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Your Call: How should the Bay Area respond to this weekend's white supremacist rallies?

  

What’s the best response to this weekend’s rallies in San Francisco and Berkeley, which are expected to attract white supremacists and armed militia groups?

On Tuesday, the National Park Service gave final approval for Saturday's Crissy Field rally. A number of items will not be allowed, including guns, weapons, helmets, or pepper spray. The entire police force will be working during Saturday’s rally.

How should we stand up against the kind of racism and violence we saw in Charlottesville? 

Guests:

Shannon Bolt, co-organizer of Flowers Against Facism

Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter

Alex Schmaus, co-organizer of Bay Area Rally Against Hate

Web Resources:

Bay Area Rally Against Hate

Reveal: Guns banned from Saturday’s ‘Patriot Prayer’ in San Francisco

Mercury News: Who’s behind this weekend’s right-wing rally at Crissy Field?

Los Angeles Times: After Virginia violence, far right and white nationalists turn to a familiar target: California