2 bloodshed, upon the innocent people of Gaza. As most people of Gaza, were simply not a part of, the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre.
And from this, the U.S. should be trying to return, to its pre 9/11, good standing in the world. And to work towards dialogue & negotiation, to resolve differences. And with less u.s. military armaments.
The people of San Jose, at this time, are trying to develop, this decent thinking, with better principled, local practices & local control. Thoughtful, coordinated, well principled practices, at the local level, such as divestment, along with more responsible, community tech accountability policies, can simply offer good examples & best practices, towards ideas of peace, open democracy, and better human reasoning.
And that all levels of govt, and their local communities, should better reflect upon.
From this, as part of our good system, of checks and balances - local govt, simply should have the ability, to ask for, and to better define best practices, in concepts towards peace, better reasoning, and open democracy. And certainly before, the current federal concepts, of continual war, and its needs of secrecy, opacity, harm, and the prison military industrial complex, in its policy making.
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good beliefs in Judaism, should allow us, to work towards a future of Israel, that is based on ideas of peace, dialogue, and better reasoning, before war & bloodshed, as how to solve issues, in defending a nation. A good luck to ourselves, that future u.s. divestment, from the Israel war machine, can actually have the political will, to be considered practices, 'of the good fight'. And the ideas, of peace before war. And not as an attack, on Israel or Judaism itself.
Oakland City Council, has recently approved, a compromise plan, to end their ALPR vendor contract with Flock, in two years time. And in the next two years, look for a new ALPR vendor. Oakland city council, is now open to criticism, superstition, and innuendo, that they have been, a sellout or unethical, in their compromise deal. When in fact, Oakland city council, seems to be addressing larger questions, in how to invite, all parts of the Oakland community, to this process. And to address, both, Oakland neighborhood Public Safety, and better local control, of their surveillance data collection, within this current federal administration.
All of the Oakland community, is also trying to better understand important lessons, at this time, in how to end shipments, of war equipment to Israel, from its Oakland airports & seaports. All of this, can be important lessons, for current San Jose divestment questions.
Perhaps, focusing on the concepts, of how to leave war, the importance of dialogue, and to not supply war technologies to Israel, can be an important focus, for San Jose divestment, at this time.
I hope these two Oakland examples, and the work of Alameda County, and its local cities, at this time, can also be of help to San Jose, in their own decision making, on the difficult questions of divestment, in the current war practices of Israel. And in what should be, easier questions to answer, in divestment planning for San Jose, to move away from, corporations supporting ICE, and questionable immigration practices & policies, from the corporate level, at this time.
In this current, well-intentioned divestment process, by the San Jose community, I hope, the recent, well intentioned compromise plan, of the city of Oakland, to leave Flock, in 2 years time, can be acknowledged. As this Oakland compromise plan, can also be good examples, of how local communities, can now be able, to more clearly question & address, the future of surveillance & data collection tech practices & placement, in their local neighborhoods.
In San Jose , in working towards a future of peace & sustainabilty, please don't forget - San Jose is currently being sued, for SJPD overreach, in their use, of SJ neighborhood surveillance technology. And what simply has to be considered as, an over-abundance of surveillance tech, that has been been placed, in local SJ neighborhoods, in the last decade.