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Early Morning Picket to Defend San Francisco’s Leeville Tent City! 4:30 AM @ division and 11th in SF. We just got confirmation from the homeless outreach team that riot police are going to be trying to arrest and throw out homeless folks possessions at early in the morning on tuesday at the division underpass. We call on the entire working class to stand with the Leeville Tent City and together build a movement to build housing and community autonomy for working class, working poor, and homeless people. Please bring pickett … Continued

The Oscar Grant Committee was born from the struggle for justice for Oscar Grant, mudered by BART police on Jan  1, 2009. We organize working class resistance in support of families whose loved ones were murdered by police. We meet on the first Tuesday of every month.60326

Come fill the court to show love for Jean and Jean, who put their bodies on the line for the land at the #GillTract! Let’s show the judge it’d be best to dismiss all charges! 60544

$15 by October, 2017. Sick leave standards equivalent to Oakland and Emeryille. Prevent tip theft. Learn about the initiative and how you can help. Brief training for signature gathering. Join a team to go out and gather signatures. Get additional petitions.60582

On Wednesday, February 24th, 2016, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, three young men, Adam Mekki, Muhannad Tairab, and Mohamed Taha Omar, were killed in a horrific act of violence. Please join us on Wednesday to remember them and recognize the injustice that was committed against them. Please note that this event is meant to be a healing space for Black Muslims and their communities. In addition to attending, please sign this petition to bring justice to our three brothers: http://act.mpowerchange.org/sign/justice-ourthreeboys/, and message the Fort Wayne Police Department demanding a full investigation … Continued

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.60489

Time to stop the large increases in rents and out of control evictions.  In 2015 rent for a two bedroom in Oakland increased 40% to an average of $2950/month. Join us to present a resolution to the Oakland City Council demanding a moratorium on Evictions and Rent Increases.60577

We encourage all Oakland residents to attend the weekly No Coal in Oakland meeting. Up until its February 16th meeting, the position of a majority of Oakland City Council members on permitting coal shipment from the city’s port may have been in doubt. Even now the proposal remains on the table. But at that meeting, council members took concrete steps toward banning coal exports once and for all. Thanks to the efforts of Mayor Libby Schaff, local clergy, State Senator Loni Hancock, and community activists, the Council has signaled its … Continued

n March, EBC will begin hosting mail nights at our office to respond to the increase amount of correspondence we’ve been receiving from people in prison across the Country. We are getting lots of questions about upcoming ballot initiatives, Prop 47, requests for pen pals and EBC’s work at large. Please RSVP to emily@ellabakercenter.org60589

The time that we need you is now. Please join us in solidarity every day of the trial at the federal court building on 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco. BREAKING BREAKING NEWS! Witness Justin Fritz apologizes to the Nietos for calling the police on Alex Nieto! Fritz claims Alex Nieto had done nothing wrong that day. Witness Antonio Theodor testifies that police officers killed Alex Nieto in cold blood! Full news tomorrow morning. Amor for Alex! http://missionlocal.org/2016/03/witness-testified-alex-nieto-never-drew-weapon/ The federal civil action filed by Refugio and Elvira Nieto v. SFPD … Continued

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The first thing you need to know is that Qilombo is having its FIRST of MANY Art Showcase and Gallery Nights. Our first event is March 4th at 7pm, right around the time when you are winding down (or up) from First Fridays. There will be hella dope art and music, food and beverages, as well as performances. The main goal is to have artists submit their work to get more recognition and the chance to win large cash prizes. Submission fee is $15-25 sliding scale (you can submit more … Continued

While 1st Fri out on the street may be getting more & more co-opted by blah from Mayor Libby Schaaf, it’s still ‪#‎bythepeopleforthepeople‬ up in Alan’s house at 2434 Telegraph Ave ‪#‎Oakland‬. We plan to turn up more and more every month! So, in March, we on a whole nother level. Surprise Line Up Coming Soon! 60518

Your voice is needed! Breakfast will be provided! You will be reimbursed for transit (keep your receipt).  60591

The Bay Area is an expensive place to live and Berkeley is even higher, yet a majority on City Council are sitting on their hands, while families are forced to work and work and work yet can’t make ends meet. People in Oakland, SF and Emeryville have successfully pushed the wages higher. It is our turn now. We are gathering signatures to get an initiative on the November Ballot that will:  Raise Berkeley’s minimum wage to $15 by October 2017  Raise it further each year by 3% + … Continued

What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world? Inspired by Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction bestseller, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. After the film, join us for light refreshments at nearby Nong Thon Restaurant and mingle with representatives from local environmental and social justice organizations. Learn how to get involved and take action now. Take low-carbon transport (bike, transit or walk) and enter a drawing for green giveaways! Film Screening: 10:30am … Continued

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) Ballot initiatives as an organizing strategy – tenant protections, living wage and police accountabiity 2) The process for selecting candidates, 3) Developing a progressive campaign platform 4) Which races to focus on At our last meeting we also announced the formation of a new coalition with members including … Continued

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In honor of International Women’s Day Rasmea Fights Back: The struggle of Women, Immigrants & Political Prisoners Featuring: Nadine Naber, University of Illinois at Chicago & Rasmea Odeh Defense Committee #Justice4Rasmea Hosted by: The Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) Rasmea Odeh is a 67 year old Palestinian American community leader who was tortured and falsely convicted by an Israeli military court. As a direct result, years later the US government convicted her of Unlawful Procurement of Naturalization, sentenced her to 18 months in prison and imminent deportation. The appeals … Continued

If Iowa and New Hampshire have shaken the political establishment, how will things look after Super Tuesday, March 1? We are inviting speakers from different political perspectives (including Progressive Democrats of America, Peace and Freedom Party, Socialist Alternative, and UC Berkeley Students for Sanders) to share their views about Super Tuesday 2016 and listen to ours. Seating is limited, so plan to come early. We start promptly. FREE – but hat will be passed for donations to NPML About Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library A weekly discussion series inspired … Continued

Join us to work on Housing for the Rest of Us Introducing the Berkeley Progressive Alliance and our Affordable Housing Platform There is a solution to the Affordable Housing CrisisBerkeley could build at least 100 units of affordable housing a year, if we raise funds for the Housing Trust Fund. Hear about practical solutions that will raise the money needed. Prepare for the 2016 Election by making plans to elect a mayor, city council members, and rent board commissioners who will represent all of us, not just the 1%.Speakers include: … Continued

During the Winter the Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 2 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 2:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland.  On every last Sunday we meet a little earlier at 1 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome. OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over four years! Our General … Continued

Issue #121 is due out on April 22, 2016 (Article Deadline for Issue #121 is April 9, 2016) *Brainstorm articles for next issue * Orientation on how you can submit articles, art, photographs * Help us discuss our audience and themes for the next issue * Discuss fundraising and distribution * Your chance to comment on Slingshot 60570

OccupyForum presents Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! What’s in the Water? From Flint Michigan to the Bayview: Environmental Injustice’s Cause and Genocidal Outcomes in Communities of Color With Steve Zeltzer and Dr. Raymond Tomkins Lead poisoning is irreversible. Pediatricians such as Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha (who discovered the Flint water crisis) fear the Flint children who tested with elevated levels will suffer lifelong consequences. “If you were to put something in … Continued

Meetings held Mondays at 7:00 PM Excepting Monday March 7, when we will meet at 8:15 PM. Come one, come all! VOLUNTEER NOW!!! If you would like to go out on Copwatch shifts, work in our office, create art, become a Know Your Rights Trainer or help us out in other ways, WE NEED YOU! Send us an e-mail, subscribe to our email list, call our office or just come to our weekly meetings on Mondays, 2022 Blake Street, Berkeley or our weekly office hours on Wednesdays from 6:00pm – … Continued

Meet at 14th and Broadway and take the streets in solidarity with the three anti-racists who were stabbed in Anaheim when confronting a KKK rally on February 27th. The klansman that stabbed the three comrades is reportedly from San Francisco. He was later let go while counter protesters are still held in jail. This is unacceptable! Let’s take a stand against the KKK and white supremacy in the Bay and everywhere! This is happening at the same time as riots and demonstrations in the streets of Salt Lake City, Utah … Continued

2016 International Working Women’s Day: Fight the Right, Deportations are Violence against Women! This March 8th, join working women across the world to celebrate the resistance of immigrant women and stand up against right-wing attacks against immigrant families! 2 PM: Art and cultural Celebration [Lake Merritt Amphitheater, Lake Merritt Blvd & 12th St.] March to the Federal Building [1301 Clay Street, Oakland] Vans provided to drive those with mobility needs Rally: Immigrant Women speak out against Deportations and to stop the right wing attacks to immigrant women’s rights and survival! … Continued

The second of three community “listening sessions” to be conducted by the Justice Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, known by its acronym COPS, which was called in by police Chief Greg Suhr and Mayor Ed Lee following the fatal shooting of Mario Woods on Dec. 2. Background article.   60553

Our first film this year will be Salt of the Earth (1954), which was produced, directed and written by victims of U.S. Congressional blacklisting, (aka redlisting). Originally banned in the U.S., it was directed by Herbert Biberman, one of the Hollywood Ten. The cast is almost entirely workers who participated in the real-life strike that the film is based upon. In a gritty mining town in New Mexico, Mexican-American workers go on strike to protest their dangerous working conditions and low wages. They meet with fierce opposition from company thugs … Continued

Join us for an amazing panel discussion with four women activists with Black Lives Matter and associated organizations. Plus a documentary screening of “We Have Nothing to Lose But Our Chains!”60598

The future is up to us. Join with activists, community, labor, students and faith-based groups to begin to formulate a vision, priorities and a plan of action for A BERKELEY FOR WORKING FAMILIES. Berkeley can lead the way on expanding affordable housing, strengthening rent control, and creating livable wages, a healthy environment and expanded city services. Sponsored by the Berkeley Minimum Wage Coalition.60602

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

Department 110 on the 5th Floor. This is the last day of court for the incident with the CHP from last September.60643

URGENT: Court support is needed TOMORROW (Thursday March 10th) for comrade being charged in the incident where undercover CHP officer drew a gun on protesters in December 2014. His trial resumes tomorrow morning at 9:30 at Wiley courthouse, department 110. It’s expected to be the last day of the trial, so let’s flood the courtroom in solidarity… The District Attorney is currently prosecuting via a jury trial someone who was arrested by undercovers on December 10, 2014 after a protest. They are charging him with, among other things, resisting arrest. These … Continued

“Good, stable jobs protecting the climate can help challenge the growing inequality and injustice of our society, but only if policy is designed to do so.” Join us for a conversation with Jeremy Brecher, cofounder of the Labor Network for Sustainability and author, most recently, of the just-published Climate Insurgency: A Strategy for Survival. He has received five regional Emmy Awards for his documentary film work and holds a PhD from the Union Graduate School. “Good, stable jobs protecting the climate can help challenge the growing inequality and injustice of … Continued

We encourage all Oakland residents to attend the weekly No Coal in Oakland meeting. Up until its February 16th meeting, the position of a majority of Oakland City Council members on permitting coal shipment from the city’s port may have been in doubt. Even now the proposal remains on the table. But at that meeting, council members took concrete steps toward banning coal exports once and for all. Thanks to the efforts of Mayor Libby Schaff, local clergy, State Senator Loni Hancock, and community activists, the Council has signaled its … Continued

The US DoJ wants to hear your perspectives, concerns and suggestions concerning the San Francisco Police Department.  Pizza is being served for free provided by SEIU (Union). San Francisco residents don’t miss our next community mtgs 3/8 & 3/10! We want to hear from you regarding the #SFPD. pic.twitter.com/A5dUpv4MD9 — COPS Office (@COPSOffice) March 2, 2016 60588

THEY RELEASED THE CORONER’S REPORT.  PRESS CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY. Previous event notice: —– Richard Perkins’ family needs our support! Richard Perkins’ family has asked for APTP’s help in obtaining the coroner’s report of his death. Perkins was killed by the Oakland Police Department on November 15, 2015, and the report still hasn’t been released – 3 and a half months later. The Alameda County Sherriff’s office refused our demand letter on March 1st, 2016 asking the Sheriff’s office/Coroner to release the report to Perkins’ family or attorney. Law enforcement are … Continued

In December, we celebrated an enormous victory when the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected plans for a new jail. But last week, on the deadline for officially returning state financing for the jail, we were shocked to learn that San Francisco city officials had covertly requested a 180-day extension for their decision, arguing that they may still build the new jail “as proposed”. The jail pushers — the City’s conservative governmental block and their wealthy base — are doing everything they can to cirvumvent the will of San … Continued

March 11, 2016 is the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe that is still reverberating in Japan and around the world. The nuclear plants are still releasing thousands of tons of radioactive water and over 1000 tanks filled with contaminated radioactive water surround the broken nuclear plants. The children and families continue to have a rising level of thyroid cancers and this uptick is taking place in other places in Japan. Despite these dangers the Japanese Abe government has said that the problem has been solved. They are demanding … Continued

Please join Friends of the Earth & Common Cause for a discussion about the growing national movement to reclaim a people centered democracy. From Presidential candidates to Oscar winners, everybody is talking about the negative impact unlimited campaign money is having on our democracy.  Sometimes it feels like there’s nothing we can do about it. But the truth is, we can reclaim our political system so that it represents our concerns for the environment, and not just those of corporations and the super-rich. Now is the time to take action. It … Continued

JOIN US FOR A SHIFT: MASS COPWATCHING · Friday March 11, 8 PM – 11 PM · Thursday March 17, 5 PM – 7 PM · Saturday March 26, 8 PM – 11 PM Since October 2015, Berkeley Copwatch has been holding “mass copwatch” events that invite folks to join us for a shift. It’s been fun and very empowering to have a group of copwatchers patrolling our city and on the scene when police stop people. This month we have three shifts scheduled. The Thursday shift will likely be … Continued

Speak Out Now 2016 Revolutionary University Tools for Changing Society Join us for two days of presentations and discussion on some of the major questions of our time. Come to all sessions or choose the ones that interest you. (Note: Sunday is the first day of Daylight Savings time) Saturday 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Syria and the Conflict in the Middle East Prof. As’ad AbuKhalil, Professor of political science at CSU Stanislaus and author of Saudi Arabia and the U.S. ——————————————- 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm The Life of … 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. Come share prayers, quotes, poems, and favorite passages from your scriptures with us.60492

Organize for a moratorium on no fault evictions and rent increases in Oakland! We have a housing state of emergency here. Residents from a number of community groups attended the City Council’s Rules and Legislation Committee, calling on the committee to support a temporary “moratorium on evictions and on rent increases until the City has developed and implemented strategies that protect and expand access for Oakland residents to affordable housing.” After listening to community speakers, the committee agreed to put the “state of emergency” on the agenda for the April … Continued

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The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland.  On every last Sunday we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome. OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over four years! Our General Assembly is a … Continued

In Rojava, Kurds brought a new life to an archaic communal form. Equality for women became a crucial aspect of a social revolution. See “Witnessing Revolution in Rojava” by Paul Z. Simons in current issue of News & Letters (newsandletters.org). It is a contrast to the crucible of death that Syria has become at the hands of old counter-revolutionary nationalisms and imperialisms, the most vile of which is the Islamic State. All state players are united in trying to erase the revolutionary humanist challenge to Assad awoken by Arab Spring. … Continued

With filmmakers Emmitt Thrower and Leroy Moore, and also La Mesha Irizarry, Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia, and David Perry. The documentary “Where Is Hope: The Art of Murder” chronicles disabled victims murdered by police as well as the activists/artists who have fought and are fighting against police brutality against people with disabilities. Emmitt H Thrower, a retired NY City cop turned artist/filmmaker, Leroy Moore, founder of Krip Hop Nation, La Mesha Irizarry, founder of the Idriss Steeley Foundation, and Lisa “Tiny” Gray-Garcia of Poor Magazine intend the film as a tool … Continued

Oakland has long been a center for highly polluting transportation activities. This has resulted in disproportionately high health impacts for the residents of West Oakland. Our goal is to systematically reduce the level of pollution caused by all these polluting activities, and we have definitely had some success.  But we can’t afford to allow brand new pollution, in the form of coal dust, to further threaten our health.60516

OccupyForum presents Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!!  Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues!Fascism: What It Is, and How to Fight It With Gerald Smith Capitalism is in trouble. Therefore, conditions are being recreated that are nourishing a reborn fascist movement. This, in spite of the fact that internationally, the fascists were thoroughly defeated and discredited by the end of World War II. How is this possible? First, after several generations, participants and witnesses to the struggle against fascism … Continued

Meetings held Mondays at 7:00 PM Excepting Monday March 7, when we will meet at 8:15 PM. Come one, come all! VOLUNTEER NOW!!! If you would like to go out on Copwatch shifts, work in our office, create art, become a Know Your Rights Trainer or help us out in other ways, WE NEED YOU! Send us an e-mail, subscribe to our email list, call our office or just come to our weekly meetings on Mondays, 2022 Blake Street, Berkeley or our weekly office hours on Wednesdays from 6:00pm – … Continued

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

Justice for Richard Perkins — Anti Police-Terror Project Successfully Demands Coroners Report for Perkins Family On November 15th, 2015, Richard Perkins became the final victim of an Officer Involved Shooting in Oakland last year.  While watching a side show, Mr. Perkins attempted to show OPD officers that he had a replica toy pellet gun.  He was shot to death in response.  Four months later, the family of Richard Perkins had not received the coroners report – a critical piece of evidence that can either support, or dispute the claims of … Continued

BREAKING #Oakland city council forwarding exclusive agreement with UrbanCore for E12th parcel to full city council for 3/15 vote. #SaveE12th — E12 Peoples Proposal (@PeoplesProposal) March 3, 2016 City Hall is failing too address Oakland’s housing crisis. While thousands of working class families of color see their rents rise or face eviction, our elected officials are selling off public lands to private developers. After a hundred people testified last week in support of A People’s Proposal in a public hearing on the future of the E 12th parcel, City Council … Continued

Join our keynote speaker, internationally acclaimed urban planner James Rojas of PLACE IT! for an interactive and inspiring evening re-envisioning our water infrastructure in response to climate change. We’ll use everyday objects and our creativity to design a different water future. Invite friends, colleagues, and neighbors and keep growing our local climate movement! RSVP HERE Dinner served at 6 PM.  RSVP: Email rebecca@ecologycenter.org by Thursday, March 10 to reserve a meal. 60576

Join the Oakland Privacy Working Group to organize against Stingrays (cell phone interceptors) being acquired by law enforcement agencies, against Urban Shield, and to advocate for 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, drones, improper use of police body cameras, and against other invasions of privacy by our benighted City, County, State and Federal Governments. OPWG originally came together to fight … Continued

Reach out to aptpinfo@gmail.com if you have any questions, thoughts, ideas, etc. — 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.60565

JOIN US FOR A SHIFT: MASS COPWATCHING · Friday March 11, 8 PM – 11 PM · Thursday March 17, 5 PM – 7 PM · Saturday March 26, 8 PM – 11 PM Since October 2015, Berkeley Copwatch has been holding “mass copwatch” events that invite folks to join us for a shift. It’s been fun and very empowering to have a group of copwatchers patrolling our city and on the scene when police stop people. This month we have three shifts scheduled. The Thursday shift will likely be … Continued

We encourage all Oakland residents to attend the weekly No Coal in Oakland meeting. Up until its February 16th meeting, the position of a majority of Oakland City Council members on permitting coal shipment from the city’s port may have been in doubt. Even now the proposal remains on the table. But at that meeting, council members took concrete steps toward banning coal exports once and for all. Thanks to the efforts of Mayor Libby Schaff, local clergy, State Senator Loni Hancock, and community activists, the Council has signaled its … Continued

Homes not Jails will be screening Shelter: a Squatumentary and hosting a panel of squatters 3/17 @ 8pm, @Longhaulinfo plz join us!— homesnotjailsSF (@SFHNJ) March 7, 2016 60608

“City leaders were determined to push this (Urban Core proposal for a luxury housing tower with a segregated building with some nominally affordable units) forward, even if it meant leaving the public behind.” – KTVU Reporter after Tuesday’s City Council Meeting While the displacement of longtime Oakland residents has already reached crisis proportions (25% of Black Oakland has been displaced in the past 10 years alone), the corporate interests who are driving this crisis are just getting started. This week’s City Council meeting made it clear that our elected officials … Continued

The fight for Pastor Yul Dorn isn’t over! Banks continue to play a large role in displacing long time residents from San Francisco. Join us and demand that Chase bank reverse the foreclosure of Pastor Dorn and hold other banks accountable for funding and fueling displacement!60675

It is time for black and brown to come together and demand justice for our communities. The decision in the Alex Nieto Case was a travesty of justice. We must come together and tell SFPD, The Mayor and The City Attorney’s Office that we shall not be moved until we get justice for Alex Nieto, Amilcar Perez Lopez and Mario Woods. We are now one in this struggle! These officers have been joking about getting away with killing Alex Nieto and making threats against the Nieto family on Social Media. Unless … Continued

Tomorrow!! Justice 4 Mario Woods & Justice for Alex Nieto !!! pic.twitter.com/yV92Xm7uO3— Equipto (@EQUIPTO) March 17, 2016 60673

MOVIE NIGHT (Free Movie! Free Prizes! Free Popcorn!) Doors: 6:00PM – Event: 7:00PM KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON is an inspiring documentary which depicts the remarkable story of 93-year-old jazz legend Clark Terry. A living monument to the Golden Era of Jazz, having played in both the Duke Ellington and Count Basie bands. He broke racial barriers on American television and mentored the likes of Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, but his most unlikely friendship is with Justin Kauflin, a 23-year old blind piano prodigy. Justin, fighting a debilitating case of … Continued

Here’s our first opportunity to pick up petitions for the signature-gathering phase of the campaign!60638

Hear now a campaign led by sex workers working with formerly incarcerated people and others, got the victim compensation law changed so sex workers can now get compensation for rape and other violence3 on the job, and people on probation or parole can get compensation if they are victims of crime. Learn how to press for implementation and further changes. Learn about exciting gains the local, national and international movement for decriminalization of sex work. Keynote speaker Margaret Prescod, host of Pacifica Radio’s “Sojourner Truth.” Speakers from All of Us … Continued

WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS to gather the THOUSANDS OF VOTER SIGNATURES required to put our Charter Amendment on the NOVEMBER BALLOT! THIS MEANS BOOTS ON THE GROUND! THIS MEANS YOU! IT’S TIME TO STEP UP and show your support. A HUGE THANK YOU to those who VOLUNTEERED last Saturday to serve as petition gatherers and receive training. WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH! For over two years ARC has advocated on behalf of RENTER PROTECTIONS AND COMMUNITY STABILITY. Countless hours have been invested in private meetings with City officials; researching public … Continued

Strike Debt is building a debt resistance movement. We believe that most individual debt is illegitimate and unjust. Most of us fall into debt because we are increasingly deprived of the means to acquire the basic necessities of life: health care, education, and housing. Because we are forced to go into debt simply in order to live, we think it is right and moral to resist it.  Come get connected with SDBA’s many projects! student debt resistance organizing for public banking advocating for Postal banking fighting modern day debtors’ prisons … Continued

Spring into Action at the Gill Tract Community Farm Join The Polish Ambassador & the UC Gill Tract Community Farm on Sunday March 20th for a day of celebration and planting for the coming Spring season. The UC Gill Tract Community Farm is a gorgeous urban farm in Albany, CA, just north of Berkeley, which grows tons of organic produce that is given away to neighbors, those without adequate nutritious food, and the surrounding community for free and by donation. We will be digging a swale to capture rainwater and … Continued

VISIT THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE Hosted by: Aunti Frances and the Self-Help Hunger Program, a self-determined food justice group “We are here, we ain’t leavin’, so let’s break bread together!” We will be celebrating Black History by celebrating it all year ’round: from the revolutionary events of Black August to the current struggles and organizing of people at Driver Plaza to resist gentrification. Let’s fight for Black Futures in the Ohlone Bay Area by celebrating through food, culture, story-telling, history and community! *Come through and enjoy BBQ, speakers from different … Continued

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland.  On every last Sunday we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome. OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over four years! Our General Assembly is a … Continued

On the heels of continuing development on the Southernmost portion of the Gill Tract, we invite you to join us for a VIGIL (at the end of the Permaculture Action Day on the Farm). Let’s MOURN together the destruction that UC Berkeley insists on carrying on, the loss of arable soil & its accompanying beneficial biology, and the many attacks on Mother Nature all over the globe. Let’s take this moment to express our SORROW while watching over the land in PROTECTION, knowing that this community gathering will STRENGTHEN us … Continued

OccupyForum presents… Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues!   Indigenous and Tribal Issues in the United States and around the world: Regarding Sovereignty and Self-Government with Deni Leonard The issues of Indigenous Sovereignty relate directly to the colonization of all Indigenous peoples around the world. The pathology of the predatory hegemonic imperialism of Western consciousness has been the experience of all contacts with Indigenous people, based on the assimilation to Bankrupt … Continued

Meetings held Mondays at 7:00 PM Excepting Monday March 7, when we will meet at 8:15 PM. Come one, come all! VOLUNTEER NOW!!! If you would like to go out on Copwatch shifts, work in our office, create art, become a Know Your Rights Trainer or help us out in other ways, WE NEED YOU! Send us an e-mail, subscribe to our email list, call our office or just come to our weekly meetings on Mondays, 2022 Blake Street, Berkeley or our weekly office hours on Wednesdays from 6:00pm – … Continued

On Friday, March 11, the City Staff published two reports for the Community and Economic Development Committee. One dealt with the proposed Impact Fee ordinance and another dealt with the reprogramming of funds originally budgeted for new affordable housing. The changes proposed in these reports threaten to gut much-needed funding for affordable housing for low-income Oakland workers and residents and disproportionately impact communities of color. Will you contact Mayor Schaaf, Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan, and your council member? (sample email). Will you attend the Prayer Vigil and Committee meeting next Tuesday? … Continued

Please join SELC, the East Bay Community Law Center, and NoBAWC on Tuesday, March 22 in Berkeley for a participatory training and Q&A with legal experts on employee handbook basics for democratically run, worker-centered businesses. In this teach-in on employee handbook basics for worker cooperatives, nonprofits, and other social enterprises, we will discuss a short list of essential policies for employee handbooks and why your organization should have them, especially from a legal and risk management perspective. After a short training, we will have an open discussion about novel employee … 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

Come out to Wiley Manuel Dept 108 on Wednesday March 23rd at 9am to support Nailah who is currently facing charges after the wave of resistance in solidarity with ferguson.  60567

Participatory Budgeting Workshop at Oakland City Hall, March 23rd, 6-8pm.— CDP-Oakland (@OAKCDP) March 16, 2016 60667

March 23: HIP HOP FOR CHANGE and PHSS Event Please join Hip Hop for Change and Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition (PHSS) for an evening of powerful Spoken Word and discussion from 6pm to 9pm at the Niebyl-Proctor Library in Oakland, CA. This event is in solidarity with the CA prisoners who challenged the torture of solitary confinement and created the historic Agreement to End Hostilities.  We hope to help cultivate strong community connections inside and outside prisons and grow community support in the prisoner class struggle.  The work to … Continued

Film evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments & social half hour at 7:00 pm, followed by the films at 7:30 pm, followed by optional discussion after the films. DOUBLE FEATURE First Film LOOK UP! A SOCIAL ACTION DOCUMENTARY By George Barnes Second Film GEOENGINEERING DANGERS DICUSSED BY OFFICIALS, AGENCY SCIENTISTS, AND OTHER EXPERTS. by Dane Wigington For a description of this film, see the website at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daGuPLXVunQ Humanist Hall is wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street60678

Come out and support Janye in court! Rene C. Davidson courthouse, department 11. Urgent Support Needed for what MIGHT be Janye’s final court date this thursday!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is facing almost certain jail time on a case with no solid evidence, please come show the DA that Janye has a COMMUNITY who CARES for him and will FIGHT for him! Your presence could make the difference between a multi-year sentence and a multi-month sentence with probation!!! COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR COMRADE! Background. More background.60566

Unions and Grassroots Groups to Unite for 2016 Oakland Elections Oakland Justice Coalition to Support Three Key Ballot Measures on Housing, Police and Workers’ Rights Oakland — This Thursday the Oakland Justice Coalition will launch their effort to support progressive ballot initiatives and candidates in 2016, uniting a diverse coalition of groups around shared priorities. The Coalition will outline their plan to achieve huge wins for three key 2016 ballot measures through collaboration and solidarity across struggles. WHO: The Oakland Justice Coalition includes the National Union of Healthcare Workers, the … Continued

Farm workers and allies from Familias Unidas por la Justicia union in the state of Washington have launched a west coast tour to share their stories about Injustice in the Sakuma Berry’s strawberry fields, and the important role we can all play in advancing the struggle by boycotting Driscolls. Join them at PLACE for Sustainable Living this Thursday at 12 to learn how to support the boycott of Driscolls berries. * Join the Boycott * Here are some resources from Familias Unidas por la Justicia: http://boycottsakumaberries.com/take-action/boycott-tool-kit/ * Other tour stops … Continued

We encourage all Oakland residents to attend the weekly No Coal in Oakland meeting. Up until its February 16th meeting, the position of a majority of Oakland City Council members on permitting coal shipment from the city’s port may have been in doubt. Even now the proposal remains on the table. But at that meeting, council members took concrete steps toward banning coal exports once and for all. Thanks to the efforts of Mayor Libby Schaff, local clergy, State Senator Loni Hancock, and community activists, the Council has signaled its … Continued

On December 2nd, 26-year-old Mario Woods was murdered execution style by 5 police officers who discharged 40 rounds, hitting Mario 20+ times. Chief Suhr stnds by this racist murder and refuses to hold his officers accountable. Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition will be holding a Townhall meeting at Joseph Lee Gym in the Bayview. Our purpose is to show the community the original footage of the murder of Our Brother Our Son Mario Woods. We will share with the community our demands: *Fire Chief Suhr or he resigns *The cops … Continued

For the fourth year Kenneth Harding Jr Foundation will represent San Francisco for FTP weekend, this year Kiss My Black Arts collective will be co-hosting. More details to come please check the event website. KHJF will donate coats and is asking for community help to provide lunches, other food and hygiene products.60620

We recognize that crucifixion is not a thing of the past–that God’s children all over the world are still being brutalized and killed because they draw attention to an unjust status quo, sometimes by their actions and often simply because of who they are. From Oakland to Ferguson to Honduras, the crucifixion continues. (And Christianity has been complicit in much of it.) The cross is not first and foremost a religious symbol; it is a symbol of state-sponsored and state-sanctioned terror. In the New Jim Crow America, the Body of … Continued

… making caregiving central  redirects economic and social policies towards survival, health and well-being – for every individual and for the planet which sustains us all. It puts caregiving at  the center so that the economy is at the service of human beings, not human beings at the service of the economy. This would transform all social and political decisions – economic growth, the length of the working day, technology, war….   London-based Selma James is an internationally known speaker, author & organizer. Founder of the Wages for Housework Campaign, … Continued

KPFA Community Input Meeting  Join the KPFA Community Advisory Board for a lively exchange among KPFA programmers, staff, activists, writers, artists, musicians and listeners from throughout the KPFA signal range. This is an opportunity to share conversations and proposals about how KPFA 94.1 FM and kpfa.org can address the issues that you and your organizations care about. Topics from past meetings have included coverage of escalating political, social, housing and racial injustice, economic and environmental issues, and representation of alternative culture.                                                               The Community Advisory Board wants to hear your ideas … Continued

BE THERE THIS SATURDAY — TEAM ASSIGNMENTS, TRAINING! WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS! Thousands of qualified voter signatures are required to put our Charter Amendment on the NOVEMBER BALLOT! BRING A FRIEND. TIME IS SHORT! We have only four weeks to gather thousands of VALID SIGNATURES. PETITIONS are being printed. We have petitions! Come to the Firemans Hall, 2027 Clement at 2:30 for training and start collecting signatures! #Stabilize Alameda!— Alameda Renters (@Alameda_Renters) March 25, 2016   60711

JOIN US FOR A SHIFT: MASS COPWATCHING · Friday March 11, 8 PM – 11 PM · Thursday March 17, 5 PM – 7 PM · Saturday March 26, 8 PM – 11 PM Since October 2015, Berkeley Copwatch has been holding “mass copwatch” events that invite folks to join us for a shift. It’s been fun and very empowering to have a group of copwatchers patrolling our city and on the scene when police stop people. This month we have three shifts scheduled. The Thursday shift will likely be … Continued

CodePink vs Killer Drones 3.27 to 4.2 SHUT DOWN CREECH Creech Air Force Base (“Creech” colloq.) is a United States Air Force (USAF) command and control facility used “to engage in daily Overseas Contingency Operations[7]…of remotely piloted aircraft systems which fly missions across the globe.”[8] In addition to an airport, the military installation has the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Battlelab,[9] associated aerial warfare ground equipment, and unmanned aerial vehicles of the type used in Afghanistan and Iraq  2 Vans headed to SHUT DOWN CREECH: Leaving from East Bay, funded by National CODEPINK Make Reservations … Continued

Join us to learn about fossil fuel resistance and climate justice action in our region. We welcome your participation and your voice! On Sunday, March 27, we’ll continue an exciting discussion on current and upcoming campaigns in Contra Costa County to counter fossil fuel industry expansion and develop local clean energy resources.  How can the Sunflower Alliance contribute to county-wide organizing?  RSVP 60698

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The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland.  On every last Sunday we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome. OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over four years! Our General Assembly is a … 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 … 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

Militarization of Mental Health and the Berkeley Police Case Study of the Death of Kayla Moore presented by Maria Moore (Sister to Kayla) In February of 2013, BPD forcibly entered the home of Kayla Moore, an African American transgender woman with mental illness. In this all-too-familar story, a friend called police for help at 11:30pm when he thought Kayla was having a mental health crisis. Once police arrived, they attempted to forcibly take Kayla Moore into custody. Face down on a futon with five cops on top of her, Kayla … Continued

OccupyForum // We had a last-minute cancellation, but we will meet, program will be a surprise (to us all!) OccupyForum presents Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! Q&A and Announcements will follow. Donations to OccupyForum to cover our costs are encouraged; no one turned away! 60730

Meetings held Mondays at 7:00 PM Excepting Monday March 7, when we will meet at 8:15 PM. Come one, come all! VOLUNTEER NOW!!! If you would like to go out on Copwatch shifts, work in our office, create art, become a Know Your Rights Trainer or help us out in other ways, WE NEED YOU! Send us an e-mail, subscribe to our email list, call our office or just come to our weekly meetings on Mondays, 2022 Blake Street, Berkeley or our weekly office hours on Wednesdays from 6:00pm – … Continued

Welcome to RightsCon Silicon Valley Preliminary session list. RightsCon is the world’s leading conference convened on the future of the internet. This year will see a bigger, brighter, and better RightsCon, more dynamic and outcome-oriented than ever before. Join us to shape the global conversation among human rights experts, business leaders, technologists, human rights experts, government representatives, investors, and advocates. Confirmed speakers Edward Snowden, David Kaye, Chris Riley, Nicole Wong, Salil Shetty, Nicole Karlebach, Uri Rosenthal, Eileen Donahoe, Esra’a Al Shafei, Yasmin Green, Cindy Cohn, Andrew McLaughlin, AND MORE. Up … Continued

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.60728

The janitorial industry has gone off the rails with economic exploitation, wage theft, harassment, and abuse. 25 years ago, janitors broke the silence to clean up the industruct. In 2016, we’re breaking the silence again to stop the sexual assault of immigrant women. We fight in the streets and at the bargaining table to stand up against economic exploitation. On Cesar Chavez Day, immigrant women janitors are joining immigrant women farm workers to say !Ya Basta! and put a stop to the rampant exploitation and sexual assault of immigrant women … Continued

We encourage all Oakland residents to attend the weekly No Coal in Oakland meeting. Up until its February 16th meeting, the position of a majority of Oakland City Council members on permitting coal shipment from the city’s port may have been in doubt. Even now the proposal remains on the table. But at that meeting, council members took concrete steps toward banning coal exports once and for all. Thanks to the efforts of Mayor Libby Schaff, local clergy, State Senator Loni Hancock, and community activists, the Council has signaled its … Continued

Why is fracking still allowed in our county? What can we do to ban it once and for all? Join Alameda County Against Fracking for a free film screening of Dear Governor Brown, a game-changing new film about Californians living with extreme oil. Learn how you can play a crucial role in banning fracking and extreme oil extraction in Alameda county, and how a victory here will turn the tide on California’s toxic past, present, and future. Film followed by discussion. RSVP   60699

Val Rosenfeld and Flor Fortunati present their book: “Voices of the Undocumented” Voices of the Undocumented brings to life the lives of people who have been forced to live in the shadows of this society because they have no legal status. These stories give a glimpse into the reality of the lives of the 11 million people who work and struggle to live in the U.S. who are subjected to deportation and exploitation. Nine immigrants tell their stories about their lives in Mexico, Peru, and Guatemala before coming here and … Continued