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STOP the DOGE DESTRUCTION from 12 – 1:30 pm
Location: at 1731 Fourth Street, between Virginia and Delaware, outside Tesla Showroom
As COVID cases once again rise across the Bay Area, access to testing and protective resources has become more difficult for our communities—especially for Black, Brown, unhoused, and working-class residents. Many of the free testing sites that once served our neighborhoods have closed, and store-bought tests are unaffordable or unavailable for many.
In response, the Anti Police-Terror Project and The People’s House are stepping up to meet the need. We believe public health is a collective responsibility, and we remain committed to providing tools that help keep our communities safe and resourced.
We are now offering free COVID testing multiple days a week at The People’s House in Oakland (893 Willow St).
Testing Schedule
- Tuesdays from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Mondays from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Offered during The People’s Detox, which also includes free ear acupuncture, Narcan distribution, fentanyl test strips, and peer support for addiction and mental health
- 1st and 3rd Fridays from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Offered during The People’s Clinic, which includes massage therapy, acupuncture, healing circles, and other community-based wellness services
What to Expect
- Rapid antigen COVID tests are available on-site
- In most cases, individuals will be able to leave with a box of take-home tests (while supplies last)
- K/N95 masks are available to anyone who needs them
- No insurance, ID, or pre-registration is required
- All services are free of charge
Doors open at 1:30 p.m.
Please register in advance at
https://bit.ly/SSS-FightingMAGA
to receive your personal link to participate in this event online
MAGA – Make America Great Again – is anything but that. It is an attempt to subvert whatever democratic rights we have, amplify the racism that already exists, persecute and expel our fellow workers who may not have the appropriate documents (and many who do) and make young people a lot more ignorant and anyone with a uterus a lot more pregnant. Our speakers will describe various movements to defend the rights of workers, immigrants, and all of us from the increasing attacks by the current U.S. regime.
Kathryn Durham �< Hammer, Indivisible Resisters – Contra Costa County
Bill Balderston � Alameda County Central Labor Council delegate
Renée C – Organizer with Party for Socialism and Liberation, Attorney
Frank Running Horse – Diablo Valley Resistance, Founding member of Teamsters for a Democratic Union
*Organizations listed for identification purposes only.
Please arrive early to place your order so that you do not miss any of the presentations.
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 Alameda County Peace and Freedom Party,
the Alameda County Green Party and Bay Area System Change Not Climate Change.For more information email <info@sudssnackssocialism.org>
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| In 2020, Oakland City Council passed the “Encampment Management Policy” (EMP), authored by CM Loren Taylor. This legislation did not create one single additional shelter bed, much less any interim housing or pipeline towards permanent housing for our houseless neighbors. Because the EMP did nothing to address the issue of people not being able to afford housing or access shelter, it was, in practice, completely unenforceable. While the City created an Encampment Management Team and ramped up sweeps, most of the time, encampments were simply displaced from one street or park to another. Wherever you stand on homelessness and people dwelling in public spaces, you’ve likely experienced the EMP as a failed policy.
In July, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order, “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” tying federal funding for Health & Human Services (HHS) and Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to a crackdown on homelessness. Shortly afterward, CM Ken Houston moved to rush an update to the EMP, which he is calling an “Encampment Abatement Policy.” There’s a lot to unpack here – different people are deeply affected by the homelessness crisis in different ways, and different levels of government (City, County, State & Federal) are needed to meaningfully address the crisis and create concrete solutions. The people benefitting from this man-made disaster (the racist real estate industry and a fascist President exploiting fear to justify repression) are counting on us being too divided – housed vs. unhoused – to challenge their power and successfully implement solutions that reflect Oakland’s values. The Black Solutions Lab, Care 4 Community Action, Wood Street Commons are here to help you understand what’s being proposed, think through the nuances of addressing the homelessness crisis in Oakland, and support you to clearly and effectively present your position to the decision-makers who will be voting on this policy very soon. What to expect at this training:
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To observe and participate in the meeting via Zoom, go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85817209915
Agenda Items:
4. Informational Item a. Data Sharing policy for ALPR as pertains to ICE
5. Action Items:
a. Annual Reports
1. CrimeTracer Forensic Logic 2024 (OPD)
2. Cellebrite 2024 (OPD)
3. Pen Register (OPD)
4. ShotSpotter (OPD)
b. Use Policies
1. OPD Community Safety Camera Systems (OPD)
ONGOING STOP the COUP PROTEST from 5 – 6 pm
Focus: Rally every Friday Stop the Coup Protest, organized by Indivisible Elmwood
STOP the DOGE DESTRUCTION from 12 – 1:30 pm
Location: at 1731 Fourth Street, between Virginia and Delaware, outside Tesla Showroom
Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. All are welcome!
For our September, 2025 meeting we will be reading Elinor Ostrom’s Rules for Radicals: Cooperative Alternatives Beyond Markets and States. (Amazon) (Pluto).
Elinor Ostrom was both a groundbreaking thinker and one of the foremost economists of our age. The first and only woman to win the Nobel Prize for Economics, her revolutionary theorizing of the commons opened the way for non-capitalist economic alternatives on a massive scale. And yet, astonishingly, most modern radicals know little about her.
Elinor Ostrom’s Rules for Radicals fixes that injustice, revealing the indispensability of her work on green politics, alternative economics, and radical democracy. Derek Wall’s analysis of her theses addresses some of the common misconceptions of her work and reveals her strong commitment to a radical ideological framework. This helpful guide will engage scholars and activists across a range of disciplines, including political economy, political science, and ecology, as well as those keen to implement her work in practice. As activists continue to reject traditional models of centralized power, Ostrom’s theories will become even more crucial in creating economies that exist beyond markets and states.
Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included (in chronological order) Doughnut Economics, Limits, Banking on the People, Capital 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 Telescope, Mission 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, Beyond Money, Less is More, Cannibal Capitalism, Debt, the First 5000 Years , Poverty, By America, End Times, Jackson Rising Redux , The Feminist Subversion of the Economy, How Infrastructure Works, Inside the Systems that Shape our World, Wealth Supremacy, The Persuaders, The Path to a Livable Future, Solidarity, Mutual Aid, Breaking Together, Making Sense of Chaos , TechnoFeudalism, and Stellar.
Union chronicles the extraordinary efforts of an unlikely group of warehouse workers, including Chris Smalls, as they launch a grassroots union campaign at an Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York.
Proceeds from this viewing go directly to Strike For Our Rights‘ strike fund, supporting striking workers fighting for living wages and equity, like those in this film.
As COVID cases once again rise across the Bay Area, access to testing and protective resources has become more difficult for our communities—especially for Black, Brown, unhoused, and working-class residents. Many of the free testing sites that once served our neighborhoods have closed, and store-bought tests are unaffordable or unavailable for many.
In response, the Anti Police-Terror Project and The People’s House are stepping up to meet the need. We believe public health is a collective responsibility, and we remain committed to providing tools that help keep our communities safe and resourced.
We are now offering free COVID testing multiple days a week at The People’s House in Oakland (893 Willow St).
Testing Schedule
- Tuesdays from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Mondays from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Offered during The People’s Detox, which also includes free ear acupuncture, Narcan distribution, fentanyl test strips, and peer support for addiction and mental health
- 1st and 3rd Fridays from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Offered during The People’s Clinic, which includes massage therapy, acupuncture, healing circles, and other community-based wellness services
What to Expect
- Rapid antigen COVID tests are available on-site
- In most cases, individuals will be able to leave with a box of take-home tests (while supplies last)
- K/N95 masks are available to anyone who needs them
- No insurance, ID, or pre-registration is required
- All services are free of charge
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The Sacramento City Council is trying to quietly renew the failed ShotSpotter contract for $2.6 million. It expired in June—saving the city $500,000. Let’s keep it that way.
ShotSpotter is discredited and dangerous:
- 73% of alerts in Sacramento led to no report
- Just 4% led to arrests
- Only 8.5% resulted in recovered firearms
It has contributed to the deaths of 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago and Kershawn Geyger in Sacramento. This is not public safety. This is State sanctioned violence.
- Closed Session at 5:30 PM
- Public Meeting from 6:30–10:00 PM
ALERT: OPD is attempting to weaken the city’s vehicle pursuit policy—a direct threat to community safety.
Police chases are deadly and do zero to reduce or solve crime. Every year, these reckless pursuits kill more people than tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and lightning combined. Innocent bystanders — meaning people not at all involved with the chase — account for 27 percent of all police chase deaths, or 87 deaths per year. We lift the name of slain Castlemont educator Marvin Boomer who was recently one such casualty as he walked with his partner in his neighborhood.
We demand:
No rollbacks on regulations. No more dangerous pursuits in our streets.
This meeting will also include updates from the Community Police Review Agency, Office of the Inspector General, and the transition of Internal Affairs to civilian control.
2:00 p.m. Film: Dead Man Walking — R, 122 mins., 1995. CC in English
4:00 p.m. Discussion with author Sister Helen Prejean & composer Jake Heggie
5:30 p.m. Reception and Book Signing
Free admission – no RSVP required
ONGOING STOP the COUP PROTEST from 5 – 6 pm
Focus: Rally every Friday Stop the Coup Protest, organized by Indivisible Elmwood
Bay Area Peace & Justice Activists join Singers, Drummers:
2nd Fridays 5-6:00 pm
Outdoors beside “The Way” 1305 University Ave between Acton & Bonar
Open Mic: Songs, Poems, Chants for Peace & for Palestine
Bring signs/ banners, instruments, rattles, drums and your Voice
Ceasefire Now, Break the Siege, Lift the Blockades. Let in Food & Humanitarian Relief
SPARE IRAN. STOP WW III!
Our taxes fund massive weapons of mass destruction in the US & Israel.
That money is needed for US healthcare, education, housing!
HANDS OFF IMMIGRANTS
STOP ICE
HANDS OFF our LEGISLATORS
MARINES/National Guard OUT OF California
Sponsored by the Social Justice Committee of the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists & CODE PINK
The XR US Open House is designed for activists who are new to Extinction Rebellion or to climate activism in general, though we also welcome current members of XR or veteran activists who want to network and share ideas. �
On Saturday, September 13, we will provide a short presentation about the climate movement and a more detailed presentation about Non-Violent Direct Action, inviting participants to share ideas for Fall actions.
Please RSVP here.
Speaker: Grover Furr
To Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 873 8882 4824
Passcode: 042428
Call one of these numbers and enter the codes above:
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Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, communists had always believed that the only way a socialist state could be destroyed was by hostile forces from the outside. Now we know that this was tragically wrong. The Soviet Union was destroyed by betrayal from within.
Uncovering the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union is the most important question confronting Marxists, socialists, and communists today. This is the subject of Prof. Furr’s talk.
Our speaker today is researcher, historian, and author, Prof. Grover Furr of Montclair State University in New Jersey. He teaches Medieval English Literature and has a Ph.D. from Princeton University. However, his subject of research has been the Soviet history of the Stalin period, on which he has written many articles and 17 books, starting with ‘Khrushchev Lied’ in 2011, and his last published book is titled ‘Trotsky’s Comintern Conspiracy – The Case of Osip Pyatnitsky’ published in 2024. His present research is on the Gorbachev period, which culminated in the fall of the USSR in 1991.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85449203697
Green Sunday: Why Stop ‘Super’ Artificial ‘intelligence’?
Nobel laureates, award winning researchers, and the most cited scientists in history are warning that the development of advanced artificial intelligence poses catastrophic risks to humanity including the risk of human extinction.
This talk shares what the experts are saying in their own words – and argues that we should treat AI development as an urgent existential risk and act to stop it. It also presents a short film based on one near term scenario by a whistleblower from a frontier AI company who left to warn the public about the danger we are in. We will also discuss resistance to advanced AI.
Guido Reichstadter has helped organize some of the world’s first acts of civil disobedience to stop advanced AI development. Over 25 years ago, while studying at the University of Florida, he became aware of the potential for the construction of artificial general intelligence (AGI), machine systems that share the same broad range of problem solving abilities as the human brain, and recognized their inherent danger. After taking his degree in math and physics, he began a 20 year career as a jeweler, married and raised two children. When the release of ChatGPT caused experts to shorten timelines for arrival of AGI, Guido became alarmed that the world would not avoid this danger. In 2024 he put his career on hold and moved to San Francisco, ground zero for US AI development, to mobilize public opposition.
Green Sundays are a series of free public programs & discussions on topics “du jour” sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County and held on the 2nd Sunday of each month. The monthly business meeting of the County Council of the Green Party follows at 7:00 pm. Council meetings are open to anyone who is interested.
Chasing Chimeras: The Lure of Deceptive Climate Solutions is a new documentary by Barbara Bernstein exposing the fossil fuel industry’s push for false climate “solutions.” Renewable diesel, hydrogen, biogas, carbon capture, and offsets—all of these alleged post-carbon fixes promise to usher in a brave green world even while they endanger frontline communities and delay real climate action. All of them present immediate threats right here in the Bay.
From Portland, Oregon, to the Bay Area refinery corridor, Chasing Chimeras showcases the communities fighting back against these projects and the governments enabling them. Chasing Chimeras scrutinizes how state and federal programs promote and fund renewable diesel, biogas and hydrogen development, while disincentivizing the adoption of proven climate solutions.
The film features Bay Area activists Ann Alexander, Maureen Brennan, Ben Eichenberg, Bonnie Hamilton, Gary Hughes, Greg Karras, Kathy Kerridge, Theo LeQuesne, and Shoshana Wechsler. There are also cameos of Bay Area academics Barbara Haya and Mark Jacobson.
If you can’t make the screening, the film is also available online.