This talk is part of the Howard Zinn Book Fair
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Dec
4
Sun
A 24 Hour Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Standing Rock, coinciding with the recent eviction notice that the Water Protectors were issued. Taking to heart the ongoing requests from Water Protectors for us to pray together, we plan to hold vigil as they face these threats.
Working with Ohlone leadership, this vigil will be held at the West Berkeley Shellmound, drawing the connection between justice in North Dakota and justice locally.
This is a powerful time for us to come together, stronger than ever, in prayer and as relatives because we will win! Please spread the word. We hope to see you and your communities there. We will be fundraising for Standing Rock, as well as for legal support for Ohlone elder, Corrina Gould, and her work with Indian People Organizing for Change. http://ipocshellmoundwalk.home stead.com/
For more information, you can visit our facebook event here:
https://www.facebook.com/event s/338070569888433/
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Dec 4 @ 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
This talk will discuss lessons from a grassroots working-class climate organizing effort, and how patriarchy and racism intersect with capitalism to perpetuate the climate crisis. Lara and Paul Messersmith-Glavin, the presenters, are members of the Institute for Anarchist Studies collective, editors of the IAS’s annual and on-line journal Perspectives on Anarchist Theory and organizers with the Hella 503 Collective in Portland, Oregon.
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Dec 4 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Now is the time to get organized. Join Socialist Alternative in Berkeley for a public meeting discussing how we can build the resistance against Trump.
Trump’s white nationalist rhetoric has already led to a rise in attacks on Muslims, immigrants, women and LGBTQ people. We need to fight against discrimination in all its forms and defend each other. This has begun with mass protests in the streets. But Trump is also dangerous because he is a billionaire looking to deregulate financial institutions and line the pockets of rich shareholders. Come discuss how we can build the resistance against sexism, racism and Islamophobia and a movement for good jobs and high living standards in the long term. Socialist Alternative calls for an invigorated anti-racist working class movement and a new party to the left of the failed Democrats. Another world is possible!
Join us for this important discussion.
RSVP to the event here: https://www.fb.com/events/1026206074175242/
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Dec 4 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The next Post Salon will discuss two important question: What would a Public Bank mean for Oakland, and how should Oakland go about picking a new schools’ superintendent?
A Public Bank operates in the public interest, rather than operating to generate short-term profits for shareholders. North Dakota has a public bank. Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, and other communities are looking at creating them.
Speakers will look at: What is a Public bank? Why does it matter? Can we get one in Oakland?
Second, the city’s superintendent is leaving in February, and many residents are saying that a replacement should reflect the values and priorities of Oaklanders.
Some suggestions:
- No interim superintendent. Use a team of locals instead, while search for permanent superintendent goes on.
- A deep look at compensation. Is $400,000 a year too much to pay a superintendent, when teachers and other employees cannot afford to pay rent?
- Hire a leader who involves and empowers the community.
Although the national elections were ugly, the Oakland community has won many progressive victories. The Oakland Post and the Post Salon Community Assembly played an important role in several of those victories.
62096
Dec 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Luisella Preciado -From the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center, Chiapas
Luisella Preciado is a human rights defender and attorney with the FrayBa Human Rights Center in Chiapas, Mexico. There, Ms. Precido accompanies indigenous peoples fighting for their rights as autonomous, self-determining communities.
She will speak on on-going Indigenous peoples’ struggles for autonomy and rights in Chiapas and other parts of Mexico.
In Spanish with English interpretation.
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/361188807568719/
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Dec
5
Mon
Dec 5 @ 6:30 am – 5:00 pm
Apparently cancelled.
C.f. http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article118694613.html
SEIU LOCAL 1000, California State employees are conducting a 1 day strike on December 5, 2016. Grab a picket sign and march @ 1515 Clay Street (State bldg) Oakland or 111 Grand Ave (Caltrans).
62075
Free Mumia Abu Jamal — with Gerald Smith
A precedent-setting ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court provides the basis
for a new legal action filed by Mumia Abu-Jamal, providing a path for
the courts to overturn Mumia’s conviction and win his freedom. But we
we can never forget the continuing importance of mass action to support
Mumia’s legal case. Gerald Smith will discuss Mumia’s case to date
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Dec 5 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Candlelight vigil for #OaklandFire on Mon, 12/5, 8-10pm at the Lake Merritt Pergola – 599 El Embarcadero.
— mary mad (@marymad) December 4, 2016
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Dec
7
Wed
Dec 7 @ 9:45 am – 12:45 pm
Emission caps on pollution from oil refineries—greenhouse gases, toxic gases (NOx and SOx), and dangerous particulate matter are crucial not only for protecting our health and safety and the planet, but for preventing the Bay Area from becoming a major outlet for tar sands crude oil. Refining tar sands crude produces much higher levels of both health-harming air pollution and greenhouse gases. With a cap on refinery emissions in place, a tsunami of tar sands into Bay Area refineries could be effectively prevented.
The Refinery Emissions Cap (Rule 12-16) is so important to Air District Staff, they tried to suppress public comment at the Nov 16th Board of Directors meeting. They placed their status update as the very last item on the agenda, after yet another lengthy “secret” closed legal session. But a strong community turn-out side-stepped these crude efforts by signing up for public comment on BOTH the closed legal sessions and the report back, allowing us to speak before the closed session. The Board helped further by moving the closed session to the front of the agenda to support public comment.
Community speak-out was highlighted by video commentary from Richmond youth. Those who couldn’t take off work or school to attend mid-day meetings finally had a voice! Many speakers noted the hypocrisy of staff reporting on the many “Community Workshops” they have held to get public input on these rules. The only workshop on the emissions cap was cancelled – all the reported workshops were advertising for the staffs proposed Rule 11-18 on Health Risk Assessments (HRA’s).
On the 16th, our legal team destroyed the myth that state climate policy, requires letting refineries pollute even more as long as they offset pollution outside of front-line communities. Scientists and technical experts tore into staff’s false claims that refinery emissions have no local impacts. Dozens spoke for protecting the health of our communities and climate from greater toxic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from energy intensive refining of dirty tar-sands crude stock.
The refineries took on a new strategy of challenging the “unpredictability” of Rule 11-18. The decade long Health Risk Assessment process will ultimately require adoption of Best Available Retrofit Control Technologies (BARCT) to reduce health impacts. The refinery speakers are now demanding completion of all this process PRIOR to adopting rules, so that they can know in advance where they will require implementation of BARCT. Such demands will clearly make Rule 11-18 impossible to implement in anything resembling a timely manner.
This clearly makes the separation of the emissions cap (Rule 12-16) and the HRA process (Rule 11-18) even more vital to our health, safety and climate.
That is the agenda for the final Board of Directors meeting of 2016. Thanks to Rebecca Kaplan, last July the Board committed to a December check-in. If rule 11-18 is slowing progress, they promised a vote on separating the Environmental Impact Reports. Now is the time to come and demand a separation vote!
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Dec
8
Thu
Dec 8 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Join us tomorrow in Oakland for a rally and press conference in support of the CA Values Act, an omnibus state bill that would prohibit local law enforcement, school police, and other state agencies from getting in the business of deportations.
The CA Values Act will:
• Keep California law enforcement out of painful deportations.
• Make sure California plays no part in creating any kind of national registry to profile Muslims or other groups at risk of discrimination.
• Bolster confidentiality practices at state agencies so immigrants can continue to successfully interact with our state government.
• Keep our schools, hospitals, and courthouses safe and accessible to all Californians.
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Dec 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Through interviews with media luminaries, cognitive linguists, grassroots activist groups such as: Noam Chomsky, Steve Rendall, Jeff Cohen, Eric Boehlert, George Lakoff, STOP RUSH, Hear Yourself Think, Claire Conner, and others, Jen Senko’s “Brainwashing” unravels the plan to shift the country to the right over the last 30 years, largely through media manipulation. The result has led to fewer voices, less diversity of opinion, massive intentional misinformation, and greater division of our country. For more info:http://www.thebrainwashingofmydad.com/trailer
Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Ctee as part of our Conscientious Projector series.
Wheelchair accessible.
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Dec 8 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Join Alan Haber for a free-form discussion about the state of the movement for justice — where we’ve been and where we’re going.
Alan founded Long Haul in 1979 and is returning to the “scene of the crime.” In 1960 he founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).
Topics may include
–history of the long haul
–some comments on SDS
–Alan’s decades of work regarding the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
–Modern organization Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS)
For more event information:
http://www.thelonghaul.org
http://www.thelonghaul.org
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Dec
9
Fri
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Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Hear messages of hope from two powerful guest speakers at EcoViva’s anniversary event: author-activist Rebecca Solnit and filmmaker Avi Lewis.
Learn about the resilient communities in Central America combatting climate change through grassroots organizing. Lewis will screen his short film “Keepers of the Future” about the social movement our partners have built in El Salvador, and Solnit will speak about organizing in the face of global challenges. Guests will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with both speakers at the event. Come enjoy delicious Salvadoran food, drinks at the open bar, lively beats, and good company, too.
EcoViva is an Oakland-based nonprofit that works with Central American partners to protect the environment and improve quality of life for rural communities.
More info: https://ecoviva.org/20years
Tickets: https://bit.ly/ecoviva20
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#NODAPL Standing Rock Benefit. Omni Oakland Commons. Dec. 9th at 8pm. The Wyatt Act. Taller Bombalele. Banda Sin Nombre. @MissionDelirium pic.twitter.com/6b55goAaFT
— GuinevereQ (@GuinevereQ) November 29, 2016
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Dec
10
Sat
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DSA, the Democratic Socialists of America, has seen a massive influx of new members in the few weeks since the election.
Here in the East Bay and across the country thousands of people have committed to building a left alternative that demands material improvements in our lives.
DSA is dedicated to fighting for single-payer healthcare, tuition-free college, a living wage for all workers, and an end to white supremacy.
We are coming together to oppose the emboldened right wing, protect our targeted brothers and sisters, and build a future that puts people above profit.
Join us on Saturday, December 10th to learn how DSA East Bay is organizing locally. Meet new members, plug into opportunities for action, and enjoy a potluck among friends. Former mayor of Berkeley (and Bernie Sanders surrogate) Gus Newport will speak.
This event is open to new members, old members, friends, family, and anyone who is interested in DSA.
DSA is open to a wide spectrum of beliefs (at least on the left) and you certainly do not need to identify as socialist to attend or participate.
We need people to volunteer to bring food, beverages and utensils, and setup/breakdown the meeting space! To sign up, please follow this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UD8wvboYTEAZKvZaRxGIZrhDVAZpRRYb2PQf54e9sVw/edit#gid=0
Here’s the agenda:
1. Info about DSA. What has happened over the last month and where we’re going
2. Speech by Gus Newport (former Mayor of Berkeley)
3. Breakout sessions for members and non-members
Break
5. Campaigns info
6. Committee info sessions
7. Food/celebration
Note: The building has a security door. There will be someone at the door between 9:45 and 10:15. If you arrive later than that text (510) 776-9291 and someone will come let you in.
*** If you’re not yet a member of DSA, but want to be, you can join here: https://dsausa.nationbuilder.com/join
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Dec 10 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
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Dec
11
Sun
The first 100 people to arrive will get a free pocket Constitution!
You’re invited to the 2016 Bill of Rights Day when we celebrate the goals we’ve achieved together and look ahead to even greater challenges.
We know that you may be concerned about the presidential election results. Many of the proposed policies are unlawful and unconstitutional. The ACLU is swinging into high gear, ready for whatever awaits us.
Since our founding, we’ve worked together to defend the constitutional rights and freedoms of all Californians. Rest assured we’ll continue to do so. We’ve got your back!
Join us in Oakland on December 11 to celebrate the Bill of Rights and continue the fight together. With supporters like you, failure is not an option.
Tickets will NOT be sold at the door.
Abdi Soltani
Executive Director
ACLU of Northern California
ACLU. Because freedom can’t protect itself.
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
39 Drumm Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
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