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Sanctuary: Caminando Hacia la Libertad is a 2-day convening that serves to strengthen and organize people of faith in our sanctuary work across California to respond in an increasingly dangerous climate for immigrant communities in 2018. Join us to learn tools and best practices to create a more prophetic path towards liberation, caminando hacia la libertad, where all can live with dignity and wholeness. Click Here For Program Details Cost: We encourage everyone to attend both days of the convening, but have provided options if you are only able to … Continued

We need to raise our voices against they key actors who are carrying out Trump’s family separation order: ICE and U.S. Attorneys. ICE apprehends and separates families while US Attorneys enforce the separation in legal proceedings. We need to stand up against this incompetence and the moral abomination of family separation. We’re excited to be partnering with the National Domestic Workers Alliance, MomsRising, United We Dream, MoveOn and many others to hold family-friendly rallies across the country. Bring your friends, wheel your stroller on over, grab your lunch boxes, and … Continued

Join us for a National Day of Action for Children event on Friday, June 1st to tell the Trump Administraiton that families belong together! We’ll hear from kids, parents, and local leaders, and demand that the Trump Administration stop separating children from their families, and protect the well-being of all children — no exceptions. National Domestic Workers Alliance Children are being taken from their families, kept in separate facilities, unsure of when or if they’ll be reunited. This is the result of the cruel, new family separation policy that Donald … Continued

Christian fascist preacher Franklin Graham is coming to Berkeley on June 1st to hold his “Decision America California Tour” at Cesar Chavez Park. Billed as a religious revival, this is about mobilizing a blind, obedient, and fervent fascist social base for the Trump/Pence regime. And the tour stop in Berkeley delivers the message that Berkeley – and all who stand up to fascist authority – are in the cross hairs of fascist America. We must oppose Graham and the whole regime! https://www.facebook.com/notes/refuse-fascism-bay-area/protest-franklin-grahams-fascism-america-tour/463405274099518/64766

Sanctuary: Caminando Hacia la Libertad is a 2-day convening that serves to strengthen and organize people of faith in our sanctuary work across California to respond in an increasingly dangerous climate for immigrant communities in 2018. Join us to learn tools and best practices to create a more prophetic path towards liberation, caminando hacia la libertad, where all can live with dignity and wholeness. Click Here For Program Details Cost: We encourage everyone to attend both days of the convening, but have provided options if you are only able to … Continued

Press release here. On Saturday, June 2, SWers and our allies will be standing up for justice all over the country. Join us at Oscar Grant Plaza in Downtown Oakland, CA to make the voices & needs of our Bay Area communities loud & visible: Sex Worker Justice Now! (Allies wanted & welcome) We are protesting, rallying & marching with the following goals in mind: 1/ To make more Bay Area residents & local media aware of the systematic violence against sex workers: • Repercussions of FOSTA/SESTA legislation • Police … Continued

New rally flyer for June 2 by @BayProsSupport -please retweet! pic.twitter.com/leDQnI6grK— Maxine Holloway (@MaxineHolloway) May 6, 2018 Sponsored by Bay Area Pros Support & St. James Infirmary @BayProsSupport for more info. 64676

The Peace and Freedom Party presents Socialism and Elections: 2018 From the Peace and Freedom Party Platform: “Our goals cannot be achieved by electoral means alone. We support mass organization, direct action, a militant labor movement, and establishment of alternative institutions.” And when we vote, we honor the memory of Medgar Evers and other Civil Rights martyrs. So come to our forum and let’s do it right. Mary McIlroy, Co-Chair of the Alameda County Peace and Freedom Party and Movement will lead our discussion of the June 5 ballot, candidates … Continued

Save People’s Park UCB Using “Housing Crisis” to Doze People’s Park. • City of Berkeley told UC to LIMIT ENROLLMENT. • UCB creates housing crisis by Uping Enrollment. Build elsewhere in Berkeley, Save our greenspace, Save People’s Park! If UCB gets their way, Berkeley will be covered with high-rises and hotels and the legacy of Berkeley’s historic contributions to the Free Speech, Anti War, and Community Democracy reduced to a bronze plaque. Don’t let that Happen! • The Spirit of Democracy Lives on in People’s Park. • The natural beauty … Continued

Please join us for our regular biweekly meeting of the Sunflower Alliance. We’ll discuss ongoing campaigns and plans for the future. Newcomers and old friends welcome — we need your participation and your voice.64656

Interested in local politics? Have you heard about the Democratic Socialists and wanted to find out more? Are you looking for a way to be involved in your community? Come learn about the Democratic Socialists of America, San Francisco. Hear about our projects, our ballot measure, and ways that you can get involved. A better world is possible!64762

with Margaret Prescod, Pierre Labossiere, Devonte Jackson, Walter Riley, Leslie Mullin. A report back of a recent delegation to Haiti with activists from Haiti Action Committee, BAJI-Oakland, and Global Women’s Strike. Come hear about the unbreakable resistance of the people of Haiti, who persevere in the face of US-orchestrated coups, stolen elections, violent repression and natural disasters worsened by corporate greed and government corruption. Eyewitness accounts of the first graduation ceremony at the University of the Aristide Foundation [UniFA]; community education through radio; local food production; and grassroots mobilizations against … Continued

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   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 for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

oin the Poor People’s Campaign in week four of its series of national actions to spark a radical revolution of values.  Californians will meet in Sacramento to participate in a national day of nonviolent direct action for health care and against ecological devastation.  You don’t have to risk arrest to join this action.  The Poor People’s Campaign is working for a Radical Revolution of Values, continuing the work Martin Luther King started in launching the Poor People’s Campaign 50 years ago.  The campaign was intended to turn his dream, our dream, … Continued

OccupyForum presents Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! OccupyForum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! Historical Context, United States Decline, and the Corporate-Owned Media We will examine the United States’ attempts to prevent its Global Hegemonic decline and the implications of that effort by situating United States foreign policy within “Historical Context.” The United States’ post-war Global Hegemony is rapidly declining partly because of its geo-political overreach as well as the rise of “Contender States” that are challenging that hegemony. However, the corporate-owned … Continued

Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82809764186?pwd=eWtjcXlsKzU1QkdSdk5xOUxseFl0Zz09 Meeting ID: 828 0976 4186 If you wish to get the password please subscribe to the Oscar Grant Committee mailing list by sending an email to: oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality. The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to … Continued

Meet local author Nancy Schimmel, who will discuss her work and read from her book, Occupella: Singing in the Lifeboats. About the Book: An account of the first year of Occupella, an activist song-leading group that grew out of song circles at Occupy Oakland and Occupy Berkeley formed by five professional singer-songwriters in 2011. Occupella is still busy leading songs at rallies, marches and meetings.. About the Author: Nancy Schimmel is a veteran of the sixties peace movement and the women’s movement. her songs have been sung by Pete Seeger, Sally Rogers, … Continued

For 22 years East Bay Food Not Bombs has been providing free food to the public in People’s Park and various locations in Oakland, AND bringing food to protests and encampments. Our message: you’re not poor and homeless because you suck, it’s because a sick society prioritizes war and greed over basic human needs. Free soup for the Revolution!64684

The Privacy Advisory Commission provides advice to the City of Oakland on best practices to protect Oaklanders’ privacy rights in connection with the City’s purchase and use of surveillance equipment and other technology that collects or stores our data. Agenda: 4. 5:15pm: Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – Oakland Department of Transportation/Vendor use of UAV/Drones. Review and take possible action on use policy and anticipated impact report. 5. 5:25pm: Illegal Dumping Project – a) staff update on project and District Attorney direct monitoring of video; b) discuss Surveillance Equipment Ordinance compliance next steps. 6. 5:30pm: … Continued

We are holding the event at OneFam Cafe to additionally highlight the tragic story being repeated too often across the City: Black people being pushed out of Oakland. Tony Coleman has been fighting to hold onto his 7th street spot. So we’ll show him some love and hear how we can support before diving into the evening’s topic. This campaign is committed to building our platform in partnership with the community. We don’t want to reinvent the wheel. We want to uplift the amazing progressive grassroots work that is already … Continued

KPFA Radio 94.1FM & Project Censored present Advance Tickets at: Books Inc/Berkeley,  Pegasus (3 sites), Moe’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Mrs. Dalloway’s. East Bay Books   Wheelchair access Medea Benjamin, one of America’s best-known and most effective  activists,co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange, is the author of Drone Warfare and Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S—Saudi Connection. In 2012 she was awarded the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation’s Peace Prize,  and in 2014 the Gandhi Peace Award.   Now Medea has written the first general-audience progressive  book on Iran’s history and politics, recounting Iran’s history from … Continued

There will be an informal get-together to celebrate: – The awesome lawsuit victory in United State Postal Service v. City of Berkeley, validating Berkeley’s Historic District Zoning Overlay Ordinance! – The long and so-far successful struggle to keep Berkeley’s historic and culturally important downtown Post Office preserved and operating! We will gather on JUNE 8TH, 2018 at (where else?) THE SIDEWALK AND STEPS OF THE DOWNTOWN BERKELEY POST OFFICE, at 5:00 PM. The principal gastronomic experience will be provided, while you’all are encouraged to bring your very own dishes, desserts … Continued

The West Oakland Community clinic offers donation based holistic healing modalities monthly, on the second Saturday. We are committed to creating a safe space and affordable (even free) massage therapy and other therapies and services to those most marginalized in the community. This month we will have: Massage Therapy of various styles Energy work Cranialsacral Australian Osteopathy Narcan Kit training and Harm reduction (4 Pm- pick up kits anytime) We always have a free VEGAN hot Meal. There are other various donations at times- e.g traditional chinese medicine supplements. You … Continued

Mark your calendar and register on Eventbrite! pic.twitter.com/cBuCfwEVVk— Coalition for Police Accountability (@oakcopoversight) May 23, 2018 64735

June 9, 2018: 2-5pm RSVP for location https://www.surjbayarea.org/events/immigrant-solidarity-rapid-response-training Join the Immigrant Liberation Movement and the Alameda County Immigration Legal and Education Partnership for a special solidarity training for immigrant freedom and justice in the East Bay. The need to unify in support of migrants and their families is greater than any time in recent memory. Participants will train in documenting and monitoring ICE activity in real time, learn how to accompany immigrant families impacted by ICE raids and other ways to strengthen existing local immigrant defense and rapid response capacity. … Continued

Free Food – Live Bands & Performances OneFam and Bikes 4 Life have a rich history, but they are facing eviction unless we unite to defend it. OneFam, located in West Oakland, is a community-based organization that utilizes a series of for-profit social enterprise businesses to support its non-profit mission. OneFam started years ago with Bikes 4 Life. It has since grown to include the other units on the property: the 7th Street Rev Cafe, and other land subleased for gardening projects. The goals of OneFam are as follows: — … Continued

This spring, teachers and other school workers in predominantly right-to-work “red” states organized together and struck for more education funding in confrontations with their state governments. They won unprecedented gains. What can we – in a “blue” state with collective bargaining rights like California – learn from their experiences? What challenges lie ahead? Join us for this critical discussion with key leaders and activists from West Virginia, Kentucky, and Arizona. Speakers: Rebecca Garelli – Middle School Math and Science Educator; Arizona Educators United Lead Organizer Tia Edison – Elementary School … Continued

Meet Local Author Lise Pearlman, who will discuss her work and read from her newest book. About the Book: Call Me Phaedra: The Life and Times of Movement Lawyer Fay Stender provides an inside view of activism during the McCarthy Era, the Civil Rights Movement, Free Speech Era, the rise of black power, and the Women’s Rights Movement. It chronicles the extraordinary life and career of Fay Stender, focused particularly on her work as a rare female criminal defense lawyer and ground-breaking prisoners’ rights advocate. The book focuses on Stender’s achievements … Continued

   Russia in the 20th century was the site of enormous upheavals   the Bolshevik Revolution, the massive industrialization, the Great Patriotic War, the Cold War, the breakup of the Soviet Union, and the Yeltsin era.  The Putin presidency (2000-present) poses particularly difficult political and theoretical problems for imperialists and Marxists alike.  to review imperialism’s (U.S.) incessant lying attacks on ex-USSR/Putin, see this source; https://consortiumnews.com/2018/02/06/understanding-russia-un-demonizing-putin For 30 years Sharon Tennison, with high marks for her work in particular by some Leftists, talked to Soviets/Russians and U.S. Americans to try to bring … Continued

On Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the MCLI office at 1715 Francisco Street, Berkeley, CA 94703. MCLI will be hosting a Potluck/BBQ. This will be a casual event and we encourage all MCLI supporters to come and bring friends, family, and colleagues. This will be a great opportunity to socialize with friends and to meet the new board members and leadership, learn about new and ongoing work, and eat great food with others who care about human rights. RSVP AT 510-355-701064776

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   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 for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

We document current events, make films together, steward an editing suite and share a film equipment library. We also host film screenings, often with local directors, and put on an annual short film festival for independent Bay Area filmmakers. Our goal is to make the digital filmmaking accessible – no overpriced college degree or certificate program required! We are also a good group to reach out to if you’d like to screen a film at the Omni. We can be reached at liberatedlens@lists.riseup.net We usually meet in the basement, unless … 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 projects! Presenting debt and inequality related topics at forums, workshops and in radio productions. Promoting single-payer / Medicare … Continued

EVERYBODY’S GOT A RIGHT TO LIVE: Education, Living Wages, Jobs, Income, Housing. ** RVSP http://bit.ly/PPCwk5 ** WEEK 5 of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. We are creating a Radical Revolution of Values by undertaking mass, nationally coordinated, civil disobedience, for six straight weeks. 12:30pm @ Rally and Direct Action launch at West Capitol steps ————————————————————— 50 years ago, Dr. MLK Jr. started the Poor People’s Campaign to spark a radical revolution of values across the nation. The campaign was intended to turn his dream, our dream, into … Continued

Come build a sanctuary neighborhood with your neighbors! Learn how to defend your rights and community from ICE in your workplace, school, congregation or home. This workshop will include: – Know Your Rights training and how to practice your rights – Resources specific for workers, employers, educators, students & faith groups to practice sanctuary – What a sanctuary neighborhood is and tips & practices on how to organize your neighborhood – Networking with others in your neighborhood – Lawyers available for legal consultations for additional hour after the workshop (7:30 … Continued

David Graeber discussing the subject of his new book Bullshit Jobs from Simon and Schuster From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs, and their consequences. Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After a million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer. There are millions … 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

Let’s get organized against the housing market. Come through! ———- We are a group of Bay Area tenants who are fed up with rising rents, evictions, and harassment at the hands of landlords. We are fed up with our neighbors having no option but to live unsheltered and at constant risk of police harassment. We want to stop landlords, developers, and cops from looting our communities. A council is a group of tenants who work together to wield collective power against a shared landlord in order to improve their conditions. … Continued

KPFA Radio 94.1FM and Marcus Books present Advance tickets:  Marcus Books, Books Inc/Berkeley, Pegasus (3 sites), Moe’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Mrs. Dalloway’s, East Bay Books  What happens to the black boys who come of age in neglected, heavily policed, and economically desperate cities that the War on Drugs and mass incarceration have created? How do they learn to live, love, and grow up? Where should they turn when history rejects their very existence? Darnell explores these questions in NO ASHES IN THE FIRE. When Darnell Moore was fourteen years old, three … Continued

The trial of the Berkeley 5 started today, with three witnesses for the prosecution, a cop, a fireman, and the neo-fascist Quillinan (see details below), who will take the stand again tomorrow morning. The trial is expected to last at least through the rest of the week, and possibly into early next week. Please come out and support our antifascist comrades again tomorrow, Thursday, June 14, 9am, in Department 109 at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse at 661 Washington Street (at 7th Street) in Oakland. 64794

The SF Board of Supervisors’ Public Safety & Neighborhood Services Committee will hold a hearing on the injunctions. The City Attorney, Public Defender, District Attorney, and SFPD will testify. We need a strong showing of public support and as many people as possible to give public comment. The hearing will be held at 4 pm to allow more community members to attend. Share this event widely!  Meet beginning at 3:00 PM. We need to let this committee know that gang injunctions should have never been implemented. If you can’t make it to the … Continued

Come to learn the strategic details! o   We will be discussing preparing going to meet with supervisors64810

FREE film Screening of MAJOR! Documentary about the life and activism of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a formerly incarcerated Black transgender elder and activist. We will be joined by Janetta Johnson, Executive Director of the Transgender, Gender-Variant and Intersex Justice Project (TGI Justice Project). Entry is free and first-come, first-served for the first 60 people. We will also be fundraising for TGI Justice Project. Please bring cash if you’d like to donate. More information here https://www.surjbayarea.org/events/major-screening-and-fundraiser-for-tgi-justice-project There are two entrances to Sierra Club Office building on Webster and 21st both of … Continued

Hey @arstechnica fans!Our next Ars Live in #Oakland on June 13 at 7pm, with my triumphant return to the Eli's stage! We’re breaking format this time to have @Annaleen and I interview each other about our books, AUTONOMOUS, and HABEAS DATA. Both will be for sale at the event!— Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar) May 31, 2018 64763

Photo: KPIX News Join an ongoing discussion of  ideas and strategies at the next meeting of the community group working to end the increasing coal exports from the Levin-Richmond terminal.  There have been recent, exciting developments on this front, including a new ordinance proposed by the mayor requiring containment of open piles of coal and pet coke.  The ordinance was approved at the May 22 Richmond City Council meeting.  There are many more steps to be taken, so come take part in the strategizing. Thanks to the falling price of … Continued

BLACK LIVES MATTER 2.0 PRESENTS: There will be workships on Police HORROR, public safety and security. There will be training on NLG Legal Observer Program – National Lawyers Guild. There will be workshops and discussions concerning American Dreamers and homeless individuals. Stop Gun Violence Now! All are welcome to bring your tents, grills and food.  64808

The trial of the Berkeley 5 started today, with three witnesses for the prosecution, a cop, a fireman, and the neo-fascist Quillinan (see details below), who will take the stand again tomorrow morning. The trial is expected to last at least through the rest of the week, and possibly into early next week. Please come out and support our antifascist comrades again tomorrow, Thursday, June 14, 9am, in Department 109 at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse at 661 Washington Street (at 7th Street) in Oakland. 64794

TONIGHT, we will speak in San Francisco about the US government’s infamous attempt to deport Harry Bridges. Bridges was a labor leader who in the 1930s led the strike that resulted in longshoremen up and down the West Coast being unionized. As a result, the United States spent the next two decades trying to deport him. After four separate trials, and two Supreme Court opinions, they failed, and Bridges eventually became a naturalized citizen. I am joining Peter Afrasiab, who authored  Burning Bridges: America’s 20-Year Crusade to Deport Labor Leader … Continued

Are you eager to power your home with clean electricity? At the same price (or less!) than PG&E, you finally can. East Bay Community Energy, Alameda’s Community Choice Energy provider, is already serving commercial customers in Alameda County. Residential customers will automatically be enrolled this fall. Learn about your choices as a customer, how this energy program advances climate mitigation and environmental justice efforts, and how you can get involved as an advocate for community choice energy. Light snacks and beverages provided. Please RSVP.64742

JOIN US TO DEMAND AN END TO FAMILY SEPARATION AND DETENTION MoveOn members across the country are joining Families Belong Together events on Thursday, June 14, to oppose the cruel, inhumane, and unjustified separation of children from their parents at U.S. borders. Communities are seeing the devastating and lasting effects this policy could have and are ready to speak out. This day of action was planned by local activists across the country, not a national organization, because they know families can’t wait. Action is needed now. Under this Trump administration … Continued

Safety Is… Rethinking Violence Using a Restorative Justice Lens The Ella Baker Center will host a panel discussion and planning session where community members can engage with advocates on how we can re-envision safety. The panel discussion will be followed by small group facilitated action planning. Dinner will be provided. Moderated by David Muhammad, Executive Director of National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform. Panelists include: Reverend Daniel Buford (Berkeley Organizing Congregations for Action), John Jones III (Community and Political Engagement Director, East Oakland Black Cultural Zone) and Jessica Travenia (Development … Continued

The Follow-up meeting to Caring For Our Community – Responding to the Houseless is Thursday evening. So often the message to the homeless seems to be top down. The last meeting included a panel of homeless people who responded to the question of what are their most immediate needs. The responses included: access to bathrooms (or porta potties), drinkable water, showers, food, a place to store their belongings, pick-up of trash, a place to be (evictions, raids, towing of vehicles) Agenda: 2nd Street eviction of houseless people, closure 9th Street … Continued

The New Rulers Of The World (2001) is a documentary about how the US, UK, Dutch Neo-Colonial Corporations plotted General Suharto’s removal in 1966 of the first elected President of Indonesia, Sukarno, who had ruled from 1959 – 1966. It analyzes the corporate globalization economy and reveals that the divisions between the rich and poor have never been greater. The film turns the spotlight on the “new rulers of the world,” the great multinational corporations running governments that back them via the IMF, the World Bank, and the World Trade … Continued

KPFA Radio 94.1 FM & Marcus Books present Michael Eric Dyson is one of America’s premier public intellectuals. The author of last year’s outstanding bestseller, “Tears We Cannot Stop,” Dyson is University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University, a frequent contributor to the New York Times, and an editor of The New Republic. Ebony magazine named him one of America’s 100 most influential African-Americans. In addition, Dyson is a uniqely outstanding public speaker, employing exceptionally deep knowledge with a talent for Immediacy, terrific wit, and an extraordinarily rich voice. His new book, What Truth Sounds Like: RFK, James … Continued

BLACK LIVES MATTER 2.0 PRESENTS: There will be workships on Police HORROR, public safety and security. There will be training on NLG Legal Observer Program – National Lawyers Guild. There will be workshops and discussions concerning American Dreamers and homeless individuals. Stop Gun Violence Now! All are welcome to bring your tents, grills and food.  64808

“Divest From War” is an action-focused event featuring beloved author and eco-philosopher Joanna Macy, Codepink Co-founder and world renowed peace activist Medea Benjamin, musician Betsy Rose, brief presentations on active divestment campaigns from Idle No More SF Bay, Indivisible Berkeley Economic Justice, Fossil Free Calif., Public Bank of Oakland, as well as an organic vegetarian potluck dinner @ 6:30pm, live music, and a dessert reception with homemade pies, tea and wine to benefit Codepink Women for Peace Golden Gate Chapter. Medea will sign copies of her new book Inside Iran. … Continued

BLACK LIVES MATTER 2.0 PRESENTS: There will be workships on Police HORROR, public safety and security. There will be training on NLG Legal Observer Program – National Lawyers Guild. There will be workshops and discussions concerning American Dreamers and homeless individuals. Stop Gun Violence Now! All are welcome to bring your tents, grills and food.  64808

An action of UNITY is taking place in OAKLAND this SATURDAY June 16✊️10-12PM – Meet at The ArchesCome Join #HandsAroundLakeMerritt with us!Oakland is about unidad & protecting one another and we do I️t with love. @APTPaction @CatsCommentary @MusicNegrito @EastBayExpress pic.twitter.com/Ia0d4auUh0— Gina Madrid (@RawwG) June 14, 2018 64813

The housing crisis in the Bay Area and beyond is a wholly preventable disaster, created and maintained by the notion that housing is a commodity and not a human right. Join us (DSA) in the campaign for the Affordable Housing Act — a proposed ballot initiative that that will give our cities and counties the power to adopt rent control necessary to address the state’s housing affordability crisis by repealing the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act. The Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act upholds landlord interests, and — in tandem with the housing … Continued

Join us for CPF's Community Celebration for Human Rights and Dignity event. June 16th 12;30 to 4:30 at Ogawa/Grant Plaza in downtown Oakland.Invite your family and friends and help us get the word out. pic.twitter.com/qQ1FoQLTD2— California Prison Focus (@CAprisonfocus) June 1, 2018 64764

This campaign is committed to building our platform in partnership with the community. We don’t want to reinvent the wheel. We want to uplift the amazing progressive grassroots work that is already happening. Over the next few weeks, we will host People’s Assemblies on everything from public safety to education. Together we will imagine an Oakland with housing security, true public safety, sanctuary for all, and create a plan to get us there. Our next People’s Assembly will focus on housing, and the crisis of affordability that is displacing Black … Continued

The City of Berkeley holds it’s Juneteenth Celebration on Sunday, June 17, from 11am to 7pm. This cultural event celebrates African American culture and traditions, as well as promotes community diversity. The event – featuring music, food, health screenings, historical exhibits & art for children – takes place along Adeline Street, from Ashby to Alcatraz in Berkeley.  64797

I don’t see any better way to celebrate father’s day than by protesting the immoral separation of families. I cannot in good conscience be a good father without teaching my children compassion and to fight for what is right. There was no way I could celebrate while families are being cruelly torn apart. While searching for a way to make this day more meaningful, my friend Megan proposed the idea of the protest at the ICE detention center. Yes, it’s last minute and 100% grassroots, but I hope you will … Continued

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   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 for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

First we will have a report-back from folks who attended the June 9-10 Meeting of the Green Party of California, in Stockton.   Then, we will have a free-ranging discussion on the current state of electoral politics. Let’s talk about topics such as: ** June 2018 election results (both local and wider): How did Green and Progressive candidates and measures do? Can we improve their campaigns? Comments on our Voter Guide? ** California’s top-two “Open Primary” (both local and wider): Can it occasionally help us, such as our Congressional race? OTOH, have we moved … Continued

Please join us to watch the award winning documentary ‘Gods In Shackles’. Bring along your favorite vegan dish (enough for 6-8 people) 6:00 to 6:15: Mingle with attendees and enjoy the delicious food 6;15 to 7:45: Screening of ‘Gods in Shackles’ 7:45 to 8:00 PM: Call for donations and Q-A with Seema Vaid Details about the film: Gods in Shackles is a feature-length documentary film, an exposé revealing the dark side of the southern Indian state of Kerala’s glamorous cultural festivals that exploit temple elephants for profit under the guise … Continued

We document current events, make films together, steward an editing suite and share a film equipment library. We also host film screenings, often with local directors, and put on an annual short film festival for independent Bay Area filmmakers. Our goal is to make the digital filmmaking accessible – no overpriced college degree or certificate program required! We are also a good group to reach out to if you’d like to screen a film at the Omni. We can be reached at liberatedlens@lists.riseup.net We usually meet in the basement, unless … Continued

8am – Rally at Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse, 661 Washington Street (at 7th Street) in Oakland 9am – Support Comrades Awaiting Verdict in Department 109 (5th Floor) The trial of the Berkeley 5 ended with the last two defendants taking the stand, as well as another witness for the defense, who had been at the protest in March. The prosecution’s case unraveled by the end of the day, and the prosecutor got increasingly vicious, which backfired and resulted in the judge dismissing the bogus weapons charge against one defendant. The … Continued

Let’s get organized against the housing market. Come through! ———- We are a group of Bay Area tenants who are fed up with rising rents, evictions, and harassment at the hands of landlords. We are fed up with our neighbors having no option but to live unsheltered and at constant risk of police harassment. We want to stop landlords, developers, and cops from looting our communities. A council is a group of tenants who work together to wield collective power against a shared landlord in order to improve their conditions. … Continued

GET ON THE BUS TO PASS AB 931-Mobilization to Sacramento 6/19! On Tuesday, June 19, AB 931 the Police Accountability and Community Protection Act, will be heard in committee for the first time! Please read below to RSVP and sign up for free travel and food. We need to let the Legislature know that higher standards for police use of force is critical to save lives– they must pass AB 931 out of the Senate Public Safety Committee! AB 931 will make it more difficult for CA police to justify … Continued

Some activists reached out to us who are planning for an action, Tuesday, June 19, 1PM at ICE’s SF HQ. They’d like to remain anonymous, but asked us to publicize their call. Please join in standing up to this moral horror of family separations and detention of immigrants and refugees at ICE’s SF headquarters, 630 Sansome, 1pm. #keepfamiliestogether #familiesbelongtogether You can also share this on Twitter, https://mobile.twitter.com/treekisser/status/1008827830392647680 What to do: 1. Bring a bluetooth speaker or stereo 2. Use this link to play audio of kids in cages screaming for their parents: https://www.facebook.com/propublica/videos/10156554134509445/ … Continued

This coming Tuesday, longtime socialist and labor activist Mike Parker will be joining East Bay DSA for a special event: a discussion of the rise and fall of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). June 19, 7pm, East Bay Community Space, Oakland pic.twitter.com/fPGhCfyfkQ— East Bay DSA (@DSAEastBay) June 16, 2018 64820

APTP meets monthly on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.​ The Anti Police-Terror Project began as a project of the ONYX Organizing Committee. We are a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build a replicable and sustainable model to eradicate police terror in communities of color. Founding coalition members include the Black Power Network, Community Ready Corps, Workers World, and the Idriss Stelley Foundation.64792

On June 14th hundreds of people gathered at the 4 corners of El Cerrito Plaza to protest the family separation policy that is traumatizing children, parents and frankly, the country. This is an evil policy, a disgrace, that cannot be ignored. It is self-imposed by the Attorney General and the President. Family separation is not a law, it is simply a policy designed in the most cruel way to deter immigrants seeking asylum at our border. Bring a sign, and be part of our Human Billboard.  64824

Meet at the Light Rail parking lot on Curtner at 10:30 am on Friday. Bring your signs! We are inviting Resistance groups from the Bay Area to join us. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!! RSVP so we know how many will be there. Thank you!64828

People around the country are rising up to demand an end to the Trump Administration’s cruel policy of family separation at the border. We’ve turned out for rallies – what’s the next step? Join Bay Resistance, Mujeres Unidas y Activas, Faith in Action, California Nurses Association, and other Bay Area social justice groups to learn about the background of human rights abuses at the border and the ongoing work of immigrant-led organizations. And brainstorm powerful actions we can take in the Bay Area and beyond! Bring snacks and drinks to … Continued

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Since September 2017, Feed the Hood has has galvanized over 1,000 community volunteers, distributed 18,000 lunches and hygiene kits, and served over 3,000 unhoused people across Oakland. We want to thank all of the volunteers who have participated in Feed the Hood! We appreciate your service to our unsheltered and we’d like to say “thank you” with a small celebration.  Join us at MLK Shoreline Park at the Kingfisher Picnic area for a chance to kick back and chill with others who have contributed to Feed the Hood. We will provide: … Continued

TICKETS: http://bit.ly/2L51Mf7 – People Power Investor – $12 ADV / $20 DOOR – Feeling Generous Investor – $50 The Housing Oakland Now! Collaborative is a group of housed and unhoused people in Oakland who have joined together to create immediate and long term permanent solutions to the housing and homeless crisis in The Town. We are changing the game and the narrative on homelessness, and we need your support. Please join our First Annual Homes For All Fundraiser The fundraiser features a night of live performances from Mistah Fab, La Misa … Continued

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   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 for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

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subMedia is a grassroots, independent media collective which aims to promote anarchist and anti-capitalist ideas and aid social struggles through the dissemination of radical films and videos. In 2017 subMedia has launched Trouble, a monthly documentary series. In the two episodes of “Trouble” sub.Media examines  gentrification by taking closer look at how it is playing out in Toronto, New Orleans, Istanbul, Montreal, the Bay Area  and Berlin and to see how people in these cities are fighting back on attacks on their communities by developers,  real estate speculators and the … Continued

Rise for Climate Jobs & Justice! Join APEN, CEJA, Idle No More SF Bay, Jobs With Justice, North Bay Organizing Project, PODER, SEIU 1021, and 350.org with the support of the Peoples Climate Movement and over 50 other organizations on June 25 as we organize to build a bold, visionary action that demands real climate leadership to keep fossil fuels in the ground and move towards a just, equitable and resilient 100% renewable energy economy that rapidly expands economic opportunity, creates family sustaining jobs, and protects vulnerable communities, workers,and future … Continued

Join our second mass mobilization meeting in SF for Rise for Climate. In less than three months, thousands of people will be taking the streets of San Francisco demanding real climate leadership at the largest climate mobilization ever held on the West Coast － and we want you with us. On September 8th, we will march in San Francisco, and at hundreds of actions around the country and the world to demand real climate leadership on the local level. Can you join us on Monday, June 25th in San Francisco … Continued

Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay. We fight against “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” spy drones, facial recognition, police body cameras and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones, to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government. We draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and in Sacramento. We advocate in op-eds and in the streets. We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and believe no … Continued

Let’s get organized against the housing market. Come through! ———- We are a group of Bay Area tenants who are fed up with rising rents, evictions, and harassment at the hands of landlords. We are fed up with our neighbors having no option but to live unsheltered and at constant risk of police harassment. We want to stop landlords, developers, and cops from looting our communities. A council is a group of tenants who work together to wield collective power against a shared landlord in order to improve their conditions. … Continued

UPDATE: Tuesday’s action begins at 7:00AM. Vigil until 7:00PM. Press conference/rally at 12NOON with members of the Richmond City Council and representatives of local organizations. All organizations endorsing the action are invited to participate. Individuals drIving to the action are encouraged to stop by the Richmond BART Station (east side) to help shuttle. Van shuttle begins at approximately 8:30AM and will continue throughout the day, twice an hour. Bring sunscreen, water, snacks and signs. We are absolutely committed to non-violence. Legal Hotline # is 415-909-4NLG (415-909-4654). ========== The only ICE facility … Continued

Speak Up Speak Out! We Want Public Lands for 100% Public Use * * Hands Off East Oakland! Don’t Sell Our Land to Market Rate Developers * * Build Housing Affordable to Oakland’s Unhoused Now * * Use Public Funds to Prevent Displacement NOT Facilitate Tenant Evictions! *  DID YOU KNOW? There are close to 50 publicly owned vacant or underutilized parcels in Oakland that the City of Oakland had deemed were suitable for housing development?  These 50 parcels could produce over 7,300 new housing units IF the City stops prioritizing market rate … Continued

Please join Our Rev East Bay Tuesday, June 26 for a special evening with Jovanka Beckles and Gayle McLaughlin. Pizza and beverages are providedThe Finnish Hall, 1970 Chestnut St, Berkeleyhttps://t.co/zWba20Qk7m@JovankaBeckles @GayleforCA @OurRevEastBay pic.twitter.com/TiJPjWlpPH— NorCal4OurRevolution (@NorCal4Bernie) June 23, 2018 64838

YES, WE HAVE A CRISIS! AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS — causes, connections, and organizing for radical change                                         With Boona Cheema and Steve Barton Stephen E. Barton, PhD is a long-time consultant to the Rent Stabilization Board, former Housing Director of the City of Berkeley, and an independent researcher/writer in evolutionary economics and community-based democracy. His analysis of rapidly rising rents in Berkeley led to passage of Measure U1 in 2016, increasing business license fees for commercial landlords, and providing the basis of the $100 Housing Bond on the ballot … Continued

Join #SFLabor at a rally & march! Workers are demanding: 1. Hotel Workers demand fair contracts and rally to say #1job is enough 2. Public Sector workers stand together to say they will stay #unionstrong in the face of corporate backed Janus case64845

Bay Area: We're hosting a community forum with @CAIRSFBA & @aaaj_alc on Thursday to discuss the impact of today's #MuslimBan decision. All who wish to gather in the spirit of solidarity and support are welcome. RSVP at https://t.co/TmjVYpTTNS #StandWithMuslims #NoMuslimBanEver pic.twitter.com/ZFQ5kTOWZ8— ACLU of Northern CA (@ACLU_NorCal) June 26, 2018 64844

About 600 people are expected to show up for a rally and human billboard protesting the detention camp at 6 p.m. Thursday at the entrance to El Cerrito Plaza on San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito, according to a member of El Cerrito Shows Up. “We will hold a human billboard action in which we will line up on San Pablo at the heart of commute time and hold up signs with messages,” said Sherry Drobner, an organizer with El Cerrito Shows Up reached by telephone Saturday morning. “This is … Continued

Our People’s Assembly will focus on cleaning up our air, water and streets. A greedy developer is trying to force a dangerously polluting coal terminal on West Oakland, and Libby Schaaf has failed to stop him. The streets and parks in East and West Oakland are covered in trash, while the Hills where Libby lives are sparkling clean thanks to unequal distribution of public resources. Oakland communities are suffering from rampant, unchecked environmental injustice. Join us to dream about an Oakland where everyone, especially our children, have access to clean, … Continued

Join the East Bay DSA’s Labor Committee for their regular Beer and Roses Social! Hang out with other members who are interested in getting involved in the labor movement, and hear from fellow East Bay DSA members about their experience at this spring’s national Labor Notes conference. (show less)64802

On May 30th, Franki Velez’s eviction hearing was postponed because the landlord decided to change their argument; now we’re hearing that Franki and the collective are having so much success in their eviction battle that it may be a year before the fight is heard in Hayward again, when they expect to conclusively defeat the landlord. In the meantime, this Thursday at 7pm Franki and co. will be heard by the Oakland Rent Adjustment Board, downtown at city hall at 1 Oscar Grant (“Frank Ogawa”) Plaza, in Hearing Room 1. … Continued

All Eyes on The Sheriff Mobilization  from 12-2pm. The action outside will be at 12pm and we will head into the board chambers at 1pm. Did you know that in the past 10 years the Alameda County jail population has decreased by half, but the sheriff’s budget keeps increasing? The Ella Baker Center and our allies are calling for an audit of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department because taxpayers deserve to know how our money is being wasted. The county supervisors will be voting to adopt the Alameda County’s $3.1 … Continued

We’ll be making beautiful works of art, including posters, banners, etc, for the Abolish ICE protest (https://www.facebook.com/events/453365915091309/) on Saturday, June 30! A few spoken word artists will also be organizing pop up performances. We’ll have pizza, music and some supplies will be provided but please bring your own supplies if you have any. This is a family-friendly event for all folks who want to contribute.64852

Waffles & Zapatismo is a free space for learning about and discussing the history, ideas, values and practices of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, EZLN or Zapatistas. We serve waffles at the start of the class to those who want them. 64800

Know Your Rights training! Saturday June 30, 11a – 2p. 2022 Blake Street, Berkeley. Learn how to protect yourself and your community from the police by asserting your rights. pic.twitter.com/ITB07ScrqQ— Berkeley Copwatch (@Copwatch411) June 20, 2018 64831

The conditions of detention centers are cruel and inhumane, and they exemplify a world where capital is valued over human lives. June 30 is a national day of action to support immigrant rights. Join East Bay DSA and Families Belong Together on June 30 to protest at the ICE/West County Detention Center in Richmond. June 30 is the anniversary of the signing of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which eliminated the cruel, previously existing quotas by country. But we still have a long way to go—capital moves across … Continued

Family separation is another Trump-created crisis. This is not at all required under current law — despite the lies coming out of Trump’s mouth — and Trump could put an end to this with a phone call. And like so many other Trump-created crises, Republicans in Congress are letting it happen. Some may have expressed concerns about the policy, but none have done anything about it. That’s where you come in. Join our rally as part of a national day of action (like the airport protests) in support of keeping … Continued

HOMELESS: A documentary film by internationally renowned writer & scholar Dr Samar Habib, exposing the state emergency crisis of homelessness in Berkeley & Oakland. Plus a documentary collage of information, interviews and stills from the Berkeley Emergency Storm Shelter at 9th & University. Dr. Habib will introduce the film and be on hand to answer questions. There will be a homemade meal from the Fabulous Chefs at Consider the Homeless. Sponsored by Consider The Homeless : We are a grassroots, community-based group of like-minded neighbors and friends who want to help … Continued