The New Parkway is proud and honored to host the premiere of Rahkii “Hyp” Holman’s new documentary about his great uncle, the revolutionary visionary Amilcar Cabra, who led the independence movement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. To the tune of Lo-Fi Hip-Hop and Afrobeat music, Holman highlights the ways in which Cabra’s philosophical fight against colonialism, racism, and fascism have influenced activists for generations worldwide. This special screening is an exclusive preview before its submission to the African Studies Association of Africa conference in Cape Verde.
Sat, Jul 5 
Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. All are welcome!
For our July, 2025 meeting we will be reading the first two sections (approximately 115 pages) of Stellar, A World Beyond Limits and How to Get There (Amazon), (Goodreads) For our August meeting, we will finish the book.
A bold re-examination of the past, present, and future of humanity, Stellar challenges conventional thinking and offers a vision of hope and optimism – a necessary antidote to the fear and despair that define our times.
Stellar uncovers the root causes of today’s biggest challenges, from war and economic instability to inequality and environmental collapse. It reveals why solutions to these issues are little more than band-aids, why our political and economic structures are failing, and how to unlock humanity’s full potential.
Stellar reimagines what’s possible – a world that gives rather than takes from both people and planet. A Stellar World where today’s pressing issues simply dissolve, where humanity can thrive, free from fear, scarcity, and despair.
This book will transform how you see the world, and your place in it.
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 and TechnoFeudalism.
The War Against Iran
Speaker: Dan Kovalik
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Dan Kovalik, critically acclaimed author of The Plot to Attack Iran: How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Iran, will speak on the war against Iran.
Dan is a labor and human rights attorney who teaches International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania He graduated from Columbia University School of Law and then served as in-house counsel for the United Steelworkers, AFL-CIO (USW) until 2019. Dan has received the David W. Mills Mentoring Fellowship from Stanford University School of Law and the Project Censored Award for his article exposing the unprecedented killing of trade unionists in Colombia.
Dan is also the author of The Plot to Scapegoat Russia, The Plot to Control the World, No More War, The Plot To Overthrow Venezuela, How The US Is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil, Nicaragua: A History of U.S. Intervention & Resistance, Cancel this book: the progressive case against cancel culture, and The Case for Palestine.
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Meeting ID: 854 4920 3697
| Tell Oakland: Support the Utility Justice Campaign! Replace PG&E! July 15
Oakland residents, would you like the state to transition away from investor-owned utilities like PG&E to a not-for-profit utility? City Council will vote on a resolution to support a study of how CA could make that happen. Come out to say Vote Yes. Rally at 2:30 PM |
The resolution calls on the governor and state legislature to support Senate Bill 332, which would commission a study to explore transitioning away from PG&E and other investor-owned utilities, to a not-for-profit utility that would put people and the planet before profits.
This bill is supported by a broad coalition of organizations, including Sunflower Alliance. It would create a path for getting rid of PG&E’s excessive profiteering and dangerous practices — overcharging and endangering us — and replace it with a nonprofit organization
You can read details about the bill here
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Free Park & Indoor Shows with some RSVP & Ticketed Venues – Live music 30 minutes prior to show
Free Park & Indoor Shows with some RSVP & Ticketed Venues – Live music 30 minutes prior to show
Join the Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force for the next event in their sixth virtual summit series: Climate, Readiness, Solidarity, & Rights for All.
This session will focus on Climate and Preparedness.
Save the date and stay tuned for details.
Online. Register here
Speaker: Kim Scipes
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The AFL and then the AFL-CIO have had an imperialist foreign policy program where they have operated in other countries around the world for over 100 years, beginning in the late 1890s. They have never given an honest report of these operations to their members that can be independently verified. Activists and scholars have discovered they have supported military coups that overthrew democratically elected governments, supported dictators, and right-wing labor movements operating against progressive ones, etc. In ALL cases, with the arguable exception of their work in Poland in the 1980s, these have only hurt workers, their families, and destroyed their unions.
These operations have received over 90 percent of their funding from the US Government, reaching approximately $1 BILLION just since 1983! Again, unreported to members.
From his own perspective—not progressive—Donald Trump has cut off funding to US AID (Agency for International Development) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), each major funders of AFL-CIO foreign operations.
It is time for US trade unionists to recognize the interconnection between failure of domestic operations and offensive operations overseas, and work to force the AFL-CIO to end all US Government-funded operations overseas.
Kim Scipes is a former factory worker, a printer, who later returned to academia and taught at Purdue University Northwest in Westville, Indiana from 2004-2022. Among other things, he’s worked to build global labor solidarity since 1983. He has concentrated his studies mostly on the KMU Labor Center of the Philippines, and the AFL-CIO’s foreign operations. Altogether, he’s published four books, with another one in press, and over 280 articles and book reviews in the US and 11 different countries. His website can be accessed for free at https://www.pnw.edu/
Why Cyprus Matters
Speaker: Aziz Şah
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Cyprus is located at the intersection of three continents, east of the Mediterranean Sea, west of Asia and north of Africa. It has been colonised by various occupiers throughout history and was described by imperialists as an ‘unsinkable aircraft carrier’.
Cyprus’ modern history spans the past 200 years, from Ottoman rule to British domination and Turkish occupation. Following the decolonisation process after World War II, Cyprus joined the anti-colonial struggle and became a republic in 1960. From 1958 onwards, various paramilitary terrorist organisations emerged, orchestrated by NATO’s Gladio. This paramilitary terrorism laid the groundwork for Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus in 1974. Since 1974, Turkey’s settler colonialism has ushered in a new era in Cyprus’s history.
In my speech, Aziz Şah will try to focus on the last two centuries of Cyprus and the last half-century within that period. He will evaluate the role of US imperialism, Britain, Europe and the UN before and after Turkey’s invasion, as well as the place of Cyprus within the framework of Israel’s regional policies today and its importance in terms of the struggles of the peoples of West Asia and North Africa.
Aziz Şah was born in 1987 in the part of Cyprus that has occupied by Turkey and studied sociology in Germany. He writes for “Avrupa”- “Afrika” newspapers that publish in Turkish in the occupied part of Cyprus, which have been attacked with guns and bombs many times and stoned by settlers. He is part of the Union of Cypriots (https://www.cypriots.org/) and the Pancyprian Freedom Movement (https://www.freecyprus.net/) , which are fighting for the liberation of Cyprus.
Valero Refinery, Benicia
In the Bay Area, the Valero refinery in Benecia has announced that it’s going to close in 2026 — and other refineries seem to be on the brink. Refineries pollute local communities and add to the climate crisis. But closing them suddenly leaves their workers without jobs, their communities without a major source of tax revenue — and their toxic legacy in the environment.
Join The Climate Center in a webinar on Planning for Refinery Closures that Benefit Workers, Communities, and the Environment.
Speakers
Connie Cho, Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Steve Young, Mayor of Benicia
Josh Anijar, executive director, Contra Costa Labor Councill;l
Theresa Keates, special advisor to the vice-chair of the California Energy Commission
More info and register here
Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. All are welcome!
For our July, 2025 meeting we will be reading the first two sections (approximately 115 pages) of Stellar, A World Beyond Limits and How to Get There (Amazon), (Goodreads) For our August meeting, we will finish the book.
A bold re-examination of the past, present, and future of humanity, Stellar challenges conventional thinking and offers a vision of hope and optimism – a necessary antidote to the fear and despair that define our times.
Stellar uncovers the root causes of today’s biggest challenges, from war and economic instability to inequality and environmental collapse. It reveals why solutions to these issues are little more than band-aids, why our political and economic structures are failing, and how to unlock humanity’s full potential.
Stellar reimagines what’s possible – a world that gives rather than takes from both people and planet. A Stellar World where today’s pressing issues simply dissolve, where humanity can thrive, free from fear, scarcity, and despair.
This book will transform how you see the world, and your place in it.
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 and TechnoFeudalism.
Come out and support the Wood Street Community for a special work-in-progress screening and fundraiser for the documentary Wood Street — a gripping film that follows members of Oakland’s largest homeless encampment as they fight the city and state against eviction from their long-term community.
This intimate film centers on John and LaMonté—two unhoused men turned community leaders—who organize their neighbors in the face of displacement, addiction, and a failing social system. Their story is a powerful testament to resilience, solidarity, and the right to remain.
Directed by award-winning journalist Caron Creighton, Wood Street is currently in post-production and has received support from SFFILM, the Sundance Institute, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, Black Public Media, Bay Area Video Coalition and the Berkeley Film Foundation.
We will show some scenes from the work-in-progress film, with the director and members of the Wood Street Commons present for a panel discussion after the screening.
Location: 1501 Harrison St., Oakland CA
Doors open: 6PM
Screening starts: 6:30PM
Price: The event is free with an RSVP — and you are welcome to donate what you want. Please make donations to our crowdfunding campaign.
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