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Mar
10
Sun
NOT HAPPENING: Liberated Lens film night: “No Choice” @ Omni Commons
Mar 10 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

No additional information yet.

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Party for 31 years of Slingshot newspaper publishing @ Longhaul
Mar 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Slingshot turns 31 years old – 1988 – 2019

Meet authors from the last 31 years, learn how you can get involved in Slingshot for the next 31 years, look at a display of back issues.

plus (as always) Vegan chocolate cake, zany free raffle for door prizes, get copies of issue #128 of the paper, maybe snacks, maybe music

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Screening of ‘Sara’ @ Tamarack Oakland
Mar 10 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

“They cut my breasts in torture, I didn’t even say “ah”,
The prevalent mindset is that if a woman knows justice, to cut her breasts
I am embarrassed to even say “ah” as a militant of a justified cause. ”

Sakine Cansız (Sara)

Sara was born in Dersim in 1958 as the daughter of an Alevi family. She was one of the founding members of the PKK, a political activist and feminist known by the codename “Sara” in the organization. She was among the founders of the PKK and was one of the five people who lived and worked in the organization until 2013, and she was the only woman among the founders of the PKK who continued her activities in the organization. She was imprisoned for twenty years in Diyarbakır No 5 Prison. She was one of the PKK’s representatives for Europe. On January 9, 2013, while with Fidan Dogan (code name Rojbin) and Leyla Şaylemez (codenamed Ronahi), the representatives of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK), she was shot in the head by a silenced weapon at the Kurdistan Information Bureau near the Gare du Nord train station in Paris, France.

Cansız, who described her life in her book “My Life Was Always A Struggle”, did not stop at the prisons where she stayed. All her life she has resisted and struggled.

The stories of these women did not end with the massacre of the revolutionary women’s resistance leaders in Paris. Today in Rojava, in Kurdistan and in many parts of the world there are thousands of Saras, Rojbins and Ronahis.

We are not over the fight and will not end; until women and life are free …

Jin Jiyan Azadi

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Mar
11
Mon
Public Banking Press Conference @ Old Mint
Mar 11 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

CA legislators to announce new bill

The fight for socially and environmentally responsible public banking in California is about to level up!

On Monday morning, March 11, state legislators will unveil a new bill to advance public banking in California. The California Public Banking Alliance, of which we are a member, will be holding press conferences in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The call is going out to all Bay Area allies of public banking to show up in force at the San Francisco Mint at 10am Monday. Wear your public banking t-shirt if you’ve got one. We are going up against the powerful forces of Wall Street, the California Bankers Association, and their massive financial arsenal. We can win, but we need your help! Invite your friends and join us at the launch of a new campaign for public banking in California!

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Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission – Special Meeting re ALPR Policy @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 2
Mar 11 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

A Special Meeting of the PAC has been called  in Hearing Room 2 at City Hall to continue conversation and take action on the Department of Transportation’s Automated License Plate Reader Policy and the Oakland Police Department’s Automated License Plate Reader Policies.

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Tax the Rich Sing-A-Long with Occupella @ Outside the Old Oaks Theater
Mar 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

We’re still playing every Monday that it doesn’t rain!

Occupella organizes informal public singing at Bay Area occupation sites, marches and at BART stations. We sing to promote peace, justice, and an end to corporate domination, especially in support of the Occupy movement.

Music has the power to build spirit, foster a sense of unity, convey messages and emotions, spread information, and bring joy to participants and audience alike. See spirited clip of an action at BART. Check out the actions calendar and come add your voice. There are lots of ways to participate and everyone is welcome.

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Reckoning With Violence – Panel Discussion @ All of Us or None of Us
Mar 11 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

All of Us or None is thrilled to welcome in conversation Danielle Sered, George Galvis, and Malachi Scott to talk about transformative responses to violence and building a movement to end mass incarceration that includes everyone—including people who commit violence. We know too well that all too often our movement draws lines between people convicted of non-violent and violent offenses that often leave people convicted of violence with little of the relief being sought administratively, legislatively or through the ballot box.

We hope that this discussion will:
1) Assist audience members to formulate better arguments when pursuing reforms that include the interests of people convicted of violence
2) Challenge the narrative that people convicted of violence pose the greatest risk to public safety
3) Challenge the notion that it is possible to end mass incarceration without addressing the issue of people incarcerated for violent offenses
4) Explore what role restorative justice can play in the work to end mass incarceration

The panelists will use themes from Danielle Sered’s new book, Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair, as a launchpad for a visionary conversation about what else is possible. The panelists and the work they do will model what it looks like to steer directly and unapologetically into the question of violence, offering approaches that will help end mass incarceration, increase safety, and break down false barriers about who is deserving and capable of transformation.

This conversation will happen in All of Us or None’s new space The Freedom & Movement Center, where every day people make what is possible real.

Join us at 6:30 P.M. on March 11 at 4400 Market St. in Oakland.

RSVP:
Online: http://bit.ly/ReckoningWithViolenceRSVP
Phone: Ivana Gonzalez 415.255.7036

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Mar
12
Tue
Stop the Sheriff from Torpedoing the Decision to End Urban Shield @ Alameda County Administration Bldg , 5th Floor
Mar 12 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

On February 26th, as a result of years of community organizing, the Board of Supervisors accepted 60 out of 63 community-supported recommendations for changes to emergency preparedness trainings under the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) funding.

On Tuesday March 12th, Supervisors have the opportunity to take the next steps in making a community-led vision for safety and disaster response a reality. The Alameda County Sheriff is fighting tooth and nail to sabotage the path forward for community-supported emergency preparedness. Let’s continue to work with—and push!—our Supervisors to make sure we secure a future for common-sense public safety policy in our county. Let’s keep winning. Join us!

More about the upcoming Board Meeting:
On March 12th, Supervisors will be discussing the UASI Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – an agreement between other Bay Area cities and counties that informs funding and training exercises. The request put forth by the Sheriff is to renew the MOU while reversing all the decisions made by the Supervisors in the last year and to continue Urban Shield. We will be there to support and reinforce the County’s decisions to pave a new path forward for disaster preparedness without Urban Shield.

It’s time for Supervisors to make county-led community emergency preparedness a reality! This is an exciting moment where we can make community-based emergency preparedness priorities a reality! We will continue to work with Supervisors to implement their decisions and make sure they walk the talk of ending Urban Shield as we demand they amend or reject the MOU if it still includes Urban Shield.

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Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area @ 370 Dwinelle Hall, University of California Berkeley
Mar 12 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Author and historian Peter Cole will discuss his new book, Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area. This book largely focuses upon the long history of activism by members of ILWU Local 10 for racial equality locally and nationally and against apartheid internationally. It also compares and contrasts the fascinating, unknown history of docker activism in the port of Durban, South Africa.
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Mar
13
Wed
Robert Reich: Free Speech in Angry Times @ ASUC Student Union
Mar 13 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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Mar
14
Thu
OAKLAND POLICE COMMISSION – Joshua Pawley, Probation Searches @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza
Mar 14 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Full agenda.

  • Oakland Police Department (OPD) Report on Pawlik Investigation
    Chief Anne Kirkpatrick will provide the Executive Force Review Board report, the
    Compliance Director’s report and addendum related to the Joshua Pawlik shooting
    investigation. (Attachments 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d)
    a. Discussion
    b. Public Comment
    c. Action, if any
  • Searches of Individuals on Probation and Parole
    The Commission will review an updated proposal for R-02: Searches of Individuals on
    Probation or Parole. (Attachments 11a, 11b)
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Naila and the Uprising Film Screening @ Berkeley City College
Mar 14 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

In celebration of International Women’s Day, join us for this special film screening

When a nation-wide uprising breaks out in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a young woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family, and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement that forces the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time. Naila and the Uprising chronicles the journey of Naila Ayesh and a fierce community of women on the front lines, whose stories weave through the most vibrant, nonviolent mobilization in Palestinian history – the First Intifada in the late 1980s.

This film brings out of anonymity these courageous women activists. Engaged at all levels of society, we learn what is possible when women take the lead in struggles for rights and justice and what we lose when they are stripped of their roles. We also witness the tremendous power of nonviolent organizing: massive street rallies, mobile health clinics, underground schools and concerted boycott campaigns, sustaining the uprising while generating indigenous self-sufficiency. We see how women-led civil resistance can stir the masses, put pressure on power-holders, and affect real structural change. Produced by Just Vision and directed by award-winning filmmaker Julia Bacha.

“In ‘Naila and the Uprising,” female activists are not shiny aberrations–they are the unseen spine holding up a movement.”
— The Daily Beast

A local Palestinian activist panel will speak briefly after the film!

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Mar
15
Fri
Youth Climate Strike
Mar 15 all-day

On March 15, students across the US and the world will be going on strike, because decades of inaction have left us with only 11 years to avoid the worst effects of climate change. We’ll be striking to demand a Green New Deal, because we deserve good jobs and a livable future!

Sign up here if you want to participate in, or help to organize, a school strike in your area!

You can find out more information about the US Youth Climate Strike movement here: https://www.youthclimatestrikeus.org/

Also see the Facebook pages for

California Youth Climate Strike

San Francisco Youth Climate Strike

North Bay Youth Climate Strike

“We, the youth of America, are striking because decades of inaction has left us with just 11 years to change the trajectory of the worst effects of climate change, according to the Oct 2018 UN IPCC Report. We are striking because our world leaders have yet to acknowledge, prioritize, or properly address our climate crisis. We are striking because marginalized communities across our nation —especially communities of color, disabled communities, and low- income communities—  are already disproportionately impacted by climate change.

We are striking because if the social order is disrupted by our refusal to attend school, then the system is forced to face the climate crisis and enact change. With our futures at stake, we call for radical legislative action to combat climate change and its countless detrimental effects on the American people. We are striking for the Green New Deal, for a fair and just transition to a 100% renewable economy, and for ending the creation of additional fossil fuel infrastructure. Additionally, we believe the climate crisis should be declared a national emergency because we are running out of time.”

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Mar
16
Sat
No Coal in Richmond Canvassing @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center
Mar 16 @ 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm

​If you learned that coal dust containing arsenic, lead, mercury, and cadmium was blowing through your neighborhood, wouldn’t you want to take action? Come help No Coal in Richmond reach out to as many residents as possible between now and late March or early April. That’s when the Richmond City Council will vote on an ordinance to prohibit new coal or pet coke facilities, prevent the Levin-Richmond Terminal from expanding, and phase out existing coal handling and storage.

​We have less than a month to reach the most affected Richmond residents about the massive amounts of coal-for-export coming through their neighborhoods in 100-car trains of open rail cars and sitting in uncovered piles next to the Bay, just blocks from homes, schools, and workplaces.

We’re door-knocking every weekend between now and late March or early April to
collect emails and signatures on a letter to the council demanding the strongest
possible ordinance.

And talk about gratifying! Nearly all those who answer the door say, “No coal in
Richmond? Where do I sign?” and proceed to thank you profusely for doing this.
Check out the new and improved No Coal in Richmond website for background, up-
to-the minute news, and other ways you can fight this climate and public health
menace in Richmond.

 

RSVP:  ACTION@SUNFLOWER-ALLIANCE.ORG

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Screenings: Fruitvale Station & Sorry to Bother You @ Oakland Library, 81st St Branc
Mar 16 @ 3:30 pm – 10:30 pm

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A CELEBRATION OF PEOPLE’S PARK @ ART HOUSE GALLERY & CULTURAL CENTER
Mar 16 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Doors open at 6 pm for Pot Luck, talk, and music.

Concert 7:30-10 pm with The Yosemitones (Driftwood Dave Yosemite and Katie Lee Yosemite with Hali Hammer on bass), and Carol Denney. 

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Building Sanctuary for Migrants Arriving in the Bay Area @ Kehilla Community Synagogue
Mar 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Thousands of migrants are fleeing rampant violence and abject poverty, and are headed to the Bay Area. How do we open space for them? How do we strengthen existing organizations and networks who welcome migrants and asylum seekers to the Bay Area? How does defending sanctuary and asylum laws against Trump’s Administration contribute to the larger struggle against racism and white supremacy in the United States?

Join SURJ Bay Area, SURJ San Francisco, the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, and the Kehilla Community Synagogue for an evening of solidarity and action as we:

-Learn about the experience of asylum seekers who have traveled as part of a caravan.

-Explore how white supremacy enables and perpetuates the current humanitarian crisis at the border and the increasingly militarized response by the US government.

-Learn about and sign up for direct, concrete ways to support those seeking asylum in the US.

Confirmed speakers include:

-Chris Lopez from School of the Americas Watch

-A representative from the Haiti Action Committee

-A representative from the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity

Attendees are encouraged to donate as they are financially able. If you would like to donate before the event, you can do so here: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/where-all-are-welcome-building-sanctuary-for-migrants-arriving-in-the-bay-area/

Donations will be given to Al Otro Lado and Enclave Caracol, organizations directly supporting migrants and migrant legal defense.

Al Orto Lado is a bi-national, direct legal services organization serving indigent deportees, migrants, and refugees in Tijuana, Mexico. They also assist families with reunification in Mexico and work with non-custodial deported parents to ensure their rights as parents are protected in the United States family court system.

Enclave Caracol is an autonomous social space in downtown Tijuana that is used for workshops, art, and community events. It is a reunion point for a variety of migrant support groups and their team serves free meals to migrants and deportees Monday – Thursday.

**ASL interpretation provided if requested by 2pm on Thursday, March 14th.

Kehilla Community Synagogue is a fragrance-free space. If you have Mobility Accessibility needs, you can find detailed information about building access here: https://kehillasynagogue.org/accessibility/#mobility

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Mar
17
Sun
Fukushima, Nuclear Threats and The Growing Danger of War @ Berkeley Library
Mar 17 @ 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Fukushima, Nuclear Threats and The Growing Danger of War
Berkeley Screening of the John Pilger film “The Coming War On China”

Commentary by Grace Shimizu, Miho Kim and others

On the 8th anniversary on the continuing crisis and contamination at the Fukushima nuclear meltdown NNA looks at the growing threat of war in Asia and the costs of nuclear weapons and US bases in Asia.
John Pilger’s film looks at the history of nuclear weapons in the Pacific including in Bikini Islands where the US tested nuclear weapons and the continued radioactive contamination of the people. It also looks at the struggle of the Okinawa people against militarization and Jeju, Korea where a a base is being constructed for the expansion of the US military.

With the growing militarization of Asia including the Abe government in Japan. I it is seeking to remove Article 9 in the constitution which forbids foreign military intervention unless Japan is attacked the government is seeking the full militarization of Japan. It is also pushing a campaign around the world to deny that the Japanese military role in “Comfort Women” who were coerced and used as sex slaves to for the military. This denialism of history is part of the effort to defend the history of the imperial role of Japan and is connected to the drive
toward war.’
Sponsored by No Nukes Action Committee

For more information
No Nukes Action Committee
http://nonukesaction.wordpress.com/

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Write a Letter to Chelsea Manning Rally @ Albany Bulb
Mar 17 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

CHALK IN LETTER WRITING TO CHELSEA MANNING AT THE ALBANY BULB. RAIN CANCELS THE EVENT.

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Mar
18
Mon
Free Chelsea Manning @ US Federal Bldg
Mar 18 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Free Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange – Stop US Government Attack On Journalists and Whistleblowers Exposing US Government and Corporate Crimes

Please Join and Speak Out

The jailing of whistleblower and human rights activist Chelsea Manning is a threat to all people of the United States. She is being imprisoned again because she stood up for human rights and against the war crimes of the United States. After serving 7 years in jail the US government want to punish her again. She refuses to accept the Grand Jury’s right to interrogate her about Julian Assange who the US government wants to jail. She has already been interrogated by the US government authorities and this fishing expedition is only to further the attack on her for standing up for justice and human rights.

WikiLeaks has been an important resource for the people of the United States in exposing the systemic US intervention against the peoples of the world and the role of the corporations and politicians who have been involved in these crimes. The action to imprison Chelsea Manning must be answered by people throughout the United States and the world. Also labor and the trade unions must stand up for Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning. The attack on journalists and whistleblowers is attack on all democratic rights.

Bay Area Free Julian Assange Action Committee BAFJAAC
Endorsed by
United Public Workers For Action� UPWA.info

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