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Lew Finzel will give us a reading of ‘TIS THE SEASON, a short story by the Weird Fiction writer (and Fire-Breathing Radical) China Mieville
About Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library
A weekly discussion series inspired by our respect for the work of Karl Marx and our belief that his work will remain as important for the class struggles of the future as they have been for the past.
Labor donated by ICSS volunteers
http://icssmarx.org
Homeless in Berkland will air on Berkeley’s Comcast Channel 28 this Sunday. It will air again on Tuesday December 26 @ 5:00 p.m. (PST) Just after Democracy Now!
It can be watched on local TV or live from anywhere in the world here: https://www.bcmtv.org/article/watch_channel_28
Homeless in Berkland will air on Berkeley’s Comcast Channel 28 this Sunday, December 24, and again on Tuesday December 26 Just after Democracy Now!
It can be watched on local TV or live from anywhere in the world here: https://www.bcmtv.org/article/watch_channel_28
Join your comrades for a fun night of pizza and gaming! This is an alcohol-free event, but your favorite 2-liters of soda are definitely allowed.
Bring your favorite board game or your favorite console & games and get ready to have some wholesome fun. Don’t forget the extra controllers!
The Oscar Grant Foundation is hosting the 9th Annual Oscar Grant Vigil “Speak Up and Judge Fairly”
The Oscar Grant Foundation (OGF) was established on August 13, 2010, as a Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation. It was organized after the criminal trial and subsequent conviction of former B.A.R.T. Police Officer Johannes Mehserle for the January 1, 2009 unlawful killing of Oscar Julius Grant III. Oscar’s mother, Rev. Wanda R. Johnson, now heads the Foundation, and its mission is to help bridge the gap of distrust between individuals in at-risk communities and law enforcement.
At Here at Heart and Soul Center of Light , we recognize society has systems in place that train, condition, and socialize us to sever connections to people who are perceived as “different” or less than. That’s why on Wednesday evenings we set an intention of debunking those lies, envisioning a more inclusive and free world.
Please join Valerie Joi Fiddmont, Rev. C. Michael Woodstock and myself as we co- lead a discussion on the infinite potential of direct right action. On that evening, I will discuss my work in public worship and ritual protest as a means of revealing God in impossible situations/ people and supporting a movement to ending social injustices.
Meditation begins 6:15p – 6:30p with discussion following.
Please come out to join the first in our series of spokescouncils to help plan the #96Hours of #NonCompliance to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy.
Note that in contemplating what is happening in the world right now, and the critical importance of solidarity with indigenous peoples and peoples engages in liberation struggles around the world – the third day of #96Hours will be Indigenous/International Solidarity Day!
Here is our revised Call and please don’t forget to join our Facebook spokescouncil event series by clicking “interested” on the series, then “going” on the dates you are able to attend.
Help plan 96 Hours by attending the spokescouncils
WE.WILL.NOT.COMPLY.
96 Hours of Non-Compliance Over King Day Weekend
It’s that time again, Bay Area! For the fourth year in a row, for #96hours over the King Day Weekend, the Anti Police-Terror Project calls our comrades into the streets to stand in solidarity and say no to white supremacy, say no to state sponsored terror, say no to development over people, say no to misogyny, say no to homophobia and transphobia, say no to the targeting of immigrants, say no to the targeting of Muslims. We call on you to join us and show the Trump-Schaff Regimes that WE WILL NOT COMPLY with their corporate agenda.
We call upon groups large and small, well-established or brand new, to plan your own action(s) within a common framework:
- On Friday, January 12, 2018, we are calling for actions that focus on State-Sponsored Violence.
- On Saturday, January 13, 2018, we are calling for actions that focus on Housing.
- On Sunday January 14, 2018, we are calling for actions that focus on Indigenous/International Solidarity.
- On Monday, January 15, 2018, we reclaim MLK Day.
Our #96hours culminates with a mass mobilization, and we ask everyone to come together for the Reclaiming King’s Radical Legacy March through the streets of Oakland.
Furthermore, we call upon both individuals and groups in our community (whether you’re planning an action or not) to come together in a series of spokescouncil meetings in order to coordinate and support the many actions that will be planned:
- Thursday 12/14 7:00 – 9:30 pm
- Sunday 12/17 1:00 – 3:30 pm
- Wednesday 12/20 7:30 – 9:30 pm
- Wednesday 1/3 7:00 – 9:30 pm
- Saturday 1/6 1:00 – 3:30 pm
- Monday 1/8 7:00 – 9:30 pm
- Wednesday 1/10 7:00 – 9:30 pm
Even before Trump took office and the KKK took off their hoods, we saw open displays of white supremacy and state-sponsored violence in the Bay Area. We saw police agents murder our Black and Brown community members in broad daylight with no repercussions. We saw local city governments embolden law enforcement departments with unlimited overtime, paid leave after murdering residents, militarized equipment, and a blank check to use dangerous and “non”-lethal devices to crack down on our culture and political dissent.
Even before the Oakland Police Department received national news coverage for the rape of a young teen sex worker by tens of law enforcement agents across the Bay Area, we saw the open sexual harassment and exploitation of our Black and Brown community members in broad daylight with no repercussions.
Even before the GOP-controlled U.S. Congress began its warpath to destroy healthcare and public education and exacerbate poverty, we saw our local city governments do NOTHING to aid long-time residents at risk FOR YEARS as the housing crisis continues to grow worse and worse.
That’s why we are telling all agents of our oppression, from 45 to Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf that WE WILL NOT COMPLY with their corporate agenda.
Federal Suit Charges Pregnant Female Prisoners at Alameda County Santa Rita Jail Inhumanely Treated – Coerced to Abort by Authorities
OAKLAND – Pregnant female prisoners are inhumanely treated and coerced to have abortions at the Alameda County Jail (Santa Rita) – women have had recent miscarriages and one gave birth alone in solitary confinement – according to a new federal lawssuit naming Alameda County, the Alameda County Jail, the Alameda County Sheriff and dozens of individual officers as defendants.
Details available at the news conference.
At least three pregnant female prisoners are asking the court for “emergency relief” because they’ve repeatedly been denied medical attention, warm clothing, blankets, nutritious food and fresh air.
The lawsuit charges they’ve been told to agree to an abortion by defendants – other pregnant women, including those who have miscarried, were similarly “scorned, branded and mistreated” by the jail. The women seek injunctive relief under the U.S. and state constitutions, and are asking the court to require a total cessation of inhumane and sexually biased treatment at Santa Rita, according to Bay Area civil rights lawyers Yolanda Huang and Dennis Cunningham.
The head of Northern California’s Federal spy data center, the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC), will testify and answer questions from the Commission.
Agenda:
1. NCRIC Q&A with Mike Sena, Executive Director, also taking questions from the public.
2. Surveillance Ordinance
Come by our open Orientations every First and Third Thursday of the month at 6pm! We’ll introduce you to the variety of ways you can get involved at the Omni, whether through joining a working group or a collective—or starting one of your one. Write our Communications Working Group with questions: comms@omnicommons.org
Rally to Save Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants
The Trump administration is threatening to remove Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from Salvadorans, Hondurans, Nicaraguans, Syrians, and Haitians and send them back to situations of life-threatening violence. Many came to the United States because of wars and natural disasters and have been here for years, and for some, even decades. Removing Temporary Protected Status will put hundreds of thousands of people at risk of deportation. Sending them back to countries where there are ongoing conflicts or economic instability is a human rights disaster.
This Saturday 11AM, join us at 350 Alabama St to help gather signatures for https://t.co/yWJEfrqTTM.
Let’s help ensure all tenants facing eviction have a right to counsel!
👨⚖️🏛🏠https://t.co/LfVCxB8WG7 pic.twitter.com/OCBkfyCjBZ— DSA San Francisco (@DSA_SF) January 2, 2018
Please join First Congregational Church of Oakland and KCET City Rising for a screening of the new documentary special, CITY RISING, examining gentrification in California, followed by a discussion about the use of Public Land in Oakland.
The multi-platform documentary series shows how gentrification is deeply rooted in a history of discriminatory laws and practices in the United States that have disproportionately impacted and continue to impact marginalized communities. The film follows the journey of California communities that are fighting displacement and features a growing movement of advocates seeking responsible development across the state.
Following the film, a group of local advocates from the Citywide Anti-Displacement Network will speak about the work they are doing to end displacement in Oakland.
This event is free and open to the public!
Additionally, this event is a fundraiser for First Congregational Church of Oakland (FCCO). If you cannot attend the event and give there, or if you would prefer to give online, please use the following link to donate to FCCO. In the Add a a note section, please type in City Rising.
https://paypal.me/
#CityRising #PublicLand4PublicGood #SaveE12
Suds, Snacks, & Socialism at the Starry Plough
2 blocks from Ashby BART in Berkeley
The Peace and Freedom Party presents
YOU ARE NOT A LOAN!
Banks, Debt, and Socialism
Bertolt Brecht famously asked whether it’s worse to rob a bank or to own one. Good question. To explore this issue, we are inviting Debbie Notkin and Maren Poitras from Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland and Gloria La Riva, 2016 Presidential Candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party.
Sat, Jan 6, 2018 • 2:00 PM-4:30 PM
FREE! (Please buy food & drink at the Pub.) FREE!
This is part of our on-going Socialist Forum Series on the first Saturday of every month. Doors open at 2 pm and the program will start promptly at 2:30 pm. The forum will end by 4:30 pm, but folks can stay and talk as long as you like. Speaker’s affiliations are listed for identification only. The opinions expressed do not reflect the official views of the Peace and Freedom Party.
The Peace and Freedom Party, born from the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s, is committed to socialism, democracy, ecology, feminism, racial equality, and internationalism.
http://www.peaceandfreedom.org
We're hosting a Know Your Rights training in support of the #96Hours to help people get ready for massive police presence at actions and demos. THIS SUNDAY, January 7 @ 11am, 2022 Blake Street, Berkeley https://t.co/qIVoSLnckG
— Berkeley Copwatch (@Copwatch411) January 6, 2018
Bay Area, we need you to show up to this eviction defense TOMORROW! Khaliff Webb is facing an eviction by a tech landlord thru the same loophole in protections that Aunti Frances' landlords are using. Protect 3 generations of #Oakland community! #ClosetheLoopholes #gentrification pic.twitter.com/Y2fq23rp1u
— Defend Aunti Frances (@defendauntif) January 8, 2018
Please come out to join the first in our series of spokescouncils to help plan the #96Hours of #NonCompliance to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy.
Note that in contemplating what is happening in the world right now, and the critical importance of solidarity with indigenous peoples and peoples engages in liberation struggles around the world – the third day of #96Hours will be Indigenous/International Solidarity Day!
Here is our revised Call and please don’t forget to join our Facebook spokescouncil event series by clicking “interested” on the series, then “going” on the dates you are able to attend.
Help plan 96 Hours by attending the spokescouncils
WE.WILL.NOT.COMPLY.
96 Hours of Non-Compliance Over King Day Weekend
It’s that time again, Bay Area! For the fourth year in a row, for #96hours over the King Day Weekend, the Anti Police-Terror Project calls our comrades into the streets to stand in solidarity and say no to white supremacy, say no to state sponsored terror, say no to development over people, say no to misogyny, say no to homophobia and transphobia, say no to the targeting of immigrants, say no to the targeting of Muslims. We call on you to join us and show the Trump-Schaff Regimes that WE WILL NOT COMPLY with their corporate agenda.
We call upon groups large and small, well-established or brand new, to plan your own action(s) within a common framework:
- On Friday, January 12, 2018, we are calling for actions that focus on State-Sponsored Violence.
- On Saturday, January 13, 2018, we are calling for actions that focus on Housing.
- On Sunday January 14, 2018, we are calling for actions that focus on Indigenous/International Solidarity.
- On Monday, January 15, 2018, we reclaim MLK Day.
Our #96hours culminates with a mass mobilization, and we ask everyone to come together for the Reclaiming King’s Radical Legacy March through the streets of Oakland.
Furthermore, we call upon both individuals and groups in our community (whether you’re planning an action or not) to come together in a series of spokescouncil meetings in order to coordinate and support the many actions that will be planned:
- Thursday 12/14 7:00 – 9:30 pm
- Sunday 12/17 1:00 – 3:30 pm
- Wednesday 12/20 7:30 – 9:30 pm
- Wednesday 1/3 7:00 – 9:30 pm
- Saturday 1/6 1:00 – 3:30 pm
- Monday 1/8 7:00 – 9:30 pm
- Wednesday 1/10 7:00 – 9:30 pm
Even before Trump took office and the KKK took off their hoods, we saw open displays of white supremacy and state-sponsored violence in the Bay Area. We saw police agents murder our Black and Brown community members in broad daylight with no repercussions. We saw local city governments embolden law enforcement departments with unlimited overtime, paid leave after murdering residents, militarized equipment, and a blank check to use dangerous and “non”-lethal devices to crack down on our culture and political dissent.
Even before the Oakland Police Department received national news coverage for the rape of a young teen sex worker by tens of law enforcement agents across the Bay Area, we saw the open sexual harassment and exploitation of our Black and Brown community members in broad daylight with no repercussions.
Even before the GOP-controlled U.S. Congress began its warpath to destroy healthcare and public education and exacerbate poverty, we saw our local city governments do NOTHING to aid long-time residents at risk FOR YEARS as the housing crisis continues to grow worse and worse.
That’s why we are telling all agents of our oppression, from 45 to Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf that WE WILL NOT COMPLY with their corporate agenda.
- Ann Fagan Ginger, founder of MCLI, took action and wrote an open letter to the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission asking them to join with us to demand that the City of Berkeley end its harassment of people who are unsheltered and allow sanctioned encampments so that landless people can be treated with dignity. In response the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission has added this issue to their agenda for public comment at their next meeting on January 8, 2018.
- Make your voice heard before that meeting.
Sign the email petition now!
- After you sign the petition then we ask that you spread the word to your friends, family, and on social media.
- We also ask everyone who is able to join the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute at the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission meeting at the North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA, to support the open letter by Ann Fagan Ginger and to demand that the City of Berkeley fulfill the principles upon which the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission was founded which is the respect of human rights for all people.
POSTPONED! THIS IS NOT HAPPENING ON THIS DATE – AWAITING SCHEDULING AND LOCATION FOR ANOTHER SELECT COMMITTEE HEARING, SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT SB 562.
Join us for a day of action for the Healthy California Act (SB 562) as the 2018 Legislative Session begins. We will be providing bus transportation to and from Sacramento Sign up here. Please join us to send a clear message that it’s time to free the bill!
OAKLAND/BERKELEY
- STOP 1: Departs @ 7:20 am from CNA Headquarters, 250 22nd Street, Oakland CA
- STOP 2: Departs @ 7:45 am from Ed Roberts Campus across from Ashby Bart, 3075 Adeline St, Berkeley CA
Start 2018 Right! RSVP today to join our Statewide #FreeTheBill Day of Action for #SB562 – give the gift of guaranteed healthcare! RSVP👉🏼https://t.co/acMaLVWw2I pic.twitter.com/mP6wleojXN
— Healthy CA (@4HealthyCA) December 14, 2017