When Trump first announced his “Muslim Ban” in January 2017, J.J. Mulligan Sepúlveda was one of the lawyers who protested. His new book No Human Is Illegal: An Attorney on the Front Lines of the Immigration War pulls back the curtain on the ingrained inhumanity found in the immigration reform currently coming to fruition in the United States. Readers are taken into the often-times merciless courts of New York City and San Francisco, the frightening detention centers on the U.S./Mexico border, and the overburdened offices of legal defense organizations. In conversation with Steven Mayers. FREE, $5 suggested donation

Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay and nationwide.

We fight against “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” spy drones, facial recognition, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones, to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what government officials, employees and agencies are doing.

We draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and in Sacramento. We advocate in op-eds and in the streets. We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and believe no one is illegal.

Oakland Privacy originally came together in 2013 to fight against the Domain Awareness Center, Oakland’s citywide networked mass surveillance hub. OP was instrumental in stopping the DAC from becoming a city-wide spying network.  We helped fight and helped win the fight against Urban Shield.

Our major projects currently include local legislation to regulate state surveillance (we got the strongest surveillance regulation ordinance in the country passed in Oakland!), supporting and opposing state legislation as appropriate, battling mass surveillance in the form of facial recognition and other analytics, and pushing back against ICE.

On September 12th, 2019 we were presented with a Barlow Award by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for our work.

If you are interested in joining the Oakland Privacy email listserv, coming to a meeting, or have questions, send an email to:

contact@oaklandprivacy.org

Check out our website: http://oaklandprivacy.org/   Follow us on twitter: @oaklandprivacy

Check out our sister site DeportICE.

“WATCHING YOU WATCHING US”

Oakland Privacy works regionally to defend the right to privacy and enhance public transparency and oversight regarding the use of surveillance techniques and equipment.  Oakland Privacy drove the passage of surveillance regulation and transparency ordinances in Oakland and Berkeley and is kicking off new processes in various municipalities around the Bay.  To help slow down the encroaching police and surveillance state all over the Bay Area, join us at the Omni.

Venezuela: Embassy Protection Collective to Speak at BFUU in Berkeley

Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese from Baltimore and David Paul from San Francisco will be touring Northern California to speak about the latest on Venezuela and what local activists can do to oppose the US blockade against the South American country. After 37 days of struggle protecting the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC, Kevin Zeese, Dr. Margaret Flowers, Dr. Adrienne Pine, and David Paul were arrested by federal agents and are currently fighting the charges against them. The fight to protect the embassy reinvigorated the struggle for justice in the United States. Join us to hear from three of the Embassy Protection Collective in person.

The Anti Police-Terror Project meets the third Wednesday of every month.

August’s agenda will include an update on developments at Santa Rita jail and an active shooter response training.

In September we’re giving updates on our Police Commission campaign and about a local campaign to audit Sheriff Ahern; showing a short film about Dujuan Armstrong, who died in police custody at Santa Rita Jail earlier this year; and giving a quick update about our newly formed Sacramento chapter. Let us know if you can join us!

Join us to find out how you can get involved.
This space is wheelchair accessible. Please contact us for any additional accessibility questions or concerns.

RESCHEDULED FROM 10/9 to 106 BECAUSE OF POWER OUTAGE

DIFFERENT LOCATION!

SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TIME.

As part of the Talks Program at The Glass Room, a panel discussion is being held about what the facial recognition ‘ban’ in SF really means for its citizens. We are bringing together activists from EFF, ACLU, Oakland Privacy and others to discuss the topic.

Some background info about The Glass Room and its talks program:

 The Glass Room will be open from October 16th til November 3rd, daily from 12pm-8pm, at 838 Market Street in downtown San Francisco.

The exhibits presented in the Glass Room provoke questions about who is actually building our technologies, their impact on the enviroment, their potential biases, and the impacts they are having on everything from dating to democracy. The exhibition takes the form of a pop-up tech store where nothing is actually for sale. Instead, visitors will find over 50 exhibits – ranging from readymades to animations to technical tools and unique, commissioned art works by artists such as Adam Harvey, James Bridle, Mediengruppe Bitnik, Mimi Onuoha, Tega Brain, and lots more.

Oct 17 7:00 pm in Piedmont; Nov. 3 12:30 pm in Oakland at The New Parkway Theater, 474 24th Street, Oakland

Throughout American history, there has been an undeniable divide between urban and rural America. People from certain regions are viewed as “the other,” and blamed for America’s social ills. Since the 2016 presidential election, that cultural divide has only expanded and deepened. With their documentary Hillbilly, co-directors Ashley York and Sally Rubin – both natives of Appalachia- have made a complex film about complex people. Hillbilly is an entertaining, informative, and sobering look at Appalachia: its diversity, the consequences of stereotyping its people, and an examination of why so many there voted for Donald Trump.

Hillbilly goes on a personal and political journey into the heart of the Appalachian coalfields, exploring the role of media representation in the creation of the iconic American “hillbilly,” and examining the social, cultural, and political underpinnings of this infamous stereotype.

Hillbilly is a timely and urgent exploration of how we see and think about poverty and rural identity in contemporary America, offering a call for dialogue.

“I’m happy to see somebody trying to cover us as we really are and not what some people think we are. It’s wonderful the attention you’ve paid to so many areas that are so important to all of us. I’m proud to have been mentioned in the film a time or two.”
–Dolly Parton

Los Angeles Film Festival Jury Prize for Best Documentary.

6:30 pm reception
7:00 – 8:30 screening of film
8:30 – 9:00 facilitated community discussion

Come by our open Delegates Meetings! We’ll give space to brief announcements, updates from working groups, proposals up for consensus, and discussion around important issues. The schedule is created weekly at the following url: https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom

This meeting usually happens in the Ballroom, but the the location may change depending on the access needs of people attending and other events taking place in the building.

Get tickets!
Don’t miss this opportunity to have your perspective transformed and your assumptions eroded.
We hope to see you there!

Join the effort to Close 850 Bryant and Build a Better San Francisco! Come to the hearing on Friday October 18th at 10:30am to hold our government accountable.

— Coffee and Comradery: Join us at 9:30am directly across from City Hall (Polk Side) in the Civic Center plaza to share in coffee, tea, and breakfast. Learn about the campaign and connect with other members of the coalition.
— Supervisors’ Hearing: Enter City Hall at 10:30am to make our presence seen and heard at the hearing. Please plan to share public comment. We will have talking points available.

In July we mobilized to demand swift action for the closure of the jail at 850 Bryant, and the Board of Supervisors heard our call, with Supervisors Matt Haney , Norman Yee, Hillary Ronen, Sandra Lee Fewer, Shamann Walton, Vallie Brown moving forward a public hearing on the issue. On October 18th the Sheriff and City Administrator are being called to this hearing to report on the City’s ability to Close the Jail at 850 Bryant. We believe that they will come with threats that in order to close the jail the City will have to resort to either building a new jail, over-crowding in the San Bruno jail, or transferring imprisoned people to Santa Rita in Alameda County. This is unacceptable! We refuse to be held hostage to these threats when the City has known of the seismic threat to the building since 1996. What’s more, in January of 2016 the City initiated a process to close the jail by reducing the jailed population size, yet the numbers of people caged at 850 Bryant have only increased since then!

Across the City, in government and community we agree that the jail at 850 Bryant must close. The difference is that we know San Francisco can do better for our communities!

• We demand that the jail close immediately. We cannot wait until the next earthquake hits.
• We demand no new jails, no transfers to other counties, no increased electronic monitoring.
• We can safely close the jail by July 2020. Decriminalize houselessness and quality of life charges and reduce the number of people held pre-trial.
• We can build lasting solutions. Invest in housing, mental health care, and voluntary substance use treatment.

The campaign is moving forward and building momentum with the newest supporters of closing 850 Bryant including the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, the SF Human Services Network of 110 SF service providers, the GLIDE foundation, and AFT 2121 City College Faculty Union! With a Board of Supervisors that has taken bold action to close the youth jail and create comprehensive mental health solutions we believe we can also shut down 850!

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

Join us for a screening of Curtis Choy’s 1983 documentary, “The Fall of the I-Hotel.”

After the Manongs labored to build America, their San Francisco Manilatown community is wiped out by urban renewal, and 50 old-timers are forcibly evicted from the International Hotel when it is slated for demolition in 1981. The film documents destruction of the last block of Manilatown on Kearny Street.

Narrated by late poet Al Robles, “The Fall of the I-Hotel” tells the story of dozens of seniors displaced by 300 cops in the dead of night, and the overall impacts of urban renewal.

Running time: 58 min.

Co-presented by Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Oakland Public Library.

RSVP here: https://oacc.liveimpact.org/li/8737/sevent/evt/home/127050/69

Prepare to be inspired. Screened at Sundance 2019, an unapologetic portrait of trailblazing Israeli human rights lawyer Lea Tsemel who has represented countless Palestinians since the 1970s as her life’s work whilst exposing the hypocrisy of Israel’s apartheid regime.

Learn about solar photovoltaic (PV) for your home. Understand the basics of solar PV, the economics benefits of going solar, the options you have and purchasing tips. Special focus will be on home owners with low electric bills averaging under $100/month (excluding EV usage)

Asylum seekers caged at the border! Thousands more children separated from their families! Unrelenting inhumane conditions inside detention centers! Trump orders the end of the US asylum program except for people from Canada or Mexico and plans to send asylum seekers to El Salvador, one of the most dangerous places in the world!

Join us for a Human Billboard! We come together because we refuse to silently accept what is being done in our names. We are taking our outrage and grief out of our homes and into the streets and public spaces to demand an end to these atrocities. No human is illegal; no one deserves the treatment now imposed by our government for seeking asylum.

Funds will be raised at the event to support RAICES (Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services) in their mission to help separated families, detained families, unaccompanied minors and others who are seeking asylum in the United States.

Democratic socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez are calling for Medicare for All and a Green New Deal. Teachers from West Virginia to Oakland are striking for public education and winning, and tens of thousands of people across the country are getting involved in the project of building democratic socialism in the US. But what is democratic socialism?

Let’s talk about it.

If you’re a new DSA member or just curious about democratic socialism, come out to Democratic Socialism 101 and find out how to get involved in DSA’s fight for democratic control of the things that matter on the job and in your community and the things we all need to lead a dignified life.

Look for the DSA banner and red t-shirts!

Since the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign brought democratic socialism back into the mainstream, the Democratic Socialists of America went from about 6,000 members to 60,000 nationwide, making it the largest socialist organization in the US in more than 50 years.

Accessibility Information: Event is located in an outdoor park