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Homes Not Jails is hosting a Locksmithing Lab. Learn about locks. Even learn to Lockpick.

OCCUPELLA will be singing at the TAX THE RICH RALLY EVERY MONDAY from 5-6 on upper Solano Ave. in front of the (closed) Oaks Theater. Songbooks are provided.

(We’ll also be LEADING SONGS ON JULY 13 at NOON in Civic Center Park (across from Berkeley High and old City Hall). The City of Berkeley will officially recognize the human rights abuses at the border.)

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In alliance with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) we organized the October 23, 2010 labor and community rally for Justice for Oscar Grant. On that day the ILWU shut down the Bay Area ports in solidarity. Our mission is to educate, organize and mobilize people against police and state repression. Sisters and brothers! The Oscar Grant Committee invites you to join us in this vital struggle.

We meet on the 1^st Monday of each month
You can join our discussion list by sending a blank (doesn’t even need a subject) email to

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ANNIVERSARIES OF HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI ATOM BOMB DROPS:
Nuclear Weapons Protest Rally & March at Livermore Labs

Come commemorate the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima (Aug. 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (Aug. 9, 1945) at the place where new nuclear weapons of mass destruction are being created today.

Hear from atom bomb survivor Nobuaki Hanaoka, famed author and whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, and other speakers and musicians.

Following the rally will be a procession to the West Gate where those who choose may risk arrest.

The resurgent risks of nuclear war and unresolved climate danger have caused the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to keep the Doomsday Clock set at 2-minutes to the apocalyptic midnight hour. This is as close to global Armageddon as the clock has been since it was introduced in 1947.

By gathering on August 6, we will use the visible power of our presence to transform U.S. policy from violence to peace.

PARKING: Free parking is available. There will be van pools to and from the Dublin-Pleasanton BART Station. Call Tri- Valley CARES, 925.443.7148 to reserve your seat -space is limited.

THE LIVERMORE CONVERSION PROJECT NONVIOLENCE GUIDELINES

We agree to abide by the following guidelines in all of the August 6 actions:
–We will be open and respectful to everyone we meet
–We will not use verbal or physical violence
–We will not destroy property
–We will not bring drugs or alcohol except for medicinal purposes
–We will not bring weapons
–We will not run, which can cause panic
–If arrested, we will not resist
–If legal consequences follow our actions, we will treat all those we encounter in the process with openness and respect.

FLYER with event’s information & list of co-sponsors: http://www.trivalleycares.org/new/TVC_FLYER_FRONT_FNL.jpg

Info Time, Tuesday, July 9, 5:30 p.m.

Have questions about public banking? Want to find out more about what we’re doing to make our own East Bay bank a reality? Come to Info Time! Volunteers will be available to talk with you for the half hour before our monthly meeting (location below)

NEWS:

On July 3rd, California’s Public Banking Act, AB 857, passed the Senate Governance & Finance Committee 4 Aye’s to 3 No’s. In the extended hearing, Assemblymember David Chiu, the bill’s co-author, emphasized, “Something is truly broken with the present financial system.” The bill has one more committee  – Senate Appropriations  – before the Senate floor vote.
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Watch the hearing video here (bill discussion starts at 1:25).

Meanwhile, publications in San Jose, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, North Bay, Marin County, San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and Monterey Bay each published robust articles recently detailing what a public bank could mean to their local communities. The journalistic push indicates a high-water mark for interest in public banking, and provides advocates around the country with excellent talking points to share.

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People want DIVESTMENT.

The cities of Berkeley, Oakland, and Richmond (not to mention Seattle, Santa Fe, etc., etc.) have all voted for divesting from pipelines and fossil fuels, but none of them have carried through. Why not? Because there is literally no clean bank big enough to handle their deposits.

People want LOCAL REINVESTMENT.

Our cities are teeming with urban problems, almost all of them disproportionately affecting black and brown populations: homelessness, gentrification pushing out marginalized communities, desperate infrastructure needs, impoverished parks and recreation programs, struggling local businesses, lack of local jobs, and so much more. Yet we send between 7 and 15 cents out of every tax dollar out of our cities forever, and into the hands of Wall Street bank shareholders, who couldn’t care less about our streets and our schools. When those banks profit from our tax revenues, they send the money straight into their own pockets. It’s like paying sales tax on our own money to greedy corporations.

People want A PUBLIC BANK.

The Bank of North Dakota, one of two public banks currently existing in the United States, not only saves the state of North Dakota that 7 to 15 cents per dollar, but also makes money. In 2017, its return on investment was 17%! In 2008, North Dakota didn’t have a foreclosure crisis, because the Bank of North Dakota didn’t invest in risky mortgages. And if you live in North Dakota, or go to college there, the bank will buy back your student loan … and restructure it to give you a 4% interest rate.

I.C.E. here, coups there – U.S. out of everywhere!
Striking at the root of the attack on our communities

From the horrific border concentration camps, to family separations, to the string of deaths of detained children, to the arrest of solidarity activists leaving water for those crossing the border – the brutality and human rights violations by the U.S. government against immigrants are on the rise.

To fight back and win, we must have a deep understanding of the root cause of our oppression. Join us to look at the exploitative policies — followed by successive U.S. governments — that have ravaged nations over the last few decades, creating violence and poverty leaving our people no choice but to migrate to the United States. We’ll connect our struggles as oppressed peoples fighting for self-determination and invite folks to get involved in the organizing efforts for an upcoming mass action to demand no wall, no ban, no I.C.E., no concentration camps, and full rights and amnesty NOW!

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2901498863210683/

Want to get involved with SURJ Bay Area? Come learn about our current work and activities. SURJ moves white people to act for justice, with passion and accountability, as part of a multi-racial majority.
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You will hear about SURJ’s pathways for entering the work, including committee work, upcoming workshops, and events. We’ll answer your questions and share how you can get involved in the movement for racial justice.

LOCATION AND ACCESS:
The Loper Chapel is located on the west side of Dana Street, at the corner of Dana and Durant Avenue. The chapel has no address, but is part of the First Congregational Church of Berkeley.

Protests, actions, poetry readings…to demand that immigration detention centers be closed and families reunited.

Daily schedule: https://bit.ly/32MTXEs

A month-long protest outside ICE in downtown San Francisco, organized through word of mouth, networking, and social media, will take place every day from Noon to 1pm during the month of August, by a different sector, group, or organization: librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community…
WHEN: Every day in August from Noon to 1pm

WHERE: ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), 630 Sansome St., San Francisco, CA 94111

WHO: Librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community…
THIS WEEK

Mon Aug 5: Climate & Environmental Justice: No Coal in Oakland, 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations and other groups

Tues Aug 6: Bend the Arc: Rabbi Shifra Tobacman, Speaker. Also in attendance: Dan Kalb, Oakland City Councilmember

Wed Aug 7: Mothers/Families

Thurs Aug 8: Refuse Fascism

Fri, Aug 9 (11:30am-12:30pm): Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (monthly vigil) and CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations)

Sat, Aug 10: Tenants Rights

Sun, Aug 11: Students/Educators

Protests, actions, poetry readings…to demand that immigration detention centers be closed and families reunited.

Daily schedule: https://bit.ly/32MTXEs

A month-long protest outside ICE in downtown San Francisco, organized through word of mouth, networking, and social media, will take place every day from Noon to 1pm during the month of August, by a different sector, group, or organization: librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community…
WHEN: Every day in August from Noon to 1pm

WHERE: ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), 630 Sansome St., San Francisco, CA 94111

WHO: Librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community…
THIS WEEK

Mon Aug 5: Climate & Environmental Justice: No Coal in Oakland, 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations and other groups

Tues Aug 6: Bend the Arc: Rabbi Shifra Tobacman, Speaker. Also in attendance: Dan Kalb, Oakland City Councilmember

Wed Aug 7: Mothers/Families

Thurs Aug 8: Refuse Fascism

Fri, Aug 9 (11:30am-12:30pm): Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (monthly vigil) and CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations)

Sat, Aug 10: Tenants Rights

Sun, Aug 11: Students/Educators

Protests, actions, poetry readings…to demand that immigration detention centers be closed and families reunited.

Daily schedule: https://bit.ly/32MTXEs

A month-long protest outside ICE in downtown San Francisco, organized through word of mouth, networking, and social media, will take place every day from Noon to 1pm during the month of August, by a different sector, group, or organization: librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community…
WHEN: Every day in August from Noon to 1pm

WHERE: ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), 630 Sansome St., San Francisco, CA 94111

WHO: Librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community…
THIS WEEK

Mon Aug 5: Climate & Environmental Justice: No Coal in Oakland, 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations and other groups

Tues Aug 6: Bend the Arc: Rabbi Shifra Tobacman, Speaker. Also in attendance: Dan Kalb, Oakland City Councilmember

Wed Aug 7: Mothers/Families

Thurs Aug 8: Refuse Fascism

Fri, Aug 9 (11:30am-12:30pm): Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (monthly vigil) and CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations)

Sat, Aug 10: Tenants Rights

Sun, Aug 11: Students/Educators

SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN

hI aLL HOPE TO SEE YA oRION
EVERY FRI 530PM TO 7PM “BASTA SAVE CHELSEA AND JULIEN ” VIGIL DEMO POTLUCK MUSIC (7PM AFTER PARTY/MEETING ) FRUITVALE &MACARTHUR OAKLAND

WE HOPE TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO OUR ON-GOING CAMPAIGNS IN THE BAY.

Here is a link to the bay area action for Julian which includes CHELSEA SUPPORT PLEASE SIGN UP
https://bayaction2freeassange.org
TELL EVERY ONE

Thanks for your letters you can write a letter directly to Chelsea here’s her address tell her who you are and why you want to save her don/t be shy
PLEASE WRITE LETTERS TO CHELSEA (only hand written and no post cards no pictures do not write any thing on the outside of the letter to Chelsea Elizebeth Manning

William G Truedale Adult Detention Center
2001MILL ROAD
ALEXANDRIA VA 22314

also join the #LettersToJulian campaign,writejulian.com

WE NEED TO HIP PEOPLE TO THE YOU TUBE SHOWS AND WEB SITES AND TWITTER FEEDS
We find the BEST INFO IS FROM CHELSEA (xychelsea.is) AND JULIEN WEB SITES and twitter feeds YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A MEMBER of TWITTER JUST TYPE IN twitter.com/xychelsea or twitter.com/defendassange and you/ll be able to read and see the latest INTERNATIONAL news and support via the links
also Consortium News ,HAS A Unity4J every friday on line LIVE STREAM vigil for Julian and of course support the work of ongoing wekileaks.org

PLEASE Google the following you tube shows ADD COMENTS ..AND TELL OUR FRIENDS

JIMMY DORE show and chelsea Manning 80,000 HITS SO FAR .. news flash now 90,000 hits
REDACTED TONIGHTt Julien Assange and Chelsea Manning
our own BAY ARE STEVE ZELTZER LABOR VIDEO project  Julien and Chelsea Manning
and SECULAR TALK & julien and Chelsea Manning
and CROSS TALK Julien and Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning/s Youtube site
TULSI 2020
VETERANS FOR PEACE
CODE PINK
BLACK AGENDA REPORTS
JILL STEIN
DANIEL ELSBERG
FLASHPOINTS KPFA 5PM EVERY DAY
BRITS LABOR PARTY LEADER JEREMY CORBIN
CHRIS HEDGES FORMER NYT JOURNALIST
Thanks Orion
BELOW IS THE LINK TO her letter she wrote to judge

https://www.aaronswartzday.org/chelsea-manning-letter.

It’s an extreamly well researched LETTER TO THE JUDGE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SECRET GRAND JURIES Don/t ever forget about what she said in response to her 2nd Grand Jury Trail which they imposed a $500.00 daily fine after 30 days and a $1000.00 daily fine after 60 days “I/D RATHER STARVE THEN ANSWER YOUR SECRET GRAND JURY”

Join us as we tour one of our Oakland nodes, Canticle Farm and learn how we can take part in carbon drawdown at the community-scale.

Register

Join us for a FREE screening of Woman at War a new film from Magnolia Pictures, written & directed by Benedikt Erlingsson.

Halla is a fifty-year-old independent woman. But behind the scenes of a quiet routine, she leads a double life as a passionate environmental activist. Known to others only by her alias “The Woman of the Mountain,” Halla secretly wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminum industry. As Halla’s actions grow bolder, from petty vandalism to outright industrial sabotage, she succeeds in pausing the negotiations between the Icelandic government and the corporation building a new aluminum smelter. But right as she begins planning her biggest and boldest operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that changes everything. Her application to adopt a child has finally been accepted and there is a little girl waiting for her in Ukraine. As Halla prepares to abandon her role as saboteur and savior of the Highlands to fulfill her dream of becoming a mother, she decides to plot one final attack to deal the aluminum industry a crippling blow.

Trailer

Protests, actions, poetry readings…to demand that immigration detention centers be closed and families reunited.

Daily schedule: https://bit.ly/32MTXEs

A month-long protest outside ICE in downtown San Francisco, organized through word of mouth, networking, and social media, will take place every day from Noon to 1pm during the month of August, by a different sector, group, or organization: librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community…
WHEN: Every day in August from Noon to 1pm

WHERE: ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), 630 Sansome St., San Francisco, CA 94111

WHO: Librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community…
THIS WEEK

Mon Aug 5: Climate & Environmental Justice: No Coal in Oakland, 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations and other groups

Tues Aug 6: Bend the Arc: Rabbi Shifra Tobacman, Speaker. Also in attendance: Dan Kalb, Oakland City Councilmember

Wed Aug 7: Mothers/Families

Thurs Aug 8: Refuse Fascism

Fri, Aug 9 (11:30am-12:30pm): Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (monthly vigil) and CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations)

Sat, Aug 10: Tenants Rights

Sun, Aug 11: Students/Educators

People’s Alliance invites you to their “Second Anniversary of Charlottesville: Act Against White Supremacy.” This is part of a national day of action. The peaceful protest takes place on Saturday, August 10th from 1:00 to 2:30 PM at Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Office, Federal Building, 90 – 7th street in San Francisco.

If you are new to Strike Debt and want to come early, meet one or two of us and get a briefing on our projects before we dive into our agenda, email us at strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com

Beginning on August 10th, the Strike Debt Bay Area Economics Book Group began discussing Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age. We tackled the introduction and first chapter, available through the ‘Look Inside’ feature on Amazon, for the August 10th meeting.

For our September 7th meeting, we will be discussing the rest of the first section, Chapters 2-6.

For our October 12th meeting, we will be discussing Chapters 7-9, the first part of the second section.

For our November 16th meeting, we will be discussing Chapters 10 – 13.

For our December 14th meeting, we will be discussing Chapters 14 and through to the end.

All are welcome!

The Economics Book Group began with Doughnut Economics and continued with Take Back the Economy.  We read a few chapters every month.

“Today most of our money is created, not by governments, but by banks when they make loans. This book takes the reader step by step through the sausage factory of modern money creation, explores improvements made possible by advances in digital technology, and proposes upgrades that could transform our outmoded nineteenth century system into one that is democratic, sustainable, and serves the needs of the twenty-first century.”

“In Banking on the People, attorney Ellen Brown provides a much-needed roadmap for reforming monetary and credit systems and the central banks now strangling our common human future. More lucidly that any other expert I know, she shows how we can break the grip of predatory financialization now extracting value from real peoples’ productive activities all over the world. Her in-depth research and systemic overview of the global and local politics of money-creation and credit allocation include all the viable proposals of global experts and reformers. She reviews many of these reforms: from financial transaction taxes, to a universal basic income to provide purchasing power for the cornucopia of goods and services now produced, to expanding the public banks she so ably promotes via the Public Banking Institute, to returning the Fed and all banks to serving the public utility functions that economies require. This book is a must read for citizens in all societies who see the promising future as we seek to widen democracies and transform to a cleaner, greener, shared prosperity, based on the renewable abundance of free daily energy from our sun.” – Hazel Henderson, CEO of Ethical Markets Media and author of Mapping the Global Transition to the Solar Age and other books.

Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to healing.

The Bahá’í community of Oakland is organizing this gathering for the community to connect, share prayers, writings and poems from all spiritual traditions, reflect and recharge and build coalitions interested in healing.

Come share prayers, quotes, poems, and favorite passages from your scriptures with us. Simple breakfast will be served.

Doors open: 10:00 AM
Refreshments served: 10:00-10:30 AM
Prayers: 10:30-11:30 AM
Discussion and socializing: 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

“Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy. Nearness to Thee is my hope, and love for Thee is my companion. Thy mercy to me is my healing and my succor in both this world and the world to come. Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” ~ Bahá’u’lláh

“Remember the saying: ‘Of all pilgrimages the greatest is to relieve the sorrow-laden heart.'” ~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Protests, actions, poetry readings…to demand that immigration detention centers be closed and families reunited.

Daily schedule: https://bit.ly/32MTXEs

A month-long protest outside ICE in downtown San Francisco, organized through word of mouth, networking, and social media, will take place every day from Noon to 1pm during the month of August, by a different sector, group, or organization: librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community…
WHEN: Every day in August from Noon to 1pm

WHERE: ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), 630 Sansome St., San Francisco, CA 94111

WHO: Librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community…
THIS WEEK

Mon Aug 5: Climate & Environmental Justice: No Coal in Oakland, 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations and other groups

Tues Aug 6: Bend the Arc: Rabbi Shifra Tobacman, Speaker. Also in attendance: Dan Kalb, Oakland City Councilmember

Wed Aug 7: Mothers/Families

Thurs Aug 8: Refuse Fascism

Fri, Aug 9 (11:30am-12:30pm): Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (monthly vigil) and CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations)

Sat, Aug 10: Tenants Rights

Sun, Aug 11: Students/Educators