TODAY! Tuesday, April 29: Critical Mass and march for the health and safety of workers, the community, and environment.

Tuesday, April 29: Critical Mass and march for the health and safety of workers, the community, and environment.

Chevron and PG&E’s lack of transparency and ignorance are a threat to the health and safety of workers, the community, and the environment.

Tuesday, April 29th:

Critical Mass and March for the Health and Safety of Workers, the Community, and Environment

12:30 – Rally at PGE

1:00 PM – Critical Mass to Richmond BART

3:00 PM – March from Richmond BART to Chevron

Chevron and PG&E’s lack of transparency and ignorance are a threat to the health and safety of workers, the community, and the environment.

PG&E had a pipeline explosion in 2010 that killed 8 people and destroyed 38 homes. It was proven that they spiked gas pipeline pressure 10% over the legal, and only inspected corrosion but not welds, complete documentation is missing for about a quarter of its 1,800-plus pipeline miles, and many other health and safety issues.

http://m.sfgate.com/crime/article/PG-amp-E-indicted-on-12-criminal-charges-in-San-5368631.php

Chevron had a major fire almost 2 years ago after they clearly neglected the pipes corroding ignoring warnings from workers and inspectors for over a decade. This fire almost killed 14 refinery workers and sent 30,000 people to seek medical treatment because of air pollution

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April 29, 2014

May Day 2014 Direct Actions and Events!

MAY 1st 2014 Direct Actions and Events!

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United Rank & File Construction Workers Take A Stand on May Day

– Picket Line against the 2 Gate System – 5 AM – 16th and Mission- SF

Join us as we return to a proud history of direct action to fight to protect our own livelihoods, to raise up and organize all workers and against laws that restrict us.

On May 1, International Workers Day, we will be gathering at 16th and Mission at 5am to protest the 2 Gate System. This is a system that contractors and developers have created in order to impose the restrictive, discriminatory and repressive anti-worker laws of the Taft-Hartley act on construction unions.

For more info: http://unitedrankandfile.com/2014/04/19/call-to-action-may-1/ – https://www.facebook.com/events/592210377542044/

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4 PM -24th and Mission – SF

Mayday is celebrated by workers throughout the world. Even though it’s origin stems from an 1886 uprising in Chicago, Mayday celebrations in the U.S. have been suppressed by the corporate media and establishment politicians alike. In 2006, however, the power of the immigrant rights movement reestablished May 1st as a day for U.S.-based mass movements to take their demands to the streets.

Today, as workers are facing poverty wages, evictions and foreclosures, deportations, police brutality and countless other forms of oppression, the date is an important one which can unite these issues that affect all workers.

Join community groups and activists in this important date.

The following is a list of demands under the slogan “The Community Fights Back! ¡La Comunidad a Pie de Lucha!”

Full Rights for All Immigrants! Stop the Deportations!
End the Evictions and Gentrification! Housing is a Right!
Stop Police Brutality!
Stop the Privatization of Public Services! Living Wage Now!
Halt and Reverse Environmental Destruction!
No to wars and occupation!

Supporting organizations: ALIADI, ANSWER Coalition, BALASC, Center for Political Education, FMLN-NorCA, Party for Socialism and Liberation, SOA-Watch, Station 40, Yo Soy 132-Bay Area, Talleres Populares de Junio

More info: 415-821-6545

El 1o de mayo es celebrado por trabajadores por todo el mundo. Aunque su origen surge del levantamiento en Chicago en 1886, las celebraciones del 1o de mayo en los EEUU han sido suprimida por los medios corporativos y políticos establecidos por igual. Sin embargo, en 2006, el poder del movimiento por los derechos de los inmigrantes restableció el 1o de mayo como un día para que los movimientos sociales de los EEUU llevaran sus demandas a las calles.

Hoy, cuando los trabajadores se enfrentan a salarios de pobreza, evicciones y quiebras hipotecarias, deportaciones, la brutalidad policía y un sin numero de formas de opresión, la fecha es una importante en la cual puede unir estos temas que afectan a todo trabajador.

¡La Comunidad a Pie de Lucha!

¡Derechos Plenos para Todo Inmigrante! ¡Alto a las Deportaciones!
¡Fin a las Evicciones y Desplazamiento! ¡La Vivienda es un Derecho!
¡Alto a la Brutalidad Policial!
¡Fin a la Privatización de Servicios Públicos! ¡Salario Digno Ya!
¡Parar y Retornar la Destrucción Ambiental!
¡No a las Guerras y Ocupaciones!

Organizaciones en apoyo: ALIADI, ANSWER Coalition, BALASC, Center for Political Education, FMLN-Norcal, Party for Socialism and Liberation, SOA-Watch, Station 40, Yo Soy 132-Bay Area, Talleres Populares de Junio.

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3:30 PM – Rally @ Fruitvale Plaza – Oakland, CA

4:00 PM – March

5:30 PM – Closing Ceremony @ Fruitvale Plaza – Oakland, Ca

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MAY DAY – San Jose
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location Details:
This year we are starting at 2 different locations 1) Story Rd & S King Rd San Jose, CA 95122 2) Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 2020 E San Antonio St, San Jose 95116 Both locations will march together and end in the same location San Jose City Hall 200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113

Come join over twenty grassroots organizations that will come together on May 1st to demand the rights of workers and migrant communities in San Jose promoting full workers rights while denouncing Obama’s Two Million Too Many deportations! Points of Unity: PROMOTE FULL WORKERS RIGHTS, STOP THE DEPORTATION OF ALL IMMIGRANTS, END SECURED COMMUNITIES, CREATE A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP, PROMOTE FAMILY REUNIFICATION, END E VERIFY, NO TO GUEST WORKER PROVISIONS and RECOGNITION OF ALL NATIVE NATIONS FROM ALASKA TO CHILE This year we are starting at 2 different locations 1) Story Rd & S King Rd San Jose, CA 95122 2) Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 2020 E San Antonio St, San Jose 95116 Both locations will march together and end in the same location San Jose City Hall 200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113 Come out and show you support! #SiSePuede #PrimeroDeMayo #Not1more #2million2many #SanJoseComeOut #CIR #InternationalWorkersDay #ObamaEscucha

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Film Screening: Wisconsin Rising and Q & A w/ Director Sam Mayfield
May 1, 2014, 7:30 pm
518 Valencia St. (at 16th Street) – San Francisco

“Wisconsin Rising” (55 min.) tells the story of the largest sustained workers resistance in American history. In 2011, Wisconsin was the canary in the coal mine for America as newly-elected Republican Governor Scott Walker suddenly stripped collective bargaining rights from the state’s public employees, undoing eight decades of basic workers’ rights.

Noche de Película: Wisconsin se Alza y una discusión con el director Sam Mayfield
1º de mayo, 7:30pm
518 Calle Valencia (sobre la Calle 16)- San Francisco

“Wisconsin se Alza” (55 min.) cuenta la historia de la mas grande y sostenida resistencia de trabajadores en la historia americana. En el 2011, Wisconsin era el centro de lucha sindical en America cuando el Gobernador Republicano Scott Walker de repente eliminó el derecho a la negociación colectiva a los empleados estatales públicos, deshaciendo ocho décadas de derechos laborales.

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FROM MARIKANA, SOUTH AFRICA TO OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA:
THE STRUGGLE FOR WORKERS POWER

The fall of apartheid in South Africa in 1994 was a watershed victory. It culminated decades of struggle by the Black and Colored South African masses, a struggle supported by millions in the U.S. and around the world. The victory brought to power the Tripartite government of the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP), and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).

Now, two decades later, the ANC-led Tripartite government represents big business’s interests — especially the interests of U.S. and European-based banks and corporations. This has led the government to brutally attack workers who fight back against austerity. Indeed, in 2012, at the Marikana mine, this government massacred 34 striking miners at the behest of the mine owners.

Black poverty has worsened. Inequality has worsened. Trade union officials collaborate with employers against workers, youth, and unemployed. Does this sound familiar? Isn’t the situation similar in the US, with union of- ficials not fighting employer and government attacks on workers, like the machinists at Boeing?

But in South Africa, there’s an exciting new development: for the first time since the fall of Apartheid, there’s a serious challenge to the Tripartite government’s rule, and it comes from the largest and most militant union in Africa. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has broken with the COSATU leadership and called for South Africans not to support the ANC in this year’s elections. It is currently building a workers’ party and united front to lead the struggle against the capitalist onslaught of deregulation, privatization, and strike breaking.

We are privileged to present Brother Mphumzi Maqungo, the national treasurer of NUMSA and past chair of NUMSA’s autoworker shop steward network, to discuss these developments.

THURSDAY, MAY 1, 7:00 PM
ILWU Hall, Henry Schmidt Room
400 N. Point St./Mason, San Francisco

FRIDAY, MAY 2, 12 NOON
UC Berkeley, McCone Hall (Room 575)

SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2:00 PM
Black Repertory Theater
3201 Adeline, Berkeley
(one block south of Ashby BART)

For updates or to get involved in building for these events, contact the May Day Committee in Solidarity with South African Workers at: twsc [at] transportworkers.org. Reach us directly at (510)325-8664 or (415)282-1908

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April 28, 2014April 29, 2014

For Immediate Release:

From April 28th to May 1st, My Fellow Workers and I will be taking several
direct actions to orchestrate a General Strike of the poor, the
unemployed, and working class. Our goal is the liberation of the people
the planet that is our home. With the increasing amount of
industrial disasters we cannot wait any longer because now what is on the
line is the Health and Safety of all workers of world. The events and
direct actions that are listed on the Earth Day to May Day Calendar
(EarthDayMayDay.noblogs.org) are a symbol to the world of a larger
strategy and vision. We must reclaim our lives and the land from the
ruling class who oppress us every moment.  I call on the
workers of the world to form a united front and spend this next year to
prepare for a Global General Strike. We can do this by building strike
support in the form of self-sufficiency and mutual aid as well as sharing
our skills and trade with all. From Guerrilla Gardening and Land
Reclamation to Wild Cats and Workplace Take-overs there are many ways to
abolish wage slavery and live in harmony with the Earth.

Some May Day To Earth Day Direct Actions
View more at www.Earthdaytomaydayassembly.noblog.org

Monday, April 28th:
Protest against the Koch Brother’s Petcoke Facility
3:00 PM – Marina Walk Park – Pittsburg, CA

The Koch Brothers have been a major influence in dismantling workers
rights, militarizing our borders, corrupting the media, and the
destruction of the environment. They heavily fund organizations and
politicians that deny climate change and bust unions.
 For more information:
The Kochs and Clean Energy Jobs: Figures on the Billionaire Brothers’
Financing Attacks Against Workers and the Environment -
http://kochcash.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/koch_report2.pdf
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Tuesday, April 29th:
Critical Mass and March for the Health and Safety of Workers, the
Community, and Environment.
12:30 – Rally at PGE
1:00 PM – Critical Mass to Richmond BART
3:00 PM – March from Richmond BART to Chevron
Chevron and PG&E’s lack of transparency and ignorance are a threat to the
health and safety of workers, the community, and the environment.
PG&E had a pipeline explosion in 2010 that killed 8 people and destroyed
38 homes. It was proven that they spiked gas pipeline pressure 10% over
the legal, and only inspected corrosion but not welds. Complete
documentation is missing for about a quarter of its 1,800-plus pipeline
miles, and many other health and safety issues. PG&E' s neglect was so
blatent the state is indicting them on 12 charges.
http://m.sfgate.com/crime/article/PG-amp-E-indicted-on-12-criminal-charges-in-San-5368631.php

Chevron had a major fire almost 2 years ago after they clearly neglected
the pipes corroding ignoring warnings from workers and inspectors for over
a decade. This fire almost killed 14 refinery workers and sent 30,000
people to seek medical treatment because of air pollution.
For more information about Chevron's neglect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiILbGbk8Qk

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Wednesday, April 30th:
Picket against Health and Safety issues with Crude by Rail
All Shifts of the day starting at 5:30 AM – Union Pacific’s Ozol Train
Yard – Martinez
Union Pacific and other railroad companies have been endangering the
workers, the community, and the environment by cutting back on health and
safety standards and shipping tons of volatile oil through Martinez and
the Bay Area every day. The growing amount of crude oil shipments by rail
mixed with major deregulation of federal health and safety standards have
caused more derailments in 2013 then the past 4 decades.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/01/20/215143/more-oil-spilled-from-trains-in.html
The Lac Megantic Derailmen (a train derailment that killed 40 people and
blew up half of the town) is a perfect example of how railroad companies
endanger the workers, the community, and the environment.
(1) All Bakken crude must be 2x inspected; (every 250 miles);
(2) All Bakken crude be classified as “key” trains; CFR
(3) All Bakken crude trains be crewed by 4 railroad workers; bring back
the caboose!!!
(4) All Bakken crude be transported in at least T-112 cars with shelf
couplers
(5) Cities must pressure the federal government to reintroduce and enforce
the best Health and Safety standards.
(6) all cars must be properly marked with signage, numbers, etc.
(7) No Hazardous materials through populated areas
(8) No long and heavy trains
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Go to www.earthdaytomaydayassembly.noblogs.org to see the full calendar.

 Read my piece "Towards an Ecological General  Strike"
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/04/04/18753562.php

Twitter: @GlobalBreenBan #EarthDayToMayDay #EcoGeneralStrike
#GlobalGreenBan

April 22, 2014

Direct Action Training Day and Film Screenings – Thursday April 24th – 9AM to 6PM @ the Sudo Room (2141 Broadway – use side door on 22nd)

https://www.facebook.com/events/154461404700804/

Thursday – April 24th – 9:00 AM-6:00 PM – The Sudo Room – 2141 Broadway Ave. Downtown Oakland (Use side entrance on 22nd st.) California

We will have copies of the the Rebel Workers Handbook and Earth First Direct Action Manual for donations.

We are training for direct actions from April 22nd to May 1st that will raise awareness about the intersections of labor rights, indigenous rights, immigration rights, gentrification, and environmental justice issues.

This will full day of Direct Action trainings/workshops on how to use a diversity of non-violent direct action tactics and skills such as pickets/strikes, lockdowns, climbing techniques/treesits, banner drops, blockades, security culture, scouting, targets, labor law, legal observation, counter-surveillance, affinity groups, protest art and much more.

We have seen in the past few years “health and safety” and environmental regulations have been increasingly violated, disregarded, and dismantled by greedy, self serving actors like the Koch Brothers, proponents of the Trans-Pacific “free trade” Pact, and other corporate and state entities. Indigenous People, workers, immigrants, and environmentalists are rising up across the world to take a stand to defend the Earth and their human rights.

From Earth Day to May Day we are going to step up our game in the Bay. Here we have a long history of taking effective direct actions to achieve our demands and now we are at the point where we must stand together and fight for Environmental Justice in our communities. With climate change upon us we can’t wait for an eco-revolution. We have to make it.

Schedule to be updated!
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9-10 AM Affinity Groups and Security Culture – Elliot

Description: Learn how to form an affinity group / column and keep it secure so that you can build and take effective direct actions with your friends

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10- 11 AM Copwatch – Berkeley Cop Watch

Know Your Rights: Learn how to safely film police brutality, record evidence, and what the basic laws and types of stops by police are.

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11 – Noon Lock Downs and Hard Blockades – Elliot

Learn how to build long lasting Non-violent Blockades that will effectively stop your target from functioning

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Noon – 1 : 20 PM Films!

10 min – Kahsatstenhsera: Indigenous Resistance to Tar Sands Pipelines – Kahsatstenhsera gah-sad-sdanh-se-ra is a Kanienkeha:ka (Mohawk) word that means Strength in Unity. This short documentary details contemporary Indigenous resistance to tar sands pipeline expansion, in particular the Line 9 and Energy East pipelines, which threaten the health of our territories in the northeast of Turtle Island. It includes the voices and perspectives of Dene, Wolastiqiyik, Mi’kmaq, Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Wet’suwet’en land defenders.

“Just do it!” is a film about direct actions in the UK including when trade unionists and environmental activists took over the Vestas wind turbine factory to stop it’s closure.

“Rocking The Foundations” – The film is about the Builders Labourers’ Federation of Australia who fought victoriously for their rights as a union, the rights of indigenous people, against gentrification, and in defense of the environment. They did this by performing the first of what are now known as the “green bans” or an environmental strike.
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1: 20 – 2 PM How to organize Legal support for direct action organizing – Trans and Women’s Action Camp

Learn how to research the Laws for direct actions and do Jail support

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2 – 3 PM Direct action 101 + scouting – Trans and Women’s Action Camp

Learn how to effectively plan direct actions!!!

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3- 4PM Mutual Aid Blockades: Eviction Defense, Buses, and more: At Eviction Free San Francisco, a direct action mutual aid collective, we’ve found that one of the best ways to put pressure on speculators and tech companies is to take direct action on the streets. We’ve used a variety of tactics, from stopping Google buses demanding evictions be rescinded immediately, to linking arms outside of homes being evicted by speculators. We’ve also organized numerous protests outside of the homes and offices of landlords, investors, and real estate companies. Come learn about our tactics and mutual aid organizing strategies, and help think of new ways to fight against a political economy of dispossession. – Eviction free sf

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4-5 PM The intersections of the Labor movement and the movement for Environmental Justice – Brooke Anderson from Movement Generation and Elliot
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5-6 PM Internet Security – Crypto Party!
Learn how to keep your electronics and internet use secure!
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Hope to see yall there!!!

Contact ecogeneralstrike [at] riseup.net to help organize or propose a workshop!

April 21, 2014

2 additional events added to the calendar!

New Event Proposal #1:

PEOPLE’S EARTH DAY 2014
Environmental Justice Walk Against Cancer and Pollution
Sat, April 26, 10am – 11am
Meet in front of Martin Luther King Jr. Park
5700 block of 3rd Street at Carroll
Bayview District of SF
Map at http://goo.gl/maps/H2zRb

Let’s march together in memory of our loved ones who have passed or are suffering from cancer, and dedicate ourselves to work for healthy, resilient communities and environmental justice.

Sponsored by Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice Huntersview Mothers and Fathers Committee for Health and Environmental Justice 350 Bay Area 350SF Breast Cancer Actiom Occupy San Francisco Environmental Justice Working Group

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New Event Proposal #2:

2014 SF Workers Memorial Day-Fighting For Health And Safety And Healthcare For Injured Workers
April 28, 2014 7:00 PM
ILWU Local 34
5 Berry St./Next To AT&T Ball Park
San Francisco, CA

Workers Memorial Day San Francisco
Remember The Dead, Fight For The Living

Join injured workers, health and safety advocates, healthcare advocates and others on Workers Memorial Day in San Francisco on April 28, 2014. In California workers face a more and more dangerous situation on the job with injuries and deaths from workplace toxins and hazards. New technologies such as biotech and nanotech are unregulated and workers union and unorganized who speak out about health and safety are illegally retaliated against in many workplaces.
At the same time, California has only 162 OSHA inspectors for 18 million workers and the state refuses to even hire more inspectors with money that has already been appropriated. Ca-OSHA whistleblowers are now speaking out about the need to defend Ca-OSHA to protect California workers on the job.
Workplace bullying on the job is also creating more health problems including depression which is now a larger part of workplace injuries yet has been threatened by California SB 863 which limits compensation for these injuries.
Injured workers also face a growing crisis after they have to go through one obstacle course after another to get their healthcare. Doctors who are not even licensed in California operate through an outsourced company called Maximus which has anonymous doctors giving determination about whether workers are able to get their healthcare needs met.
On this day we will commemorate those workers killed on the job and those workers and their families who are fighting for healthcare and justice on the job.

Sponsored by
Injured Workers National Network http://www.iwnn.org
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Injured-Workers-National-Network-IWNN/108362552680848?fref=ts
California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day http://www.workersmemorialday.org
For information contact (415)282-1908

Watchdog Group: Cal/OSHA’s Staff Level Has Fallen Below Minimum Standard for Federal Funding
http://ehstoday.com/osha/watchdog-group-calosha-s-staff-level-has-fallen-below-minimum-standard-federal-funding?NL=OH-05&Issue=OH-05_20140213_OH-05_237&YM_RID= href=”mailto:garrettdbrown@comcast.net”>garrettdbrown [at] comcast.net&YM_MID=1449732&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_3
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-worker-safety-20140211,0,37926.story#axzz2tinaWFPl
latimes.com/business/la-fi-worker-safety-20140211,0,37926.story
Workplace Bullying Takes Its Toll-Mistreatment at city departments costs San Francisco millions
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/18050-workplace-bullying-takes-its-toll/

April 21, 2014

Guerrilla Gardening on April 23rd canceled.

The Guerrilla Gardening action the 23rd is being canceled due to the proposers lack of follow through and organization.

April 14, 2014April 14, 2014

New Proposals for the April 20th Assembly!

New Event Proposal #1:

Let’s march together in memory of our loved ones who have passed or are suffering from cancer, and dedicate ourselves to work for healthy, resilient communities and environmental justice.

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New Event Proposal #2:

2014 SF Workers Memorial Day-Fighting For Health And Safety And Healthcare For Injured Workers
April 28, 2014 7:00 PM
ILWU Local 34
5 Berry St./Next To AT&T Ball Park
San Francisco, CA

Workers Memorial Day San Francisco
Remember The Dead, Fight For The Living

April 13, 2014

Amended and Approved Proposals from the 4/13 assembly!

To make a proposal for actions, events, and/or principals please email: ecogeneralstrike@riseup.net

We will add proposals to the agenda daily!

Proposed agenda for the next assembly on Sunday, April 13th!

-Vote on new or tabled Proposals

-Break out into Committees for organizing actions

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New or tabled proposals:

New Event Proposal #1: How to make an Eco-socialist Revolution with Ian Angus

Eco-Socialist Activist, founder and editor of Climate and Capitalism , an ecosocialist journal, which reflects the perspective of ecological Marxism. He is the author of The Global Fight for Climate Justice: Anticapitalist Responses to Global Warming and Ecological Destruction (2010); and Too Many People? Population, Immigration, and the Environmental Crisis (2011).

Friday April 25, 7PM @ the Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, Oakland, CA 94612 (between Telegraph and Broadway) $5 admission (no one turned away for lack of funds).

Earth Day to May Day Direct Action Calender and Approved Proposals!

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https://www.facebook.com/events/692175424174774/

Earth Day to May Day Direct Action Calender and Approved Proposals!
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-To endorse the Assembly

-To endorse the calendar and/or an action

-To propose or amend an event/action

-To propose or amend a principal/guideline

-To help organize an event/action

Please email us: ecogeneralstrike@riseup.net
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We had a great kickoff assembly of about 40 people with a huge feast!

Special Thanks to East Bay Food Not Bombs, Ed, Stephanie, and Ayr!

Check out our new website with the calendar posted!

http://earthdaytomaydayassembly.noblogs.org/

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Every Sunday until May Day – 2:00 PM – Mosswood Park Amphitheater (South-West Side of Mosswood Park) – MacArthur and Telegraph – Oakland – CA

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Here is a great film about Environmental Unionism called “Rocking the Foundations”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxPcqbTsNVk
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The first proposal we voted on was whether we wanted consensus or 75% super majority. We called an informal vote and about two-thirds of the participants wanted to use 75% super majority.

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The second proposal was by Stefanie where she stated:

“Our family would like to organize a youth action/demonstration so they may advocate for their future. My children are activists by choice, of course they’ve had some influence. We would like to give as many children as possible a platform to express their concerns and desires for their future. They need to be heard. In addition we are African-Americans who often advocate on behalf of communities of color, but we would like to encourage more participation from our brothas and sistas. We are hoping that there is a place for children and communities of color to have strong voice and would like to see if we can coordinate an event with your support.

In peace, love, and power to the people, Stephanie “

Stefanie elaborated and emphasized the importance of youth and people of color being involved in the movement and that she would like to organize about 500 youth to join at least one of the demonstrations. She also stated we should reach out to the African American community as well as the Latino and Indigenous community.

The Assembly voted and unanimously supported her proposal.

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The Earth Day to May Day Action/Event Calendar!

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Tuesday, April 22nd:

Earth Day March!

1:00 PM – Sproul Plaza of UC Berkeley – Telegraph Ave. and Bancroft Way – Berkeley, California

Unanimously approved!

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Wednesday, April 23rd:

Guerrilla Gardening at Curtis Street Community Garden!

2:00 PM-6:00 PM – Curtis St. and 21st St. – West Oakland, California

The owner of this now abandon community garden would like it to be revived. It has a lot of overgrowth and weeds. We plan to canvass the surrounding community to see what their vision for the garden is, have an anti-gentrification statement for the garden’s mission, and reach out to other gardens/planned gardens in the area to see how we can support them as well.

Unanimously approved with friendly amendments!

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Thursday, April 24th:

Direct Action Training Day and film screening of “Just do it!”

8:00 AM-4:00 PM – The Sudo Room – 2141 Broadway Ave. Downtown Oakland (Use side entrance on 22nd st.) California

“Just do it!” is a film about direct actions in the UK including when trade unionists and environmental activists took over the Vestas wind turbine factory to stop it’s closure.

Contact ecogeneralstrike@riseup.net to help organize or propose a workshop!

Unanimously approved!

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Friday, April 25th:

Bike Workers Contingent @ SF Critical Mass

5:30 PM – Justin Herman Plaza near the Embarcadero BART (beginning of Market Street) Downtown San Francisco, CA

Bicycle workers are often exploited by their employers and are often over looked by union organizers. We are Bike Mechanics, Sales People, Parts Manufacturers, Pedi-cabbers, Couriers, ETC. We would like to come together as a contingent of the SF Critical Mass to celebrate our hard work and network to build solidarity with others in the Bicycle Industry. Come join us if you want to build towards having a Bay Area Bicycle Workers Union!

Unanimously approved!

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Saturday, April 26th:

Towards an Ecological General Strike: A presentation about the global history of Environmental Unionism and film screening of “Who Bombed Judi Bari?”

7:00 PM – the Sudo Room – 2141 Broadway Ave. – Downtown Oakland, CA (use side entrance on 22nd)

Join us at the Sudo Room for a short presentation about the BLF “green bans” in Australia, the Redwood summer in California,and the global movement for Environmental Unionism. Followed will be a screening of the Film “Who Bombed Judi Bari?” Which is about the direct actions taken by IWW Labor Organizer and Earth First!er Judi Bari and the repression she faced.

For more information about the IWW, Environmental Unionism, and relevant news visit: www.ecology.iww.org or https://www.facebook.com/IWWEnvironmentalUnionistCaucus/

Unanimously approved!

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Sunday, April 27th:

Earth Day to May Day Assembly!

2:00 PM – Mosswood Park Amphitheater (Broadway Ave. and MacArthur Blvd.) – North Oakland, California

Join us at the Earth Day to May Day Assembly to organize direct actions from April 22nd to May 1st to raise awareness about the intersections of labor rights, immigration rights, indigenous rights, gentrification, and environmental justice issues. You can propose actions or events to fill in the days between may day and earth day. Examples include but are not limited to: film screenings, sit-ins, tree sits, guerrilla gardening, pickets, marches, blockades, strikes, etc.

You can propose agenda items to ecogeneralstrike@riseup.net

Unanimously approved!

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Why Capitalism Cannot Save the Planet

2:00 PM-3:00 PM – 747 Polk St. – San Francisco, CA

Why Capitalism Cannot Save the Planet–a Marxist presentation and discussion on the economics that drive Big Business to pollute and why the ruling class cannot solve this problem. The event is hosted by the Bay Area Freedom Socialist Party at 747 Polk St. in San Francisco.

Unanimously approved!

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Monday, April 28th:

Protest against the Koch Brother’s Petcoke Facility

3:00 PM – Marina Walk Park – Pittsburg, CA

The Koch Brothers have been a major influence in dismantling workers rights, militarizing our borders, corrupting the media, and the destruction of the environment. They heavily fund organizations and politician that deny climate change and bust unions.
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Tuesday, April 29th:

Critical Mass and March for the Health and Safety of Workers, the Community, and Environment

12:30 – Rally at PGE

1:00 PM – Critical Mass to Richmond BART

3:00 PM – March from Richmond BART to Chevron

Chevron and PG&E’s lack of transparency and ignorance are a threat to the health and safety of workers, the community, and the environment.

Unanimously approved with friendly amendments!

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Wednesday, April 30th:

Picket against Health and Safety issues with Crude by Rail
All Shifts of the day starting at 5:30 AM – Union Pacific’s Ozol Train Yard – Martinez

Union Pacific and other railroad companies have been endangering the workers, the community, and the environment by cutting back on health and safety standards and shipping tons of volatile oil through Martinez and the Bay Area every day. The Lac Megantic Derailment (a train derailment that killed 40 people and blew up half of the town) is a perfect example of how railroad companies endanger the workers, the community, and the environment.

(1) All Bakken crude must be 2x inspected; (every 250 miles);
(2) All Bakken crude be classified as “key” trains; CFR
(3) All Bakken crude trains be crewed by 4 railroad workers; bring back the caboose!!!
(4) All Bakken crude be transported in at least T-112 cars with shelf couplers
(5) Cities must pressure the federal govt.
(6) all cars must be properly marked with signage, numbers, etc.

(7) No Hazardous materials through populated areas

(8) No long and heavy trains

Unanimously approved with friendly amendments!

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May 1st: Many groups will be doing direct actions on May Day. If you would like to propose your event or action email earthdaytomaydaybayarea@lists.riseup.net with the details. Then we can vote to add it to our calendar.

Unanimously approved with friendly amendments!

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Additional Proposals:
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Consent is required for filming for every individual and the assembly at large – Unanimously Approved!
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Weekly assemblies every Sunday – 2:00 PM – Mosswood Park Amphitheater (South-West Side of Mosswood Park) – MacArthur and Telegraph – Oakland – CA – Unanimously Approved!
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-To endorse the calendar and/or an action

-To propose or amend an event/action

-To propose or amend a principal/guideline

-To help organize an event/action

Please email us: ecogeneralstrike@riseup.net
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Resources about Green Unionism and Organizing Actions the Earth Day to May Day Week of Actions!
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Educate yourself about Green Unionism:
http://ecology.iww.org/texts

Teach yourself how to organize direct actions!
A Rebel Worker’s Organizing handbook
http://zabalazabooks.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/a_rebel_workers_organising_handbook.pdf

Earth First! Direct Action Manual
http://earthfirstjournal.org/merch/product/earth-first-direct-action-manual-1st-edition/

Organizing for Power Action Resources

Action Resources

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