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May
22
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Tenants’ Rights Workshops @ Online
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May 22 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

The Debt Collective:

Our weekly online Tenants Rights Workshops for California renters. During these training sessions, we talk about the eviction process, reasons so many tenants are facing eviction, and what tenants can and are doing to defend themselves. These meetings are held on Zoom every 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Monday of the month. The next meeting will be held on April 24th at 3 PM Pacific time – you can register here for the meeting.

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May
24
Wed
What a World Beyond Fossil Fuels Will Mean for Workers, Families, and Communities @ Online
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May 24 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

On Zoom.   Register here.

In spite of our climate-friendly reputation, California is still a major oil and gas producer. This Climate Center webinar will explore opportunities for developing an equitable, statewide plan to phase out oil and gas extraction, imports, refining, end-use, and exports in a managed decline.  Managed decline means that facilities closest to sensitive receptors (like schools and homes) are the first to shut down, and ensures a truly just transition that benefits workers, families, and communities who depend on the oil and gas industry for their livelihoods.  Presenters will include labor representatives, fossil fuel workers, frontline communities, state regulators, and state lawmakers.

Speakers

Virginia Parks, PhD

Professor at the University of California, Irvine

Virginia Parks, PhD, is a geographer and urban planner specializing in the study of urban inequality. Her research and teaching interests include labor and employment, urban politics and policy, and local economic development. Professor Parks has published research on the racial wage gap, immigrant employment patterns, public sector employment, workplace diversity, job training, and the politics of urban development. Throughout this work Professor Parks is motivated by how urban space, politics, and regulatory environments influence inequality outcomes. Her current research analyzes the economic effects of the clean energy transition on workers and regional economies.

Robert Zardeneta

Green Workforce Senior Manager for the Office of Sustainability, Los Angeles

Robert Zardeneta serves as the Green Workforce Senior Manager in the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Robert has more than a decade of experience developing Green Career pathways for underrepresented communities on both a local and national level. He currently is a member of the planning team managing the L.A. City-County Just Transition Task Force for workers and frontline communities impacted by the phase-out of oil drilling.

 

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Lithium Mining: Energy and Equity @ Online
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May 24 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Electrification of buildings and transportation is necessary to addressing the climate crisis, but lithium used in the batteries needed to store that energy comes at a huge cost for communities living near sites of lithium mining.

Local Clean Energy Alliance presents “Lithium Mining Behind the Curtain: What is Equity in an Extractive Energy Transition?”

Speakers will describe the devastating effects of lithium extraction; struggles of people in the US (including California), Chile, and Argentina against the harm done by lithium extraction in their communities; and strategies for reducing the harm—public transportation, efficiency, and recycling.

Speakers:

Johanna Bozuwa, Climate and Community Project
Leslie Quintanilla, Center for Interdisciplinary Environmental Justice
Mariela Loera, Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Online. Register here

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DegrowUSA @ Online
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May 24 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

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May
25
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Know Your Rights Training @ Grassroots House
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May 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Want to learn techniques for documenting cops? Want a refresher on your rights when interacting with police? Have other questions for Berkeley Copwatchers? Join us in person at the Grassroots House4!

Accessibility: In person, ramp access via the front of the house. The training is in the back room.
Request a training for your group

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May
28
Sun
Eyewitness Crimea, Russia – Rick Sterling @ Online
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May 28 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Rick will speak about his recent trip to Russia and especially Crimea.
In 2014, following the coup in the Ukrainian capital, Crimea had a referendum and decisively decided to secede from Ukraine and “re-unify” with Russia.  In many ways, the situation in Crimea is emblematic of the Ukraine conflict.  Rick will describe what he saw and learned on this trip.
Rick Sterling is a Bay Area journalist, active with Mt Diablo Peace and Justice Center, Task Force on the Americas, and Veterans For Peace, East Bay Chapter.

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May
29
Mon
Tenants’ Rights Workshops @ Online
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May 29 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

The Debt Collective:

Our weekly online Tenants Rights Workshops for California renters. During these training sessions, we talk about the eviction process, reasons so many tenants are facing eviction, and what tenants can and are doing to defend themselves. These meetings are held on Zoom every 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Monday of the month. The next meeting will be held on April 24th at 3 PM Pacific time – you can register here for the meeting.

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May
30
Tue
Police Decertification and Accountability @ Online
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May 30 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

 

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May
31
Wed
Outdoor Screening: Harlan County USA @ Kerouac Alley (near Grant & Broadway)
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May 31 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

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Jun
1
Thu
Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission – Postponed Until June 8th
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Jun 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Postponed Until June 8th

Relevant Agenda Items:

4. Sanctuary Contracting Ordinance – CPO – Presentation of Annual Report
a. Review and take possible action
5. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPD – Annual Reports
a. Review and take possible action on the annual reports for ShotSpotter, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Drones, StarChase/GPS Tracker, Biometric Crime Lab
6. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – DPW – Illegal Dumping Cameras 1) Annual Report, and 2) Proposed Amended Use Policy
a. Review and take possible action on the annual report and use policy

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Jun
3
Sat
People’s Park Community Meeting @ Grassroots House
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Jun 3 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Help us plan the bucket brigade to bring water back to the park and keep the plants alive since UC had the water switched off again.

We hope to see people from many organizations as we work toward long term stewardship and maintenance of the park in perpetuity. This is to build an inclusive community wide planning and working group to revitalize our National Landmark park and to create a Commons for all.

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Public Forum on the OPD Budget @ West Oakland Public Library
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Jun 3 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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Attack on Trans People: A Page in the Fascist Playbook @ Starry Plough
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Jun 3 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Doors open at 2:00 p.m.

Please register in advance at
https://bit.ly/230603_AttackOnTrans
to receive your personal link to participate in this event online

Fascism is authoritarianism and class war combined with destruction of social relations within the working class. In order to gain power, fascist movements amplify already-existing prejudices among working-class people, positioning themselves as the defenders of “normal” people against the “others.”

Trans people are currently under attack with both street-level violence and legislation. These attacks, and the propaganda aimed at getting working-class people to support them, are part of the war against the entire working class. The purpose, as ever, is to prevent the growth of workers’ solidarity by driving a wedge between us based on our differences.

We need to be united to fight for our everyday needs and for a better future for all.

This forum will help us put what is happening to trans people into the context of the general conditions in this country and explore ways to fight the growth of fascism in the USA.

Cassandra Devereaux – transwoman, writes for Fighting Words, the journal of the Communist Workers League

Rosa Astra  –  organizer in Oakland with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, writes for the socialist feminist magazine Breaking the Chains and Liberation News

*Organizations listed for identification purposes only.

Please help us celebrate our return to the Starry Plough by ordering food and/or drinks.
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
and Bay Area System Change Not Climate Change.

For more information, email:  info@sudssnackssocialism.org

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Jun
4
Sun
A Bleak Road Ahead for the Global Economy @ Online
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Jun 4 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm


   The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Bank – three of the most highly regarded international economic organizations – all prediict lowered growth expectations for the decade ahead. If three major capitalist institutions are foretelling economic uncertainty and instability, it is because we are exiting a distinctive era of capitalist restructuring. That era gave capitalism a new lease on life, with growing profits, hyper-accumulation, and vastly expanded speculative investments. Little of that enrichment was shared with the masses, resulting in unprecedented inequalities of income and wealth.

According to our speaker, Greg Godels, liberal and social democratic economists decry the Federal Reserve’s strategy, but they have no alternatives to offer. They are content to leave the management of the capitalist economy to the capitalists, while denouncing their remedies. Clearly, the capitalist ship is taking on water, buffeted by a global pandemic, raging inflation, a European war, and bank failures. While there is no reason to expect the ship to sink, serious alarm bells are going off. He concludes, we are entering a period of growing uncertainty and conflict.

Our speaker, Greg Godels, grew up in a working-class family in a rural coal mining community. He joined the Communist Party in 1975 and served on the party’s Economics Commission until Vic Perlo’s death. He wrote frequently for the Daily World and other party papers as well as Political Affairs and Nature, Society and Thought. Articles by him have also appeared in numerous publications, including Communist Review (London), People’s Voice (Vancouver), and Socialist Voice(Dublin).

He is a joint founder of the website Marxism-Leninism Today and writes a highly regarded blog under the pen name Zoltan Zigedy. We recommend Greg’s article, The End of an Era (https://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-end-of-era.html.)

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Jun
8
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Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission – Postponed Until June 8th
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Jun 8 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Postponed Until June 8th

Relevant Agenda Items:

4. Sanctuary Contracting Ordinance – CPO – Presentation of Annual Report
a. Review and take possible action
5. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPD – Annual Reports
a. Review and take possible action on the annual reports for ShotSpotter, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Drones, StarChase/GPS Tracker, Biometric Crime Lab
6. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – DPW – Illegal Dumping Cameras 1) Annual Report, and 2) Proposed Amended Use Policy
a. Review and take possible action on the annual report and use policy

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Corrections in Ink: Author Talk with Keri Blakinger @ The Booksmith
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Jun 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Booksmith will host author Keri Blakinger for the paperback launch of “Corrections in Ink,” which she will discuss with “Orange is the New Black” author, Piper Kerman. The conversation will be moderated by  Mother Jones criminal justice reporter Samantha Michaels.

Masks will be required and capacity will be limited. RSVP recommended.

 Because we’re limiting capacity, we can’t guarantee we’ll have space for walk-ins. The best way to ensure you’ll get a seat is to order the Book + Seat ticket through this link. Our free RSVPs for this event have already been reserved. Would you like to be the first to know about our events? Sign up for our mailing list here.
> We are happy to offer *signed* copies of Corrections in Ink order a Book + Seat ticket bundle if you’d like to pick up a signed copy at the event, or order here if you just want a signed copy.
> You can order Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman here.
> If we feel it is not safe to gather, as the event gets closer, we will pivot to a virtual event and your registration will remain valid.
> Questions? Write events@booksmith.com.

 

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Jun
11
Sun
The Purity Fetish And The Crisis Of Western Marxism @ Online
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Jun 11 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm


In The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism, Carlos L. Garrido provides a comprehensive development of his concept of the purity fetish, tracing the outlook to the Eleatic school of Ancient Greek philosophy, and showing how it has appeared in 20th century Western Marxism and in contemporary U.S. socialism. In every form the purity fetish takes in Western Marxism’s politics, Carlos argues that one finds not only the failure to obtain truth, but also the inability to create a revolutionary movement.

Our speaker is Carlos Garrido is a Cuban-American PhD student and instructor in philosophy at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. His research focuses include Marxism, Hegel, early 19th century American socialism, and socialism with Chinese characteristics. He is an editor in Midwestern Marx Institute for Marxist Theory and Political Analysis and in the Journal of American Socialist Studies. As a political analyst with a focus on Latin America (esp. Cuba), he has appeared in dozens of radio and video interviews around the world. He also edited and introduced Marxism and the Dialectical Materialist Worldview: An Anthology of Classical Marxist Texts on Dialectical Materialism (Midwestern Marx Publishing Press, 2022). His latest book, which we will be discussing  is: The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism.

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Green Sunday: Palestine: 75 Years of Continuous Nakba and Continuous Struggle @ Online
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Jun 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

 

Zionist settler colonialism is escalating its fascist policies in a rush to annex what’s left of Palestine.
Palestinian resistance is growing and taking root among the new generations.
The international solidarity movement is expanding, including in the United States. What are the next steps?

Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch is Executive Director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance and a Palestinian refugee from Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank. He is the cofounder of the Ibdaa Cultural Center in Dheisheh. Zeiad is also a filmmaker, journalist and educator who has worked with Palestinian and international media and has participated in the production of several documentary films. He was the co- producer and production manager of Promises, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2002. He completed his Master of Arts in Social Justice and International Relations from the World Learning School for International Training Graduate Institute.

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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Jun
14
Wed
Marathon Shutdown: No Just Transition @ Online
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Jun 14 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

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UC Berkeley Labor Center will host an online conversation about their new report, Fossil Fuel Layoff, which details what happened to Marathon workers in Martinez after the refinery shut down last year—a case study of the reasons why planning and funding for just transition are essential.

The report shows that, on the whole, workers from the shuttered Marathon Refinery ended up with lower pay and worse working conditions.  About a quarter are unemployed.  Workers who found jobs faced an average pay cut of 24%.  And the industry where the largest percentage of former Marathon workers (28%) found new jobs was—the oil and gas industry.

Speakers:

Virginia Parks
Report co-author, professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the University of California, Irvine, and faculty director of the UCI Labor Center.

Tracy Scott
President of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 5, which represented workers laid off at the facility.

Josh Sonnenfeld
California Economic Development Specialist, BlueGreen Alliance

MODERATOR

Jessie Hammerling
Co-director of the Green Economy Program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center

 

The report, Fossil fuel layoff: The economic and employment effects of a refinery closure on workers in the Bay Area, lists recommendations to support displaced workers:

  • Extended cash payments to maintain pre-layoff income levels
  • Financial support to cover the 24% average gap in workers’ pre-layoff wages and their post-layoff wages
  • Bridge-to-retirement funding that provides full retirement benefits to workers eligible for early retirement within one year following layoff
  • Third-party certifications to define and verify the skills of refinery workers, and facilitate more efficient and accurate skill matching between jobs and workers in the labor market
  • Targeted, individualized job search assistance that focuses on a broad scope of strategies for identifying good job opportunities, and preparing for and applying for those jobs
  • Targeted, short-term training for a specific set of occupations and industries, with income support for workers during training
  • Short-term, stand-alone training modules to enable workers to maintain certifications they had earned on-the-job at the refinery, such as CPR and HAZMAT training certifications

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Invest in Oaklanders, not OPD @ Oakland City Hall
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Jun 14 @ 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm

APTP Event flyer that says “Tell City Council: Invest in Oaklanders, Not More Policing” with event details that read “Oakland City Council Meeting / Oakland City Hall / Wednesday, June 14 at 4pm” image in graphic shows a crowd at a March or rally holding signs

 

Make sure to fill out a speaker card in person or email to cityclerk@oaklandca.gov to request making comment on item 2 via Zoom. You can also send letters to the Mayor & city council today demanding a budget that invests in Oaklanders, not more police:
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