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Celebrating the release of First Class, which investigates the essential role that the postal system plays in American democracy.
Christopher W. Shaw and Ralph Nader (joining via telephone) to discuss
First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat by Christopher W. Shaw
published by City Lights Books
Moderated by Katherine Isaac. Ralph Nader will be joining us via telephone.
The fight over the future of the U.S. Postal Service is on. Political ideologues and corporate interests have long sought to remake the USPS from a public institution into a private business, and in 2020, during an election dependent on mail-in votes, the attacks escalated. This year, with mid-term elections fast approaching and the next presidential contest on the horizon, attempts to undermine the essential role of the USPS are gaining ground. Three states have already passed laws to limit voting by mail, with more poised to do the same. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy recently unveiled a “10-year plan” that openly promises slower delivery times, price hikes on postage, and reduced access to post offices, outlining the next stage of battle.
In First Class, Christopher Shaw provides an illuminating history of the U.S. Postal Service, exposing the various campaigns against it. He argues that current attacks have implications that go beyond the future of mail service, and will have grave consequences for American democracy if they are not stopped.
FRIDAY, DEC. 10, 10 AM – 3 PM, 2363A San Pablo Ave, Oakland: Serenity House will be hosting a free COVID vaccine event for all ages 5+. Hot meals & $50 gift cards available. All 3 vaccines available (including boosters). No appointment or ID required. pic.twitter.com/NiUYZSrE13
— Supervisor Keith Carson (@Keith_Carson) December 3, 2021
Join us for an Eviction-Free BBQ on Saturday, December 11 from 1-3 pm in the Panhandle! Join us on the corner of Fell and Baker Streets, meet some neighbors, get help with eviction protections and rent relief, and bring the fight against evictions into the new year! pic.twitter.com/AYVZaemxVB
— DSA San Francisco (@DSA_SF) December 6, 2021
Just back from Ukraine, where he is reporting for Moscow-based RT and making a documentary on Donbass, correspondent Don Courter will give an update on recent events in the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine
Our speaker, Don Courter, is a Moscow-based RT correspondent and host of The Revolution Report.
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Celebrate the Holiday Season with old friends and new. We’ll have good fun, yummy food, and open dialogue at the 2021 Annual Potluck Holiday Party. Please bring masks and proof of vaccination (or of a negative Covid test between 12/9 and 12/12). Note: Covid tests in North Oakland, at no charge to individuals, with a turnaround time of 24 hours, are available via: https://www.testthepeople.org/ We will also likely have an outdoor party in the first half of next year.
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Please bring a drink or dish of your choice to share!**See you there!**
(There will be no Green Sunday Program or Green County Council meeting in December. We’ll party instead. The next regular Green Sunday program will be the second Sunday in January, 2022, followed as usual by the Alameda Green Party County Council.)
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Those we trust to keep our community and all of
its members safe must answer when they fail to
do so. Ongoing oversight is good government.
The US Justice Department recently found
conditions in the Alameda county jail violate
constitutional rights and subject the 40% in
custody who need mental health services to
“unlawful harm.” Law suits are costing the county
millions. Our county sheriff’s department needs a
major transformation and ongoing oversight.
Assembly Bill 1185 provides for a community-based
Oversight Board and an Inspector General
with subpoena power to help supervise sheriff’s
departments and jails. This is an opportunity for
our community to gain accountability over an
extremely problematic and costly county service.
Community Advocates have a plan:
https://bit.ly/AB1185letter
District Town Halls on oversight of Sheriff
Monday, Dec.13 – 6-8pm – D5 Supervisor Carson – REGISTER
Tuesday, Dec.14 – 6-8pm – D1 & D2 – Supervisors Haubert & Valle – REGISTER
Wednesday, Dec.15 – 6-8pm – D3 & D4 – Supervisors Brown & Miley – REGISTER
Everyone is welcome at all Community Engagement zoom Meetings, but your voice will
be most effective at your own District meeting. For information on which District is yours:
Find Your District: https://www.acgov.org/ms/addresslookup/
Additional Information and a shareable link with all of the zoom meeting
information and suggestions to advocates for the most independent,
effective & representative oversight model, HERE: https://bit.ly/3F8Hr4J
Those we trust to keep our community and all of
its members safe must answer when they fail to
do so. Ongoing oversight is good government.
The US Justice Department recently found
conditions in the Alameda county jail violate
constitutional rights and subject the 40% in
custody who need mental health services to
“unlawful harm.” Law suits are costing the county
millions. Our county sheriff’s department needs a
major transformation and ongoing oversight.
Assembly Bill 1185 provides for a community-based
Oversight Board and an Inspector General
with subpoena power to help supervise sheriff’s
departments and jails. This is an opportunity for
our community to gain accountability over an
extremely problematic and costly county service.
Community Advocates have a plan:
https://bit.ly/AB1185letter
District Town Halls on oversight of Sheriff
Monday, Dec.13 – 6-8pm – D5 Supervisor Carson – REGISTER
Tuesday, Dec.14 – 6-8pm – D1 & D2 – Supervisors Haubert & Valle – REGISTER
Wednesday, Dec.15 – 6-8pm – D3 & D4 – Supervisors Brown & Miley – REGISTER
Everyone is welcome at all Community Engagement zoom Meetings, but your voice will
be most effective at your own District meeting. For information on which District is yours:
Find Your District: https://www.acgov.org/ms/addresslookup/
Additional Information and a shareable link with all of the zoom meeting
information and suggestions to advocates for the most independent,
effective & representative oversight model, HERE: https://bit.ly/3F8Hr4J
On Dec 15th, at 7:00 pm PST, renowned economist Michael Shuman and journalist Mark Sommer will join us to discuss the potential of “green baby bonds.”
During World War II the Roosevelt administration ran short of money to finance the war effort and turned to ordinary citizens to buy “war bonds” in denominations from $25 to $1,000, small enough to be affordable to every American adult. Half the U.S. population, 85 million Americans, bought Series E bonds, generating $185 billion in 1945 dollars. The same concept could generate trillions of dollars today to help cities meet urgent priorities for climate, solarization, affordable housing, and green infrastructure.
Here’s a recent Newsweek article where Shuman and Sommer discuss the potential of micro-bonds to self-finance a rapid build-out of microgrids, energy efficiency measures, and other resilience strategies across the country. Please join us in learning more about these bonds and how they could be integrated in our evolving concept of a public bank.
Michael H. Shuman is an economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur, and a leading visionary on community economics. He is the Director of Local Economy Programs for Neighborhood Associates Corporation, and an Adjunct Professor at Bard Business School in New York City. He is credited with being one of the architects of the 2012 JOBS Act and author of several books, most recently: Put Your Money Where Your Life Is: How to Invest Locally Using Self-Directed IRAs and Solo 401(k)s.
Mark Sommer is an award-winning public radio and print journalist specializing in energy and environmental issues. Since the 1970’s he has focused both his personal and professional life on advocating a rapid transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy. He was the founder and host of the international radio program, A World of Possibilities, and is the author of several books and hundreds of op-eds in major newspapers world-wide.
Donate to the East Bay Public Bank!
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If you would like to get involved, we have lots for you to do, including advocacy with local organizations, educational events like this one, social media, and more. Our next meeting is Tuesday, 12/14, at 7pm on Zoom. Email us for the Zoom invitation to that meeting. (That’s the night before the Green Baby Bonds event.)
Our viability study is in first draft and should be ready for public release early in the New Year. Another big step toward opening the bank doors!
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Together we will make change happen!
TODAY Thurday at 6pm, join the California Progressive Alliance to discuss the #OccupyWallStreet's impact on American politics over the past decade. Sign up to attend here: https://t.co/jYhUGyJXhB pic.twitter.com/NwP1BTEPt7
— Bay Area for Bernie (@BayArea4Bernie) December 16, 2021
Join DSA SF’s International Solidarity Organizing Committee for a panel on the high-level history of Haiti from the 1804 revolution to the present day, the current situation in Haiti, the role of US imperialism historically and present day, and the current popular resistance in Haiti and in the belly of the beast.
Speakers:
Dr. Jemima Pierre is a Haitian-born activist, writer, and scholar. She is the coordinator of the Haiti/Americas committee of the Black Alliance for Peace and an editor and contributor to the Black Agenda Report. She is also an Associate Professor in African American Studies at UCLA, Jemima spoke at a DSA IC Haiti Webinar in March.
Dr. Mamyrah Dougé-Prosper is a Haitian-born activist, writer, and scholar. She is the International Coordinator for the Pan-African Solidarity Network with Community Movement Builders in the United States. Prosper is a founding member of the Black Radical, a multi-lingual Pan-African media. She is also an Assistant Professor of Global and International Studies at UC Irvine.
Jafrikayiti, also known as Jean Saint-Vil is an author, radio show host and activist. With the Canada Haitian Action Network, Solidarité Québec Haiti and others, Jafrikayiti calls on Canada and the rest of the Core Group of influential foreign powers in Haiti to stop interfering in the governance of his native land. He calls for immediate dismantling of the imperialist Core Group, so that Haitian people can build their own country on their own terms. You can find out more about him and his work at jafrikayiti.com.
Sponsored by the DSA International Committee
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— Dave Id (@DaveId) January 1, 2022
January 6 was a violent and deadly attack against all Americans – against our country, our democracy, and our freedom as voters to choose the leaders that represent us so that we have a government of, by, and for the people.
One year later, the same faction that attacked our country on January 6th is hard at work silencing our voices by restricting our freedom to vote, attacking fair voting districts, and quietly preparing future attempts to sabotage free and fair elections and with it our democracy.
So this January 6, exactly one year later, Americans across race, place, party, and background are holding candlelight vigils to say: In America, the voters decide the outcome of elections.
The promise of democracy is not a partisan issue but a calling that unites us as Americans. To prevent this kind of attack from happening again, our elected leaders must pass urgent voter rights legislation that will protect this country from anti-democratic forces who are continuing their efforts to destroy it.
Coming together, we can prevent another January 6th attack and realize the promise of democracy for all of us – no matter our color, zip code, or income – so we all have an equal say in the decisions that shape our daily lives and futures.
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Political polarization in the United States is playing out in public school governance, policies, and curricula, as well as in political rhetoric around public education. From vaccine and mask mandates to ethnic studies, race and class battle lines abound. Our speakers will talk about the impending San Francisco School Board recall election, the recent Virginia governors’ race and other topics to illustrate how public education is serving as a staging area for system-wide conflict.
Our speakers will be:
Scott McLemee � Intellectual Affairs columnist ffor Inside Higher Ed.
Jack Gerson � retired Oakland public schoool teacher and former Oakland Education Association executive board and bargaining team member.
Nathalie Hrizi � bilingual librarian/teacheer with SFUSD for 15 years and on the UESF Executive Board for 3 years, currently VP for Substitutes, and Peace and Freedom Party candidate for Insurance Commissioner.
Our meeting host will be:
Marsha Feinland � retired teacher and activist in the Alameda Education Association, and member of the Peace and Freedom Party.
*Organizations listed for identification purposes only.
This event is sponsored by the Oakland Greens, Bay Area System Change Not Climate Change, and the Alameda County Peace and Freedom Party.
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For December, 2021 we’re reading the first half of “Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives” by Heller & Saltzman. Amazon., Powells.
For January, 2022 we’re reading the second half.
Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included Doughnut Economics, Limits, Banking on the People, Capital and Its Discontents, How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century, The Deficit Myth, Revenge Capitalism, the Edge of Chaos blog symposium , Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons, The Optimist’s Telescope, Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism, Exploring Degrowth,
and The Origin of Wealth.
Why is Right Wing Nationalism-Populism on rise in the World today? Is Fascism knocking at the door?
This will be an open discussion focusing on these questions. We have asked a few of our members to prepare brief introductory comments to start the discussion. Anyone who wants to volunteer to prepare a brief, approximately 5-8 minute presentation, please email Gene at cuyleruyle@mac.com by midnight on Friday. so we can plan accordingly.
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Ways to help Palestinians:
1) Sign the following:
https://ampalestine.salsalabs.org/sanctionisrael/index.html
https://www.gazaunlocked.org/act2019MELPA
http://nwttac.dci-palestine.org/petition_end_solitary_confinement?recruiter_id=219146
2) Call your US House Representative (202-225-3121) and tell them to cosponsor HR2590, The Palestinian Children & Families Act, so that Israel cannot use US funds to imprison and torture Palestinian children.
3) Learn more about Palestine at:
– American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)
– US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR)
– Rebuilding Alliance
– Adalah Justice Project
– Eyewitness Palestine
– Grassroots Al-Quds
– BDS Movement
– Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
– Palestinian American Medical Association (PAMA)
– We Are Not Numbers
– teachpalestine.org
– decolonizepalestine.com
– gazaincontext.com
– palambassador.org
– palestinianyouthmovement.com/sheikh-jarrah
– https://www.gazaunlocked.org/
– https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/PalestineRemix/
4) Read the following books:
– Palestine…it is something colonial by Dr. Hatem Bazian
– Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History by Nur Masalha
5) Watch the following films:
– “Gaza Fights for Freedom” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnZSaKYmP2s
– “1948: Creation & Catastrophe” at https://www.1948movie.com/
– “The Price of Oslo”
Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ism-ctaSbw0
Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgFWEVQTeHM
6) Boycott HP, PUMA, General Mills, Pillsbury, Sabra, SodaStream, ZARA, AHAVA, and Airbnb
Sheriff Forum
Join Indivisible Livermore and Indivisible East Bay for the first 2022 Alameda County Sheriff Candidate Forum! The forum will take place on Sunday, January 9th, 2022 at 1:30PM – RSVP here. All three candidates (Gregory Ahern, Yesenia Sanchez, and JoAnn Walker) will answer questions about their platforms and how they’ll address the issues facing Alameda County. Don’t miss the first candidate forum in this critical race.
Green Sunday: The History and Future of the Green Party — with Laura Wells & Greg Jan!
This month marks the 30th anniversary of the Green Party in California — please join us to discuss our history and our future — both locally, statewide, and nationally! We’ll briefly review the events which led to us receiving official statewide recognition on January 21, 1992, starting with the inspiration of European Greens being elected to their national legislatures in the early 1980’s, the publication of the book “Green Politics” by Charlene Spretnak and Fritjof Capra in 1984, and the creation of the “Green Committees of Correspondence” and state and local Green groups from the mid-1980’s onward — eventually leading to the first U.S. Green state political parties in the early 1990’s.
Then we’ll look at successes and failures of the Green Party in the U.S., California and locally since then, from Dona Spring being elected to the Berkeley City Council in 1992, our first statewide campaign in 1994, and Ralph Nader’s several Presidential campaigns starting in 1996. We ran our first full slate of candidates for California offices in 2002, and this year we are running an historic “Left Unity Slate” including Peace and Freedom Party candidates.
We will devote a significant portion of the time to envisioning and discussing our future! Given the ongoing economic hardships which are assaulting most people, continued racial and gender oppression, worsening environmental disasters, and a host of other failures facilitated by the ruling “Demopublicans”, what is the best way the Green Party can serve in 2022, and beyond? We look forward to you joining us on Sunday night, to discuss our history and our future!
Greg Jan has been involved with the Greens since 1985, including the “Greening the West” gathering, and assisting with the founding of our state party from 1989 to 1992. He’s worked on many election campaigns since then, at local, state, and national levels, and has helped with administrative and coordinating work with his local County Council, its Voter Guide, and with some state party activities.
Outside of the Greens, he’s volunteered with peace groups, helped to coordinate several Berkeley Earth Day events, worked at the county food bank, and was on the Board of Oakland’s Ohana Asian Cultural Center.
He currently serves on our state party’s Statewide Candidates Subcommittee, and was recently elected to the state party’s Coordinating Committee,
Laura Wells has been a Green since 1992 when the Green Party first became ballot-qualified in California. She has run for the offices of state Controller and Governor (2010), and as a Congressional candidate in 2018. She lives in Oakland.
Laura has been an active internal Green Party organizer, and is currently a member of the GPCA state Coordinating Committee. She advocates for the multi-party necessity of proportional representation.
For 2022, Laura again will be running for State Controller and her platform is to Tax the Rich, institute Public Banking at the state and local levels, establish a single-payer (or better) healthcare plan, and end fracking and other wasteful water policies.
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The political education committee presents a 3 part series on Jacobin’s the ABCs of Capitalism! The three parts are Understanding Capitalism, Capitalism, and the State, and finally Capitalism and Class Struggle.
Join us to discuss these fundamental questions, and get to know your comrades in person!
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TOMORROW: Join us for Guantánamo, Off the Record, to mark the 20th anniversary of the prison’s opening with candid reflections on our work‒the victories, the losses, and everything in between. With @aliya_hana @katherga1 @jwellsdixon @VinceWarren
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