Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.

For December, we are reading the first part, and the beginning of the second part, of Less is More, by Jason Hickel (Amazon, Barnes & Noble).

For January, 2023, we are finishing the book.

The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause. Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that will lead to meaningful and immediate change: DEGROWTH. If we want to have a shot at halting the crisis, we need to restore the balance. We need to change how we see nature and our place in it, shifting from a philosophy of domination and extraction to one that’s rooted in reciprocity and regeneration.

We need to evolve beyond the dogmas of capitalism to a new system that is fit for the twenty-first century. But what does such a society look like? What about jobs? What about health? What about progress? This book tackles these questions and traces a clear pathway to a post-capitalist economy. An economy that’s more just, more caring, and more fun. An economy that enables human flourishing while reversing ecological breakdown. An economy that will not only lift us out of our current crisis, but restore our sense of connection to a world that’s brimming with life. By taking less, we can become more.

Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included Doughnut Economics, Limits, Banking on the People, Capital and Its Discontents, How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century, The Deficit Myth,  Revenge Capitalism, the Edge of Chaos blog symposium , Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons, The Optimist’s Telescope, Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism, Exploring Degrowth, The Origin of Wealth, Mine!, The Dawn of Everything  A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, and Beyond Money.

All are welcome!

January Oakland Greens Virtual Townhall.

Our first event will be the January virtual townhall “What Does a Green Police System Look Like”?  Imagine a future of community policing, police commissions with real authority, and registered Green Party police chiefs. What would a Green Party police force look like? Demilitarized officers, biodiesel-fueled vehicles, and hemp weapons? How would you create a police force with Green Party values? Well, the irregular cast with special guests will discuss the possibilities with you and theorize on how to make an entirely new police system a reality.

Join us on Saturday, January 14, 2023 � virtual doors open at 6 PM (with the best pre-show music diversity). The discussion begins at 6:30 PM PST on ZOOM. (Click on the link to register).

Full 2023 VTH season link

8 Years Before is an independently-funded documentary film directed by international journalist Donald Courter and produced collaboratively with international heavyweight fighting champion Jeff Monson.

The film portrays in stark detail the long saga of suffering that the Donbass people endured at the hands of the Ukrainian military, following the 2014 Euromaidan Coup d’etat. Through primary source accounts and interviews with ordinary citizens of Donbass, human stories with a perspective never before seen in the mainstream media are brought to light.
Speaker: Jeff Monson Moscow-based filmmaker, international heavyweight fighting champion, and activist.  He is the co-producer of” 8 Years Before,” which can be viewed at:


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Join high school US History teacher David Giesen as he vets an overview–seeking your critique–of next year’s approach to US History.

The curriculum’s theme is “Liberating the Pursuit of Happiness.”

The “elevator pitch” is: The United States was created in the stated belief that governments should exist in order to facilitate a people’s ability to pursue happiness. The pursuit of happiness requires liberty to be playfully expressive. The USA is on the continuum of aligning politico-economic conditions with the sort of liberty required for people to pursue happiness.

On three successive Sunday evenings (January 8, 15, and 22) you are invited to join a virtual conference where you will remotely watch a few videos and afterwards join in discussion of those videos as they relate to the curriculum. You need not attend every session.

I welcome those desiring a short course in US history, those desirous of critiquing an unconventional approach to US history, friends of Howard Zinn-like alternate US histories, enemies of Howard Zinn-like alternate US histories, self-described woke, self-described woke-adverse, would-be US history teachers, US history teachers, and others.

REMINDER: Our 9th Annual Weekend to Reclaim MLK’s Radical Legacy begins in ONE WEEK! And MLK Day is in only TEN DAYS!!

✊🏾WHEN: Monday, January 16, meet-up at 11am
✊🏾MEET UP LOCATION: Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, 2777 Middle Harbor Rd, Oakland, CA pic.twitter.com/gGDTnPnkab

— Anti Police-Terror Project (@APTPaction) January 6, 2023

“What I'm saying today is that we must go from this convention and say, ‘America, you must be born again!’”

🌹Join us tomorrow at 6:30pm tomorrow to here the King in his own words🌹https://t.co/NFajjLLeBY pic.twitter.com/uYgyqwdFTv

— East Bay DSA 🌹 (@DSAEastBay) January 16, 2023

We know it has been quite 2022 and a lot to come in 2023, so join our STATE OF THE DEBTORS UNION January 25, 8pm ET / 5pm ET as we highlight some accomplishments in the fight against housing debt, medical debt, carceral debt and student debt. We’ll discuss lessons from 2022 and take stock for the year ahead.

The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover Up in Oakland
By Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham
(Atria Books; 480 pages; $30)

9th Ave. presents “Riders” authors in conversation with Joe Eskenazi: 7 p.m. Jan. 19. Free. Green Apple Books, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com

Uncovering Brutality, Cover-Up, and Corruption in Oakland: “Riders” authors in conversation with Otis Taylor. Live stream only. 3 p.m. Jan. 25. $10-$40, free for members. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org

“Riders” authors in conversation with Karym Sanchez: 4 p.m. Jan. 28. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com

The Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force presents:

CEMTF 3RD Virtual Summit Series: CLIMATE & the ECONOMY

Which Green Matters Most?

9:00 – 9:20 AM

Land Acknowledgement

Corrina Gould, Tribal Chair, Confederated Villages of Lisjan & Co Director Sogorea Te Land Trust

Welcome

Cheryl Davila, Chair CEMTF & Former Councilmember

Speakers & Co-Speaker

9:20 – 10:00 AM

Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder Code Pink

10:00 – 10:30 AM

“The Doughnut that’s good for CA”

Franziska Raedeker & Anne Sheridan, California Doughnut Economics Coalition

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Public Banks, A Tool for building pathways to a just and sustainable future

Gayle McLaughlin, Councilmember, City of Richmond

Public Banks, A Piece of the Sustainability Jigsaw Puzzle

Debbie Notkin, Chair, Friends of the Public Bank East Bay

5 minute Break

11:05 – 11:50 AM

Zero Food Waste–

Tara McNerney & Pete Pearson, World Wildlife Fund

David Hott, Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen

Cara Morgan, Branch Chief, Local Assistance and Market Development, CalRecycle, State of California

11:50 AM – Noon

Announcements & Closing

Cheryl Davila

CEMTF.org/ @CEMTF1/ https://www.facebook.com/ClimateEmergencyMobilizationTaskForce/

Rally in front of the Grand Lake Theater, Oakland

Saturday, January 21: 10 AM – 12 PM

Victory to the people of Ukraine, Iran, Myanmar, Syria, Belarus & India!

  Flyer

Peoples Assemblies are new for 2023. Collaborative actions and mutual aid are valuable community responses to concerns and as alternatives to relying on unresponsive government. An Extinction Rebellion demand is to hold Peoples Assemblies to take action because government is not acting quickly or effectively on the climate emergency, threat of nuclear annihilation, racism, poverty, and other problems. Together we can generate solutions, connect in community, be heard, be creative.

Limited seating; you must register for the assembly in advance and to reserve free childcare: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/berkeley-community-peoples-assembly-tickets-503288949797

Agenda: Welcome and introductions, brief presentations on

1) banking responsibly; moving your money to ‘good’ banks & credit unions that don’t finance nuclear weapons or fossil fuel projects, presented by Third Act/350.org

2) ending the war in Ukraine, presented by CODEPINK with video from Medea Benjamin

3) saving rooftop solar in California, presented by Solar Rights and Clean Energy Alliances. Discussions focusing on solutions and generating ideas for future Assemblies. Snacks, free childcare by reservation to codepinksfbay@gmail.com, handouts, door prizes.

Hosted by Mutual Aid Institute (https://mutualaid.institute), CodePink (https://codepink.org), Third Act (350.org), Extinction Rebellion Peace, Progressive Democrats of Oakland, Triple Justice.

On January 22, 2023, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, as we mourn the loss of nearly 50 years of constitutional protections, we send a clear message: We are not defeated. We are not going gently. Women are rising, and we are on the march.

We are taking our fight to every state house and every state legislator in this country. We are putting all politicians at every level of government on notice: If you come for our families, our freedoms, or our future, we are coming for your seat.

Our movement is strong. Our movement is growing. Our movement is #BiggerThanRoe

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Speaker: Mark Albertson.

The Nuclear Option:  The nuclear option was exercised twice:  At Hiroshima, August 6, 1945, followed three days later at Nagasaki, August 9.  Both by the United States against the same targeted nation, Japan.  Japan, as well. was working on the Bomb, with the Army and Navy each having programs.  Yet it was Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman who split the atom in 1938, providing Germany with the inside track towards the Bomb.  The advent of the Bomb will effect foreign relations, war, societies, and cultures.  Indeed, the Bomb will hasten the use of the helicopter among armies as a way to circumvent a nuclear battlefield with a doctrine known as Airmobility in the United States Army and the Vertical Assault Concept in the United States Marine Corps.  And while the Bomb is seen as Man’s Doomsday Weapon, it has not prevented him from deciding his options on the battlefield.  And so, just how has the Bomb altered Man’s approach to war and what is the future?

Mark Albertson is the historical research editor at Army Aviation magazine in Monroe, Connecticut; and, is the historian for the Army Aviation Association of America.

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Our Zoom room will be opened up as usual at 10:15 am 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 may remain open later for informal discussion.

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Live Broadcast – Abolition: A Multigenerational Perspective, Lecture Hall

Due to high demand for this program, the James Moore Theatre (JMT) has sold out. HOWEVER, we are offering a limited number of tickets to view the program from our Lecture Hall. Visitors joining us in the Lecture Hall will watch the program LIVE via telecast from the JMT.  

Centering past and contemporary abolition movements, this powerful event will feature the activist, scholar, and author celebrated in Seize the Time, Angela Davis, in conversation with former Oakland Youth Poet Laureate and author of the critically-acclaimed novel, Nightcrawling, Leila Mottley, and National Movement Building Director from the Black Organizing Project (B.O.P.), Jessica Black, whose long-term and ultimately successful efforts abolished the OUSD police force. The conversation will be moderated by Cat Brooks, co-founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project and Executive Director of The Justice Teams Network”

Special performances will include a spoken word by director, playwright, arts educator and Oakland Poet Laureate Ayodele Nzinga PhD, and a dance performance by Destiny Junior Company.

Live Broadcast Program Schedule: 

1–1:15 pm – Reading

1:20–1:45 pm – Destiny Junior Company

1:45–2:45 pm – Panel Discussion

2:45–3 pm – Q&A

Accessibility The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible, welcoming, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs are available for checkout on a first come, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations, like American Sign Language (ASL), Cantonese, Spanish or another language interpreter, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event.

2023 is kicking in with the usual challenges, and we can already sense the need for a little soul-soothing.  Please join us for a concert of celestial harp and vocal music that reminds us that heaven-on-earth can sometimes be as close as the next musical performance.

Floy Andrews and Maureen Brennan are offering a late Sunday afternoon of Celtic music and camaraderie to celebrate the New Year.  Maureen will play Celtic harp alongside special guest singer, Amelia Hogan, at the Point Richmond home of Floy Andrews and Fred Page.  Light refreshments will be served.  Please join us!

Recommended minimum donation of $15 to Sunflower Alliance, collected at the Gathering.  Of course, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

RSVP to Maureen at harpmo@sbcglobal.net for address.  *Attendance limited to 20 guests; please RSVP soon.

*The event will be indoors with attendance limited to 20 guests.  Please consider the setting.  Floy and Fred have a smallish house (with a very nice view of the Bay).  It will likely be too chilly to have doors and windows open.  Masking will be optional.  If you feel ill, have recently tested positive for COVID, or have reason to believe that you might have been exposed to COVID within five days of the Gathering, please opt out of joining us (as much as we will miss your presence).  We thought about rescheduling, but intend the program as a welcome to this new year so we decided to forge ahead.  Please assess your personal COVID risk tolerance based upon the above.

Location Details:
Virtual through Google Meet: The Pursuit of Happiness framed in political-economic terms
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/mqd-jtmf-gkk

Join high school US History teacher David Giesen as he vets an overview–seeking your critique–of next year’s approach to US History.

The curriculum’s theme is “Liberating the Pursuit of Happiness.”

The “elevator pitch” is: The United States was created in the stated belief that governments should exist in order to facilitate a people’s ability to pursue happiness. The pursuit of happiness requires liberty to be playfully expressive. The USA is on the continuum of aligning politico-economic conditions with the sort of liberty required for people to pursue happiness.

On three successive Sunday evenings (January 8, 15, and 22) you are invited to join a virtual conference where you will remotely watch a few videos and afterwards join in discussion of those videos as they relate to the curriculum. You need not attend every session.

I welcome those desiring a short course in US history, those desirous of critiquing an unconventional approach to US history, friends of Howard Zinn-like alternate US histories, enemies of Howard Zinn-like alternate US histories, self-described woke, self-described woke-adverse, would-be US history teachers, US history teachers, and others.

The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover Up in Oakland
By Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham
(Atria Books; 480 pages; $30)

9th Ave. presents “Riders” authors in conversation with Joe Eskenazi: 7 p.m. Jan. 19. Free. Green Apple Books, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com

Uncovering Brutality, Cover-Up, and Corruption in Oakland: “Riders” authors in conversation with Otis Taylor. Live stream only. 3 p.m. Jan. 25. $10-$40, free for members. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org

“Riders” authors in conversation with Karym Sanchez: 4 p.m. Jan. 28. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com

Zoom discussion on the future of OPD. This Friday 1/27 6:30pm. Join us to hear @PPriceCares @Tyfahra @OaklandOIG José Dorado @OakPoliceComm Jim Chanin
What needs to happen for real structural reform & effective oversight?
Register here: https://t.co/hs0kvjdtug pic.twitter.com/go1cbWHMBb

— Coalition for Police Accountability (@oakcopoversight) January 25, 2023