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Worker’s General Assembly tomorrow after we support SEIU’s actions. Reference tweet51764

The politics of debt will continue to meet on Mondays at 7:00pm in the public school space (2141 Broadway, Downtown Oakland). The class is going to go back to a biweekly format to slow down and treat the text and topic carefully, or, to give more time for reading. We’ve had some lively discussions about David Graeber and Marizzio Lazzarato’s differing approaches to debt, economics, and politics that are never short on commentary! Don’t miss out on the chance to learn from each other on perhaps the most important topic … Continued

The first meeting took place on Saturday before the SEIU City workers went on strike for Monday. Come and find out what is what and talk about next steps.51778

Our weekly open meeting for members and supporters to discuss the weeks tasks and projects. Come get plugged into ongoing housing defense work! We have abundant and varied work for all folks in any number of meaningful projects. Rain location: SF Pizza, 1500 Broadway, Oakland 46745

Our weekly open meeting for members and supporters to discuss the week’s tasks and projects. Come get plugged into ongoing housing defense work! We have abundant and varied work for all folks in any number of meaningful projects. Rain location: SF Pizza, 1500 Broadway, Oakland47972

Our weekly open meeting for members and supporters to discuss the week’s tasks and projects. Come get plugged into ongoing housing defense work! We have abundant and varied work for all folks in any number of meaningful projects. Rain location: SF Pizza, 1500 Broadway, Oakland50026

Final planning meeting for the Statewide March Against Police Brutality. 51793

We are beginning a FACTS and LIES campaign to educate Oakland about the truth of what happened to Alan Blueford and the lies OPD and the DA promulgated and continue to promulgate. We are supporting the California prisoners’ hunger strike. Go to the rally (buses leave from McArthur Bart at 9:00 AM) but if you can’t make it come to our meeting! We are participating in the Rally against police violence: One Year After Anaheim on July 21st. We are discussing how we can aide other families who are victims … Continued

The press has been overflowing with reports on exploding student debt, and the payday lending industry is under increasing public scrutiny. Let’s take this momentum and radicalize it! Join Strike Debt Bay Area on Saturday July 13th for our next meeting. We will be discussing – A series of solidarity actions with the US Postal Service and Save the Berkeley Post Office Coalition. (See more info here and here for our Big Event). Hopefully to eventuate in public/postal banking!!!! – Campus organizing for the fall (UC Berkeley, Laney, CCSF, SF … Continued

Our weekly open meeting for members and supporters to discuss the weeks tasks and projects. Come get plugged into ongoing housing defense work! We have abundant and varied work for all folks in any number of meaningful projects. Rain location: SF Pizza, 1500 Broadway, Oakland 46745

Our weekly open meeting for members and supporters to discuss the week’s tasks and projects. Come get plugged into ongoing housing defense work! We have abundant and varied work for all folks in any number of meaningful projects. Rain location: SF Pizza, 1500 Broadway, Oakland47972

Our weekly open meeting for members and supporters to discuss the week’s tasks and projects. Come get plugged into ongoing housing defense work! We have abundant and varied work for all folks in any number of meaningful projects. Rain location: SF Pizza, 1500 Broadway, Oakland50026

INVASION BIOLOGY OR INTEGRATION BIOLOGY? Who is behind the deforestation and pesticiding of the East Bay Hills, from Richmond to Hayward?   **Slideshow with narration, followed by discussion** DAVID THEODOROPOULOS Conservation Biologist and Author: Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience + Update from Save Mt. Sutro Forest SUNDAY, JULY 14, 2013, 6:30PM (doors open 6PM) Historic Hall, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists 1924 Cedar (one block east of MLK, Jr. Way), Berkeley, California Hear about Invasion Biology from a different perspective of non-native species, based on Evolutionary Biology, and find … Continued

This class is discussing some theories of debt. We are reading recent texts that treat the creditor/debtor relationship as vital to social systems. The concept of Debt will be explored in historical, ethical, economic, and political contexts, including how it effects people today. All are welcome. More info. Location map. The entrance is on 22nd St. 51779

Our weekly open meeting for members and supporters to discuss the week’s tasks and projects. Come get plugged into ongoing housing defense work! We have abundant and varied work for all folks in any number of meaningful projects. Rain location: SF Pizza, 1500 Broadway, Oakland47972

Our weekly open meeting for members and supporters to discuss the weeks tasks and projects. Come get plugged into ongoing housing defense work! We have abundant and varied work for all folks in any number of meaningful projects. Rain location: SF Pizza, 1500 Broadway, Oakland 46745

Our weekly open meeting for members and supporters to discuss the week’s tasks and projects. Come get plugged into ongoing housing defense work! We have abundant and varied work for all folks in any number of meaningful projects. Rain location: SF Pizza, 1500 Broadway, Oakland50026

Austerity and greed have come together to make the sale of the Berkeley Post Office to private concerns imminent. A mass meeting of our community: – To update everyone on appeals & legal challenges to Stop the Sale – To organize for the July 27th Rally in direct defense of our historic Post Office (Location is near Ace Hardware and 2 blocks from Downtown Berkeley BART) We need your help to organize! We need your presence at the rally and defense! Sponsored by Save the Berkeley Post Office & Strike … Continued

On Tuesday, July 30th the Oakland City Council will vote on whether to approve a $2 million dollar appropriation to implement phase 2 of the systems enhancements and integration of the Domain Awareness Center (DAC).  The center will act as a central aggregator for video feeds and real-time data from a number of sources around Oakland with possible components including CCTV feeds, license plate recognition, facial recognition, gait recognition and more, what could possibly go wrong? http://occupyoakland.org/2013/07/stop-the-oakland-dac-surveillance-city-speak-out-at-city-council-tuesday-july-30/ Members of Occupy Oakland and others will meet at the Sudoroom Thursday @ … Continued

We are beginning a FACTS and LIES campaign to educate Oakland about the truth of what happened to Alan Blueford and the lies OPD and the DA promulgated and continue to promulgate. Perhaps you have seen our WANTED posters about town: We participated in the Rally against police violence: One Year After Anaheim on July 21st. We are supporting the California prisoners’ hunger strike. We are discussing how we can aid other families who are victims of police violence. We are making a difference! We can use all the help … Continued

A Rally in Direct Defense of our Post Office! Facebook event page & RSVP. Our heritage is being auctioned off to privateers, as austerity and Congressional mandates squeeze the US Postal Service to the point of breaking. The same forces that want to privatize Social Security and prisons are now in the process of selling off Post Offices across the United States. Come help save the Berkeley Post Office and send a message across the United States that our Post Offices – jobs, services, buildings and history – are worth … Continued

Our weekly open meeting for members and supporters to discuss the week’s tasks and projects. Come get plugged into ongoing housing defense work! We have abundant and varied work for all folks in any number of meaningful projects. Rain location: SF Pizza, 1500 Broadway, Oakland47972

Our weekly open meeting for members and supporters to discuss the weeks tasks and projects. Come get plugged into ongoing housing defense work! We have abundant and varied work for all folks in any number of meaningful projects. Rain location: SF Pizza, 1500 Broadway, Oakland 46745

Our weekly open meeting for members and supporters to discuss the week’s tasks and projects. Come get plugged into ongoing housing defense work! We have abundant and varied work for all folks in any number of meaningful projects. Rain location: SF Pizza, 1500 Broadway, Oakland50026

Our weekly open meeting for members and supporters to discuss the week’s tasks and projects. Come get plugged into ongoing housing defense work! We have abundant and varied work for all folks in any number of meaningful projects. Rain location: It doesn’t rain in Oakland in August or September. OOFDG Website If you would like to help us monetarily with our work. We don’t need much, but we do keep a phone hotline active and do flyers and posters. Any little bit helps. 52046

• Are you Bogged Down with Debt? • Getting Calls From Debt Collectors? • Having Trouble Paying What you Owe? • Want to Know your Options? 10-11 for English Speakers 11-12 for Spanish Speakers The workshop will include a presentation about different types of debt and information about your options once you’re behind in payments. It will also give time for you to check in and ask questions to advocates and attorneys. Call (510) 548-4064 to Reserve your spot now! 52032

We will be discussing Christian Marazzi’s ‘The Violence of Financial Capitalism’ – first two chapters. I put up a free online version on the class blog. More info. Location map. The entrance is on 22nd St.51982