been 2,287 human remains recovered on the Arizona-Sonoran border since the year 2000.

"For eleven years, we have walked to honor the memory of all who have died, especially those who lost their lives on the U.S. - México border. We invite all friends and allies to walk with us this year, bearing witness to the lives that have been lost in our communities," said the statement.
The walk is sponsored by Coalición de Derechos Humanos, Alliance for Global Justice, Casa Maria, Tucson Samaritans, Borderlinks, Fundación México, No More Deaths and St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church.

Occupy Denver: Police using rubber bullets and teargas

Officer strikes woman with gun repeatedly

Mace or pepper spray sprayed into faces of protesters

Officer repeatedly jabs man with baton

Watch on Channel 9 news:
http://www.9news.com/dontmiss/227022/630/Twenty-Occupy-Denver-protesters-arrested-in-clash

Andres Cleres, 21,  said he was shot with a
rubber bullet

Hactivists release data on officer following abuse
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com

DENVER -- Hactivists released personal data on a Denver police officer today, vollowing a violent attack on Occupy Denver. The personal data on Officer Ethan Donnell Aldridge, #05100, was released, showing a history of allegations of violence and racial profiling.
The full release is at:
http://stickypaste.com/view/84437673

1. http://denvergov.com/Portals/326/documents/Lopez_Newsletters/10October2007.PDF
2. http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/07/daniel_alderete_filberto_alderetes_make_my_day_situation_aside_shooting_by_cop_deemed_justified.php
4. : Investigation of the shooting death of Eugene
5. Paul Velarde, dob 06/18/84, DPD#656974, by
6. Lakewood Police Department Agent Devaney
7. Braley, on June 10, 2009 in the 1700 block of
8. Sheridan Boulevard, Denver, Colorado:
10. http://www.denverda.org/News_Release/Decision_Letters/PS-09-06-10-Lakewood%20P%20D%20Agent%20Devaney%20Braley%20(Eugene%20Velarde)%20(2).pdf
13. :Investigation of the wounding of Daniel
14. Alderete, dob 08-05-84, by Officer Ethan Aldridge,
15. #05100, on July 18, 2010, at 3436 West 18
16. th Avenue, Denver, Colorado.:
18. http://www.denverda.org/News_Release/Decision_Letters/PS-10-07-18-Officer%20Ethan%20Aldridge.pdf
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20. http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/07/daniel_alderete_filberto_alderetes_make_my_day_situation_aside_shooting_by_cop_deemed_justified.php
24. As a result of the Denver Police Department’s practice of racial profiling, ethnic
25. stereotyping, and biased policing, plaintiff Jose Sanchez was unjustifiably targeted while he was standing lawfully on the public sidewalk, smoking a cigarette, outside the Denver home of his girlfriend, Joshinna Carreras. Police illegally detained and handcuffed him, falsely accused him of being an “illegal immigrant,” and falsely arrested him on a bogus charge of providing “false identification.” The supposedly “false” identification was a current and valid photo ID card issued by the Department of Homeland Security verifying Mr. Sanchez’s legal presence and authorization to work in the United States. Mr. Sanchez spent five days in jail on the bogus charge before it was dismissed. :
27. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/download/2011/0330/27365078.pdf