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all-day Mayday Events Variety of Choices
Mayday Events Variety of Choices
May 1 all-day
Mayday Events Variety of Choices
  May Day is the International Workers Day.  (The US created Labor Day in September to separate US workers from the internationalist socialist workers movement).  Here are three ways to celebrate May Day in Nevada[...]
all-day Mayday General Strike and Demo–S...
Mayday General Strike and Demo–S...
May 1 all-day
Mayday General Strike and Demo--Save the Date
More info to come about the Nevada City Mayday Demo   The Mayday general strike is a nationwide labor and political action on May 1, 2026, calling for “No Work, No School, No Shopping” to protest government policies favoring billionaires over workers. The Mayday general strike, organized by groups including Indivisible and the May Day Strong coalition, is part of the broader No Kings movement opposing authoritarian policies and economic inequality in the United States. Scheduled for May 1, 2026, the strike aims to mobilize workers, students, and families across the country to demonstrate collective power and demand a government that prioritizes communities over billionaires.    AnneLandmanBlog.com+3 Purpose and Goals The strike is designed as a tactical escalation beyond traditional protests, emphasizing an economic show of force. Participants are encouraged to refuse work, school, and shopping, signaling that ordinary people can challenge systemic power structures. The goals include:    naked capitalism+1 Advocating for workers’ rights and economic justice Opposing authoritarian government policies Promoting expanded democracy and community investment Resisting private armies, ICE enforcement, and militarized policing   2   2 Sources Organizers and Support Key organizers include Indivisible co-founders Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg, who have previously led the No Kings protests, which drew millions nationwide. The strike also has backing from major unions such as the AFT, AAUP, NEA, Starbucks Workers United, and the UE, along with dozens of local labor councils and union locals. These groups are coordinating to replicate the success of the Minnesota General Strike in January 2026, where over 100,000 participants marched and hundreds of businesses closed in solidarity.    AnneLandmanBlog.com+3 Scale and Participation The Mayday general strike is expected to involve thousands of cities and towns across the U.S., with coordinated actions including rallies, marches, and walkouts. The movement emphasizes collective action and solidarity, aiming to demonstrate the power of organized labor and community networks in shaping political and economic outcomes. [...]
May
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9:00 am Gaza Vigil
Gaza Vigil
May 4 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Banner and sing to support an end to Gaza Genocide
May
11
Mon
9:00 am Gaza Vigil
Gaza Vigil
May 11 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Banner and sing to support an end to Gaza Genocide
May
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Mon
9:00 am Gaza Vigil
Gaza Vigil
May 18 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Banner and sing to support an end to Gaza Genocide
May
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5:30 pm Democrat Central Committee re Co...
Democrat Central Committee re Co...
May 20 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Advocate at the NC Democratic Party Central Committee meeting for an endorsement of the campaign to establish a Socially Responsible Investment Policy for Nevada County.   Wed, May 20 @ 5:30pm Come Join Us! Nevada County[...]
May
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9:00 am Gaza Vigil
Gaza Vigil
May 25 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Banner and sing to support an end to Gaza Genocide

3000 Peace Activists Sail on new Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza

Read about the flotilla to distribute medical and food aid to Gaza, which is still being blockaded while children are starving and patients have no medicine in violation of the October ceasefire . The aim is to establish a sea route for aid, and end the blockade. Read and donate below:

https://chuffed.org/project/153551-global-sumud-flotilla-upcoming-campaigns

Shocking Report of Sexual Abuse that your taxes fund

“Another genocide behind walls”: New report documents testimonies of rape and sexual violence in Israeli prisons

Source: Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
https://share.google/n6CJdBjZYPX8E4Tzt

*(The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor website has been censored since this posting and thus the report is not available, but here is an Owen Jones report on the Euro-Med Monitor report. Trigger warning.) Personal note: my grandparents were always terrified of German Shepherds because of their use during the Holocaust against Jews. What a bitter irony that now Israel is now using them to commit atrocities.

Urgent: Call Now to Protect Our Right to Protest

Say NO to AB 2664– CA Bill to Jail Protesters–Call Assembly Judiciary Committee Members 
Please let members of the CA Assembly Judiciary Committee, chaired by single-payer advocate Ash Kalra(D-San Jose), know that you, along with the ACLU, oppose AB2664, a thinly veiled attempt to suppress protests of synagogues auctioning stolen Palestinian land.
AB2664 is expected to pass out of committee without objection or amendments next Tuesday. Please call the committee members (scroll for script).
Kalra (916) 319-2025 (D-San Jose), Macedo (916) 319-2033 (R-Chico), Bauer-Kahan (916) 319-2016 (D-Orinda), Bryan (916) 319-2055 (D-Los Angeles), Connolly (916) 319-2012 (D-Marin), Dixon (916) 319-2072 (D-Coastal Orange County), Harabedian (916) 319-2041 (D-Pasadena/Altadena), Pacheco (916) 319-2064 (D-Downey/Norwalk), Papan (916) 319-2021 (D-San Mateo), Sanchez (916) 319-2071 (R-Mission Viejo), Stefani (916) 319-2019 (D-Daily City, parts of SF), Chavez Zbur (916) 319-2051 (D-Santa Monica/Hollywood).
Script: I urge _________ to vote NO on AB 2664 when the assembly judiciary committee meets on Tuesday. This bill is an unconstitutional attempt to jail protesters at synagogues and churches hosting IDF soldiers and illegal auctions of stolen Palestinian land. AB2664 would also serve to shield churches accused of sex trafficking and financial fraud. Anyone approaching a congregant (within eight feet of a 100 foot bubble) with a flyer or educational sign could face a $10,000-25,000 fine and up to a year in jail. We already have the FACE Act of 1994, a federal law that prohibits the use of force and threats of force at religious worship. Vote NO on AB 2664.
The bill, authored by Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda), a member of the CA Legislative Jewish Caucus, would make it a crime, punishable of up to $10,000 and up to a year in jail on the first offense, $25,000 and up to a year in jail on the second offense, to approach anyone with a protest flyer or educational sign within eight feet of a 100-foot bubble around a religious institution and its adjacent parking lot or nearby public sidewalk. This could easily restrict speech at nearby private residences located next to a place of worship.
PLEASE SHARE THIS ACTION ALERT.
In solidarity,
Marcy WinogradCo-Chair, Central Coast Antiwar Coalition

Earth Week Blockbuster Film at UUCM

Make calls to Cal. Assembly to fix a bad bill that restricts free speech about Palestine.

Fight real antisemitism. Protect Palestinian human rights. The two are not mutually exclusive.

Trump is using a definition of antisemitism that dangerously conflates antisemitism with criticism of Israel — to silence pro-Palestinian speech, subpoena universities, cut university funding, and detain people for exercising their First Amendment rights.

California’s AB 715, a 2025 antisemitism law, indirectly uses that same definition: the IHRA definition. If left unchanged, AB 715 could be weaponized in similar ways to how Trump is using it nationally.

AB 2159 helps to fix. It would:

  • Remove the indirect reference to the IHRA definition so criticism of Israeli policy isn’t treated as antisemitism
  • Require the Antisemitism Coordinator to be a qualified, merit-based hire — not a political appointee
  • Eliminate vague language that lets politically motivated groups file complaints against teachers who discuss Palestinian culture and rights

But AB 2159 first needs to move out of the Rules Committee, then make its way through committee to the Assembly floor. We need people making calls at every step of the way.

Real antisemitism — rooted in white nationalist ideology — is a serious threat. The same movement driving antisemitism is attacking LGBTQ+ people, erasing histories of communities of color, dismantling DEIA, promoting Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism, and supporting the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. We have to fight all of it. We cannot do that with a law that equates advocacy for Palestinian human rights with antisemitism.

➤ Sign up to make calls: https://forms.gle/eaT7xHoq8rsmdrkH6

No Kings Demo 3-28

12-2 Details and signup here:

NO KINGS Grass Valley, CA · Indivisible 

Jewish Voice for Peace invites us to join Friday 4 PM

Dear JVP Sacramento community,

We want to make sure everyone knows about tomorrow’s International Day of Al-Quds rally happening right here in Sacramento.

📅 Friday, March 13th

🕓 4:00 PM

📍 16th & J St., Sacramento, CA

This is a global day of action — with simultaneous events in cities from Atlanta to Johannesburg to Tokyo — calling for an end to the occupation, apartheid, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. 

As Jewish Voice for Peace, our presence at actions like this matters. We show up to stand in solidarity, to make clear that Jewish people across the world reject the conflation of Judaism with Zionism and the crimes being carried out in our name.

We hope to see you there. Bring signs, bring friends, and bring your voice.

Nevada County Peace March and Rally

https://mobilize.us/s/qaCpXt

War in Reality

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Presentation by International Solidarity Movement participant recently returned from West Bank accompaniment, and CD3 Congressional Candidate in support. Register at www.ncpeace.org/palestine