On February 2022, Vladimir Putin, President of Russia joined Xi Jinping, Presideent of the PRC, to take part in the opening ceremonies of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. They also released a 5000 word document, “Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the International Relations Entering a New Era and the Global Sustainable Development.”

This document expresses the views of two of the world’s largest nuclear powers, both permanent members of the UN Security Council. As such, it merits the closest attention by anyone concerned with the survival and well being of our species.

The document can be viewed at

http://en.kremlin.ru/supplement/5770

Our speaker will be Eugene E Ruyle, Emeitus Professor of Anthropology, Cal State, Long Beach, and a member of ICSS.

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Join @ellabakercenter this Sunday 2/20 for a mutual aid event from 12-3PM. Scan the QR code on the flyer attached or visit https://t.co/sTQNknvZuj register! #WeKeepUsSafe pic.twitter.com/ojbvU1uddO

— Bay Rising (@_BayRising) February 15, 2022

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In 57 out of 58 California counties, a district attorney election or recall will be on the ballot this June. Gain insight from our organizing experts and get prepared to influence the outcome of these upcoming elections.

Here’s what we’ll cover during the one-hour webinar:

• Key district attorney races in priority regions
• How you can elect a DA who shares your values
• How you can work with ACLU NorCal to help get out the vote

Reserve your spot and learn – or relearn – what the role of a DA looks like in your community. Register today for this virtual, community-powered event.

We look forward to seeing you there,

Ashley Morris
Organizing Director, ACLU of Northern California

This 5-part course is designed for anyone interested in studying technology and data as the new frontier in organizing against the systems of enforcement and criminalization that harm our communities.

Three years since beginning our monumental #NoTechForICE campaign, we’re launching this course to share resources we’ve developed and to create a digital space for deepening our collective understanding of the ever-expanding state of surveillance––and how to organize against it.

By signing up for this course, you will hear from organizers, professors, and movement leaders who contribute towards this powerful movement for a surveillance-free future. Lessons will cover: data colonialism, race and policing, immigration enforcement, border militarization, global migration, organizing tools, and more.

Alongside key speakers, you will engage with selected readings, reflection questions, and meet other people thinking through these issues of 21st century technologies in their own communities. Join us every two weeks for one hour as we learn together and continue to build a path that centers communities targeted by the detention and deportation machinery, policing, and military operations.

We know that left unchecked, we will be facing down a new world order designed and controlled by big tech and enabled by the government.

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH US!

Session Dates

Live sessions will take place biweekly on Wednesdays for one hour at 3pm PST/5PM CST/6pm EST. Lesson materials and content for each lesson will be unlocked prior to the live session.

Session 1: February 23rd
Session 2: March 9th
Session 3: March 23rd
Session 4: April 6th
Session 5: April 20th

Put POTUS On Notice: Digital Rally

President Biden campaigned on being a climate champion. But a year into his presidency – after millions of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and froontline communities and young people turned out in record numbers to the polls in the middle of a global pandemic to elect him – we’ve seeen Biden fail to tackle the climate crisis with the urgency it demands. Biden will give his first State of the Union address on March 1st. Before then, we’re gathering with partners in the Build Back Fossil Free coalition for a Peoples State of the Union to demand that Biden stop approving fossil fuel projects and declare a climate emergency.

JOIN the Build Back Fossil Free coalition for an energizing digital rally on Feb 24th at 5:00pm.

RSVP here.

Meet Oakland's very first independent Inspector General, Friday 2.25 hosted by the African American Chamber of Commerce and others pic.twitter.com/isDq8KqkKU

— Oakland Police Commission (@OakPoliceComm) February 17, 2022

Join Haiti Action Committee for a February 26th march and protest
commemorating the 18th year of continued US neo-colonial intervention
and occupation of Haiti since the Feb. 29th 2004 coup that overthrew
Haiti’s democratic government. Since then, the US government has backed
a series of corrupt and brutal regimes which have brought Haiti nothing
but misery, violence and chaos.

Across Haiti, popular organizations are calling for the end of the
US-backed regime and the installation of a transitional government. Yet
the Biden Administration continues to insist on its choice of prime
minister, Ariel Henry, who has no mandate and no legitimacy.

As it attempts to thwart moves towards ending dictatorship in Haiti, the
Biden Administration has deported more than 20,000 Haitian refugees, in
one of the speediest mass deportations in US history. Having fled from
conditions produced by US policy in Haiti, they are now being sent back
into the US-created nightmare they fled.

This is a time for all of us to stand in solidarity with Haiti. [1]

Please call, tweet and/or email President Biden to demand:

Stop the expulsions and deportations of Haitian refugees! End all
support for the Ariel Henry dictatorship!

Call the White House TUESDAY to THURSDAY, 11am-3pm ET
202-456-1111; tweet @JoeBiden

—

Haiti Action Committee

PO Box 2040

Berkeley,CA 94702

https://haitisolidarity.net

Register to join our first responders training

For over ten years APTP has provided support to families surviving police terror in their fight for justice, documenting police abuses and connecting impacted families and community members with resources, legal referrals, and opportunities for healing.

Our First Responders team leads this work, and will be hosting a training Saturday, February 26th! This session will focus on training you on copwatching and investigating incidents of police terror.

We need folks to join our First Responders teams in Oakland and Sacramento to help provide critical support to families impacted by police terror and more. Future trainings will become available to cover family and jail support.

Where: Zoom � Register to join at bit.ly/aptp-0226
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Here’s an overview of what this training will cover:

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82812417704?pwd=NTJLczViRGg4K0c2Um9MMXFjSVNrdz09

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic. Almost two years have passed, and we in the US are now approaching 80,000,000 cases and close to 1,000,000 Covid deaths – the largest number of any country in the world – with no clear end in sight.

The pandemic has swept through US society, leaving a path of disease, suffering, death, political and social upheaval, and economic destruction in its wake. The response by the US  government and capitalist politicians has been a complete disaster.

This Sunday at the Marxist Library, we will review the destructive impact of the pandemic, the catastrophic capitalist response, political and economic repercussions, and a prognosis for our future.

Our speaker will be Allan Miller of the ICSS Program Committee.

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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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In five days! Join DSA SF and members of @DSA_Intl_Comm on Sunday, February 27 at 12 p.m. PST for a conversation about internationalism, what the IC is doing, and how we can do this work on the local level. Register: https://t.co/GKYfdnzNei pic.twitter.com/vmYlB9RYpM

— DSA San Francisco (@DSA_SF) February 22, 2022

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Regen Event and Street Theater Performance at Mission Dolores Park

It’s time to meet up and reach out! Join the membership of the XR SF Bay Area chapter for a regenerative and outreach event on the green and sunny slopes of Dolores Park. Our street theater performers (learn more here) will roam the crowd while flyering takes place, and members of Scientists’ Rebellion answer your questions and provide resources about the climate crisis. Let’s kick off the spring season of action with a dose of art, science, and community!

RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3HNotCz

Monday! 9AM, 850 Bryant Dept. 27. Pack the court to support Dacari Spiers.

CW: Police Brutality. Dacari was beaten by SFPD cop Terrance Stangel in 2019. Stangel is being prosecuted by DA Boudin, the POA has been packing the courtroom to intimidate Dacari, the witness, and jury pic.twitter.com/E3pd0b3eRh

— #DefundSFPDNow (@DefundSFPDnow) February 26, 2022

📣 ACTION ALERT: Tell Council on Tuesday 3.1 to #SaveE12th St (Yes Again, BUT Truly Finally!) 📣
What: Tell City Council that Public Land Should Be Used for Public Good
When: Tuesday, 3.1 1:30 PM
Where: https://t.co/ugAJgVGlhA

— E12 Peoples Proposal (@PeoplesProposal) February 28, 2022

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

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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
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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: