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Suds, Snacks, and Socialism at the Starry Plough: Fighting the Recall  of Pamela Price 2:30 pm
Suds, Snacks, and Socialism at the Starry Plough: Fighting the Recall  of Pamela Price @ Starry Plough & Online
Mar 2 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Please register in advance at https://bit.ly/PriceRecall to receive your personal link to participate in this event online One year ago, Pamela Price took office. She was elected Alameda County District Attorney on a reform platform that focused on rehabilitation and addressing police misconduct and corruption within the D.A.’s office. Less than 7 months later the recall campaign, part of a backlash to criminal punishment reforms and fear-mongering over crime by police and their political allies, began. At this forum we will discuss what a criminal justice reform agenda looks like … Continued
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How the World Order is Shifting. BRICS or NATO. Capitalism – China Model or Western Model.  10:30 am
How the World Order is Shifting. BRICS or NATO. Capitalism – China Model or Western Model. 
Mar 3 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
    Speaker: Radhika Desai, International Manifesto Group. Our program addresses the rapidly changing world order. This last year has been a time of summits: BRICS, G20, and G77 and the UN General Assembly. That these summits have been so hectic and have felt like such a whirlwind of events is because each marks the accelerated tempo of change on the international plain. At the NATO summit in July, Zelensky failed to get even a timetable to get into NATO. The BRICS summit in Johannesburg in August admitted six new members. Then … Continued
Author Event: “The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution,” 2:00 pm
Author Event: “The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution,” @ Book Passage at the Ferry Building
Mar 3 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Thee Intercept is coming to San Francisco! Join me for a discussion on the progressive political movement at Book Passage Nico Pitney, my former colleague at HuffPost and co-founder and senior director of More Perfect Union, a nonprofit advocacy journalism organization, will moderate the conversation. Attendance is free and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. During the event, I will be discussing my new book,“The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution,” which explores the history and future of the progressive movement and takes a deep look … Continued
Drag Queen Story Time 3:30 pm
Drag Queen Story Time @ New Parkway Theater
Mar 3 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
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Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Mar 3 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza | Oakland | California | United States
NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued
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Oscar Grant Committee Meeting 7:00 pm
Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting
Mar 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting | Oakland | California | United States
Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82809764186?pwd=eWtjcXlsKzU1QkdSdk5xOUxseFl0Zz09 Meeting ID: 828 0976 4186 If you wish to get the password please subscribe to the Oscar Grant Committee mailing list by sending an email to: oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality. The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to … Continued
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Public Bank of the East Bay 6:00 pm
Public Bank of the East Bay @ Online
Mar 6 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
THE FRIENDS OF PUBLIC BANK EAST BAY HOST GENERAL ORGANIZING MEETINGS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 6PM VIA ZOOM If you’d like to join us, send us an email and one of our members will be in touch. WE CAN MATCH YOUR INTERESTS AND SKILL SET TO OUR NEEDS Volunteer Organizing Committees ADVOCACY builds relationships with community groups, financial institutions and city governments. COMMUNICATIONS assists other committees with content creation and promotion. FUNDRAISING develops our organization’s budget and raises funds for our business plan. ACADEMY plans trainings for Board members and others. … Continued
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Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: How Infrastructure Works 5:00 pm
Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: How Infrastructure Works @ Online
Mar 9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: How Infrastructure Works @ Online
Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. For our February meeting we will be reading the first half (Chapters 1 -6) of How Infrastructure Works, Inside the Systems that Shape our World by Deb Chachra.  (MIT Press) For our March meeting we will finish reading the book. “A new way of seeing the essential systems hidden inside our walls, under our streets, and all around us. Infrastructure is a marvel, meeting our basic needs and enabling lives of astounding ease and productivity that would have been unimaginable … Continued
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Mexico defends sovereignty, opposes neoliberalism 10:30 am
Mexico defends sovereignty, opposes neoliberalism
Mar 10 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Speaker: José Luis Granados Ceja Our program is about the México Solidarity Project (https://mexicosolidarityproject.org/), which recognizes the 2018 presidential election of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) as a watershed moment. AMLO and his progressive Morena party offer the first opportunity to end the corruption, impoverishment, and subservience to US interests that has marked the 70 years of neoliberal dominance. The project offers critical support for Morena, a left-leaning populist political party rooted in anti-neoliberalism and a staunch defender of national sovereignty. It is immersed in the social movements in México … Continued
Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Mar 10 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza | Oakland | California | United States
NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued
Green Sunday, Ecological Civilization in China: Opportunities and Challenges 5:00 pm
Green Sunday, Ecological Civilization in China: Opportunities and Challenges @ Online
Mar 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
  Ken Hammond is professor of East Asian and global history at New Mexico State Unive rsity. He holds a PhD in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University. He lived in Beijing from 1982-1987, and has taught and travelled in China many times over the ensuing years. From 2007 until 2017 he was co-director of the Confucius Institute at New Mexico State. He has written numerous books and articles on early modern Chinese intellectual and cultural history, and is most recently the author of China’s Revolution and the … Continued
Green Sunday:  Ecological Civilization in China: Opportunities and Challenges    5:00 pm
Green Sunday:  Ecological Civilization in China: Opportunities and Challenges    @ Online
Mar 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Ken Hammond is professor of East Asian and global history at New Mexico State University. He holds a PhD in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University. He lived in Beijing from 1982-1987, and has taught and travelled in China many times over the ensuing years. From 2007 until 2017 he was co-director of the Confucius Institute at New Mexico State. He has written numerous books and articles on early modern Chinese intellectual and cultural history, and is most recently the author of China’s Revolution and the Quest for … Continued
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Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting 7:00 pm
Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room
Mar 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room  | San Francisco | California | United States
OTU’s Mission The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf. Monthly Meetings The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 … Continued
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UC DIVESTMENT TEACH-IN 6:00 pm
UC DIVESTMENT TEACH-IN @ UC Berkeley Labor Center
Mar 12 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
 STUDENT & COMMUNITY PANEL Presented by: Hong Seng Campaign, Grad Students for Justice in Palestine, People’s Park Berkeley, & Blackstone Divestment Campaign Where is our tuition money going? Learn about the UC’s unethical investments and what WE can do about it. 77748
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Public Bank of the East Bay 6:00 pm
Public Bank of the East Bay @ Online
Mar 13 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
THE FRIENDS OF PUBLIC BANK EAST BAY HOST GENERAL ORGANIZING MEETINGS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 6PM VIA ZOOM If you’d like to join us, send us an email and one of our members will be in touch. WE CAN MATCH YOUR INTERESTS AND SKILL SET TO OUR NEEDS Volunteer Organizing Committees ADVOCACY builds relationships with community groups, financial institutions and city governments. COMMUNICATIONS assists other committees with content creation and promotion. FUNDRAISING develops our organization’s budget and raises funds for our business plan. ACADEMY plans trainings for Board members and others. … Continued
Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State 6:30 pm
Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Online
Mar 13 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Online
Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info. (THE JANUARY 17TH MEETING, 2024 WAS MOVED TO JANUARY 24TH) Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for privacy, surveillance regulation of both corporations and the state, and government transparency, around the Bay and nationwide. We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, tracking equipment, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” … Continued
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Cal Berkeley, People’s Park, and Law & Order 10:30 am
Cal Berkeley, People’s Park, and Law & Order @ Online
Mar 17 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
The University of California, Berkeley is admired worldwide as a bastion of innovatiion and a hub for progressive thought. Far less known are the university’s roots in plunder, warfare, and the promotion of white supremacy. As Tony Platt shows in his latest book, The Scandal of Cal, these original sins sit at the center of UC Berkeley’s history. Tony Platt is the author of thirteen books dealing with issues of inequality, power, and justice in American history. Platt, a longtime activist, is currently a Distinguished Affiliated Scholar at Cal Berkeley’s … Continued
Drag Queen Story Time 3:30 pm
Drag Queen Story Time @ New Parkway Theater
Mar 17 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
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Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Mar 17 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza | Oakland | California | United States
NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued
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Israel: Is it anti-semitic to think the government is the larger bully? 7:00 pm
Israel: Is it anti-semitic to think the government is the larger bully? @ Online and in person
Mar 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Israel: Is it anti-semitic to think the government is the larger bully in the conflict? With both sides treating civilians as military targets, with both sides having supporters shouting the extinction of each other, does the idea in the words of Chris Rock, that “I’m not saying they should have done it…But I understand” — hold true? Join the Oakland Greens & special surprise guests, Monday March 18. Discussion starts at 7PM PST and will end no later than 9:30 PM PST. The Oakland Greens Townhall Discussion Series is a … Continued
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ocialist Night School: Class-Struggle Elections feat. NY’s Zohran Mamdani and Oakland’s Valarie Bachelor 6:30 pm
ocialist Night School: Class-Struggle Elections feat. NY’s Zohran Mamdani and Oakland’s Valarie Bachelor @ EBDSA Office/Zoom
Mar 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
ocialist Night School: Class-Struggle Elections feat. NY's Zohran Mamdani and Oakland's Valarie Bachelor @ EBDSA Office/Zoom
Join the Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8759275991 Have you ever wondered how socialists should engage with elections? With the threat of Trump back in office in 2024 and a Democratic Party insistent on sacrificing Palestinian lives even if it means losing the presidency, the question has never been more urgent. This Night School is a 101- and 201-level dive into the way socialists approach running for office and governing, which we call class-struggle elections. It’s geared toward new members and old heads alike. Bring a coworker, a mentee, or a friend! We’ll be joined … Continued
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Public Bank of the East Bay 6:00 pm
Public Bank of the East Bay @ Online
Mar 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
THE FRIENDS OF PUBLIC BANK EAST BAY HOST GENERAL ORGANIZING MEETINGS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 6PM VIA ZOOM If you’d like to join us, send us an email and one of our members will be in touch. WE CAN MATCH YOUR INTERESTS AND SKILL SET TO OUR NEEDS Volunteer Organizing Committees ADVOCACY builds relationships with community groups, financial institutions and city governments. COMMUNICATIONS assists other committees with content creation and promotion. FUNDRAISING develops our organization’s budget and raises funds for our business plan. ACADEMY plans trainings for Board members and others. … Continued
APTP Monthly Meeting 7:00 pm
APTP Monthly Meeting @ Online and in person
Mar 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
  Our monthly general meeting is coming up  We’re excited to be kicking off the return to in-person general meetings this month with our first hybrid general meeting! Our monthly meetings are opportunities for our broader community to be briefed on our work, learn more about how to support the work of APTP committees and participate in calls to action! This and next month we’ll be opening up The People’s House, prioritizing our West Oakland neighbors, and we look forward to inviting folks more broadly from there. We will end … Continued
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Roe v. Wade: Protecting Abortion Rights Panel Talk 5:00 pm
Roe v. Wade: Protecting Abortion Rights Panel Talk @ The Drawing Room SF
Mar 21 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Join us for a lively and informative discussion at the ROE V WADE: PROTECTING ABORTION RIGHTS PANEL event. Our panelists, Liberty Crochet Mural Artists, TEACH (Training in Early Abortion for Comprehensive Healthcare) and other activists/practitioners will delve into the history, current status, and future of abortion rights in the US. Get ready to hear diverse perspectives and engage in thought-provoking conversations. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn and connect with others who are passionate about this important issue. PANELISTS: Flor Hunt (TEACH) Kathryn Vercillo (Liberty Crochet Mural) Ujjayini … Continued
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Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Mar 24 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza | Oakland | California | United States
NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued
Abortion and Women’s Rights 1970 7:00 pm
Abortion and Women’s Rights 1970
Mar 24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
In partnership with the Wellstone Club:  a viewing of Abortion and Women’s Rights 1970. This film serves as a powerful reminder of the conditionsand demands that inspired the movement for abortion rights fifty years ago, and speaks to the need for safe, legal abortion and the broader fight for reproductive justice today. Abortion and Women’s Rights 1970 Directed by Catha Maslow, Jane Pincus, Mary Summers, and Karen Weinstein Sunday, March 24 at 7:00 PM On Zoom Introductions by Kate Harrison and Karen Weinstein Karen Weinstein made this film with three … Continued
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From Awareness to Action 1:00 pm
From Awareness to Action @ Online
Mar 26 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
ACLU NorCal is pleased to partner with Colmena Consulting to offer From Awareness to Action, a three-hour workshop designed especially for you, our donor community. You’re aware of racial inequity. You know what inclusion is. You consider yourself anti-racist. But you’re wondering: Now what? What else can I actually do, day-to-day and over the long-term, to make a concrete change? From Awareness to Action is an interactive, virtual workshop that takes you through a unique process to arrive upon tangible steps – designed for you by you – to make … Continued
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Public Bank of the East Bay 6:00 pm
Public Bank of the East Bay @ Online
Mar 27 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
THE FRIENDS OF PUBLIC BANK EAST BAY HOST GENERAL ORGANIZING MEETINGS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 6PM VIA ZOOM If you’d like to join us, send us an email and one of our members will be in touch. WE CAN MATCH YOUR INTERESTS AND SKILL SET TO OUR NEEDS Volunteer Organizing Committees ADVOCACY builds relationships with community groups, financial institutions and city governments. COMMUNICATIONS assists other committees with content creation and promotion. FUNDRAISING develops our organization’s budget and raises funds for our business plan. ACADEMY plans trainings for Board members and others. … Continued
Socialist Fundamentals: Historical Materialism Banquet (Man Does Not Live By Bread Alone) 6:00 pm
Socialist Fundamentals: Historical Materialism Banquet (Man Does Not Live By Bread Alone) @ EBDSA Office
Mar 27 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join us for dinner to discuss the second reading in our Socialist Fundamentals series, on historical materialism. Dress to impress. Register here To prepare: Reading: Elementary Concepts of Historical Materialism by Marta Harnecker, Chapter 5 “Base and Superstructure”, Chapter 6 “The ideological structure”, Chapter 7 “Juridico-Political Structure”, Intro, Chapter 4 “Economic Structure of Society”. Supplemental reading for context: The Philosophy of Marxism, the section titled “Materialism”. Readings are also available in audio format on our podcast feed. This will be the second installment of the chapter’s new Socialist Fundamentals series, which was approved at our November 2023 chapter … Continued
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Bioneers Conference, March 28 – 30 — Earlybird Rates Before February 21
Bioneers Conference, March 28 – 30 — Earlybird Rates Before February 21 @ UC Berkeley Zellerbach Hall and locations in downtown Berkeley
Mar 28 all-day
Bioneers, “Revolution from the Heart of Nature,” will hold its 35th annual conference in Berkeley this year. Leaders, activists, and healers will give talks and lead discussions and workshops on a wide range of topics including: indigenous rights and wisdom, climate issues, digital rights and democracy, many approaches to personal healing, effective persuasion, reproductive justice, dealing with conflict, debtors’ rights, just transition, fossil fuels in the Amazon, the danger of rising fascism — and many more. The conference will also include films, social gatherings, and more. The introduction to this … Continued
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Bioneers Conference, March 28 – 30 — Earlybird Rates Before February 21
Bioneers Conference, March 28 – 30 — Earlybird Rates Before February 21 @ UC Berkeley Zellerbach Hall and locations in downtown Berkeley
Mar 29 all-day
Bioneers, “Revolution from the Heart of Nature,” will hold its 35th annual conference in Berkeley this year. Leaders, activists, and healers will give talks and lead discussions and workshops on a wide range of topics including: indigenous rights and wisdom, climate issues, digital rights and democracy, many approaches to personal healing, effective persuasion, reproductive justice, dealing with conflict, debtors’ rights, just transition, fossil fuels in the Amazon, the danger of rising fascism — and many more. The conference will also include films, social gatherings, and more. The introduction to this … Continued
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Bioneers Conference, March 28 – 30 — Earlybird Rates Before February 21
Bioneers Conference, March 28 – 30 — Earlybird Rates Before February 21 @ UC Berkeley Zellerbach Hall and locations in downtown Berkeley
Mar 30 all-day
Bioneers, “Revolution from the Heart of Nature,” will hold its 35th annual conference in Berkeley this year. Leaders, activists, and healers will give talks and lead discussions and workshops on a wide range of topics including: indigenous rights and wisdom, climate issues, digital rights and democracy, many approaches to personal healing, effective persuasion, reproductive justice, dealing with conflict, debtors’ rights, just transition, fossil fuels in the Amazon, the danger of rising fascism — and many more. The conference will also include films, social gatherings, and more. The introduction to this … Continued
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Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Mar 31 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza | Oakland | California | United States
NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued
Film Screening: Israelism 5:00 pm
Film Screening: Israelism @ Omni Commons
Mar 31 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Film Screening: Israelism @ Omni Commons
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