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Sep
5
Thu
Tell CalSTRS: Stop Funding Destruction @ CALSTR HQ
Sep 5 @ 10:30 am – 1:30 pm

Join students, teachers, and Fossil Free California at the headquarters of  the California State Teachers Retirement Fund to tell them to  divest from fossil fuels. The fund still has $6 billion dollars worth of funds invested in fossil fuels. With those funds, they are supporting the destruction of our future—and losing teachers’ hard-earned money.

Sponsored by Fossil Free California, with Youth vs Apocalypse and Earth Guardians Bay Area Crew

If you want to carpool or need help with transportation, email contact@fossilfreeca.org

RSVP:  http://bit.ly/September5CalSTRS

Buses: We will be providing two buses for students from Oakland. These will be available on a first-come, first-served basis! Please let us know ASAP if you want space on the bus: email contact@fossilfreeca.org

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Global Day of Action for the Amazon @ Brazilian Consulate
Sep 5 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Join Amazon Watch and Extinction Rebellion to answer the call from the National Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) for global pressure to  force Brazil to address the urgent need to suppress the fires, protect the Amazon and respect the rights of indigenous peoples and their territory.

Unprecedented fires are ravaging the Amazon – more than 74,000 fires this year is an 84% increase over last year’s count. This is an international tragedy and a dangerous contribution to climate chaos.

This devastation is directly related to President Bolsonaro’s anti-environmental rhetoric, which erroneously frames forest protections and human rights as impediments to Brazil’s economic growth. Farmers and ranchers understand the president’s message as a license to commit arson to expand their operations into the rainforest.

Amazon destruction is not new, however. Indigenous people of the Amazon have been sounding the alarm about risks to the rainforest for years and resisting the destruction – sometimes at the cost of their own lives

Governments and companies around the world are emboldening Bolsonaro’s toxic policies when they enter trade agreements with his government or invest in agribusiness companies operating in the Amazon.

Amazon Watch and APIB conducted an investigation this year that showed how many US and European companies – like Cargill and ADM – and financiers – like BlackRock, JP Morgan Chase and Santander – are complicit in Amazon deforestation.

 

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Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission @ Oakland City Hall
Sep 5 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Agenda items of import:

  1. Port of Oakland presentation – GoPort Program – Freight Intelligent Transportation System (FITS) 
  2. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – StarChase GPS Impact Report and proposed Use Policy 
  3. Federal Task Force Transparency Ordinance – OPD – FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force MOU  
  4. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – Remote Camera Impact Report and proposed Use Policy
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Sep
6
Fri
Bay Area Nurses to Protest Deportation of Their Severely Ill Patient @ UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Sep 6 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

 

Sending Maria Isabel Bueso to Guatemala amounts to a death sentence

Registered nurses from California Nurses Association (CNA) and other health care workers will protest the impending deportation of one of their severely ill patients on Friday, Sept. 6, announced CNA.

Maria Isabel Bueso, 24, has been treated since she was a young child at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland for a rare genetic disease. In August, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) sent a letter informing Bueso that she and her family must leave the United States or be deported at the end of September.

“As caregivers and human beings, we can’t sit on the sidelines while the Trump administration puts the lives of our patients at risk,” said Aina Gagui, an RN at Children’s Hospital. “Immigrants are human beings whose lives are not to be thrown away at the whim of the most callous federal government we’ve ever seen.”

When Bueso was a child, she emigrated with her family from Guatemala to the United States under medical deferred action at the invitation of doctors who wanted her to participate in clinical drug trials. She receives lifesaving weekly medical treatments at Children’s Hospital for mucopolysaccharidosis type VI, a disease that causes short stature and other physical deformities.

“You’re really handing her a death sentence,” said Dr. Paul Harmatz, Bueso’s physician, on MSNBC. “It’s as if we’re pulling the plug on a respirator or stopping feedings for a patient that needs that type of support.”

Bueso, along with other extremely ill patients, had previously been given permission to stay in the United States to receive lifesaving medical treatment that is unavailable in their home countries. Deportation will put her life and other patients’ lives at risk.

 

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SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN
Sep 6 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

JOIN US TO SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN EVERY FRIDAY

SAVE CHELSEA AND JULIAN FROM TORTURE AND DEATH
NEWS LETTER 10/11/19

Please sign up for our emails and alerts at:
https:/bayaction2freeassnge.org and watch “XY CHELSEA” go to SHOWTIME
“XY CHELSEA” clk free 7 day suscription.or free @
https://archive.org/details/XYChelsea

The Main Stream Media (MSM) is so full of lies, it’s got the masses confused!!
There are only a few places we can get the truth.Chelsea and Julian were two of
the most important WHISTLE BLOWERS to tell the truth about USA’s illegal,
immoral WARS. USA is one of the largest TERRORIST countries in history,
killing, wounding, and forcing emigration on millions of folks (did you know there
are 65 million migrants?) all over the world!!

Saving Chelsea and Julian is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!! To the Working
class and it’s Allies.They told us the truth about the wars! And all the NEW
McArthyism (phony Russia Gate conspiracy led by the New York Times) is
blaming Julian for being a puppet of Russia. So much of all our issues stem from
the honesty of Chelsea and Julian!! That’s why the RULING CLASS imprisoned
them and want’s them DEAD.

Please write letters to Chelsea (only hand written and no post cards or
pictures, or anything written on the outside of the letter) Write to: Chelsea
Elizabeth Manning, William Truesdale Adult Detention Center, 2001 Mill Road,
Alexandria Va. 22314. Also write julian writejulian.com

We need to hip people to YouTube shows, web sites and twitter feeds ie. –
twitter.com/xychelsea, twitter.com/defendassange, and wikileaks.org

– Definitely check out these specific links, and add comments and tell your friends:
– Real News Network – “Federal judge continues Chelsea Manning’s confinement
and $1000/day fine” https://youtub.be/qjywz_U_x1c
– The Jimmy Dore Show – “Chelsea Manning jailed again for
protecting journalism” https://youtu.be/bTqVNKXZYAY (89,000 hits)
– Chelsea Manning “Abolish ICE” https://youtu.be/R7qpQGGQqa8
-Orion song”WE will keep fightin everyday even though our tears won’t
go away!” youtube/DnF6pvX4478

– Chelsea’s scathing 7 page letter to the judge about the history of the SECRET GRAND
JURIES: – https://www.aaronswartzday.org/chelsea-manning-letter

 

 

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Vigil for Chelsea and Julian
Sep 6 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

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”

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Police Surveillance in Berkeley & the trouble with Berkeley’s License Plate Readers @ Shattuck Hotel
Sep 6 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Come to our new Raw Thought Salon on September 6th – from 6-9pm at the Shattuck Hotel in Berkeley with

& @lisarein from @AaronSwartzDay

(Discount code: “AaronSwartzDay” for a complementary ticket)

Tickets

Detailed Schedule
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### 6 PM – 9 PM: Raw Thought: Surveillance Salon ###

6-7:30 PM Drinks and Introductions

7:30-9 PM Info Session: Police Surveillance in Berkeley & the trouble with Berkeley’s License Plate Readers
– Hosted by Tracy Rosenberg of Oakland Privacy and co-founder of ASDPSP (the Aaron Swartz Day Police Surveillance Project) and Lisa Rein (co-founder of Aaron Swartz Day and ASDPSP)

### 9 PM onwards: Dance Party with local DJs! ###

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Sep
7
Sat
Tiny House for Homeless Youth Community Project
Sep 7 all-day

In January 2016, youth at YSA initiated a community organizing campaign to build a Youth Tiny House Village in the San Francisco East Bay. They are working in partnership with non-profit developer Housing Consortium of the East Bay and the local interfaith community to complete a multi-face, community-led Village that is designed by the young people it will benefit. The Village will feature:

– 14 secure 8′ x 10′ Tiny Houses with lofted beds, windows, skylight, storage, electricity, furnishings
– On-site, clean communal bathrooms and showers
– A kitchen yurt for residents to cook weekly communal meals and securely store their own food
– Community gathering space for meetings
– Associated jobs training program through YSA
– Associated social services through YSA
– Restorative justice covenant and community process
– On-site Resident Assistant who lives in the community

In addition to a prototype built in 2017, YSA has built two houses in March and April of 2019 and will be building 12 houses in August and September.

We are actively recruiting members of our community to support us with building one of the 12 remaining houses by exclusively women, trans and gender non conforming folks.

We have six build days and are looking for 12-15 volunteers each day.

The build days are:
August 17 & 18
August 24 & 25
September 7 & 8

While we don’t know the exact time of the build each day, we anticipate building from as early as 8am to as late as 5pm.

Click here to volunteer with Tiny House Village!

To learn more about this project visit:
http://youthspiritartworks.org/programs/tiny-house-village/

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Genesis’ 7th Annual Fundraiser Breakfast @ First Congregational Church of Oakland
Sep 7 @ 8:30 am – 10:30 am

Genesis’ 7th Annual Fundraising Breakfast
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
Adapted from a Mahatma Gandhi Quote

Come support us in celebration of our continued efforts
to envision the change,
be the change, and
work for change
that we want to see in the world.

Reserve your free ticket here.<https://gamaliel-genesisca-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1lt0GmnupzADkPLUi2yrX91784Idvga7HdielQqmV-bU-0&key=YAMMID-04794029&link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fgenesis-7th-annual-fundraiser-breakfast-tickets-63597728518%3Futm-medium%3Ddiscovery%26utm-campaign%3Dsocial%26utm-content%3Dattendeeshare%26aff%3Descb%26utm-source%3Dcp%26utm-term%3Dlisting>

Genesis unites and activates a multiracial, income-diverse community to promote effective, equitable solutions to stubborn regional problems. 

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Real Estate and the Plantation: the walking tour @ American Youth Hostel
Sep 7 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Come along on a FREE walking tour surveying San Francisco social movement history that builds the case for perceiving the privatization of the economic value of land/the earth as tantamount to slavery. If you doubt this, consider that the high land values of the San Francisco Bay Region, privatized, account for most of the transfer of a huge amount of produced labor and business value to the mere owner of land!

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Trans March Oakland @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Sep 7 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

Oakland is home to hundreds of transgender people specifically of color however, the city is overshadowed by San Francisco and its popularity around LGBT community based events.

This year Oakland will host its own trans march to create visibility and bring the community together in an attempt to have our own transgender movement and celebration.

We ask that you join us in marching from Oscar Grant Plaza to the lake area where we will join community on stage for a mini rally for Black Trans Lives and the Pride in the Park Ball.

The official After Party for Trans March Oakland will be
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm the same day. Priority passes will be given to those who are marching.
21+
Food and Drinks are provided.

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Suds, Snacks and Socialism: PG&E and Public Power @ Starry Plough
Sep 7 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

The Oakland Greens are co-sponsoring this “Suds and Socialism” presentation.

The topic is “PG&E and Public Power” — timely given the crisis at PG&E and the need to mobilize people around alternatives like non-profit community owned and controlled utilities.

There will be four speakers: Eric Brooks, coordinator of Californians for Energy Choice; Robin David, founder of the Labor Task Force for Public Power; Gene Coyle, an energy economist and consultant, and Barbara Stebbins of the Local Clean Energy Alliance.    

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Economics Book Group: “Banking on the People.” Hosted by Strike Debt Bay Area. @ Omni Commons
Sep 7 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Beginning on August 10th, the Strike Debt Bay Area Economics Book Group began discussing Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital AgeWe 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.

 

 

 

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Readings from Civil Liberties United: Diverse Voices from the SF Bay Area @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Sep 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Enjoy live readings from a new anthology of poetry, prose and art by 100 Bay Area writers and artists of color and allies celebrating the rich diversity that truly makes America great.

Civil liberties matter to everyone—not just those who are targeted now. Those who keep silent may be next. Although we are 60% of the Bay Area’s population, people of color remain under represented and under published. Democracy can’t be taken for granted. We must stand up and be counted. We must reach within ourselves and reach out to others, so we can move forward together towards a just and inclusive society.

Readers: Avotcja, Ravi Chandra, Carole Chinn-Morales, Keh-Ming Lin, Tureeda Mikell, Grace Morizawa, Roji Oyama, Susana Praver-Perez, Shizue Seigel, R. Sridevi, and Kimi Sugioka.

Visual artists: Cris Matos, Joan Osato, Choppy Oshiro, Pancho Pescador, Edsel Rivera, Shizue Seigel, Leon Sun, Mel Waters, and Jess X. Wong.

Co-presented by Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Eastwind Books of Berkeley

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Vigil for Democracy SOS Chain of Light
Sep 7 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Can we rise up like Hong Kong? Fill Mission Street from 5th to 8th Streets. Needs at least 880 people. Bring your charged phone to hold up.

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Sep
8
Sun
Tiny House for Homeless Youth Community Project
Sep 8 all-day

In January 2016, youth at YSA initiated a community organizing campaign to build a Youth Tiny House Village in the San Francisco East Bay. They are working in partnership with non-profit developer Housing Consortium of the East Bay and the local interfaith community to complete a multi-face, community-led Village that is designed by the young people it will benefit. The Village will feature:

– 14 secure 8′ x 10′ Tiny Houses with lofted beds, windows, skylight, storage, electricity, furnishings
– On-site, clean communal bathrooms and showers
– A kitchen yurt for residents to cook weekly communal meals and securely store their own food
– Community gathering space for meetings
– Associated jobs training program through YSA
– Associated social services through YSA
– Restorative justice covenant and community process
– On-site Resident Assistant who lives in the community

In addition to a prototype built in 2017, YSA has built two houses in March and April of 2019 and will be building 12 houses in August and September.

We are actively recruiting members of our community to support us with building one of the 12 remaining houses by exclusively women, trans and gender non conforming folks.

We have six build days and are looking for 12-15 volunteers each day.

The build days are:
August 17 & 18
August 24 & 25
September 7 & 8

While we don’t know the exact time of the build each day, we anticipate building from as early as 8am to as late as 5pm.

Click here to volunteer with Tiny House Village!

To learn more about this project visit:
http://youthspiritartworks.org/programs/tiny-house-village/

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Rising to the Climate Emergency: What Can we Count On? @ Unitarian Universalist Hall
Sep 8 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

When you think of the upcoming Global Climate Strike (Sept. 20-27), who is leading the demonstrations? Young people, right? They’re increasingly taking the lead for climate related actions through organizations such as Sunrise. “The dark hour in America cannot last,” proclaims this new youth-centered activist group.

But marching beside the young people is spirit if not always in body will be revered elders in the ecology movement such as Joanna Macy, the author of 13 books and a veteran of six decades of political activism.

In fact, Macy and Sunrise people will literally be standing side by side at an upcoming event “Rising to the Climate Emergency: What Can we Count On?” at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists on September 8.

“The climate emergency is really serious,” says Macy, “but we don’t want people to feel paralyzed by the enormity of the challenge. We must help everyone find resources within themselves to realize they can make a difference.”

Macy is most noted for “The Work that Reconnects,” workshops that inspired thousands to experience their connections with each other and gain motivation to play their part in creating a sustainable civilization.

Macy’s spiritual descendants in the Sunrise Movement are definitely eager to play their part. They’re building a mass movement to stop the climate crisis and create millions of good-paying jobs in the process.

Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists is one of the epicenters of progressive political action in Berkeley, through its own actions and the many activist groups that meet there. All who are concerned about the climate crisis are invited to join Joanna Macy and Sunrise at 10:30 AM September 8. Free potluck and lively conversation will follow.

Free to the public.

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45th St commUNITY Meal, Clean-Up, Care Kits
Sep 8 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Hosted by North Oakland Restorative Justice Council

We invite you to our next edition of our 45th St Brunches & Brooms, a neighborhood cleanup, community meal, and hygiene/winter gear kit distribution centering at the highway underpass off of 45th Street and MLK. In partnership with our neighbors who live there, we would like to gather to share some food and help with cleaning up the dumping under the 45th overpass.

Donate at
Facebook Giving: https://www.facebook.com/donate/361009014828047/
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/45th-st-community-cleanup-meal-care-kit

Help us assembles hot meals and care kits for 250 unhoused neighbors, that will be delivered to surrounding encampments during the days We are $1,000 to make the distribution happen in completion.

We need:
-$ – donate above
-Tents/Tarps/Rain Gear
-Gift card to costoco/target
-new socks, underwear
-dog food (for unhoused neighbors with pets)
-new tooth brush/toothpaste
-deodorant, small soaps, etc
-water (1 gallon or larger please)
-granola bars
-canned with pop top ready to eat stuff (tuna, sardines, jams, etc)
-Food for the brunch (high quality eggs, maple syrup (real), meats, etc)
-barber

***
Many hands make for light work and we hope you can join us at some point during the early afternoon.

This event is brought to you by the Longfellow Community Association, the North Oakland Restorative Justice Council, Self Help Hunger Program, Phat Beets Produce, Oakland Communities United for Equity & Justice (OCUEJ) PLACE for Sustainable Living, RJOY, and the residents of the underpass. Special thanks to the Akonadi Foundation for their support of this event

Feel free to email Northoaklandrestorativejustice@gmail.com with questions

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Free Oakland Up Fundraiser Plant Sale
Sep 8 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Save the date for the next Plant Sale fundraiser! The official Ambassador Greeters, Lulu and Deuce, will be there to gladly accept your lovin’.

 

Free Oakland UP 

An alternative retail space focused on the economy, the environment and building community by offering FREE art and everyday items.

One free item per person per day. For a fair monetary donation you may choose more. More treasures!! 

Gallery:offering monthly solo or group exhibitions featuring experimental, interactive projects focused on alternative economies, cultivating socially activated art, sustainability and building community through art and active participation. 

Gift/Thrift Shop: Everything is FREE – one item per person per day OR for a monetary gift to help pay the rent you may choose more!

Artist Residencies: Offering free alternative art supplies and emphasizing sustainable art practices. Everyone of all ages and abilities is invited to apply for the AIR program

       

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Green Sunday:  Dr. Jack Rasmus on “Trump’s Economy: Trade Wars, Tax Cuts, and Recession” @ Niebyl Proctor Library
Sep 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm


Global recession is underway. Manufacturing is contracting worldwide. Trade is no longer growing. Germany and Europe are on the brink, Japan is stagnating, and China is slowing. On the financial side of the global economy, stock markets are becoming unstable, bonds and gold are in a bubble, oil, commodities and currencies are deflating, financial crises are erupting in Argentina, South America, and India, and German and Italian banks are becoming fragile. In the USA business investment and construction are contracting and manufacturing has stalled. Meanwhile, corporate, household and government debt are at dangerous levels. Will the US join the global economy slide into recession? If so, how soon? And will it be like 2008-09 or worse? Or not?

The presentation will show what role Trump’s policies have played in the scenario. It will include analyses of Trump’s trade wars, his $4.5 trillion business-investor tax cuts, his escalating War/Defense spending, and the trillion dollar annual budget deficits that tax cuts and war spending have spawned for another decade. What’s really behind the Trump tariff war with China? Why Trump is attacking the Federal Reserve chairman, Powell. Why wages and jobs are not really rising as Trump claims. And why Trump policies are leading to a political and constitutional crisis in the U.S.

The presentation will conclude with a political analysis why corporate-friendly Democrat Party leadership has not been able to stop Trump nor deal with the political movement (and money) behind him. And why their current strategy may lead to another Trump victory in 2020.

As part of the presentation, Dr. Rasmus will share some of the quantitative data and analyses from his forthcoming book, “The Scourge of Neoliberalism: US Policy from Reagan to Trump”,Clarity Press, October 1, 2019, which raises the theme: Neoliberalism entered a crisis after 2008-09 and Trump represents a desperate effort to restore it in a new aggressive, virulent form which requires a fundamental restriction of civil liberties and restructuring of the American democratic system.

Dr. Jack Rasmus is the author of the forthcoming book, “The Scourge of Neoliberalism: US Policy from Reagan to Trump”, Clarity Press, October 1, 2019. Dr Rasmus currently teaches economics at St. Marys College in Moraga, California, and publishes on subjects of US economic policy, US political change, global financial instability, financial business cycles, history of economic thought, American Labor and unions, and US Economic History. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (BA Economics) and University of Toronto, Canada (MA, PH.D Political Economy).

Prior to his academic career and publishing, Dr. Rasmus was formerly an Economist, Vice-President, and strategic market analyst for various global tech, market research, and silicon valley technology start-up companies for twenty years. Before that for more than a decade he was a local union president, vice-president, contract negotiator, strike coordinator, and organizer for various unions, including the National Writers Union/UAW, Communication Workers of America, and Hotel & Restaurant and Service Employees International Unions.

Dr. Rasmus is also author of several prior books on the USA and global economy, including, Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of the Fed, Lexington Books, March 2019; Central Bankers at the End of Their Ropes, Clarity Press, August 2017; Looting Greece, Clarity Press, September 2016; Systemic Fragility in the Global Economy, Clarity Press, January 2016; Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Depression, Pluto Books, 2010; Obama’s Economy: Recovery for the Few, Pluto Books, 2012; and The War At Home: The Corporate Offensive From Reagan to George W. Bush, Kylos Books, 2006.

Dr. Rasmus blogs at jackrasmus.com and his website http://kyklosproductions.com, where his articles and radio and TV interviews are available for download. His twitter handle is @drjackrasmus. He also hosts the weekly radio show, Alternative Visions, on the Progressive Radio Network  podcasts available at http://alternativevisions.podbean.com). He may be contacted at:  drjackrasmus@gmail.com or jjr2@stmarys-ca.edu.

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. Snacks are potluck. Vegetarian and vegan snacks are always welcome, but we appreciate whatever you can bring! The monthly business meeting of the County Council of the Green Party follows, at 6:45 pm. Council meetings are open to anyone who is interested.

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