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Natl Day of Action: SHUT IT DOWN FOR FREDDIE GREY ON MAY DAY – FRI, MAY 1! AN URGENT CALL FROM BALTIMORE Issued by the BALTIMORE PEOPLES POWER ASSEMBLY National call to mobilize in cities across the U.S. and around the world for: BLACK LIVES MATTER MAY DAY, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2015 Every eight hours a police or vigilante murder occurs in the U.S against a person of color especially the youth! We demand: SHUT IT DOWN FOR FREDDIE GREY ON MAY DAY –  FRIDAY, MAY 1ST! TURN UP & STAND WITH THE … Continued

Oakland Spring Rising All Food is Medicine ~ All Water is Sacred 40 Farms in 40 Days beginning May 1st, 2015 Mission: The Mission of Oakland Spring Rising is to support existing community groups and new urban farmers to grow as much nutritious food in an urban setting as possible. Goals: To grow 100 pounds of healthy, organic produce for 400,000 people per year using available vacant land in Oakland.  In order to achieve this, Oakland Spring Rising was formed to be a hub for material & knowledge transfer between … Continued

May Day is the traditional holiday of the working class, the oppressed, and the rebellious. It is a day to celebrate our collective power against exploitation, capitalism, and control. This Friday, May 1st, 2015, we want to start the day off the right way. Oakland is seeing an unprecedented wave of gentrification creeping in from every direction. The rich have begun colonizing North Oakland, West Oakland, and Downtown. Their tech buses, their pricey cafes, and their luxury apartments have begun to appear with alarming frequency. This May Day, we will … Continued

Facebook event.  Local 10, outraged by the recent escalation in police brutality throughout the US that has resulted in the needless killing of innocent and unarmed minorities, has called for unions and workers to join our march from the port to Oakland City Hall. WHERE: Port of Oakland, take Adeline St. to portside of overpass. Rides should be available from the West Oakland BART (see bottom). The labor force has played an integral part in social justice movements throughout United States history and beyond. ILWU, Local 10 in particular, has … Continued

nternational Workers Day Regional Festival and March 1:30-3:30 Festival @ Civic Center Plaza 3:30 Regional March to 24th and Mission 5:00-5:30 Closing program @ 24th and Mission More info, RSVP.   58671

Silicon Valley De-Bug’s Class Conscious Photographers and Studio Grand present the opening night of: Eyes on the Movement: Images from Bay Area Activist Photographers Powered by working class people and captured by photographers embedded in these struggles. Photography, music, cultural performances, and refreshments. Special digital slideshow photo exhibit from that day’s May 1st marches. Photographers include Brooke Anderson, David Bacon, Jenny Cain, Charisse Domingo, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Isabel Gonzalez, Najib Joe Hakim, Jean Leasiolagi, Abraham Menor, Antonio Nava, Karen Ng, Ronald Orlando, Leopoldo Pena, Daniel Zapien.58698

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The war in Viet Nam was one of the most important historical events of the 20th century. It brings to light the heroic struggle of Vietnamese people against foreign aggression, particularly the United States of America. The Viet Nam Victory Coalition (VNVC), formed in 2014, is hosting a Community Event: “The Spirit of Viet Nam is Stronger than U.S. Bombs” – a day-full of cultural, educational & powerful sharing to mark the 40th anniversary of the US military’s forced departure from Viet Nam and international struggle for self-determination. PLEASE REGISTER … Continued

Rally in solidarity with Baltimore and the fight for justice for Freddie Gray. All across the country on Saturday May 2nd folks will be in the streets to demand that the war on black folks must end! Come get in the streets! #blackspring #freddiegray Facebook RSVP.58720

Come to a meeting about what we learn from the real history of May Day, the Marxist traditions of working class organizing in America and discuss what we need to do today to continue the fight. Followed by a social/fundraiser for the Socialism 2015 conference. www.socialismconference.org58703

Help make art to support the Refinery Corridor Healing Walks!  Come help paint a 24-foot parachute banner with this years Healing Walk image and hand-paint t-shirts (if you got this years Healing Walk t-shirt or patch bring it and paint it–or the feathers on it). Wear clothes you can get paint on. Here is the Facebook event to RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/982279841804638/58655

Addressing police violenceand systematic racism through community building and direct action. Open Circle, first and foremost, is an opportunity to build community with one another. Secondly, it is a space to reflect and collaborate on strategies and actions to bring an end to these egregious crimes. Please join us for the Potluck at 3:00 pm followed by the Open Circle at 3:45 pm. Please bring a dish or snacks to share! Open circle will begin with speakers who have lost their loved ones to police violence. Then updates / announcements … Continued

Come support 3 comrades still in custody who were arrested during May Day actions and are facing felony charges. Share, invite, show up and support! Thousands of people went out to protest this weekend, and there were many arrests, but unsurprisingly, the folks who were held and face serious charges are black and brown. Part of fighting white supremacy is standing in solidarity with those who racist systems try to oppress.58731

​FIELD TRIP: OccupyForum is co-sponsoring Kathy Kelly this coming Monday Sponsored by: SF Friends Peace and Social Concerns Committee; Voices for Creative Nonviolence, ECUMENICAL PEACE INSTITUTE/CALC, EMERGENCY, AFSC, Vets for Peace, Occupy Forum, Campaign Nonviolence and Code Pink ​Kathy Kelly ​The Raft and the Shore: Crossing Borders to Abolish War​ During the war in Vietnam, two venerable peacemakers, Thich Nhat Hanh and Daniel Berrigan, SJ, exchanged ideas about nonviolent resistance to war in a book entitled: The Raft is Not the Shore. Drawing on experiences living alongside people trapped in war … Continued

Come learn about continuing developments in the battle save the Berkeley Post Office and the Postal Service from privatization, support our Occupiers and help us plan our next steps in opposition to the theft of our public commons. The postal service wanted to sell the post office to Hudson-Mcdonald, a local developer. The City of Berkeley sued the post office to stop the sale. Hudson-mcdonald backed out of the deal in early December.  There was a hearing in Federal Court on December 11th. There was another hearing in March 26th. Federal Judge … Continued

Congressman Ami Bera still has not taken a position on Fast Track for the TPP, the job-killing ‘trade’ deal that will ship more jobs overseas. SO, LET’S REMIND HIM WHO GOT HIM ELECTED… Join us as we hold our 2nd ALL DAY Sit-In at Bera’s office: stop by ANYTIME between 10am-6pm! Invite others!! We’ll also have some Mexican food and snacks for Cinco De Mayo! 🙂 Check out video from KXTV channel 10 from the 1st time we occupied Bera’s office: http://www.news10.net/videos/news/local/elk-grove/2015/04/23/26282929/58730

Facebook RSVP This Tuesday the Oakland City Council decides whether or not to sell off the East 12th parcel to private developers. Join us for a rally at City Hall to demand that public land be used for public good, not for private profit! Background In the midst of a housing affordability crisis in Oakland, the City is proposing to sell publicly owned land to private developers UDR and Urban Core to create a 24 story, 300 unit luxury high-rise apartment tower right by Lake Merritt, where the median rent … Continued

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The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality.  The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to stopping police brutality. In alliance with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) we organized the October 23, 2010 labor and community rally for Justice for Oscar Grant. On that day the ILWU shut down the Bay Area ports in solidarity. Our mission is to educate, organize and … Continued

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Keystone XL is the fuse to one of the biggest carbon bombs on Earth, and would unlock development of Canada’s tar sands oil field. For years, Hillary has bobbed and weaved as reporters have tried to ask her where she stands on the pipeline, always giving some variation of “no comment” in response. Wednesday afternoon, as Hillary dines with donors in Pacific Heights, join us to demand a permanent rejection of Keystone XL. Sponsored by Idle No More SF Bay, Center for Biological Diversity, Benicians for a Safe and Healthy … Continued

How the Gentrifiers are Gentrifying City College: Land Grabs, Student Push-out Policies and Downsizing Join in a roundtable discussion of the rotten underbelly of the City College accreditation crisis: An official in Sacramento told Tom Ammiano that Mayor Lee did not want the elected Board of Trustees to be reinstated yet, as important real estate deals need to be completed. We will analyze the “January surprises” in which the current administration pushed out some 3100 already- enrolled students in a single week—in the middle of a major enrollment crisis! On … Continued

Terminal Logistics Solutions, the developers of City-owned land at the former Oakland Army base, announced this week that it has received $53 million dollars from four Utah counties to export up to six million tons of Utah coal out of Oakland each year.  It intends to begin construction on a mega shipping terminal within a few months. Terminal Solutions?  Six million tons annually?  Do we need any more symbolic reminders that this project needs to be shut down? Sign this emergency petition to the Mayor Libby Schaaf. Fossil fuel activists … Continued

Join other OccufFarmers for reflection on our April 25th/26th days of action, to share thoughts on what we can do better next round, and give props to those who made this one successful! We especially invite the input of folks NEW to the Gill Tract struggle, as fresh eyes offer important insights. If you are able, bring a snack or dish to share. 6-7pm is food and socializing. 7-9pm facilitated discussion58732

THE MISSION TAKES CITY HALL ((((( PLEASE GATHER STARTING at 11:00 AM) )))) Stop the Evictions! • No Monster in the Mission! • Truly Affordable Housing Now! • No More Luxury-Priced Development in the Mission! • Mayor Lee: Declare a State of Emergency! 11:30 AM gather on front steps SF City Hall (Polk Street side) 12:00 PM SHARP action begins 2012 SF Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguía confirmed Much more to be announced! This will be a very BIG and very exciting event. Hundreds will be there. Help make history! Co-organized … Continued

There will be a rally and a mass die-in to protest Vallejo’s police murders, especially that of Mario Romero, shot 40 times by Vallejo Police while sitting in his car. PROTEST AND RALLY AGAINST POLICE TERROR AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF THE POOR. The City of Vallejo Touts itself as being the most diverse cities in America but it is hiding a very dark secret. That secret is : Vallejo city leaders have failed is residents in every way imaginable by allowing the militarization of it’s police force and arming them … Continued

Friday, May 8th: 8:00AM-12:00PM: The Coalition For Justice Lobbying Campaign on Capitol Hill 1:00PM – 6:00PM: Afternoon Social at Lincoln Memorial Park for the Mothers -Will Include: Mother’s Speak Out, Special Guest Speakers, Special Guest Musicians, Presentation of the Ribbons !   Saturday, May 9th: 9:00AM-10:00AM: Prayer Circle 11:00AM-2:00PM: Million Mother’s March -Begin in China Town Mt. Vernon Square> South on 7th Street > West on Pennsylvania Avenue> End at Federal Department of Justice Building 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW   Sunday, May 10th: 9:00AM-11:00AM: Check Out 12:00Noon: Brunch 3:00PM: Leave … Continued

Join us for a day long event hosted by Inter Council for Mothers of Murdered Children. Event starts at 12 pm and continues until 10 pm. The Fundraiser will be held at Humanist Hall, and includes Speakers, Games (Chess, Dominoes), snacks, brunch, and dinner, as well as video clips . Families who have lost their loved ones through Gun violence and Police Misconduct will share their stories. We are scheduling a food giveaway and Vendor’s Booths are available for rent (contact Event Coordinator for details). The Inter Council For Mothers … Continued

Celebrate the victory of saving the Berkeley Post Office from being sold. Appreciations to the attorneys who argued for us in Federal Court. Appreciations to Judge Alsup who recently ruled favorably in the lawsuits against USPS practices, lawsuits filed by the City of Berkeley and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Music!  Speakers!  Cake!  More Music !!! Appreciations to our entire community! 58710

oin in behind schedule celebration of Anka’s birthday and Gabby’s return to the bay! Both Anka and Gabby are always helping out the community, so let’s say thank you by sharing food/drinks/and stories! Where?….. Athens Garden near the corner of San Pablo and Athens avenue When?….. Saturday May 9th of this year Time?….. 4:30PM This is a potluck so bring what you can to share for food and this is BYOB as well. If any of you have something for music, bring it along so we can shake our asses … Continued

Every 1st Friday & every 2nd Sat of the month we sing, dance, and share Revolutionary Love at The Alan Blueford Center For Justice-ABC4J. The next open mic & cypher is Sat May 9th, doors & sign-up at 7pm, show at 7:30pm, all ages, suggested donation $5, please.58729

Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to survivors and victims of violence and police terror in Oakland. We are organizing this gathering for the community to connect, share prayers, writings and poems from all spiritual traditions, reflect and recharge and build coalitions interested in healing. In April, it will be two years since we started holding these prayer meetings at the Baha’i Center. Come share prayers, quotes, poems, and favorite passages from your scriptures with us. We will serve a simple breakfast. 58650

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library Essentials of Scientific Socialism Part of an ongoing series “Clarity about the aims and problems of socialism is of greatest significance in our age of transition.” Einstein’s comment remains true in our Century, when the growing interest in socialism is matched by a growing confusion about socialism. This workshop, led by Gene Ruyle of the ICSS, will be part of an ongoing series seeking to overcome this confusion through study and discussion, focusing on the classics of scientific socialism: The Communist Manifesto, by Marx … Continued

Sunflower Alliance general meetings offer a great opportunity to learn more about fossil fuel resistance and climate justice efforts in our region. Your voice matters. We welcome newcomers.58753

This will mainly be a letter writing event. There will be a brief case overview of political prisoners that have signed onto the June 11th event, and attendees will provide direct support for long-term anarchist prisoners by selecting a pen-pal and mailing them words of solidarity. There might be drinks and refreshments.58920

Occupy Forum devoted to planning and expanding the coalition event of “Listen Up Mayors…coming up June 19-22 at Union Square, SF and other locations nearby TBD. Black Lives Matter, All Lives Matter Stop “Fracking” Mother Earth Stop Crude By Rail People Before Profits Homelessness is not a Crime Medicare for All Strike Against Student Debt Tax the Rich and Jobs Not Jails These essential demands have been opposed by most Big City US Mayors. So….Listen Up Mayors.. We are the 99% In the SF Bay Area, Gentrification and Home Foreclosures only serve … Continued

“It is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society… And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. It turned out to be Baltimore. The police murder of Black, brown and poor people has not stopped despite the Black Lives Matter movement–if anything, instead it has accelerated. An escalation of … Continued

After a period of public comment, the Oakland Public Safety Committee will again take up recommendations from the ad hoc Committee on the Domain Awareness Center Privacy Policy. — a strong privacy policy in place for the DAC. — creation of a privacy policy for the City of Oakland — a surveillance equipment acquisition ordinance, demanding open and transparent processes before acquiring such devices. The Oakland Privacy Working Group asks you to come and stand and speak in support of these proposals, which will make Oakland a model for privacy … Continued

The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds community and power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers. We meet every second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Facebook RSVP Our work together encompasses: (1) the concerns of precarious, contingent and care workers; (2) current campaigns to improve wages for low-wage workers; and (3) efforts by unionized workers and unions to improve wages and quality of work life.   We share stories and information in an egalitarian and participatory way to build relationships and build … Continued

#Anonymous #TonyRobinson #BlackSpring #BlackLivesMatter EMERGENCY PROTEST 4 PM, TODAY WED, MAY 13 OSCAR GRANT PLAZA 14TH/BROADWAY OAKLAND— TruthCasterTV (@TruthCastersTV) May 13, 2015 58781

Join us for tabling, flyering, and door-knocking Wednesday May 13 @ 5 p.m. and Saturday May 16 @ noon. Both @ Ashby BART station. #15Now— 15 Now Berkeley (@15NowBerkeley) May 11, 2015 58776

Join us on May 13th, as the Boycott Sprouts campaign brings the ruckus to Sprouts in Daly City! Let’s make sure they get the message that we don’t want them building a big box Supermarket on OUR public farmland in Albany, CA. Meet up to coordinate rides and logistics at 5:45 at 3090 King Street in Berkeley, please be on time so we can depart at 6:00 pm!58778

Commemorate the 30th anniversary of the horrific police bombing of the MOVE Organization in Philadelphia, by coming out to see the new film, ‘Let the Fire Burn.’ The film tells the story of the police attack on the group’s office which burned an entire neighborhood. The bombing was the culmination of an ongoing campaign against the radical Black ecological group. This event is part of a build up to the ‘No More Locked Doors’ Conference at Qilombo in Oakland on Saturday, May 16th.58773

“Faith Against Fracking” is an inspirational documentary exploring the intersection of various California communities and expressing our collective responsibility to move the planet off of toxic fossil fuels and onto a truly clean energy economy. Clergy from various faith traditions call on Governor Brown, as a person of faith himself, to ban deleterious extraction practices. Throughout the film, the faith leaders expound on a number of different spiritual themes that hold true across faith traditions, including protecting creation and honoring the Golden Rule. Download flyer (PDF)   58774

Iceland bailed out its citizens and jailed the bankers.  Now they are thinking of a new system for their monetary policy.  Join us for a discussion about Iceland, this proposal, and their recovery from their financial collapse. Reading: Monetary Reform in Iceland The Politics of Debt Reading Group is affiliated with the Bay Area Public School and Strike Debt Bay Area.  58708

Phil Tagami, developer of the new Global Logistics Center at the former Oakland Army Base in West Oakland, promised in 2013 that “CCIG is publicly on record as having no interest or involvement in the pursuit of coal-related operations at the former Oakland Army Base.” Now, in 2015, Tagami is poised to allow four Utah Counties to use public money to invest $53 million to turn the new Oakland port project into a massive coal export terminal. If allowed to move forward, millions of tons of dirty, toxic, climate-killing coal … Continued

On May 14, just six days before the current contract expires, postal workers across the country will hold events organized around the theme, “I Stand with Postal Workers.” Join us! With the union’s Collective Bargaining Agreement with the U.S. Postal Service set to expire in less than a month, APWU negotiators and union members are turning up the heat. Postal workers are demanding Good Postal Service! Good Jobs! Good Contract! As negotiations draw to a close, postal workers need a strong demonstration of support. 58719

CSU East Bay Department of Communication and the Graduate Communication Society Presents: #BlackLivesMatter: Civil Rights Social Justice in the 21st Century Featuring: Dr. Andreana Clay, Families Seeking Justice panel, three student panels, and a hosted reception. The Graduate Communication Society at CSU East Bay hosts a graduate student conference surrounding themes related to social justice issues in a 21st Century context. Featuring keynote speaker Dr. Andreana Clay, Associate Professor at San Francisco State University, Her book, The Hip-Hop Generation Fights Back: Youth Activism and Post-Civil Rights Politics (NYU Press, 2012) … Continued

Bay Area comics perform STAND UP! Comedy: Featuring Natasha Muse, with Veronica Porras, Lalique D’Bruzzi and Emily Van Dyke. Natasha Muse is a performer and writer of comedy in the Bay Area. She is also a skeptic, an agnostic, and at least the second funniest trans-sexual you know––guaranteed. Come to the emerging and energizing OMNI COMMONS and laugh with us while you support autonomous education for indigenous Zapatista children.58745

No More Locked Doors- a conference on political prisoners and revolutionary prisoner support- May16 Oakland pic.twitter.com/RDmWWQbcYQ— Alyssa (@alyssa011968) April 11, 2015 58553

Join us for tabling, flyering, and door-knocking Wednesday May 13 @ 5 p.m. and Saturday May 16 @ noon. Both @ Ashby BART station. #15Now— 15 Now Berkeley (@15NowBerkeley) May 11, 2015 58777

No to the War on Yemen! No to Foreign Intervention! Yes to self determination of the Yemeni people! Stop the Saudi bombing! #HandsOffYemen UN Plaza Saturday, May 16th 12pm58785

  STOP SHOCK TREATMENT NOW!   Worldwide Protests Against Shock May 16, 2015   Demonstration at HERRICK HOSPITAL IN BERKELEY, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2PM­-4PM, Dwight Way near Shattuck Avenue   SHOCK TREATMENT IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY   For more information: MAY16SHOCKDEMO [at] GMAIL.COM, (510) 703­-6372   For a list of protests happening worldwide see http://ectjustice.com/protest.php   If you don’t see a protest listed near you, organize one yourself! Let us know by sending an email to may16shockdemo [at] gmail.com   Keep checking back, more are being added all the … Continued

Come and help us draw awareness to and fight unjust debt! Come get connected with SDBA’s many projects! student debt resistance organizing for public banking. advocating for Postal banking. ongoing study group helping out America’s only non-profit check-cashing organization and fighting against usurious for-profit pay-day lenders and their ilk our famous Strike Debt radio program our next Debtors’ Assembly saving the Berkeley Post Office and stopping the Staples non-union takeover of good Post Office jobs and much more!  Also check out our website, our twitter feed, and our Facebook page. Strike Debt Bay … Continued

PF Publishing invites you to celebrate T. Thorn Coyle’s first novel, dedicated to Alan Blueford, and to all victims of police violence. Like Water: a story of love and sudden violence. a story of a ghost and a city. a story for our times. Welcome to the streets of Oakland, CA. Meet Alex and Jonah. Best friends since childhood: one poet, one professor, one black, one white. One dead–killed by police with a Taser to the heart–and one bereft, trying to figure out how to go on living…and how to … Continued

Come out Saturday, 5/16 at Legionnaire for our 2nd Left Bass Dance Party! Last month, the club was packed by 10pm, the party went OFF, and we raised over $1,800 for BlackOUT Collective. Let’s do it in May for APTP! LEFT BASS is an Oakland Dance Party for all us activists, organizers, artists, and just plain MOVEMENT FOLKS to shake a tail feather together and continue to support local organizing. Get down with “Feminist/Panther/Hip-Hop Heroine” Coco Peila, featured DJs Camilo (Queer Qumbia) and Xander (Mondial Afrique) and resident DJs Baagi … Continued

Idle No More SF Bay and citizens from front-line refinery communities invite you to attend the second of four walks. The Walk will begin near the Martinez Shoreline Park at the end of Ferry Street in Martinez, and will end at the 9th Street Park in the City of Benicia. 8:00 a.m. Water Ceremony & Registration 9:30 a.m. Walk Begins This walk is approximately 9.5 miles from beginning to end.  There will be vehicles available for people who wish to take breaks during the walk.  Medics will also be available. Water will … Continued

Malcolm X and Black Liberation In honor of the 90th birthday of Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), we have invited Gerald Smith, of the Oscar Grant Committee, to speak on the life and death of Malcolm X and his continuing relevance for the Black Liberation struggle. 58767

From Oakland to Baltimore, police harassment and murder of poor Black, Brown and Native American women, men and transgenders is an epidemic. What will it take to bring justice for Freddie Gray, Oscar Grant, Mya Hall, Alex Nieto, Michael Brown and all those killed? How do we end the structural racism and brutality that warps the lives of the poor? Join a candid discussion that ranges from calling for civilian review boards over the police to replacing the whole rotten U.S. system. A home-cooked brunch is served at 12:15 pm … Continued

Open Circle, first and foremost, is an opportunity to build community with one another. Secondly, it is a space to reflect and collaborate on strategies and actions to bring an end to these egregious crimes. Please join us for the Potluck at 3:00 pm followed by the Open Circle at 3:45 pm. Please bring a dish or snacks to share! Open circle will begin with speakers who have lost their loved ones to police violence. Then updates / announcements of upcoming actions followed by reflection and dialogue around the current … Continued

We will be reading the introduction and first chapter of To Our Friends, the newly released book from the Invisible Committee. Bring food and refreshments. Some will be provided. Hard copies of the first chapter will be available, but those with copies are encouraged to bring them.   58793

Come learn about continuing developments in the battle save the Berkeley Post Office and the Postal Service from privatization, support our Occupiers and help us plan our next steps in opposition to the theft of our public commons. The postal service wanted to sell the post office to Hudson-Mcdonald, a local developer. The City of Berkeley sued the post office to stop the sale. Hudson-Mcdonald backed out of the deal in early December.  There was a hearing in Federal Court on December 11th. There was another hearing in March 26th. Federal Judge … Continued

OccupyForum presents  Action Council Forum to coordinate actions June 19-22, San Francisco’s Mayor Ed Lee is hosting the 83rd Annual Conference of Mayors. Around 200 Mayors, their families and corporate sponsors will be in attendance. This is an opportunity to raise issues LOCALLY and NATIONALLY, that are of concern to us, The People, that the mayors have resisted and refused to act upon, or acted on against the interest of The People. For instance: “Black Lives Matter” ~ Police Militarization and Excessive Use of Force ~ Racism ~ Gentrification of … Continued

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West Berkeley Forum Sponsored by the Berkeley Neighborhoods Council Following up on our very successful April 8, 2015, Forum at the Berkeley Media Center, the Berkeley Neighborhoods Council invites you to a community forum to discuss responses to the city’s construction and development plans. The purpose of the meeting will be to foster discussion among members of the community and to affirm the necessity of the community having a voice in these developments  a form of “modification-power” “We’re not against development. But it should be development in which people … Continued

If OPD violates your rights, abuses you, or worse, murders your loved one, you should not have to go file a complaint against OPD to OPD. Please join the Coalition for Police Accountability on May 19th in support of agenda item 11 to demand that all walk-in complaints against OPD be moved from the Internal Affairs Dept of OPD and into the hands of the Citizens Police Review Board (CPRB). The vote at tomorrow’s city council meeting is a very important step towards the ultimate goal of a real functioning … Continued

A comrade who was arrested in December is facing newly-filed charges. This person’s charges were not previously filed at a mass arraignment. Instead of going through this in solidarity with others, they were confronted through a letter from the DA, months later, alone. This is a reminder and a warning: though charges may not have been filed at a first arraignment, the DA may choose to press them within a year of arrest. Let’s show support for the long haul, beyond the moment of the protest, beyond the mass arraignment. … Continued

At a time when California faces one of the worst droughts on record, Nestle is bottling water out of California’s springs, aquifers and national forests to sell for profit. Nestle is unwilling to stop this practice – and even pumped water using a permit that expired 25 years ago. We must ramp up the pressure on Nestle – the poster child for corporate water abuse in California. Nestle has two bottling plants in California – one in Sacramento, and one in Los Angeles. Please join us on Wednesday at 11:00 … Continued

LOCATION CHANGE: PREVIOUSLY THIS LISTING HAD THE IMPACT HUB AS THE LOCATION. NOW AT THE OMNI! Join Oakland Privacy Working Group to organize against the Domain Awareness Center (DAC), Oakland’s citywide networked mass surveillance hub, and other invasions of privacy by our benighted City Government, and to support privacy ordinances now being considered by the Oakland City Council emerging from the effort to fight the DAC. These pieces of legislation will be considered on May 26th by the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, and then later at a full City Council … Continued

The San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Art Festival is a biennial cultural event that has been happening in the Bay Area since 1999. We started out as a film festival, but have expanded to become a vibrant venue for performances, workshops, visual arts, community building, political organizing, skill sharing and have collaborated with various organizations to expand into a multi-dimensional project. The Sex Worker Festival recognizes and honors prostitutes, dancers, porn performers and other sex workers from diverse communities, who have been dynamic and integral members of arts communities … Continued

The Anti-Police Terrorism Project is a project of the ONYX Organizing Committee that in coalition with other organizations like the Alan Blueford Center for Justice, Workers World and Healthy Hoodz is working to develop a replicable and sustainable model to end police terrorism in this country. We are led by the most impacted communities but are a multi-racial, mutil-generational coalition. We meet the 3rd Wednesday of every month.  58728

APTP is launching its campaign Invisible Victims of State Terror: Women of Color on 5/21. We have chosen this date for our launch in solidarity with the national call by The Black Youth Project to uplift the Black women who are murdered by law enforcement agencies across the country. The Invisible Victims campaign was born in February in response to the murder of #yuvettehenderson by the Emeryville Police Department on February 3, 2015. On 5/21, we will gather in the Home Depot parking lot (where the events leading to Yuvette’s … Continued

The average life expectancy for Black trans women is 35 years. An estimated 25.1 percent of Black American women live in poverty – a higher rate than any other ethnic group. Black women and girls, trans* and cis, are routinely harassed by police and abused by the state. While we’ve witnessed entire cities rise up to resist the murders of Black men, the murders of Black women continue to go largely ignored. Silencing the pain of our sisters only perpetuates this violence. #BlackSpring is here: it’s time to remember and … Continued

Police Terror from Marikana, South Africa to the US . Presentation By Dinga Sikwebu, Education Director of NUMSA, the National Union Of Metal Workers South Africa . . Thursday May 21, 2015 7:00 PM . ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room 400 North Point St. @ Mason San Francisco Transportation: Street car F, MUNI bus 47, 8, 88 . . When ILWU Local 10 stopped work on May 1, 2015 to protest police terror from Ferguson to Baltimore to the Bay Area, it received a statement of solidarity from the … Continued

WHAT: Mass vigil at sunset against mass surveillance – happening in 50 cities across the U.S BRING: A cell phone, laptop, tablet, and candles with the protestsign.org already pre-loaded. Make a big sunset sign and write “Sunset the Patriot Act”. WHY WE NEED YOU: This is the week when we have a chance to sunset the PATRIOT Act! The PATRIOT Act could end this week if Congress fails to reauthorize it by this Friday ahead of its June 1st expiration. So, on Thursday May 21st, people are organizing a mass vigil in … Continued

 The City of Berkeley’s Fair Campaign Practices Commission will consider whether to recommend that the Berkeley City Council establish a public financing system – one of the best tools we have at our disposal to fix our broken electoral process. As public officials are being bought and sold by billionaires and wealthy special interests, the need for comprehensive campaign finance reform is more urgent now than ever. Sign up to attend and testify in support of public financing! Public financing allows candidates to rely on small dollar donations and aims … Continued

In solidarity with the global movement to take back our food, that is… REAL FOOD FROM REAL SEED as Mother Nature and human evolution intended… Please save the date and take part in the groundswell of PEOPLE RISING in defense of unadulterated SEEDS, PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY, RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF THE SOIL, ETHICAL PRACTICES, TOXIN FREE FOOD SYSTEM AND THE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE WE ALL WANT. Millions of years of natural evolution and diversity of seeds are being wiped out in a generation if we don’t leverage our collective outrage to DIVEST … Continued

Global Unity for a Sustainable Future. Come dressed as your favorite pollinator (Bees, Butterflies, Etc) 58434

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Privacy Workshop It’s easy to succumb to privacy nihilism. That’s the idea that digital security and privacy are simply impossible. But that’s simply wrong. Better security and more privacy are possible. It is true that trying to protect yourself from 100% of the threats you face 100% of the time is a recipe for failure. But perfection is not the goal of digital security. Each person is faced with different threats—potential events that could undermine your efforts to defend your data. By determining what you need to protect and whom … Continued

Talking Richmond, Talking Politics! Our focus this month: Talking Housing The RPA Housing Action Team reports. Learn about the work the HAT’s doing on affordable housing, in lieu fees, city planning & neighborhoods. And much more… Participate and guide RPA Standing Committees and possible new Action Teams. The Membership Committee wants your input Health Action Team (HAT: DMC/Health related), Education Action Team (EAT); Police/Community Action Team (P-CAT: Pedie Perez/Justice/Community Safety) , Global Campus. And we’ll revisit RPA’s mission statement: What’s our aim? 58837

Facebook event. BYP100: Bay Area , in collaboration with The BlackOut Collective , #BlackLivesMatter Bay Area, Anti Police-Terror Project, The Alan Blueford Center For Justice, and Onyx Organizing Committee are putting out a call to action on the behalf of all Black women and girls everywhere! On the night of Thursday, May 21st, while marching and chanting, and standing up for the lives of all Black women everywhere, Oakland Police Department informed us that there was a new ordinance in place: not only were we told that we are not … Continued

San Francisco is hosting the 83rd Annual Conference of Mayors June 19th, 2015 – June 22nd.. Around 250 Mayors will be in attendance. This is an opportunity to raise issues locally and nationally that are of concern to us. Black Lives Matter Gentrification Homelessness Privatization Homophobia and Transphobia Immigration The Environment Corporate Greed Wars not People All are welcome to help plan for actions.   58894

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Sunday, May 24, 2015 is the 25th anniversary of the attack on “Earth First!” activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney by car bomb in Oakland in 1990 as Redwood Summer dawned. We will commemorate this in several ways. At 7 pm doors to Historic Fellowship Hall will open for a Judi Bari Day evening event sponsored by the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (BFUU) Social Justice Committee. NOTE: Earlier in the day of Sunday, May 24, people will gather to mark the moment of the bombing itself where the bomb … Continued

People of faith and goodwill, come out Sunday night in solidarity with #blacklivesmatter #sayhername #justiceforrekia and all those fighting for black and brown liberation in the streets of Oakland. Together we will sing, pray, meditate, and drum for justice while claiming the streets of Oakland for the people of Oakland. Last night, the Oakland Police Department, acting on orders from Mayor Libby Schaaf, used tear gas and flash bang grenades on protestors and then violently arrested a group that was seated, holding candles and singing in solidarity with #blacklivesmatter and … Continued

Within the principles of deep econology and biocentrism, DefendKnowlandPark has formed to protest the autonomy of the largest remaining wild space in the East Bay through direction confrontation with the affront of civilization.  58879

There is a 9 pm call to action at 14th & Bway for a protest in Oakland against the Oakland ban on nighttime protests. Who’s coming with me? — \m/ Ⓐrmageddon \m/ (@OaklandElle) May 25, 2015 9 PM march, #Oakland in Oscar Grant Park #FTP Fuck The Police & #BreakTheCurfew — Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) May 25, 2015 If you are going, be aware that OPD targets protester-looking people in the area with petty infractions. Red light violation is $480. — Dave Id (@DaveId) May 25, 2015   58885

Come support a comrade arrested protesting the city’s recent crackdown on Black organizing. NOTE: court is set for 9 am but COULD be pushed to 1 pm…so check here you cant come in the morning but can make it out in the afternoon!58884

After a period of public comment, the Oakland Public Safety Committee will again take up recommendations from the ad hoc Committee on the Domain Awareness Center Privacy Policy. (This was postponed from May 12th, to provide time for things to be forumulated into an ordinance) — a strong privacy policy in place for the DAC. — creation of a privacy policy for the City of Oakland — a surveillance equipment acquisition ordinance, demanding open and transparent processes before acquiring such devices. The Oakland Privacy Working Group asks you to come … Continued

The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds community and power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers. We meet every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at the SEIU Local 1000 union hall in downtown Oakland at 6:30 PM. Our work together encompasses: (1) the concerns of precarious, contingent, and care workers; (2) current campaigns to improve wages for low-wage workers; and (3) efforts by unionized workers and unions to improve wages and quality of work life. We share stories and information in … Continued

The Oakland neighborhood at Ground Zero for the proposed coal export terminal is getting informed and mobilizing.  Join neighbors and friends to keep West Oakland coal-free and say NO to coal exports! Help get the word out about the forum.  If you can contribute an hour or two to canvassing, please contact Katy at katypolony@gmail.com.  Here’s a flyer you can print and distribute. 58845

Announcing a new monthly event organized by the Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee! Last Wednesday of every month!! Come write letters to prisoners of the state. It’s our responsibility to support those who have directly faced state repression as a result of their involvement in political struggle. All movements face repression, and we need to do what we can to ensure that those who are shouldering the biggest burden have support, love, and care. This Wednesday we will be focusing on writing letters to the Ferguson 3. They were arrested in … Continued

UPDATE On Wednesday night, BPD Chief Meehan disclosed to the Police Review Commission that he will not be ready to present the results of their internal investigation on the December police response next week (May 27) as they had promised. He didn’t give any explanation except for saying that they have not finished their report, which they had said would be done by the end of April. Instead, they now say they will present two weeks later, on Wednesday June 10 (more than six months after the fact). So, please … Continued

We will be discussing the Social Credit movement… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_credit and Basic Income and Non-Wage Money. Basic Income wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income#Funding Negative in come Tax wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_income_tax#Advocates Rutgers Bergman: https://decorrespondent.nl/541/Why-we-should-give-free-money-to-everyone/20798745-cb9fbb39 Films for Action: http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/the-town-where-everyone-got-free-money/ Vox: http://www.vox.com/2014/9/8/6003359/basic-income-negative-income-tax-questions-explain Ellen Brown:  http://ellenbrown.com/2014/09/01/even-the-council-on-foreign-relations-is-saying-it-time-to-rain-money-on-main-street/   The Politics of Debt Reading Group is affiliated with the Bay Area Public School and Strike Debt Bay Area.58844

THIS EVENT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. IT IS NO LONGER ON THE OMNI CALENDAR.   Chairman Fred Hampton Jr (the son of Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton, who was assassinated by the US government) is visiting the Bay Area to build relationships and discuss strategy with activists organizing against police terrorism. This event, sponsored by CRC (Community Ready Corps) & APTP (Anti Police-Terror Project) will a panel of Oakland anti-policing activists in conversation with Chairman Fred. It will also serve as a fundraiser to send a delegation of … Continued

Support the struggle for the self-determination and independence of the Puerto Rican people  . Join us in calling for the release of OSCAR LOPEZ RIVERA Friday, May 29, 2015 Market & Powell St., SF 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M.  . The San Francisco Support Committee for the unconditional release of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera, calls all political, civic, religious, labor unions and the community in general to join us to demand his freedom. Oscar López Rivera has spent thirty four years of his life imprisoned due to … Continued

Optik Allusions is a radical film & video collective dedicated to social change, based in Oakland, California. We make media that challenge the dominant culture. We tell stories that otherwise might remain untold. We express our alternative views of the world, have fun doing it, and welcome everyone to do so, regardless of prior experience. We learn by doing. We share resources, skills and knowledge to support each other’s creative endeavours. We make films in a spirit of collaboration, inclusivity and solidarity, supply a lending library of film equipment for … Continued

Past curfew, but not enough people here to march. People are discussing plans for next #FTP march, Friday at 8PM. #Oakland #BreakTheCurfew— Not Frantz Fanon (@violentfanon) May 26, 2015 Numbers too few to take #BreakTheCurfew to streets of #Oakland tonight, but bring ALL Y'ALL friends next Friday 5/29, #FTP @OGP 8 pm!!!— Sophie M (@sofking1) May 26, 2015 There is no curfew for the First Amendment. We will continue to protest peacefully, and to say that #BlackLivesMatter. They cannot stop us.— Mike Chase (@MikeChaseACLU) May 25, 2015 58888

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Fight back with organizers from the No New SF Jail Coalition! Come out on Saturday May 30 to take action, get a copy of the just-released No New Jail in SF: The People’s Report (from Critical Resistance Oakland), and join us to elevate the broad range of practical alternatives to more cages. There will be a panel discussion with organizers and community experts discussing the the proposed jail project and the clear opportunities SF has to build a future *free* of cages. June is a big month for the fight … Continued

More than just a discussion on what’s wrong, the speakers will also talk about how regular people are getting organized in their neighborhoods and fighting back. James Tracy, author of Dispatches Against Displacement Linda Grant, Community organizer at Qilombo Rachel Jackson, Harm reduction & anti-police brutuality activist58784

One Day • Seven Hours • 90 Writers • 40 Events Schedule here. Readings and conversations with Ben Fong-Torres, Edwidge Danticat, Tracy K. Smith, Matthew Zapruder, Jenny Offill, Novella Carpenter, and others Panels with Paul Beatty, Astra Taylor, Vikram Chandra, Elaine Brown, Leo Hollis, Anthony Marra, and many more Rick Prelinger with Lost Landscapes of Oakland Children’s Area by Fairyland, MOCHA, and Oakland Public Library Music by HipHop4Change, Oakland Youth Chorus, and Oakland School for Arts58827

For over 50 years Leslie Feinberg, revolutionary activist, transgender warrior in the LGBTQI community fought for justice. Leslie, who identified as an anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist, died on November 15. She succumbed to complications from multiple tick-borne co-infections, including Lyme disease, after decades of illness. Feinberg’s 1993 first novel, Stone Butch Blues, won the Lambda Literary Award and the 1994 American Library Association Gay & Lesbian Book Award.  Feinberg authored Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue and Transgender Warriors: Making History; the novel Drag … Continued

San Francisco is hosting the 83rd Annual Conference of Mayors June 19th, 2015 – June 22nd.. Around 250 Mayors will be in attendance. This is an opportunity to raise issues locally and nationally that are of concern to us. Black Lives Matter Gentrification Homelessness Privatization Homophobia and Transphobia Immigration The Environment Corporate Greed Wars not People All are welcome to help plan for actions.   58894

Re-Animinate, Break Bread and Celebrate. Potluck! Dancing! Open Mic! Community Circle! Imagination Station!  58892

Open Circle, first and foremost, is an opportunity to build community with one another. Secondly, it is a space to reflect and collaborate on strategies and actions to bring an end to these egregious crimes. Please join us for the Potluck at 3:00 pm followed by the Open Circle at 3:45 pm. Please bring a dish or snacks to share! Open circle will begin with speakers who have lost their loved ones to police violence, followed by reflection and dialogue around the current state and thoughts or approaches on how … Continued

Presented by Mother Jones From Baltimore to Ferguson to the streets of Oakland, unjust shootings by cops have put law enforcement under the microscope. How is the media covering a changing police force? This panel will explore how reporting and activism can help hold cops accountable to those they are charged to protect. JAEAH LEE is a reporter at Mother Jones. Her recent work includes investigations into police shootings and officer accountability, and a multimedia package on the cost of gun violence. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian, and Wired, among others. … Continued