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      <title>Friday: Protest Against Urban Shield</title>
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style="color:#B22222">Protest against Urban Shield at the Alameda County
                                                          Sheriff
                                                          Office!</span></a></strong></span></h3>
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                                                          مثال للعنف
                                                          الدولة"</span></span></span></h2>
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                                                          width="300"></a>Friday<br>
                                                          9/11/2015<br>
                                                          4:00 PM – 6:00
                                                          PM<br>
                                                          Alameda County
                                                          Sheriff's
                                                          Office<br>
                                                          1401 LAKESIDE
                                                          DR. OAKLAND,
                                                          CA<br>
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:12px"><span
style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Urban Shield will be
                                                          holding its
                                                          annual
                                                          “police-training
                                                          and weapons
                                                          expo” this
                                                          Friday –
                                                          Sunday in the
                                                          SF Bay Area.</span></span></div>
                                                        <div
                                                          style="text-align:
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                                                          <hr><span
                                                          style="color:#B22222"><u><strong>What
                                                          is Urban
                                                          Shield?</strong></u></span><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Urban Shield
                                                          is a
                                                          federally-funded
                                                          program
                                                          militarizing
                                                          every aspect
                                                          of society.
                                                          With a budget
                                                          of over $2
                                                          million, it
                                                          hosts over 200
                                                          local, federal
                                                          and
                                                          international
                                                          agencies, from
                                                          health workers
                                                          to law
                                                          enforcement,
                                                          for both
                                                          tactical
                                                          equipment
                                                          sales and
                                                          on-the-ground
                                                          SWAT training
                                                          operations.
                                                          The four day
                                                          convention
                                                          features the
                                                          latest in
                                                          surveillance
                                                          technology and
                                                          weapons trade
                                                          show which is
                                                          followed by
                                                          two days of
                                                          war game
                                                          training
                                                          exercises
                                                          throughout the
                                                          Bay Area, from
                                                          airports,
                                                          maritime
                                                          ports, to
                                                          rapid transit.
                                                          Urban Shield's
                                                          budget comes
                                                          from the Urban
                                                          Areas Security
                                                          Initiative, a
                                                          program in the
                                                          Department of
                                                          Homeland
                                                          Security.<br>
                                                           <br>
                                                          The Urban
                                                          Shield
                                                          convention not
                                                          only attracts
                                                          law
                                                          enforcement
                                                          from the local
                                                          and national
                                                          police
                                                          departments
                                                          and agencies,
                                                          but also a
                                                          hand fill of
                                                          foreign law
                                                          enforcement
                                                          agencies from
                                                          Israel,
                                                          Bahrain,
                                                          Qatar, Guam,
                                                          South Korea,
                                                          and Singapore.
                                                          According to
                                                          the Urban
                                                          Shield
                                                          website, the
                                                          term "nexus to
                                                          terrorism" is
                                                          included for
                                                          each training
                                                          exercise.<br>
                                                           <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="color:#B22222"><u><strong>Why
                                                          Should the
                                                          Arab and
                                                          Muslim
                                                          Community
                                                          Oppose Urban
                                                          Shield?</strong></u></span><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Urban Shield
                                                          Urban Shield
                                                          is the largest
                                                          urban SWAT
                                                          competition in
                                                          the country
                                                          and represents
                                                          the massive
                                                          military
                                                          industrial
                                                          complex
                                                          financing and
                                                          training of
                                                          local law
                                                          enforcement
                                                          with
                                                          “counter-terrorism”
                                                          tactics and
                                                          racial
                                                          profiling
                                                          methods.<span
style="line-height:20.7999992370605px"> The majority of Urban Shield
                                                          training
                                                          scenarios
                                                          involve
                                                          responding to
                                                          “terrorist”
                                                          attacks and
                                                          always include
                                                          scenarios that
                                                          involve
                                                          stereotypes of
                                                          Arabs and
                                                          Muslims. The
                                                          glorification
                                                          of Anti-Arab
                                                          and
                                                          anti-Muslim
                                                          sentiment is
                                                          in fact
                                                          central to the
                                                          logic of Urban
                                                          Shield. </span><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Local law
                                                          enforcement
                                                          has been
                                                          aggressively
                                                          buying
                                                          military grade
                                                          equipment to
                                                          'counter' a
                                                          potential
                                                          "terrorism"
                                                          scenario. The
                                                          use of
                                                          "terrorism" by
                                                          convention
                                                          promoters is
                                                          aimed at
                                                          constructing a
                                                          narrative of
                                                          fear of Arabs
                                                          and Muslims to
                                                          justify the
                                                          massive
                                                          spending on
                                                          surveillance
                                                          and tactical
                                                          equipment and
                                                          further
                                                          criminalization
                                                          of Black and
                                                          Brown people. <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          The FBI,
                                                          Department of
                                                          Homeland
                                                          Security,
                                                          Joint
                                                          Terrorism Task
                                                          Force, and
                                                          other law
                                                          enforcement
                                                          agencies have
                                                          increasingly
                                                          targeted Arabs
                                                          and Muslims
                                                          since 2001.
                                                          This targeting
                                                          has resulted
                                                          in police and
                                                          FBI
                                                          harassment,
                                                          detention,
                                                          deportations,
                                                          and
                                                          criminalization
                                                          of Arab and
                                                          Muslims.
                                                          Equipping law
                                                          enforcement
                                                          with military
                                                          weaponry and
                                                          tactics makes
                                                          such already
                                                          targeted
                                                          communities
                                                          that much more
                                                          susceptible to
                                                          State
                                                          violence. <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="color:#B22222"><strong><u>What
                                                          are we
                                                          fighting for
                                                          at this rally?</u></strong></span><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Last year,
                                                          AROC and other
                                                          grassroots
                                                          organizations
                                                          as part of the
                                                          Stop the Urban
                                                          Shield
                                                          Coalition
                                                          organized
                                                          actions to
                                                          demand that
                                                          the city of
                                                          Oakland <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://araborganizing.org/we-pushed-urban-shield-of-out-of-oakland/"
target="_blank" style="word-wrap: break-word;-ms-text-size-adjust:
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                                                          100%;color:
                                                          #6DC6DD;font-weight:
                                                          normal;text-decoration:
                                                          underline;">stop
                                                          hosting Urban
                                                          Shield, and we
                                                          won</a>! But
                                                          there is more
                                                          work to be
                                                          done.<span
                                                          style="line-height:20.7999992370605px"> Alameda
                                                          County
                                                          continues to
                                                          host Urban
                                                          Shield and
                                                          dozens of
                                                          agencies from
                                                          across the Bay
                                                          Area and
                                                          California
                                                          continue to
                                                          participate.
                                                          AROC remains </span>committed<span
style="line-height:20.7999992370605px"> to challenging surveillance,
                                                          militarization,
                                                          and
                                                          repression.</span> We
                                                          are steadfast
                                                          in demanding
                                                          an end to all
                                                          of Alameda
                                                          County’s
                                                          participation
                                                          in the Urban
                                                          Shield
                                                          program, an
                                                          end Urban
                                                          Shield once
                                                          and for all,
                                                          and to end to
                                                          all
                                                          collaborations
                                                          with Apartheid
                                                          Israel.<br>
                                                            <br>
                                                          <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.facebook.com/events/794487760649123/" target="_blank"
                                                          style="word-wrap:
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                                                          100%;color:
                                                          #6DC6DD;font-weight:
                                                          normal;text-decoration:
                                                          underline;">Join
                                                          us</a> as we
                                                          protest the
                                                          convention
                                                          being held on
                                                          September 11th
                                                          to build with
                                                          other
                                                          communities to
                                                          demand an end
                                                          to the Urban
                                                          Shield program
                                                          as whole. No
                                                          to policing,
                                                          surveillance
                                                          and
                                                          militarization!
                                                          No to State
                                                          violence from
                                                          here to our
                                                          homelands!<br>
                                                           <br>
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                                                          !important;"><span
style="font-size:25px"><span dir="RTL">"</span> <span dir="RTL">الدرع
                                                          الحضري": هو
                                                          مثال للعنف
                                                          الدولة<span
                                                          style="font-size:14px"><span
                                                          style="font-family:georgia,times,times
                                                          new
                                                          roman,serif"> </span></span></span></span></h1>
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                                                          0;-ms-text-size-adjust:
                                                          100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
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                                                          #606060;font-family:
                                                          Helvetica;font-size:
                                                          15px;"><span
                                                          style="font-size:14px"><span
                                                          style="font-family:georgia,times,times
                                                          new
                                                          roman,serif"><span
                                                          dir="RTL"
                                                          style="color:
                                                          #606060;line-height:
                                                          22.5px;">يعقد
                                                          في كل عام في
                                                          خليج سان
                                                          فراسيسكو معرض
                                                          السلاح و
                                                          تدريبات مكافحة
                                                          الارهاب
                                                          المعروف باسم
                                                          "الدرع
                                                          الحضري".
                                                          يستهدف هذا
                                                          المؤتمر تدريب
                                                          الشرطة المحلية
                                                          و الفدرالية
                                                          بمنهج عسكري
                                                          طبقاً لتكتيكات
                                                          مكافحة
                                                          الإرهاب. ويهدف
                                                          هذا الحدث الى
                                                          مواصلة عسكرة
                                                          الشرطة إلى
                                                          جانب قطاع
                                                          الخدمات
                                                          الاجتماعية
                                                          الواسع بما في
                                                          ذلك الرعاية
                                                          الصحية
                                                          والعاملين
                                                          بالطوارئ مثل
                                                          رجال الاطفاء. </span><br
                                                          style="color:
                                                          #606060;font-family:
                                                          Helvetica;font-size:
                                                          15px;line-height:
                                                          22.5px;">
                                                          <span
                                                          dir="RTL"
                                                          style="color:
                                                          #606060;line-height:
                                                          22.5px;">يعقد
                                                          المؤتمر
                                                          بمشاركة وكالات
                                                          خاصة من
                                                          الاحتلال
                                                          الاسرائيلي
                                                          والأنظمة
                                                          القمعية الأخرى
                                                          فضلاً عن
                                                          الحكومة
                                                          الاتحادية.
                                                          "الدرع<br>
                                                          الحضري" هو
                                                          مثال صارخ على
                                                          عنف الدولة
                                                          وممارسات
                                                          الشرطة القمعية
                                                          والحرب.</span></span></span></p>
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