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We’ll talk about how the state has historically tried to disrupt left movements, especially those led by people of color, and how to collectively resist it. This is a launch event for Catalyst’s new pamphlet: “A Troublemaker’s Guide: Principles for Racial Justice Activists in the Face of State Repression.”
Panel discussion with:
- Cat Brooks, Anti-Police Terror Project
- Isaac Ontiveros, Center for Political Education
- Lara Kiswani, Arab Resource and Organizing Center
- Maisha Quint, Eastside Arts Alliance
- Donna Willmott, Catalyst Project
Wheelchair accessible, please come fragrance free. Please make childcare & other access requests to Isaac@collectiveliberation.org by July 31st.
Participants will receive a copy of the pamphlet.
Eric, who is facing charges stemming from the counter demonstration against an alt-right/fascist rally in Berkeley on April 15, needs our support!
His court date is Friday August 10 at 9am. Rene C. Davidson Courthouse (12th and Oak St in downtown Oakland) Dept 11.
Thus far, public call outs have not been made for court support because alt-right trolls have also shown up to harass Eric and his supporters. For supporters at court this has even meant risking getting their photo taken and their identity researched online, which increases the risk of being doxxed.
At this point, we believe that these risks are now a part of the nature of doing support for anti racist, anti fascist, feminist, and queer comrades dealing with state and right-wing vigilante repression. The Anti Repression Committee has always promoted the idea that repression is not something that we can avoid, but it is something we can be prepared for. With that in mind, we strongly encourage everyone in our movements to prepare for repression in the form of right-wing doxxing, but to not let this risk prevent us from showing up to support those who are baring the brunt of repression. While there are always many individuals who cannot and should not put themselves in vulnerable positions (just like some people cannot be on the front lines in street protests), we maintain that if enough of us show up with our bodies in the court room to support comrades like Eric, it will strengthen the very movement the right wing and the state is attempting to neutralize. This also continues to set a precedent that if any of us are under attack we will be supported by each other.
August 10 is Eric’s preliminary hearing and his case will be the only one heard in that court room. Therefore, if you can, please come and pack the room so there’s no space for the trolls and their cameras. But before you come to court, please check out this article to educate yourself on how doxxing works and what kind of personal information you can wipe clean from the internet about yourself -especially your home address, place of work, and contact information of you and your family.
https://itsgoingdown.org/time-beef-defense-against-far-right-doxxing/
Together we’re stronger! Let’s do this ya’ll!
Public Banking Gets a Hearing at the California Treasurer’s Cannabis Banking Working Group’s Final Public Meeting
Click Here to Listen and Watch Live on Thursday at 9:30am PacificThe final public meeting on Thursday, August 10th, of the Cannabis Banking Working Group will be held in West Los Angeles. The entire four hour session is dedicated to reviewing public banking as a solution to the lack of banking services being provided to the cannabis industry. Tune in via the webcast — it’ll be an informative discussion and public debate. Matt Stannard, representing Commonomics USA, will be asking some important questions, noting that there are other markets where private banks are not providing banking services, proposing a four-phase approach to public banking, and suggesting that the state may wish to consider issuing a new banking license — a Public Bank Charter.
The Divest Build Coalition is a group of activists who believe that there can a symbiotic relationship between 1) divestment from fossil fuels and big banks, 2) addressing a host of social issues and 3) creating public finance that stops feeding Wall Street and sucking the life out of local communities.
We are currently organizing the state of California and intend to ultimately transform the progressive activist landscape of the state by closing the loop on our tangible resources that can be used for good. Commonomics USA is a founding organizer and will be providing more information at www.divestbuild.org.
Join Us! Click here to become a Commonomics USA member.
Commonomics USA envisions a world where a Commons-based economy creates economic and ecological security for all. We educate and advocate for the reclamation of the Commons from predatory capitalism and privatization, and build model law and policies that establish sustainable, economically just systems based in the Commons.
ICAC’s next Working Group meeting will be on Thursday, August 10. We will have a guest speaker, Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern who speak to us about his department’s efforts on addressing homelessness, immigration and refugee, and other matters of importance to the faith communities. Please join us.
Sheriff Ahern Speaks
At one of the last Beloved Conversations classes, people of color from the community came to speak about ways we as a congregation can be an ally against racism.
One of the speakers talked about the policies and practices of the county sheriff as having a big impact on people of color.
We can make a difference and find out more by attending this event. I went to a town hall with the sheriff last month and felt that I learned a lot about how much power the sheriff has, and how he is using that power. (and am now determined to do something about it)
There are 53 recommendations for improvement of the Bart Police Oversight Citizen Review Board system. Oscar Grant family would love to hear your concerns and will be happy to talk about the details once you’ve had a chance to review the recommendations. https://drive.google.com/
These will be on the agenda for the Bart Board of Directors meeting on August 10th (this is an evening meeting starting at 5 pm) and on the Bart Police Oversight Citizen Review Board committee meeting agenda for August 14th (starting at 4 pm). It would be helpful to hear your thoughts about the recommendations and answer any questions you may have about how/whether we might implement the recommendations. There is no immediate plan for the Directors to vote on implementing anything until we can take a closer look at what’s actually possible and what resources would be needed to put any these changes into place. The August 10 meeting is an opportunity for the Directors to begin discussions about the report and to ask any questions they may have of Mr. Gennaco and Mr. Zisser, who helped in the recommendation for improvement, and hear the community concerns. There will also be an opportunity for public comment on the agenda item. https://drive.google.com/
1992 Jerrold Hall – Murdered
1997 Robert Greer – Murdered
2001 Bruce Seward – Murdered
2008 Kenneth Carrethers – Excessive Force
2009 Oscar Grant – Murdered
2010 13 yrs – attempted to Tase
2010 Fred Collins – Murdered
2010 Jason Johnson – Tased
2011 Charles Blair Hill – Murdered
2014 James Nate Greer – Murdered
2014 Tommy Smith – Murdered
2014 Robert James Asberry – Tased
2014 Nubia Bowe – Excessive Force
2016 Andrea Appleton – Excessive Force
2016 Michael Smith – Excessive Force
Film Showing & Discussion
At 8:15 am, on August 6, 1945, a blazing, million-degree fireball suddenly appeared just above the Japanese city of Hiroshima, instantly killing, burning alive, or vaporizing tens of thousands.
The U.S. had just exploded the first nuclear bomb over the center of a city of 350,000. killing between 140-150,000. Three days later, on August 9, the U.S. dropped an even more powerful nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, destroying the city and murdering another 70,000 people.
WHITE LIGHT/BLACK RAIN reveals the unimaginable destructive power of the bombs, the inconceivable suffering and extraordinary human resilience. Director Steven Okazaki tells the amazing, shocking and inspiring stories of fourteen survivors.
WHITE LIGHT/BLACK RAIN stands as a powerful warning that, with enough nuclear weapons to equal 400,000 Hiroshimas, we can’t afford to forget what happened on those two days in 1945. We also can’t forget that the US is the only country that has ever used nuclear weapons in war, that the US government has never said it was wrong to use them against Japan, and that to this day, it has a policy justifying first use of nuclear weapons in future wars.
This is especially true now under the Trump/Pence fascist regime with Trump’s finger on the nuclear button. In just the past weeks, Trump/Pence have threatened millions around the globe by deploying attack aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines to the Korean Peninsula, setting up the THAAD anti-missile defense system in South Korea and threatening Iran and other countries.
Next opportunity to turn out against Urban Shield!
Socialist Action presents Rebel Films. This week’s film is the John Pilger documentary entitled “The Coming War on China.” Pilger, an incisive critic of Western economic and military power, documents the American military bases now encircling the world’s newest superpower. This is both a warning and an inspiring story of people’s resistance to war.
You can join Sunflower Alliance in gathering petition signatures at the Our Power event in Richmond on August 12th. Come by our table.
On this statewide day of action, join volunteers across California in hosting Petition-Gathering Events at our local farmers markets, grocery stores, shopping centers, and community events. You will:
1) Hand out fact sheets to raise awareness about the gargantuan amounts of money the oil industry is spending to continue to drilling and polluting in California,
2) Collect as many petition signatures as possible to demand that our legislators stop taking dirty oil money and start prioritizing public health over industry profits. That petition is here.
To sign up to host an event in your community and get more information and materials to print out, start here.
If you haven’t had the chance to sign and share the Oil Money Out petition, please add your name here. Thank you for everything you are able to do to help us spread the word about the petition and our upcoming petition-gathering events.
This skillshare will be focused on radical first aid/first responce. The facilitator will share information regarding protecting yourself at actions and protests, treating the effects of “less-than-lethal” technologies, and give a report back about their work at Standing Rock.
Indivisible SF stands with nonviolent protesters against white supremacy all over the country, particularly in Charlottesville, Virginia, the city where violent white supremacists attacked innocent people last night and today.
President Trump has condemned violence “on many sides,” without specifically naming white supremacists, leading them to feel supported by his statement. We want statements from all of our elected officials that clearly, expressly condemn white supremacists.
Please join us this evening, August 12 at 8:30 PM, at Union Square for a peaceful silent candlelight vigil to protest white supremacy, white supremacist violence, and Trump’s silence.
You do not need to be a member of Indivisible SF. Please cover your mouth with your hand or with tape (no masks, please) and remain silent for the duration of this nonviolent action. Please bring a candle (electric preferred) if you have one.
We stand with Charlottesville.
Local organizer, Effie Rawlings, will share stories, video and art from one of the world’s largest and oldest social movements, Movimento Sem Terra (MST): The Landless Worker’s Movement of Brazil. Learn more about how the MST is helping to heal deforestation and displacement through direct action – occupying land and redistributing it to landless people, who, through the process of fighting for and holistically managing land, cultivate a deep political identity. The MST’s commitment to the well being of the planet and the development of social consciousness through the careful tending of community, soil, and self will be described both structurally (diving into the nuts and bolts of the movement’s mechanisms) and anecdotally, letting the stories of the individuals that make up the movement speak for themselves.
The presentation will be followed by Q&A, refreshments, and a silent auction of items handcrafted by members of the MST.
More on the MST: http://www.mstbrazil.org/
Green Sunday
Don’t miss this riveting discussion!
Speakers:
Meleiza Figueroa and Juno Amy Rosenhaus
OCCUPELLA kicks off the event with two songs!
John Torok emcees.
Will there be strong non-violent resistance to the Alt Reich?
This topic was chosen for Green Sunday because alt-right rallies, featuring known violent instigators, are scheduled at UC Berkeley on Aug 19 and Sept 14 and downtown Berkeley on Aug 27. Mayor Jesse Arreguin asks us to avoid the Civic Center area that Sunday, but “If you do choose to attend and violence breaks out, we ask that you… Stand back, separate yourself from the violence, and don’t get baited by provocateurs… Inciting violence and making threats against certain groups is NOT a constitutionally protected right and will be dealt with immediately.”
While most of the right wing protesters just want to peacefully demonstrate their right to publicly express support for Trump, white supremacists, some with arms, have been attending these “Free Speech” rallies in multiple cities. Over 1000 non-violent protesters stood up to a KKK rally in Charlottesville Va. They expect 4000 lefties for a peaceful show of force when neo Nazis return.
Discussion follows the speakers, then potluck refreshments and break out groups re Green organizing.
Speakers:
Meleiza Figueroa is a PhD Candidate in Geography at UC Berkeley, Press Director for the Stein/Baraka 2016 Presidential campaign, and Executive Producer of the Green News Network. Her experience in progressive media includes over a decade as a staff producer for the Pacifica Radio Network, and lead researcher for the 2005 documentary “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price.” She is an on-air correspondent for Free Speech TV’s “Rising Up With Sonali,” and is a print contributor to Truthdig.com, Against the Current, and New Politics. She has been a longtime political educator and organizer, involved in a wide range of movements for social and environmental justice in California. She talks about the threat of fascist incursions/organizing on college campuses, and is part of the newly forming Campus Antifascist Network at UC Berkeley.
Juno Amy Rosenhaus co-founded the Bay Area Queer Anti-Fascist Network. She is an andro-queer feminist, activist, drummer, and portrait, art, and documentary photographer who rose up in New Jersey, worked and played in San Francisco for over 20 years, and now thrives in Oakland. Her creative passions are realized through Juno Rosenhaus Photography and Queer Artists Social Media, where she serves as Executive Director.
Breakout Groups
We were thrilled by your enthusiasm in Breakout Groups at prior Green Sundays. To grow that energy, we’re trying Breakout Groups at the beginning of the County Council meetings after the 15 minute refreshment break that follows our Green Sunday programs. Which group will you roll with?
1. ELECTIONS (including endorsements, campaigning, ballot drives, voter guide…)
2. More CONVERSATION re anti-fascism, AND Green Party ORIENTATION
3. OUTREACH (recruiting, social events, networking with other groups…)
4. TECH (website, social media, newsletter, recording/broadcasting our events…)
5. OPERATIONS (including Green Sunday plans, fundraising, working with state and national GP…)
SPONSOR: Green Sundays are a series of free programs & discussions sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County on the 2nd Sunday of each month.
The monthly business meeting of the
County Council of the Green Party of Alameda County
follows at 7:45 pm
Council meetings are always open to anyone who is interested.
Please visit our web site:
https://acgreens.wordpress.com/
Express your green ideas and “like” us on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/greenpartyofalamedacounty/
Participation and/or donations appreciated! https://acgreens.wordpress.com/donate/
FLIER to print, post, distribute please:
https://acgreens.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/acgpca_gs-e1498775299182.jpg
To connect with people who offer empathy to everyone at alt right and other events:
http://www.EmpathyTent.com
What’s coming: “No to Marxism, Berkeley Civic Center Park Aug 27”:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1356598631088305
8/27 morning Rally Against Hate – Unite for Freedom from Right Wing Violence in the Bay Area:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1554573591279582/
The Empathy Tent on Aug 27:
https://www.facebook.com/events/834385300073508
Come celebrate 24 years!
— free t-shirt raffle
— silk screen your own t-shirt – bring a blank shirt
— celebratory food items
— tell funny stories
There will be cake & a t-shirt raffle/ give away!
http://www.thelonghaul.org
We are coming together because we are needed.
We are coming together because we will not accept what happened in Charlottesville, VA this weekend as the “new normal”.
We are coming together to support and honor our comrades in Cville who bravely stood up to Nazis, Fascists and Klansmen–even at the cost of their lives.
We come together to show that we will not be silent or cowed by so-called “Alt-Right” terrorists.
Please come and bring a candle or a flashlight. Sunset is is around 8pm on Sunday, so let us light up the night sky in front of City Hall to show our resolve and our unity.
No permits. Just come.
#NoTrump #NoKKK #NoNazis #NoFascistUSA
TONIGHT! Candlelight vigil for #Cville.
Meet: Finnish Hall 7:30p 1970 Chestnut St, #Berkeley, march to Civic Center Park by 8. Details later— Indivisible Berkeley (@IndivisibleBerk) August 13, 2017