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UC Berkeley: Graduate Student Workers Strike!
UC Berkeley: Graduate Student Workers Strike!
@ UC Berkeley
Apr 2 – Apr 3 all-day
April 2-3, 2014 Wednesday, April 2 Schedule: 8:00 AM – American Federation of Teachers Hosts Breakfast 8:00 to 10:00 – First Picket Line Shift! (Rhetoric, Film, Music, EECS, Latin American Studies) 10:00 to 12:00 – Second Picket Line Shift! (Comp. Lit, Classics, Education, French, Philosophy) 12:00 to 1:30 – MASS RALLY ON SPROUL 1:30 – AFSCME HOSTS LUNCH 1:30 to 3:30 – Third Picket Line Shift! (City planning, Public Health, Sociology, History, Geography, English) 3:30 to 5:30 – Fourth Picket Line Shift! (Political Science, Social Welfare, Anthropology) **PICKET LINES LOCATED … Continued
March and Picket at Vanguard Properties: Eviction Free San Francisco
6:30 pm
March and Picket at Vanguard Properties: Eviction Free San Francisco
@ 24th St. BART, SF
Apr 2 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Join Eviction Free San Francisco for a spirited lunchtime march and picket at Vanguard Properties to demand that Michael Harrison of Vanguard Properties rescind the Ellis Act eviction of Benito Santiago! Meet at 24th street BART station and march to Vanguard Properties at 2501 Mission Street at 21st. Co-founder of Vanguard Properties Michael Harrison is currently using the Ellis Act to attempt and evict long-term tenant and native San Franciscan Benito Santiago. Benito Santiago is a senior and disabled Filipino resident of the Duboce Triangle. He was born and raised … Continued
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UC Berkeley: Graduate Student Workers Strike!
UC Berkeley: Graduate Student Workers Strike!
@ UC Berkeley
Apr 3 – Apr 4 all-day
April 2-3, 2014 Thursday, April 3 Schedule: 8:00 AM – American Federation of Teachers Hosts Breakfast 8:00 to 10:00 – First Picket Line Shift! (Art History, Social Welfare, City planning, Public Health, Rhetoric) 10:00 to 12:00 – TEACH-IN on SPROUL 12:00 to 2:00 – Second Picket Line Shift! (Education, Sociology, Economics, Student Learning Center) 2:00 to 4:00 – TRAVELLING PICKET LINE (All departments come!) 4:00 to 6:00 – Third Picket Line Shift! (Latin American Studies, Film, Music, Philosophy) **PICKET LINES LOCATED AT BANCROFT AND TELEGRAPH** 55339
Strike Debt Bay Area: Reading Group: Politics of Debt.
2:30 am
Strike Debt Bay Area: Reading Group: Politics of Debt.
@ Bay Area Public School (Sudo room), enter on 22nd St., take elevator to 2nd floor
Apr 3 @ 2:30 am – 4:00 am
Or next class will be discussing Michael Hudson’s The Bubble and Beyond ch.9 – ‘Junk Bonding Industry.’ We will also be taking a look at the Public Banking Workbook ch 1-3 to further understand Public Banking and what it can provide. Here are the readings. HudsonCh9 PublicBankWorkbookCh1-355256
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Emergency Picket Line @ 6 AM Campbell Hall UC Berkeley!
1:00 pm
Emergency Picket Line @ 6 AM Campbell Hall UC Berkeley!
@ Campbell Hall
Apr 4 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Emergency Picket Line needed TOMORROW Thursday April 3rd 6 AM Campell Hall UC Berkeley! Tomorrow there will be a militant picket line in solidarity with UC Santa Cruz UAW that were attacked and arrested. Police used tasers while forcefully opening the west entrance to campus. http://www.ksbw.com/news/planned-2day-strike-is-underway-at-uc-santa-cruz-this-morning/25282900 Picket at the Campbell hall construction site on UC Berkeley where union workers won’t cross @ 6:00 am sharp. We need about 30 to 50 people so please forward to as many people as possible! 55360
2 Million 2 Many: Deportations Are Displacement!
6:00 pm
2 Million 2 Many: Deportations Are Displacement!
Apr 4 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
President Obama is now the “Deporter-in-Chief.” He has deported 2 million people and counting — our loved ones, friends and neighbors. We will highlight the stories of families and workers who have been affected by the deportation machine, e-verify and I–9 Audits! RSVP Here Obama End the Deportations! Legalization and Worker Rights for All! In April 2014 we will have reached record deportations under the Obama administration — which are anticipated to soon hit the tragic milestone of two million removals since he took office. Our community has stood up … Continued
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First Friday With the Oakland Privacy Working Group.
12:30 am
First Friday With the Oakland Privacy Working Group.
@ Between 24th & 25th Streets.
Apr 5 @ 12:30 am – 4:00 am
 Come hang out with us at First Friday! We’ll be somewhere near the Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice between 24th and 25th streets on Telegraph. We’ll have literature, a slide show, maybe a movie and people to tell you all about the DAC and Stingray, OPD’s latest gadget to spy on everyone in Oakland. 55365
All of Us or None: Spoken Word / Prison Stories
1:00 am
All of Us or None: Spoken Word / Prison Stories
@ UC Berkeley Multicultural Center
Apr 5 @ 1:00 am – 5:00 am
Everyone is invited to a Cal Berkeley event on Spoken Word /Prison Stories: All Of Us Our None will have a full hour to talk with and engage the audience by sharing their personal stories, organizational campaigns, and victories. The goal of this event is to build relationships with other formerly-incarcerated students, others students, and explore ways that educational institutions, such as CAL, can help empower/ be in solidarity with formerly incarcerated people.55344
First Friday @ the Alan Blueford Center for Justice.
3:00 am
First Friday @ the Alan Blueford Center for Justice.
@ Alan Blueford Center for Justice
Apr 5 @ 3:00 am – 5:00 am
The Alan Blueford Center For Justice is gonna be open for 1st Friday on April 4th, 2014….Fresh Juice Party is gonna be our special guests performing their original blend of justice beats….and because we love The People of Oakland, the show is FREE!!! Come on by 2434 Telegraph Ave & help us celebrate Alan Blueford‘s life, AND DON’T FORGET, YOU CAN GET YOUR #EndPoliceTerror STICKER! **DOOR OPENS AT 8PM FOR THE SHOW, BUT #ENDPOLICETERROR STICKERS & OTHER INFO WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING AT 5PM**55364
Copwatch: Know Your Rights Training.
8:00 pm
Assembly of Bay Area residents. Planning Resistance to the Tech Takeover.
9:00 pm
Assembly of Bay Area residents. Planning Resistance to the Tech Takeover.
@ 24th St. BART, SF
Apr 5 @ 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Come to find others taking action… Meet other tenants fighting displacement… Resist the proliferation of surveillance… Combat racist development… Come to plan actions with others.55254
Lil Bobby Hutton’s BBQ for the People
9:00 pm
Lil Bobby Hutton’s BBQ for the People
@ Defemery (Lil' Bobby Hutton) Park
Apr 5 @ 9:00 pm – Apr 6 @ 1:00 am
 In Honor of Lil Bobby Hutton “SPEAKING UP AGAINST VIOLENCE” Come enjoy FREE BBQ w Music, Family Entertainment & Speakers Every year the Black Panthers commemorate their fallen warriors. It’s held on behalf of Bobby Hutton, “Lil” Bobby was murdered by OPD prior to him having an event at Defremery park, which involved Feeding The People. We as community members in 2012 organized a Take Back the Town BBQ at what is known today as “Lil” Bobby Hutton park. The theme of the event is “SPEAKING UP AGAINST VIOLENCE”, not just … Continued
Speakout Against Violence.
9:00 pm
Speakout Against Violence.
@ Little Bobby Hutton (Defemery) Park
Apr 5 @ 9:00 pm – Apr 6 @ 12:00 am
Speakers from Criticial Resistance, Oakland Privacy Working Group, Justice 4 Alan Blueford. Also speaking: Dan Siegel, Elaine Brown. Community Medics will give instruction on binding wounds.55152
Strike Debt Bay Area: You Are Not a Loan!
10:00 pm
Strike Debt Bay Area: You Are Not a Loan!
@ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater, next to City Hall
Apr 5 @ 10:00 pm – Apr 6 @ 12:30 am
 New to Strike Debt?? Don’t walk cold turkey into a bunch of radicals talking about debt! Show up a half hour early—at 2:30 PM—for an informal pre-meeting intro session. If you’d like to attend this pre-together please email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com and let us know you’re coming. Join Strike Debt Bay Area in working on some exciting projects locally and nationally to fight unjust debt. – The latest on our coalition efforts to Save the Berkeley Post Office and fight the privatization of our commons. – The latest on our efforts to help Richmond and … Continued
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Earth Day to May Day Direct Action Assembly
9:00 pm
Earth Day to May Day Direct Action Assembly
@ Mosswood Park amphitheater
Apr 6 @ 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm
 We are having an assembly to plan direction actions from April 22nd to May 1st to raise awareness about the intersections of labor, immigration and environmental issues. You can propose actions or events. Examples include film screenings, sit-ins, tree-sits, guerrilla gardening, pickets, marches, blockades, strikes, etc. After the proposals are voted on we will have a discussion about strategies to unite workers and environmentalists against the bosses. Following this will be a screening of he file “Rocking the Foundations,” about the Builders Labourers Federation of Australia. Facebook event and more … Continued
KPFA Town Hall – Meeting the Challenge
11:00 pm
KPFA Town Hall – Meeting the Challenge
@ South Berkeley Senior Center (Ellis & Ashby, just a few blocks from the Ashby Bart)
Apr 6 @ 11:00 pm – Apr 7 @ 1:00 am
The KPFA Community Advisory Board is sponsoring an information and proposal sharing event. We invite listeners, community members, volunteers, media activists, programmers, board members and staff from KPFA and the Pacifica Network to participate. We will be using a non-hierarchical group process to address the urgent need for expanded listener sponsored free speech radio. Please come and contribute: Bring material for our information sharing table Write and post YOUR concerns. (Please bring a felt pen or marker). Proposed topics include: Financial sustainability Quality programming Equality and inclusion KPFA community activism. … Continued
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Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly
1:00 am
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Apr 8 @ 1:00 am – 2:30 am
 The Postal Service has put the Berkeley Post Office up for sale!! The Postal Service has started to outsource Post Office services to Staples, replacing union jobs with low-paying, low benefit work. And we’re fighting against both! Come help us plan our next steps. The American Postal Workers Union is planning more actions against Staples; we need to support them. We’ve started a “Don’t Shop at Staples” campaign with some awesome… what else? … postcards to send to Staples management! Here’s the front of the postcard. The Berkeley City Council … Continued
Occupy Forum;: Save the Bulb Panel Discussion.
1:00 am
Occupy Forum;: Save the Bulb Panel Discussion.
@ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART
Apr 8 @ 1:00 am – 4:00 am
OccupyForum presents Save the Albany Bulb! Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win!!! Save the Bulb Panel at OccupyForum you want to see the future hike up the middle trail for 5min on the right by the solitary tree is the future STATE PARK run by the East Bay Regional Parks deconstruction they destroyed all the birds nests, ( I know because I use to play my guitar and watch those great black and yellow gold finchs in the trees) animal habitats , art ,bushes and trees what they left was … Continued
Families United March on State Capitol Sacramento
5:00 pm
Families United March on State Capitol Sacramento
@ State Capitol
Apr 8 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
ATTENTION ALL FAMILIES WHO HAS BEEN A VICTIM OF POLICE TERRORISM join us as we march on State Capital Sacramento during Crime Victim Day April 8, 2014. Please organize your communities and unite with us as we speak out against State Attorney General Kamala Harris for turning a blind eye under the Color of Law. Let’s organized now to address the Peace Officers Bill of Rights, Police Terrorism, and failure to resolve gun violence in our communities. Those families harmed by Gun Violence that are still seeking justice and an … Continued
Restore the Balance of Justice: Sacramento Rally & Lobbying.
5:00 pm
Restore the Balance of Justice: Sacramento Rally & Lobbying.
@ State Capitol
Apr 8 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
 Families United March on State Capital Sacramento Over 21 families are asking to California Attorney General Kamlia D. Harris, 32nd Attorney General of the State of California, to review the “Policemen’s Bill of Rights” and police policy due to the rising use of excessive force by citizen murders.The State Capitol in Sacramento, California for the United Families of California at the fifth annual Victims’ Rights March is a call to action for victims and their supporters to come together as they do every year on the steps of the California State Capitol to have their voices heard by … Continued
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Urban Agriculture Documentary: Growing Cities.
1:00 am
The 7th Annual Privacy Lecture
10:00 pm
The 7th Annual Privacy Lecture
@ Bancroft Hotel
Apr 9 @ 10:00 pm – Apr 10 @ 1:00 am
April 2014 – The 7th Annual Privacy Lecture Bancroft Hotel For more information and to register, visit the event website. Presented by Professor Ross Anderson with responses by Carl Shapiro, James Aquilina, and Anupam Chander. The Snowden revelations teach us that many of the world’s governments share intelligence behind the scenes. Thirty years ago, a non-aligned country like India could happily buy its military aircraft from Russia; nowadays, although it still buys some planes from Sukhoi, it shares intelligence with the NSA. A rational actor will join the biggest network, … Continued
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National Day of Action: Spies, Lies and Secret Files. Press Conference in SF.
6:00 pm
National Day of Action: Spies, Lies and Secret Files. Press Conference in SF.
@ Northern California Regional Intelligence Center
Apr 10 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
 April 10th is the National Day of Action against Fusion Centers. Protests, rallies, and teach-ins will take place in cities all over the country to draw attention to the spy centers in our midst. Fusion Centers facilitate the gathering, storing, and sharing of intelligence data that bares our lives and violate our basic human rights to privacy and civil liberties. There are an estimated 85 fusion centers all over the United States. There will be two Bay Area events: Press Conference at NCRIC Fusion Center in San Francisco 11:00am – … Continued
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National Day of Action: Spies, Lies and Secret Files. Rally in Oakland!
1:00 am
National Day of Action: Spies, Lies and Secret Files. Rally in Oakland!
Apr 11 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am
 April 10th is the National Day of Action against Fusion Centers. Protests, rallies, and teach-ins will take place in cities all over the country to draw attention to the spy centers in our midst. Fusion Centers facilitate the gathering, storing, and sharing of intelligence data that bares our lives and violate our basic human rights to privacy and civil liberties. There are an estimated 85 fusion centers all over the United States. There will be two Bay Area events: Press Conference at NCRIC Fusion Center in San Francisco 11:00am – … Continued
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Film Showing: Spies of Mississippi.
2:00 am
Protest Against Staples – Protest to Keep Living Wage Jobs at the Post Office.
6:00 pm
Protest Against Staples – Protest to Keep Living Wage Jobs at the Post Office.
@ berkeley staples
Apr 12 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
 STOP STAPLES SCABS. STOP THE PRIVATIZATION OF THE POST OFFICE! Join American Postal Worker Union members protesting against Post Office counters in Staples stores staffed by low wage Staples employees instead of living wage Postal Union members. 55311
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MATT TAIBBI: “The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap”
2:30 am
KPFA: Community Advisory Board Meeting.
6:00 pm
KPFA: Community Advisory Board Meeting.
@ KPFA
Apr 13 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Meeting open to the public. Come and tell CAB members what you think about KPFA.55378
IT’S TIME TO TAX THE RICH TO HOUSE THE POOR!
6:30 pm
IT’S TIME TO TAX THE RICH TO HOUSE THE POOR!
@ Grassroots House
Apr 13 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
The Robin Hood Committee needs your help gathering signatures to place two initiatives on the November ballot. The initiatives will create $4.5 million for affordable housing and other city services in Berkeley by taxing the windfall profits of large landlords. Right now, Berkeley tenants are paying more than $100 million a year in excess rent, wealth that is taken out of our community. We can recapture a fraction of that by putting these measures to a vote of the people. Join us this Sunday to pick up petitions and a … Continued
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Global Day Against Military Spending.
Global Day Against Military Spending.
@ Federal Building, Oakland
Apr 14 – Apr 15 all-day
Global Day Against Military Spending, Monday, April 14 Join the Bay Area New Priorities Campaign and folks from more than a dozen peace & justice organizations to distribute a GDAMS brochure to commuters at BART stations during morning and evening rush hours. Below is a list of BART stations and contact info. Press conference In front of the Federal Building, 13th & Clay, downtown Oakland, CA, 11:30 am Speakers will include leaders from the faith community, a representative of Congresswoman Barbara Lee, County Supervisor Wilma Chan, and a representative of … Continued
Protest Against Staples – Protest to Keep Living Wage Jobs at the Post Office.
6:00 pm
Protest Against Staples – Protest to Keep Living Wage Jobs at the Post Office.
@ El Cerrito Staples, across from BART Station
Apr 14 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
STOP STAPLES SCABS. STOP THE PRIVATIZATION OF THE POST OFFICE! Join American Postal Worker Union members protesting against Post Office counters in Staples stores staffed by low wage Staples employees instead of living wage Postal Union members. 55312
Justice For Alejandro Nieto
10:00 pm
Justice For Alejandro Nieto
@ San Francisco City Hall
Apr 14 @ 10:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Monday, April 14th the parents of Alejandro Nieto will file a Claim against the City and County of San Francisco for the egregious and wrongful death of their son (28 years old), shot dead by San Francisco Police officers on March 21st, 2014 on Bernal Hill Park. After the filing, on the front steps of City Hall at 3:00 p.m, a representative of the Nieto Family will make a brief statement to the press. Please support the family’s claim for justice by joining us at City Hall.55430
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Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly.
1:00 am
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly.
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Apr 15 @ 1:00 am – 2:30 am
The Postal Service has put the Berkeley Post Office up for sale!! The Postal Service has started to outsource Post Office services to Staples, replacing union jobs with low-paying, low benefit work. And we’re fighting against both! Come help us plan our next steps. The American Postal Workers Union is planning more actions against Staples; we need to support them. There is a protest rally on Saturday, two days before this meeting, at the Berkeley Staples at 11:00 AM. We’ve started a “Don’t Shop at Staples” campaign with some awesome… what … Continued
Occupy Forum: Our Homes, Our Neighborhoods– The Fight to Wake up the City.
1:00 am
Occupy Forum: Our Homes, Our Neighborhoods– The Fight to Wake up the City.
@ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART
Apr 15 @ 1:00 am – 4:00 am
OccupyForum presents� Our Homes, Our Neighborhoods– The Fight to Wake up the City, Stop Displacement, and Take Back Control of Our Communities Guest speakers Julien Ball / SF ACCE and foreclosure and eviction fighters like Eviction-Free SF On the heels of a foreclosure crisis that devastated the southeast side, San Francisco saw a tech boom. Real estate speculators took advantage of the cheap land and are making super-profits off wealthier San Francisco transplants, while kicking long-time homeowners and renters out of their homes using foreclosures, rental evictions, and … Continued
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Film Showing: Shift Change. True Storied of Dignified Jobs in Democratic Workplaces.
2:30 am
Film Showing: Shift Change. True Storied of Dignified Jobs in Democratic Workplaces.
@ La Pena Cultural Center
Apr 16 @ 2:30 am – 4:00 am
There will be a screening of the workers’ cooperative documentary Shift Change The film was premiered at Grand Lake last October. Here’s the site for the film if you are interested: http://shiftchange.org/ Before the showing here will be a pizza and pastry pop-up at 6:00 PM! After the film there will be a presentation by the filmmakers and a Q&A with members of local cooperatives, including Arizmendi. 55405
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Strike Debt Bay Area: Politics of Debt Reading Group.
2:30 am
Strike Debt Bay Area: Politics of Debt Reading Group.
@ Public School Space (Sudo Room) (entrance on 22nd St, use buzzer)
Apr 17 @ 2:30 am – 3:30 am
Our next Politics of Debt class will be in one week, Wednesday April 16th. Here is the node on the public school website: http://thepublicschool.org/node/37127 We’ll continue our reading of Michael Hudson and the Public Banking Workbook. Bear in mind we didn’t get to discuss ch.1-3 of the Public Banking workbook, so read up on all that you can on the new chapters. Here are the chapter readings from Hudson for the meeting: 11, 15 and 18. HudsonCh11-15-18 and chapters from the Public Banking Workbook. Ch1-3 PublicBankWorkbookCh4-7 55409
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Local’s Walk of Shame – San Francisco
1:00 am
Local’s Walk of Shame – San Francisco
@ 24th & Bryant
Apr 18 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am
To the naked eye, Local’s Corner looks like any other overpriced restaurant that’s popped up in the Mission in recent years. But it’s even worse. It has denied service–at least twice–to groups of Mission residents of color who tried to order food. Its owner, Yaron Milgrom, owns three other businesses in the neighborhood: Local’s Eatery, Local’s Market and Local’s Cellar. A server at Local’s Eatery has filed suit for sexual harassment. Join us as we tell Milgrom to respect civil rights, issue a public apology, and give back to the … Continued
International Day of Peasant Resistance: A REPORT BACK FROM BRAZIL & BENEFIT CONCERT
2:00 am
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“No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant” Oakland Book Release
1:30 am
“No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant” Oakland Book Release
@ East Side Cultural Center
Apr 19 @ 1:30 am – 4:00 am
“Oscar Grant was murdered for the first time on January 1, 2009; he would be murdered by the courts and the media soon thereafter.” Join the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, ONYX, and Davey D in a discussion with award winning journalist and author, Thandisizwe Chimurenga on her recently released book, “No Doubt: The Murder of Oscar Grant”. Watch the book trailer. Chimurenga uses her writing as political activism. In ‘No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant,’ she connects the systematic state-sanctioned violence against young Black males through the case of … Continued
New Deal Film Festival by Save the Berkeley Post Office.
2:00 am
New Deal Film Festival by Save the Berkeley Post Office.
@ BFUU
Apr 19 @ 2:00 am – 3:00 am
New Deal Film Festival presented by the Save the Berkeley Post Office Committee. Films from the 30’s. Two evenings of double features: April 18th & April 25th.55313
Save Knowland Park Rally
5:00 pm
Save Knowland Park Rally
@ Oakland Zoo entrance
Apr 19 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
SATURDAY, April 19, 10 am-1pm: SAVE THIS DATE for our big Friends of Knowland Park Earth Day Rally at the Oakland Zoo entrance! SPECIAL GUESTS: COUNTRY JOE MCDONALD and the duo of Hali Hammer and Randy Berge! If you can only come out to help with one thing, this is it! Our goal is to turn out even more people than our last successful rally, so please come and bring your friends! SHOWING UP MATTERS. Homemade signs are great—we will have a bunch, but bring your own if you can … Continued
Earth Day Parade and Rally: San Francisco
6:30 pm
Earth Day Parade and Rally: San Francisco
@ Chelsea (Bradley) Manning Plaza, foot of Market St
Apr 19 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
The Earth Day Action Parade is Sat. April 19th, in conjunction with The Earth Day San Francisco Festival (EDSF). The March/Parade will be from Justin Herman Plaza at 11:30 to the main EDSF Festival at the UN Plaza, with a short Rally at the Main Stage, at 1pm. Pre-events (rallies, marches) as feed-ins from local groups across the Bay Area are being planned. Impact – Bringing Political Action Back to Earth Day Earth Day is the single largest day of environmental action. This year, the SF theme is “Action”. … Continued
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Movie: Terms & Conditions May Apply
1:00 am
Movie: Terms & Conditions May Apply
@ The Sudoroom
Apr 21 @ 1:00 am – 3:15 am
 The Oakland Privacy Working Group will show the movie Terms & Conditions May Apply at the sudoroom on Sunday, April 20th at 6 PM. There will be some food and drink, as well. The movie will be shown after the sudoroom Cryptoparty, where you can learn how to protect your digital privacy. Make a day of it! 55320
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Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly
1:00 am
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Apr 22 @ 1:00 am – 2:30 am
The Postal Service has put the Berkeley Post Office up for sale!! The Postal Service has started to outsource Post Office services to Staples, replacing union jobs with low-paying, low benefit work. And we’re fighting against both! Come help us plan our next steps. We’ve started a “Don’t Shop at Staples” campaign with some awesome… what else? … postcards to send to Staples management! Here’s the front of the postcard. All four Postal Unions have joined together to support maintaining full service, public Post Offices in every community, with expansion … Continued
Occupy Forum in Berkeley: All the President’s Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power
2:30 am
Occupy Forum in Berkeley: All the President’s Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power
@ Hillside Club
Apr 22 @ 2:30 am – 4:30 am
OccupyForum continues 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 Field Trip to hear Author Nomi Prins: All the President’s Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power The relationship between Washington and Wall Street isn’t really a revolving door. It’s a merry-go-round. Based on original archival presidential correspondence, All the Presidents’ Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power exposes a century of tight, personal relationships and interdependence between America’s … Continued
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Court Support: Nubia Bowe vs. BART Police and Santa Rita Sheriff’s Deputies.
4:00 pm
Court Support: Nubia Bowe vs. BART Police and Santa Rita Sheriff’s Deputies.
@ Wiley Manuel Courthouse, Dept. 104
Apr 23 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
BART OFFICERS & SANTA RITA SHERIFFS TAG-TEAM BATTERY OF NUBIA BOWE, A 19-YEAR OLD AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN One might think that based on the sordid history and negative press surrounding Oakland’s law enforcement activity, officers would think twice before using excessive force on unarmed citizens. Unfortunately, this is not the case for many black and brown youth who are overly scrutinized and policed simply for existing in the skin in which they were born, nor was it the case for Nubia Bowe on Friday, March 21, 2014. On this evening, officers … Continued
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Documentary Screening: “Miners Shot Down.” The Story of the South Africa Miners Massacre
2:00 am
Documentary Screening: “Miners Shot Down.” The Story of the South Africa Miners Massacre
@ La Pena Cultural Center
Apr 24 @ 2:00 am – 4:30 am
Fundraiser for currently striking miners! In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days later the police used live ammunition to brutally suppress the strike, killing 34 and injuring many more. Using the point of view of the Marikana miners, Miners Shot Down follows the strike from dayone, showing the courageous but isolated fi ght waged by a group of low-paid workers against the combined forces of the mining company Lonmin, the ANC government and their allies in the National Union of Mineworkers. This is a … Continued
The Future of Palestine: Ali Abunimah & Max Blumenthal in San Francisco
2:00 am
Stop Staples: US Mail is Not for Sale! National Day of Action.
5:00 pm
Stop Staples: US Mail is Not for Sale! National Day of Action.
@ San Francisco & San Leandro and all over the United States.
Apr 24 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
 National website. Local actions: SAN FRANCISCO Time: 10:00 AM Address: 1700 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94109 SAN LEANDRO Time: 1:00 PM Address: 15555 East 14th Street #200, San Leandro, CA 94578 Berkeley Post Office Defenders and Save the Berkeley Post Office will be supporting these actions. Staples attacks good jobs and public post offices. Staples and the U.S. Postal Service have cut a deal that jeopardizes your mail service and your local post office. In fact, post offices across the country are at risk – along with thousands … Continued
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Free Dental and Medical Care Clinic
2:00 pm
Free Dental and Medical Care Clinic
@ Oracle Arena East Side Club
Apr 25 @ 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Free Dental and Medical Care at the Bridges to Health medical and dental clinic. First come – first serve 100% FREE FOR EVERYONE! Complete Dental (Surgery & Cleaning) Eye Exam & Glasses STD/HIV screening Medical Care Women’s Health Meal & Childcare Provided 55440
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How to Make an EcoSocialist Revolution
2:00 am
How to Make an EcoSocialist Revolution
@ Humanist Hall
Apr 26 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am
Come hear Ian Angus, Canadian EcoSocialist Activist, founder and editor of Climate and Capitalism, an ecosocialist journal. He is the author of The Global Fight for Climate Justice, Anticapitalist Responses to Global Wasrming and Ecological Destruction (2010).55459
New Deal Film Festival presented by the Save the Berkeley Post Office Committee.
2:00 am
New Deal Film Festival presented by the Save the Berkeley Post Office Committee.
@ BFUU
Apr 26 @ 2:00 am – 5:00 am
New Deal Film Festival presented by the Save the Berkeley Post Office Committee. Films from the 30’s. Two evenings of double features: April 18th & April 25th.55314
Displacing Gentrification: A people’s forum to build unity in the fight for our communities!
5:00 pm
Displacing Gentrification: A people’s forum to build unity in the fight for our communities!
@ Met West High School
Apr 26 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Gentrification is HERE! Organizations and neighbors in Oakland are fighting to stop it. Let’s join forces to make an even bigger impact. Our vision is for self-determined communities where residents will thrive and make collective decisions about the resources in their neighborhoods. We want to start this journey by building a citywide movement against gentrification and displacement. � Learn what people are doing to fight gentrification � Hear and share what is working and what is not. � Plug in with other people who want to get involved in the … Continued
Occupy the Farm: Community Farm Day at the Gill Tract.
6:00 pm
Occupy the Farm: Community Farm Day at the Gill Tract.
@ Gill Tract (Jackson & Ahlone entrance)
Apr 26 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
A unique partnership between community members, UC Berkeley students, academics and staff has been preparing a 1.5 acre urban farm and research center on the Gill Tract. Come join us as we celebrate this new joint venture by planting, learning, playing, and eating together! Schedule: 11:00 AM-2:30 PM: Planting, kid friendly activities, and educational workshops presented by UC Berkeley and community organizations 12:30 PM: Lunch provided by the Berkeley Student Food Collective 2:30-3:00 PM: Open community discussion about visions for the future of this space Sponsored by The Gill Tract … Continued
Sandy’s Art Not Bombs Open House: Rewards For Your Activism
7:00 pm
Sandy’s Art Not Bombs Open House: Rewards For Your Activism
@ Sandy & Mindy's old apartment
Apr 26 @ 7:00 pm – Apr 27 @ 6:45 am
 Friends and Comrades! Hunter-Gatherers, Anti-Capitalists and Others Fighting the Powers-That-Be to Create a Sane & Sustainable Earth… Come visit my studio and take home some art… FREE! … Saturday April 26, 2014 Noon to Midnight 2200 Adeline St., #250A (Adeline St. & Grand Ave.) (The front entry is on Adeline, sometimes the buzzer doesn’t work. If so, call 510-763-1935 and we will come down & let you in.) Mindy and I are moving to Oregon to spread out a bit and grow some food. My studio space will be smaller. … Continued
SAT AND SUNDAY DON’T EVICT OUR BULB ALBANY BULB CRISIS JOIN US IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST THE ONE PERCENT TABLING LOVERS OF BULB SNAP SHOTS
8:00 pm
SAT AND SUNDAY DON’T EVICT OUR BULB ALBANY BULB CRISIS JOIN US IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST THE ONE PERCENT TABLING LOVERS OF BULB SNAP SHOTS
@ Albany Bulb picnic benchs
Apr 26 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
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Gray Panthers fundraiser for Lynne Stewart
8:30 pm
Gray Panthers fundraiser for Lynne Stewart
@ Age Song Cafe
Apr 26 @ 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Gray Panthers fundraiser for Lynne Stewart, defender and fighter to free political prisoners and fight racist mass incarceration Includes singer Red Welch (of Save the Berkeley Post Office fame) “This is Lynne’s first trip to the Bay Area since her release from Federal prison. We’ll celebrate her life and struggle and focus on the work ahead to free all political prisoners and fight racist mass incarceration. Because of a determined people’s movement, Lynne is finally home with her family. But she has urgent medical needs and costs to fight cancer … Continued
Strike Debt Bay Area: Ideas Into Action.
10:00 pm
Strike Debt Bay Area: Ideas Into Action.
@ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater
Apr 26 @ 10:00 pm – Apr 27 @ 12:30 am
New to Strike Debt?? Don’t walk cold turkey into a bunch of radicals talking about debt! Show up a half hour early—at 2:30 PM—for an informal pre-meeting intro session. If you’d like to attend this pre-together please email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com and let us know you’re coming. Join Strike Debt Bay Area in working on some exciting projects locally and nationally to fight unjust debt. – The latest on our coalition efforts to Save the Berkeley Post Office and fight the privatization of our commons. – The latest on our efforts to help Richmond and … Continued
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People’s Park 45th Anniversary Symposium
2:00 am
People’s Park 45th Anniversary Symposium
@ Art House
Apr 27 @ 2:00 am – 5:00 am
Open Free Speech Mic. Are more People’s Parks the solution? Running candidates? Is Revolution possible? What kind of organizations do workers need? How should we deal with Climate Change? What about the tree-protest on campus? What about the homeless?55451
45th Anniversary Concert at People’s Park
7:00 pm
45th Anniversary Concert at People’s Park
@ People's Park
Apr 27 @ 7:00 pm – Apr 28 @ 1:00 am
Featuring Antioquia, Hali Hammer, Carol Denny, Cool Whipe, All Nation Singers, Too Much Funky, St Steven, Five Boys, Yukon Hannibal, Jim Bow the Hobob. Special Guest: Hateman.55454
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Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly
1:00 am
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Apr 29 @ 1:00 am – 2:30 am
The Postal Service has put the Berkeley Post Office up for sale!! The Postal Service has started to outsource Post Office services to Staples, replacing union jobs with low-paying, low benefit work. And we’re fighting against both! Come help us plan our next steps. We’ve started a “Don’t Shop at Staples” campaign with some awesome… what else? … postcards to send to Staples management! Here’s the front of the postcard. All four Postal Unions have joined together to support maintaining full service, public Post Offices in every community, with expansion … Continued
Occupy Forum: “How to Start a Revolution.” A Film on the Work of Gene Sharp.
1:00 am
Occupy Forum: “How to Start a Revolution.” A Film on the Work of Gene Sharp.
@ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART
Apr 29 @ 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! David Hartsough Screening and discussion: “How to Start a Revolution” — a film on the work of Gene Sharp Any power structure relies upon the People’s obedience to the orders of the ruler(s). If the People do not obey, rulers have no power. Gene Sharp is known for his extensive writings on nonviolent struggle, which have influenced numerous anti-government resistance movements around the world. … Continued
City Council Proposes to Insult Workers Everywhere – Stop Larry Reid’s $10.20 “Dead Wage” Proposal.
9:00 pm
City Council Proposes to Insult Workers Everywhere – Stop Larry Reid’s $10.20 “Dead Wage” Proposal.
@ Oakland City Hall, Sgt. Mark Dunakin Room - 1st Floor
Apr 29 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The Community & Economic Development Committee of the City Council will be considered a “proposal” by Larry Reid to increase the minimum wage to $10.20 beginning January 1, 2015. Come tell Reid and the other members of the committee that Oakland wants nothing less than a living wage – $15.00/hr, and that his proposal is an insult to the working class. Link to Agenda Item (Item 8).55498
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Special Meeting of the Berkeley City Council on Drones
12:30 am
Special Meeting of the Berkeley City Council on Drones
@ Berkeley City Hall
Apr 30 @ 12:30 am – 4:00 am
See the official announcement for subtopics to be covered. 55444
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