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Hosted by Green Eco-Socialist Network Join a participatory webinar with Ashley Brown, Gabe Medina, Gloria Mattera, and Sean Dougherty for an engaging session that will introduce the Green Eco-Socialist Network and discuss key topics surrounding the Hands Off Rally and its broader implications.
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This a local Indivisible event! Send a message that we do not approve or accept the chaotic and brutal destruction of trusted and crucial Federal programs and agencies that serve all of us.
STOP THE TRUMP ATTACKS
ON THE PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
RALLY & MARCH
SATURDAY, APRIL 19th, 2025
1:00 PM
CONCORD BART PLAZA
Speaker: Elicha Gastelumendi & Rick Sterling
Elicha Gastelumendi and Rick Sterling will talk and show photos from their October 2024 visit to China. They were on their own in Shanghai and will describe what they saw in a regular community far from the booming downtown. Following that, they joined a delegation to Xinjiang organized by retired San Francisco Judge Julie Tang. Xinjiang is a large “autonomous region” thousands of miles west of Shanghai. This was a central gateway in the times of the Silk Road and in the developing Belt & Road Initiative today. It is also the area where the U.S. has accused China of committing “genocide” against the Uyghur minority community. Rick and Elicha will describe what they saw and experienced in travels from desert below sea level to high mountains as well as agricultural fields and an elementary school.
Bay Area activist Elicha Gastelumendi is originally from Peru. Rick Sterling, originally from Canada, is president of the Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center and with the Syria Support Movement and Task Force on the Americas.
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NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to:
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The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)
On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.
OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over six years, since October 2011! Our General Assembly is a participatory gathering of Oakland community members and beyond, where everyone who shows up is treated equally. Our Assembly and the process we have collectively cultivated strives to reach agreement while building community.
At the GA committees, caucuses, and loosely associated groups whose representatives come voluntarily report on past and future actions, with discussion. We encourage everyone participating in the Occupy Oakland GA to be part of at least one associated group, but it is by no means a requirement. If you like, just come and hear all the organizing being done! Occupy Oakland encourages political activity that is decentralized and welcomes diverse voices and actions into the movement.
General Assembly Standard Agenda
Welcome & Introductions
Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
Announcements
(Optional) Discussion Topic
Occupy Oakland activities and contact info for some Bay Area Groups with past or present Occupy Oakland members.
Occupy Oakland Web Committee: (web@occupyoakland.org)
Strike Debt Bay Area : strikedebtbayarea.tumblr.com
Berkeley Post Office Defenders:http://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/
Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice:https://www.facebook.com/ABC4JUSTICE
Oakland Privacy Working Group:https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/
Bay Area AntiRepression: antirepression@occupyoakland.org
Biblioteca Popular: http://tinyurl.com/mdlzshy
Interfaith Tent: www.facebook.com/InterfaithTent
Port Truckers Solidarity: oaklandporttruckers.wordpress.com
Bay Area Intifada: bayareaintifada.wordpress.com
Transport Workers Solidarity: www.transportworkers.org
Fresh Juice Party (aka Chalkupy) freshjuiceparty.com/chalkupy-gallery
Sudo Room: https://sudoroom.org
Omni Collective: https://omnicommons.org/
First They Came for the Homeless: https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-they-came-for-the-homeless/253882908111999
Sunflower Alliance: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/
Bay Area Public School: http://thepublicschool.org/bay-area
San Francisco based groups:
Occupy Bay Area United: www.obau.org
Occupy Forum: (see OBAU above)
San Francisco Projection Department: http://tinyurl.com/kpvb3rv
As attacks from this administration continue, we are meeting the moment to build our movements to fight fascism by launching our Bay Resistance Monthly Volunteer Meetings.
Join our first Monthly Volunteer Meeting NEXT MONDAY, 6-8 in Oakland!
Access note: masks are required for this event. We will provide masks to those who need them
In each volunteer meeting, folks will have a chance to hear directly from leaders in the Bay Resistance network groups, to plug into on-going organizing and volunteer opportunities, to gain shared political analysis of this moment, and to keep momentum going for our fights.
April’s meeting will focus on immigrants rights with the campaign against the opening of a new immigrant detention center in the Bay Area as well as the Hands Off campaign to save Medicaid and protect healthcare access for low income seniors and people with disabilities.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The Friends of Public Bank East Bay host general organizing meetings every Wednesday at 6pm via zoom
If you’d like to join us, send us an email and one of our members will be in touch.
We can match your interests and skill set to our needs!
Public Bank East Bay hopes to open by 2025, as a transformative institution that keeps our money local, allowing local governments to divest from Wall Street and reinvest its profits back into our community. Public Bank East Bay’s initial loan policies will support affordable housing development, provide support for small businesses (especially for marginalized entrepreneurs), finance the renovation and electrification of existing buildings, and help cities and counties refinance their municipal debt.
We love the Tesla Takedown protests and the impact they have been having on Elon Musk’s wallet. Join us next Saturday, April 26 outside the Tesla dealership on 4th Street in Berkeley. In addition to the usual protest, our Absurdist street theater group will perform!
New Video
Our street theater Absurdists have come up with a new skit in support of the Make Polluters Pay Superfund bill, currently before the California legislature. Watch it now and please share to Make Polluters PAY:
Workers in the Crosshairs: The U.S. Trade War,
Tariffs, and Globalization
Speaker: Allan Miller
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This Sunday, the Marxist Forum will analyze and discuss the U.S. trade war, tariffs, and globalization from a working class perspective.
Allan Miller is a political activist and member of the ICSS Program Committee. He has a PhD in economics from UC Riverside, and has taught data analysis and statistical programming at UC Berkeley Extension.
NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to:
occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net
The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)
On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.
OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over six years, since October 2011! Our General Assembly is a participatory gathering of Oakland community members and beyond, where everyone who shows up is treated equally. Our Assembly and the process we have collectively cultivated strives to reach agreement while building community.
At the GA committees, caucuses, and loosely associated groups whose representatives come voluntarily report on past and future actions, with discussion. We encourage everyone participating in the Occupy Oakland GA to be part of at least one associated group, but it is by no means a requirement. If you like, just come and hear all the organizing being done! Occupy Oakland encourages political activity that is decentralized and welcomes diverse voices and actions into the movement.
General Assembly Standard Agenda
Welcome & Introductions
Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
Announcements
(Optional) Discussion Topic
Occupy Oakland activities and contact info for some Bay Area Groups with past or present Occupy Oakland members.
Occupy Oakland Web Committee: (web@occupyoakland.org)
Strike Debt Bay Area : strikedebtbayarea.tumblr.com
Berkeley Post Office Defenders:http://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/
Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice:https://www.facebook.com/ABC4JUSTICE
Oakland Privacy Working Group:https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/
Bay Area AntiRepression: antirepression@occupyoakland.org
Biblioteca Popular: http://tinyurl.com/mdlzshy
Interfaith Tent: www.facebook.com/InterfaithTent
Port Truckers Solidarity: oaklandporttruckers.wordpress.com
Bay Area Intifada: bayareaintifada.wordpress.com
Transport Workers Solidarity: www.transportworkers.org
Fresh Juice Party (aka Chalkupy) freshjuiceparty.com/chalkupy-gallery
Sudo Room: https://sudoroom.org
Omni Collective: https://omnicommons.org/
First They Came for the Homeless: https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-they-came-for-the-homeless/253882908111999
Sunflower Alliance: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/
Bay Area Public School: http://thepublicschool.org/bay-area
San Francisco based groups:
Occupy Bay Area United: www.obau.org
Occupy Forum: (see OBAU above)
San Francisco Projection Department: http://tinyurl.com/kpvb3rv
The Oakland Greens Present: FREE Dinner & a Movie Community Discussion Series, April 2025 — Sunday, April 27: dinner begins at 6:30 PM; movie starts at 7 PM. Doors closed at 7:30 PM.
All Oakland Greens events are held in partnership with:
It’s Your Move Games & Hobbies
4920 Telegraph Ave, Suite B, Oakland, CA 94609
The Friends of Public Bank East Bay host general organizing meetings every Wednesday at 6pm via zoom
If you’d like to join us, send us an email and one of our members will be in touch.
We can match your interests and skill set to our needs!
Public Bank East Bay hopes to open by 2025, as a transformative institution that keeps our money local, allowing local governments to divest from Wall Street and reinvest its profits back into our community. Public Bank East Bay’s initial loan policies will support affordable housing development, provide support for small businesses (especially for marginalized entrepreneurs), finance the renovation and electrification of existing buildings, and help cities and counties refinance their municipal debt.
Over the last three months, we’ve seen unprecedented attacks on working people and the fabric of our civil society – mass firings of federal workers, budgets gutted, crucial regulatory frameworks dismantled, horrifying attacks on the civil rights of our migrant neighbors, imperialist bloviating by the president from Greenland to Gaza…the list could go on.\
But something else is happening too. Across the country – from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta – working people are rising up to fight back.
Next THURSDAY, MAY 1st – international workers’ day – we’re taking to the streets in hundreds of cities across the country to say ENOUGH
We refuse to accept a society that forces us into debt for our healthcare, housing, and education; that asks us to accept the deportation of our neighbors as the norm; that allows our labor to be exploited to line the pockets of the ultra rich. Not on our watch.
Join us in the streets on May Day? Here’s how:
1. RSVP to join our national Hitting the Streets for May Day call this Saturday, April 26 at 3PM ET / 12PM PT and learn how you can meet us (and millions of others) in the streets on May 1st.
2. Can’t make it to Saturday’s call? Complete our May Day Action Pledge & we’ll send you a May Day toolkit this weekend. When you fill out the pledge form, be sure to let us know if you want to meet up with Debt Collective members at an action near you!
3. Last but certainly not least, be sure to FIND A LOCAL MAY DAY ACTION TO JOIN – you can find the ones near you check at the May Day action aggregators linked just below (Mobilize & Action Network) 
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Trabajadores Unidos Workers United is asking for support from allies to stand in solidarity with fastfood and Laundromat workers are standing up against wage theft, exploitation, disrespect—and they’re not standing alone. TUWU is with them. And we need you with us. Now is the chance to standing in solidarity with the workers to demand justice and send a clear message that San Francisco stands with immigrant workers!
- Meeting point: May 1st, 10:00am at Civic Center Playground (between McAllister and Larkin St).
Thursday May 1st, WE NEED YOU to join us in the streets to honor International Workers’ Day and demand justice for all immigrants, workers, and communities under attack!
They’ve fired workers, deregulated protections, and spread fear all to build a system where the rich get richer while the rest of us suffer.
But we’re not backing down.
This May Day, we rise together — workers, immigrants, families — in solidarity and in defiance. We know our strength is in each other. We know this fight isn’t just about one policy or one politician, it’s about building a future where everyone can thrive.
One Struggle, One Fight. Join us in the streets this May 1st.
1. Call to Order, determination of quorum
2. Open Forum/Public Comment on Non-Agenda matters
3. Information Item: a. Report from Public Works regarding OPD request for video footage.
4. Action Items:
a. April 3, 2025 PAC minutes
b. Annual Reports 1. Biometric Crime Lab (OPD) 2. ALPR/FLOCK (OPD) 3. ATF (OPD)
c. Use Policies 1. OPD Community Safety Camera Systems (OPD) 1
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Join us for Suds, Snacks & Socialism as we discuss The Assault on Campus Free Speech. We’ll examine the repression of the Palestinian solidarity movements on campus, the Trump administration’s revocation of 1,500 student visas, and the important role student activism plays in the fight for Palestinian liberation.
Lari Cursaro – U.C. Berkeley graduate student in Public Policy
*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,
the Alameda County Green Party and Bay Area System Change Not Climate Change.
For more information email <info@sudssnackssocialism.org>
Sunday, May 4, 2025: 10:30am-12:30pm Pacific Time
To Join Zoom Meeting
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Speaker: S. Brian Willson in conversation with Gerry Condon
On September 1, 1987, some of the most dedicated peace activists in the nation – including our two guests – were protesting outside the Concord Naval Weapons Station trying to block a Navy munitions train loaded with weapons bound for Nicaragua and El Salvador. Instead of stopping the train and arresting the protestors, authorities ordered the train to speed up. While some barely made it off the tracks, S. Brian Willson was run over. He suffered horrific injuries, but survived. He lost both legs and now walks via prostheses.
Join us for a half-century reflection on the “American War” in Vietnam from two of our heroic peace activists, who were instrumental then fighting for peace and continue today as national and international leaders. We invite others attending the Marxist Forum, who were also active against Vietnam War, to share in the Q&A. An overarching theme is how the US war on Vietnam changed us and our nation.
S. Brian Willson once commanded an Air Force combat security unit in Vietnam. He has since helped create a host of veterans’ organizations and has been a critic of the US criminal justice system and its foreign policies. Brian received the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award at the Kennedy Library and Museum in 1992 and, in addition to his JD, holds two honorary degrees (LL.D. and Ph.D.). Author of On Third World Legs and Blood on the Tracks, he is the subject of a 2016 documentary, Paying the Price For Peace. Brian will be speaking from Nicaragua, where he currently lives and where he is rightly considered a national hero.
Gerry Condon, a Green Beret medic, deserted the US Army in 1969 after refusing orders to deploy to the war in Vietnam. He found sanctuary in Sweden and Canada for six years before returning to the US as part of a campaign for amnesty for all war resisters. He is a former president and current national board member of Veterans For Peace (VFP – https://www.veteransforpeace.