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Scott invited you to "Fundraiser Against Sit/Lie".

Event: Fundraiser Against Sit/Lie
Start Time: Saturday, September 11 at 4:00pm
End Time: Saturday, September 11 at 7:00pm
Location: The Cinch

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=135430103167270&mid=2ebbf2cG5af31c33e157Gb61265G7&n_m=hnj%40spaz.org

Sara invited you to "District 6 Candidates' Forum on Affordable Housing and
Tenant's Rights".

Event: District 6 Candidates' Forum on Affordable Housing and Tenant's Rights
Start Time: Sunday, September 12 at 2:00pm
End Time: Sunday, September 12 at 4:00pm
Location: San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium

There are three places left in the next edition of The Commons San Francisco's
four session course in economics, with a commons perspective.

If you're tired or exasperated with economic analysis that never fully
distinguishes between stuff made by human beings and the material universe out of
which that stuff is made, here's your grand opportunity to get a sufficient dose
of the logic, spirit and use to be had and made of that distinction. Capitalism,
socialism, and your own prejudices will never be the same after taking this four
session, two hours a session introductory course in commons economics.

$25 buys all course materials and admission to four successive Wednesday evening
discussion meetings, beginning this Wednesday, September 8.

Visit http://www.TheCommonsSF.org for more information

New York Squatter needs help for San Francisco Theater Production

Hey, San Francisco. Direct Arts is trying to bring its production of Paper Angels to Portsmouth Square, September 15-17 as part of the San Francico Fringe Festival. It sounds pretty cool, and you can help to make it happen: Paper Angels in San Francisco!
They're performing the play outdoors, right in the middle of Chinatown. The performance will include projections of archival images, spoken word and folk dance. Not only will it be free, it will also commemorate the 100th anniversary of the immigration station at Angel Island. Here's some more info:Set in 1915 during the Chinese Exclusion Act, PAPER ANGELS is about an elderly Chinese railroad worker attempting to bring his wife to America after many decades of separation. Our new production of this seminal 1981 play by Genny Lim incorporates projections of archival images, live traditional Chinese music and segments of Chinese opera and folkdance. We workshopped the play last year (see the Broadway World article) with Obie Award winner Jojo Gonzalez in the central role. This year, we're adding a spoken word segment based on the poems carved on the Angel Island barrack walls and exploring shuochang 說唱, a traditional Chinese recitative accompanied by wooden clappers. This is a unique project that not only puts America’s immigration policy into context, but also raises awareness of the cultural significance of America’s Chinatowns, many of which are in decline.But here's the thing: Direct Arts needs to raise some funds fast. They have a kickstarter campaign ending in few days, but they're only about halfway to their goal of $5000. If they don't meet it, they won't get any of the funding that's already been pledged:In order to make this happen, though, we need to raise another $5,000. There are 12 actors in the play, who all need to be fed, housed and brought to the San Francisco. To make some stage magic, we'll need to rent three projectors and create a rotating screen. And since the show is free, none of our expenses will be defrayed. Bottom line is, we need your help to put this unique project on its feet. Any contribution, no matter how small, is greatly appreciated - just consider:
- $30 will give an actor a bed in a hostel for one night.
- $60 will pay for a rehearsal hall for one night.
- $100 will give an actor a small per diem for the 5 days s/he is in San Francisco.
- $270 will pay for a R/T ticket to San Francisco for an actor.
- $450 will house the entire company for one night.
- $600 will allow us to pay for sound equipment for 3 days.It sounds like a really awesome production, but it won't happen without the necessary funds to keep the wheels moving. Every little bit will make a difference. To donate and help bring Paper Angels to San Francisco, go to the Kickstarter page here. And to learn more about Paper Angels, go to the Direct Arts website here.

One can also contact Matt Metzgar at mattmetzgar@earthlink.net

SPREAD THE WORD!!!!  we need some solidarity on this.
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY with the 14 kidnapped by the Chilean 'democracy'.

Welcome to Chile, society of jails and jailers.

This past Saturday the 14th of August, in the cities of Santiago and
Valpara�so, an action coordinated by police of all types (special task
forces) violently raided three squatted social centers and many private
homes in fives communes.  The police intimidated people with weapons of
war, broke windows and doors, and took many personal items with them from
all of the houses.

14 people were detained being informed of the reason for their
detention for three hours.

Later?  Six people were released on probation for lack of evidence against them.
As for the people that remained imprisoned, they were put in isolation
cells in maximum security jails where they were awaiting a 180 day long
investigation process and potentially a 20 year sentence for alleged
illegal terrorist association.  They have alleged that these people were
involved in making and blowing up the bombs that have erupted lately in
the capital. According to the prosecutor, this
association was a hierarchical organization directed by key ringleaders.

This supposition is in absolute contradiction with anarchist ideology - most of
the kidnapped people have been labeled as anarchists- which is
opposed to the concepts of �leaders� and �hierarchies��

Furthermore, this charade, a perfect outcome for the puppeteers and jailers who desire
to keep their power. Above all, this has been the result of those
citizens, who like their peace so much and through their deafness and
silence, are helping to erase the oppressed, the masquerades,
jails, and resignations.....


"The bombs case" is the title that keeps appearing in the headlines of the
newspapers like a bad novel, in which  the main characters, the
Minister/Secretary of the Interior, the prosecutor and his police
henchmen are trying to catch the 'undesirable' anarchists. The
beginning of the 'bombs case' is a police persecutions saga that dates
back to the 10th of September, the eve of a historic date in Chile, on
which people mourn their dead and disappeared ones from the
dictatorship, while others display their discontent with the falseness of
a democracy that has not changed much from a dictatorship.

In this context, a molotov bomb was thrown at the house of the government.
The images went around the world; the symbol of the concord of
democratic parties was blown into pieces; the fraternal unifying factor of
the left has been altered. Two weeks later, a vast police contingent
raided the squat "la mansi�n siniestra" and arrested 6 people, who, to
their own surprise had become, thanks to the distorting role of the press,
an illegal association of "molotov bombs makers", "violent
criminals", "vandals". This scenario is the one that the 14 accused
comrades were facing.

Back then, the police never thought that evidence was necessary, because the
things they seized as alleged bomb making materials were no more than
common domestic utensils. These molotovs never existed. During the
judiciary process, the 6 antagonists of this story were allegedly the
worst moral aberrations; public opinion has given legitimacy to the
sentence of up to five years in jail � But OOPS...'mistake'! The
accusations were fake, the police�s masquerade had been revealed.
Finally, these 6 people did not serve the time they were sentenced. But
that�s only after spending 11 days in a high security prison. Just as
expected, no institution was held accountable for the irreversible
physical and psychological punishments and damages inflicted on the
detainees, nor for the personal belongings that were seized from their
them and their comrades.

Four years have gone by since this incident, and with its passing, the
travesty of justice, the inequalities and the repressions remain the order
of the day.

Only to talk about JUST A FEW concrete examples:

According to the survey of "national socio-economic characterization" (CASEN) the
economic gap has increased from 13% to 15% since 2006. Meanwhile the
administration of the government wants to spend 135 thousand millions of
pesos to build, starting this year, 10 new prisons, which would add to the
total of more than 16,500 new vacancies in the prison system. It is
important to note, according to the sources of the mideplan, that 64% of
the prison population are illiterate or have not finished their basic
studies and are the poorest and the most marginalized people in Chilean
society. This illustrates that the interest of the system is to imprison
the most marginal instead of educating them and providing them with the
tools for a better life.

These prisons need jailers�

The alliance of 'democratic' parties  was in charge of the government for a
decade after the dictatorship, killing 42 people, and helping, instead of
changing, the development of the 'political constitution of Chile' that
was created by the dictatorship, strengthening it with reforms and
continuing with its tradition of criminalizing social movements and
perfecting the Anti-terrorism Law. One of the modifications to the
Anti-Terrorism Law was to give policemen a status of 'witnesses of faith',
whereby they frequently do not have to present concrete
evidence against the accused, which gives the legal support to the
masquerade/ setups for those who represent a threat to the system. Among
other barbarities, now in 2010, the turn of the 'coalition for change'
with Sebastian Pi�era in power. This regime is pro-dictatorship and a huge
collaborator with the establishment of the neoliberal model. Let�s not
forget that he was also the one that gave the Chileans the opportunity of
having credit cards to live working in order to pay their debts. But above
all, nowadays M. Pi�era is famous for his
campaign 'the Battle against Delinquency', in which he shows us his
support for a policy of more 'security', in other words, and to be less
moderate with the term, jailers that secure the power of their friends the
businessmen and capitalists. To make sure that things proceed
smoothly, the president will reinforce the repression against
historically repressed populations, increasing police personnel to 15000
carabineros and increasing the salaries of civilian police, who have had
in the last few months their salaries increased by 18%.

This is how, the 'Battle against Delinquency', is an exemplary example that
shows how the inefficacy of the alliance of political parties has
erupted tragically in our lives. Today we become its scapegoats,
displayed like pariahs in an outlandish play, in order to legitimize their
ventures and win 'moral sympathies' among the spectators and the right. In
this hunt to cover up facts, which have been intentionally invisible in
the media, the hunger strike of 32 Mapuche political
prisoners, who fight the adversity of Chilean justice and demand their
natural rights, is being hidden. Or another omission, the use of cheap,
insufficient equipment to attempt the 'rescue' of 33 miners trapped only a
few days earlier this week.

Today, these 14 comrades, among them, anarchists, communicators and social
fighters, show solidarity to unjust causes, are involved in open
squatted social centers where they sustain libraries, video libraries,
gardens, and people who exchange and question ideas and actions in forums
and activities conducted in a horizontal manner. These people are
automatically criminalized; prosecutors have enough ambiguous
evidence to take their freedom away from them.  For example, a tapped
telephone call where a mother demanded that one of the accused people be
taken care of; this was used as evidence against her. The open
squatted spaces and the people who are committed to denouncing and
transforming on a daily basis their own lives and their society have
become more vulnerable to the apprehensions of the state and its
prosecutions, which illustrates that this prosecution is also
ideological.

Now...Who are the terrorists? .

We make a call to build an international support network for the people
imprisoned on the 14th of August. Today more than ever!
Internationalists of the world to solidarity and action, to face the
kidnappings and lies of the Chilean
state!.--------------------------------


Dear Commoneers,

For those interested in exploring the intersection of spirituality and social
justice, faith and Land & Liberty, the evening described below will offer a rich
opportunity to share your thoughts, questions and readings.

I'll be sharing excerpts from Henry David Thoreau, the Torah and Henry George.

David

Please join us for an evening of
 fellowship, food and prayerful discussion.

Dinner and Devotions:�theme - Friendship & Lovingkindness�hosted by Rana Chang
and Dave Giesen
Saturday, August 21, 20106:30PM-9:30PM189 Ellsworth St. (Bernal neighborhood)SF,
CA�

New friends are most welcomed, so please feel free to invite your own guests and
RSVP so that we can prepare enough food. �Potluck participation is appreciated
but not required :)
What is a Baha'i Devotional?�- The Baha'i Faith is a world religion that fulfills
the promise of all divine faiths by manifesting the teachings of Baha'u'llah.
�That is, that mankind is One, God is One, all religion
 should agree and be a source of unity and human progress and the kingdom of God
shall be manifest here on Earth through our efforts toward equality, justice and
love. ��- A devotional gathering is a place where people share sacred writings
and deepen together on the mysteries and virtues of the universe. �It is a happy
fun time to get to know each other better and learn more about the Baha'i Faith
together.�- The topic of this devotional is Friendship. Ponder the quotes below
and bring a prayer, quote, story or anything that you like to share on the topic.
"It is incumbent on everyone to show the utmost love, rectitude of conduct,
straightfowardness and sincere kindliness unto all the peoples of the world, be
they friends or strangers. So intense must be the spirit of love and loving
kindness, that the stranger may find himself a friend, the enemy a true brother;
no difference whatsoever existing between them. �For universality is of God and
all limitations earthly." -�Abdul Baha
"Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn
with
 loving kindness for all who may cross your path." -Abdul
 Baha





�Let my food, O my Lord, be Thy beauty,
and my drink the light of Thy presence,
and my hope Thy pleasure,
and my work Thy praise,
my companion, Thy remembrance.
 - Baha'u'llah'

drawnwww.bahai.org



So the meeting to discuss Homeless Rights Day will be held on Thur. Aug. 26th,
next week.� We will discuss the run down of events scheduled and talk about any
projects people want to include in the event.� The meeting is being held at the
Coalition on Homeless office at 468 Turk Street @ 7:00 PM.�
Hope to see you all there,
Shane