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A Bleak Road Ahead for the Global Economy @ Online

Jun 4 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Bank – three of the most highly regarded international economic organizations – all prediict lowered growth expectations for the decade ahead. If three major capitalist institutions are foretelling economic uncertainty and instability, it is because we are exiting a distinctive era of capitalist restructuring. That era gave capitalism a new lease on life, with growing profits, hyper-accumulation, and vastly expanded speculative investments. Little of that enrichment was shared with the masses, resulting in unprecedented inequalities of income and wealth.

According to our speaker, Greg Godels, liberal and social democratic economists decry the Federal Reserve’s strategy, but they have no alternatives to offer. They are content to leave the management of the capitalist economy to the capitalists, while denouncing their remedies. Clearly, the capitalist ship is taking on water, buffeted by a global pandemic, raging inflation, a European war, and bank failures. While there is no reason to expect the ship to sink, serious alarm bells are going off. He concludes, we are entering a period of growing uncertainty and conflict.

Our speaker, Greg Godels, grew up in a working-class family in a rural coal mining community. He joined the Communist Party in 1975 and served on the party’s Economics Commission until Vic Perlo’s death. He wrote frequently for the Daily World and other party papers as well as Political Affairs and Nature, Society and Thought. Articles by him have also appeared in numerous publications, including Communist Review (London), People’s Voice (Vancouver), and Socialist Voice(Dublin).

He is a joint founder of the website Marxism-Leninism Today and writes a highly regarded blog under the pen name Zoltan Zigedy. We recommend Greg’s article, The End of an Era (https://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-end-of-era.html.)

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Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission – Postponed Until June 8th

Jun 8 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Postponed Until June 8th

Relevant Agenda Items:

4. Sanctuary Contracting Ordinance – CPO – Presentation of Annual Report
a. Review and take possible action
5. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPD – Annual Reports
a. Review and take possible action on the annual reports for ShotSpotter, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Drones, StarChase/GPS Tracker, Biometric Crime Lab
6. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – DPW – Illegal Dumping Cameras 1) Annual Report, and 2) Proposed Amended Use Policy
a. Review and take possible action on the annual report and use policy

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Corrections in Ink: Author Talk with Keri Blakinger @ The Booksmith

Jun 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Booksmith will host author Keri Blakinger for the paperback launch of “Corrections in Ink,” which she will discuss with “Orange is the New Black” author, Piper Kerman. The conversation will be moderated by Mother Jones criminal justice reporter Samantha Michaels.

Masks will be required and capacity will be limited. RSVP recommended.

Because we’re limiting capacity, we can’t guarantee we’ll have space for walk-ins. The best way to ensure you’ll get a seat is to order the Book + Seat ticket through this link. Our free RSVPs for this event have already been reserved. Would you like to be the first to know about our events? Sign up for our mailing list here.
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> If we feel it is not safe to gather, as the event gets closer, we will pivot to a virtual event and your registration will remain valid.
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The Purity Fetish And The Crisis Of Western Marxism @ Online

Jun 11 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

In The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism, Carlos L. Garrido provides a comprehensive development of his concept of the purity fetish, tracing the outlook to the Eleatic school of Ancient Greek philosophy, and showing how it has appeared in 20th century Western Marxism and in contemporary U.S. socialism. In every form the purity fetish takes in Western Marxism’s politics, Carlos argues that one finds not only the failure to obtain truth, but also the inability to create a revolutionary movement.

Our speaker is Carlos Garrido is a Cuban-American PhD student and instructor in philosophy at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. His research focuses include Marxism, Hegel, early 19th century American socialism, and socialism with Chinese characteristics. He is an editor in Midwestern Marx Institute for Marxist Theory and Political Analysis and in the Journal of American Socialist Studies. As a political analyst with a focus on Latin America (esp. Cuba), he has appeared in dozens of radio and video interviews around the world. He also edited and introduced Marxism and the Dialectical Materialist Worldview: An Anthology of Classical Marxist Texts on Dialectical Materialism (Midwestern Marx Publishing Press, 2022). His latest book, which we will be discussing is: The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism.

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Green Sunday: Palestine: 75 Years of Continuous Nakba and Continuous Struggle @ Online

Jun 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Zionist settler colonialism is escalating its fascist policies in a rush to annex what’s left of Palestine.
Palestinian resistance is growing and taking root among the new generations.
The international solidarity movement is expanding, including in the United States. What are the next steps?

Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch is Executive Director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance and a Palestinian refugee from Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank. He is the cofounder of the Ibdaa Cultural Center in Dheisheh. Zeiad is also a filmmaker, journalist and educator who has worked with Palestinian and international media and has participated in the production of several documentary films. He was the co- producer and production manager of Promises, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2002. He completed his Master of Arts in Social Justice and International Relations from the World Learning School for International Training Graduate Institute.

Green Sundays are a series of free public programs & discussions on topics “du jour” sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County and held on the 2nd Sunday of each month. The monthly business meeting of the County Council of the Green Party follows at 7:00 pm, after a 30-minute break. Council meetings are open to anyone who is interested.

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Marathon Shutdown: No Just Transition @ Online

Jun 14 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

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UC Berkeley Labor Center will host an online conversation about their new report, Fossil Fuel Layoff, which details what happened to Marathon workers in Martinez after the refinery shut down last year—a case study of the reasons why planning and funding for just transition are essential.

The report shows that, on the whole, workers from the shuttered Marathon Refinery ended up with lower pay and worse working conditions. About a quarter are unemployed. Workers who found jobs faced an average pay cut of 24%. And the industry where the largest percentage of former Marathon workers (28%) found new jobs was—the oil and gas industry.

Speakers:

Virginia Parks
Report co-author, professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the University of California, Irvine, and faculty director of the UCI Labor Center.

Tracy Scott
President of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 5, which represented workers laid off at the facility.

Josh Sonnenfeld
California Economic Development Specialist, BlueGreen Alliance

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Jessie Hammerling
Co-director of the Green Economy Program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center

The report, Fossil fuel layoff: The economic and employment effects of a refinery closure on workers in the Bay Area, lists recommendations to support displaced workers:

Extended cash payments to maintain pre-layoff income levels
Financial support to cover the 24% average gap in workers’ pre-layoff wages and their post-layoff wages
Bridge-to-retirement funding that provides full retirement benefits to workers eligible for early retirement within one year following layoff
Third-party certifications to define and verify the skills of refinery workers, and facilitate more efficient and accurate skill matching between jobs and workers in the labor market
Targeted, individualized job search assistance that focuses on a broad scope of strategies for identifying good job opportunities, and preparing for and applying for those jobs
Targeted, short-term training for a specific set of occupations and industries, with income support for workers during training
Short-term, stand-alone training modules to enable workers to maintain certifications they had earned on-the-job at the refinery, such as CPR and HAZMAT training certifications

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Invest in Oaklanders, not OPD @ Oakland City Hall

Jun 14 @ 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm

APTP Event flyer that says “Tell City Council: Invest in Oaklanders, Not More Policing” with event details that read “Oakland City Council Meeting / Oakland City Hall / Wednesday, June 14 at 4pm” image in graphic shows a crowd at a March or rally holding signs

In person at Oakland City Hall or online at bit.ly/oakmtg-0614

Make sure to fill out a speaker card in person or email to cityclerk@oaklandca.gov to request making comment on item 2 via Zoom. You can also send letters to the Mayor & city council today demanding a budget that invests in Oaklanders, not more police:

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Debt Collective: Student Debt Update Call @ Online

Jun 15 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

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Homies Empowerment Town Nights @ Arroyo Park

Jun 16 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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Juneteenth Oakland @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater

Jun 17 @ 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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Defining & realizing a Green education @ Online

Jun 17 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

This year, the Oakland Greens will review various components of a Green educational system and, most importantly, how those opportunities could be funded. In general, we believe the best way to effect cultural change is to create an educational system that is fundamentally different from what is currently offered.

The 2023 season is our fourth year of action in what has been called a fresh feel for local alternative community politics.

Become producers of the systems within your community, not just consumers.

As usual, we’ll begin with the most diverse, pre-show music event within the social justice community:

Please register on Eventbrite, here:
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PLANET PEOPLE PEACE
before profit!

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Indian Telecom’s Spectacular Rise and the Nature of Monopoly Capital in India.

Jun 18 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

The Indian state has hitched the wagon of the country’s development to the engine of the nation’s big capital, perhaps like no other time in the India’s history. Big private capital today not only occupies the commanding heights of the Indian economy, but its propaganda dominates the imagination of the ruling elite and even that of the popular classes. The pinnacle of this development is epitomized by the stupendous growth and reach of the Indian telecom sector. The ruling elite rests their case of claiming ultimate success by citing the ubiquitous presence of cell phones in almost every hand in India, which are promoted with some of the cheapest device and connectivity rates in the world. What lies behind this success? In this talk, our speaker will unpack the success of the telecom industry in India, and through the telecom example, examine the nature of the Indian big capital and the role of the Indian state.

Our speaker is Rahul Varman. He is in the faculty in the department of Management at The Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, India. He has organized and works with the contract workers on the campus, which number around 2,500. These are the most exploited and oppressed of the Indian working classes and come from remote far off areas of the country.

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Juneteenth Remembering Celebration – Main Event

Jun 18 @ 11:00 am – 7:00 pm

Press Release from the Berkeley Juneteenth Association: 36th Annual Berkeley Juneteenth Festival Remembers the Hope and Promise of Emancipation

The Berkeley Juneteenth Festival is proud to return for its 36th year with the inclusion of JUNETEENTH WEEK, from June 11-18, 2023, which will expand festival day informational spaces to workshops and open houses by community partners who support social equity programs. All community events are free and open to the public.

Beginning on Sunday, June 11 there will be an interfaith Prayer Service hosted by Pastor Mike at the McGee Avenue Baptist church. City-wide, the community will come together at their place of worship to pray for peace, protection for our children, community healing, equal justice under the law, and to remember the hope and the promise of emancipation. This all-denominational and community-inclusive event will also be repeated on Sunday, June 18.

From Monday, June 12, through Sunday, June 18, participating organizations will include the African American Holistic Resource Center, Ecology Center, Conscious Voices, East Bay Community Law Center, Doug Harris Media, Batters Up/Guns Down, and the office of Vice Mayor Ben Bartlett.

“We aim for each event to be motivational and restorative for our community,” said Delores Nochi Cooper, founding Board member and lead organizer of the Berkeley Juneteenth Festival, “Every year, families, small business owners, religious organizations, politicians and artists come together to make the Berkeley Juneteenth Festival a truly special occasion. We are thrilled to facilitate a space for community reflection, healing, and joy.”

Juneteenth-in-Berkeley began as a vehicle to promote community pride and bring together South Berkeley businesses and residents in the celebration of a major African American cultural event, culminating in the first annual Festival in 1987. With the establishment of Berkeley Juneteenth Cultural Celebrations in 2014, the organization began producing Black History Month celebrations during the month of February. Berkeley Juneteenth is committed to educating future generations about the history and accomplishments of African Americans, creating programming which highlights our music and culture, and acknowledging people and events that have brought us as a community and a nation a mighty long way.

For a full schedule, including locations and services offered, please go to JUNETEENTH WEEK.

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Burning Forests as a Climate Solution? No Way!

Jun 20 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Online. Register here.

Help stop a climate and environmental justice disaster being market as renewable energy (on the theory that burning wood is fine because growing trees will absorb the released CO2).

A company called Golden State Natural Resources is proposing to build two massive wood pellet mills in California. They would:
* log in national forests and on private land (billing this as a “forest resiliency” measure)
* break the wood up into pellets in facilities that would pollute neighboring communities
* transport the pellets by rail or truck across the state (risking fires and explosions and emitting greenhouse gases)
* store the pellets at the port in Stockton
* then ship these wood pellets overseas to destinations in Asia, South America or Europe, to be burned in converted coal-fired power plants
— causing just as much local pollution as coal
— immediately releasing an amount of CO2 that it will take growing trees decades to absorb (time we don’t have)

The company is requesting financing for this disaster from the Golden State Financing Authority, a public entity set up to “provide affordable housing and contribute to the social and economic well-being of California residents.”

Golden State Natural Resources will host a virtual public meeting “for the public to learn about the proposed project and submit feedback on the scope of the Environmental Impact Report.” This is an opportunity for a big show of public opposition!

Please RSVP to Jason Pfeifle at jpfeifle@biologicaldiversity.org if you can make it.

The public workshop notice with more background is here.

The organizers will provide talking points and other resources before the hearing.

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Hardware Hacking Tuesdays – SudoRoom @ Omni Commons

Jun 20 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Hardware hack night – each Tuesday, we welcome sudoers new and old to bring their hardware projects to the space, or simply come by to learn and tinker! All welcome, 7pm til… whomever’s left standing!

You can also jump in virtually via https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles !

Some stuff people have been working on:

Pimping out cool bicycles with lights for the East Bay Bike Party
the dancing robot arm
stable diffusion watercolor painting IRL

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350 Bay Area Climate Justice Awards @ Online

Jun 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Join 350 Bay Area and 350 Bay Area Action for their fourth annual Climate Justice Awards event “honoring leaders who have been working at the many intersections of climate justice,” who will share stories of their work and their wins. We are delighted at their picks, and have had the extreme pleasure and honor of working with several of the honorees. Ian Cohen and Alexi Lindeman are stalwarts of the No Drilling in Contra Costa campaign, having organized over 300 Contra Costa high school students for an Antioch march last Spring in support of a fossil-free future and an end to oil and gas drilling. Mayor Devin Murphy has been a sustainability champion in the City of Pinole, and his many accomplishments include getting his city to pass a No Drilling in Contra Costa solidarity resolution. See you at the awards ceremony!

Leading the Fight for Climate Justice and Liberation
* Arieann Harrison, founder, Marie Harrison Community Foundation, Bayview/Hunters Point
* Alexi Lindeman and Ian Cohen, Sustainable Leaders in Action

Centering Migrant and Labor Justice
Maria Salinas with Max Bell Alper, North Bay Jobs with Justice

Celebrating Major Wins for Environmental Justice
Kobi Nasek, VISION Coalition

This Year’s Elected Honoree
Devin Murphy, Mayor of Pinole

Admission: free to $100.
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Debt Collective: Student Debt Update Call @ Online

Jun 22 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

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Pride Solidarity March – Santa Rosa @ Julliard Park

Jun 24 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Healing Portal at the Peoples’ House

Jun 24 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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Listening Session: Privacy and Policing @ Lighthouse Masjid

Jun 24 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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June 2023 Jun 2023

About OccupyOakland.org

This website was created in the fall of 2011. Most of it is now moribund, but the Occupy Oakland Calendar, which lists activist events in the East Bay (and occasionally elsewhere) is still maintained, the Search facility works to find earlier posts and keep OO’s history alive, and articles are occasionally still posted to the front page.

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly met in-person weekly (with a rare skip) since October 10th, 2011 up until the pandemic, at which point we went to bi-weekly Zoom meetings. We do checkins, go over the activist events of the past meeting interval, and have general discussions on politics and revolution.

For many years, until the pandemic, we put on a Feed the People event monthly at Oscar Grant Plaza, where all were welcome to come and partake of a freshly cooked, savory meal, before our GA.

If you would like to participate while the pandemic is still amidst, send an email to occupyoakland-request@lists.riseup.net. Check the calendar or this text to see if we have resumed in-person meetings.