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We are starting the New Year off with love, community, and soul expression! This night will include iinteractive conversations through dance, re-evolutionary hip-hop, and an alter honoring Oscar Grant. Performances by: Anisah Abdullah, Kanstant Rising, Charity Clay, Banhk the God, Brett Tyler, Stoney Creation and Jada Imani. Items for the alter are welcome: candles, sage, grains, a letter, crystals, etc. Be sure to come with an open heart, dancing shoes, and loved ones, as this night calls in prosperity and forward movement!60207

A pop-up prototype in support of secure sleep, hygienic toileting, and services for San Francisco’s homeless neighbors. Former San Francisco mayoral candidate Amy Farah Weiss, along with Ken Fisher of RouteHome, will team up with a slew of community organizations to hold the first Saint Francis Homelessness Challenge Showcase event. The event will feature services for those in need, as well as workshops for those wishing to donate their time. The program will showcase many different ideas for what Weiss calls a people-powered solution to a citywide problem. “We are … Continued

Bay Area rises up in solidarity with Tamir Rice’s family one year after Cleveland police officers killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice. Please join Black Lives Matter Bay Area, Black Lives Matter and the Last 3 Percent Coalition as we gather in solidarity with the family of Tamir Rice and Black Lives Matter Cleveland, and to uplift all of the families of those we have lost to police violence. This is a black led ceremony that is centered in Black love, Black healing and Black rage. We invite allies to join us … Continued

Qilombo is dedicated to supporting our communities and neighbors every day, whether we’re open or closed. It’s that time of year again: It’s Hella cold, Oakland and many of our neighbors are facing this winter outside. Tent cities are a part of Afrikatown until we can build the economic support to enrich us all. So let’s pool our resources to create winter gear kits to help folks better survive the outdoors. See the list we have created, but also think of vital necessities that go under the radar! The 2-day … Continued

The Peace and Freedom Party presents Abolish the death penalty In our formative period, the Peace and Freedom Party joined with the Black Panther Party in the movement to free all political prisoners and abolish the death penalty. We have invited the Founding Chairman of the Black Panthers, Bobby Seale, to discuss this history. We have also invited speakers representing current death row prisoners, including Kevin Cooper in California and Rodney Reed in Texas. FREE! (Please buy food & drink at the Pub.) FREE! This is part of our on-going … Continued

The Peace and Freedom Party Presents Abolish the death penalty In our formative period, the Peace and Freedom Party joined with the Black Panther Party in the movement to free all political prisoners and abolish the death penalty. We have invited the Founding Chairman of the Black Panthers, Bobby Seale, to discuss this history. We have also invited speakers representing current death row prisoners, including Kevin Cooper in California and Rodney Reed in Texas.. Doors open at 2, the program starts at 2:30 and ends by 4:30. This is part … Continued

ARC General Meeting, Sat, Jan 2 City Council will be holding their January 5th meeting in Kofman Auditorium to accommodate what is sure to be a huge crowd to discuss their ordinances to address the rent crisis. Renters need to make a strong showing, and we also need to be well informed on what will be presented and how we can make the strongest case for rent control. Therefore, this will be the primary focus of Alameda Renters Coalition’s General Meeting, this Saturday, Jan 2nd, 2:30pm at 2027 Clement St. … Continued

Save the date! On January 3 we’ll hear a report from Paris by Pennie Opal Plant, who attended COP21 as a representative of the Indigenous Environmental Network. 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, your participation makes a difference. We welcome newcomers. 60141

  TPP 101: WHAT IS THE TPP AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE? Sign up here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/what-is-the-tpp-and-why-should-we-care-webinar?source=email&referrer=harriet-heywood Once you sign up, you will get the number and login link to the meeting room.60210

Free Movie: Let the Fire Burn (2013 documentary Directed by Jason Osder) Found footage film about the May 13, 1985 bombing of the MOVE house in Philadelphia that killed 11 people (including 5 children) and destroyed 61 homes. Free.  60219

Planning Meeting: Interfaith Action for MLK Weekend For the second year in a row, the Bay area will mark Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday with a 96-hour period of direct action demanding thorough transformation of the social structures that contribute to the war on Black lives. If you would like to help plan a faith-based action for that weekend, please come to this planning meeting. We are open to planning a single interfaith action, multiple actions representing multiple faith traditions, or an action that consists of waves of people, with each wave representing one faith tradition. … Continued

O C C U P Y F O R U M   O F F – S I T E  M E E T I N G Enter on Rhode Island, turn to left up the stairs, conference room is to the right.   Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition Meeting: National Emergency   Everywhere across this nation, people gather in shock, despair, rage as another black person is murdered by police without accountability. This is a national emergency. For the third Monday, OccupyForum will be taking place at the Justice 4 Mario Woods … Continued

A resolution for the Peace and Justice Commission to consider recommending to the Berkeley City Council, making permanent the current one-year moratorium on BPD acquisition and use of drones, which expires this February, will be heard. Your presence and comment in support of this effort is welcome.60214

1 PM PRESS CONFERENCE in front of the building. 2 PM HEARING in Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers’ Courtroom. (bring your ID to get into the building) Defend Student Protesters’ Free Speech Rights! Stop the Resegregation and Privatization of UC Berkeley! Defend the Right to Public Higher Education for All! Fight Police Brutality! A Badge is Not a License to Brutalize and Kill! Facebook UCB student and community protesters have a right to bring the UC Berkeley administration, UC Police, and Alameda County Sheriffs to trial for brutalizing student protesters on UC … Continued

Get the word out! January 5, tell the mayor & council: Keep rents fair & low – stop the unjust evictions!! #alamtg pic.twitter.com/10RYsR4nLc — Alameda Renters (@Alameda_Renters) December 28, 2015 60193

Item 7.11 (On Consent) Subject: Creation Of A Privacy Advisory Commission From: Office Of The City Administrator Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Establishing The Privacy Advisory Commission, Providing For The Appointment Of Members Thereof, And Defining The Duties And Functions Of Said Commission. Proposed Ordinance The Oakland Privacy Working Group invites you to come and support the creation of a first-of-its-kind privacy commission for Oakland, an outgrowth of our work opposing the Domain Awareness Center.60224

“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism”  -Martin Luther King, Jr. Spokescouncil Meetings are scheduled to take place: January 5th @ 7pm at the OMNI January 9th @ 7 pm @ the OMNI January 12th @ 7pm (San Francisco Location TBD) January 14th @ 7pm (Location TBD) The MLK weekend will once again culminate in a King Day march that embodies the true spirit of King’s resistance to capitalism, imperialism and racism. Over the last year, in … Continued

Tomorrow! #ReclaimSF pic.twitter.com/PMeK4rnR2O— FireWorks (@FireWorksBAY) January 6, 2016 60233

We're holding a DIRECT ACTION TRAINING to DEFEND the Gill Tract FARM on Wednesday, the 6th between 6:30 and… https://t.co/Mzw30jeLZW— Occupy the Farm (@occupyfarm) January 5, 2016 60230

Homes Not Jails is a consensus-based collective of squatters and squat supporters who believe housing is a human right. Our goal is to open as much vacant housing as possible and to keep it open as long as possible. HNJ is a place to organize mutual aid among squatters and squat supporters and housing rights advocates in the bay. We actively fight to make our space inclusive and safe for everybody and combat oppression in all forms.60220

Kurdish Film Series in #Oakland coming up in solidarity w #Rojava first one Dec 20th 5:30pm @ 1501 Harrison St pic.twitter.com/u2CnfVpbFC— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) December 17, 2015 60155

Calling all Twitter & Facebook users! We need your help! Thursday Jan. 7, a team from the E. 12th Coalition and SAHA (our partner developer) will meet with city staff to review a People’s Proposal for E. 12th! This is a major step in our campaign, but the fight is not over. We need to keep up the pressure on city council members to support our proposal. We are thrilled that District 5 Councilmember Noel Gallo has officially endorsed our proposal (!) and we want to lift him up as … Continued

“Suhr & Lee: Stop Killing SF & Its Black, Brown, Disabled & Poor People -Mayor Lie Must Resign & Greg Suhr Must be fired” Bring a car, truck if you have on to help folks who are disabled- we will drive, march, walk up to his house which is three blocks away Statement by impacted, displaced, and po’Lice terrorized: For Mario Woods and all crimes of displacement and police terror against our poor, Black, Brown and disabled bodies we, the most impacted, are calling for the resignations of the San … Continued

Join us at our next monthly membership meeting where we’ll discuss upcoming campaigns and how you can organize with us in 2016! 60244

Our next meeting will be on Thursday at SEIU local 1020 at 6 pm. Enter at 350 Rhode Island . Enter on Kansas Street side between 16 th and 17th street side.60232

What really happened at the Paris Climate Talks and what does it mean now that they are over? Hear first hand from Kathy Dervin, 350 Bay Area, and other local activists. Why does local action matter? Learn about the City of Berkeley’s progress in reaching its climate action goals and how YOU can take action now through the Transition Streets program and the Berkeley Climate Action Coalition.  Bring your questions and ideas on how we’re going to transition to a lower carbon, more equitable and connected future. Please feel free … Continued

Court Support for Janye Janye’s next court date is January 8, 2016 at Wiley Manuel in Oakland at 8am in Dept 112. Please Note the 8am time (not a mistake). The fight isn’t over. Let’s keep the pressure on the kangaroo court! SUPPORT JANYE WALLER! – arrested in an obvious case of racial profiling, in which the cops said he “fit the description” of a crime he did not commit. A witness to the “crime” immediately confirmed that Janye had nothing to do with it, but Janye was still taken into … Continued

Mayor Lee has been decidedly absent as we have sought dialogue with him about Chief Suhr’s inability to run a police force. Chief Suhr has created a culture of racism and brutalization that gave those five officers permission to assassinate Mario Woods. If he will not fire Chief Suhr, who refuses to step down, then we will let him know that he can go too. If we do not get justice, he will not get peace!!! We will be at the doors of San Francisco’s City Hall for the Mayor’s … Continued

Middle East – Justice First, Peace at Last The Communist Party USA (Oakland/Berkeley) invites you to a discussion: Middle East – Justice First, Peace at Last.Suggested Readings:Communist Party of Israel, ‘Palestinian & Israeli Protesters: “The Last Day of the Occupation is the First Day of Peace”’ http://maki.org.il/en/?p=6287.Uri Avnery, ‘ The Reign of Absurdiocy’. http://www.politicalaffairs.net/a-powerfful-isreali-critique-of-the-concept-of-international-terrorism-and-wars-without-end-against-it-by-norman-markowitz/.Salam Ali, ‘The Iraqi Uprising Against Corruption And Sectarianism, http://iraqiletter.blogspot.com/60204

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. fighting modern day debtors’ prisons and exploitive ticketing and fining schemes 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 staging Debtors’ Assemblies Working on debarring US Banks that have been convicted of felonies from municipal contracts saving the Berkeley Post Office, fighting Post … Continued

“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism”  -Martin Luther King, Jr. Spokescouncil Meetings are scheduled to take place: January 5th @ 7pm at the OMNI January 9th @ 7 pm @ the OMNI January 12th @ 7pm (San Francisco Location TBD) January 14th @ 7pm (Location TBD) The MLK weekend will once again culminate in a King Day march that embodies the true spirit of King’s resistance to capitalism, imperialism and racism. Over the last year, in … Continued

Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to survivors and victims of violence and police terror in Oakland. The Baha’i community of Oakland is 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 was 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. POSTS 60212

Despite unparalleled demonization, military threats, and sanctions the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) opens an unprecedented window into life in cities and countryside alike, the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where the Cold War lives on, and how the country took a hitherto little-known path towards socialism.Gloria La Riva is a lifelong social activist and organizer with the ANSWER Coalition and the Party for Socialism and Liberation.  She visited North Korea in 1989 and 2015. Sharat G. Lin, PhD writes on global political economy, labor migration, and public health.  He is … Continued

  Now meeting once a month, on the fourth Sunday, instead of twice a month.  59204

4:30 pm Program Part 1: Issues Roundtable, Gitmo, misc. topics 6:00 pm Vegetarian Potluck Dinner live music, Mike Rufo, Vic Sadot, Francis Collins 7:00-9:00pm Program, Part 2: Joanna Macy: Keynote on “Active Hope” Speakers/Facilitators Harvey Wasserman and Jon Simon: Clean Elections and Voting Machines Dennis Burnstein, KPFA host, poet Donald Goldmacher, “Heist” filmmaker/producer: the new Berkeley Progressive Alliance Linda Seeley, SLO Mothers for Peace: Shut Diablo Canyon Now! Shahid Buttar, Bill of Rights Defense Committee/Defending Dissent Foundation: Privacy Rights, Surveillance Cynthia Papermaster, No More Gitmos and Ann Fagan Ginger, Meiklejohn … Continued

The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting. Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the city … Continued

A behind the scenes look at the Emergency Room at Highland hospital in Oakland.60253

Please come support Nailah, a comrade who was part of last year’s uprisings and is having charges filed against her in the last days before her statute of limitations is up60264

SUPPORTERS OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL,                   AND FREE QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR ALL : The Oasis Clinic in Oakland, CA, which treats patients with Hepatitis-C (HCV), is calling for a demonstration to protest the outrageous price-gouging of Big Pharma corporations, like Gilead Sciences, which hike-up the cost for essential, life-saving medications such as the cure for the deadly Hepatitis-C virus, in order to reap huge profits. The Oasis Clinic’s demand is:                                                                 PUBLIC HEALTH, NOT CORPORATE WEALTH! The Labor Action Committee To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal urges you to support this demonstration! … Continued

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 presentsThe Militarization of Police: Arming a Racist System and Killer Cops OccupyForum will focus on the militarization of police with a panel from Stop Urban Shield Coalition, Open Circle, (representing families of murdered black children); and Susan Harman, (representing Oakland Privacy Working Group and CodePink). Besides addressing the current national emergency, these groups seek creative alternatives to traditional notions of police practices and the role … Continued

  Description: MLK Day (1/18/16) March planning committee meeting. 60235

OTU’s Mission The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf. Monthly Meetings The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 … Continued

After 5 years of persistent protests at Beale AFB, opposing drone killing and global militarization, and many dozens of arrests over the years with very few trials, the U.S. military & gov’t are now preparing to prosecute, as they grow weary of our continued resistance.  Next week, 10 defendants will bring the illegal drone program to Sacramento courts again and welcome supporters! January 12, Tuesday: 8:00 am – Anti-drone rally in front of courthouse, to include mock drone attack street theater 9:00 am – Arraignment, U.S. Federal Court, 501 I … Continued

RALLY The President will be delivering his State of the Union Address on Jan. 12th in the evening. Join with other senior and disability organizations, labor unions, and environmental activists to let the President know that California opposes the TPP (and let Congresswoman Pelosi hear us too!). Events like this will be happening around the country on this day –prior to the President’s speech. Stand up and be counted. If you can’t attend the rally on the Jan. 12th – please be sure to make these calls: (you don’t need … Continued

“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism”  -Martin Luther King, Jr. Spokescouncil Meetings are scheduled to take place: January 5th @ 7pm at the OMNI January 9th @ 7 pm @ the OMNI January 12th @ 7pm @ the OMNI January 14th @ 7pm @ the OMNI The MLK weekend will once again culminate in a King Day march that embodies the true spirit of King’s resistance to capitalism, imperialism and racism. Over the last year, in … Continued

The Sustainable Berkeley Coalition is working for open, transparent governance that supports our diverse community with appropriate development, housing and protected environment. Meetings are planned for the second Wednesdays of the month at 7:30 pm Our Berkeley Progressive Alliance will join other civic groups and communities to help create a united voice and vision to elect  2016 Berkeley leadership. We need a city council and mayor that will represent  the true vision of our city’s people. We need affordable housing and community-oriented development projects, green developers, innovations to help the … Continued

Join the Oakland Privacy Working Group to organize against Stingrays being acquired by law enforcement agencies, against Urban Shield, for various privacy and surveillance regulation ordinances to be passed around the Bay Area, especially by Alameda County and the Oakland City Council. We are also engaged in the fight against Predictive Policing and other “pre-crime” and “thought-crime” abominations, and against other invasions of privacy by our benighted City, County, State and Federal Governments.  OPWG originally came together to fight against the Domain Awareness Center (DAC), Oakland’s citywide networked mass surveillance hub. OPWG was … Continued

The CPA is creating a charter amendment ballot initiative to create an accountable, civilian-controlled, police commission. The ONLY agenda item will be a discussion of whether or not we should file a petition with the City Clerk’s Office to declare our intention to collect signatures to independently place our item on the Nov 2016 ballot. We will discuss the pros and cons, including logistic challenges but also organizing opportunities. In the interim, we will try to assemble as much information about what signature initiatives involve, what the needed  capacity looks … Continued

Do you know about mental health resources in Alameda County? Learn more on Jan 13! RSVP https://t.co/dhxKdzr8Lb . pic.twitter.com/R4WGMsu2ua— Keith Carson (@Keith_Carson) January 11, 2016 60270

The Occupy The Farm documentary will be screened on the Sprouts grocery building @ 30th & Broadway today 6pm; protests outside store all day— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) January 13, 2016 Go to grand opening of Sprouts grocery 30th & Broadway, #Oakland today & tell shoppers to boycott until company stops paving Gill Tract farm— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) January 13, 2016 60279

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“Equality demands dignity. And dignity demands a job and a paycheck that lasts through the week.” “When you have mass unemployment in the Negro community it’s called a social problem. When you have mass unemployment in the white community it’s called a depression” “We refuse to believe the bank of justice is bankrupt” — Martin Luther King, Jr– Last year, during MLK weekend, The Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) answered a national call by initiating #96Hours of Direct Action that culminated in an historic march from Fruitvale Station to Coliseum City … Continued

@OccupyOakland This event has been cancelled.— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) January 14, 2016 Gil Tract Farm Slated For Development Against the Will of the Community: Local Berkeley and Albany Elementary School Children Speak out Elementary School-aged students from Berkeley and Albany will speak out about the further development of the Gil Tract, located on the corner of San Pablo Ave and Marin Ave. in Albany. They will assemble to discuss their feelings about the development of this land which is one of the last viable pieces of farm land left in the … Continued

Our next meeting will be on Thursday at SEIU local 1020 at 6 pm. Enter at 350 Rhode Island . Enter on Kansas Street side between 16 th and 17th street side.60232

Because of great public demand, we will provide an encore showing of “Lowrider Lawyers: Putting a City on Trial” this coming Thursday, January 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Brava Theater in San Francisco’s Mission district! If you attended the premiere, then you know how powerful of a film this is, both for its art and its honest evaluation of the Alex Nieto case. Now you can bring more friends or come for the first time. Read the reviews and know that you are in store for an unprecedented experience. … Continued

A film by Abigail E. Disney and Gini Reticker The untold story of the everyday women who brought a warring nation to its senses, armed only with the courage of their convictions is an uplifting and inspiring as well as enraging story of a group of Muslim and Christian women, rich and poor, urban and rural, who bring peace to their beloved but war-torn Liberia. This unsung achievement is gripping suspenseful and ultimately incredibly satisfying. Touching and even funny this film will stay with you for years. In the words … Continued

“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism”  -Martin Luther King, Jr. Spokescouncil Meetings are scheduled to take place: January 5th @ 7pm at the OMNI January 9th @ 7 pm @ the OMNI January 12th @ 7pm @ the OMNI January 14th @ 7pm @ the OMNI The MLK weekend will once again culminate in a King Day march that embodies the true spirit of King’s resistance to capitalism, imperialism and racism. Over the last year, in … Continued

Come protest the new Sprouts “Farmers Market,” a racist, sexist, corporate, big box grocery store chain that has just moved into Oakland. Sprouts is NOT a farmers’ market, but in fact imports food from around the world and doesn’t treat their workers well. Stand against the gentrification of Oakland, in solidarity with Occupy the Farm and the Gill Tract Community Farm, and in support of local food economies and the real farmers markets and local markets owned and operated by the people of Oakland.60289

The newly emerging “Interfaith Committee in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter–Bay Area” is hosting a vigil and candle-lit funeral procession on the Friday afternoon preceding Martin Luther King Day weekend. This solemn action will call on Oakland city officials and residents alike to see, connect with, and mourn the Black and Brown lives lost to police violence as well as the losses born by communities of color in Oakland as a result of over-policing, displacement, and gentrification. It will also put City Hall on notice that they can expect continued … Continued

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Meet in the Dimond district Safeway parking lot. Organized by SURJ60267

PUBLIC PANEL DISCUSSION DANGERS OF TASERS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE Jeremy Miller, anti-Taser activist, Idriss Stelley Foundation (moderator) Aram James, activist and former Palo Alto Public Defender, and expert on nation-wide dangers of Tasers La Mesha Stelley, Idriss Stelley Foundation Marion Jackson, founder Officers for Justice, retired Inspector, San Francisco Police Department Jennifer Friedenbach Executive Director, Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco Steve Zeltzer, United Public Workers For Action Sponsored by Idriss Stelley Foundation60283

TODAY: 10:45 meet @ Walgreen's, 51st&Tel to join us for Fast food worker action! #96Hours #RECLAIMMLK— Bay Solidarity (@BaySolidarity) January 16, 2016 60303

Sponsored by: COMMUNITY DEMOCRACY PROJECT Street Convos for Racial Justice in Oakland We will reach out and talk to people about racial justice, MLK, policing, and the city budget.60268

Carnival de Resistance happening at 30th & Broadway gentrifying Sprouts 'Farmers Market' 11:30am-1pm drums, costumes, stilts #FreeTheLand— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) January 16, 2016 60302

“Oakland is being touted as a #1 tourist destination spot. Under the Mayorship of Libby Schaaf, a mandate has been issued to make the City pretty for tourists and developers. This has meant an upsurge in police terror and murders in Oakland. In what we have dubbed Libby’s Bloody Era, string of Black men were murdered in Oakland in 2015. All of them declared “justifiable”. As part of the 96 Hours of Direct Action, Join APTP at Terminal One of Oakland Airport where we will welcome people to Oakland – … Continued

Venezuela: Eyewitness ReportWhat happened in Venezuela’s parliamentary elections on December 6? This report will convey the impressions and first observations from two recent trips to Venezuela by Rick Sterling.  What were the gains of the Bolivarian Revolution over 17 years? Why and how was it under attack?What are the prospects in the coming year?60206

Join us for reports of activities aimed at resisting the multiple fossil fuel expansion projects in our area. At this meeting we will also take up an extended discussion on strategies for movement building. Newcomers always welcome. 60272

Our Oakland airport action was very successful! The police were a no show and we had the run of the airport, and there were no arrests. Saturday is a light travel day and Oakland is a smaller airport…. So we’re going to try it again at SFO on a very busy travel day! Please bring signs this time! Lets make this even bigger. We’ll meet at the International terminal, at the BART fare gates. Try to be on time, we may move around the airport. BART goes right to the … Continued

The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting. Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the city … Continued

A facilitated group discussion about racial justice, MLK, policing, and the city budget.  60269

Liberated Lens is a digital filmmaking collective dedicated to social change, based in Oakland, California. We share resources, skills and knowledge to help each other tell stories that might otherwise remain untold. We make films in a spirit of collaboration and solidarity, share a lending library of film equipment for creative projects, and organize free, at cost or donation-based workshops. Join us for our weekly meeting and a workshop! We usually meet in our editing suite (2nd floor in the ballroom, to the left of the stage) and then work … Continued

Planting Justice is teaming up with Community Check Cashing right outside of CCC in Fruitvale Plaza Monday, Jan 18th,  9:30 AM as part of the #ReclaimMLK 96 Hours of Action Weekend: https://www.facebook.com/events/1678077069118027/   Join us as we honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision around ending poverty in America. The brothers and sisters of Moving Forward (an association of Planting Justice Staff) are teaming up with Community Check Cashing to create space on this sacred day around economic justice and empowerment in our community.60319

Join us as we honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision around ending poverty in America. The brothers and sisters of Moving Forward (an association of Planting Justice Staff) are teaming up with Community Check Cashing to create space on this sacred day around economic justice and empowerment in our community. Meet us at Community Check Cashing We will read excerpts of Dr. King’s speeches around poverty eradication, enjoy a brief meditation and hear from members of the community around their journey to regaining control of their finances and economic resources. … Continued

  Pre-march protest in solidarity with the fighting people of Haiti: Black Lives Matter from Haiti to the Bay   · Drummers · Report from Haiti – By Pierre Labossiere A part of the 96 Hours of Direct Action to Reclaim the Radical Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere!” We will march to join the 11AM rally and march at Oscar Grant Plaza Haiti is in the streets almost every day – as tens of thousands turn out to demand that the stolen … Continued

Reclaiming King’s Legacy “Equality demands dignity. And dignity demands a job and a paycheck that lasts through the week.” “When you have mass unemployment in the Negro community it’s called a social problem. When you have mass unemployment in the white community it’s called a depression” “We refuse to believe the bank of justice is bankrupt” – Martin Luther King, Jr Last year, during MLK weekend, The Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) answered a national call by initiating #96Hours of Direct Action that culminated in an historic march from Fruitvale Station … Continued

Facebook event with description here. We are marching from Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th & Broadway, to the Bay St Mall in Emeryville. WE DEMAND: The resignation of Mayor Libby Schaaf The immediate termination of Chief Sean Whent The immediate termination of Chief Greg Suhr The immediate termination of the officers involved in the murders of Richard Perkins, Mario Woods, Yuvette Henderson, Amilcar Lopez, Alex Nieto, Demoriah Hogg and Richard Linyard The immediate reallocation of city budgets: reduce police budgets and reallocate those funds to provide for affordable housing that allows … Continued

“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism” -Martin Luther King, Jr. This invitation is for the March on Monday,the culmination of the #96Hours of direct actions over the MLK Day weekend. We are marching from Oscar Grant Plaza to the Bay St Mall in Emeryville.Over the last year, in the Bay Area alone, there have been dozens of police murders. In San Francisco, we have most recently seen the brutal execution of Mario Woods, in addition to police … Continued

Thank you for coming out to the movie showing and flyering party last week to UNwelcome Sprouts to Oakland. Join Occupy The Farm, Boycott Sprouts, and our Bay Area friends and allies again this week to let them know “no business as usual until you pull out of paving over the Gill Tract farm.” Help us to let all the new shoppers know that Sprouts Farmers Market is planning to pave over the Gill Tract farm, where the local community has been proposing a community center for regenerative agriculture, education, … Continued

Tuesday, Jan 19 with 6 pm potluck (list ingredients!); CSAI Accountability Forum 2 at 7 PM. This is the follow-up to our October 30, 2015 Forum at which the gathering called for the Berkeley City Council to address nine specific points. This time we will address “who” enters the Police Academy in the first place, and how to improve the Police Review Commission. That subject will be on the City Council agenda the following week at Berkeley City Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 26th.60328

The Oscar Grant Committee and the family of Pedie Perez will hold a Press Conference and Speak Out to Stop the Pedie Perez Killing Cover-Up! We will then attend the regular meeting of the Richmond City Council and. speak during the Public Comment period. After sixteen months of secrecy and hypocrisy, the family of Richard “Pedie” Perez III is still seeking truth and justice in the killing of their son by Richmond Police Officer Wallace Jensen in the early morning hours of September 14, 2014. The police falsely claimed that … Continued

Thank you for coming out to the movie showing and flyering party last week to UNwelcome Sprouts to Oakland. Join Occupy The Farm, Boycott Sprouts, and our Bay Area friends and allies again this week to let them know “no business as usual until you pull out of paving over the Gill Tract farm.” Help us to let all the new shoppers know that Sprouts Farmers Market is planning to pave over the Gill Tract farm, where the local community has been proposing a community center for regenerative agriculture, education, … Continued

San Francisco’s police union has called on its members to show up at Wednesday’s police commission in force to support the officers who were involved in the December shooting death of Mario Woods. A letter was sent to all active Police Officers Association members Jan. 16 asking for a strong showing Wednesday night to ensure the commission remains impartial despite attacks on law enforcement from some politicians and others. “I am writing to all active POA members to request a show of support by officers at the next police commission … Continued

Monthly APTP meeting, held on every 3rd Wednesday of the month. The Anti Police-Terror Project is a project of the ONYX ORGANIZING COMMITTEE that in coalition with other organizations like The Alan Blueford Center For Justice, Idriss Stelley Foundation, Community Ready Corps and Workers World 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.60216

Chicago Confessional, documentary by Bryan Gibel Inmate Stanley Wrice was subject to a police torture squad that operated in Chicago in the 1970s and 1980s. The injustices were led by Jon Burge, Chicago Police Department detective and commander who gained notoriety for torturing more than 200 criminal suspects between 1972 and 1991 in order to force confessions. Stanley Wrice seeks to overturn his conviction for a horrible crime he insists he didn’t commit. as always, free snacks and popcorn    60362

Justice 4 Mario Woods The Rules Committee — made up of Sups. Avalos, Tang, and Cohen — is having a special meeting on Thursday and the first item on the agenda is addressing alternatives to use of force in policing. http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=54804 1. 151263 [Hearing – Alternatives to Use of Force in Policing] Sponsors: Cohen; Yee, Avalos, Breed and Campos Hearing on alternatives to the use of force in policing, and re-evaluating San Francisco Police Department General Orders 2.07, 5.01, and 5.02; and requesting the Police Department to report.60347

California Common Cause is committed to reforming our democracy. We believe that democracy should work for all of us and it does that better when the voices of everyday Americans are being heard by our government. The documentary Dream On puts a spotlight on those voices – from fast-food workers to single mothers, from undocumented immigrants to community organizers, and from inmates to retirees. Their dreams, their hopes, and their struggles. Join us on Thursday, January 21, for a free screening of the documentary! This poignant new documentary features political … Continued

Our next meeting will be on Thursday at SEIU local 1020 at 6 pm. Enter at 350 Rhode Island . Enter on Kansas Street side between 16 th and 17th street side.60232

Kurdish Film Series in #Oakland coming up in solidarity w #Rojava first one Dec 20th 5:30pm @ 1501 Harrison St pic.twitter.com/u2CnfVpbFC— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) December 17, 2015 60156

The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, in collaboration with Tenants Together, is engaging in a year-long project in Oakland, Fremont, and Alameda to center the stories of collectives facing rapid displacement in the Bay Area. Through oral history, data analysis, and data visualization, this project supports artists, activists, and community members organizing to survive and thrive in the East Bay. Join us to learn more and get involved! Our kickoff event is this Thursday the 21st from 7-9pm at the The Octopus Literary Salon in downtown Oakland. From 7-8, we will be … Continued

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For far too long, our political leaders have failed to represent Oakland’s true values. It is time for the Oakland Left to unite, recruit our own candidates and build political power to achieve meaningful change. At our last meeting we discussed: 1) A possible ballot initiative as an organizing strategy, 2) The process for selecting candidates, 3) Developing a progressive campaign platform 4) Which races to focus on. Oakland Alliance seeks to unite the progressive movement in Oakland behind a slate of candidates who will challenge the institutional power structure … Continued

Can we end police terror under capitalism? Can police structure be dismantled? What about community defense guards? How can we organize in the movement against police terror to be more effective, and to involve more people? Looking to history: Robert F. Williams, Deacons for Defense, and the Black Panther Party. Meet John Parker, West Coast leader of Workers World Party, member of the National Committee of Workers World and its presidential candidate in 2004. He organizes in Los Angeles to build a unified movement against police terror, war, against racism … Continued

Spaghetti Dinner & Program for Social Justice Action! You are invited to attend this year’s annual Spaghetti Dinner and Program at the Unitarian Universalist Center in San Francisco.  This year’s event will focus on environmental justice and feature climate activist Tim DeChristopher, founder of the Climate Disobedience Center, who will speak on “Where We Stand on Climate Justice.”  Three outstanding local activists will be honored and the event will include poetry, music and inspiring presentations. 6:00 pm:  No-host bar, Delicious Spaghetti Dinner, Caesar Salad, Dessert, Poetry and Music 7:00 pm: … Continued

This is the ‘kick off’ for the campaign to establish a police commission in Oakland that has ‘teeth’ and will oversee and monitor the Oakland Police Department. It’s time to come together for real, sustainable change and police accountability. 60175

Report Back From the Rojava Revolution Paul Simons, writing under the pen name, El Errante, is the author of a series of recent dispatches from the liberated territories of Kurdistan in Syria. Currently on a tour across the Bay Area, Simons has just returned from a region besieged by war yet is also in the middle of one of the most far reaching social experiments of the 21st Century: the ‘Rojava Revolution.’ The liberated territories of Kurdistan are a thriving example of stateless democracy and of a people who are … Continued

Join us on the Gill Tract with music by RedStar and a walk, ceremony, and prayer on sacred land, lead by the Indigenous Land Access Committee. The Indigenous Land Access Committee (ILAC) invites you to join Ohlone, other indigenous people and our friends gathering to honor the ancestors and walk on the sacred land now known as the Gill Tract. Join us for Ceremony and Prayer In Recognition of the Power of Native Lifeways to Heal Mother Earth and Stop the Climate Crisis Music by RedStar   More info at https://www.facebook.com/events/1693590484213343/ 60348

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The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting. Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the city … Continued

Liberated Lens is a digital filmmaking collective dedicated to social change, based in Oakland, California. We share resources, skills and knowledge to help each other tell stories that might otherwise remain untold. We make films in a spirit of collaboration and solidarity, share a lending library of film equipment for creative projects, and organize free, at cost or donation-based workshops. Join us for our weekly meeting and a workshop! We usually meet in our editing suite (2nd floor in the ballroom, to the left of the stage) and then work … Continued

Please come out and support our comrade, Janye Waller, an outspoken young black revolutionary fighting a case of state repression in Oakland. Janye was arrested in November 2015, in an obvious case of racial profiling, the cops saying he ‘fit the description’ for a crime he had nothing to do with (which the witness immediately confirmed). While he was in custody, detectives questioned him about his involvement in the protests last year that followed the non-indictment of the murderers of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. After thousands took to the … Continued

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 They Never Learned in Their History Books” — A film on Ray Fadden and his Mohawk People Our own Steve Jacobson will show a film he made of a man named Ray Fadden, a great teacher of the Mohawk People. Fadden taught his people “What they Never Learned in Their History Books ” about Native Americans. For forty years, he entertained and … Continued

This Tuesday the BOS will vote on the resolution introduced by Supervisors Avalos and Campos to make Mario Woods’ birthday a day of memoriam in his name. They have also introduced a resolution to apologize to Mario Woods’ . This would be an apology from the city of San Francisco . Mayor Lee said he opposes these resolutions. We need to show up as a community and show our support for these resolutions . Room 25060384

Black Lives Matter Sacramento joins the Occupation for the Right to Rest on Tuesday January 26th for a Die-In & Protest followed by flooding our City Council meeting for public comments. WITHOUT SLEEP, YOU WILL DIE Police continue to raid and harass the homeless in Sacramento: https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/welcome-to-the-occupation-sacramento/content?oid=19599427 The city of Sacramento has made it a crime to sleep. So the homeless are being arrested if they close their eyes too long, and that is disgustingly inhumane. Reference: https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/anonymous-no-more/content?oid=19663564 Our city has gentrified the hell out of Oak Park and Midtown, … Continued

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Join us to fight for a livable wage for all Bay Area workers! We collaborate in principled reflection and action on what the Bay Area livable wage would be and where we are at on the right to a livable wage. The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds Community and Power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers. Our work together encompasses: (1) The concerns of precarious, care and contingent workers, (2) Campaigns to improve wages for low wage workers, and (3) Efforts by … Continued

The long-delayed review of the BPD’s reaction to the December 6, 2014 protest asserting that Black Lives Matter will finally be be held by the Berkeley City Council this Tuesday evening. City Council agenda. Item 11 a&b.60386

Join the Rasmea Defense Committee for a social media campaign Wednesday, January 27th, in support of Palestinian American icon Rasmea Odeh—and prepare for an Emergency Response to the appellate court decision! In October 2015, Rasmea’s legal team delivered oral arguments in anappeal of her unjust conviction for Unlawful Procurement of Naturalization. The decision is expected any day now, and we have to be prepared! Participate on Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday, January 27th, using sample tweets, hashtags, articles, memes, and other resources that we will be sending to everyone on … Continued

Call to Action: The Economic Development Without Displacement Coalition (EDWD) invites you to stand against displacement and the destruction of a historic public space in West Oakland. Do Not Displace our Public Space! Who (is being displaced): Black and Brown Elders of West Oakland What: Call to Action to stop the closure and demolition of St. Andrew’s Plaza (a public micro-park in West Oakland) @ the City of Oakland’s “Community Kick-OUT Meeting”   Why: The City of Oakland is planning to displace neighbors at St. Andrew’s Plaza with their plan … Continued

Part 3 of Movement Generation “Race, Class, & Ecology Series” which aims to answer the question “How do we respond to this global crisis of migration with justice, ecological understanding and deep love for the people?” Migration must be recognized for what is is: a natural response of all living things to escape hostile conditions and capitalist economies create these harsh conditions through exploitation, pollution and war.  Join this exciting conversation between migrant rights organizers, climate justice activists, and audience members. Co-sponsored by: Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), Asian Pacific … Continued

SUNRISE PICKET! “As a housekeeper, I work very hard so that Homewood guests can have clean rooms and a good experience at the hotel, but the pressure of having to clean so many checkouts in one day gives me so much stress that I don’t have any energy for my kids when I come home at the end of the day. That’s why I am fighting for the same workload protections, fair raises and affordable health insurance for my family, that other union hotel housekeepers in Oakland have.” – Consuelo … Continued

Our next meeting will be on Thursday at SEIU local 1020 at 6 pm. Enter at 350 Rhode Island . Enter on Kansas Street side between 16 th and 17th street side.60232

Next Thursday 1/28/16 at 7 pm, Join AROC for a panel discussion on the Egyptian Revolution. #Jan25 #Egypt pic.twitter.com/pfm0xb4x0U— AROC (@AROCBayArea) January 22, 2016 60371

Please come support Nailah, a comrade who was part of last year’s uprisings and is having charges filed against her in the last days before her statute of limitations is up60359

The Social Justice Symposium (SJS) is a student-organized event that serves as space for the community to meet and discuss social justice work in the Bay Area. Workshop space is limited to 400 people. Please register before January 30th. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Strike Debt Bay Area will be presenting a workshop on Human Interest Lending / Community Check Cashing at two different times, once from 10:30 AM to Noon, and again from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM. The complete schedule is still being developed.  Check the Social Justice Forum 2016 website for updates. … Continued

Saturday January 30, 2016 is the grand opening of Mayor Lee’s Super Bowl City. He has spent all of his energy pushing out the homeless, disabling bus lines and creating traffic jams so that his precious Super Bowl City can inconvenience the city of San Francisco for two weeks. This is energy he could have spent apologizing to Mario Woods’ family, seeking justice and acting like he actually cares about the black and brown community in San Francisco. We have promised him no peace until we get justice. We will … Continued

–COME SUPPORT OUR TENANT PICKET! — Bring music and noisemakers! –ALSO– Please call and/or email Happy Homes and ask them to relocate the Morales family NOW!! -info.hhpartners@gmail.com -510.655.3253 (Bing Udinsky, owner) -510.204.9922, and/or 510.599.2015 (office lines) Don’t worry–they won’t answer the phone, so just leave a voicemail –HAPPY HOMES AND 475 ALCATRAZ—- The living conditions at 475 Alcatraz Avenue in Oakland—a property owned & managed by Happy Homes Partners, also known as Bing & Jerald Udinsky—are both dangerous and appalling. Multiple units have MOLD, WATER LEAKS, EXPOSED WALLS AND CONCRETE … Continued

DISCUSS HAITI’S ONGOING REVOLUTION! HAITI ACTION COMMITTEE STUDY GROUP TOPIC: The Ongoing Haitian Revolution January 1st marked the 211th anniversary of Haiti’s independence. Join us as we analyze how Haiti gained its independence and discuss the connections to today.   We invite you to be apart of our monthly study group. We use films, texts, and speakers to explore Haiti’s history, current political situation, and make connections to parallel struggles throughout the U.S. and around the world. Come to this month’s meeting! 60133

The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting. Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the city … Continued

Liberated Lens is a digital filmmaking collective dedicated to social change, based in Oakland, California. We share resources, skills and knowledge to help each other tell stories that might otherwise remain untold. We make films in a spirit of collaboration and solidarity, share a lending library of film equipment for creative projects, and organize free, at cost or donation-based workshops. Join us for our weekly meeting and a workshop! We usually meet in our editing suite (2nd floor in the ballroom, to the left of the stage) and then work … Continued