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The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover Up in Oakland
By Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham
(Atria Books; 480 pages; $30)
9th Ave. presents “Riders” authors in conversation with Joe Eskenazi: 7 p.m. Jan. 19. Free. Green Apple Books, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com
Uncovering Brutality, Cover-Up, and Corruption in Oakland: “Riders” authors in conversation with Otis Taylor. Live stream only. 3 p.m. Jan. 25. $10-$40, free for members. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
“Riders” authors in conversation with Karym Sanchez: 4 p.m. Jan. 28. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
What’s on the horizon for 2023?
- Mark your calendars for the State of the Debtors’ Union General Assembly on January 25, 8PM EST. We’ll highlight some accomplishments from the preceding year, and take stock for the year ahead. Hope to see you there.
‼️Important court date THIS FRIDAY in San Francisco‼️
Rally with us before the hearing to tell DA Jenkins: Don’t let former SFPD officer Chris Samayoa get away with the murder of Keita O’Neil!
Friday, January 27 • 8:15am • 850 Bryant St pic.twitter.com/H0o7rETzp5
— Anti Police-Terror Project (@APTPaction) January 25, 2023
Friday 1/27: Emergency Action: Justice for Tyre Nichols in San Francisco https://t.co/RsOX24d7Ej
— Indybay (@Indybay) January 27, 2023
Zoom discussion on the future of OPD. This Friday 1/27 6:30pm. Join us to hear @PPriceCares @Tyfahra @OaklandOIG José Dorado @OakPoliceComm Jim Chanin
What needs to happen for real structural reform & effective oversight?
Register here: https://t.co/hs0kvjdtug pic.twitter.com/go1cbWHMBb— Coalition for Police Accountability (@oakcopoversight) January 25, 2023
If you have not yet registered for tomorrow’s Extinction Rebellion US All-Chapters Open House, there is still time. Just click on the link below to go to the registration page, and please let us know if you have any questions.
Learn about global, national, and regional initiatives and campaigns; network with rebels from around the country; and either find a local chapter to join or learn how to start a local chapter.
We hope to see you there!
Love and rage,
The XRUS Team
The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover Up in Oakland
By Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham
(Atria Books; 480 pages; $30)
9th Ave. presents “Riders” authors in conversation with Joe Eskenazi: 7 p.m. Jan. 19. Free. Green Apple Books, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com
Uncovering Brutality, Cover-Up, and Corruption in Oakland: “Riders” authors in conversation with Otis Taylor. Live stream only. 3 p.m. Jan. 25. $10-$40, free for members. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
“Riders” authors in conversation with Karym Sanchez: 4 p.m. Jan. 28. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library.
Speaker: Steve Martinot.
Our speaker, Steve Martinot, will describe how police militarization rests on the foundation of the militarist ethic by which the police operate. The government has seen fit to supply the police with military equipment, which has consequences both for the people subjected to the presence of such weaponry and for government intentions. The second half of the presentation will be on the relation of police militarization to the structures of racialization in the US.
Lifelong social justice activist Steve Martinot has worked as a machinist and organized a number of shops. Steve organized a trucking company in New York City, which led to a wildcat strike. He has been engaged in Latin American solidarity and once faced indictment from the federal government for that. In addition, Steve has done neighborhood organizing and edited two underground newspapers, one in NYC and one in the Akron area. A former political prisoner, Steve was incarcerated in 1970. After Steve started writing in the 1980s, he taught at Colorado University and UCSF. He has produced eight books, four on racialization and prison abolition and three as volumes from different conferences. He also translated a book on racism by Albert Memmi from French.
Recent articles by Steve include https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/30/the-dialogic-of-violence/, https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/06/theyre-militarizing-the-cops-again-hurroo-hurroo/, and https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/11/oh-no-not-another-crime-wave/.
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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:
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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
From Oakland to Memphis we demand Justice for Tyre Nichols!
As the nation braces for the body cam footage, we will hold a RALLY & MARCH this Sunday, 5pm at Oscar Grant Plaza in solidarity with his family and loved ones. More to come!https://t.co/ZxuGPoXhCu
— Anti Police-Terror Project (@APTPaction) January 27, 2023
“Judas & The Black Messiah” (2021) – Based on the tale of William O’Neal who infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton. This inevitably led to the murder of the chairman while they slept.
These free community building events are designed to discuss the connections between the cinema we are fed and social justice issues. Bring your own snacks for this virtual event with us for Judas & the Black Messiah. The Oakland Greens 2023 Free Dinner & a Movie Discussion series are adult supervision only events.
RSVP online or by emailing Lia Swindle at journalism-events@berkeley.edu by January 25.
From the Polk Award–winning investigative duo comes a critical look at the systematic corruption and brutality within the Oakland Police Department, and the more than two-decades-long saga of attempted reforms and explosive scandals.
A look at the Oakland police department but also policing in America and where it’s headed.
A conversation with authors Ali Winston (’10) and Darwin BondGraham, and Professor Dan Lindheim, Goldman School of Public Policy and former Oakland City Administrator.
Books will be available to purchase.
This is a FREE event.
Tax-deductible donations from the J-School community help make this possible.
No tickets required
Wealth inequality is exacerbated by criminal legal system contact – making poor people and people of color even more likely to remain locked in cycles of poverty and criminalization. In this workshop, we will examine the ways racial capitalism has financialized the carceral system and how we can fight back!
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:
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Advocacy builds relationships with community groups and city governments.
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Communications assists other committees with content creation and promotion.
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Fundraising develops our organization’s budget and raises funds for our business plan.
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Membership brings on new members and volunteers and organizes educational events.
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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.
C4C Action Monthly Assembly
Register here
Join Care 4 Community Action at our upcoming virtual monthly assembly! You’ll get to hear from invited guests, and learn more about how local government works. Plus you’ll get to find out ways to get involved in this organizing!
The 25th SF IndieFest will be presented at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco from Feb 2nd – 9th, and online through virtual cinema from Feb 2nd to Feb 12th.
More info at https://t.co/zlbTFFeDZK#movies #sfindie #indiefilm #sanfrancisco #film pic.twitter.com/zdigQNFMGi— ANOTHER HOLE IN THE HEAD FILM FESTIVAL (@AHITHfilmfest) February 1, 2023
The 25th SF IndieFest will be presented at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco from Feb 2nd – 9th, and online through virtual cinema from Feb 2nd to Feb 12th.
More info at https://t.co/zlbTFFeDZK#movies #sfindie #indiefilm #sanfrancisco #film pic.twitter.com/zdigQNFMGi— ANOTHER HOLE IN THE HEAD FILM FESTIVAL (@AHITHfilmfest) February 1, 2023
The 25th SF IndieFest will be presented at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco from Feb 2nd – 9th, and online through virtual cinema from Feb 2nd to Feb 12th.
More info at https://t.co/zlbTFFeDZK#movies #sfindie #indiefilm #sanfrancisco #film pic.twitter.com/zdigQNFMGi— ANOTHER HOLE IN THE HEAD FILM FESTIVAL (@AHITHfilmfest) February 1, 2023
APTP will host a Community Skate Session and Healing Village this Saturday, February 4, 1 to 4pm to continue to stand in solidarity with the family of Tyre Nichols and to demand police out of traffic enforcement. Join us to mourn and celebrate the life of Tyre Nichols together with music, food, and community.
The loss of Black life anywhere is an affront to the humanity and safety of Black lives everywhere. Traffic stops are the primary way Black people both enter the criminal legal system and serve as the igniting factor for daily and deadly acts of violence against our bodies. It is beyond time to remove badges and guns from traffic stops and tickets, and protect Black life.
Here in Oakland, Black people are eight times more likely to be stopped by law enforcement than their white counterparts. Despite orders from a federal monitor and a statewide task force dedicated to ending racial profiling, OPD can’t seem to stop targeting Black community members with pretextual stops.
The only way to stop police terror is to reduce the number of interactions between police and community members. That’s why we’re demanding cops out of traffic enforcement here in Oakland and beyond!
Suds, Snacks, and Socialism at the Starry Plough
Please join us as we reconvene our forum series in person at our traditional gathering place. We will also be conducting the forum series simultaneously online.
Doors open at 2:00 pm. Please register in advance at
https://bit.ly/SS_S_Haiti_2023
to receive your personal link to participate in this event online
Black History Month is a product of the struggle for African and African American liberation. The Haitian Revolution, which took place from 1791-1804, marked the beginning of liberation movements by and for African and all enslaved peoples in the Western Hemisphere. We will look back at this significant event, and its continuation as Haiti bears the brunt of capitalist domination.
The forum will include an update on the case of U.S. political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal.
Pierre Labossiere – Co-Founder of the Haiti Action Committee (HAC) and the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund (HERF)
Robert Roth – Co-Founder of the Haiti Action Committee
Gerald Smith – Co-Founder of the Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality (OGC) and an activist in the struggle to Free Mumia Abu Jamal
*Organizations listed for identification purposes only.
Please help us celebrate our return to the Starry Plough by ordering food and/or drinks. Please try to arrive early to place your order so that you do not miss any of the presentation. An open discussion will follow the presentations. We will be accepting donations which will be divided among the sponsoring organizations.
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>