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Nov
2
Wed
Renters Rising Rally @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater
Nov 2 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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East Bay Housing Org Annual Celebration @ Nido's Backyard
Nov 2 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

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Nov
3
Thu
Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission @ Online
Nov 3 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Relevant Agenda Items:

3. Federal Task Force Transparency Ordinance – OPD – Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), US Marshals Services (USMS), Alcohol Tobacco Firearms (ATF)
a. Review and take possible action on the proposed memoranda of understanding (MOU)

4. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OFD – Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO)
a. Review and take possible action on the proposed use policy and impact statement for review and approval to enter into a contract with Julota software from Touchphrase Development, LLC

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Nov
5
Sat
A Bay Area Black Book Fair! @ Omni Commons
Nov 5 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

BlkAuthor Boulevard: A Bay Area Black Book Fair!

With all the Great Black Authors we have in the Bay Area, It’s about time we had a Black Book Fair!
A book fair with some of the world’s best visual, spoken word and performance artists, poets, live theater and a piano concert by Paradise, president of the International Black Writers & Artists, introducing a new genre of music to the world called, Patanisian Jazz – using only the black keys and, inspired by Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra, John and Alice Coltarne, playing the piano like a whole orchestra of instruments! Free! Donations appreciated to help pay the artists and venue. CashApp $paradisethepoet
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U.S. VS. CHINA: THE NEW COLD WAR @ Online
Nov 5 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm


Please register in advance at:
https://bit.ly/US_China__ColdWar
to receive your personal link for this event

The Biden Administration has now launched a full-blown economic war on China. The U.S. hegemon sees a rising China as its main rival and wants to stop China’s rise. For its part, China is expanding its political and economic influence worldwide. Both countries put economic growth ahead of environmental concerns. The conflict may soon come to a head over Taiwan’s future. Is this the making of a catastrophic world war? Is environmental degradation the greater danger? Please join us on November 5 for a discussion of this new cold war.

Richard Smith � A foundiing member of System Change Not Climate Change; author of Green Capitalism: the God that Failed, and China’s Engine of Ecological Collapse

Laurence Shoup � Author off Wall Street’s Think Tank: The Council on Foreign Relations and the Empire of Neoliberal Geopolitics

Richard Tan � A criminal defense and civil rights attorney; his offices are in Oakland

*Organizations listed for identification purposes only

This event is sponsored by the Oakland Greens, Bay Area System Change Not Climate Change, and the Alameda County Peace and Freedom Party.

For more information email <info@sudssnackssocialism.org>

https://acgreens.wordpress.com/
Express your green ideas and “like” us on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/greenpartyofalamedacounty/

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Nov
6
Sun
The Crisis in Haiti and the Popular Movement @ Online
Nov 6 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm


Pleading with arsonists to put out the fire they’ve ignited is what it is like to turn to the UN Security Council, OAS, and United States government to “stabilize” the crisis in Haiti.

Haiti has been under US/ UN occupation for more than 18 years, ever since the US-backed coup d’état in 2004 against the democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. This occupation has perpetrated gross human rights abuses including rape and other forms of sexual abuse. The occupation has brought cholera to Haiti and has systematically destroyed Haiti’s institutions while increasing hunger and misery.

Courageously facing police and paramilitary attacks, the population of Haiti has taken to the streets in ever-growing numbers, demanding their basic human rights and democracy, along with an end to corruption and to the plunder of public resources. They demand an end to US/UN occupation and an end to the right-wing Haitian Tét Kale Party (PHTK) regime headed by Ariel Henry.

They are demanding a transitional government of public safety (Sali Piblik) to create a foundation for free and fair elections and a return to democratic rule. They are demanding an end to IMF-imposed austerity, soaring prices of basic necessities, and declining real wages. They are demanding that their tax money be invested in education, healthcare, sanitation, clean drinking water, and support for Haiti’s peasant farmers who have been the backbone of local food production.

Our speaker is Pierre Labossiere, a longtime activist and a leading member of the Haiti Action Committee ( action.haiti@gmail.com; website www.haitisolidarity.net) and a supporter of Haiti’s popular movement and the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund.

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Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Nov 6 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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 the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)

On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.

OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over six years, since October 2011! Our General Assembly is a participatory gathering of Oakland community members and beyond, where everyone who shows up is treated equally. Our Assembly and the process we have collectively cultivated strives to reach agreement while building community.

At the GA committees, caucuses, and loosely associated groups whose representatives come voluntarily report on past and future actions, with discussion. We encourage everyone participating in the Occupy Oakland GA to be part of at least one associated group, but it is by no means a requirement. If you like, just come and hear all the organizing being done! Occupy Oakland encourages political activity that is decentralized and welcomes diverse voices and actions into the movement.

General Assembly Standard Agenda

Welcome & Introductions
Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
Announcements
(Optional) Discussion Topic

Occupy Oakland activities and contact info for some Bay Area Groups with past or present Occupy Oakland members.

Occupy Oakland Web Committee: (web@occupyoakland.org)
Strike Debt Bay Area : strikedebtbayarea.tumblr.com
Berkeley Post Office Defenders:http://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/
Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice:https://www.facebook.com/ABC4JUSTICE
Oakland Privacy Working Group:https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/
Bay Area AntiRepression: antirepression@occupyoakland.org
Biblioteca Popular: http://tinyurl.com/mdlzshy
Interfaith Tent: www.facebook.com/InterfaithTent
Port Truckers Solidarity: oaklandporttruckers.wordpress.com
Bay Area Intifada: bayareaintifada.wordpress.com
Transport Workers Solidarity: www.transportworkers.org
Fresh Juice Party (aka Chalkupy) freshjuiceparty.com/chalkupy-gallery
Sudo Room: https://sudoroom.org
Omni Collective: https://omnicommons.org/
First They Came for the Homeless: https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-they-came-for-the-homeless/253882908111999
Sunflower Alliance: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/
Bay Area Public School: http://thepublicschool.org/bay-area

San Francisco based groups:
Occupy Bay Area United: www.obau.org
Occupy Forum: (see OBAU above)
San Francisco Projection Department: http://tinyurl.com/kpvb3rv

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Nov
7
Mon
Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting
Nov 7 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month.

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:

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 stopping police brutality.

In alliance with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) we organized the October 23, 2010 labor and community rally for Justice for Oscar Grant. On that day the ILWU shut down the Bay Area ports in solidarity. Our mission is to educate, organize and mobilize people against police and state repression. Sisters and brothers! The Oscar Grant Committee invites you to join us in this vital struggle.

We meet on the 1st Monday of each month
You can join our discussion list by sending a blank (doesn’t even need a subject) email to

oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

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Nov
9
Wed
Public Bank of the East Bay @ Online
Nov 9 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Friends of the Public Bank East Bay is a completely volunteer-run, nonprofit organizing to create and build community support for the first public bank in California’s history! If you’re committed to economic justice and interested in helping us build new financial systems by the people for the people, we look forward to having you join us!

HOW WE OPERATE:

We have five committees working together to create a Public Bank in the East Bay:

  • Advocacy builds relationships with community groups 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.

  • Membership brings on new members and volunteers and organizes educational events.

  • Strategy & Planning is responsible for operations and the execution of PBEB’s business plan.

Email us with your interests and we’ll help you find a way to get plugged in!

Public Bank East Bay expects to open by 2023, and will be a transformative institution that keeps our money local, allowing local governments to divest from Wall Street and reinvest its profits back into our community. Public Bank East Bay’s initial loan policies will support affordable housing development, provide support for small businesses (especially for marginalized entrepreneurs), finance the renovation and electrification of existing buildings, and help cities and counties refinance their municipal debt.

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Nov
10
Thu
Youth Climate March and Movement Celebration @ Embarcadero Plaza
Nov 10 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

 
Where: Meet at � Embarcadero Plaza, San Francisco

Youth Vs. Apocalypse is hosting a Bay Area Action in San Francisco as part of the Global Climate Strike on November 10, 2022. This is the youth’s response to failed negotiations and 27 years of delay on substantial climate action by world leaders. The gathering will demonstrate that youth leaders CAN can hep us be the change we want to see in the world, regardless of the outcomes of the negotiations at COP27.

We are coming together to confront the systems that sacrifice our lives for a profit, including climate-destroying fossil fuel companies and those who profit from and promote militarism and war. Youth are gathering to show that they are not disposable and that young people and the planet must be protected from all forms of violence. Adult allies are invited to attend and march behind the youth leaders.

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Ella Baker Center Prison Mail Night @ Online
Nov 10 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

RSVP to elliot@ellabakercenter.org for Zoom link

Join us for a virtual community gathering where we will be responding to letters we receive from people inside prisons and jails in California and across the country. We will be sending in our newsletter, legal resources, parole preparation packets, reentry help, and answers to people’s questions. There will be an “Intro” room for new folks, a problem solving room, and a “Special Issue” room too! You can also plug into our Calls to Action before/after Mail Night this month.

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DSA October Social @ Eli's Mile High Club
Nov 10 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

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Nov
11
Fri
Omni Commons Fundraiser Event! @ Omni Commons
Nov 11 @ 6:00 pm – 11:30 pm

 make a wish we doing a fundraiser and my wish is to raise enough money for the Omni so we can own it.

we have amazing local performers, artists, poets coming together to share gratitude and peace
Tickets Here!

Music by :

Isaiah Mostafa

Honey Gold Music

Guerilla Pump

QEAZYE

Ewock

TY 6

There are so many special ways to plug in at the Omni Commons! We core working groups and special projects that need volunteer energy all the time!

*Building Working group : repairs and maintain physical building!
*Finance Working group : supports the money flow
*Fundraising Working group : organizes events, outreach for donations! *Event Working group : organizes events, classes, workshops for the community!
Learn More

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Nov
12
Sat
Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Doughnut Economics – 7 Way to Think Like a 21st Century Economist @ Online
Nov 12 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.

For October, 2022 we’re re-reading the first four chapters of  Doughnut Economics – 7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist, by Kate Raworth.  Order it via her website here.  For November, we will be re-reading the remaining chapters.

‘Humanity’s 21st century challenge is to meet the needs of all within the means of the planet. In other words, to ensure that no one falls short on life’s essentials (from food and housing to healthcare and political voice), while ensuring that collectively we do not overshoot our pressure on Earth’s life-supporting systems, on which we fundamentally depend – such as a stable climate, fertile soils, and a protective ozone layer. The Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries is a playfully serious approach to framing that challenge, and it acts as a compass for human progress this century.

Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included Doughnut EconomicsLimitsBanking on the PeopleCapital and Its Discontents, How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century, The Deficit Myth,  Revenge Capitalism, the Edge of Chaos blog symposium , Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons, The Optimist’s TelescopeMission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism, Exploring Degrowth, The Origin of Wealth, Mine!, The Dawn of Everything  A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, and Beyond Money.

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Nov
13
Sun
Eurasianism and the Challenge of Aleksandr Dugin: The Fourth Political Theory. @ Online
Nov 13 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm


Description: Professor Aleksandr Dugin of Russia has a wide sweep in scholarship, from Philosophy, Sociology to Geopolitics. He is 60 years of age. He has written 60 books. His book ‘The Fourth Political Theory’ has been translated into English by Michael Millerman, a Canadian, with a Ph.D. in Philosophy. Dugin is an “idealist” conservative philosopher. He is a follower of Martin Heideggar.

Liberalism, according to Dugin, is the theory of Capitalism, which has defeated its two challengers in the 20th century: Communism on the Left and Fascism on the Right. These cannot now pose an effective challenge to it, according to Dugin. Further, he claims that Liberalism has turned into “Postliberalism” after 1991, and it is totalitarian. So, a fourth political theory is needed to save humanity.
Raj Sahai will summarize Dugin’s ideas and his political theory and offer an analysis and offer a Marxist critique. Raj is a Marxist and a long time activist against capitalism and its wars. He is a member of the planning committee of ICSS.

LOGIN INFORMATION

Our Zoom room will be opened up as usual at 10:15 am for anyone to join and discuss technical matters, catch up with each other, say Hi, etc.. The program (and recording) will begin as close to 10:30 am as possible and will end at 12:30, but the Waiting Room may remain open later for informal discussion.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81133350622?pwd=dUUyUWppbWt6djVTaElISUhocXpSUT09

Meeting ID: 811 3335 0622
Passcode: ICSS2717rs

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DSA East Bay General Membership Meeting
Nov 13 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

No info yet.  Check website above.

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Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Nov 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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 the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)

On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.

OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over six years, since October 2011! Our General Assembly is a participatory gathering of Oakland community members and beyond, where everyone who shows up is treated equally. Our Assembly and the process we have collectively cultivated strives to reach agreement while building community.

At the GA committees, caucuses, and loosely associated groups whose representatives come voluntarily report on past and future actions, with discussion. We encourage everyone participating in the Occupy Oakland GA to be part of at least one associated group, but it is by no means a requirement. If you like, just come and hear all the organizing being done! Occupy Oakland encourages political activity that is decentralized and welcomes diverse voices and actions into the movement.

General Assembly Standard Agenda

Welcome & Introductions
Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
Announcements
(Optional) Discussion Topic

Occupy Oakland activities and contact info for some Bay Area Groups with past or present Occupy Oakland members.

Occupy Oakland Web Committee: (web@occupyoakland.org)
Strike Debt Bay Area : strikedebtbayarea.tumblr.com
Berkeley Post Office Defenders:http://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/
Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice:https://www.facebook.com/ABC4JUSTICE
Oakland Privacy Working Group:https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/
Bay Area AntiRepression: antirepression@occupyoakland.org
Biblioteca Popular: http://tinyurl.com/mdlzshy
Interfaith Tent: www.facebook.com/InterfaithTent
Port Truckers Solidarity: oaklandporttruckers.wordpress.com
Bay Area Intifada: bayareaintifada.wordpress.com
Transport Workers Solidarity: www.transportworkers.org
Fresh Juice Party (aka Chalkupy) freshjuiceparty.com/chalkupy-gallery
Sudo Room: https://sudoroom.org
Omni Collective: https://omnicommons.org/
First They Came for the Homeless: https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-they-came-for-the-homeless/253882908111999
Sunflower Alliance: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/
Bay Area Public School: http://thepublicschool.org/bay-area

San Francisco based groups:
Occupy Bay Area United: www.obau.org
Occupy Forum: (see OBAU above)
San Francisco Projection Department: http://tinyurl.com/kpvb3rv

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Omni Movie Night – The Living Legacy of the Black Panther Party @ Omni Commons
Nov 13 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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Sunflower Webinar on CA Climate Justice Plan @ Online
Nov 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Register here

Join leaders of the statewide environmental and climate justice movement to hear about the campaign to strengthen California’s (appallingly weak) draft climate plan—and how we can help.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has issued a draft plan for state climate action over the next five years.  A broad coalition of climate justice organizations is pushing them to go beyond this business-as-usual proposal and take strong measures to phase out fossil fuel with just transition. Meanwhile CARB’s own Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC) has outlined some specific steps, including:

  • A comprehensive plan to phase out refineries with just transition for communities and workers.
  • Strong limits on any “carbon capture, use, and storage” projects to make sure they don’t make air and water pollution worse or extend the life of fossil fuel infrastructure–and that include inputs from environmental justice stakeholders and independent experts.
  • An end to support for factory-farm “dairy methane” projects.
  • An overhaul of the state’s “low carbon fuel standards,” which currently incentivize destructive practices and environmental injustice.
  • Thorough review of the “cap and trade” program and less reliance on that to meet climate goals.

The Environmental Justice Advisory Committee includes representatives from many of the organizations that are leading the statewide movement for climate and environmental justice.

Speakers:

Faraz Rizvi, Asian Pacific Environmental Network

Connie Cho, Communities for a Better Environment

Matt Holmes, Little Manila Rising

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Sunflower Webinar on CA Climate Justice Plan @ Online
Nov 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

oin leaders of the statewide environmental and climate justice movement to hear about the campaign to strengthen California’s (appallingly weak) draft climate plan—and how we can help.

 Register here

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has issued a draft plan for state climate action over the next five years.  A broad coalition of climate justice organizations is pushing them to go beyond this business-as-usual proposal and take strong measures to phase out fossil fuel with just transition. Meanwhile CARB’s own Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC) has outlined some specific steps, including:

  • A comprehensive plan to phase out refineries with just transition for communities and workers.
  • Strong limits on any “carbon capture, use, and storage” projects to make sure they don’t make air and water pollution worse or extend the life of fossil fuel infrastructure–and that include inputs from environmental justice stakeholders and independent experts.
  • An end to support for factory-farm “dairy methane” projects.
  • An overhaul of the state’s “low carbon fuel standards,” which currently incentivize destructive practices and environmental injustice.
  • Thorough review of the “cap and trade” program and less reliance on that to meet climate goals.

The Environmental Justice Advisory Committee includes representatives from many of the organizations that are leading the statewide movement for climate and environmental justice.

Speakers to be announced–watch this space!

 Register here

 

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