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Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!!
Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue
on all sides of these critically important issues!
OccupyForum presentsAll Power to the People:
The Black Panther Party and Beyond
A documentary film by Lee Lou Lee on racism,
the Panthers, and the Indigenous Peoples’ Movement
Globally acclaimed as being the most accurate depiction of the goals, aspirations, and ultimate repression of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, All Power to the People! is a gripping, timeless news documentary.
Protest at the Sierra Club on Tuesday, August 25, at 4pm, at 2530 San Pablo Ave (near Dwight), in Berkeley, California.
If you want to help us stop the deforestation and poisoning of the East Bay Hills, please join the organizing and discussion list of the Coalition to Defend East Bay Forests: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/eastbayhills
- Over the past 15 years, tens of thousands of trees have been destroyed on public lands in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now hundreds of thousands of trees in the East Bay are in jeopardy of being destroyed by a FEMA grant to three public land managers. The Bay Area Chapter of the Sierra Club has actively supported all of these projects and now it has sued FEMA to demand the destruction of 100% of all “non-native” trees.
- These projects have already used hundreds of gallons of herbicide to prevent the trees from resprouting and to kill the weeds that grow when the shade of the canopy is destroyed. Now, the FEMA project intends to use thousands of gallons of herbicide for the same purpose. These herbicides (glyphosate, triclopyr, imazapyr) are known to be harmful to wildlife, pets, and humans.
- This environmental disaster will release tons of carbon into the atmosphere, thereby contributing to climate change. It will destroy valuable habitat for wildlife, introduce poisons into our watershed, cause erosion, and eliminate our windbreak. We call on the national leadership of the Sierra Club to prevent the active participation of the Bay Area Chapter of the Sierra Club in this environmental disaster.
The El Cerrito Democratic Club will host a talk by Sean Donahoe on “Cannabis Policy Reform in California.”
Donahoe is a cannabis policy reform advocate and owner of Operative Campaigns LLC.
Donahoe is an Oakland resident who co-founded the California Cannabis Industry Association in early 2013 after years of political consulting. He “is regularly in the Capitol or traveling around the state, speaking with activists and electeds while organizing this industry with an activist mindset. In addition to his work with CCIA, he helped write the United Food and Commercial Workers national organizing plan for the cannabis industry, served on the executive board of the Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform, created several political action committees, and advised several local ballot measure committees last year. He currently serves on the City of Oakland’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission and has a monthly political article in Culture magazine.”
The meeting is open to the public.
The meeting starts with a 6 p.m. social time, followed by club announcements before the talk by Donahoe at 6:30 p.m.
Join the TGI Justice Project (TGIJP) and Black Lives Matter Bay Area at 6 pm tomorrow (Tuesday, 8/25) at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco as we come together in response to the #BlackTransLiberationTuesd
17 trans women of color have been killed in 2015. The average life expectancy of a Black trans woman is 35 years. We are in a state of emergency and the time to speak our grief, rage and love to power is now!
Please also take a few minutes to read this article on just some of the ways we can all help show up for trans* women of color and their survival.
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#BayArea tomorrow go 2 @TheNewParkway Karma Cinema in Uptown Oakland. 20% proceeds will go 2 Critical Resistance! Every Wednesday in August.
— Critical Resistance (@C_Resistance) August 11, 2015
Here’s what’s playing and at what times.
Every Wednesday, you pay what you want for your movie ticket. At the end of the month, we donate 20% of all Karma Cinema ticket sales to our monthly Karma Cinema partner, a local organization that benefits Oakland communities.
Karma Cinema is an example of our efforts to make going to the movies accessible for people of all means, as well as giving an opportunity for those who can afford to give back to do so.
No War With Iran” National Day of Action in Oakland
Where: Rep. Barbara Lee’s office (in Oakland)
What: Help keep America out of another war by joining MoveOn members and other anti-war activists at one of more than 175 events across the country, sending a unified message: No War With Iran. Join us outside the office of Representative Barbara Lee to deliver pro-diplomacy petitions and help make sure Congress supports the diplomatic deal that will prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons?
Please Come & Invite Your Friends to Special BOARD MEETING.
Background article on Berkeleyside.
YOUR presence this coming WEDS Aug 26 at 5:30 pm is
ESSENTIAL. Please plan to come and CONTACT your friends, family, neighbors to come, too!
The Board will hear public comment before discussing the performance of the library director (in closed session).
Our freedom of, and access to, information, cultural heritage and history continue to be at stake as members of the Board of Library Trustees
continue to support the director’s actions. Hard to believe, but true. They see our facts as “wild claims” and “misinformation.” They see 2
managers with a budget to buy books from one jobber (along with 4 librarians with a small “allowance”) as just as good as 34 people being
able to thoughtfully buy books from independent publishers. The Vice-Chair feels all those books needed to be tossed!
The Board continues to support its director–despite clear evidence of waste, fraud, and abuse. Change WILL come only if LARGE numbers of us show up to the meeting and speak our minds. See you on Weds at 5:30pm on the steps of Central Library (Kittredge and Shattuck).
MANY, Many THANKS!!!
Women Organized to Resist and Defend (WORD) invites you to speak out against the attacks on women’s healthcare & reproductive rights. Planned Parenthood is again facing attacks that would strip it of federal funding. This not only takes away a woman’s right to choose & have control over her own body, but is a direct assault on women’s health. These bigoted attacks are potentially dangerous to women’s health, & women’s rights as a whole. Planned Parenthood is an important resource for women’s health, not only for its reproductive services, but also for many other health issues & preventative care for women and their partners. The majority of Planned Parenthood’s services goes to providing affordable health care for poor women & their families. Their cancer screening & prevention services are crucial to poor families. We say enough! We demand affordable healthcare & the right to choose for ourselves!
BERKELEY ORGANIZING CONGREGATIONS FOR ACTION
– Unlocking the Power of People.
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ACLU & NAACP Panel Discussion
“Why the new ‘Fair and Impartial’ Police Policy
is important for Berkeley”
Dinner Provided
Public Invited – No Charge
One year after police murdered Michael Brown and rebellions shook cities across this country, candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties are flocking to the presidential race. What do the elections have to do with the Black Lives Matter movement? What about Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump? What role should revolutionaries and anti-racist forces play in this election?
Join the discussion.
Hear John Parker, West Coast leader of Workers World Party, a member of the National Committee of Workers World Party and its presidential candidate in 2004. He works in Los Angeles organizing to build a unified movement against police terror, war, and against racism and homophobia and for worker and immigrant rights. He witnessed and investigated U.S. war crimes against the people of Iraq, Syria, Haiti and Sudan and here in the U.S. against the people of Ferguson, Baltimore and Los Angeles.
Currently Parker has written and is the main proponent of a ballot initiative for the City of Los Angeles requiring a $15 minimum wage that would take effect immediately upon voter approval.
Hear Clarence Thomas, former Secretary/Treasurer ILWU, Local 10 and Co-Chair Million Worker March. Thomas was one of the organizers of the Million Worker March, convened in Washington, D.C. less than a month before the 2004 presidential elections. Organizers called for universal health care, a national living wage, guaranteed pensions for all working people, an end to the outsourcing of jobs overseas, a repeal of the Patriot Act, increased funding for public education, free mass transit in every city, a reduction of the military budget and cancellation of pro-corporation pacts. The union bureaucracy accused the organizers of diverting energy from support for the Democratic Party in the elections. See “Election validates premise of Million Worker March” By Larry Holmeshttp://www.workers.org/ww/
On October 23, 2010, Thomas, as part of the ILWU Local 10 Executive Board, helped to lead the ILWU in shutting down all Bay Area ports to support justice for Oscar Grant. https://www.indybay.org/
Most recently, he supported Local 10’s May Day shutdown of the Port of Oakland to demand justice for Walter Scott and an end to police terror.http://www.workers.org/
Wheelchair accessible * Refreshments served * For more information call (510) 600-5800
Horrible/Adorable
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Dark Beach
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Remember When We Trashed the Golf Course
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Ghost Note Ensemble
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Proceeds benefit Bay Area Anti Repression Committee
The Bay Area Anti Repression Anti Repression Committee (BAARC) stands against political repression and is in solidarity with all those who challenge the state, capitalism and other forms of systemic oppression and domination. They provide support for actions that are anti-patriarchal, anti-racist, anti-imperialist & anti-capitalist. Proceeds with go to the anti-repression bail fund for those who are arrested at actions and do not have the resources to bail or bond themselves. They also do court support. We need to have each other’s backs as the Bay Area continues to rise up, and the state attempts to intimidate through police, courts and jails.
An All Ages DIY, Volunteer Run, 501(c)(3) Nonprofit, Music & Art Community Spac
A crucial community Berkeley conversation, sponsored by the NAACP and other organizations, that everyone should try to attend. The struggle for racial justice, for African Americans in particular, is one that must be engaged seriously by government bodies on all levels.
Out of Oakland comes a very positive initiative: a Department of Race and Equity, unanimously approved by the City Council.
It’s true that the meaningful social change has always come from the efforts of grassroots community actions. But local governments must also work for equality for marginalized communities. The NAACP and others are calling for a Berkeley department on race and equity similar to Oakland’s. Come join the conversation on Saturday on how to hold our government accountable for continuing racial injustice.
SPEAKERS – COMMUNITY CONVERSATION – ACTION
**City of Oakland Councilmember Desley Brooks**
**Black Lives Matter Panel Discussion**
Feed The People!
The last Sunday of every month attendees of the OO GA get together a little earlier than usual, at 2 PM (3 PM during DST) to share some food with each other and the community. There should be a table, utensils/plates, meat and veggie entrees and whatnot, courtesy of the Kitchen Committee (such at he is), so just bring yourself, or something to share as well if you’d like.
The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 3 PM at the Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway in the amphitheater. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 3:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. During the warmer months we meet at 4 PM at the plaza.
The OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for more than five years! Our General Assembly is a participatory gathering of Oakland community members and beyond, where everyone who shows up is treated equally . Our Assembly and the process we have collectively cultivated strives to reach agreement while building community.
At the GA committees, caucuses, and loosely associated groups whose representatives come voluntarily report on past and future actions, with discussion. If you like, just come and hear all the organizing being done! Occupy Oakland encourages political activity that is decentralized and welcomes diverse voices and actions into the movement.
General Assembly Standard Agenda
- Welcome & Introductions
- Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
- Announcements
- (Optional) Discussion Topic
Occupy Oakland activities and contact info for some Bay Area Groups with past or present Occupy Oakland members.
Occupy Oakland Web Committee: (web@occupyoakland.org)
Occupy Oakland Kitchen Committee: (kitchen@occupyoakland.org)
Strike Debt Bay Area : strikedebtbayarea.tumblr.com
Berkeley Post Office Defenders:http://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/
Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice:https://www.facebook.com/ABC4JUSTICE
Oakland Privacy Working Group:https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/
Bay Area AntiRepression: antirepression@occupyoakland.org
Biblioteca Popular: http://tinyurl.com/mdlzshy
Interfaith Tent: www.facebook.com/InterfaithTent
Port Truckers Solidarity: oaklandporttruckers.wordpress.com
Bay Area Intifada: bayareaintifada.wordpress.com
Transport Workers Solidarity: www.transportworkers.org
Fresh Juice Party (aka Chalkupy) freshjuiceparty.com/chalkupy-gallery
Sudo Room: https://sudoroom.org
Omni Collective: https://omnicommons.org/
First They Came for the Homeless: https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-they-came-for-the-homeless/253882908111999
Sunflower Alliance: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/
Bay Area Public School: http://thepublicschool.org/bay-area
San Francisco based groups:
Occupy Bay Area United: www.obau.org
Occupy Forum: (see OBAU above)
San Francisco Projection Department: http://tinyurl.com/kpvb3rv
Individual consultation with attorneys, info about new Drivers Licenses requirements, DACA & Citizenship process applications, U VISA, and Prop 47 reclassification. Free rap sheets for the first 50 individuals. Alameda County Public Defender’s office representatives will be present to assist. En Espanol.
Sponsored by: Oakland Community Organizations (OCO), Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC), Centro Legal De La Raza (CLDLR) and Catholic Charities East Bay.
It has been more than 6 months and not one official police report on Yuvette’s killing has been made public. We have seen this type of delaying tactic before when police kill and we won’t stand for it — Yuvette’s life mattered. The Alameda coroner is unnecessarily withholding the autopsy results of Yuvette’s death, which is key to the family’s ongoing fight for answers and accountability.
PLEASE RSVP: This Sunday, join Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) and SURJ – Bay Area (Showing Up for Racial Justice) in door knocking and handing out flyers asking Emeryville residents to stand with Yuvette and attend this week’s city council meeting.
On Tuesday, the Emeryville City Council is holding a meeting with time for public comment. We need as many people as possible to show up and demand the city council urge the coroner to release the autopsy report. If enough people show up we have a chance at winning this important step on the road towards justice for Yuvette.
SIGN UP for the city council action here: https://www.facebook.com/
This canvass and the city council action is part of an ongoing campaign to demilitarize the Emeryville police department and hold those responsible for Yuvette’s murder accountable.
Stop by and pick up farm produce.
Farm Stand 3:00 – 5:00 pm at San Pablo Gate
Information, discussion, community! Monday Night Forum!!
Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue
on all sides of these critically important issues!
Historical context, response, and vision for the future
On July 13, Sandra Bland became the latest casualty in the war on black lives and bodies. Pulled over for the minor infraction of changing lanes without signaling, Sandra Bland was brutalized, arrested, and three days later found dead in her Texas jail cell. Her arrest and death has sparked national outcry for answers after police reported that Bland committed suicide.
OccupyForum will bring together activists working to address the racism and brutality that continues to tear apart our society. We will hear from Open Circle and the Idriss Stelley Foundation (including Mesha Irizarry), ground zero for families who have suffered a death at the hands of police; The Anti-Police Terror Project committed to ending state sanctioned murder of Black, Brown & Poor People; and CODEPINK which helped amplify the voices of mothers who have lost their children to police brutality. We will also have a representative from the Oscar Grant Committee in Oakland and a historians to situate state/police repression in America.� We will be attempting to contextualize the Sandra Bland case, and talk about the vision ahead to move from protest to the broadest movement to stop the murder of African Americans on the systemic level.
Mesha Irizarry: (whose son was killed in 2002 by police) Idriss Stelly Foundation
Antoinette Gaggero: Open Circle: Addresssing Police Terror and Systemic Oppression
Jeremy Miller: Idriss Stelly Foundation
Dr. James Garrett, Historian
Nancy Mancias: CODEPINK
Cat Brooks: Anti-Police Terror Project
Francis (Civil Rights Singer)
Facilitated by: Gerald Smith, Black history scholar, longtime member of the Black Panther Party, and the Oscar Grant Committee (Investigating Cases of Police Brutality)
LINKS:
Anti Police Terror Project Cat Brooks: https://vimeo.com/124791337
http://www.bet.com/news/national/photos/2015/07/everything-you-need-to-know-about-sandra-bland.html#!072115-national-Sandra-Bland-prison-death-case-2
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/07/22/what-cops-are-saying-about-the-sandra-bland-video/ (this has a video of the arrest)
http://yourblackworld.net/2015/07/21/third-woman-who-police-claim-committed–suicide-while-in-police-custody/
https://localwiki.org/oakland/Oscar_Grant
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/23/us/sandra-bland-arrest-death-main/index.html
ON TWITTER: #sandyspeaks, #sandystillspeaks, #sandrabland, #sandrablandmurder, #sayhername
Injured workers have been under a vicious corporate insurance attack in California that has prevented them from getting their injuries taken care of in a timely fashion. Governor Brown and his supporters have set up an obstacle course called Independent Medical Reviews that stall getting injuries treated. Workers then have to fight to get medication to deal with the pain that injured workers have. Doctors who subscribe opiates are then blamed for a rise in addiction among California injured workers.
The rise of opiate addiction among injured workers is a direct result of Governor Brown/DIR Director Christine Baker’s SB 863 which prevents workers from getting their injuries taken care of promptly and the use of corrupt companies like Maximus to use anonymous doctors to make medical determinations. Governor Brown and DIR director Christine Baker gave a $40 million no bid contract to Maximus to contract out state work on making determinations on care for California injured workers.
Come to this hearing and speak out about the corruption and failure of the state to take care of injured workers and blaming doctors for oversubscribing opiates because the insurance controlled Governor Brown, the CHSWC and DIR Director Christine Baker are representing the bosses and insurance companies rather than injured workers.
In anticipation of a major development in one of the most significant cases brought by prisoners in the struggle against solitary confinement, Ashker v. Brown, activists, prisoners’ family members and loved ones, and prisoner advocates will be holding a press conference and rally.
Come out and support those struggling against solitary confinement.
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