Suds, Snacks, and Socialism at the Starry Plough

Please join us as we reconvene our forum series in person at our traditional gathering place. We will also be conducting the forum series simultaneously online.

Doors open at 2:00 pm. Please register in advance at
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Black History Month is a product of the struggle for African and African American liberation. The Haitian Revolution, which took place from 1791-1804, marked the beginning of liberation movements by and for African and all enslaved peoples in the Western Hemisphere. We will look back at this significant event, and its continuation as Haiti bears the brunt of capitalist domination.

The forum will include an update on the case of U.S. political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal.

Pierre Labossiere – Co-Founder of the Haiti Action Committee (HAC) and the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund (HERF)

Robert Roth – Co-Founder of the Haiti Action Committee

Gerald Smith – Co-Founder of the Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality (OGC) and an activist in the struggle to Free Mumia Abu Jamal

*Organizations listed for identification purposes only.

Please help us celebrate our return to the Starry Plough by ordering food and/or drinks. Please try to arrive early to place your order so that you do not miss any of the presentation. 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 Oakland Greens, Bay Area System Change Not Climate Change, and the Alameda County Peace and Freedom Party.
For more information email <info@sudssnackssocialism.org>

Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95452963262?pwd=Y2V6cHl4RjRlOE0wZTFWcktOaFZpdz09

An unprecedented, sustained, vibrant uprising of the people of Iran has unleashed the people’s spirits, minds, and dreams…
• What does it represent?
• How broad is the movement and what are its goals?
• What kind of regime is ruling in Iran and how did it come to power?
• Why are hundreds of peaceful protesters being killed on the streets, thousands arrested, tortured and subject to sham trials and executions?
• Who are the thousands of political prisoners in Iran’s prisons?
It’s urgent that people around the world, especially in the U.S. step up support for the uprising itself, and to oppose the repression of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
What can and should people of conscience here in the U.S. do to support the just struggle going on in Iran and stop the repression and free all political prisoners?
These and other questions will be addressed.

Presenters:
Live: Bay Area International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners (IEC) activist Plus other local IEC activist
On Zoom: Jamileh Davoudi: a women’s rights activist, leader of the Zanan Group in No. California which is a member of Collective Action of Independent Iranian Women Organizations. Producer and host of “Zanan, Niemeh Barabar” or “Women, the Equal Half” program in Radio Pooya for the past 7 years. She also contributes articles to “Pezhvak of Persia” monthly magazine.
And: Larry Everest: national spokesperson of the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners (IEC). Author of Oil Power and Empire, Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda.
Recent video selections from the struggle in Iran.

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library

The opinions expressed in our Sunday morning programs are those of the speakers only and do not represent any kind of group consensus by the members of ICSS. 


The Chancellor:  January 30, 2023 will mark the 90th anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s ascension to the Chancellorship of Weimar Germany.  Yet, Hitler did not take power, it was offered to him.  Little more than three years after the start of the Great Depression, President Paul von Hindenburg was able to exercise Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution; thereby circumventing representative government to appoint Chancellors to run the government to get Germany out of a worsening economic morass.  Three candidates were chosen, all three failed to reverse the declining fortunes of the Fatherland.

With investments from the United States drying up and with the Right and Left battling in the streets, prompted, of course, by a thirty-three percent unemployment rate, businessmen, bankers and the military urged the aging Hindenburg to appoint the man he little cared for, that vulgar little corporal from Austria, Adolf Hitler (who became a German citizen the year before in expectation of becoming Chancellor).  And this at a time of the Nazi Party’s loss of seats in Reichstag elections.  The Establishment of Germany would not, under any  circumstances, countenance a candidate from the Left at the helm of the German Government.  “We are hiring him,” seeing Hitler as a caretaker of Establishment expectations for Germany.  A decision that, twelve years later, would see to the Fatherland becoming a shambles.

Mark Albertson is the historical research editor at Army Aviation magazine in Monroe, Connecticut; and, is the historian for the Army Aviation Association of America.

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This Sunday at @TheNewParkway join @carroll_fife in a fireside chat with film director, Cheryl Fabio of “A Rising Tide”, the Sarah Webster Fabio Center's new doc about Alameda’s unhoused children and families. 12:30-2:30pm

RSVP at: https://t.co/HnjjjHfc2K pic.twitter.com/lvFai8BaJA

— care4community (@care4community1) February 2, 2023

Be the first to see clips of our new film, “A Rising Tide” with Oakland City Councilmember Carroll Fife and film director, Cheryl Fabio’s fireside chat.

“A Rising Tide” is SWFCenter’s new documentary about Alameda County unhoused children and families.

“It is in your hands, to make a better world

for all who live in it.”

-Nelson Mandela

*Proceeds from this event help fund film completion

Join us tomorrow 2/05 @omnicommons from 4-6pm for our biweekly reading of Frantz Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth! We are planning to finish chapter 2 for those who want to catch up! Newcomers are welcome and masks are required to be worn at all times. DM us for an online link! pic.twitter.com/yCvbNDxksD

— Community Liberation Programs (@comlibprograms) February 4, 2023

In an effort to show solidarity with Black women who cope in silence, several state and local women electeds will rally to support Black women leaders experiencing disproportionate threats and harassment on February 6 at 9:00 AM in front of City Hall #SupportBlackWomen pic.twitter.com/kLKwctFzDy

— Queef Girgo (@emily_wherever) February 2, 2023

Come join us to mourn and celebrate the life of #Justice4TyreNichols on Monday, 2/6 at 11:15 am (Oakland Tech – 45th and Broadway) for a Block Party Vigil. Free food, art, and music!❤️ pic.twitter.com/QfD8Hgt3hU

— CURYJ (@CURYJ) February 2, 2023

Don't miss our Forum on Feb 6th, come catch up on the plan for the San Francisco Public Bank!

Register at https://t.co/6ELkMeyx4L pic.twitter.com/eIIbH25Y6F

— SF Public Bank Coalition (@sfpublicbank) January 31, 2023

Register at http://bit.ly/sfpbc-forum

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This 90 minute workshop will equally emphasize factual evidence on hydrogen from Professor David Cebon, and strategic communications advice from a global communications group’s hydrogen specialist, to help provide the wider climate community with an understanding of hydrogen, topline key messages, and tools to navigate this complex topic.

As natural gas has increasingly become a politically divisive topic on the global stage, many of the world’s economies are desperately looking for ways to speed up the energy transition.  Oil and gas companies have reciprocated by latching on to the “hydrogen economy” as an exit route for their business in an environment where they are under pressure to evolve.

Through intensive political lobbying, hydrogen has shot to the forefront of the climate debate in the past few years.  Politicians are now touting hydrogen as a central piece needed to unlock the energy transition, allowing oil and gas companies a seat at decision-making tables and a silver bullet tactic to buffer out their net-zero plans.

But while hydrogen as a silver bullet solution to natural gas sounds alluring, what does the evidence actually tell us about its role in the energy transition? And how can we best organize as a global climate community to strategically communicate about this complicated subject?

AGENDA:

• Introductions and objectives of the session
• What is hydrogen?
• What role can (and should) hydrogen play in the energy transition?
• Why is hydrogen strategically important in the global energy transition, and what is the current media narrative?
• How can we, as climate activists, communicate about hydrogen?
• Opportunities, threats, and things to watch
• Breakout questions and group discussion

SPEAKERS:

• Professor David Cebon, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cambridge, England
• Kaliana French, Senior Strategic Communications Associate, Hydrogen, the Global Strategic Communications Council.

https://eff.org/EFA-2nd-Thu

Join us for a talk from EFF staff technologist Will Greenberg on Fog Data Science� a data broker which has been selling raw location data about individual people to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

You can get a head start on the topic by checking out our blog series on the topic here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/08/inside-fog-data-science-secretive-company-selling-mass-surveillance-local-police

A few weeks after Vallejo PD shot 55 rounds at Willie McCoy, his niece was pulled over by VPD, dragged out of the car, tased & arrested, by 2 of the cops who murdered Willie. There were no charges filed against her. On 2/9 we gather to remember Willie & renew calls for justice. pic.twitter.com/U8O5uaazEa

— Melissa Nold, Esq. (@savage_esquire) February 4, 2023

moderated by Dr. Maya Soetoro

Join us to learn from Medea Benjamin who will describe her work to stop wars and activism in the United States, Palestine, Yemen, Afghanistan, Cuba, North Korea and Iran. She will also share how college students can participate in these issues.

About Medea Benjamin

Medea Benjamin is an internationally recognized peace and human rights activist. She is the co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women For Peace. Both organizations have trained dozens of interns in challenging the US government’s war propensity and have enabled young activists to work in conflict areas to gain a better understanding of the effects of U.S. government policies including economic war through the use of sanctions. Medea is the author of 10 books including books on Drones, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Her latest book is “War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless War.”

About Dr. Maya Soetoro

Dr. Maya Soetoro is the Graduate Chair at the Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She was previously the Director of the Matsunaga Institute where, in addition to leading outreach and development initiatives, she also taught Leadership for Social Change, History of Peace Movements, Peace Education, and Conflict Management for Educators. Maya also serves as a consultant to the Obama Foundation, working closely with their international team to develop programming in the Pacific-Asia region.

Sponsor: Matsunaga Institute for Peace, Veterans For Peace-Hawaii Chapter, and Hawaii Peace and Justice

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-peace-activist-a-lifetime-of-peace-work-tickets-528391171217?aff=ebdsoporgprofile#search

Join the South Berkeley Legacy Project at its Neighborhood History Walking Tour for #BlackHistoryMonth, led by Tina Jones Williams!

Saturday, February 11
10 am – 12 pm

RSVP: 510-821-0821 or zach@twcmih.org pic.twitter.com/fFqiPmzWE0

— Terry Taplin🚰🏳️‍🌈🥑🌹🚲🚍✍️🏾 (@TaplinTerry) February 6, 2023