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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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This training will take participants through many of the strategies, tools and considerations of direct action, including power and privilege, de-escalation, blockades, legal, direct action organizing models, and the opportunity to form affinity groups. This training will be an important place to get plugged into for upcoming actions in 2022.
COVID Protocols:
- Please stay home if you have tested + for COVID, have COVID symptons or have been exposed to someone who has tested + for COVID.
- We’ll be in an inside/outside space. Part of the time in a warehouse with high ceilings with a large rollup door and lots of ventilation. But, we’re asking people to still practice social distancing and wear a mask. We’ll provide masks for folks who need one.
- If lockdowns, etc. occur due to the new variant, we may cancel.
Co-sponsored by Mt. Diablo Rising Tide, Oil and Gas Action Network, Extinction Rebellion SF Bay, Green and Red Podcast and Direct Action Everywhere.
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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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Writer/director Roger Sorkin has served as a communications advisor to the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence. His films have been screened at the White House, the Pentagon, the US War College, NATO Headquarters in Belgium, and are in the Annapolis Naval Academy curriculum.
Speaker Andrea Marr is Costa Mesa Mayor Pro-tem, a retired military officer, and a recipient of the White House Champion of Change Award for her work in energy as a veteran.
She has a degree in aerospace engineering, graduated from the US Naval Academy, led a division of 20 nuclear machinist mates on the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, and completed two tours in the Gulf. As a retired military officer, she has been working in energy efficiency and renewable energy. She is a frequent guest speaker on climate and energy for several organizations, including Operation Free, a nationwide coalition of veterans and national security experts who advocate for securing America with clean energy.
What can the average citizen do to influence military priorities and spending on fossil fuels? Congresswoman Barbara Lee (Chair of the House Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations) introduced H.R. 767 last November which, if made into law, will require the Department of Defense to do a GHG inventory and commit to lowering emissions from its more than 450 US military bases by increasing energy efficiency and relying more on renewable energy. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (on the Senate Armed Services Committee) called on the DoD to have its current budget reflect the urgency of the climate crisis. We can urge our members of Congress and US Senators to support H.R. 767, and ask friends and family in other states to do the same. Tell them about the film, too.
Green Sofa Cinema Series is sponsored by 350 Contra Costa, Generation Green, Sustainable Contra Costa and Sustainable Rossmoor
Learn more about #diversionprograms & #alternativestoincarceration policies and practices.
Join @urbanpeace IG live this Thursday, March 17th 5-6:30pm PT.
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— Anti Police-Terror Project (@APTPaction) March 17, 2022
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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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Topic: ICSS Sunday
Time: Mar 20, 2022 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Often the situation in historic Palestine is referred to as a conflict, but this obscures the huge difference in power between the two sides. One side has the latest in military and surveillance technology, and the other side is being pushed out of their homes and under legal restrictions on where they can go. The struggle in Palestine is an indigenous struggle of liberation against an ongoing settler-colonial project.
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.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness is a broken promise. On Oct. 6, 2021, the Biden administration announced a limited waiver intended to finally fulfill the promise of loan cancellation for millions of public servants. So far over 100,000 have gotten their debt cancelled because of the PSLF waiver, but many others are encountering problems.
The Debt Collective is co-hosting a webinar with the Student Borrower Protection Center that will focus on how to troubleshoot those problems.
6 p.m. ET Monday, March 21: Troubleshooting the PSLF Waiver
We will cover some of the unwritten rules about how to fill out the form that might trip up or delay the process, how to tell if a message you have gotten is false or misleading, and what steps to take if you think there is a problem. Our goal is to make sure that everyone gets the cancellation they were promised.
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
President Zelenskyy has called for everyone to have demonstrations of support tomorrow on the one month anniversary of the beginning of the war. The Berkeley demonstration will be at 5 o’clock tomorrow at the flag pole across from the old City Hall on Martin Luther King.
Today marks 1 month since Russia invaded Ukraine. The people of Ukraine have valiantly defended their country, but the war is far from over. President Zelensky has asked the world to hold rallies in support of Ukraine. We are answering that call. Today, 5pm, Civic Center Park. 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/9GbdvjVbhN
— Jesse Arreguin #GetVaccinated (@JesseArreguin) March 24, 2022
What: Digital Action Day
When: all day
Where: Online or Phone
Who: Extinction Rebellion & You
Wall Street is lying to us. On the one hand, they are making announcements about the Paris Agreement and Net Zero and investing in green technology. But on the other, they are funding companies building massive new fossil fuel projects that they want to profit from for decades.
This shareholder season, resolutions demanding an end to fossil fuel expansion will be introduced at the annual shareholder meetings of major Wall Street banks, and several major insurance companies. These resolutions are grounded in the best-available climate science.
Take a few minutes this Friday to send a message to these companies: It’s got to be people over fossil fuels. March 18 is Extinction Rebellion SF Bay’s chosen day of action. Can you send an email and/or call a CEO. Our voices matter!
Any time on Friday March 18th, please send an email or make a phone call to one of these oil-drenched CEOs and let them know you support these resolutions. These links from Stop The Money Pipeline will make this easy and provide scripts you can use: https://stopthemoneypipeline.com/customers/.
#PeopleNotProfit
Join climate organizing powerhouse Youth Vs Apocalypse as they rally along with adult allies in downtown San Francisco as part of the global Fridays For Future climate strike on March 25th. #PeopleNotProfit
If you’d like to help out as a safety marshal, photographer, videographer, or other support role please get in touch with dawg@xrsfbay.org.
In two days at 10 am PST! Join @DSA_SF & @DSAEastBay for a film screening of Naila & the Uprising. This film highlights Palestinian women resisting during the First Intifada. This 76 min. film will be followed by a group discussion. Register: https://t.co/t4sfTtrUtu pic.twitter.com/AmRdoMDwhv
— DSA San Francisco (@DSA_SF) March 24, 2022
Description: Afteer brief presentations by members of the ICSS Progrm Commiottee, we will continue our discussion on the
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 in
Raj Sahai is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: ICSS SUNDAY
Time: Mar 27, 2022 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Join us for this Virtual Arts Training with long-time movement artists and activists, David Solnit, Jetsonorama (aka Chip Thomas) and others.
On the training, we will walk you through step-by-step tips for pasting, using art in your actions, and setting up a pop-up art show.
This training is designed for people who plan to participate in the #DefundClimateChaos Week of Arts Actions
From Legislation to Operation: The Nuts and Bolts of Opening Public Banks in California
Join us for an exciting virtual town hall on March 30, 2022 at 6pm PST and learn about the groundbreaking efforts to start public banks in California! Keynote speaker Eric Hardmeyer will discuss the mechanics of the successful Bank of North Dakota – the nation’s only public bank in operation for more than a century – which he steered for over 20 years.. Eric will be joined by a powerful lineup of elected officials representing five cities: Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Francisco, Richmond, and Santa Cruz.
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Serious efforts are underway to establish public banks in cities and regions throughout California. Following the passage of the landmark California Public Banking Act, elected officials and activists are working hand-in-hand to implement public banks that will serve as a powerful tool for local governments. Public banks are the pathway for governments to invest in the long-term sustainability of local economies and return profits to the public. We’ll hear from electeds and advocates on constructing business plans, viability studies, and the governance frameworks for California public banks.
Eric Hardmeyer, the former CEO of the Bank of North Dakota (BND), will share his experiences at the helm of the nation’s only public bank. He will elaborate on the mission, design, and mechanisms that enabled the BND to weather the 2008 financial crisis and successfully roll out more PPP loans than any other state during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Facilitator: David Cobb, California Public Banking Alliance
Keynote: Eric Hardmeyer, Former CEO Bank of North Dakota
Speakers:
Gayle McLaughlin, Richmond City Councilmember
Curren Price, Los Angeles City Councilmember
Miguel Santiago, CA State Assemblymember
John Avalos, Former San Francisco Supervisor
Justin Cummings, Santa Cruz City Councilmember
Robert Garcia, Long Beach Mayor
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What’s Up With Our Alameda County Jail System?
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Join us on Zoom for a forum in advance of the June primary election for Alameda County Sheriff and District Attorney.
Conditions in our jail have led to many unexplained deaths and suicides. “The system continues to fail Black and brown people, poor people, and those with mental illness.”
–Brendon Woods, Chief Public Defender.
YOUR VOTE MATTERS in the June 7th election for Alameda County Sheriff and District Attorney! Join us at this Town Hall on the justice issues that must be raised in the campaigns.
The CA Poor People’s Campaign is sponsoring this Town Hall together with Faith In Action East Bay, the Interfaith Coalition For Justice In Our Jails, The Ella Baker Center and others.
SPEAKERS:
–Brendon Woods, Chief Public Defender
–Kimberley Graves, Advocate for son with serious mental health issues incarcerated in our jail
–Rudy Howell, Re-entry staff at Rubicon & member of Oakland Police Commission
–Loni Hancock: Former Berkeley City Mayor, State Legislator, and social justice advocate