With minimum wage legislation going before the Berkeley City Council this fall, 15Now Berkeley is organizing a movement to support the $15 minimum wage.

Come join us Monday August 17 at Au Coquelet restaurant to discuss strategy and plan events for pushing forward a new, better minimum wage for Berkeley. New members are welcome!!

No Coal in Oakland: District 1 meeting.

Help block the proposal to transport coal by rail through Oakland for export overseas. Join an educational and planning meeting for residents of District 1 (Dan Kalb’s district).

This meeting is particularly relevant to residents of that area (see map) but this project could affect all East Bay residents, and all are welcome.

You will learn what the Coal Free Oakland campaign has been doing and how you can help convince the City Council to ban coal in our city.

 

FAME has joined the City of Richmond and a wide array of health, faith, labor, and civil rights groups, to protest the Contra Costa County sheriff’s plan to construct a new $89 million expansion, adding 418 beds.

It’s a critical time to stand up against mass incarceration as the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors is on the verge of voting for a massive jail expansion at the West County Detention Facility.

There are two things you can do this final week before the vote to STOP this tragic use of funds, UNLOCK our communities, and END mass incarceration.

1) Email the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors right now!

2) Rally and give public comment against the expansion at the Board of Supervisors Meeting.

When: Tuesday, August 19th at 9am

As we work to repair the fractured trust between law enforcement and communities of color, the input of East Bay residents has never been more critical.

Please join me, Barbara Lee at a youth-led community forum on racial justice at Brookins AME Church in Oakland on Tuesday, August 18th.

At the forum, we will screen President Obama’s powerful eulogy after the tragic shooting in Charleston, South Carolina and then discuss the work that still remains to achieve racial justice in our community and across the nation.

Participants: Congresswoman Barbara Lee, with special guest Oakland Councilmember Desley Brooks, youth activists and members of the East Bay community.

No other information.

Join Animal Defense League – San Francisco and No New Animal Lab in an evening of support for political prisoners and hear from organizers about the global grassroots campaign to stop Skanska USA from building an underground animal laboratory at University of Washington.

In addition to learning how to get involved locally with No New Animal Lab, we will be taking donations for Nicole and Joseph’s court support.

Nicole and Joseph are local community members currently being indicted under alleged conspiracy to violate the AETA (Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act). For more information about how to support Nicole and Joseph, visit:
SupportNicoleAndJoseph.com.

This is a free event and supplies for writing letters will be provided.

To learn more about the No New Animal Lab campaign, visit NoNewAnimalLab.com

The Anti-Police Terrorism Project is a project of the ONYX Organizing Committee that in coalition with other organizations like the Alan Blueford Center for Justice, Workers World and Healthy Hoodz is working to develop a replicable and sustainable model to end police terrorism in this country.

We are led by the most impacted communities but are a multi-racial, mutil-generational coalition.

We meet the 3rd Wednesday of every month at Eastside Arts Alliance at 7:30 pm.

San Francisco, CA – In response to the oil industry effort to lobby Congress to lift the decades-old ban on shipping crude oil abroad, environmental justice, community, faith and environmental groups are uniting to launch a national campaign to uphold the congressional ban.

The campaign will kick off Thursday, August 20, 2015 with protests in San Francisco, Houston and Chicago. The San Francisco event will take place at 11 am at the Federal Building, 7th and Mission Streets. An even larger protest is planned for September 8th at 12 noon at the Federal Building.

In July, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee – chhaired by Senator Murkowski of Alaska – approved the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 that includes a dangerous measure to lift the decades-old crude oil export ban. H.R. 702 would amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to repeal authority to restrict the export of: (1) coal, petroleum products, natural gas, or petrochemical feedstocks; and (2) supplies of materials or equipment necessary to maintain or further exploration, production, refining, or transportation of energy supplies, or for the construction or maintenance of energy facilities within the United States.

Exporting crude oil – and other fossil fuels – to foreign countries will encourage even more fracking and tar sands mining, causing increased health, environmental and climate problems in the US and abroad. Major protests have also taken place in the Bay Area and nationally against the increase in rail transport of toxic and explosive crude oil through communities and sensitive ecosystems.

At the same time Bay Area groups are joining this national effort to keep the ban on crude oil exports in place, they are also working to prevent a controversial plan to import coal from Utah for export out of a proposed terminal in West Oakland.

“We must stop Congress from caving in to Big Oil and the fossil fuel industries that profit off of the health of people, the environment and the planet,” said Bradley Angel, Executive Director of Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice. “We need clean, renewable energy instead of dirty fossil fuels that need to stay in the ground.”

“Exporting US oil for refining will put more lives in danger and contribute more CO2 emissions to the environment which will increase the negative impacts of climate change due to a serious lack of regulation and oversight in other countries. The best storage for crude is underground,” said Hilton Kelley of the Community In-power Development Association based in Port Arthur, Texas, coordinator of this national effort.

2nd Protest Wednesday, September 8th at Federal Building SF at noon.

.@CatsCommentary announced press conference for #RichardLinyard who died during OPD chase. Noon, Aug 20th, City Hall. pic.twitter.com/Ybs256N7sy

— Dave Id (@DaveId) August 15, 2015

Join us Thursday August 20th from 4-7 pm at the UC Gill Tract Community Farm, for an afternoon of knowledge sharing with Professor Miguel Altieri. Learn about the key agroecological principles for the design and management of productive and resilient urban farms. Stick around after the work shop for healthy food, food wine, and better conversation. Come meet and learn with other urban farmers from the Bay Area!

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/urbanagroeco?fref=ts
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Attend a planning meeting for the NorCal Mass Climate Mobilization, November 21st, the biggest Bay Area Climate demonstration of the year. The Mobilization is a lead-up event for the the Paris COP21 UN climate talks. By joining one of our planning committees you will have the opportunity to network with climate justice groups in our region. Learn more about the goals of the Mobilization at the event’s website.

Rides back to BART available. Ask about when you arrive. Invite your friends to help with this.

No additional information available.

“Each year officially since 1979 we have used the month of August to focus on the oppressive treatment of our brothers and sisters disappeared inside the state run gulags and concentration camps America calls prisons. It is during this time that we concentrate our efforts to free our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, uncles, aunts, and all other captive family and friends who have been held in isolation for decade after decade beyond their original sentence. Many of these individuals are held in the sensory deprivation and mind control units called Security Housing Units (S.H.U. Program), without even the most basic of human rights.” – BAOC

…THE ROOTS OF BLACK AUGUST
Black August originated in the concentration camps (prisons) of California in 1979 and its’ roots come from the history of resistance by Black/New African/African brothers in those prisons. It’s original purpose is to honor and commemorate the lives and deaths of several fallen Freedom Fighters, amongst them were Jonathan Jackson, George Jackson, W.L. Nolan, James McClain, William Christmas and Khatari Gaulden; to bring education and awareness to family members, friends, associates and communites about the conditions for the Black/New Afrikan prisoners held within those concentration camps (in particular in California) and to educate our people about and honor the history and actions of continued resistance of Black/New Afrikan/Afrikan peoples to oppression, colonization and slavery in the U.S. and throughout the Diaspora, with particular emphasis on freedom fighters and historical acts of resistance.”

Excerpts taken from “BLACK AUGUST: THE TRUE HISTORY, CULTURE AND PRACTICE” By Mama Ayanna Mashama

In the spirit of solidarity with those who have and continue to struggle for justice from behind walls of the concentration camps of amerikkka, The Black August Organizing Commitee, MXGM Oakland andQilombo Oakland will be hosting a Black August conference from August 21st-23rd noon-10pm or (later each day) at Qilombo and Afrika Town Community Garden in West Oakland, CA. The conference will have political speakers, cultural solidarity performances and workshops around resisting the Prison Industrial Complex and promoting Women’s health.

Day 1 Will have Keynote speakers and a dialogue about Black August History and Resistance today

Day 2 Will have Cultural Solidarity performances promoting Black August Resistance and promoting Women’s health

Day 3 We will have Political Workshops relevant to Black August Resistance and promoting Women’s Health.

“They have learned that resistance is actually possible. The holds are beginning to slip away.”
George Jackson

We are resisting a development that would cut down 400+ trees including a 600 year old Oak tree, put a fancy ass restaurant along with 60 other buildings on top of the most beautiful park in Oakland. Then they would cage a bunch of beautiful animals on it gentrifying the working class neighborhood. Please join us for a weekend of fun and Direct Action to stop the Oakland Zoo! For more info about the campaign go to: http://www.defendknowlandpark.org

There will be a shuttle available stopping at Coliseum Bart and Foothill Square but If you can offer a ride or need a ride from Coliseum Bart or the 57 Bus, Oakland , Berkeley or SF please sign up here: http://www.groupcarpool.com/t/u687ix

Bands playing on Friday from Noon – 9 PM!
Star Amerasu – https://soundcloud.com/staramerasu
Dawn Riding – http://www.dawnriding.bandcamp.com
Rock and Roll Breakfast – noisey post punk
DeadFriends – Psychedelic sludgy stuff…
Rock and Roll Breakfast – Post punk –
Walle – Hardcore Punk from Tijuana – https://walle.bandcamp.com/
Moxiebeat – https://moxiebeat.bandcamp.com/

Saturday workshops!:

Workshop/discussion proposals:
Direct Action 101
Cat and Mouse
Knowland Park Defence.
Plant Walk
Scouting
Intersectionality and Deep Ecology

Sunday – Monday: Direct Action!

If you would like to propose a band or a workshop you can FB message or email us at defendknowlandpark.org

It is a donation based event so if you want to help our campaign send donations to: http://www.rally.org/defendknowlandpark and/or give us donations in person. This will help cover food, water, bathrooms, the generator, etc.

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Defend Knowland Park! Direct Action and Call-in against Chain Link Fence and Supply Inc.

http://www.facebook.com/events/953130058065883/

Chain Link Fencing and Supply Inc. (a non-union company) has started to construct a mile-long perimeter fence around the proposed development. We can find no approved building permit for this construction so this fence may be “illegal”. No permit is posted on-site and there has been no response about the fencing from the City building permit staff. Therefore, it is within our “legal” right to take direct action and stop fencing from going up .

Please Join us, Monday – August 17th at Knowland Park to demand their permit to work or if you cannot make it call and email their office repeatedly to jam their lines and respectfully demand information regarding their Work Permit for fencing construction at Knowland Park.

The park was deeded to be protected forever for privatization and not it’s our duty to uphold that deed and Defend Knowland Park

Monday – August 17th – 11 AM – Knowland Park entrance at the end of Edgemont way near Edgemont and Malcolm ave. – Oakland, CA

If you can offer a ride or need a ride from Coliseum Bart or the 57 Bus, Oakland , Berkeley or SF please sign up here: http://www.groupcarpool.com/t/gb9ejt

Chain Link Fence and Supply Inc. – 2040 Research Dr, Livermore, CA 94550 – (925) 606-8167 – INFO [at] FENCESUPPLY.ORG – OPEN M-F 8AM-4PM

http://defendknowlandpark.org/2015/08/15/d…

A festival dedicated to showcasing alternatives to our climate and economic crises. Activities include a bike-powered concert, urban farming demonstrations, preventive health screenings, farmer’s market, and more.

Entrance to the Richmond Greenway at Ohio Avenue and 16th Street.

Free and open to all.

Help block the proposal to transport coal by rail through Oakland for export overseas. Join an educational and planning meeting for residents of District 4, but all Oakland residents are welcome.

This meeting is particularly relevant to residents of that area but this project could affect all East Bay residents, and all are welcome.

You will learn what the Coal Free Oakland campaign has been doing and how you can help convince the City Council to ban coal in our city.