Crowd at the base of the steps
Gathering at the jail
March at UN plaza
Riva contingent marching
Global Women Strike banner: "Twin Terrors, poverty &
war"
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We
had our best Strike ever in San Francisco today. We estimated
around 300 people. It started at City Hall, after a fight to get
them to give us the sound system we had been told they would
provide. Suddenly people started arriving, Riva's contingent
with the bombs and numbers of countries the US has targated was
very good. Drummer's arrived. The crowd was mixed race,
mixed age, with a good number of very respectful men; they were
stunned almost from the beginning by the variety of speakers,
the truths being told about women's lives, hidden justice work,
international news, etc. The crowd loved the skit, which
included Chandra reading out what the guards in prison say to
women and then we did the three person skit by Synthia about
'stay out of prostitution areas (SOAP)' orders; also the Bechtel
song. Nell and Chandra led the chants, and we took over a lane
of the street to march to the jail.
The arrival at the jail was very
dramatic, bail bonds men came out of their offices, and people
who were coming and going from court stopped, stunned, as they
began to grasp we were chanting...'no jails', etc. As we passed
the entrance to the area where folks are housed, a group of
young Black youth came out the door, and could not believe their
eyes, got very excited as they got what we were about. The crowd
was so large we covered the front of the jail, steps etc
completely. We proceeded to have our speakers: Noelle/ Mumia
(played twice, also at City Hall); Jess, a Palestinian man;
Anna, from California Prison Focus and former prisoner; Samina,
a Muslim woman; an incredible song by David Welsh about Haiti/
Million Worker March; a Latina woman named Gesella, Tara and her
3 year old son Oscar; anti-nuclear Livermore Action group; Bill
from Vetrans for Peace gave a really good statement, and our
whole group spoke very well.
We heard that the National
Lawyers Guild may have called the police and threatened to sue
them if they harassed us and/or would not let us be outside the
jail. There was one cop who told us to turn the sound down, we
acted like we did, announced that we did, but actually didn't.
ANSWER was very cooperative, worked well with us, a different
attitude. KPFA interviewed us live from the demonstration site
twice and than called for a final interview after. We ended with
Venezuela, Oh, Ah Chavez no se va! Said thank you and good bye,
no one would leave. They just stood there...
Leaflet
about the Actions
Bay Area Action Alert:
Hurricane Evacuees Council/Bay Area
Silent
vigil Friday, November 25, 2005, 4:45 pm
Gather at Larkin St Entrance to Ghirardelli Square
Protest called for
by Hurricane Evacuees Council/Bay Area (HECBA), a network of evacuees,
led by evacuees, and facilitated by the Women’s Caucus of the People’s
Hurricane Relief Fund and the Global Women’s Strike/SF. HECBA meets at
Calvery Baptist Church. Phone/fax 415-626-4114 email: sf@crossroadswomen.net;
mailing address: PO Box 14512, San Francisco, CA 94114
Sat. June 18, 2005, 7-9
p.m:
LUCIE TONDREAU SPEAKS ON RESISTANCE IN HAITI
Haitian-American talk-show host and activist Lucie
Tondreau will speak about the growing grassroots resistance movement in Haiti since the U.S. ousted
democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide more than one year ago.
St. John’s Community Center,
6500 Gladys Ave, El Cerrito
(near Potrero and San Pablo avenues)
Sponsor: Haiti Action Committee 510-483-7481;
haitiaction@yahoo.com
$5 - $15 sliding scale
SF
Events -
5 March East Bay video premiere
“The Bolivarian Revolution: ENTER THE OIL WORKERS!”
8 March
March &
speak out
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