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P. E. Moskowitz wrote the renowned bestseller, “How To Kill a City,” which revealed the systemic forces behind the gentrification ruining such major American cities as San Francisco, New York, New Orleans and Detroit. Now, with “The Case Against Free Speech” he exposes the powerful forces and political machinations currently defining free speech, a term that has been defined and redefined to suit those in power, to give them the right to push their agenda. What’s more, our investment in the First Amendment has long obscured an uncomfortable truth: free speech is impossible in an unequal society in which a few corporations joined with the ultra-wealthy can bankroll political movements that disenfranchise millions of voters, while our government routinely silences critics of racism and capitalism.
Weaving together history and reporting from Charlottesville, Skokie, Standing Rock and many college campuses, the author argues that all these flashpoints reveal much more about the dire state of our democracy than they do about simply who is allowed to say what. This daring book takes readers directly into the battle raging over this foundational concept, from the back rooms of think-tanks where the very definition of free speech is influenced by billionaires like the Koch Brothers, to “safe spaces” on college campuses, to neo-Nazi rallies protected by the police. Moskowitz dives into the history of how free speech rights have always been reserved for those in power.
Our current definition of free speech merely replicates power while dissuaging dissent. A bright new ideal emerges in “The Case against Free Speech” – as the author makes a clear case for using speech as a tool for exposing the truth, demanding equality, and fighting for all our civil liberties.
P.E.Moskowitz is the author of the bestselling “How To Kill a City,” and a writer for Al Jazeera, The Guardian, the New York Times, Wired, the New Republic and Vice.
Philip Maldari is host and producer of the popular Sunday Morning Show (9 Am – 11 PM) on KPFA Radio.
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Join the East Bay DSA’s Labor Committee for their regular Beer and Roses social. Hang out with other members who are interested in the labor movement, hear about what’s happening in EBDSA Labor Committee & learn how you can get involved.
The RPA’s August movie night will feature “POWER TO HEAL,” which tells a poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the tale of how a new national program, Medicare, was used to mount a dramatic, coordinated effort that desegregated thousands of hospitals across the country practically overnight. Potluck starts at 6:30, followed by a screening at 7pm and discussion at 8pm.
The Amazon = LIFE & Capitalism = DEATH
It’s time for our August action!! EVERYONE is welcome!
The Amazon is burning at an unprecedented speed. Ranchers and cattle farmers are burning territory clearing it and creating pastures for cattle, and big agriculture to take over and buy their property. If a section of the rainforest is burned to the ground, it is then open for takeover. Indigenous people, animals, plants, everything is losing their homes and lives in this historic decimation of the lungs of our planet.
President Jair Bolsonaro initially blamed environmentalists for the fires, and later announced the country didn’t have any money to fight the fires. The devastation is nearly beyond comprehension and the consequences on the entire planet are unimaginable.
As many of you following Brasil issues have probably noticed, there has been a very public escalation of violence, murders and intimidation of indigenous people and villages in the last couple of months. Uncontacted tribes are being photographed, and witnessing the outside world, deforestation of the Brasilian Amazon is at unprecedented high, leaders are being murdered and the government is lying to the world about all of this and we must take action.
This action is standing in solidarity with all Indigenous people and territories in the Brasilian Amazon. We are doing a call out to the Bay Area and Northern California native people from all up and down the Americas, and all people here, to come and stand.
Not One More Drop of Indigenous Blood!
We talk about the Condor ~ Eagle prophecy so frequently and this is part of fulfilling the prophecy. Standing together as indigenous people is where our strength comes from. This is a call out for all native people to bring us your songs, to brings us your dances, to please come and lay down your prayers for your relatives fighting for their lives in Brasil. This will be an action of prayer offerings from the North to the South. We all have our many traditional clothes, songs and offerings for prayer and we are asking you to bring yours on behalf of indigenous people being murdered and violently intimidated in Brasil. The Amazon is being cared for by our relatives there and we stand with them, in their defense.
We will be blocking off the street in front of the Brasilian Consulate again, and again will be doing a street mural. We will have many signs again, puppets and music. This action is all about prayer so please only bring prayer and love. We invite you to bring flowers to offer. Please bring your hearts ready to have a powerful action of prayer for all we hold dear. Everyone is welcome and desperately needed.
Let us fill that space with people, let us fill the air with songs, let us flood the street with prayer and let it be heard in Brasil that the Eagle ~ Condor prophecy is real and we are standing solidly in the knowledge that we are making it come true.
PLEASE NOTE: If you would like to come and offer your traditional song and/or dance prayers PLEASE MESSAGE THE PAGE OR EMAIL US AT BrasilSolidaritySFBay [at] Protonmail.com
For more information on what is happening in Brasil go to the BSN page for news articles: https://www.facebook.com/BrasilSolidarityNetwork/
HOSTS:
–Brasil Solidarity Network
–Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network
–Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty
–Diablo Rising Tide – DiRT
–Idle No More SF Bay
–1000 Grandmothers Bay Area
–NorCal Resist
This day-long symposium will kick off a year of events at UC Berkeley to mark the 400 year anniversary of the beginning of slavery in North America. The events are being co-organized by the Haas Institute, the African American studies and history departments, the African American Student Development Center, and the Black Staff & Faculty Organization.
The symposium will include remarks by Haas Institute Director and African American studies professor john a. powell, plus several panels and performances detailed below.
Register here.
SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN
hI aLL HOPE TO SEE YA oRION
EVERY FRI 530PM TO 7PM “BASTA SAVE CHELSEA AND JULIEN ” VIGIL DEMO POTLUCK MUSIC (7PM AFTER PARTY/MEETING ) FRUITVALE &MACARTHUR OAKLAND
WE HOPE TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO OUR ON-GOING CAMPAIGNS IN THE BAY.
Here is a link to the bay area action for Julian which includes CHELSEA SUPPORT PLEASE SIGN UP
https://bayaction2freeassange.org
TELL EVERY ONE
Thanks for your letters you can write a letter directly to Chelsea here’s her address tell her who you are and why you want to save her don/t be shy
PLEASE WRITE LETTERS TO CHELSEA (only hand written and no post cards no pictures do not write any thing on the outside of the letter to Chelsea Elizebeth Manning
William G Truedale Adult Detention Center
2001MILL ROAD
ALEXANDRIA VA 22314
also join the #LettersToJulian campaign,writejulian.com
WE NEED TO HIP PEOPLE TO THE YOU TUBE SHOWS AND WEB SITES AND TWITTER FEEDS
We find the BEST INFO IS FROM CHELSEA (xychelsea.is) AND JULIEN WEB SITES and twitter feeds YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A MEMBER of TWITTER JUST TYPE IN twitter.com/xychelsea or twitter.com/defendassange and you/ll be able to read and see the latest INTERNATIONAL news and support via the links
also Consortium News ,HAS A Unity4J every friday on line LIVE STREAM vigil for Julian and of course support the work of ongoing wekileaks.org
PLEASE Google the following you tube shows ADD COMENTS ..AND TELL OUR FRIENDS
JIMMY DORE show and chelsea Manning 80,000 HITS SO FAR .. news flash now 90,000 hits
REDACTED TONIGHTt Julien Assange and Chelsea Manning
our own BAY ARE STEVE ZELTZER LABOR VIDEO project Julien and Chelsea Manning
and SECULAR TALK & julien and Chelsea Manning
and CROSS TALK Julien and Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning/s Youtube site
TULSI 2020
VETERANS FOR PEACE
CODE PINK
BLACK AGENDA REPORTS
JILL STEIN
DANIEL ELSBERG
FLASHPOINTS KPFA 5PM EVERY DAY
BRITS LABOR PARTY LEADER JEREMY CORBIN
CHRIS HEDGES FORMER NYT JOURNALIST
Thanks Orion
BELOW IS THE LINK TO her letter she wrote to judge
https://www.aaronswartzday.org/chelsea-manning-letter.
It’s an extreamly well researched LETTER TO THE JUDGE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SECRET GRAND JURIES Don/t ever forget about what she said in response to her 2nd Grand Jury Trail which they imposed a $500.00 daily fine after 30 days and a $1000.00 daily fine after 60 days “I/D RATHER STARVE THEN ANSWER YOUR SECRET GRAND JURY”
After 30 days of daily protests outside ICE to close the camps, we invite EVERYONE to attend a culminating protest on Saturday, August 31 at Noon.
Music by:
•Emma’s Revolution – https://emmasrevolution.com
•Diana Gameros – https://www.dianagameros.com
•Betsy Rose & Bonnie Lockhart – https://www.betsyrosemusic.org
•La Peña Chorus (with Lichi Fuentes) – https://www.lapenachorus.org
Speakers (TBA)
And food
More info to come.
Please follow this page for more.
A groundbreaking night of events celebrating creators, disruptors and innovators from underrepresented communities. Ella Baker Center Executive Director Zach Norris will be sharing his work and vision on the Prison Reform and Design Thinking for the Future panel happening 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Amber Cummings, a known fascist organizer is planning a rally, “No to Marxism in America” in Berkeley, CA on September 1st at Sproul Plaza. It is critical that the people of the greater Bay Area show up to resist their hateful actions and rhetoric. The ideology and presence of fascist forces are on the rise not only in the United States but around the globe.
Domestically, the U.S. government is carrying out the imprisonment of tens of thousands of Latin American migrants and refugees at the southern border who are escaping war and terror in their countries created by the imperialist policies of the United States. In the Bay Area alone there are over 55,000 homeless people living on the streets. We will mobilize against the fascists and we will not forget the daily oppression of working people.
This is the environment that allows fascism to develop.
Our plan is to meet at People’s Park (2556 Haste) at 10AM. We will rally there and march to Sproul Plaza at noon.
If you would like to co-sponsor this event or if you have an accessibility request, please email wewontgo@riseup.net
ACTIVATING THE ENTIRE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
for the Global Climate Strike September 20-27, 2019 & beyond
WHAT IS NVDA?
NVDA stands for Non-Violent Direct Action. Examples of nonviolent direct action (also known as nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, or civil resistance) can include sit-ins, strikes, workplace occupations, or street blockades.
Join us for an informative discussion on the ideology of Pan-Africanism at the Pan-African Festival 9/1/19 at 2pm in Oakland’s Mosswood park. We’ll be discussing the fundamentals of Pan-Africanism and how it can be used as a revolutionary tool to address the conditions facing African people all over the world.
Organizer/AuthorBay Action 2 Free Assange
Join us at the Jimmy Dore Show LIVE! We’ll be out front PRE-show at 6:30pm with signs and sign up list to #FreeAssangeNOW #FreeManning. Help educate the public on this issue vital to save jailed, innocent journalists’ lives. Our future depends on it.
After our pre-show event, Jimmy’s show starts at 7:30 and requires a ticket $15- link below.
Jimmy Dore Show Live is an irreverent take on today’s headlines and hypocrites. Jimmy has fun sharing his favorite news clips and setting the record straight with hilarious results. A certified YouTube sensation, The Jimmy Dore Show boast of over 200 million views and over 580,000 subscribers. Dore’s hit show can be also heard on the Pacifica Radio Network.
The Jimmy Dore Show can be seen on YouTube and heard on the Pacifica Radio Network powered by the people for the people. The Jimmy Dore Show tours all of the country to sold out crowds.
For more information, visit https://jimmydorecomedy.com/events/list/
To purchase tickets, visit https://www.cityboxoffice.com/ordertickets.asp?p=11041&src=eventperformances
The Marines’ Memorial Theatre does not have an elevator to the Balcony. For assistance with accessible seating, please contact City Box Office at (415) 392-4400.
An historic gathering is happening THIS Labor Day, Monday, September 2nd, at Snow Park in Oakland, CA and all Union members, Affiliates, their families and friends, along with supporters of Labor, are invited to join the day and festivities!
Yes! Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, and San Mateo Labor Councils are hosting this fun day in the Park, with music, activities for the kids, and entertainment for all – with a few powerful speakers to inspire the work we do! Join us!
We will have food available but you can also bring your own picnic – and, find a place on the recently renovated and beautiful park abutting Lake Merritt. Close to 20th Street BART Station – so public transportation is encouraged!
We will also start our day at Mosswood Park – in support of SEIU-UHW’s action and then march the 1.4 miles from Mosswood to Snow Park (down Broadway, to 20th Street, and the Park).
Labor is one family and we have FOUR Counties’ Labor Councils bringing us all together in 2019!
The 9th edition of the San Francisco Green Film Festival, September 24 – 29, at the Castro Theatre, Roxie, Exploratorium, Swissnex, and more! The Festival will be showing incredible new environmental films and sparking conversations on critical issues such as affordable housing, migration, habitat loss, and more. From the streets of San Francisco’s mid-Market to earth’s outer reaches on the International Space Station, this year’s Festival theme explores many different perspectives of home.