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Speaker: Greg Godels Greg Godels returns to the Marxist Library to speak on the threat of fascism currently in the US and the uses to which that threat is put. Where do the threat(s) of fascism exist in light of the upcoming US presidential election? 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 … Continued

Relevant Agenda Items: 5. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPD – Automatic Resource Locator (CAD GPS) Impact Statement and Proposed Use Policy 6. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPD – 1) Amended Automated License Plate Reader Use Policy, 2) Memorandum of Understanding For Automated License Plate Readers (Flock), 3) Memorandum of Understanding For Automated License Plate Readers (CA Highway Patrol) 7. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPW – Report on OPD Request for Video Footage from Illegal Dumping Cameras 8. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPW – Illegal Dumping Camera Program Annual report Members … Continued

Via Zoom: To receive the Zoom info, please register on the LaborFest website, here:  https://laborfest.net/event/the-fight-to-save-peoples-park/   The ongoing battle to prevent the development by UC of People’s Park in Berkeley continues. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and an important Court of Appeal victory was won. However, UC appealed the court decision to the State Supreme Court and simultaneously subverted the court victory by getting the legislature to pass a bill to undermine it. Construction is halted until the court issues its decision. Organizing strategies … Continued

Speaker, Jose Luis Granados Ceja General elections were held in Mexico on June 2, 2024. Claudia Sheinbaum, a member of the left-wing political party Morena, won a majority with over 60% of the vote. She is the first woman and the first person of Jewish descent to be elected president of Mexico. The presentation will focus on the role that public policies favoring the interests of the working class played in the landslide victory for Morena and its allies that resulted in the election of Mexico’s first woman president and … Continued

It’s not too late, if we act fast enough now! Even as emissions increase and treaties collapse, we can still stop these twin existential crises from becoming catastrophic. We already have all the solutions we need to stop burning fossil fuels and to abolish nuclear weapons once and for all. How can environmentalists and peace activists work together to overcome propaganda, problematic “solutions,” and political agendas that threaten our very survival? Author Timmon Wallis will share new insights and fresh strategies. The corporate profiteers who corrupt our legislators are surprisingly … Continued

Details our main source of truth is the morning math page for this event: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Morning_math/Circles_with_Swift We’ll be going over radians, circles, and some basics over mate on a relaxing, no pressure morning math session! This session is for adults, people ages 18 and over! ### Links Trigonometry in Rust – https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/rust-cookbook/science/mathematics/trigonometry.html Trigonometry in Swift – game programming trig (kodeco) Take a look at the Swift Numerics project – https://github.com/apple/swift-numerics 77879

The California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) and Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) are co-sponsoring an important webinar about the potentially negative cumulative health concerns of hydrogen infrastructure, and the environmental justice solutions. While the state of California plans to expand its use of hydrogen as fuel, each stage of its life cycle—production, delivery, storage, and end use—presents a unique risk to environmental justice communities.  CEJA and CBE will deconstruct the greenwashing of hydrogen and its impacts, which include air pollution, pipe embrittlement, and gas line leaks and explosions.   Join … Continued

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“Climate and Biodiversity” is the next topic in the Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force’s fifth series of summits, this series focusing on “Climate, Colonization, and Rights for Humans and Nature.” Online. Register here Program: 9:00 AM Land Acknowledgement 9:10 AM Welcome Cheryl Davila, Founder, CEMTF & Former Councilmember, City of Berkeley Speakers: 9:15 AM Advancing Social Justice in Marginalized Communities & Among University Students Leonida Odongo, Founding Director, Haki Nawiri Afrika 9:40 AM The Importance of Microbial Diversity in California Estuarine Ecosystems Karis Polfer, Steering Committee Member, CEMTF 10: 05 AM From the Grassroots to the … Continued

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  WAS DEMOCRACY JUST A DREAM? The American Dream. It used to mean a job, a house, a car, a spouse, 2.5 kids, and a .4 dog. But what does it mean now? For Gabriel Pearce, a Black man tired of liberal failures, on the day after the presidential election it means victory! Giving up on progressivism wasn’t easy, but casting his vote for a Conservative who promises to be grateful could mean a dream come true. However, for his daughter Paine – a teacher at a university caught between … Continued

Speaker: Richard Becker Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89531900427?pwd=mXg1rSZe3ONl4pfWlALW4ornc32Eez.1 Our speaker will discuss the new edition of his book, Palestine, Israel, and U.S. Empire. This is  an essential book for the current moment, providing a sharp analysis of the struggle for Palestine, updated following the events of October 7, 2023. Taking an anti-Zionist perspective on the history of Palestine and Israel, Becker traces the movements of resistance from the division of the Middle East by Western powers and the Zionist settler movement, to the founding of Israel and its role as a … Continued

  WAS DEMOCRACY JUST A DREAM? The American Dream. It used to mean a job, a house, a car, a spouse, 2.5 kids, and a .4 dog. But what does it mean now? For Gabriel Pearce, a Black man tired of liberal failures, on the day after the presidential election it means victory! Giving up on progressivism wasn’t easy, but casting his vote for a Conservative who promises to be grateful could mean a dream come true. However, for his daughter Paine – a teacher at a university caught between … Continued

Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. For our July meeting we will be reading The Path to a Livable Future: A New Politics to Fight Climate Change, Racism, and the Next Pandemic by  Stan Cox (Amazon, City Lights). An urgent call for the political transformation needed to address the common causes of climate change, COVID-19, and racism. “ . . . some big titles will address emergencies that have outlived Trump. The Path to a Livable Future by Stan Cox, explores the connections among the many crises … Continued

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