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Wells Fargo has almost half a billion dollars invested directly in DAPL. Join us in demanding that they withdraw their funding immediately. We will congregate at the steps of Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley at 8am, and march to the Wells Fargo on Shattuck. Wear blue, if you can. Please organize yourselves into affinity groups beforehand and bring signs. Know your rights. Come prepared to protest peacefully. See here for more information on affinity group formation and utility: https://libcom.org/files/Miscellaneous%20direct%20action%20guides.pdf On November 20th 2016 the police violently attacked peaceful water protectors … Continued

Mario Woods: We Shall Never Forget. Join us to Celebrate Our Son Our Brother’s Mario Woods life. It is time, it is past time, for the Community to Stand on the Right side of Justice. We will gather at 3:30 pm at MLK Park in the Bayview to march to the site where Mario was murdered by San Francisco Police Department. to start our Vigil and Celebration of Mario’s Life at 4:35 the time which Our Son Our Brother was pronounced dead. Come one Come All Power to the People … Continued

Celebrate the season with the Ecology Center at our upcoming open house holiday party. Get to know our neighbors and their friends, including the Sierra Club, League of Women Voters, SEEDS Community Resolution Center, and others while enjoying good music, tasty treats, 10% off purchases from Store during the party, and fun giveaways. We hope to see you there! We are also collecting warm coats for BOSS, and materials to send to Standing Rock in partnership with Victory Kitchen. Please bring cold weather sleeping bags (for temperatures below freezing), banners, … Continued

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` For those who do not know, Stephen Bannon is Donald Trump’s newly appointed Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor. He is a white supremacist: infamous for his Alt-Right website Breitbart News, and specifically for his racist, anti-LGBTQI, anti-immigrant, anti Semitic views and disrespect of women and people of color. The KKK and other hate groups celebrate his appointment. It is extremely dangerous to have this type of influence in the White House, and so close to the president-elect! It’s also very straightforward: it is preposterous to have someone who represents … Continued

STANDING ROCK OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE REGARDING ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ATTEMPT TO SHUT DOWN THE CAMP http://standwithstandingrock.net/army-corp-closes-public-access-oceti-sakowin-camp-dec-5th/ The Bernie Sanders Brigade invites you to join us for a Solidarity Vigil in support of the Oceti Sakowin Camp. Oceti Sakowin Camp is a unified emcampment of Water Protectors decidated to protecting the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s land and water against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Army Corp of Engineers has threatened to forcibly shut down the camp on December 5th. #NoDAPL We are calling for a national and international day of … Continued

A 24 Hour Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Standing Rock, coinciding with the recent eviction notice that the Water Protectors were issued. Taking to heart the ongoing requests from Water Protectors for us to pray together, we plan to hold vigil as they face these threats. Working with Ohlone leadership, this vigil will be held at the West Berkeley Shellmound, drawing the connection between justice in North Dakota and justice locally. This is a powerful time for us to come together, stronger than ever, in prayer and as relatives because we … Continued

The Howard Zinn Book Fair is an annual celebration of People’s History, Past Present and Future. We gather together authors, zinesters, bloggers and publishers for a day of readings, panel discussions and workshops exploring the value of dissident histories towards building a better future. In the spirit of the late historian Howard Zinn we recognize the stories of the ways that everyday people have risen to propose a world beyond empires big and small. Program Listing.62066

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library The New Path to Mumia’s Freedom A precedent-setting ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court provides the basis for a new legal action filed by Mumia Abu-Jamal, providing a path for the courts to overturn Mumia’s conviction and win his freedom. But we we can never forget the continuing importance of mass action to support Mumia’s legal case. Gerald Smith will discuss Mumia’s case to date, Mary McIlroy will discuss the latest in the effort to free Leonard Peltier, and Ricardo Ortiz will bring us … Continued

Legal Observers work to insure that protesters’ right to express their political views are not violated by law enforcement. They do not participate in protests or actions, instead documenting law enforcements’ interactions with protesters. We need LOs now more than ever. Get trained by civil rights attorney EmilyRose Johns, connect with other organizers and legal observers, and learn how you can put your legal knowledge to work to protect freedom of assembly and expression. This training is FREE, but please register via EventBrite so that we can track how many … Continued

This talk will discuss lessons from a grassroots working-class climate organizing effort, and how patriarchy and racism intersect with capitalism to perpetuate the climate crisis. Lara and Paul Messersmith-Glavin, the presenters, are members of the Institute for Anarchist Studies collective, editors of the IAS’s annual and on-line journal Perspectives on Anarchist Theory and organizers with the Hella 503 Collective in Portland, Oregon. This talk is part of the Howard Zinn Book Fair 62065

Now is the time to get organized. Join Socialist Alternative in Berkeley for a public meeting discussing how we can build the resistance against Trump. Trump’s white nationalist rhetoric has already led to a rise in attacks on Muslims, immigrants, women and LGBTQ people. We need to fight against discrimination in all its forms and defend each other. This has begun with mass protests in the streets. But Trump is also dangerous because he is a billionaire looking to deregulate financial institutions and line the pockets of rich shareholders. Come … Continued

The next Post Salon will discuss two important question: What would a Public Bank mean for Oakland, and how should Oakland go about picking a new schools’ superintendent? A Public Bank operates in the public interest, rather than operating to generate short-term profits for shareholders. North Dakota has a public bank. Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, and other communities are looking at creating them. Speakers will look at: What is a Public bank? Why does it matter? Can we get one in Oakland? Second, the city’s superintendent is leaving in February, … Continued

Luisella Preciado -From the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center, Chiapas Luisella Preciado is a human rights defender and attorney with the FrayBa Human Rights Center in Chiapas, Mexico. There, Ms. Precido accompanies indigenous peoples fighting for their rights as autonomous, self-determining communities. She will speak on on-going Indigenous peoples’ struggles for autonomy and rights in Chiapas and other parts of Mexico. In Spanish with English interpretation. Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/361188807568719/ 62098

Apparently cancelled. C.f. http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article118694613.html SEIU LOCAL 1000, California State employees are conducting a 1 day strike on December 5, 2016. Grab a picket sign and march @ 1515 Clay Street (State bldg) Oakland or 111 Grand Ave (Caltrans).62075

Free Mumia Abu Jamal — with Gerald Smith A precedent-setting ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court provides the basis for a new legal action filed by Mumia Abu-Jamal, providing a path for the courts to overturn Mumia’s conviction and win his freedom. But we we can never forget the continuing importance of mass action to support Mumia’s legal case. Gerald Smith will discuss Mumia’s case to date62108

Candlelight vigil for #OaklandFire on Mon, 12/5, 8-10pm at the Lake Merritt Pergola – 599 El Embarcadero.— mary mad (@marymad) December 4, 2016 62100

Emission caps on pollution from oil refineries—greenhouse gases, toxic gases (NOx and SOx), and dangerous particulate matter are crucial not only for protecting our health and safety and the planet, but for preventing the Bay Area from becoming a major outlet for tar sands crude oil.  Refining tar sands crude produces much higher levels of both health-harming air pollution and greenhouse gases.  With a cap on refinery emissions in place, a tsunami of tar sands into Bay Area refineries could be effectively prevented. The Refinery Emissions Cap (Rule 12-16) is so … Continued

Join us tomorrow in Oakland for a rally and press conference in support of the CA Values Act, an omnibus state bill that would prohibit local law enforcement, school police, and other state agencies from getting in the business of deportations. The CA Values Act will: • Keep California law enforcement out of painful deportations. • Make sure California plays no part in creating any kind of national registry to profile Muslims or other groups at risk of discrimination. • Bolster confidentiality practices at state agencies so immigrants can continue … Continued

Through interviews with media luminaries, cognitive linguists, grassroots activist groups such as: Noam Chomsky, Steve Rendall, Jeff Cohen, Eric Boehlert, George Lakoff, STOP RUSH, Hear Yourself Think, Claire Conner, and others, Jen Senko’s “Brainwashing” unravels the plan to shift the country to the right over the last 30 years, largely through media manipulation. The result has led to fewer voices, less diversity of opinion, massive intentional misinformation, and greater division of our country. For more info:http://www.thebrainwashingofmydad.com/trailer Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Ctee as part of our Conscientious Projector series. … Continued

Join Alan Haber for a free-form discussion about the state of the movement for justice — where we’ve been and where we’re going. Alan founded Long Haul in 1979 and is returning to the “scene of the crime.” In 1960 he founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Topics may include –history of the long haul –some comments on SDS –Alan’s decades of work regarding the Israeli/Palestinian conflict –Modern organization Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS) For more event information: http://www.thelonghaul.org62090

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#NODAPL Standing Rock Benefit. Omni Oakland Commons. Dec. 9th at 8pm. The Wyatt Act. Taller Bombalele. Banda Sin Nombre. @MissionDelirium pic.twitter.com/6b55goAaFT— GuinevereQ (@GuinevereQ) November 29, 2016 62078

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DSA, the Democratic Socialists of America, has seen a massive influx of new members in the few weeks since the election. Here in the East Bay and across the country thousands of people have committed to building a left alternative that demands material improvements in our lives. DSA is dedicated to fighting for single-payer healthcare, tuition-free college, a living wage for all workers, and an end to white supremacy. We are coming together to oppose the emboldened right wing, protect our targeted brothers and sisters, and build a future that … Continued

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On the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution: Humanism vs. fascism, opposing capitalism then and now Hailed by Martin Luther King, Jr., Hungarian revolutionaries in 1956 not only created a new form of direct democracy in Workers’ Councils but raised Marx’s humanism as freedom from Communism. “The goal of human development, the form of human society,” which Marx had warned is not communism, took center stage against the single-party-state. Today various forms of humanism, from Black Lives Matter to Prisoners’ Human Rights Movement, also project humanism as an answer to … 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!  Alan Haber, SDS: The Port Huron Statement, Occupy, and a Blueprint for Action    In the 50 years since its initial publication, Tom Hayden has attracted the bulk of media attention surrounding the Port Huron Statement. He wrote much of the original text and served as its high-profile articulator and leader of its execution. But it’s the lesser-known Robert Alan (Al) Haber who … Continued

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This workshop for APTP comrades supports the resilience and wellbeing of front line change-makers, justice seekers, organizers, and activists. Together we will explore: • How to keep alive and vital that place within us where the motivation to work for social change arises • How to not only “keep on keeping on,” but to keep on in a way that is transformative for us as individuals, for the organization, the movement, and the community • How to stay connected to the larger vision and purpose that inspires, uplifts, and sustains … Continued

“Faulty Towers: Where do we go from here in contingent academic labor organizing?”  By Jessica Lawless, who is a former adjunct professor and current organizer for SEIU 1021’s Northern California Faculty Forward Campaign. This is part of the Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meeting.  The talk will be preceded by introductions and a short business meeting. This will be OLWA’s last meeting for 2016.62118

Casino San Pablo makes millions. Its workers are struggling to get out of poverty. This holiday season, stand with them! Casino San Pablo made $263 million* in FY 2014-15. But its workers make as little as $11 per hour – less than the minimum wage in nearby towns like Richmond, El Cerrito and Oakland. And the Casino’s proposed raise for its lowest-paid workers in 2017 is just 22 cents per hour! State labor laws don’t apply at the Casino, so workers are denied many of the basic rights that other … Continued

Take action here! Urban Shield is a regional, national and global weapons exposition and SWAT training. It is funded by the Department of Homeland Security via the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department. Every year, local police, fire and health departments from cities all over the Bay Area (and a few foreign countries) come together to perform drills and practices throughout the region, all mandated to have a nexus to terrorism. By focusing the majority of the training given to local departments on extremely violent responses, Urban Shield immerses local SWAT teams … Continued

Hear from a delegation from the Marin County Task Force that traveled from the San Francisco Bay Area to to participate at the US-Mexican Border to raise issues of immigration justice: (1) participate in a national convergence at the border to highlight the militarization of the southern border and the U.S.-sponsored militarization of Central American borders, and the human rights crisis of an unjust immigration system (2) support maquiladora workers, highlight the failures of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in protecting workers rights and demonstrate the dangers of … Continued

Eyewitness Aleppo: Journalist Eva Bartlett Reports from Her Experience on the Ground: Independent Canadian journalist Eva Bartlett, newly arrived from Syria, will report on her experiences in Aleppo and elsewhere in Syria, as will Gerry Condon, US Veterans for Peace VP and member of the US Peace Council Delegation to Syria. You will definitely hear much that you have not heard elsewhere, and perhaps question what you think you know about Syria. Eva lived in Gaza for three years and was one of the few western reporters present during the … Continued

Take action here! Urban Shield is a regional, national and global weapons exposition and SWAT training. It is funded by the Department of Homeland Security via the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department. Every year, local police, fire and health departments from cities all over the Bay Area (and a few foreign countries) come together to perform drills and practices throughout the region, all mandated to have a nexus to terrorism. By focusing the majority of the training given to local departments on extremely violent responses, Urban Shield immerses local SWAT teams … Continued

We have received word from Manny’s attorney that this court appearance is important and that support in the audience is very likely to influence the judge! Manny was arrested in Burlingame at the Anti Trump demonstrations outside the Hyatt Hotel. (Remember in the Spring when Trump was so scared by demonstrators he had to sneak in through the back??) He has been fighting his charges ever since! We realize the peninsula is out of the normal area that we usually call for folks to give support, however, it would really … Continued

Standing Rock water protectors still urgently need our help.  Efforts continue in our own backyard to encourage divestment from Citibank, that perpetual bad actor and financial ringleader of the global investors bankrolling the Dakota Access Pipeline.  Because Energy Transfer Partners plans to go ahead with pipeline construction under the Missouri River despite the Army Corps of Engineers permit denial, it is more important than ever to stop the financing for this pipeline. Without investors, this project simply cannot move forward. Join us on Saturday, December 17th at Citibank branches across … Continued

East Bay Anarchist Conversation and Book Event This year’s theme is Community: for good or ill. For anarchists the idea of community represents both an ideal and a practice. The ideal community is either explicitly anarchist, one that concerns itself with an anti-authoritarian rigor, challenging culturally normative standards like beauty, heterosexuality, diet, and bigotry or it is a broader group that allows anarchists to live within it, and listens to their concerns. The practice for anarchists, by and large, is identical to that of our neighbors— isolation, slavery to job … Continued

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March in the streets with homies & comrades: America was never great. It has always been a country where indigenous, black, brown, migrant, queer and trans folks y muchos más have been systematically exploited and attacked by the police, the state and fascists. This has been the colonial tradition of America. With the rise of yet another fascist as president on stolen land, the threat to our lives and communities deepens and we need to defend ourselves and each other, together, with all the love & rage that we feel. … Continued

Speakers & Video Clips from the powerful documentary Tales of the Grim Sleeper on the serial murders of Black women in LA Vigil: Candlelit Procession Time to Remember and Honor those Lost Potluck: Fellowship Following the Vigil Please bring a dish to share Alcohol-free event Focus: The focus of the event is to honor those who have been affected by violence and as a fundraiser in support of the Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders who have been organizing to get justice for the victims and families and to erect … Continued

Hey there everyone, we are all in mourning over the terrible tragedy of the Ghost Ship Fires this past weekend, and if you’re like us and want to help out, we’ll be holding a Fundraiser. Doors @ 7pm Performances from: Zack Bateman and The Coal Minds Blatherskite Toxic Shock Syndrome Georgia Sam Mykee Ramen (Solo) and LunaSol Music Hosted by Kylo Montez (Of Animation KO… and stuff) 21+ We will also have Vegan Baked goods for sale from Sonni Marina Echeverria-Corzan, Original art from Jessica Sun Lee, and some spinnin’ … Continued

We normally have a meal before GA on the last Sunday of the month, but this month that would be on Xmas Day, so we are having our fress a little early. We’ll cook something inedible to but us in a sour mood for the Electoral College vote Monday, the 19th. The last Sunday of every month attendees of the OO GA will get together a little earlier than usual, at 2 PM (3 PM pn the summer) to share some food with each others and the community.  There should … Continued

Harvey Wasserman co-wrote THE STRIP & FLIP SELECTION OF 2016 (with Bob Fitrakis), soon to become THE STRIP & FLIP DISASTER OF AMERICA’S STOLEN ELECTIONS: FIVE JIM CROWS & ELECTRONIC ELECTION THEFT at www.freepress.org and www.solartopia.org Funny things will happen on the way to the Trumpocalypse. We will fight like hell. We will win a few (already the TPP). And we’ll never lose, because it’s never over til it’s over. We will also take California (and then the world) to Solartopia, because we have no choice. At this gathering we’ll … Continued

Take action here! Urban Shield is a regional, national and global weapons exposition and SWAT training. It is funded by the Department of Homeland Security via the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department. Every year, local police, fire and health departments from cities all over the Bay Area (and a few foreign countries) come together to perform drills and practices throughout the region, all mandated to have a nexus to terrorism. By focusing the majority of the training given to local departments on extremely violent responses, Urban Shield immerses local SWAT teams … Continued

* Come dressed for holiday cheer and spirited solstice salutations! * The Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty calls upon all of us, but especially women, to conduct a direct action to stop harming Mother Earth on every solstice and equinox. Treaty sisters are working with Friends of the Earth, United States (FOE) to call on all our relatives to join us for this winter solstice action! Friends of the Earth collected more than 30,000 signatures demanding that financial institutions divest from funding DAPL. We will be … 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! ANOTHER STOLEN ELECTION ON THE WAY TO SOLARTOPIA? With Harvey Wasserman Funny things will happen on the way to the Trumpocalypse. We will fight like hell.  We will win a few (already the TPP). And we’ll never lose, because it’s never over till it’s over. We will also take California (and then the world) to Solartopia, because we have no choice. At this … Continued

Federal Judge Alsup will hear the case of United States Post Office v City of Berkeley wherein the Postal Service is suing Berkeley for passing a Zoning Ordinance for its historic district (which includes the Post Office) which prevents commercial uses of the properties therein. “If you are able, please be there. Tony Rossmann [Berkeley’s lawyer in the original lawsuit challenging the sale back in 2014-2015] reminds us that it’s important Judge Alsup know that there is still strong community concern about Berkeley’s Main Post Office.” Berkeley Post Office Defenders, … Continued

TODAY! 12pm 850Btyant rain or shine #Mothersfightingpoliceterror @GeorgeGascon #ProsecuteOrElse @FleshmanKaren @Tysonamir @HipHop4Justice pic.twitter.com/by9snAmuJn— Justice4MarioWoods (@Justice4MWNow) December 9, 2016 62192

NO! In the name of humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America! Donald Trump, the President-elect, is assembling a regime of grave danger. New Year’s Eve must be marked by outdoor protests and candlelight vigils, gatherings of defiance. No Fascist New Year! We Say NO to Trump and Pence!” From there, waves of decentralized protests must spread across the country, different organizations and communities acting in their own ways but with the unified theme of “No! The word must appear on walls, on shirts, on social media, on television, … Continued