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Tia Wou, Fab 5 Freddy, Amir Soltani, and Stefan Forbes invite you a special one-night screening and Q&A at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco on May 28th at 7pm.
HOLD YOUR FIRE is a gritty 1970’s New York thriller about the longest hostage siege in NYPD history, like French Connection or Dog Day Afternoon, examined from deeply conflicting perspectives.
We’re relying on our friends to share this trailer, and with it Dr. Harvey Schlossberg’s message of conflict de-escalation, radical empathy and deep listening across the racial, cultural, and religious divides in our country. America must learn to “hold our fire” – in fact, our fragile democracy may depend on it.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams just released a video endorsing our campaign: Every police officer in America needs conflict de-escalation training.
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HOLD YOUR FIRE
PREMIERE: TORONTO INT’L FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BETTER ANGELS AWARD
METROPOLIS GRAND JURY PRIZE WINNER, DOC NYC
SCREENINGS: NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER, CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS, PALM SPRINGS FF, BLACK MOVIE HALL OF FAME
Stefan and Fab 5 Freddy on Fox
As the imperialist warmongering by the US, NATO and the EU against Russia has recently escalated into a proxy war in Ukraine, a revolutionary party, “The Revolutionary Workers’ Party” (DIP, Devrimci İşçi Partisi in Turkish), has taken an unflinching anti-imperialist stance that distinguished it from most organizations and groupings on the Left. In this session, we will discuss the role of Turkey as a NATO ally in this war, and the strategy revolutionaries in the NATO countries should take towards the war. We will talk about Turkey’s involvement not only in Ukraine as a NATO country but also its involvement in Syria, Iraq, and contradictorily, its relationship with Russia in the context of imperialism
Our speaker is Burak Sayın, a militant member of The Revolutionary Workers’ Party (DIP)
For more info, see our webpage, icssmarx.org
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PARKER COMMUNITY SCHOOL
The community has liberated Parker Elementary School from OUSD!
Starting May 31st, Parker Community School will offer classes, programs, and
resources by and for the community. OUSD may call this an” illegal
occupation,” but we know this is an effort to decolonize our schools and
return them to the Black and Brown communities they belong to.
Starting 05/31 Classes Mon – Fri
TO GET EMERGENCY ALERTS TEXT @ SAVEPARKER TO 81010
We need everyone to support and get involved!
Everyone has a role at Parker Community School! We need teachers,
students, parents, cooks, artists, and everyone in the community to show
up day and night. Sign up for shifts, share with your communities, And
show up to Parker whenever you can.
More info: Linktr.ee/ParkerForThePeople
You can grab the book from here: https://t.co/Ont3yfrPrR
If you need it, we can also give you a PDF copy of the book after you register!
— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) May 10, 2022
When the California Public Utilities Commission came out with a plan in December to make installing rooftop solar unaffordable, our huge outcry forced them to back down. But their new proposal is pretty much the same, so we need to do it again (sigh). Details on the old and new plans are here.
The plan would continue to impose a “solar tax” on customers with rooftop solar and slash the payments they get for electricity they generate — this time described in slightly different language and with a more gradual implementation schedule to make it seem more palatable.
When they made the original proposal in December, more than 150,000 people submitted comments to the CPUC and Gov. Newsom, along with over 600 nonprofits, cities, schools and elected officials and most major newspaper editorial boards.
We need to rally again to save solar!
***ASAP: Call Governor Newsom at 916-445-2841.
His office is open Monday-Friday from 9 to 5. Say your name and where you live, and something personal. Here’s a suggestion:
“The CPUC’s latest rooftop solar announcement is a non-starter for me. California should not be taxing solar energy, period. We need more solar, not less. Please show leadership now.”
***June 2, 11 AM – 3 PM: Don’t Tax the Sun Rally – CPUC Offices, 505 Van Ness, San Francisco Look the CPUC in the eye and tell them what you think in person! Organizers will kick it off with a rally on the steps of the CPUC, and then help you sign up and speak directly to the CPUC. And, of course, refreshments! RSVP
Call the CPUC Public Comment Line
Dial remotely into the CPUC meeting on June 2nd to tell them to drop their latest Solar Tax. Sign up here.
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85817209915
Relevant Agenda Items:
5. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – DVP – Apricot 360 database
a. Review and take possible action on Impact Report and proposed Use Policy
6. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – Annual Reports (Automated License Plate Readers, Cell-Site Simulator, Biometric Crime Lab, Forensic Logic/Coplink, GPS Tag Tracker, ShotSpotter, Live Stream Camera, Mobile Fingerprint ID, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Drones)
a. Review and take possible action on the annual reports
7. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – DOT – Mobile Parking Payment System
a. Review and take possible action on Impact Report and proposed Use Policy
Screening of a documentary film about the occupation of churches by sex workers in 1975 in France which International Sex Workers day commemorates. Readings from Prostitutes Our Life which documents powerful words from sex workers on strike then. Connecting that historic action with present day organizing against violence, poverty, racist enforcement of the prostitution laws and discussion.
Today marks 2 years since Sean Monterrosa was murdered by Vallejo PD. Tonight there is a candlelight vigil @Justice4Sean – 1050 Redwood St. Vallejo, CA @ 7PM. Sending so much love to the Monterrosa’s from out east. ¡#SeanMonterrosa, presente! ❤️🕊 pic.twitter.com/fnig4qmDu0
— Talia (טליה) Moore (@tal_moore) June 2, 2022
“I’ll do a concert from my living room, livestreamed on Twitch and other platforms (just click the link when the time comes and I’ll appear), archived afterwards.”
The Bookf@ir is back! Presented by ROAR and the Book Fair Collective, the 24th Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair will be SUNDAY JUNE 5, 2022! It will be at the parking lot at 15th and Harrison (next to Tamarack), with plenty of room for social distancing. pic.twitter.com/nFbKZKMWnG
— Bay Area Anarchist Bookf@ir (@BayAreaBookFair) March 11, 2022
Get the latest information on a new study that maps the future pattern of sea level rise in the coastal US, flood risks to coastal wetlands, and where conservation efforts could help.
Register here
Climate Central will present scientific, policy, and other experts discussing the findings of their new report, their implications, and strategies for enhancing wetlands. Journalists who have covered the topic will also speak.
This workshop will include embargoed information from a peer-reviewed paper scheduled for publication on June 8. Media representatives are invited to submit questions during live Q&A, but will be asked to honor the embargo.
Speakers:
- Benjamin Strauss, CEO and Chief Scientist, Climate Central
- Kelly Van Baalen, Project Manager, Climate Central
- Siddharth Narayan, Assistant Professor, Integrated Coastal Programs, East Carolina University
- Hilary Stevens, Coastal Resilience Manager, Restore America’s Estuaries
- Mary-Carson Stiff, Policy Director, Wetlands Watch
- Tiffany Turner, Director of Climate Solutions, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
- Halle Parker, Environment Reporter, New Orleans Public Radio
You may submit questions via chat at any time during the workshop, or email your questions directly to Dan Rizza at sealevel@climatecentral.org
Speakers:
California Senator Josh Becker, who represents most of San Mateo County and the northern part of Santa Clara County. He is the author of several bills focused on accelerating California’s transition to 100% clean energy and net zero emissions. and on leveraging technology to provide greater economic mobility for all Californians.
Zoe Elizabeth, Deputy Director of Decarbonization Programs and Policy at Silicon Valley Community Energy, where she leads the organization’s policy and government initiatives.
Laura Gromis, Executive Director of the US Green Building Council in Central California. The USGBC promotes “transforming how our buildings are designed, constructed and operated through LEED, the world’s most widely used green building system.”
Alison Nemirow, Associate Director, Sustainable Economics, AECOM, an international infrastructure consulting firm.
More speakers to be announced.
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Online. Register here
This webinar is the sixth in The Climate Center’s Investing in Climate Action for Jobs, Health, and Equity webinar series.
You can grab the book from here: https://t.co/Ont3yfrPrR
If you need it, we can also give you a PDF copy of the book after you register!
— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) May 10, 2022
California Senator Josh Becker, who represents most of San Mateo County and the northern part of Santa Clara County. He is the author of several bills focused on accelerating California’s transition to 100% clean energy and net zero emissions. and on leveraging technology to provide greater economic mobility for all Californians.
Zoe Elizabeth, Deputy Director of Decarbonization Programs and Policy at Silicon Valley Community Energy, where she leads the organization’s policy and government initiatives.
Laura Gromis, Executive Director of the US Green Building Council in Central California. The USGBC promotes “transforming how our buildings are designed, constructed and operated through LEED, the world’s most widely used green building system.”
Alison Nemirow, Associate Director, Sustainable Economics, AECOM, an international infrastructure consulting firm.
This webinar is the sixth in The Climate Center’s Investing in Climate Action for Jobs, Health, and Equity webinar series.
This Thursday, Oakland Councilperson Carroll Fife will be going live in conversation with the Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO) Program as well as Jame Burch from the Anti-Police Terror Project. They will talk about where the program is currently at and the state of public safety overall in Oakland.
To watch, go to the Facebook, Twitter or YouTube page on Thursday June 9th at 6:30pm.
You can read more about MACRO here.
US sanctions are not new and have been applied by the US in both recent history (Venezuela, Iran) and well prior (Japan 1937-45, Latin America, Africa). However, the scope & magnitude of US sanctions against Russia today represent a quantitative, as well as qualitative, higher stage and escalation of sanctions as a tool of US imperialism. The presentation will describe what’s in the US six packages of sanctions announced to date, distinguish between financial sanctions from goods & trade sanctions and individuals’ sanctions, and estimate their current stage of implementation of each. How US capitalists are enormously benefiting from the Russian sanctions. Thereafter, the discussion focuses on what’s been the impact of sanctions on Russia’s economy to date, as well as the growing consequence for Europe, US, and emerging markets economies – in terms of inflation, recession, and growing global financial marrkets’ fragility and potential instability. The presentation concludes with an assessment of the contradictions of sanctions for US imperialism and why sanctions on Russia represent a de facto declaration of economic war on Russia by the US as US imperialism comes under increasing challenge in the 21st century, becomes more aggressive in decline, and seeks to restore its prior hegemony, first in Europe and soon therefore in Asia.
Dr. Jack Rasmus, Ph.D Political Economy, teaches economics at St. Mary’s College in California. He is the author and producer of the various nonfiction and fictional works, including the books The Scourge of Neoliberalism: US Economic Policy From Reagan to Bush, Clarity Press, October 2019; Alexander Hamilton & The Origins of the Fed, Lexington books, March 2019; Central Bankers at the End of Their Ropes: Monetary Policy and the Coming Depression, Clarity Press, August 2018; Looting Greece: A New Financial Imperialism Emerges, Clarity Press, Sept. 2016.
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Our Zoom room will be opened up, as usual, at 10:15 for anyone to join and discuss technical matters, catch up with each other, say Hi, etc.. The program (and recording) will begin as close to 10:30 am as possible and will end at 12:30, but the Waiting Room will remain open until about 1 pm for informal discussion.
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Save the date for a discussion with California climate justice leaders about the growing movement to oppose the weak and inadequate draft climate plan proposed by the California Air Resources Board. Learn how we can join the push for a plan that would rapidly phase out fossil fuels and bring justice to frontline communities.
The CARB draft plan
- Doesn’t shut down any of the gas power plants that currently pollute our neighborhoods; keeps all fossil fuel gas plants operating
- Builds many new polluting power plants
- Plans for excessive greenhouse gas emissions (30 MMT ) from the electric sector every year through 2050, never reaching zero emissions
- Relies extensively on unproven technologies (Carbon Capture and Sequestration [CCS] in addition to direct air capture) instead of renewable energy
- Would not achieve carbon neutrality until 2045.
More information and a petition demanding a better plan here
We will hear from Francis Yang of the Sierra Club and the coalition that has been campaigning for a stronger plan. More speakers to be announced.
In the 1960s, students organized a Free Speech movement to resist the University of California, Berkeley, to counter administrative bans on flyering on the campus. 53 years later, there is a new battle brewing over Peoples Park with its community advocating for civic space and the University offering housing projects. As tensions grow between the City’s establishment and Park protesters, many people are caught in the middle trying to navigate college, Covid-19, and Berkeley’s unaffordable housing crisis.
One of the greatest challenges facing the Peoples Park community is that UC Berkeley and the Berkeley City Council have agreed on the development. In fact, they have already allocated over $325 million dollars to displace the homeless encampments to the Rodeway Inn and build “over 1,100” beds for students and “formerly unhoused people.”
But, there are growing concerns about adding more students to Berkeley. The Save Berkeley’s Neighborhood group sued UC Berkeley for over enrolling students, but the Supreme Court decision in their favor was nullified by the California Legislature. The UC Regents then bought a $6.5 million dollar home in Berkeley for its president while thousands of students sleep on the streets during the summer months. These groups argue that the more students we have in Berkeley, the more open space we need to protect them, and that Peoples Park is the only green space available in the neighborhood outside of UC Berkeley’s main campus.
As tensions grow between the City’s establishment and the Anarchists of Peoples Park, thousands of students, businesses, and passersby will be caught in the middle of a potential war brewing in the Southside community, echoing the 1960’s invasion of the National Guard which changed Berkeley’s history forever.
What is the quality of life like at the Rodeway Inn?
What brought you to Peoples Park and why do you fight for it? and
Is there a sustainable future possible for Peoples Park?
Join the Green Party of Alameda County for a roundtable discussion with Peoples Park activists where we ask these questions and more during our monthly Green Sunday.
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Green Sundays are a series of free public programs & discussions on topics “du jour” sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County and held on the 2nd Sunday of each month. The monthly business meeting of the County Council follows at 7 pm, after a 30-minute break. Council meetings are open to anyone who is interested.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 895 5984 4652
PS Organizers asked that people go to the Park whenever they can to witness what’s happening and support. There will likely be at least one Copwatch training at the park, TBD.
https://www.savepeoplespark.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxyZYPTwZTc
PPS CONGRATS to our Left Unity Slate which helped secure our ballot access. It was a good strategy! Thnx for voting for them. Press release:
https://www.cagreens.org/left-unity-strategy-pays-californias-green-party-and-peace-and-freedom-party
Staged reading of ROE produced by Actors Ensemble of Berkeley performance of Roe by Lisa Loomer directed by Susannah Wood and organized by Carol Marasovic of the City of Berkeley Commission on the Status of Women
Admission is free – reservations are highly recommended,
https://www.aeofberkeley.org/productions/upcoming-shows/378-roe-by-lisa-loomer
donations to cover the production costs are welcome send to:
Berkeley Actors Ensemble / ROE, PO Box 663, Berkeley, CA 94701
ROE at 7 pm at the Marsh 2120 at Allston Way
Staged reading of ROE produced by Actors Ensemble of Berkeley performance of Roe by Lisa Loomer directed by Susannah Wood and organized by Carol Marasovic of the City of Berkeley Commission on the Status of Women
Admission is free – reservations are highly recommended,
https://www.aeofberkeley.org/productions/upcoming-shows/378-roe-by-lisa-loomer
donations to cover the production costs are welcome send to:
Berkeley Actors Ensemble / ROE, PO Box 663, Berkeley, CA 94701
Photo Action in Oakland
12 minute walk from 12th St/Oakland BART station
June 14 is the day for coordinated photo stunts at fossil fuel infrastructure across California to challenge the narrative that high gas prices mean we need to drill for more oil. Actions are happening to communicate all the ways that Californians pay for big oil’s profits: at the gas pump, at the emergency room and with our very future. We call on Governor Newsom to stand up to big oil’s greed, stop permitting new fossil fuels, and end neighborhood oil drilling for good. Join us on Tuesday!