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Join us for our monthly member meeting! Open to the public, new folks are always welcomed! We are going to take an interactive deep dive into the power of the sheriff and explore different ways we can hold them accountable through abolitionist principles! https://t.co/PXnYbKr6oC pic.twitter.com/Xlmhb27kdy

— Ella Baker Center (@ellabakercenter) February 26, 2022

TO OBSERVE:
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
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Interesting Agenda Items:

5. Federal Task Force Ordinance – OPD – Review Annual Reports (ATF, USMS, DEA)
a. Review and take possible action
6. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – Crime Analysis Software
a. Review and take possible action on Impact Report and proposed Use Policy

This Friday, Oakland’s young leaders are organizing a Youth March for Peace to advocate for the end gun violence in Oakland’s streets.

This event will be at 6pm at St. Patricks Parish 1023 Peralta St. on Friday, 2/4.

Hope to see you there! pic.twitter.com/3s4dI5ZJvr

— Sheng Thao 盛桃 (@ShengForOakland) March 2, 2022

Green & P&F statewide candidates!  “How Socialist Women Would Run CA”
featuring: Laura Wells, Meghann Adams, and Nathalie Hri

Please register in advance at
https://bit.ly/CalifSocialistWomen
to receive your personal link for this event.
Celebrate International Women’s Day early with three women running on the Left Unity Slate in the June 7, 2022 California primary election.
* Meghann Adams – Peace and Freedom Party candidate for State Treasurer
* Laura Wells – Green Party Candidate for State Controller
* Nathalie Hrizi – Peace and Freedom Party candidate for Insurance Commissioner
Join them as they share their ideas about how to ensure health care, housing, education and the future of the planet instead of profits for the rich and their corporations.
The Left Unity Slate is a cooperative effort by the California Green Party and the Peace and Freedom Party to offer a clear choice to voters as an alternative to the two capitalist parties. You can find out more at:

Dear supporters of the Save E12th Coalition!!!

💥Last night the City Council cast a decisive 5 to 3 vote denying the 6th extension to the luxury tower development on the East 12th St Remainder Parcel, and committing once and for all to affordable housing on this public land!!

💥 Seven+ years of organizing has paid off!!

💥 Last night the City Council cast a decisive 5 to 3 vote denying the 6th extension to the luxury tower development on the East 12th St Remainder Parcel, and committing once and for all to affordable housing on this public land!!

💥 We started this PUBLIC LAND FOR PUBLIC GOOD fight in 2014 and along the way lifted the voices of our communities, we organized for Oakland to stem displacement and gentrification, and worked to prioritize dignified and affordable housing for those who need it most.

💥 Along the way our efforts inspired the public lands policy for Oakland, contributed to improving conditions for our houseless neighbors, said no to luxury towers on public land, and said yes to maximizing affordable housing on E12th St!

💥 It took a lot of us to get here. Neighbors, organizers, union reps, legal teams, journalists, architects, landscape architects, planners, radical developers, students, movement chefs, artists, & entertainers, and city council members all worked tirelessly.

💥 All throughout we always insisted on maximizing affordable housing on E12th St and WE WON!! Thank you for all of your support over the years!

NOW we want to celebrate!!
Where: Lake Merritt Amphitheater (across Kaiser center & E12th land)
When: 3-5pm THIS Saturday March 5
What: Bring a snack or something to drink to CELEBRATE

Join us this Sunday, March 6th, from 12-2 for the public launch of our Fair Budget El Cerrito campaign- East Bay DSA members in El Cerrito are working to reinvest the city’s police budget into community services! RSVP here for location: https://t.co/tIiaO2eQR0 pic.twitter.com/kpktD4H5Dz

— East Bay DSA 🌹 (@DSAEastBay) March 3, 2022

Join the Marin Climate Action Summit to explore and consider specific legislative and policy approaches to reverse our contributions to the climate emergency while strengthening the local economy and catalyzing a just, verdant, and inclusive county.

Keynote speaker Edward Quevedo, founder and head of practice at The Foresight Lab, will share approaches that The Lab has spearheaded in other locales to achieve these outcomes. After Mr. Quevedo’s remarks, the Summit will consider two questions: What are the barriers that keep climate organizations from succeeding? How do we get traction and achieve policy change? Although the Summit is sponsored by Kevin Morrison’s campaign for Marin County supervisor, participation in the summit does not express or imply endorsement of his candidacy.

Other speakers include:

Marisol Cantú, coordinator of the Richmond Progressive Alliance  Listening Project, a youth-led project that brings together all Richmond residents—from youth to elders—to talk about how the climate crisis has impacted their lives, families, and communities as they envision a fossil-free Richmond.

Janet Johnson of Sunflower Alliance and the Richmond Shoreline Alliance

WHERE

Online. Register here

RSVP here for the Link!

Fierce Palestinian struggle against settler-colonialism is ongoing, and this seemingly far-away struggle makes its way into the very fabric of the repressive apparatus back at home. The first Intifada was a key part of Palestinian resistance during an important historical moment in the struggle for Palestinian liberation.

Please join East Bay DSA and San Francisco DSA to take part in our virtual film screening and discussion of 𝙉𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜, an inspiring and educational documentary about the key role of women in the first Intifada. The movie is just under 90 minutes and we will have a discussion afterward.

This is part of a project by the DSA BDS & Palestine Solidarity Working Group to bring this film to any DSA chapter, YDSA, or internal body through the end of 2022 in honor of the first Intifada. December 8th, 2021 marked the 34th anniversary. Please email dsanailafilm@gmail.com to find out how to coordinate a screening or with any questions.

Can we build a better web AND protect our planet at the same time? For those of us working on decentralized tech, how can we achieve both critical goals?

🌎This WED at 11:15 AM PT: We're joining hands with @mozillafestival to convene a dialogue around how to protect the planet AND build a better, #decentralized web. @Ifoundtheme will lead us

REGISTER thru Mozfest (reg fees are only suggested): https://t.co/vKExqYFqFZ pic.twitter.com/MzRKrcVoY6

— Internet Archive (@internetarchive) March 7, 2022

At the March DWeb Meetup, we join hands with Mozfest 2022 to tackle this big question with Kelsey Breseman, Civic Science Fellow at the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, where she works on environmental accountability, data ownership models, and intentional community.

Kelsey has written this thought-provoking essay (https://blog.archive.org/2021/09/20/ecological-awareness-for-the-decentralized-web/) on ecological awareness, one of the core principles of the DWeb. (See https://getdweb.net/principles.) Together, we’ll examine the assumptions and truths about energy use and blockchains, NFTs, and how the decentralized web can solve some problems, while perhaps deepening others.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Kelsey Breseman is a Rita Allen Civic Science Fellow at the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, where she works on environmental accountability, data ownership models, and intentional community. Kelsey has founded and managed tech startups, and has a history of activist leadership for progressive causes. She has a B.S. in Neural Engineering from Olin College and is currently working on a M.S. in Data Science from UT Austin.

Check out this Web 3 Beginner’s Guide

Show up and support the family of Tyrell Wilson!!!!@Conscious_Coco#JusticeForTyrellWilson#DemandAccountability pic.twitter.com/6ysjh9QdmH

— Justice Teams Network (@JusticeTeamsNet) March 8, 2022

Exactly what harmful organic compounds have our friends in Benicia been breathing during all the years the Valero refinery failed to report its emissions?  BAAQMD has scheduled two important informational meetings to discuss the ongoing Serious Emission Violations incurred by the refinery.  Jack Broadbent, the Air District’s Executive Officer/Air Pollution Control Officer, has said:

“Valero’s disregard for air quality regulations and public safety in the surrounding community warrants decisive action and significant penalties to deter violations in the future.  Valero did not report or control the emissions from this source as required by Air District regulations, state and federal law, so we are requesting approval of an abatement order to provide transparency as we seek to hold Valero accountable for its actions.”

Broadbent describes this as a “major shift” in the handling of enforcement cases.

The next public meeting, a legal hearing, will be held on March 15 from 9:30 AM – 5 PM.  The newly revived Air District’s Hearing Board will consider approving the proposed abatement order (information below).   We can view the agenda and provide written comment to the Hearing Board here.   We can also provide verbal comment to the Hearing Board during the Hearing in the following ways:

Zoom webinar:

https://bayareametro.zoom.us/j/88980571855

Webinar ID: 889 8057 1855

Participate remotely via phone:  (669) 900-6833 or (408) 638-0968.

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library – Forum

The presentation will be a combo, the overall political-strategic outlook and, of course, the military aspect of the campaign.  References will be made to such Soviet era theorists as Mikhail Tuchachevsky, Mikhail Frunze, Alexander Svechen an artillery specialist and Leon Trotsky, and such generals as Georgi Zhukov, Vasili Chuikov, defender at Stalingrad and armored theorist, Pavel Rotmistrov.  And, of course, the importance of airpower will be included, with a comparison to the United States.

Our speaker, Mark Alberstson, is the historical research editor at Army Aviation magazine in Monroe, Connecticut; and, the historian for the Army Aviation Association of America. He has authored numerous books and has taught at Norwalk Community College. In May 2005, Mark was presented with a General Assembly Citation by both houses of Congress in Hartford, Connecticut for his commemoration of the centennial of battleship Connecticut.

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Our Zoom room will be opened up, as usual, at 10:15 for anyone to join and discuss technical matters, catch up with each other, say Hi, etc.. The program (and recording) will begin as close to 10:30 am as possible and will end at 12:30, but the Waiting Room will remain open until about 1 pm for informal discussion.

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For Zoom link, RSVP to action@sunflower-alliance.org

Join local activists with the Veterans for Peace Climate Crisis & Militarism Project and Code Pink for a discussion of how US militarism—the single largest institutional source of greenhouse gases on the planet—fuels the climate crisis, and the growing movement to expose and fight this dangerous threat.

Vince DiJanich, a longtime activist in Veterans for Peace and the Climate Reality Project, will present the Veterans for Peace “Climate Crisis and Militarism” slide show that the horrific climate impacts of US military operations. He will describe the work of this project to raise awareness of this huge, little-discussed factor in climate destruction.

Cynthia Papermaster, longtime activist with Bay Area Code Pink, will describe their work to fight militarism and climate change.

The Veterans for Peace Climate Crisis & Militarism Project calls for  “reducing the unsustainable annual military budget; closing military bases around the world; de-militarizing US foreign policy; and redirecting funds towards mitigating the climate crisis.”

The project’s areas of focus include:

• Promoting full reporting of and reduction of US military emissions;
• Supporting peace, opposing US militarism, and working to reduce and redirect the US military budget for human needs;
• Standing for climate justice and against racism;
• Educating and mobilizing fellow veterans, journalists, politicians, workers, environmental activists and the general public about the role of the military in aggravating the climate crisis.

The Oakland Unified School District board majority has again moved to close schools this school year, with others looming in the near future.  As with other rounds of such arbitrary action (most recently in 2019), the brunt of such austerity measures is felt in flatland schools overwhelmingly populated by black  and brown students.

Hillary Chen is both a teacher in one of these schools and a community anti-racist activist involved in the Oakland Education Association (OEA) and the DSA.  She will discuss her experiences and the campaign of resistance  to these closures.

Additional speakers are pending confirmation.

Hillary Chen is an education and anti-racist activist, who is a member of East Bay DSA and Action 2020.  She is currently teaching at Parker Elementary School in East Oakland, one of the schools targeted to be closed this year.

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, after a 30-minute break. Council meetings are open to anyone who is interested.

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Learn more about #diversionprograms & #alternativestoincarceration policies and practices.

Join @urbanpeace IG live this Thursday, March 17th 5-6:30pm PT.

JOIN HERE👉 https://t.co/xz5HpSgACC pic.twitter.com/nRRSAMSQap

— Anti Police-Terror Project (@APTPaction) March 17, 2022

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

For February, 2022 we’re reading the first three chapters of The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by the late David Graber and co-author David Wengrow.

For March, we’re reading the next four chapters, 4-7.

For April, we are finishing the book.

All are welcome!

“A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution―from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality―and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation…”

Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included 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 and Mine!.

Description: Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine on the 24th of February 2022. As of now, hundreds of civilians and thousands of soldiers of both sides have lost their lives. Oil Prices have risen steeply. Working classes in the US and Russia and in fact all over the world will be poorer as a result of additional inflation, which in the past year in the US was already very high, at 7.9%. However, this war did not start in 2022, but rather in 2014, with the Maidan counter Revolution aided and encouraged by the US. There is a great present danger of this war spreading beyond Ukraine, if the US either directly or indirectly expands it.

The world is passing through a very dangerous moment . Why is this happening now? Our speaker, Raj Sahai. of ICSS, will try to explain it using Lenin’s thesis on Imperialism and War.

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ZOOM LINl GOOD FOR SUNDAY, Mar 20, 2022 ONLY
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Topic: ICSS Sunday
Time: Mar 20, 2022 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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BDS – Boycott, Divest, Sanctions is a set of strategies and demands that come from Palestinian civil society, and they are a way that we can help support. They demand equal rights under the law, an end to the occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights, and the right to return to their old homes.

Folks may have heard some controversy around DSA member and Representative Jamaal Bowman, and his votes and actions in support of Israel. The East Bay chapter passed a resolution in support of DSA BDS & Palestine Solidarity Working Group’s statement to expel Bowman. Please join us to learn more about this history and why the support of this struggle is so important for socialists.