August 13, 2013 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ NEWS: 1. SAVE GOLDEN GATE PARK! Come to the BEACH CHALET CEQA TRIAL/SF SUPERIOR COURT Friday, August 16. A lawsuit was filed last year by the SF Coalition for Children's Outdoor Play and other individuals, regarding the Beach Chalet EIR. This suit will finally be heard in court. See history in the making! See item #2, below. 2. We can each DO something to make sure we keep City College SF!! City College is open and accredited and we need your help to save the school for good! Here are some things you can do: 1) Attend and invite your friends to the Student Rally to Demand Mayor Lee Save CCSF, Tues. August 20, 4pm, Civic Center. 2) Get involved: To volunteer, please contact info@saveccsf.org 3) Join a Save CCSF Committee (Student, Outreach, Media, Lobby, Action): The meeting times/places can be found on our calender. 4) Please sign and share the petition to Save CCSF! 5) Inform yourself: www.saveccsf.org has a lot of great information, as does San Francisco Green Party and City College Facebook pages. 6) Sign up for text updates by texting "follow saveccsfnow" to 404042. 3. Fall election Nov. 5, 2013. Only District 4 (the Sunset) will have an election for Supervisor this year. Also on the ballot are candidates for the offices of City Attorney, Assessor-Recorder and Treasurer - all are incumbents without any opposition. There will also be 4 ballot measures. See http://www.sfelections.org or call 415-554-4375 for more information. Register online with the Green Party - http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_vr.htm. AUGUST-SEPTEMBER EVENTS: 1. Wednesday August 14, 7 pm see the film "Black August" about the 1971 Prison revolt. 2969 Mission between 25th & 26th St. 1/2 blk from 24th St. BART; #14 bus, 49 Muni. see www.sfgreenparty.org calendar for more details. 2. Friday Aug. 16, 9:45 am Golden Gate Park CEQA hearing to STOP the astro-turf/highly lit soccer field privatized development! Courtroom opens: 9:15 a.m. Come early to get a seat in the courtroom. Trial starts: 9:45 a.m. Length of trial: Unknown - 2 to 4 hours Building Location: SF Superior Court of Calif. 400 McAllister St.(Polk & McAllister), Room location: Room 503, Courtroom of Judge Teri L. Jackson (Dept 503). Attend and give silent witness to preserving Golden Gate Park Attorneys will present the case; NO public comment. Our presence will show the court how many people truly love Golden Gate Park and want to protect the Park from this unnatural development. Very important that we all dress well and act respectful to the court and to all parties at this hearing. WHAT YOU CAN DO: 1. Come to the court hearing! Wear your Save Golden Gate Park button! 2. Let us know that you will be there. Write to us at sfoceanedge@earthlink.net 3. View the beautiful new video:"Beach Chalet Fields Renovation" on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAhM4X8CPow 4. For litigation information go to: http://webaccess.sftc.org/Scripts/Magic94/mgrqispi94.dll?APPNAME=WEB&PRGNAME... (All Briefs are online---but difficult to open due to file size; keep trying) Questions? Contact us at sfoceanedge@earthlink.net. 3. Sunday August 18th 11am-4pm Sunday Streets in the Tenderloin. Come table with the SF Green Party. Register voters, hand out brochures and educate on current issues. We will be near the tables of our friends Jobs With Justice and Save City College - near the corner of Golden Gate and Leavenwort h. To volunteer, please call Barry at 415-664-7754 or 415-255-9494 on the day of the event. 4. Wednesday August 21st, 7:30-9pm SF Green Party County Council meeting at El Cafetazo, 3087 16th St. near Valencia; 1 1/2 blks from 16th/Mission BART. cc@sfgreens.org 5. Wednesday August 28th, 7-9 pm SF Green Party Member meeting at El Cafetazo, 3087 16th St. near Valencia. Everyone welcome. 6. Monday September 2nd, 2 pm Closing day for SF Mime Troupe "Gas & Oil". free. Dolores Park. Live music starts at 1:30 pm. Donations needed. 7. Monday September 16th, 6-9 pm. Save the date to hear Jill Stein in SF! Location TBA soon. Jill also speak at the Petaluma Progressive Festival 9/15 between noon & 5 pm, and in LA 9/21. www.sfgreenparty.org--click on Events in top left corner; click on date on google calendar to get more information. To have Jill speak at an event this same week, contact June Brashares, 415-425-3733. Historical Dates of interest: Aug. 1, 1976:1st civil disobedience action against US nuclear power,Seabrook,NH Aug. 3, 1905: Birth of Maggie Kahn, founder of Gray Panthers. Aug. 5, 1964:US War Sec. McNamara admits "20 classifications exist above "Top Secret". Aug. 6, Hiroshima Day--US needlessly drops 1st atomic weapon on large city/Japanese people knowing war was over and that there were over 100 US POWs held there. Aug. 8, 1860: Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary leader born. Aug. 8, 1976: Farmers block nuclear reactor equipment en route to Malville, France. 24 arrested; that evening, 300 people surround police paddy wagons forcing release. Aug. 9, Nagasaki Day--US needlessly drops 2nd atomic bomb on Japanese people. Aug. 9, Eidul-Fitr--Feast of the breaking of the fast/Ramadan. Islam. Aug. 10, Victims of Agent Orange Commemoration Day (brought to us by Monsanto.) Aug. 11, 1873 J.Rosamund Johnson born. Composer of Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice" Aug. 14, 1935 President F.D.Roosevelt signs Social Security Act to improve economic security of retirees & unemployed. Keep your Hands off our Social Security, Obama and Democrats!!! Aug. 16, 1914 3,000 anti-war socialists demonstrate against WWI, Buffalo, NY. Aug. 16, 1969 Woodstock, first mass counter-culture festival. Aug. 19, 1953 CIA-backed coup ousts Iranian Prime minister Muhammad Mossadegh after he begins to nationalize oil resources. Repressive Shah installed which leads to Islamic revolution of 1979 and understandable hostility towards US. Aug. 22, 1791 Slave revolt sparks Haitian revolution. And the struggle continues. Aug. 24, 1948 Edith Mae Irby becomes U. of Arkansas first Black student. Aug. 25, 1925 A. Randolph founds Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in Oakland. Aug. 25, 1945 One million Vietnamese demonstrate in Saigon/support Ho Chi Minh. Aug. 26, 1920 Equality Day. US white women win the vote. Aug. 28, Celebration of the birth of Krishna. Hinduism. Equally important to 12/25. Aug. 28, 1963 50th Anniversary of March on Washington-more than 250,000 people march for jobs & freedom. MLK Jr. gives "I have a Dream" speech. Coordinated by brilliant & closeted gay organizer, Bayard Rustin. Aug. 29, 1957 2,230 people watch nuclear blast at close range so military officers can watch how they are affected. Nevada Testing Grounds. Aug. 29, 2005 Hurrican Katrina kills 1500, slams New Orleans/Gulf Coast while Bush takes THREE days to respond at all. Makes clear racist priorites of Bush/Cheny pro-corporate regime. Would Obama have done differently? nope. --edited from 2013 Peace calendar by Syracuse Cultural Workers *===========================* The Green Party of California is seeking independent contractors for a variety of positions: fundraiser, organizer, and press secretary. 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