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We need volunteers to assist the detainees with their paperwork BEFORE WEST COUNTY closes for ICE detainees and they are forced to go to some facility somewhere else in the country, probably away from their families.
If you feel ready to take on this important role you’ll need to be trained – it’s a two hour training with Rebecca Merton from Freedom for Immigrants.
Restorative Justice for Oakland and the North Oakland Restorative Justice Council is offering free restorative justice trainings for community members wh want to help creae a restorative North Oakland.
If you are interested in attending one of the trainings, please email us your name, your desired training date and we will reply.
rjoytrainings@rjoyoakland.org
Oakland needs a public bank!
The future Public Bank of Oakland will save our city millions of dollars in bank fees and interest charges. And it will earn millions more every year! It’s the best way to divest from Wall Street and keep our money in Oakland to benefit our community, not private banks’ shareholders. All around the country, the movement for state and municipal public banks is growing rapidly. To find out how public banking works, visit
friendsofpublicbankofoakland.org and publicbanking.org.
What’s happening now with Public Bank of Oakland?
Global Investment Company, the group doing the PBO feasibility study, has turned in their report to the City of Oakland staff and to staff in Richmond, Berkeley, and the County of Alameda, which all contributed funds for the study. The study will be presented to the Oakland City Council finance committee on September 11. We want the committee to accept the study, and recommend to the full Council that it direct staff to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the business plan.
What can I do?
Call City Council–especially the finance committee members! Say that you support public banking and you want to see the business plan RFP issued as soon as possible. In this election year our voices are especially strong. When you call the councilmember who represents your district, be sure to mention you’re a constituent.
District 1: *Dan Kalb 510-238-7001
District 2: *Abel Guillén 510-238-7002
District 3: Lynette Gibson McElhaney 510-238-7003
District 4: *Annie Campbell Washington 510-238-7004
District 5: *Noel Gallo 510-238-7005
District 6: Desley Brooks 510-238-7006
District 7: Larry Reid 510-238-7007
At-large: Rebecca Kaplan 510-238-7008
*Finance committee member
Oakland needs a public bank!
The future Public Bank of Oakland will save our city millions of dollars in bank fees and interest charges. And it will earn millions more every year! It’s the best way to divest from Wall Street and keep our money in Oakland to benefit our community, not private banks’ shareholders. All around the country, the movement for state and municipal public banks is growing rapidly. To find out how public banking works, visit
friendsofpublicbankofoakland.org and publicbanking.org.
What’s happening now with Public Bank of Oakland?
Global Investment Company, the group doing the PBO feasibility study, has turned in their report to the City of Oakland staff and to staff in Richmond, Berkeley, and the County of Alameda, which all contributed funds for the study. The study will be presented to the Oakland City Council finance committee on September 11. We want the committee to accept the study, and recommend to the full Council that it direct staff to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the business plan.
What can I do?
Call City Council–especially the finance committee members! Say that you support public banking and you want to see the business plan RFP issued as soon as possible. In this election year our voices are especially strong. When you call the councilmember who represents your district, be sure to mention you’re a constituent.
District 1: *Dan Kalb 510-238-7001
District 2: *Abel Guillén 510-238-7002
District 3: Lynette Gibson McElhaney 510-238-7003
District 4: *Annie Campbell Washington 510-238-7004
District 5: *Noel Gallo 510-238-7005
District 6: Desley Brooks 510-238-7006
District 7: Larry Reid 510-238-7007
At-large: Rebecca Kaplan 510-238-7008
*Finance committee member
Oakland needs a public bank!
The future Public Bank of Oakland will save our city millions of dollars in bank fees and interest charges. And it will earn millions more every year! It’s the best way to divest from Wall Street and keep our money in Oakland to benefit our community, not private banks’ shareholders. All around the country, the movement for state and municipal public banks is growing rapidly. To find out how public banking works, visit
friendsofpublicbankofoakland.org and publicbanking.org.
What’s happening now with Public Bank of Oakland?
Global Investment Company, the group doing the PBO feasibility study, has turned in their report to the City of Oakland staff and to staff in Richmond, Berkeley, and the County of Alameda, which all contributed funds for the study. The study will be presented to the Oakland City Council finance committee on September 11. We want the committee to accept the study, and recommend to the full Council that it direct staff to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the business plan.
What can I do?
Call City Council–especially the finance committee members! Say that you support public banking and you want to see the business plan RFP issued as soon as possible. In this election year our voices are especially strong. When you call the councilmember who represents your district, be sure to mention you’re a constituent.
District 1: *Dan Kalb 510-238-7001
District 2: *Abel Guillén 510-238-7002
District 3: Lynette Gibson McElhaney 510-238-7003
District 4: *Annie Campbell Washington 510-238-7004
District 5: *Noel Gallo 510-238-7005
District 6: Desley Brooks 510-238-7006
District 7: Larry Reid 510-238-7007
At-large: Rebecca Kaplan 510-238-7008
*Finance committee member
The It Takes Roots-hosted Solidarity to Solutions Summit is a popular assembly for all progressive social movements to gather, discuss and debate the critical strategies, solutions and proposals for collective action that will tackle the root, systemic causes of capitalism and climate change.
The gathering aims to critically examine the neo-liberal, corporate agenda of the Global Climate Action Summit and highlight the democratic, grassroots solutions being cultivated by Indigenous communities, communities of color and working class peoples around the world.
This assembly is built on the shared belief that to successfully tackle these intertwined crises, we need to take action in solidarity with the self-determination of communities on the frontlines of ecological and economic collapse. This means following their leadership in replacing the dig, burn, drive, dump systems that are destroying the planet with localized systems of caring and sharing being cultivated by those same communities.
It Takes Roots is a multiracial, multicultural, multi-generational alliance of networks and alliances representing over 200 organizations and affiliates in over 50 states, provinces, territories and Native lands in the U.S. and Canada, and is led by women, gender nonconforming people, people of color, and Indigenous Peoples. It is an outcome of years of organizing and relationship building across the Climate Justice Alliance (CJA), Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ), Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), and Right to the City Alliance (RTC) alongside Center for Story-based Strategy and The Ruckus Society.
Sol2Sol Schedule of Events
- Saturday, September 8, 10am: Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice March, Embarcadero, San Francisco
- Sunday, September 9: 8am Traditional Ohlone Ceremony and Welcome at the Shellmounds. Community Solutions Tours, Art Builds & Action training, Bay Area
- September 10, 8am: Mass action Against Climate Change Profiteers at Parc 55 Hotel, 55 Cyril Magnin St, San Francisco
- Tuesday, September 11: It Takes Roots Solidarity to Solutions Summit at La Raza Park, San Francisco
- Thursday, September 13, 7am: Mass Action at the Global Climate Action Summit at 736 Mission St, San Francisco
Waffles & Zapatismo is a free space for learning about and discussing the history, ideas, values and practices of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, EZLN or Zapatistas. We serve waffles at the start of the class to those who want them.
The financial crisis that erupted a decade ago in the U.S. subprime mortgage market has had immense political and economic ramifications. Ten years after the bail out, the austerity imposed by capitalists and their politicians has made increasing inequality and hardship the norm. The classical meaning of crisis is turning point. Did the crisis mark the decline of the established political consensus? Did it contribute to the rise of Trump one hand and the DSA on the other? How should democratic socialists organize knowing there’s always a next crisis with capitalism? Find out the answers to these questions and many more at the next installment of Night School.
Required Readings
See the readings that we’ll be discussing after a brief introduction from our members.
Join us for three days of presentations and discussions to help us understand our current conditions and the problems we face under capitalism. Most importantly, we will talk about the kind of organizing necessary in order to change these conditions and create the kind of society that we need.
Friday 10/12
6:30pm-9:00pm
Attica – a documentary film by Cinda Firestone
This film documents the events that began on September 9, 1971 when inmates at Attica State Prison seized the prison for four days after months of protesting inhumane conditions. The uprising resulted in the death of 43 people after state troopers were called in to put down the rebellion.
Saturday 10/13
10:30am-12:30pm
The Crisis of Civilization and How to Resolve It: An Introduction to Ecocentric Socialism
Kamran Nayeri is the publisher and editor of “Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism”. Political Economist emeritus, UC Berkeley
1:30pm-3:00pm
The Middle East in the Era of Trump
Prof. As’ad AbuKhalil, Professor of Political Science at CSU Stanislaus and author of Saudi Arabia and the U.S.
3:30pm-5:00pm
The “Gig Economy”: A New Form of Servitude for the Working Class?
Keally McBride is a Professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco. She teaches and publishes on a wide variety of topics, including punishment, law, decolonization, revolutions and political economy.
6:30pm-8:00pm
France: In The Streets, Workplaces, Universities, Schools & Hospitals
Gilles Kobry, an activist in the French Trotskyist group, Fraction L’Etincelle, will discuss the recent struggles against the Macron government’s enforcement of the Labor Law in France, as well as attacks on access to public education and the challenges facing the workers in France and throughout Europe.
Sunday 10/14
2:00pm-3:30pm
Sports And Capitalism – How Sports are Used to Squeeze Public Money for Private Profit
Jules Boykoff, former professional soccer player, currently teaches political science at Pacific University in Oregon. Co-sponsored by the Anthropology and Social Change department at California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
4:00pm-5:30pm
The Challenges We Face Today – Short-Term Mobilizing or Organizing for Real Social Change
A presentation by Speak Out Now (Revolutionary Workers Group) activists, followed by discussion and time to socialize. Refreshments and snacks provided.
Join us for three days of presentations and discussions to help us understand our current conditions and the problems we face under capitalism. Most importantly, we will talk about the kind of organizing necessary in order to change these conditions and create the kind of society that we need.
Friday 10/12
6:30pm-9:00pm
Attica – a documentary film by Cinda Firestone
This film documents the events that began on September 9, 1971 when inmates at Attica State Prison seized the prison for four days after months of protesting inhumane conditions. The uprising resulted in the death of 43 people after state troopers were called in to put down the rebellion.
Saturday 10/13
10:30am-12:30pm
The Crisis of Civilization and How to Resolve It: An Introduction to Ecocentric Socialism
Kamran Nayeri is the publisher and editor of “Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism”. Political Economist emeritus, UC Berkeley
1:30pm-3:00pm
The Middle East in the Era of Trump
Prof. As’ad AbuKhalil, Professor of Political Science at CSU Stanislaus and author of Saudi Arabia and the U.S.
3:30pm-5:00pm
The “Gig Economy”: A New Form of Servitude for the Working Class?
Keally McBride is a Professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco. She teaches and publishes on a wide variety of topics, including punishment, law, decolonization, revolutions and political economy.
6:30pm-8:00pm
France: In The Streets, Workplaces, Universities, Schools & Hospitals
Gilles Kobry, an activist in the French Trotskyist group, Fraction L’Etincelle, will discuss the recent struggles against the Macron government’s enforcement of the Labor Law in France, as well as attacks on access to public education and the challenges facing the workers in France and throughout Europe.
Sunday 10/14
2:00pm-3:30pm
Sports And Capitalism – How Sports are Used to Squeeze Public Money for Private Profit
Jules Boykoff, former professional soccer player, currently teaches political science at Pacific University in Oregon. Co-sponsored by the Anthropology and Social Change department at California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
4:00pm-5:30pm
The Challenges We Face Today – Short-Term Mobilizing or Organizing for Real Social Change
A presentation by Speak Out Now (Revolutionary Workers Group) activists, followed by discussion and time to socialize. Refreshments and snacks provided.
We will be holding a large engaging event at the toxic chemical giant turned food tyrant, now known as Monsanto-Bayer. We will arrive at their Woodland, CA facility to shut it down!! This is the largest biotech seed breeding facility in the world!
Prepare for a festive, fun, yet serious event.
Costumes (Bee, Tomatoes, Corn, etc.) , large puppets, Haz Mat suits, gas masks, protest signs, etc., are encouraged!
We will need everyone’s help to shut them down!
If you eat food, drink water, value yours and your children’s lives, you will want to be there!
Please spread the word far and wide!!!
Waffles & Zapatismo is a free space for learning about and discussing the history, ideas, values and practices of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, EZLN or Zapatistas. We serve waffles at the start of the class to those who want them.
https://act.moveon.org/event/mueller-firing-rapid-response-events/search/
Nobody Is Above the Law—Mueller Protection Rapid Response
Donald Drumpf has installed a crony to oversee the special counsel’s Drumpf-Russia investigation, crossing a red line set to protect the investigation. By replacing Rod Rosenstein with just-named Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as special counsel Robert Mueller’s boss on the investigation, Drumpf has undercut the independence of the investigation. Whitaker has publicly outlined strategies to stifle the investigation and cannot be allowed to remain in charge of it. The Nobody Is Above the Law network demands that Whitaker immediately commit not to assume supervision of the investigation. Our hundreds of response events are being launched to demonstrate the public demand for action to correct this injustice. We will update this page as the situation develops.
Donald Trump just crossed a red line, violating the independence of the investigation pursuing criminal charges in the Drumpf-Russia scandal and cover-up.
Drumpf putting himself above the law is a threat to our democracy, and we’ve got to get Congress to stop him.
We’re mobilizing immediately to demand accountability, because Drumpf is not above the law.
Please make note of the date, time, and description below to confirm that the host is able to organize the event on such short notice! In general, rallies are suggested to begin @ 5 PM local time. But individual local events may vary—please confirm details on your event page.
Once you sign up, make sure to invite friends to join you at the event!
Note: If you choose to attend an event, you agree to engage in nonviolent, peaceful action, to act lawfully, and to strive to de-escalate any potential confrontations with those who may disagree with our values.
Time to Remove Trump
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Wednesday, November 20 at 5 p.m.Hosted by Brad N.Corner of Piedmont and 41st, under the clock towerOakland, CA 94611477 attendeesThe Greater Piedmont Avenue neighborhood will turn out to show our support for democracy and sanity. Bring candles and signs and musical instruments and your singing voices and maybe a pot or a pan and something to clang against it, because I have a feeling we’re going to want to make at least a little bit of noise, we’re not going to go quietly into the dark night. I will bring a bullhorn and a step-stool, and maybe we’ll have people who want to say a few words step up and speak, followed by a rousing round of banging on our pots and pans for each one. This was part of the Iranian people’s response to a brutal crackdown by their leaders a few years ago — people, mostly women, would lean from the windows of their homes each evening and bang on pots and pans, creating a din in the neighborhood and letting each other know that they were not alone in their disgust and unhappiness regarding their leaders.
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Thursday, November 8 at 5 p.m.Hosted by Owen P.Oscar Grant/Frank Ogawa PlazaOakland, CA 946121968 attendeesThis is an event planned as a rapid response protest if Donald Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller. Please note that the listed date is a placeholder and will be updated within 24 hours of the firing, should it occur. Let’s show Donald Trump that nobody is above the law. Join a rapid response rally if special counsel Mueller is fired!
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Thursday, November 8 at 5 p.m.Hosted by Rosemary J.Alameda City HallAlameda, CA 94501363 attendeesEvent Confirmed! 11/8/18 at 5 PM It’s imperative that we stand up and be counted in the defense of our Constitution and our Democracy. Bring “no one is above the law” signs. And bring a flashlight. Plan to be peaceful.
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Thursday, November 8 at 5 p.m.Hosted by Daron S. Samuel K. Jaime M.MLK Civic Center ParkBerkeley, CA 947041366 attendeesDATE: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH TIME: 5PM Join Indivisible Berkeley for a public outcry in protest of Donald Trump’s firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.Nobody is above the law. Visit indivisibleberkeley.org for more information. *We recommend that you bring a flashlight, signs, and a cell phone.* Location: MLK Civic Center Park, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr Way (Between Addison St. and Allston Way), Berkeley, CA 94704 This is an event planned as a rapid response protest in the event that Donald Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Thursday, November 8 at 5 p.m.Hosted by Heidi R. Richard B. Sherry D. Melanie B. G M. Ted L.El Cerrito Plaza, on San Pablo Ave in front of Daiso StoreEl Cerrito, CA 94530577 attendeesUPDATE November 7, 2018 from the national organizers: BREAKING: PROTESTS CALLED FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 5 PM LOCAL TIME. We have joined the nationwide protests and will gather on Nov. 8 at 5 PM. Please bring signs if you have, or posterboard and markers. “TRUMP IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW” or other similar sentiment. Donald Trump has installed a crony to oversee the Special Counsel Trump-Russia investigation, crossing a red line set to protect the investigation. By replacing Rod Rosenstein with just-named Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as special counsel Robert Mueller’s boss on the investigation, Trump has undercut the independence of the investigation. Whitaker has publicly outlined strategies to stifle the investigation and cannot be allowed to remain in charge of it. The Nobody Is Above the Law network demands that Whitaker immediately commit not to assume supervision of the investigation. Our hundreds of response events are being launched to demonstrate the public demand for action to correct this injustice. We will try to update this page as the situation develops. ***************************** This event is planned as a rapid response protest in the event that Donald Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller or crosses another red line to interfere with the Trump-Russia investigation. Note: If you choose to attend this event, you agree to engage in nonviolent, peaceful action, to act lawfully, and to strive to de-escalate any potential confrontations with those who may disagree with our values.
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Friday, November 1 at 5 p.m.Hosted by Mark W.San Leandro City HallSan Leandro, CA 94577194 attendeesThis is an event planned as a rapid response protest in the event that Donald Trump fired special counsel Robert Mueller. Please note that the listed date is a placeholder and will be updated to be within 24 hours of the firing, should it occur. RSVP to let the event host know that they can count on you to attend the event. Stand up and resist. Time to Impeach the Con man President. Bring you own home made signs and your family & friends.
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Thursday, November 8 at 5 p.m.Hosted by Emily D.Corner of Hill and San Pablo Ave (Near Safeway and Del Norte BART)El Cerrito, CA 94530195 attendeesTHIS EVENT IS A GO FOR TOMORROW, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8th! The American Revolution was fought to resist rule and taxation by the King of England. The American president is purposely NOT A KING. The president is a citizen just like the rest of us and is subject to the laws of the land. HOLD PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE!
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Thursday, November 8 at 5 p.m.Hosted by Steve R. Gloria S. Linna G.Civic CenterSan Francisco, CA 941027450 attendeesWith the firing of recused Attorney General Jeff Sessions it’s clear that Trump is moving on to his end game – closing down the Mueller investigation. THAT CANNOT HAPPEN. Our red line has been crossed, and we’re taking to the streets. THIS RAPID RESPONSE IS HAPPENING ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8TH AT 5:00PM AT CIVIC CENTER.
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Thursday, November 8 at 5 p.m.Hosted by Ken R. Adrianne C.Superior Court Walnut Creek——640 Ygnacio Valley RoadWalnut Creek, CA 945961826 attendeesLet’s show Donald Trump that nobody is above the law. Join a rapid response rally. It was quickly announced that Matthew Whitaker would be in charge of the Mueller investigation. Whitaker said more than a year ago that the direction of the Mueller investigation was “deeply concerning.” Now, thanks to Trump, he’s being set up to have the final say on the investigation’s scope, budget and indictments. That is more than just deeply concerning, it is a constitutional crisis in the making.
Doughnut Economics Reading Group starts Nov 10th
Creating a world with neither human suffering nor planetary peril
Doughnut Economics: 7 ways to think like a 21st century economist
By Kate Raworth Chelsea Green Publishing (2017)
The capitalist economic system defines every aspect of our lives: the schooling and medical care we get, where we live, and how we sustain ourselves. The system works for a lucky few and exploits everyone else. And it’s a real threat to the survival of our species (and many others) on this planet.
We know the system needs to change—but we can’t change what we don’t understand. We have to know what we’re talking about.
Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics lays out traditional economic theory—still taught as gospel at all the major temples of capitalism—with clarity, authority, lots of graphics, and quite a bit of humor. She exposes the flawed models and persistent myths that keep the system in place. Even more importantly, she presents seven big, basic ideas with which to begin creating the world we want to see. We can indeed build an economy in the “doughnut”—meeting the needs of all while maintaining the biospheres that support us.
All of us need to read this book. We’ve all grown up in this deeply unfair and absurd system; seeing it clearly and getting free of it require a group effort.
So we at Strike Debt Bay Area are sponsoring a group discussion of Doughnut Economics. We’re thinking of seven meetings so we can talk about one chapter per meeting. Please join us!
First meeting:
4:00 – 5:15pm, Saturday, November 10th
Omni Commons, 4799 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland
Bring the book (available at your favorite online bookseller and in select local bookstores) and/or your thoughts on the first chapter (available online – http://tinyurl.com/ycysqtde ‘Look Inside’).
https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/
Are you thinking about going solar – tapping the sun for your energy needs? But you have so many questions, you don’t know where to start? Solar Simplified will provide a strong foundation for your decision-making. Solar is more accessible and affordable than ever, and the industry is rapidly changing. Solar expert Doug McKenzie will discuss the latest solar products, rebates, and technologies, plus the factors that are advancing or limiting the future of solar in the US. Presentation followed by Q&A, so bring your questions!
Topics include:
Why: The environmental and financial benefits of solar
What: How a PV system works, and the latest technology
Solar Financing: Owning versus leasing, low-income options, rebates
Other Considerations: Contractors, home selling, policies, Community Choice energy
Getting Off Gas: Batteries, electric cars, electric appliances
Jobs: The growth of solar in CA, US, the world, and how to get a foot in the door
Doug McKenzie retired early from HP after almost 20 years in software development and customer support. Before HP, he received a degree in Applied Math from UC Berkeley. After HP, he is living his dreams as a solar educator and consultant and as a career coach helping people through career transitions. He’s the East Bay development manager for non-profit solar installer SunWork.org and is on the Board of NorCal Solar. Doug lives in Berkeley and drives an electric car powered by rooftop solar.
We are disappointed to relay that dangerous air quality in the Bay Area has compelled us to cancel the People Get Ready II Conference, which was scheduled to take place tomorrow, Saturday November 17th.#climatechange #californiafires pic.twitter.com/qUfeAkaskK
— CPE (@Center4PE) November 17, 2018
PEOPLE GET READY IS NEXT WEEK! PRE-REGISTER NOW!
The People Get Ready II planning committee has been hard at work to make November 17 a powerful gathering for learning and discussion. This one day conference is aimed at assessing the post-midterm terrain and charting a path forward to building powerful movements and the radical left. People Get Ready II will include two powerful keynotes, nine discussion sessions, and a workshop featuring dozens of visionary organizers from the Bay and beyond.
At last year’s conference, our comrade Linda Burnham urged us to take up the often-difficult task of balancing our revolutionary imagination with the brutal realities we face. Amid war, right-wing terror, racist state policy, environmental devastation, and capitalist barbarism, it seems that the fate of our peoples and the planet requires the utmost from our imaginations and our energies on the ground. And times aren’t without hope. A growing tide of people all over the world are mobilizing, strategizing, and building the liberatory politics and movements necessary for us to live in humane and sustainable societies.
Our goal is to create a space where people in struggle can converge to understand where we are, what we’re up against, how to fight back, build strength, and shift power—now and into the future. Join us for People Get Ready II.
Details are still being worked out but we are proud to share what we’ve got so far!
People Get Ready II will feature the following sessions:
- Taking Stock: Analyzing the Political Terrain after the Midterms
- Hard Work: New Battles, New Organizing in the Workplace and Beyond
- Spanning the Globe: Internationalist Solidarity vs. US Militarism
- Land: The Basis of Freedom, Justice and Equality
- Who’s Got the Power?: A Workshop on Assessing the Balance of Forces
- Towards 2020: People Power at the Ballot Box and in the Streets
- No Pasarán!: Strategies to Defeat Fascism and the Authoritarian Right
- Against Displacement: Freedom to Stay, Freedom to Move, Freedom to Return
- Deep and Wide: Building Alliances with Teeth
- Fighting to Win: Cultivating a Successful Left Strategy
Speakers will include:
Aimee Allison (She the People)
Brace Belden (DSA)
Calvin Cheung-Miaw (Left Inside/Outside Project)
Cathi Tactaquin (National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights)
Clare Bayard (Catalyst Project)
Claude Marks (Freedom Archives)
Donté Clark
Ellen Choy (Hella Organized Bay Area Koreans)
Elsadig Elsheik (Haas Institute)
Francesca Fiorentini
Isaac Ontiveros (Center for Political Education)
Kimi Lee (Bay Rising)
Kung Feng (Jobs with Justice—San Francisco)
Lara Kiswani (Arab Resource & Organizing Center)
Leila Sayed-Taha (Arab Resource & Organizing Center)
Linda Evans (co-founder and former staff, All of Us or None)
Maria Poblet (LeftRoots)
Max Elbaum (Organizing Upgrade)
N’Tanya Lee (LeftRoots)
Rebecca Gordon
Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz
Saba Waheed (UCLA Labor Center)
Sara Kershnar (International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network)
Tony Samara (Urban Habitat/Right to the City)
Tur-Ha Ak (Community Defense Corps)
Vanessa Moses (Causa Justa :: Just Cause)
Walter Turner (Africa Today)
As we put the finishing touches on our program, we will share news about more of our exciting guests!
We are excited to have People Get Ready II endorsed by the following organizations:
Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA), Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), Ambedkar King Study Circle, Asians 4 Black Lives, Bay Resistance, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Causa Justa :: Just Cause, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, Dignidad Rebelde, East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy(EBASE), Freedom Archives, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, GABRIELA–SF, Generative Somatics, Haiti Action Committee, Hella Organized Bay Area Koreans (HOBAK), International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Jobs with Justice San Francisco, Labor and Community Studies–City College of San Francisco, LeftRoots, Movement Generation, National Lawyers Guild–SF, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Organizing Upgrade, Palestinian Youth Movement, PODER, Race and Resistance Studies—SFSU, Teachers for Social Justice, Underground Scholars Initiative, Viet Unity.
To pre-register or sign up to volunteer at the conference, click here.
Help us spread the word!
Align your money with your values– stop funding war and fossil fuels!
Free Workshop to help you align your money with your values, break up with your Wall Street bank (Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citibank, Chase, etc.), and divest from investments in fossil fuels and weapons. Join the growing movement for a “Peace Economy” and withdraw financial support from the War Economy.
Optional: Bring your laptop or other wi-fi-enabled device for a hands-on experience.
Learn to:
Identify local banks and credit unions where you can move your money with confidence. Break up with your Wall Street bank and keep your money local and used for community needs.
Use tools such as the online “As You Sow” program to discover if you’re invested in weapons and fossil fuels, plus identify socially responsible funds that perform as well as funds invested in weapons and fossil fuels.
Form support groups for continued mutual assistance on how to move your money.
Presenters include Cynthia Papermaster of CODEPINK, Sandy Emerson of Fossil Free California, Dave Peattie and Steve Murphy of Indivisible Berkeley Economic Justice Team.
Handouts, refreshments, hands-on workshop.
Exploring the difficult conversations in our lives around race and power. How do we approach the challenging conversations, whether it’s about confederate flags, Donald Trump, cultural appropriation, Palestine/Israel, or even just racism and racial justice in general?
Members of the White Noise Collective will facilitate a workshop exploring the difficult conversations in our lives around race and power. How do we approach the challenging conversations, whether it’s about confederate flags, Donald Trump, cultural appropriation, Palestine/Israel, or even just racism and racial justice in general?
This workshop is an opportunity to dive in much deeper with structured time to practice a range of difficult conversations around highly-charged racial issues. We will be sharing some basic skill-building tools in how to approach conversations, and then explore scenarios relevant to the lives of participants. This will include examination of some of the ways that internalized sexism can impact our courageous speaking capacities.
Small group work, role-plays, and Theater of the Oppressed techniques will support seeing tough communication blocks in a new light. We’ll try out what feels challenging, in a relatively low-stakes and supportive environment, allowing ourselves time to debrief, reflect, and learn from each other.
Contact basebuilding@surjbayarea.org with ticket requests or questions.
ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION The space is wheelchair accessible. We ask that you do your best to arrive at the event scent/fragrance free to keep the space as low-scent as possible to support people with chemical and scent sensitivities – please see https://eastbaymeditation.org/resources/fragrance-free-at-ebmc/ for helpful information.
The recent UN report on climate change is sobering. Urgent action is required to avert environmental disaster. We need a bold vision of a good and livable future — and a political program to match. For starters, that means insisting on a publicly funded clean energy transition on a rapid timeline and a major green jobs program. The main obstacle to achieving this vision should be obvious. Corporations spent millions of dollars to defeat clean energy initiatives in the elections earlier this month.
Please join the Night School for a discussion on how democratic socialists can organize for climate justice and help build the mass movement that will be needed to take on the corporations.
Accessibility: East Bay Community Space has a wheelchair-accessible entrance and bathrooms.
Required Readings
See the readings that we’ll be discussing after a brief introduction from our members.
Waffles & Zapatismo is a free space for learning about and discussing the history, ideas, values and practices of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, EZLN or Zapatistas. We serve waffles at the start of the class to those who want them.