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Collect Signatures for $12.25/hr Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative.
6:00 pm
Collect Signatures for $12.25/hr Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative.
@ Oakland ACCE offices
Mar 1 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Ballot Initiative to Lift Up Oakland! Join community members, workers, small business owners, students, and faith leaders who are uniting to lift up our City with a voter ballot initiative to raise the the minimum wage and provide workers with paid sick days. Raise the Minimum Wage to $12.25! It’s time we make Oakland the kind of city that families can afford to put food on the table, keep a roof over our heads, and keep the lights on! Let’s ensure that workers can meet our basic needs. Provide Workers … Continued
Forums on the New Dangers of Extreme Energy, from Canada to Contra Costa
8:00 pm
Forums on the New Dangers of Extreme Energy, from Canada to Contra Costa
@ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center
Mar 1 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Sunflower Alliance is pleased to host a series of forums in northern Contra Costa County on the dangers of the fossil fuel industry’s turn to extreme energy in recent years. CoCoCo and Benicia are home to five refineries, specializing in the dirtiest and heaviest crude oils, and the industry has proposed five major projects to expand refineries and bring in crude oil by train. In Pittsburg, Martinez, and Richmond, we will have panel discussions with experts and community activists, featuring a special guest from Lac-Mégantic, Canada, which suffered a devastating oil train explosion … Continued
Don’t stand for Sit/Lie in SF!!
11:00 pm
Don’t stand for Sit/Lie in SF!!
@ In front of Macy's
Mar 1 @ 11:00 pm – Mar 2 @ 12:30 am
“First they came for the homeless…” Occupy / Sit-in against Sit/Lie law in front of Macy’s This is the second action of this campaign Don’t stand for Sit/Lie!! After the March Against Corruption this Saturday, join us in front of Macy’s SF Store on Union Square 54994
Film Screening: Stories from Women’s Liberation 1963-1970
11:00 pm
Film Screening: Stories from Women’s Liberation 1963-1970
@ berkeley downtown library, 3rd floor
Mar 1 @ 11:00 pm – Mar 2 @ 1:00 am
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Berkeley Public Library will be hosting a screening of the documentary film Feminist: Stories from Women’s Liberation 1963-1970 followed by a Q&A with director Jennifer Lee. This film compiles footage and photographs collected and filmed by Lee over a nine year period including interviews with Betty Friedan, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (the Washington, D.C. delegate to Congress), Aileen Hernandez (the only woman to serve on the first Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), Kathie Sarachild (a leader in the consciousness-raising movement and Redstockings member), Frances M. Beal … Continued
Occupy Forum: Fukushima: Facts and Fiction
1:00 am
Occupy Forum: Fukushima: Facts and Fiction
@ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART
Apr 1 @ 1:00 am – 4:00 am
Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! OccupyForum presents� Fukushima: Facts and Fiction During the three long and frightening years since the triple meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi, the world has heard less and less about this manmade industrial disaster. Money, power, and engineering hubris were put ahead of the lives and health of the people of Japan and the northern hemisphere as radiation releases continue to leave the site and migrate into the environment. Decommissioning and dismantling the reactors will take decades, and complete cleanup is not even possible. … Continued
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International Day in Solidarity with the Haitian People
1:30 am
International Day in Solidarity with the Haitian People
@ Humanist Hall
Mar 2 @ 1:30 am – 4:30 am
 International Days in Solidarity with the Haitian People 10 years since the 2004 Coup … 210 years since Haiti’s Revolution * Stand with the People of Haiti – Eyewitness reports, drums, film, food, music We are approaching the 10th anniversary of the Feb. 29, 2004 coup d’etat, engineered by the US, France and Canada, which has left a brutal legacy of pain and destruction. This is an occasion that cries out to be seized upon by all who oppose the coup and support the popular movement. In Oakland, we in … Continued
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Film Screening: Honor the Earth. Plus Westpac Project Review & More
2:00 am
Film Screening: Honor the Earth. Plus Westpac Project Review & More
@ La Pena Cultural Center (2 blocks from Ashby BART)
Mar 4 @ 2:00 am – 5:00 am
Winona LaDuke Honor the Earth Native American author/activist will show a new short film of the Lakota and Anishinaabe peoples’ horse rides along routes of proposed pipelines that would cross North American prairies to carry Canadian crude oil/tar sands. Lyana Monterrey Pittsburg Ethics Council/Pittsburg Defense Council Co-founder of local community coalitions will talk about the proposed WesPac project in Pittsburg, CA, a massive crude oil storage and transfer facility to feed ultra-dirty oil to Bay Areas five refineries and export across the Pacific. Victor Menotti International Forum on Globalization IFG … Continued
Occupy Forum: In Berkeley: Winona La Duke, Victor Menotti, Lyana Monterey
2:00 am
Occupy Forum: In Berkeley: Winona La Duke, Victor Menotti, Lyana Monterey
@ La Pena Cultural Center, a few blocks from the Ashby BART
Mar 4 @ 2:00 am – 5:00 am
Please come early to help set up and stay after to break down chairs as OccupyForum supports this event! See you there! (Don’t show up at Global Exchange, we will all be in Berkeley!) Winona LaDuke Honor the Earth Native American author/activist will show a new short film of the Lakota and Anishinaabe peoples’ horse rides along routes of proposed pipelines that would cross North American prairies to carry Canadian crude oil/tar sands. Lyana Monterrey Pittsburg Ethics Council/Pittsburg Defense Council Co-founder of local community coalitions will talk about the proposed … Continued
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Lighthouse Mosque Press Conference Against the DAC
1:15 am
Lighthouse Mosque Press Conference Against the DAC
@ City Hall steps, Oscar Grant Plaza
Mar 5 @ 1:15 am – 1:30 am
After a strong community presence from the Lighthouse Mosque, and local technology activists, the City of Oakland put the breaks on the approval of the”Domain Awareness Center” (DAC) an $11 Million dollar Department of Homeland center that would set an unprecedented standard for spying on a city wide level. Two weeks ago a local Yemini-American leader, Mokhtar Alkhansali, really moved the council with his speech stating: “You don’t see that many Muslims here today, even though this is one of the greatest civil rights issues of our generation. What happens today will be echoed throughout the legacy of … Continued
Sink the DAC!
2:00 am
Sink the DAC!
@ Oakland City Hall
Mar 5 @ 2:00 am – 7:45 am
 Facebook: event & RSVP. Domain Awareness Center Info. DAC FAQ. Sign the petition against the DAC. Oakland Privacy Group. Lawsuit Fund. 54993
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Pack Albany City Hall, Defend the Gill Tract
2:15 am
Pack Albany City Hall, Defend the Gill Tract
@ Albany City Hall
Mar 6 @ 2:15 am – 5:00 am
Dearest friends, family and fellow farmers, We need your voices and bodies in Albany this Wednesday! Despite a successful referendum, citizen appeal, 2 current lawsuits, and 15 years of public comments against the commercial development of the Gill Tract Farm, Albany City Council will be voting on a development plan to place a large parking lot and chain grocery store (“Sprouts”) on the south side of the Gill Tract. The city council moved this vote up from the original date of March 17th, so please help us get the word out about the … Continued
Court Date For the Trayvon 2
4:00 pm
Court Date For the Trayvon 2
@ Wiley Manuel Courthouse, Department 112
Mar 6 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Support the Trayvon 2, Hannibal Shakur (Lamar Caldwell) and Tanzeen Doha. They were arrested while protesting the George Zimmerman not-guilty verdict in the murder of Trayvon Martin. The Trayvon 2 are being railroaded through the judicial system on false charges. This is going to be a very important date, so let’s pack the court room to show our community support. There will be a rally at 8AM and the hearing starts around 8:30 AM. For a lot more information, legal defense fund donation link, and video.54815
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Student Debt National Day of Action: San Francisco Rally.
12:30 am
Student Debt National Day of Action: San Francisco Rally.
@ San Francisco City Hall, Polk Street Steps
Mar 7 @ 12:30 am – 2:00 am
Student Debt National Day of Action Wells Fargo Student Loans, – John Stumpf, and –Chevron Oil Company. What do these three have in common? They’ve created the student debt crisis impacting our communities and growing inequality in education. 283% CSU fee increase since 2002 $170 million in student debt 135% community college tuition increase since 2006-2007. 25% less funding for higher education since 2009. Today, we have much less funding for education because corporations are not paying their fair share forcing the average student to graduate college with over $30,000 … Continued
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Drawing Oakland: First Friday at the Sudo Room.
3:00 am
Drawing Oakland: First Friday at the Sudo Room.
@ Sudo Room (entrance on 22nd St, buzzer)
Mar 8 @ 3:00 am – 7:45 am
Draw your impressions of your neighborhood or whatever else you want! We’ll have paper, drawing stuff, and scanners, and in the end we’ll add your drawings of Oakland to the Oakland Wiki! You can make drawings to illustrate different entries (Dog Park anyone? )54970
International Women’s Day SF: From Kabul to Fukushima, Women united for: PEACE, EQUALITY & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
6:00 pm
International Women’s Day SF: From Kabul to Fukushima, Women united for: PEACE, EQUALITY & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
@ Golden Gate Bridge
Mar 8 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Massive Women’s Convergence on the Golden Gate Bridge Activists from Bay Area CodePink, No Nukes Action Committee and Fukushima Response will form a united front on the Golden Gate Bridge in recognition of women’s global effort for a better world. 10:00 Rally, Music, Dance, S.F. side of Golden Gate Bridge. 11:00 March across the eastern walkway, starting on either side of the bridge, to meet in middle for convergence for peace, equality and environmental justice. 12:00 (SF side) Honoring women activists, past & present. All are encouraged to represent a … Continued
Drop the Charges Against Marissa Alexander!
10:00 pm
Drop the Charges Against Marissa Alexander!
@ Oscar Grant Plaza
Mar 8 @ 10:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Prosecuting Attorney Angela Corey is planning to push for consecutive sentencing in Marissa’s upcoming re-trial, pushing for a 60 year sentence for firing a warning shot, causing no injury, to protect herself from her abusive husband. We cannot allow this to happen! It’s time to drop the charges against Marissa Alexander and let her get back to the work of raising her children and living her life. This Saturday, International Women’s Day, at 2pm we will gather in Oscar Grant Plaza for a march into West Oakland to bring awareness … Continued
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We Are Still Here Albany Bulb Event
12:00 am
We Are Still Here Albany Bulb Event
@ Albany Bulb
Mar 9 @ 12:00 am – 11:00 pm
 GG’s statement on homelessness at the Albany City Council: http://www.youtube.com/user/orionorion99?feature=watch 55061
In Love and Struggle: A Celebration of International Women’s Day.
3:30 am
In Love and Struggle: A Celebration of International Women’s Day.
@ La Pena Cultural Center
Mar 9 @ 3:30 am – 6:00 am
Benefit for Berkeley Copwatch. Doors open at 7pm. Show starts at 7:30. Berkeley Copwatch invites you to “In Love and Struggle” a celebration of International Women’s Day. Its all happening on March 8th at 7:30pm at La Pena Cultural Center in Berkeley. This night will feature dance and spoken word performances by our own MC Kaila Love , Students for Hip Hop and surprise dramatic performances. There will also be a special guest appearance by hip hop diva Vixen Noir, and at beginning at 9pm The Average Dyke Band will … Continued
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Technology, Race and Civil Liberties: The Case of Oakland’s “Domain Awareness Center”
12:00 am
Technology, Race and Civil Liberties: The Case of Oakland’s “Domain Awareness Center”
@ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Mar 10 @ 12:00 am – 1:30 am
Teach-In on Technology, Race and Civil Liberties: The Case of Oakland’s Domain Awareness Center presented by the Oakland Privacy Working Group Join us for Presentations followed by Questions and Answers with Cat Brooks and Eddan Katz. * Cat Brooks, an Oakland community and equal rights activist and performance artist, is co-chair of the Onyx Organizing Committee ( https://www.facebook.com/onyxorganizingcommittee ). * Eddan Katz, co-founder of Oakland’s creative community hacker space, The Sudo Room, is a member of the Oakland Privacy Working Group ( https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com/ ). Wheelchair accessible. Buses pass by regularly. … Continued
Slingshot Collective’s 26th birthday
1:00 am
Slingshot Collective’s 26th birthday
@ Long Haul Infoshop, not far from Ashby BART
Mar 10 @ 1:00 am – 4:00 am
Celebrate Slingshot Collective’s 26th birthday Slingshot is a quarterly, independent, radical, newspaper published in the East Bay since 1988 by the Slingshot Collective. We also publish the annual Slingshot Organizer radical calendar planner. We are an all volunteer, non-profit, tax exempt project of the Long Haul.55076
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Hearing on Sale of Historic Post Offices
8:45 pm
Hearing on Sale of Historic Post Offices
@ Dellums Federal Building
Mar 11 @ 8:45 pm – 11:30 pm
National Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to Meet in Oakland on Sale of Historic Post Offices The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) will be meeting in Oakland on March 11, 2014, to hear testimony on the sale of historic post offices and its effect on communities, historic buildings and historic districts. The ACHP is an independent federal agency that promotes preservation and sustainable use of our nation’s historic resources and its members are appointed by President Obama. The Council is required to develop and submit a plan to Congress … Continued
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Harris8 Solidarity and Press Conference.
4:00 pm
Harris8 Solidarity and Press Conference.
@ Wiley Manuel Courthouse
Mar 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
 The #KamalaHarrisJailKillerCops8 request solidarity this Thursday, 3/13, at 9:00 am at Wiley Manuel Courthouse, Dept 107. After originally being told that the prosecutor would not be filing charges for the civil disobedience action at the State Building in Oakland on 2/13, they may have to appear on the charges after all. Assuming they are not stuck inside the courthouse there will be a press conference at 10:00 AM just outside discussing new developments in the case. The Harris8 did standing civil disobedience in the lobby of the State Building, demanding that State … Continued
Picket & Protest: Veolia: Rehire the Fired Boston School Drivers Now!
5:30 pm
Picket & Protest: Veolia: Rehire the Fired Boston School Drivers Now!
@ Veolia para transit
Mar 13 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
The San Francisco School Bus Drivers (UTU 1741) are inviting you to a picket of Veolia’s para-transit office. This protest is in support of the 4 Union leaders fired by Veolia in Boston. Veolia’s anti-Union record is as bad as its environmental and human rights record. Steve Gillis, Vice President of Boston School Bus Drivers Union, was one of the fired Union leaders. He was a featured speaker at the anti-Veolia Conference in SF on 2/8. Veolia locked out 800 drivers and fired the leadership of the Union (USW 8751) … Continued
Tristan Anderson: 5 Year Anniversary of His Being Shot and Severely Injured.
11:00 pm
Tristan Anderson: 5 Year Anniversary of His Being Shot and Severely Injured.
@ Oscar Grant Plaza
Mar 13 @ 11:00 pm – Mar 14 @ 3:00 am
Support Tristan and loved ones as we mark five years since the shooting of Bay Area activist, Tristan Anderson. Tristan was severely injured when he was shot in the head with a (American made) tear gas grenade by Israeli Military Police during a protest in Occupied Palestine in 2009 in the village of Ni’ilin. Tristan became paralyzed on about half his body and lives with severe permanent injury to his brain. We honor Tristan and rage at our own government for it’s direct role in the misery of Gaza, the … Continued
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Public Hearing on DAC “Privacy Policy.” Speak Out Against the Madness!
1:00 am
Public Hearing on DAC “Privacy Policy.” Speak Out Against the Madness!
@ Dimond Library
Mar 14 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am
Come speak out on a “privacy policy” that allows the City of Oakland to violate our 1st and 4th amendment rights with impunity. Staff is taking a new and aggressive approach to public engagement around this draft framework. Distribution of this framework will happen via EngageOakland, a survey monkey, and broad dissemination via the Neighborhood Service Coordinators. This framework is being disseminated for a thirty day public comment period. During that time period there will be two public meetings scheduled for Wednesday, February 26th in City Council Chambers, and Thursday, … Continued
Privacy Documentary Screening: “Terms and Conditions May Apply.”
1:30 am
Privacy Documentary Screening: “Terms and Conditions May Apply.”
@ Historic Fellowship Hall
Mar 14 @ 1:30 am – 3:30 am
This Thursday, March 13, come out see BORDC Legal Fellow Matthew Kellegrew and EFF Activism Director Rainey Reitman discuss civil liberties after a screening of the groundbreaking documentary Terms and Conditions May Apply. The film exposes how seemingly free online resources like Facebook or Google undermine our privacy, and how the NSA has co-opted Silicon Valley to abuse the rights of Americans. The film is an excellent resource for grassroots coalitions seeking materials to share at public education events. This location is wheelchair accessible via the ramp on the Bonita … Continued
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Words of Resistance: If You Surveil Me I’ll Yell At You
2:00 am
Words of Resistance: If You Surveil Me I’ll Yell At You
@ Rock, Paper, Scissors Collective
Mar 15 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am
Gather your words to destroy the surveillance state, poetry style, rhymes so good they shatter camera lenses. 55157
Recovery From the Dominant Culture.
5:00 pm
Recovery From the Dominant Culture.
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Mar 15 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
We are a fellowship of people wanting to find aliveness, connection and survival in the face of social-political-economic overwhelm. We do this by recognizing and addressing our unspoken submission to historically entrenched, institutions and influences of the dominant culture. We observe cunning, baffling and powerful social ills perpetuated through inequities involving race, class, gender, sexual orientation, age and ability. We explore how these impact our thoughts feelings and personal habits. We hope that as each of us becomes free from acquisition driven, socially divisive, militarized forces, we can catalyze change … Continued
March and Rally in Sacramento to STOP FRACKING IN CALIFORNIA!
8:00 pm
March and Rally in Sacramento to STOP FRACKING IN CALIFORNIA!
@ State Capitol
Mar 15 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
What: Don’t Frack California Where: The Capitol Lawn, Sacramento, CA The Plan: Our plan so far is to get as many voices as we can to Sacramento to make it loud and clear to Governor Brown and his administration that Californians want an end to fracking in our state. We’ll be hearing from voices from all over the state who are witnessing fracking in their own communities and organizing against it. Our goal, is to show the overwhelming number of Californians who will take the long trek to Sacramento to … Continued
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Low Wage America Fights Back!
12:30 am
Low Wage America Fights Back!
@ First Christian Church
Mar 16 @ 12:30 am – 3:00 am
Join us to discuss the way forward for the grassroots worker-led compaign for a living wage for all workers. Featured Speakers: Trish Kahle, a Whole Foods Worker and writer on the politics of minimum wage laws. Pamela Davis, a former Walmart worker who was fired for joining a Unfair Labor Practices strike, and a leader of Our Walmart. 55003
Colombia – the Resistance Movement and an Expose of U.S. Intervention
6:00 pm
Colombia – the Resistance Movement and an Expose of U.S. Intervention
@ Workers World Offices, Oakland (#411, ring buzzer)
Mar 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Presented by Alice Dodge Loaiza, of Marcha Patriótica – Capítulo California. This talk will be about the recent history of Colombia, the building of resistance to a right wing repressive government, backed by the US, and how the US is involved in creating a country where they can not only exploit the resources but can build a political-military base of support for interventions into other areas of Latin America and the Caribbean.55199
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Occupy Forum SF: Make Earth Day a Relevant Challenge to the 1%!
1:00 am
Occupy Forum SF: Make Earth Day a Relevant Challenge to the 1%!
@ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART
Mar 18 @ 1:00 am – 4:00 am
Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! OccupyForum presents… “We Are All Bayview Hunters Point!” — Make Earth Day a Relevant Challenge to the 1%! Guest speakers Marie Harrison/Greenaction and members of the Huntersview Mothers and Fathers Committee As climate warming and mega-pollution (caused by giant corporations under-regulated by corrupt government) raise sea levels and destroy our air, water, soil and food, we’ve begun to face the same threats as low income and communities of color like Bayview Hunters Point as they fight for their lives and justice. Together, we … Continued
Come with us to Sacramento to make sure California turns the NSA off now!
5:45 pm
Come with us to Sacramento to make sure California turns the NSA off now!
@ State Capitol, vanpool from Bay Area
Mar 18 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm
Come with us to Sacramento to make sure California turns the NSA off now! SB 828 is the Fourth Amendment Protection Act. It comes from model legislation drafted by the OffNow coalition against unconstitutional data collection and spying. The bill will prevent an NSA facility from opening in CA, stop the NSA from directing curriculum in our state universities, prevent warrantless evidence from being introduced in court and criminalize corporate support for warrantless spying. It is a powerful opportunity to go on the offensive for a change and to tell … Continued
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Court Support for the Trayvon 2: Trial Date!
3:00 pm
Court Support for the Trayvon 2: Trial Date!
@ Wiley Manuel Courthouse, Dept. 104
Mar 19 @ 3:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Despite overwhelming evidence of the defendants’ innocence in what is being called the “Trayvon 2” case, the judge in their pre-trial hearing here ruled on March 6 to continue the case to trial. However, he lowered the charges on the two well-known activists, Hannibal Shakur and Tanzeen Doha, from felonies to misdemeanors over the prosecutor’s objections… The sole witness for the defense managed to single-handedly discredit the testimony of both the officers. Read more about what happened at their first court appearance on March 6th. Another court date, this time … Continued
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VIGIL AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE AT CCSF
9:00 pm
VIGIL AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE AT CCSF
@ Conlan Hall
Mar 20 @ 9:00 pm – Mar 21 @ 4:00 am
VIGIL AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE In front of Conlan Hall A peaceful vigil against police violence, to collectively reaffirm why we love our college and why we never want the police violence of last week to occur again. On Thursday, March 13 City College students calling for the resignation of Bob Agrella and the reversal of the new tuition policy were beaten and pepper-sprayed by the police. Yet the CCSF administration is now claiming that it was the students who were violent. What are the facts? . For months Special Trustee … Continued
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Marijuana Book Party III
1:00 am
Marijuana Book Party III
Mar 21 @ 1:00 am – 3:30 am
 Expect free food and drink, giveaways, and a panel Q&A with the authors, followed by book sales and signings. 55242
Documentary showing: Lovelle Mixon
2:00 am
Documentary showing: Lovelle Mixon
@ La Pena Cultural Center (2 blocks from Ashby BART)
Mar 21 @ 2:00 am – 3:30 am
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George Caffentzis and Strike Debt Bay Area @ The Green Arcade in SF
2:00 am
George Caffentzis and Strike Debt Bay Area @ The Green Arcade in SF
@ The Green Arcade
Mar 21 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am
Description: At The Green Arcade on Thursday March 20th, join George Caffentzis and Strike Debt Bay Area for a discussion about radical and practical responses to debt and capitalism. George Caffentzis is contributor to the newly released The Debt Resisters’ Operations Manual and author of the recent In Letters of Blood and Fire: Work, Machines, and the Crisis of Capitalism. About In Letters of Blood and Fire: Work, Machines, and the Crisis of Capitalism: Karl Marx remarked that the only way to write about the origins of capitalism is … Continued
Warrior for the Earth and Wolves: Rod Coronado
2:00 am
Warrior for the Earth and Wolves: Rod Coronado
@ The Holdout (Qilombo)
Mar 21 @ 2:00 am – 3:30 am
Rod Coronado is a long-time activist, affiliated with the animal liberation movement, Earth First! and other groups that the government has gone to great lengths to imprison and silence.le. Wheelchair accessib55182
Court Support for CCSF Students Beaten By SF Police
4:00 pm
Court Support for CCSF Students Beaten By SF Police
@ Dept. 304
Mar 21 @ 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
COURT HEARING THIS FRIDAY Please come out for motions regarding the case in Judge Karnow’s courtroom. More information and statement from Save CCSF about what happened. Check calendar on website to verify as the legal system is capricious. www.saveccsf.org/calendar Click here for update and summary of the status of the Save CCSF lawsuit against the ACCJC.55217
The Commons, Enclosures, and Mutual Aid.
9:00 pm
The Commons, Enclosures, and Mutual Aid.
@ CIIS Main Building, Namaste Hall
Mar 21 @ 9:00 pm – Mar 22 @ 4:00 am
Anthropology and Social Change Second Annual Conference @ CIIS, San Francisco Description: Anthropology and Social Change Second Annual Conference: The Commons, Enclosures, and Mutual Aid. 2pm – 3:30pm Capitalism and the Enclosure of the Commons Silvia Federici, gender and the social production of the working class Peter Linebaugh, commons, enclosures, and Magna Carta Norman Nawrocki, migration, resistance, statelessness: the case of the Roma Eddie Yuen, extinction and enclosure 4pm – 5:30pm Commonism and Mutual Aid George Caffentzis, strike debt! Karl Beitel, San Francisco and the urban commons John Clark, … Continued
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Anarchist Book Fair
5:00 pm
Anarchist Book Fair
@ The Crucible
Mar 22 @ 5:00 pm – Mar 23 @ 1:00 am
 The 19th Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair will be at The Crucible in West Oakland, two blocks from the West Oakland BART station. The book fair will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Book Fair Schedule Speaker Bios Session Descriptions Directions Related events the week of the Book Fair Vendors 55066
Los Angeles: Jail All Killer Cops! Statewide Conference to End Police Terror.
5:00 pm
Los Angeles: Jail All Killer Cops! Statewide Conference to End Police Terror.
@ Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Mar 22 @ 5:00 pm – Mar 23 @ 12:00 am
 Join dozens of families affected by police violence from across the state of California and countless organizations that are fighting against police brutality for the Statewide Conference to End Police Terror. The conference is being held on the heels of a growing mass movement from Santa Rosa to Los Angeles to bring killer cops to justice and implement new forms of community control over the police. Workshops include: Building a united front Gentrification and police brutality: an investment for the rich Mass incarceration in capitalist America Racism at the root: … Continued
BE A “BULB LOVER ” collect written and video taping testimonies of love for the bulb Collect phone numbers, music, potluck To Build Working Class Base Of Support For The Albany Bulb
7:00 pm
BE A “BULB LOVER ” collect written and video taping testimonies of love for the bulb Collect phone numbers, music, potluck To Build Working Class Base Of Support For The Albany Bulb
@ ALBANY BULB
Mar 22 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
We need you to help build a working class base for the bulb JOIN US MAR 22 sat 12PM TO 3PM to collectLOVERS OF THE BULB video and written TESTIMONIES phone numbers and contact info HEAVY RAIN CANCELS. Call Orion at 510 541-3835 or email ohohorion99 AT gmail.com to help. Above all VISIT THE BULB and take your friends there NOW! In the last month we have collected over 100 phone numbers and signatures on the following petition we are using this petition as a organizing tool and calling people … Continued
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Sunflower Alliance: Meet, Eat, Drink, Dance
1:00 am
Sunflower Alliance: Meet, Eat, Drink, Dance
@ Redwood Gardens, Clark Kerr Campus
Mar 23 @ 1:00 am – 5:00 am
Map The Sunflower Alliance invites you to meet activists who gathered for our August 3rd, 2013 action at the Richmond Chevron Refinery. This inspiring event gave rise to the Alliance, dedicated to fighting climate chaos by taking on the fossil fuel industry in our own back yard. (Learn more about the Sunflower Alliance.) Let’s talk! Please take a minute to complete our quick survey. If you include your phone number, we’ll try to call you, introduce ourselves, and answer questions about our work and about the evening celebration We look forward to … Continued
Launch Party: The Next Edition of the Debt Resisters Operation Manual
10:30 pm
Launch Party: The Next Edition of the Debt Resisters Operation Manual
@ Alan Blueford Center for Justice
Mar 23 @ 10:30 pm – Mar 24 @ 1:00 am
 Strike Debt New York City has completed its work on the 2nd edition of the Debt Resistors’ Operations Manual (DROM). Come learn about the new edition, about Strike Debt, and meet cool people who are helping in the international struggle against oppressive and immoral debt. Music, food, short talks by two famous activists and political philosophers – George Caffentzis (a founder of the Midnight Notes Collective) and Silvia Federici – and the opportunity to purchase the 2nd edition DROM at a sliding scale are all “on the agenda.” This manual—written by an anonymous collective of resistors, defaulters, … Continued
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Carework: From Crisis to Common A talk and discussion with Silvia Federici
2:00 am
Carework: From Crisis to Common A talk and discussion with Silvia Federici
@ Station 40, Apt B, up a flight of stairs
Mar 24 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am
Lack of time, resources, and communal support is responsible for an unprecedented reproduction crisis that is affecting all aspects of our lives. In her presentation, Federici discusses its causes, its social effects, and the struggle we must make to “commonize” care work. Federici is a longtime feminist activist, teacher, and writer. She is an emerita professor at Hofstra University, and has authored many essays on feminist theory, women’s history, political philosophy, and education. Her published books include: Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body, and Primitive Accumulation; Enduring Western Civilization: … Continued
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OccupyForum SF presents… What is Money?
1:00 am
OccupyForum SF presents… What is Money?
@ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART
Mar 25 @ 1:00 am – 4:00 am
Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! OccupyForum presents… What is Money? Part II With Jane Smith and Spencer Veale, members of Politics Of Debt Reading group from Strike Debt Bay Area We use money every day. We spend most of our time working in order to get money. Many of us are in debt and the only way to repay is with money. For something that is so commonplace and so powerful, we spend very little time … Continued
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The Town Hella Needs a Raise!!!!!
11:00 pm
The Town Hella Needs a Raise!!!!!
Mar 27 @ 11:00 pm – Mar 28 @ 1:00 am
East Bay Hotel & Food Service Workers Take It to the Streets of Oakland! Facebook event page East Bay hotel, restaurant and stadium workers are marching for our jobs, our rights and OUR POWER! We are fighting for a higher minimum wage and good jobs that pay us what we need to survive and thrive in the Bay Area in 2014! Join hotel housekeepers, hot dog vendors from the Coliseum, and airport restaurant workers who are fighting for good contracts – along with fast food workers fighting for $15 an … Continued
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A Sliver of Light: Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal.
2:30 am
A Sliver of Light: Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal.
@ First Congregational Church of Berkeley
Mar 28 @ 2:30 am – 4:00 am
 Three young Americans captured by Iranian forces and held in captivity for two years tell their story. “Riveting and necessary and illuminating in countless unexpected ways. The hikers have pulled off the almost impossible task of making from their hellish experience something of beauty and grace.” Dave Eggers In summer 2009, Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, and Sarah Shourd were hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan when they unknowingly crossed into Iran and were captured by a border patrol. Accused of espionage, the three Americans ultimately found themselves in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison, … Continued
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Fourth Friday: Interfaith Prayers for Healing from Violence
2:00 am
Fourth Friday: Interfaith Prayers for Healing from Violence
@ Baha'i Center
Mar 29 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am
Fourth Friday prayer meeting for healing, dedicated to the survivors and victims of violence and police brutality in Oakland. We get together to: Share prayers, spiritual writings and poems from all spiritual traditions Reflect and recharge Connect with others concerned about violence and interested in healing Build community Please feel free to bring quotes or passages to share All are welcome Simple vegetarian dinner will be served.55252
Public Banking at the Post Office With Laura Wells. Updates on the Post Office Defense.
6:45 pm
Public Banking at the Post Office With Laura Wells. Updates on the Post Office Defense.
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Mar 29 @ 6:45 pm – 10:00 pm
At noon Laura Wells, candidate for California State Controller, endorsed by the Green Party of California, will speak on the issue of public banking. She will be followed by comments on recent happenings around the possibility of Post Office banking and financial services, updates on where things stand with the (possibly imminent) sale of the Berkeley Post Office, the campaign against the outsourcing of Post Office jobs to Staples, music, letter-writing and more. The first item in Wells’ platform is Implement a Publicly-Owned State Bank for California Determine the best … Continued
Justice for Alex Nieto! March Against Police Violence and the Takeover of Our Communities.
9:00 pm
Justice for Alex Nieto! March Against Police Violence and the Takeover of Our Communities.
@ Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Mar 29 @ 9:00 pm – Mar 30 @ 12:00 am
Gather at 2pm, then we will take to the streets at 3pm. Bring your body down. Bring a friend or a hundred. We will march to honor Alex Nieto and all the countless many black and brown young men murdered by those thugs in uniform. We will march for our friends and families getting kicked out of their homes. We will march to stand up and fight back against the takeover of our communities by the forces of capital and their human agents who have too much money for how … Continued
Protest “Sit/Lie” in front of Macy’s. “First they came for the Homeless…”
10:00 pm
Protest “Sit/Lie” in front of Macy’s. “First they came for the Homeless…”
@ Macy's San Francisco, Geary Side
Mar 29 @ 10:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Protest SIT / LIE A revisit to Macy’s to thank them for their support of the inhumane sit/lie ‘law’ which criminalizes our homeless sisters and brothers – we have the signs, cardboard & sharpies, bring yourself / friends / family & sit for your human & civil right to sit down – 55309
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