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Dan Kovalik is a human and labor rights attorney and the author of a number of books, including “The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela: How the US Is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil” and most recently, “Syria: Anatomy of Regime Change”, co-authored with Jeremy Kuzmarov. He is currently re presenting the family of a fisherman murdered by the US in the Caribbean as well as Colombian President Gustavo Petro.
Meeting ID: 854 4920 3697
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As the political landscape in Alameda County continues to shift, we believe it is critical to come together as community members, organizers, advocates, and partners to reflect honestly on where we are and where we need to go.
This virtual gathering will create space to discuss:
- How the current District Attorney’s priorities are impacting community safety
- Where we believe the DA is falling short of what our communities actually need
- The policy priorities community wants to see centered: including rehabilitation, diversion, accountability, and investment in our neighborhoods instead of continued expansion of mass incarceration
- How we build collective power and alignment moving forward
This is not a presentation, it’s a conversation. We want to hear directly from you on Zoom on January 15th about what you’re seeing, what you’re feeling, and what you believe true community safety should look like in Alameda County.
Whether you’ve been deeply involved in accountability efforts or are just beginning to engage, your voice matters. This is an opportunity to shape shared priorities, strengthen relationships, and ensure community wisdom drives the path forward.
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Iran In The Crosshairs: Regime Change Then Invasion
Speaker: Kit Klarenberg
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Violent demonstrations have rocked Iran in recent weeks, prompting Donald Trump to promise that “help is on the way” as a US Navy carrier strike group sails to the Middle East, preparing for an attack on Iran.
According to the mainstream media and politicians, Iran is a “regime in crisis” that is murdering its citizens to put an end to a mass democratic uprising. While Trump is making threats, the Democratic Party leadership is criticizing him for not reaching out to build bipartisan support for a military strike against Iran.
What is going on in Iran? Who is in the streets, what are they doing, and why? What role do outside organizations such as Mossad, MI6, and the CIA play in the protests? How are the protests related to the threat of a military attack on Iran by the United States and Israel?
Investigative journalist Kit Klarenberg will discuss these questions and more in a Sunday Morning Marxist session:
Iran in the Crosshairs: Regime Change Then Invasion
SPEAKER BIO:
British Investigative Journalist Kit Klarenberg writes for The Grayzone and Mint Press News. He is also the co-host of Decline and Fall, a weekly video stream on YouTube and Rumble co-hosted with Alexander McKay. His work can be found on his website, Global Deliquents, at https://www.kitklarenberg.com/
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This is not ceremony. This is collective action. We will be in the streets reclaiming Dr. King’s radical legacy and launching two weeks of people-led action against state violence, mass incarceration, displacement, and fascism at every level.
THE OAKLAND GREENS invite you to the January 2026 FREE Dinner & a Movie Community Discussion Night, featuring Civil War (2024).
Dinner begins at 6:30 PM
Movie starts at 7:00 PM
These free community events are hosted in partnership with It’s Your Move Games,
Civil War is a 2024 dystopian action thriller written and directed by Alex Garland, starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno, and Nick Offerman. Set during a civil war across the United States between a despotic federal government and secessionist movements, the film follows a group of war journalists traveling from New York City to Washington, D.C., to interview the President before rebel forces reach the capital.
This screening is part of The Oakland Greens 2026 Free Dinner & a Movie Discussion Series and will be followed by a community discussion.
Walk-ins welcome.
More information: www.theoaklandgreens.org
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Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. All are welcome!
For our February, 2026 meeting we will be reading and discussing the first three chapters of A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit (Amazon) (Alibris). For our March meeting we will finish the book.
The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy reveals an ordinarily unmet yearning for community, purposefulness, and meaningful work that disaster often provides. A Paradise Built in Hell is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster’s grief and disruption and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become-one that is less authoritarian and fearful, more collaborative and local.
Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Our first book was Doughnut Economics, and our most recent books were What’s Left – 3 Paths Through the Planetary Crisis, The Age of Insecurity and Elinor Ostrom’s Rules for Radicals. For the rest of our reading list see here.