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Save the date for a lively panel discussion! This time we’re focusing on water issues and the SF Bay-Delta. (Yes, when it comes to California politics, oil and water do mix.) What exactly is the Delta-Conveyance Project and why is it important that we get involved? Why do Indigenous and environmental groups contest the state’s claim that it will protect our infrastructure and water supply from “disruptions caused by sea level rise, climate change and seismic threats”?
Paul Seger, President of the Delta Water Board and head of the Delta Group Sierra Club, will provide background and prepare us for submitting commits on the project’s DEIR before the October 27th deadline.
Other speakers TBA.
RSVP to action@sunflower-alliance.org for the Zoom link.
The nonprofit news model is growing nationwide, giving rise to local and national coverage from newsrooms that are independent of the motivations of shareholders and advertisers. A panel of journalists from nonprofit news group El Timpano, Mission Local and San Jose Spotlight will describe their goals, successes, and challenges.
A staffperson will moderate the discussion, and there will be a question and answer period.
El Timpano works in collaboration with residents and community partners to create empowering, two-way channels of information that inform and engage the Bay Area’s Latino and Mayan immigrants.
Since 2008, Mission Local, an independent news site based in the Mission District, has been focused on high-impact, enterprise reporting on everything from police reform to corruption at City Hall, housing, education and now the pandemic.
San Jose Spotlight is San Jose’s first nonprofit news organization dedicated to independent political and business reporting. Their mission is to change the face of local journalism by building a community-supported newsroom that ignites civic engagement, educates citizens and strengthens our democracy.
This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.
For accommodations (such as ASL interpretation or captioning), call (415) 557-4557 or contact accessibility [at] sfpl.org. Requesting at least 72 hours in advance will help ensure availability.
Please join KPFA Radio when we welcome UC Berkeley professor Brad DeLong to celebrate the release of his most recent book, Slouching Towards Utopia. This live, in-person event will feature Brad DeLong in conversation with Michael Mechanic, author of Jackpot and senior editor at Mother Jones.
“The author conveys a wealth of information in elegant, accessible prose, combining grand, epochal perspectives with fascinating discursions on everything from alternating-current electricity to the gender wage gap. The result is a cogent interpretation of economic modernity that illuminates both its nigh-miraculous achievements and its seething discontents.” Publishers Weekly, starred review
People’s Park Autumn Equinox ceremony Sat. 9/17
for Protection, Justice and Balance
Gather on Sat. September 17 at 4 pm
Ceremony at 5pm.
(Bring a hat, your own food and water)
At about 4pm music with Hali Hammer on stage
Also free tarot readings before and after the event.
Literature tables encouraged.
Afterwards the circle opens onto the Stage in the west for an open mike.
Eat and drink your own food, and enjoy music, songs and voices
for Protection, Justice and Balance for the Park.
Most folks think that last week Biden canceled student debt. But the truth is that last week, Biden announced a cancellation plan that most people will have to APPLY for before their debts are canceled. All that Biden’s pledge has yielded so far is crashed government website and promises from the Dept of Ed that they are “working” on the application that the whole cancellation program rests on. Pretty great system.
Still. Some relief is coming, even if it’s going to be a set of hoops to jump through to get it.
There’s still a lot of missing information, but we want to make sure to share the most up-to-date information we’ve seen so far: https://forgivemystudentdebt.org/faq/. This website is the best guide that that currently exists to explain the Who, What and How of Biden’s limited cancellation. Please take a look.
One thing we DO know is that private student loans are NOT included in Biden’s cancellation plan. Even though the paperwork on these loans is signed by a different creditor (a private company, instead of the federal government), they’re still unjust loans that are just as crushing as federal loans. That’s why we’re having our first PRIVATE STUDENT DEBTORS’ ASSEMBLY on Sept. 20 at 7:30PM EST. Sign-up here.
Finally, we’re having our first welcome meeting tonight for the 50 OVER 50 STRIKE **tonight** at 7:30PM ET / 4:30PM PT. You can register to join the call here (you’ll receive a Zoom link by email after you RSVP.) � The 50/50 Strike is a pop-out from our broader student debt strike, designed specifically for student debtors over age 50 who are committed to striking payments when they turn back on.
The Debt Collective: a debtors’ union fighting to cancel debts and defend millions of households. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. You can send us a letter at: Debt Collective, PO Box 285, Canton, NY 13617.
There will be a documentary film screening of PUSH with former United Nations Housing Special Rapporteur Leilani Farha on solutions to Oakland’s housing crisis. The screening will be followed by a discussion, and will be a great opportunity to learn about ways you can get active in the fight to make housing as a human right this election cycle and beyond.
Please RSVP on Eventbrite to reserve your spot
Fife’s District 3 Office is co-hosting alongside Moms 4 Housing, the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE Action), Oakland Tenants Union, Centro Legal de la Raza, Housing Rights Committee, Berkeley Tenants Union, Alameda Renters Coalition, East Bay Community Law Center and it is sponsored by the Community Ready Corps (CRC).
PUSH Synopsis
Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities around the world. Incomes are not. PUSH sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord, our increasingly unliveable cities and an escalating crisis that has an effect on us all. This is not gentrification, it’s a new kind of monster.
The film follows Leilani Farha, the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, as she travels the globe, trying to understand who’s being pushed out of the city and why. “I believe there’s a huge difference between housing as a commodity and gold as a commodity. Gold is not a human right, housing is,” says Leilani.
Important Details
* Please RSVP on Eventbrite to reserve your spot
** We will be asking for $10 at the door, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
*** We ask everyone to wear masks while in the theater.
Our speakers, Roger Keeran and Thomas Kenny will discuss their book, Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union (2004), and their reflections since writing the book, including Gorbachev’s role in overturning socialism in the Soviet Union, why he arose, whether this was inevitable, and what lessons are to be learned.
Roger Keeran is Professor Emeritus at Empire State School of the State University of New York (SUNY), He has been a member of the Communist Party USA for three decades and is currently a member of the advisory board of the Marxist journal Science & Society.
Joe Jamison (Thomas Kenny) is co-author with Roger Keeran of Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union. He is a retired labor economist, member of the U.S. Peace Council and Editor of Marxism-Leninism Today (mltoday. com).
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Please join KPFA Radio when we welcome Pulitzer-prize winning author Chris Hedges in celebration of the release of his most recent book, The Greatest Evil is War. This live, in-person event will be hosted by Project Censored’s Mickey Huff.
“Hedges delivers a blistering condemnation of war in all forms and for all reasons -this spiky treatise deserves to be reckoned with.” Publisher’s Weekly
“Chris Hedges has compiled a remarkable record of reporting and analysis. This is a contribution of great significance in these troubled times.” Noam Chomsky
THIS SATURDAY COME THROUGH TO OUR BBQ AND BE IN COMMUNITY WITH US♥️
ALSO HELP US MEET THE MATERIAL NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE PARK AND VENMO: pparkberk:) pic.twitter.com/VNGa2rj1h6
— Defend People's Park (@defendppark) September 26, 2022
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Workshop
That’s why we’re holding another Public Service Loan Forgiveness Workshop to go over navigating the application process, pitfalls to avoid, and how to make it as easy as possible for you to apply. And at the end, we’ll be sure to answer your burning questions about PSLF, the temporary waiver, and how to get the cancellation you deserve!
RSVP Today for our Public Service Loan Forgiveness Workshop at 7pm-8pm Eastern (4pm-5pm Pacific) Tuesday, October 4th
And if you’re wondering if you qualify for PSLF, we’ll cover eligibility too! If you’re not a borrower yourself, feel free to pass this invitation on to anyone in your life who might need it! We want to help as many people as possible.
October 4: Our Beautiful Planet Home Living in, coping with, and learning from our changing environment: coyotes in San Francisco, cattle ranching in Silicon Valley, vertical cave diving in China.
October 5: Ai Wei Wei: Yours Truly Bay Area directors Cheryl Haines and Gina Leibrecht tell the powerful story of the outspoken artist and activist Ai Wei Wei’s Yours Truly exhibition at the former island penitentiary of Alcatraz.
October 6: On the Edge People following their own unique paths: America’s desert “hairstorian,” a boy’s quest to become a butler, a young woman’s quest to be more animated, genderqueer partners in love, an animated East Bay punk band chases fame during a pandemic.
October 11: Somewhere Else Instead Understanding where we are and might be: a wandering puzzle piece, a drag artist and an unusual request, a man who lives with Parkinson’s, dancing on the Albany bulb, a strange night in LA.
October 12: Transformations Exploring people and ideas in the midst of change: an LGBTQ+ generation gap, reclaiming the swastika as a message of peace, a circus seeking to do what others cannot do, two counties approach criminal justice differently.
October 13: Engaging with Life Living an authentic life: An artist of many “firsts,” a nonbinary social worker/activist, brave students resisting Nazis, and an aging magician looking for connection.
At Landmark’s Albany Twin Theatre October 4, 5, 6 & 11, 12, 13 / Doors open 7pm / All shows start 7:30pm / Tickets available online or at the box office. Full program and details www.albanyfilmfest.org.
October 4: Our Beautiful Planet Home Living in, coping with, and learning from our changing environment: coyotes in San Francisco, cattle ranching in Silicon Valley, vertical cave diving in China.
October 5: Ai Wei Wei: Yours Truly Bay Area directors Cheryl Haines and Gina Leibrecht tell the powerful story of the outspoken artist and activist Ai Wei Wei’s Yours Truly exhibition at the former island penitentiary of Alcatraz.
October 6: On the Edge People following their own unique paths: America’s desert “hairstorian,” a boy’s quest to become a butler, a young woman’s quest to be more animated, genderqueer partners in love, an animated East Bay punk band chases fame during a pandemic.
October 11: Somewhere Else Instead Understanding where we are and might be: a wandering puzzle piece, a drag artist and an unusual request, a man who lives with Parkinson’s, dancing on the Albany bulb, a strange night in LA.
October 12: Transformations Exploring people and ideas in the midst of change: an LGBTQ+ generation gap, reclaiming the swastika as a message of peace, a circus seeking to do what others cannot do, two counties approach criminal justice differently.
October 13: Engaging with Life Living an authentic life: An artist of many “firsts,” a nonbinary social worker/activist, brave students resisting Nazis, and an aging magician looking for connection.
At Landmark’s Albany Twin Theatre October 4, 5, 6 & 11, 12, 13 / Doors open 7pm / All shows start 7:30pm / Tickets available online or at the box office. Full program and details www.albanyfilmfest.org.
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
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Consequential Agenda Items:
6. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – Automated License Plate Reader
a. Review and take possible action on the impact statement and proposed use policy
October 4: Our Beautiful Planet Home Living in, coping with, and learning from our changing environment: coyotes in San Francisco, cattle ranching in Silicon Valley, vertical cave diving in China.
October 5: Ai Wei Wei: Yours Truly Bay Area directors Cheryl Haines and Gina Leibrecht tell the powerful story of the outspoken artist and activist Ai Wei Wei’s Yours Truly exhibition at the former island penitentiary of Alcatraz.
October 6: On the Edge People following their own unique paths: America’s desert “hairstorian,” a boy’s quest to become a butler, a young woman’s quest to be more animated, genderqueer partners in love, an animated East Bay punk band chases fame during a pandemic.
October 11: Somewhere Else Instead Understanding where we are and might be: a wandering puzzle piece, a drag artist and an unusual request, a man who lives with Parkinson’s, dancing on the Albany bulb, a strange night in LA.
October 12: Transformations Exploring people and ideas in the midst of change: an LGBTQ+ generation gap, reclaiming the swastika as a message of peace, a circus seeking to do what others cannot do, two counties approach criminal justice differently.
October 13: Engaging with Life Living an authentic life: An artist of many “firsts,” a nonbinary social worker/activist, brave students resisting Nazis, and an aging magician looking for connection.
At Landmark’s Albany Twin Theatre October 4, 5, 6 & 11, 12, 13 / Doors open 7pm / All shows start 7:30pm / Tickets available online or at the box office. Full program and details www.albanyfilmfest.org.
Why is it that on the internet the best information is often locked behind paywalls? Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, believes it’s time to turn that scarcity model upside down and build an internet based on abundance. Join us for an evening event where he’ll share a new project—Democracy’s Library—a free, open, online compendium of government research and publications from around the world. Why? Because democracies need an educated citizenry to thrive.
This year’s event is hybrid. We will be celebrating in-person at our main library in San Francisco, and will be livestreaming the event itself from 7pm-8pm PT so that everyone who cares about democracy around the world can join in.
Event details
5pm: Entertainment, Mingling and Food Trucks
7pm: Building Democracy’s Library presentation in our Great Room
8pm: Dancing in the Streets with “Hot Buttered Rum”
Registration is required: Register now for in-person or virtual attendance.
The topic is “The California Propositions Demystified.” The November 8, 2022 ballot contains seven propositions. Some offer easy decisions for the left. Others raise questions about health care and environmental policy, and require us to scrutinize who really benefits and where the money is coming from. Join us with your questions and ideas. Speakers will include:
Marsha Feinland – Retired PPublic School Teacher, Peace and Freedom Party member
David Campbell – Peace and Freedom Party member
David Landry – Peace and Freedom Party Webmaster and Orange County PFP chair.
Please register in advance at
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to receive your personal link for this event.
For more information email: info@sudssnackssocialism.org.
This event is sponsored by the Oakland Greens, Bay Area System Change Not Climate Change, and the Alameda County Peace and Freedom Party.
