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“Michael Goldstein is a genuine love warrior and justice seeker. His heart, mind, soul and voice empower us all in these turbulent times.” — Cornel West

Are you tired of trying to make those beholden to the wrong people do the right thing?

Decades of electoral work and activism have failed to bring us sustainability, peace, or a just society. Blessed Disillusionment: Letting Go of What Cannot Save Us, Turning to What Can shows that there is a reason: the political system operates to absorb discontent while averting the fundamental change we urgently need.

Blessed Disillusionment also explains why the crises and upheaval we see in the U.S. will inevitably increase. The question is whether our country will fall to neofascism or ascend to true democracy and, in time, the beloved community.

Finally, the book offers a path towards building a massive, nonviolent, but truly revolutionary movement — one based on love melded with clear-eyed realism — that will allow us to pass on to our children a society where they truly govern themselves, in the interests of all.

Michael Goldstein worked until recently as an appellate lawyer, handling death-penalty and other indigent cases. He is a graduate of Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs and Stanford Law School. His previous book was Return of the Light: A Political Fable in Which the American People Retake Their Country. He most recently worked in the movement against police violence, spent nearly three weeks with Water Protectors at Standing Rock, and ran for Nancy Pelosi’s House seat under the slogan, “New faces in Congress cannot stop the rise of fascism or bring us a caring society. Michael will use the office to help build the movement that can.”

Event website: https://www.bookpassage.com/event/michael-goldstein-blessed-disillusionment-corte-madera-store

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

For July, 2022 we’re reading The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth,
by The Red Nation, Amazon, Common Notions.

All are welcome!

When the Red Nation released their call for a Red Deal, it generated coverage in places from Teen Vogue to Jacobin to the New Republic, was endorsed by the DSA, and has galvanized organizing and action. Now, in response to popular demand, the Red Nation expands their original statement filling in the histories and ideas that formed it and forwarding an even more powerful case for the actions it demands. 

One-part visionary platform, one-part practical toolkit, the Red Deal is a platform that encompasses everyone, including non-Indigenous comrades and relatives who live on Indigenous land. We—Indigenous, Black and people of color, women and trans folks, migrants, and working people—did not create this disaster, but we have inherited it. We have barely a decade to turn back the tide of climate disaster. It is time to reclaim the life and destiny that has been stolen from us and rise up together to confront this challenge and build a world where all life can thrive. Only mass movements can do what the moment demands. Politicians may or may not follow–it is up to them–but we will design, build, and lead this movement with or without them.

The Red Deal is a call for action beyond the scope of the US colonial state. It’s a program for Indigenous liberation, life, and land—an affirmation that colonialism and capitalism must be overturned for this planet to be habitable for human and other-than-human relatives to live dignified lives. The Red Deal is not a response to the Green New Deal, or a “bargain” with the elite and powerful. It’s a deal with the humble people of the earth; a pact that we shall strive for peace and justice and a declaration that movements for justice must come from below and to the left. 

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 and A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things.

NOTE: DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOUND OUR CONTROL, VLADIMIR KOZIN WILL NOT BE WITH US. WE ARE SUBSTITUING ANOTHER PROGRAM COVERING THE SAME MATERIAL, AS FOLLOWS:

Jul 17, 2022. 9:45am-11:30am Pacific

…with its “Special Military Operation?

In his presentation Dr. Kozin will provide his background and military studies experience. He will cover why Putin is not authoritarian. He will give a brief description of Russia’s legal system, especially when it comes to the military. And he will explain why the measure Russia took in Ukraine had to be a military action as opposed to a diplomatic one.

Dr. Vladimir Kozin is a member of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences, a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Vice President of the Russian National Institute for Global Security Research, leading Expert for the Center for Military-Political Studies at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Ph.D, and Senior Researcher. He is the founder of the Analytical Agency “Strategic Stability,” a Russian NGO that deals with arms control. He is the author of 18 monographs on arms control and strategic stability, and he has been issuing reports almost on a daily basis on Russia’s special military operation since it began.

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Our Zoom room will be opened up early thiis week at 9:45 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 10:00 am as possible and will end at 11:30, but the Waiting Room may remain open later for informal discussion.

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NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to:

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The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)

On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.

OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over six years, since October 2011! Our General Assembly is a participatory gathering of Oakland community members and beyond, where everyone who shows up is treated equally. Our Assembly and the process we have collectively cultivated strives to reach agreement while building community.

At the GA committees, caucuses, and loosely associated groups whose representatives come voluntarily report on past and future actions, with discussion. We encourage everyone participating in the Occupy Oakland GA to be part of at least one associated group, but it is by no means a requirement. If you like, just come and hear all the organizing being done! Occupy Oakland encourages political activity that is decentralized and welcomes diverse voices and actions into the movement.

General Assembly Standard Agenda

Welcome & Introductions
Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
Announcements
(Optional) Discussion Topic

Occupy Oakland activities and contact info for some Bay Area Groups with past or present Occupy Oakland members.

Occupy Oakland Web Committee: (web@occupyoakland.org)
Strike Debt Bay Area : strikedebtbayarea.tumblr.com
Berkeley Post Office Defenders:http://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/
Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice:https://www.facebook.com/ABC4JUSTICE
Oakland Privacy Working Group:https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/
Bay Area AntiRepression: antirepression@occupyoakland.org
Biblioteca Popular: http://tinyurl.com/mdlzshy
Interfaith Tent: www.facebook.com/InterfaithTent
Port Truckers Solidarity: oaklandporttruckers.wordpress.com
Bay Area Intifada: bayareaintifada.wordpress.com
Transport Workers Solidarity: www.transportworkers.org
Fresh Juice Party (aka Chalkupy) freshjuiceparty.com/chalkupy-gallery
Sudo Room: https://sudoroom.org
Omni Collective: https://omnicommons.org/
First They Came for the Homeless: https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-they-came-for-the-homeless/253882908111999
Sunflower Alliance: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/
Bay Area Public School: http://thepublicschool.org/bay-area

San Francisco based groups:
Occupy Bay Area United: www.obau.org
Occupy Forum: (see OBAU above)
San Francisco Projection Department: http://tinyurl.com/kpvb3rv

Oakland Greens’ Monthly General Meeting
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet 3rd Sunday of each month. Unless otherwise noted.

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Intro (if needed) – 5 min

Agenda Review – 5 min

GPCA-GA Report Back – 15 min

Computer update – 5 min

County Green Sunday Proposal – 10 min
11 Shows, 6 hours per show $1980 donation to Oakland Greens based on a $30.00 HR general rate. Would add an additional $500.00 if the producer hosts all shows.
One third deposit $660 due October 1, 2022, one third payment $660 due June 1, 2023 with the remaining balance due Dec 1, 2023
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Virtual Town Hall update – 5 min

GPCA comedy fundraiser – 5 min
          Here is what the national party will be doing next week:

You need a good laugh, so join us for a night of live comedy right from your own home, while supporting the Green Party!

Born and raised on the mean streets of New York City’s Upper West Side, Katie Halper is a writer, comedian, radio and podcast host and video correspondent. She is the host of the creatively named “Katie Halper Show,” which is a video livestream, podcast and WBAI NYC radio show.  She also co-hosts the podcast and video show Useful Idiots with Aaron Maté. Her writing has appeared in New York Magazine, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, FAIR, Comedy Central, The Nation Magazine and more. The National Review called Katie “cute and some what brainy,” though they obviously don’t like her politics.
https://www.gp.org/halper?utm_campaign=eb_22_07_11_fr&utm_medium=email&utm_source=gpus

8:00pm ET � VIP Meett and Greet WITH KATIE!

Get to know Katie and your fellow Greens at this limited engagement event.

9:00pm ET � Show Begins

Parker direct action report back – 10 min
Offer of a youth basketball class
asking if I can bring greens to witness

Tabling Outreach – 10 min
Translator Price

Social Media – 5 min

Treasury/fundraising – 5 min
Green Sunday compensation

Announcements – 5 min

un-published agenda item

Grassroots House request
This is only open to ZOOM participants and will not be uploaded to social media channels.

Adjourn

Our virtual general meeting is TOMORROW 7/20 at 7pm. Get updated on our #DefundOPD work, “CARE” Court, and more.

ASL & CC provided. Register to join here: https://t.co/LRZbaUz0Y4 pic.twitter.com/RQqW4bhdwF

— Anti Police-Terror Project (@APTPaction) July 19, 2022

Register here

The people who produced Hoodwinked in the Hothouse, a key report exposing corporate-based false solutions to the climate crisis, host the fourth in their series of webinars, Greenwashing Disaster Capital.

Speakers will explain how corporate interests are hijacking critical climate action around the world by co-opting key concepts, frameworks and language from our movements.

The organizers write:

“Traditional ecological knowledge concepts like biomimicry, strategy frameworks like a just transition, and even popular narratives like building a regenerative economy have been co-opted in recent years by big NGOs, philanthropists and academic institutions to advance neoliberal schemes like pollution trading at policy arenas like the UNFCCC.

“Scores of universities, government agencies, corporations, NGOs and funders are engaged in this widespread greenwashing pandemic  – serving a colonial extractivist agenda that awards $trillions in subsidies to polluting corporations, creating structural barriers to the advancement of proven strategies and real solutions that our communities and the planet really need.”

Speakers:

Dipti Bhatnagar, Friends of the Earth
Leonardo Figueroa Helland, The New School
Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network
Nnimmo Bassey, Health of Mother Earth Foundation
Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group
The Hoodwinked Collaborative

THIS FRIDAY! pic.twitter.com/d6CH8CsqpL

— Parker For The People (@saveparker510) July 19, 2022

THIS Saturday July 23, 2022, 10 AM to 6 PM, People’s Park Nonviolence Training, Nonviolent Direct Action prep/training.  Food Not Bombs provides lunch.  rsvp asap: weddress777@gmail.com  (deets below)     Text “SAVETHEPARK” to 74121 now.

🚌🚎🚊 DSA SF is proud to launch our priority resolution Free Muni Full Service. Join us at Dolores Park on 7/23 at noon to learn what a socialist transit system could be, how to get involved, and what transit justice in SF looks like today. 🌹 Register: https://t.co/oD4hU2VuqS pic.twitter.com/9Fiob7HkjX

— DSA San Francisco (@DSA_SF) July 7, 2022

Foraging Peace Tour at Omni Commons !

Stay Together Vegan Pop Up !

Make sure to come out and support we have Plant-based/alkaline food, merch, and art!

Panel starts at 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM Live Concert will start after the panel !#omnicommons#vegan #food #party pic.twitter.com/ezKMjHwViM

— Omni Commons (@omnicommons) July 19, 2022

Come hang with friendly neighborhood socialists! Enjoy a cold pint and some good food, and help us plan local projects to advance our shared socialist values.

July 23, 2022, 6:00pm – 8:30pm ⁰
Mare Island Coal Shed Brewery 850 Nimitz Ave, Vallejo, CA, 94592 pic.twitter.com/zfJZK2Gzhj

— East Bay DSA 🌹 (@DSAEastBay) July 11, 2022

Jul 24, 2022. 10:30am-12t:30pm Pacific

On Feb 4, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with China’s President Xi Jinping at the opening of the Winter Olympics in Beijing  They released a 5000-word document, “Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the International Relations Entering a New Era and the Global Sustainable Development.” This document expresses the views of two of the world’s largest nuclear powers, both permanent members of the UN Security Council. As such, it merits full discussion. ICSS members Gene Ruyle and Raj Sahai will lead our discussion.

The document can be read at: http://en.kremlin.ru/supplement/5770

Another view, “Ukraine Communists’ View of the War in their Country and How to End Ir,” By Stephen Gowans, may be found at: https://gowans.blog

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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NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to:

occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)

On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.

OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over six years, since October 2011! Our General Assembly is a participatory gathering of Oakland community members and beyond, where everyone who shows up is treated equally. Our Assembly and the process we have collectively cultivated strives to reach agreement while building community.

At the GA committees, caucuses, and loosely associated groups whose representatives come voluntarily report on past and future actions, with discussion. We encourage everyone participating in the Occupy Oakland GA to be part of at least one associated group, but it is by no means a requirement. If you like, just come and hear all the organizing being done! Occupy Oakland encourages political activity that is decentralized and welcomes diverse voices and actions into the movement.

General Assembly Standard Agenda

Welcome & Introductions
Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
Announcements
(Optional) Discussion Topic

Occupy Oakland activities and contact info for some Bay Area Groups with past or present Occupy Oakland members.

Occupy Oakland Web Committee: (web@occupyoakland.org)
Strike Debt Bay Area : strikedebtbayarea.tumblr.com
Berkeley Post Office Defenders:http://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/
Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice:https://www.facebook.com/ABC4JUSTICE
Oakland Privacy Working Group:https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/
Bay Area AntiRepression: antirepression@occupyoakland.org
Biblioteca Popular: http://tinyurl.com/mdlzshy
Interfaith Tent: www.facebook.com/InterfaithTent
Port Truckers Solidarity: oaklandporttruckers.wordpress.com
Bay Area Intifada: bayareaintifada.wordpress.com
Transport Workers Solidarity: www.transportworkers.org
Fresh Juice Party (aka Chalkupy) freshjuiceparty.com/chalkupy-gallery
Sudo Room: https://sudoroom.org
Omni Collective: https://omnicommons.org/
First They Came for the Homeless: https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-they-came-for-the-homeless/253882908111999
Sunflower Alliance: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/
Bay Area Public School: http://thepublicschool.org/bay-area

San Francisco based groups:
Occupy Bay Area United: www.obau.org
Occupy Forum: (see OBAU above)
San Francisco Projection Department: http://tinyurl.com/kpvb3rv

‼️Monday, 7/25 @ 10am‼️

SFPD's plan to hijack private cameras is going back to the SF Rules Committee. SFPD has been caught using surveillance illegally to spy on activists, protestors & regular people.

Call in, speak out: 415-655-0001 / ID: 2495 080 3849 # #/ *3 to get in line pic.twitter.com/a2AUUwghp9

— Anti Police-Terror Project (@APTPaction) July 24, 2022

As of right now, Biden is still planning to turn on federal student debt payments on September 1, 2022. That’s forty-eight days from now. The payment pause, if you need a reminder, is a Trump-initiated policy from March 2020, which Biden has continued to warm-up and serve to the American people. Meanwhile, we’re still waiting on Biden’s big promise to cancel student debt. Here at the Debt Collective, we’re not holding our breath: we’re organizing.

That’s why we’re getting ready to go on a debt strike – withholding payments for money we never should havve had to borrow in the first place.

As prices reach record highs and wages fall to record lows, turning on student loan payments is nothing but a cruel blow to working people, struggling to make ends meet. Millions will not be able to pay, and may risk falling into default. We can’t pay – and we won’t pay. <

Debt strikes are not a joke and we don’t broach calls to go on debt strike lightly. For many people, there are safe ways to get to $0 monthly payments, therefore refusing to pay into an unjust system.

This is why we are having a DEBT STRIKE INFO SESSION on Tuesday, July 26 at 7:30PM EST to discuss options for safely striking. Whether you are strike-ready or strike-curious, join this session to know what options are on the table for you to fight back against the creditocracy.

We’re not in debt because we live beyond our means; we’re in debt because we’ve been denied the means to live.

In other words, we didn’t start the fire.

See you Tuesday.

XOXO,

The Debt Collective

We are hosting a mass call on Reproductive Justice and are excited to learn with and from organizers involved in the struggle around abortion access and beyond. We hope you'll join us on zoom on Wednesday 7/27 from 8-9:30pm EST. Register here: https://t.co/YcusL2D6OQ pic.twitter.com/TuR7ffkmp9

— DSA National Abolition Working Group (@DsaAbolition) July 13, 2022