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Thu

Oakland Police Commission – New Military Equipment @ Oakland City Hall

Nov 13 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

The Oakland Police Commission will vote on OPD’s request to acquire new military equipment. We’re calling on the Commission to hold the line and reject any new military equipment. Oakland doesn’t need more weapons — we need investment in our people and our communities.

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14

Fri

Protective Presence Against Occupation of Palestine @ Online audio or in-person

In person East Bay CA; details w/ RSVP (option for audio online)

Nov 14 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Protective Presence Against Occupation of Palestine – Conversation with Will (in-person in East Bay; audio online option)

From Will:

I just returned from three weeks in the occupied West Bank during the olive harvest, where international volunteers were invited to do nonviolent protective presence work with Palestinian farmers resisting military and paramilitary violence. Settling civilians in occupied territory is a war crime (Geneva articles 49, 85; ICC article 8) backed by US empire; nonviolent presence imposes privileged western bodies in conflict zones to support indigenous resistance to ethnic cleansing.

Soldiers and settlers repeatedly claimed false legal grounds to demand expulsion from ancestral indigenous lands Palestinian families have harvested for generations. Many of the trees we harvested were hundreds of years old, carefully cultivated by people who have lived on this land for millenia – some olive trees can live to be more than 2,000 years old.

The farmers we helped protect were repeatedly harassed and intimidated by armed settlers and the military. 32 members of our group were deported, I was detained for 2 hours as one of our hosts received a death threat if he stayed in the area, and we faced many other incidents of imperialist and zionist violence. We were attacked by settlers several times including when settlers armed wth clubs burned a car; video recorded a Palestinian woman being beaten nearly to death in media coverage that reached a global audience. Several situations became so life threatening we had to flee the areas we were trying to harvest in, sometimes with sudden calls of “Run!” as armed settlers arrived. Many Palestinians were killed in the occupied territories while I was there, and the sham “ceasefire” continues to provide political cover to US politicians during an ongoing genocide….

I was invited to offer an informal conversation with people about what I experienced – I’m not an expert, and I want everyone to listen to Palestinians and people more knowledgable than me directly, but I’ll do my best to share some of what I learned and what it means for me and host a discussion. I’m very much a learner here and trying to make sense of how to live in integrity in a world that is completely crazy. I don’t have answers but I will encourage you if you can to consider joining protective presence brigades, as well as consider other ways to support indigenous resistance including material aid, prisoner support, the BDS boycott campaign, direct action disruption, and solidarity movements against zionism and US empire. And above all speaking the truth.

Truth, risk, and sacrifice seem to be the most important meditation prompts for personal action.

(Content may be upsetting; this event is for good faith dialogue and learning, not a space for denial of ongoing US imperialist and zionist genocide.)

Event will be in Oakland or Berkeley, exact event location when you register.

Registration and more info is here: https://luma.com/yalevhzz

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15

Trillions for Human Needs, not U.S. Wars @ erkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Church

https://bfuu.org/events/antiwar-coalition-teach-in

Nov 15 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Saturday, November 15, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

UNITED NATIONAL ANTIWAR COALITION
Teach-In � Educational Conference
Free Palestine! No To Ice Raids! Hands off Venezuela!
Speakers include:

Pierre La Bossiere, Chair., Haiti Action Comm., Judith Mirkinson, Bay Area National Lawyers Guild, Rick Sterling, Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center, Paul Cox, Nat. Pres. Vets For Peace, Jeff Mackler, UNAC Admin. Comm. Kevin Cooperr, Innocent death row political prisoner Jack Fleck, Intternational Comm., 350.org,

Dr. Monadel Herzallah, US Palestine Community Network, Nora Barrows-Friedman, Associate Editor Electronic Intifada Phoebee Thomas Sorgen, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Comm Pam Africa, International Concerned Family and Friends off Mumia Abu-Jamal Mumia Abu-Jamal, journalist, innocent polittical prisoner via Video Judy Greenspan, Bay Area Labor for Palesttine Dr. Jack Rasmus, former VP, Na’tl. Writers Union author, Twilight of American Imperialism

John Parker, Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice � Rep., BAYAN USA � Dr. Ricardo Alvarez, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s doctor � Tom Lacey, Peace and Freedom Party � Rep, Green Party of Alamedda County � Joe Lombardo, National Coordinator, UNAC, � Pippippa Bartolotti, Global Women for Peace United Against NATO.

Sponsor: United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) � Co-sponsor: Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universsalists
Initial Endorsers: 350.org International Committee � Task Force oon the Americas � Haiti Action Committee � Green Party of Al Alameda County � Peace and Freedom Party � Socialist Action on � Social Justice Committee, BFUU � Paul George, Dir., Peninninsula Peace & Justice Center � Dennis Bernstein, Host, KPFA�’s Flashpoints � Cynthia Papermaster, CodePink � Anthothony Fest, KPFA volunteer � Struggle for Socialism Party, LA � Mobilization to Free Mumia Northern CA � Veterans For Peace �• Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice, LA � Glenn TTurner, CopWatch � Cody Urban, ILPS � Bay Area Labor for PalPalestine �, BAYAN USA

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XRUS Open House @ Online

Nov 15 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

On Saturday, November 15, at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET, we will offer an introduction to Extinction Rebellion US and the principles of Non-Violent Direct Action, followed by presentations from members of Scientist Rebellion and Mothers Rebellion, two of XR’s most active affiliate groups.

The presentations will provide context for a general discussion of effective ways to spread the word about the urgency of the climate crisis when so many people are already suffering the immediate impacts of a cruel and lawless authoritarian government.

We know that this is not an easy task, but we are determined to help people make connections between unjust social policies and the deep-pocketed influence of fossil fuel interests. Despite what Bill Gates would like us to believe, social justice and care for the Earth must go hand in hand.

If this sounds like the kind of work you would like to do, please join us on November 15.

The Open House will wrap up with specific next steps you can take to get involved in this work.

Click here to RSVP.

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Global Day of Action for Climate Justice @ Alta Plaza Park

Nov 15 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Once again, national representatives will convene to talk about what to do about the climate crisis. COP 30 will be held November 6 – 21 in Belém, Brazil, in the heart of the endangered Amazon rainforest.

Will it be just more “blah-blah-blah” as Greta Thunberg famously said about COP 26, held in Scotland in 2021?

People around the world will be mobilizing to tell them to get real.

The Global Daty of Action will be part of the People’s Summit which will run parallel to to the agenda of governments and large corporations. This is a response to the historical exclusion of communities from the Global South, such as Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendants, and peasants, from official COPs.

This year marks the seventh anniversary of the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice.

The San Francisco Solidarity March will give people in the Bay Area a chance to participate.

Info/RSVP here.

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Fascism, ICE, Project 2025 & Why We Need A General Strike: A Panel @ Bernal Heights Library

Nov 15 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Fascism, ICE, Project 2025 & Why We Need A General Strike: A Panel

Join a forum on the ICE raids, militarization of our cities, the government shutdown and the calls for a general strike by Brandon Johnson, the Mayor of Chicago and Sara Nelson, President of AFA-CWA.

Working people are under assault from the fascist immigration raids to the attacks on public education, public services, healthcare and the government shutdown to the US support for Israeli genocide and the Trump’s war on Venezuela and Colombia.

The danger of martial law and the use of the National Guard, ICE and US troops to institute a fascist take-over is growing and it is funded with $170 billion from Trump’s budget earlier this year.
This panel will also look at how working people are being affected and why some unions are taking action including UAW NOLSW-LAE which had a one-day work action with a picket of the ICE office in San Francisco.

The call by Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson and AFA-CWA president Sara Nelson on No King’s Day for a national general strike will be discussed and how working people and unions can build support for such action to stop the war on working people, unions, the poor and immigrants.

Speakers:
UAW NOLSW-LAE
Cheryl Thorton – SEIU 1021 SF Community Healthcare Chap. Chair
Sang Hae Kil – SJSU Professor & CFA Leader
Lisa Milos – UPTE Members For Palestine.
Steve Zeltzer – WorkWeek
Ricardo Ortiz – Labor Researcher & Puerto Rican Internationalist

Endorsed by: WorkWeek, UAW NOLSW-LAE, UFCLP, RWF, UPTE Members For Palestine

For more info: http://www.ufclp.org, info [at] ufclp.org

‘Time for a general strike!’: Union president Sara Nelson calls for action at DC “No Kings” protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jhbtL5pLnY

WASHINGTON, DC: At the “No Kings” protest in the nation’s capital—one of thousands of demonstrations that took place across the country on Saturday—labor leader and international president of the Association of Flight Attendants Sara Nelson spoke with TRNN about the role unions must play in ending the current government shutdown and stopping the oligarchy’s war on democracy.

For more information: http://www.ufclp.org

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16

Sun

US Wages War on Venezuela � Venezuela Resists @ Online

Nov 16 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

US Wages War on Venezuela Venezuela Resists

Speaker: Jesús Rodriguez-Espinoza

To Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87388824824?pwd=QTWNvr8cGeGo1ZDW7x9Y8W0sDaNxRc.1

Meeting ID: 873 8882 4824
Passcode: 042428

Join us for a live report from Caracas, Venezuela, on the escalating US regime-change war against the Bolivarian Revolution. Dropping any pretext of promoting democracy, the US empire � the world’s largest consumer of illegal narcotics and thee leading money launder � is using the transparent pretext of counter-narcotics to root out the hemisphere’s leading anti-imperialist challenger to US hegemony. Venezuela is resisting and represents, in fact, the hope of an alternative to a US-dominated world order.

Reporting from Venezuela will be our speaker, Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza, an expert in international relations, Venezuelan politics, and communication. He served for several years as consul general of Venezuela in Chicago; before that, he was part of the foundational editorial team of Aporrea.org. He is the founder and editor of the English-language Venezuelan anti-imperialist news outlet Orinoco Tribune.

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18

Tue

People’s Park: What Comes Next? @ 510 Eschelmen Hall

Nov 18 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

A sunset banner announcing the Nov. 18, 2025 “People’s Park: What Comes Next?” event with time, QR code, and venue details.

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22

Film Screening Discussion: Petra Kelly – Act Now! @ Online

Nov 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Join us for the discussion of our next film, Petra Kelly – Act Now!, which will be available to view online for one week before our discussion on Saturday, November 22, at 7:00 p.m. PT.

Petra Kelly, feminist co-founder of the German Green Party, was a pioneering advocate for peace, environmental protection, and human rights. Inspired by the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King Jr.’s concept of civil disobedience, she championed radical social change and solidarity worldwide. Her issues are today more topical than ever before.

90 mins | 2024 | Director: Doris Metz | English, German, English Subtitles | Germany

RSVP and donate by Thursday, November 13, on our website, https://www.gerlindinstitute.org/filmnacht or e-mail info@gerlindinstitute.org. For more information and to view a trailer, visit https://www.gerlindinstitute.org/filmnacht

* Gerlind Institute members: $10 • General Public: $20. Please donate via our website, https://www.gerlindinstitute.org/filmnacht
* By check, payable to Gerlind Institute for Cultural Studies
* Zelle or credit card via our website. Contact info@gerlindinstitute.org for more information.
* If you are unable to donate, please get in touch with JB at info@gerlindinstitute.org, as we strive to make our events accessible to everyone

Thank you if you are a Gerlind Institute member or donor. If you are not yet a member, please consider a membership for 2026 at https://www.gerlindinstitute.org/membership

Please note the following timeline:

* RSVP and donate by November 13, 2025
* On November 14, we will send out the film & Zoom links
* You have one week to watch the film before the discussion
* Saturday morning, November 22, we will resend the Zoom link as a reminder
* Saturday, November 22, join us via Zoom, at 7:00 p.m. PT for a discussion of the film

We appreciate your donation for the film and the professionally moderated discussion, which supports our behind-the-scenes work in bringing film gems to our community.

Best wishes,

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29

Celebration of the Centennial Life of ANN FAGAN GINGER @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists

Nov 29 @ 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm

In memoriam, a Thanks-Giving

Celebration of the Centennial Life of

ANN FAGAN GINGER

Champion of Peace, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law

Berkeley’s Oracle of Justice

in Music ~ Song ~ Poetry ~ Video ~ Remembrance ~ Giveaway

Ceremony 2:30 til 4:00 pm

Community Fellowship, Refreshments 4:00

All are welcome.

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Dec

6

Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: What’s Left – 3 Paths Through the Planetary Crisis @ Online

Dec 6 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

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

For our December, 2025 meeting we will be reading and discussing the first two chapters of What’s Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis by Malcolm Harris (Amazon) (Hatchette). For our January meeting we will finish the book.

A vital guide for collective political action against the climate apocalypse, from bestselling progressive intellectual Malcolm Harris—“a brilliant thinker and writer capable of making the intricacies of economic conditions supremely readable” (Vulture).

Climate change is the unifying crisis of our time. But the scale of the problem can be paralyzing, especially when corporations are actively staving off changes that could save the planet but which might threaten their bottom lines. To quote Greta Thunberg, despite very clear science and very real devastation, the adults at the table are still saying “blah blah blah.” Something has to change—but what, and how?

In What’s Left, Malcolm Harris cuts through the noise and gets real about our remaining options for saving the world. Just as humans have caused climate change, we hold the power to avert a climate apocalypse, but that will only happen through collective political action. Harris outlines the three strategies—progressive, socialist, and revolutionary—that have any chance of succeeding, while also revealing that none of them can succeed on their own. What’s Left shows how we must combine them into a single pathway: a meta-strategy, one that will ensure we can move forward together rather than squabbling over potential solutions while the world burns.

Vital and transformative, What’s Left confirms Malcolm Harris as next-generation David Graeber or Mike Davis—a historian-activist who shows us where we stand and how we got here, while also blazing a path toward a brighter future.

Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Our first book was Doughnut Economics, and our most recent books were The Age of Insecurity and Elinor Ostrom’s Rules for Radicals”. For the rest of our reading list see here.

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Dec

7

Sun

The Alabama Solution, an HBO Documentary – Special Screening @ Two Pitchers Brewing Company