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As we move deeper into the 2020 election cycle, democratic socialists will be increasingly asked why we support Bernie Sanders and not one of the other, younger candidates. After all, many of Sanders’ challengers have adopted large chunks of his 2016 platform, and are hoping to gain traction with voters by offering policies that, at least at face value, appear to be similar. Now, more than ever, we need to be able to be able to ask and answer: what makes Bernie different? Why must we advocate for explicitly socialist policies rather than progressive-liberal ones? What is even the difference between a socialist political orientation and a progressive-liberal approach, anyway? How might we talk to our progressive neighbors about supporting Bernie in 2020 and, ultimately, supporting socialist ideas?

Our country is falling further into a constitutional and moral crisis created by the racist and xenophobic autocrat sitting in the Oval Office. We need Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lead, not play political games.

Join us on Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco (888 Howard St.) to demand that Speaker Pelosi use her power to impeach Trump now. Our communities and democracy cannot afford to wait.

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Agenda

SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN

hI aLL HOPE TO SEE YA oRION
EVERY FRI 530PM TO 7PM “BASTA SAVE CHELSEA AND JULIEN ” VIGIL DEMO POTLUCK MUSIC (7PM AFTER PARTY/MEETING ) FRUITVALE &MACARTHUR OAKLAND

WE HOPE TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO OUR ON-GOING CAMPAIGNS IN THE BAY.

Here is a link to the bay area action for Julian which includes CHELSEA SUPPORT PLEASE SIGN UP
https://bayaction2freeassange.org
TELL EVERY ONE

Thanks for your letters you can write a letter directly to Chelsea here’s her address tell her who you are and why you want to save her don/t be shy
PLEASE WRITE LETTERS TO CHELSEA (only hand written and no post cards no pictures do not write any thing on the outside of the letter to Chelsea Elizebeth Manning

William G Truedale Adult Detention Center
2001MILL ROAD
ALEXANDRIA VA 22314

also join the #LettersToJulian campaign,writejulian.com

WE NEED TO HIP PEOPLE TO THE YOU TUBE SHOWS AND WEB SITES AND TWITTER FEEDS
We find the BEST INFO IS FROM CHELSEA (xychelsea.is) AND JULIEN WEB SITES and twitter feeds YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A MEMBER of TWITTER JUST TYPE IN twitter.com/xychelsea or twitter.com/defendassange and you/ll be able to read and see the latest INTERNATIONAL news and support via the links
also Consortium News ,HAS A Unity4J every friday on line LIVE STREAM vigil for Julian and of course support the work of ongoing wekileaks.org

PLEASE Google the following you tube shows ADD COMENTS ..AND TELL OUR FRIENDS

JIMMY DORE show and chelsea Manning 80,000 HITS SO FAR .. news flash now 90,000 hits
REDACTED TONIGHTt Julien Assange and Chelsea Manning
our own BAY ARE STEVE ZELTZER LABOR VIDEO project  Julien and Chelsea Manning
and SECULAR TALK & julien and Chelsea Manning
and CROSS TALK Julien and Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning/s Youtube site
TULSI 2020
VETERANS FOR PEACE
CODE PINK
BLACK AGENDA REPORTS
JILL STEIN
DANIEL ELSBERG
FLASHPOINTS KPFA 5PM EVERY DAY
BRITS LABOR PARTY LEADER JEREMY CORBIN
CHRIS HEDGES FORMER NYT JOURNALIST
Thanks Orion
BELOW IS THE LINK TO her letter she wrote to judge

https://www.aaronswartzday.org/chelsea-manning-letter.

It’s an extreamly well researched LETTER TO THE JUDGE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SECRET GRAND JURIES Don/t ever forget about what she said in response to her 2nd Grand Jury Trail which they imposed a $500.00 daily fine after 30 days and a $1000.00 daily fine after 60 days “I/D RATHER STARVE THEN ANSWER YOUR SECRET GRAND JURY”

We invite all friends of the Berkeley Free Clinic, old and new, to join us for a fun evening as we (re)connect and celebrate 50 years of healthcare for people, not profit! The event will include food & drinks, local performers, a silent auction and raffle giveaway.

Tentative Event Lineup!

2pm – 4:30pm:

• Kay Serrurier – Chilean Harpist
• Blue Alley Cats- Blues Rock band
• Bátala – Brazilian drumming group
• Mongolian Contortionists – you may have seen them at the Warriors halftime show

4:30pm – 8:00pm:

• David Smith – Founder of Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic and the Free Clinic Movement
• Susan Cady McAllister & Ellen Koteen – 2 Founders of the Berkeley Free Clinic
• Adhamh Roland – Berkeley Free Clinic alumnus, trans activist, singer/songwriter
• Mya Byrne and the Something Extra – trans woman, poet, award-winning performing songwriter, and activist
• Various BFC member and alumni speakers
• Blackberri & Lillie Robinson – Folk singers and long-time Berkeley Free Clinic volunteer
• Raffle & Silent Auction Announcements

+ more to come!!!!

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library

The asymmetrical oppression of a privileged Jewish factory manager and the African-American wife of an impressed in peonage  convict laborer will be nevertheless interlinked to demonstrate the need for United Front struggle and mutual defense

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Our comrade, Elazar Friedman, will explore this topic during his visit from Idaho.

Democratic socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez are calling for Medicare for All and a Green New Deal. Teachers from West Virginia to Oakland are striking for public education and winning, and tens of thousands of people across the country are getting involved in the project of building democratic socialism in the US. But what is democratic socialism?

Let’s talk about it.

Since the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign brought democratic socialism back into the mainstream, the Democratic Socialists of America went from about 6,000 members to 60,000 nationwide, making it the largest socialist organization in the US in more than 50 years.

If you’re a new DSA member or just curious about democratic socialism, come out to our Democratic Socialism 101 picnic and find out how to get involved in DSA’s fight for democratic control of the things that matter on the job and in your community and the things we all need to lead a dignified life.

Accessibility Information: Event is located in an outdoor park

The Oakland Greens will present “Free Dinner & Movie Discussion Night.” This month’s screening will be “Spotlight” (2015) – a film that follows the riveting true story of the The Boston Globe’s investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic priests.

Watch the trailer here:  Spotlight Official Trailer #1 (2015) – Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton Movie HD.

As usual, the door will open at 6:30 p.m., a free dinner will be served at 7 p.m., and the movie will start promptly at 7:30 p.m.  Although a $20 donation is suggested, no donation is ever too big or small, and, as always, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

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Express your green ideas and “like” us on Facebook:
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Participation and/or donations appreciated!  https://acgreens.wordpress.com/donate/

Join us for an evening of film and dialogue at the New Parkway Theater in Oakland, CA.

iNation Media has partnered with Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity and FirstPres Church to bring our communities together in allyship.

Watch a trailer to the film here: https://vimeo.com/291032168

After the screening of “Waking Dream” we’ll be joined by a panel for an engaging discussion that broadens immigration discourse beyond DACA, and provides concrete ways to act. The panel will include the filmmaker, directly-impacted community members and community organizations.

Panelists:

Javier Lopez Quintana (moderator) – DreamSF Fellow, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
Javier Lopez Quintana was born in Michoacán, Mexico; at four years old, he migrated to the United States with his parents. Quintana got his B.A in Political Science and a Film and Media Certificate from UC Berkeley. His parents’ immigration status and his own led him to work at a shampoo factory for close to a year. Quintana saw the detrimental conditions laborers worked under, especially undocumented workers. This was a pivotal moment in Quintana’s life that influenced his decision to organize with immigrant communities for their collective safety and liberation. Quintana is currently working with the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity as a Dream SF Fellow.

Borey (“PJ”) Ai – Reentry Navigator, Asian Prisoner Support Committee
PJ was born in a refugee camp in Thailand where his family fled to escape the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. PJ and his family entered the U.S. as refugees when he was only 4-years-old. When PJ was 14-years-old he was tried as an adult for a crime and given a life sentence, making him one of the youngest “lifers” in California. While incarcerated, PJ transformed his life, and after serving 20 years in prison, he was granted parole. However, PJ was immediately transferred to ICE jails and spent 18 months incarcerated by ICE, fighting his deportation case. Although PJ was released on May 10th, 2018, he remains under ICE supervision and could be deported during the next round of deportations to Cambodia – a country he has never set foot in.

Miriam Noriega – State Program Director, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
Miriam’s passion for immigrant justice derives from her personal experience of being a first-generation immigrant in the U.S. She has been involved in the immigrant rights movement since 2006, specifically the DREAMer movement, a historic youth-lead activist movement that won them the benefits of DACA. Her ministerial call is empowering immigrant communities to discover their innate source of healing in spirituality, and building bridges across different social groups.

Valeria Suarez – Community Organizer, CIYJA
Valeria Suárez is an undocumented queer organizer from Lima, Peru. During the past few years she has focused on supporting deportation defense cases to free undocumented community members from detention. She is currently a Summer Cultivator for the California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance. Her work is centered around creating spaces for undocumented youth to learn deportation defense models in order to protect themselves and their communities.

Theo Rigby – Director, Waking Dream
Theo Rigby is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who has been creating stories about the immigrant experience in the U.S. for over the last decade–he is the founder of iNation Media. www.inationmedia.com

P. E. Moskowitz wrote the renowned bestseller, “How To Kill a City,” which revealed the systemic forces behind the gentrification ruining such major American cities as San Francisco, New York, New Orleans and Detroit. Now, with “The Case Against Free Speech” he exposes the powerful forces and political machinations currently defining free speech, a term that has been defined and redefined to suit those in power, to give them the right to push their agenda. What’s more, our investment in the First Amendment has long obscured an uncomfortable truth: free speech is impossible in an unequal society in which a few corporations joined with the ultra-wealthy can bankroll political movements that disenfranchise millions of voters, while our government routinely silences critics of racism and capitalism.

Weaving together history and reporting from Charlottesville, Skokie, Standing Rock and many college campuses, the author argues that all these flashpoints reveal much more about the dire state of our democracy than they do about simply who is allowed to say what. This daring book takes readers directly into the battle raging over this foundational concept, from the back rooms of think-tanks where the very definition of free speech is influenced by billionaires like the Koch Brothers, to “safe spaces” on college campuses, to neo-Nazi rallies protected by the police. Moskowitz dives into the history of how free speech rights have always been reserved for those in power.

Our current definition of free speech merely replicates power while dissuaging dissent. A bright new ideal emerges in “The Case against Free Speech” – as the author makes a clear case for using speech as a tool for exposing the truth, demanding equality, and fighting for all our civil liberties.

P.E.Moskowitz is the author of the bestselling “How To Kill a City,” and a writer for Al Jazeera, The Guardian, the New York Times, Wired, the New Republic and Vice.

Philip Maldari is host and producer of the popular Sunday Morning Show (9 Am – 11 PM) on KPFA Radio.

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The RPA’s August movie night will feature “POWER TO HEAL,” which tells a poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the tale of how a new national program, Medicare, was used to mount a dramatic, coordinated effort that desegregated thousands of hospitals across the country practically overnight. Potluck starts at 6:30, followed by a screening at 7pm and discussion at 8pm.