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Apr
12
Sat
Peace Gathering @ Universalist Unitarian Church
Apr 12 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

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Apr
13
Sun
BRAZIL ON THE RAZOR’S EDGE – The fight for sovereignty under imperialist and fascist attack @ Online
Apr 13 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Speaker: Eleonora de Lucena and Rodolfo Lucena

To Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85175860127?pwd=bfZRQOSMuhX9Pfm4qhPMOZMrmE9Ohm.1

Meeting ID: 851 7586 0127
Passcode: 580909

The victory of President Lula in 2022 put a brake on the fascist crescendo in Brazil. But the government faces enormous challenges to keep up to its campaign promises. There are combined pressures from the financial market and the business elites, which are intertwined with and dependent on international financial capital. The increased size and strength of agribusiness, with fascist ideas and the power of local landlords, is also linked to extremist factions of the military. In the cities, the alt-right recruits followers from the ranks of precarious labor.

Despite all that, there have been some victories. For the first time in history, four-star generals were brought to justice because of their role in the defeated coup d`etat of January 8, 2023. Ex-president Bolsonaro, the head of the coup, faces charges for the attempt to violently destroy democracy. Lula continues to stand up for a multipolar world, defending peace, and being a voice against the genocide in Palestine. As the current president of the BRICS, he is committed to strengthen Latin America unity. Yet, it is uncertain how Brazil will react to Trump’s actions against the country.

Eleonora de Lucena and Rodolfo Lucena, journalists for almost 50 years, both worked in the underground and popular press against the dictatorship in Brazil as well as in the mainstream media. From 2000 to 2010, Eleonora was the head of the newsroom of Folha de São Paulo � at the time, the largest circulation and most influence newspaperr in the country. Rodolfo was the information technology editor at Folha for more than 15 years.

Today, they both run Tutaméia, a news web channel based on live interviews that has almost 80,000 followers. Presidents Lula and Dilma, Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad, Juan Carlos Monedero, and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel are some of the people interviewed by Tutaméia, as well as Palestinian writer Atef Abu Saif, ex-guerrilla Peruvian leader Héctor Béjar, Aleida Guevara, and Filipino thinker Walden Bello, not to mention political leaders, intellectuals, and artists from Brazil.

Rodolfo, a marathon runner, and Eleonora have taken running as a political, educational, and agit-prop tool, creating projects like Marathoning with the MST, working with the landless movement, and a series of runs called Corrida fora Temer, done during the period that Dilma was illegally ousted from the presidency in a lawfare coup d´etat. They have been married for 46 years and have two daughters.

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Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Apr 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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Apr
14
Mon
Bay Area Debtors’ Union @ Online
Apr 14 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

A quick invite to Monday’s meeting space… Join for as long as you can or drop by to say hi!
zoom details–
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89423587022?pwd=QW5CNjBvRG8zbk9QQnBkeTdEdC8yUT09

Meeting ID: 894 2358 7022
Passcode: 123456

One tap mobile
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Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room
Apr 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

OTU’s Mission

The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf.

Monthly Meetings

The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 pm on the second Monday evening of each month. Our monthly meetings are held in the Community Room of the Madison Park Apartments, 100 – 9th Street (at Oak Street, across from the Lake Merritt BART Station). To enter, gently knock on the window of the room to the right of the main entrance to the building. At the meetings, first we focus on general issues affecting renters city-wide and then second we offer advice to renters regarding their individual concerns.

If you have an issue, a question, or need advice about a tenant/landlord issue, please call us at (510) 704-5276. Leave a message with your name and phone number and someone will get back to you.

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Apr
15
Tue
Covid Testing Tuesdays @ The People's House
Apr 15 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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Apr
16
Wed
California Racial Justice Act 5th Anniversary @ Online
Apr 16 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Register now: bit.ly/RJA5YEARS

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Public Bank of the East Bay General Organizing Meeting @ Online
Apr 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

The Friends of Public Bank East Bay host general organizing meetings every Wednesday at 6pm via zoom

If you’d like to join us, send us an email and one of our members will be in touch.

We can match your interests and skill set to our needs!

Public Bank East Bay hopes to open by 2025, as 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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Indigenous Rights, Climate & Forests in Chile: Report Back @ Universalist Unitarian Church
Apr 16 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Featuring Photos & Videos from Wallmapu (Chile)
Anne Petermann and Orin Langelle will show videos and photos, and discuss findings from GJEP’s human rights delegation in October focused on the Mapuche effort to reclaim land, culture, spirituality and food sovereignty.

Join us for an evening of powerful stories, images, and solidarity

 

The indigenous Mapuche people have been mobilizing to take back their ancestral lands in Wallmapu (Chile) from vast industrial eucalyptus and pine plantations developed under the Pinochet dictatorship in the 1970s.

Recovering their land is part of the larger effort of Mapuche people to reclaim their culture, spirituality and language, as well as food sovereignty for their communities.


A new “Usurpation” law makes Mapuche land recovery efforts illegal, and people who try to claim land or grow crops risk arrest or imprisonment. 

 

Biofuelwatch co-Director Gary Hughes will address the unique connection between California and Chile, especially with regard to false climate solutions like biomass burning.

This event is also the West Coast Book Launch for Portraits of Struggle by longtime movement photojournalist Orin Langelle. 

 

Langelle’s captivating images document interconnected global struggles for environmental, social, and economic justice across six continents and five decades.

Langelle will sign books during the event reception.

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Apr
17
Thu
Debt Collective: College For All Workshop @ Online
Apr 17 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
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Hands Off Our Social Security! @ Oakland Social Security Office
Apr 17 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Bring a sign, bring yourself, bring a neighbor!

Come to the Social Security Office and demand

  • NO closing offices
  • NO ending phone help
  • NO breaking the system that sends out benefits
  • NO layoffs of SSI staff that make it work
  • NO new rules that cut benefits

Accessibility

Mainly flat ground
No stairs or steps
Dedicated seating

Notes from the organizer: This event is on the sidewalks around the Social Security Office. We will designate one corner for people who are masking and taking other precautions. We will have a limited number of chairs for people who cannot stand for long periods. Please let us know in advance about what accommodations will help you participate. ajanks@yahoo.com

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Apr
18
Fri
The Encampments : film @ New Parkway Theater
Apr 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

The Friday, 4/18 show is at 4:00 PM.

 

Students flooded Columbia University’s lawn to create the Gaza Solidarity Encampment in order to pressure their university to divest from the US and Israeli weapons companies. THE ENCAMPMENTS follows the central organizers of the encampment as they are thrust into the spotlight, face violent police repression and suspension, congressional pressure, and a media firestorm, all while fighting to attain their goal of divestment at any cost.

Also Saturday, 4/12 @ 5:10 PM,  Sat 4/19 @ 12:00 Noon, Sun 4/20 at 3:15, etc.

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Apr
19
Sat
Join us at the Fourth National Copwatch Conference @ Berkeley City College
Apr 19 all-day

RECONNECT RESIST
 
As we enter this era of crackdowns and suspensions of civil liberties, we must unite to defend our rights and our communities. We need to share knowledge and skills so that we can break barriers to holding cops accountable and create alternatives to police.

This conference brings together local and national police accountability organizations to support communities and collectives facing police repression in its many forms. There will be a keynote speaker, panels on a range of topics related to police accountability and the state of our movement, and opportunities for community building.

Let’s work together to protect people not property, compassion not force, and rights not repression!
Register for the conference now.

Schedule:
8:30: Registration and Breakfast
9:00: Welcome & Plenary Keynote
10:15: Breakout Session #1
11:45: Breakout Session #2
1:00: Lunch
2:30: Breakout Session 3
4:00: Closing Panel
7:00 – 8:30: Evening Activity

Learn more about our keynote speaker and panels.
Register Here

Registration for this conference is free.

You are welcome to register online in advance or day-of in person.

Please donate to Berkeley Copwatch to support the costs of this conference. Suggested donation of $25 per attendee.
No one is turned away for lack of funds.
Donate to Support the Conference

If you need accommodations for communication during the conference or information about mobility access features at Berkeley City College, please contact copwatch.conference@proton.me with as much advance notice as possible and at least 10-12 days in advance of the event.
Want to support the work of Berkeley Copwatch? We need volunteers and committed organizing members!

Reach out to berkeleycopwatch@yahoo.com to find out when the next New Volunteer Orientation is. Follow us on insta to stay up to date.
Do you want to get involved in Berkeley Copwatch? Learn more or contact us directly at berkeleycopwatch@yahoo.com
Donate

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After April 5 Hands Off Rallies: WHAT NEXT? @ Online
Apr 19 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Hosted by Green Eco-Socialist Network

Join a participatory webinar with Ashley Brown, Gabe Medina,  Gloria Mattera, and Sean Dougherty for an engaging session that will introduce the Green Eco-Socialist Network and discuss key topics surrounding the Hands Off Rally and its broader implications.

  • History of the Hands Off Rally: Delve into the origins and evolution of the Hands Off movement, highlighting significant milestones.
  • Pros and Cons: Explore the advantages and disadvantages of the Hands Off approach.
  • Mobilizing vs. Organizing: Learn the essential differences between mobilizing supporters for immediate action and organizing them for sustained engagement and structural change.
  • Role of Alternative Political Parties: Discuss how alternative political parties shape the political landscape and their importance in grassroots movements.

We look forward to your participation in this discussion!

ZOOM Link
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Stop the DOGE Destruction @ Tesla Showroom
Apr 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

This a local Indivisible event! Send a message that we do not approve or accept the chaotic and brutal destruction of trusted and crucial Federal programs and agencies that serve all of us.

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Stop The Trump Attacks On The People & The Environment! @ Concord BART Plaza
Apr 19 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

STOP THE TRUMP ATTACKS
ON THE PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
RALLY & MARCH
SATURDAY, APRIL 19th, 2025
1:00 PM
CONCORD BART PLAZA

April 19, 2025, Concord

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Apr
20
Sun
From Shanghai to Xinjiang
Apr 20 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Speaker: Elicha Gastelumendi & Rick Sterling

Elicha Gastelumendi and Rick Sterling will talk and show photos from their October 2024 visit to China. They were on their own in Shanghai and will describe what they saw in a regular community far from the booming downtown. Following that, they joined a delegation to Xinjiang organized by retired San Francisco Judge Julie Tang. Xinjiang is a large “autonomous region” thousands of miles west of Shanghai. This was a central gateway in the times of the Silk Road and in the developing Belt & Road Initiative today. It is also the area where the U.S. has accused China of committing “genocide” against the Uyghur minority community. Rick and Elicha will describe what they saw and experienced in travels from desert below sea level to high mountains as well as agricultural fields and an elementary school.

Bay Area activist Elicha Gastelumendi is originally from Peru. Rick Sterling, originally from Canada, is president of the Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center and with the Syria Support Movement and Task Force on the Americas.

To Join Zoom Meeting
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To join on the phone:
Meeting ID: 851 7586 0127
Passcode: 580909
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Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Apr 20 @ 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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Apr
21
Mon
Bay Resistance Monthly Meeting @ United Healthcare Workers
Apr 21 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

As attacks from this administration continue, we are meeting the moment to build our movements to fight fascism by launching our Bay Resistance Monthly Volunteer Meetings.

Join our first Monthly Volunteer Meeting NEXT MONDAY, 6-8 in Oakland!

Access note: masks are required for this event. We will provide masks to those who need them

In each volunteer meeting, folks will have a chance to hear directly from leaders in the Bay Resistance network groups, to plug into on-going organizing and volunteer opportunities, to gain shared political analysis of this moment, and to keep momentum going for our fights.

April’s meeting will focus on immigrants rights with the campaign against the opening of a new immigrant detention center in the Bay Area as well as the Hands Off campaign to save Medicaid and protect healthcare access for low income seniors and people with disabilities.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Apr
22
Tue
Covid Testing Tuesdays @ The People's House
Apr 22 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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