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Amber Cummings, a known fascist organizer is planning a rally, “No to Marxism in America” in Berkeley, CA on September 1st at Sproul Plaza. It is critical that the people of the greater Bay Area show up to resist their hateful actions and rhetoric. The ideology and presence of fascist forces are on the rise not only in the United States but around the globe. Domestically, the U.S. government is carrying out the imprisonment of tens of thousands of Latin American migrants and refugees at the southern border who are … Continued

ACTIVATING THE ENTIRE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA for the Global Climate Strike September 20-27, 2019 & beyond WHAT IS NVDA? NVDA stands for Non-Violent Direct Action. Examples of nonviolent direct action (also known as nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, or civil resistance) can include sit-ins, strikes, workplace occupations, or street blockades.66982

Please join us for our regular biweekly meeting of the Sunflower Alliance.  (Yes, it’s Labor Day weekend, but come if you can.) We’ll discuss ongoing campaigns and future plans, the September actions, and other ways to fight fossil fuels and work for a just and sustainable world.  Old friends and newcomers are equally welcome.  We need your participation and your voice! Come early to hang out and share a. potluck lunch. Potluck lunch 12:30 PM Meeting 1 – 3 PM   66997

Join us for an informative discussion on the ideology of Pan-Africanism at the Pan-African Festival 9/1/19 at 2pm in Oakland’s Mosswood park. We’ll be discussing the fundamentals of Pan-Africanism and how it can be used as a revolutionary tool to address the conditions facing African people all over the world.67025

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

Organizer/AuthorBay Action 2 Free Assange Join us at the Jimmy Dore Show LIVE! We’ll be out front PRE-show at 6:30pm with signs and sign up list to #FreeAssangeNOW #FreeManning. Help educate the public on this issue vital to save jailed, innocent journalists’ lives. Our future depends on it. After our pre-show event, Jimmy’s show starts at 7:30 and requires a ticket $15- link below. Jimmy Dore Show Live is an irreverent take on today’s headlines and hypocrites. Jimmy has fun sharing his favorite news clips and setting the record straight … Continued

Thousands of SEIU-UHW members across the state are publicly rejecting Kaiser’s greed and hypocrisy this Labor Day — protesting against Kaiser’s unfair labor practices and demanding a new contract that protects our futures, families, and patients. Kaiser is making record profits and gave the CEO a 60% raise to $16 million a year. But when it comes to us, the healthcare workers who help patients thrive, Kaiser is bargaining in bad faith and demanding unprecedented cuts in our next contract. RSVP to commit to rallying with SEIU-UHW members statewide to … Continued

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An historic gathering is happening THIS Labor Day, Monday, September 2nd, at Snow Park in Oakland, CA and all Union members, Affiliates, their families and friends, along with supporters of Labor, are invited to join the day and festivities! Yes! Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, and San Mateo Labor Councils are hosting this fun day in the Park, with music, activities for the kids, and entertainment for all – with a few powerful speakers to inspire the work we do! Join us! We will have food available but you can … Continued

Does your landlord keep raising the rent? Does he ignore repair requests? Are you fed up and want to do something about it?! Join the Berkeley Tenants Union  for our second general membership meeting! Whether you were previously or already are a member of BTU, or are interested in joining for the first time, you won’t want to miss this great meeting. Doors open/sign-ins start at 6:15 and the meeting will start at 6:30. We’ll be serving light refreshments. The meeting agenda will be posted closer to the meeting date. … Continued

Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice alongside Chavez, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century—and she continues the fight to this day, at 87. With intimate and unprecedented access to this intensely private mother to eleven, the film reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life … Continued

There’s a large field of candidates vying for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination this election. The result has been a series of presidential debates that are often messy, occasionally entertaining, and only rarely informative. Fed up with the hypocritical grandstanding and “gotcha” questions? Wondering what to say about the centrist attacks on Medicare for All, or the corporate-friendly politicians who are now posing as champions of the working class? Join East Bay DSA on Tuesday, September 3 for a special edition of Socialist Night School, where we’ll screen and “debate” … Continued

Join us as we learn about gentrification and the role it plays in the criminalization and displacement of communities of color. This is an open member meeting, you do not have to be a member to attend. Wheelchair accessible. Dinner will be provided. 67000

DON’T DRIVE ON 9/5: National Go Car-Free Day We are calling for a Car-Free holiday across the United States (and around the world). The Earth is plagued by cars and other fossil-fuel guzzling machines of mass destructiveness, as well as the miles-upon-miles of highways that cause among other problems, habitat fragmentation. Please avoid driving on September 5th and encourage others to take part in alternative transportation as well. In the San Francisco Bay Area: BART: https://www.bart.gov/ Caltrain: http://www.caltrain.com/ MUNI: https://www.sfmta.com/ SF Bay Ferry Service: https://sanfranciscobayferry.com/ Golden Gate Transit: http://goldengatetransit.org/ SMART: https://www.sonomamarintrain.org/ AC Transit: http://www.actransit.org/ samTrans: http://www.samtrans.com/ VTA: https://www.vta.org/ Let’s … Continued

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Join students, teachers, and Fossil Free California at the headquarters of  the California State Teachers Retirement Fund to tell them to  divest from fossil fuels. The fund still has $6 billion dollars worth of funds invested in fossil fuels. With those funds, they are supporting the destruction of our future—and losing teachers’ hard-earned money. Sponsored by Fossil Free California, with Youth vs Apocalypse and Earth Guardians Bay Area Crew If you want to carpool or need help with transportation, email contact@fossilfreeca.org RSVP:  http://bit.ly/September5CalSTRS Buses: We will be providing two buses for students from Oakland. These … Continued

Join Amazon Watch and Extinction Rebellion to answer the call from the National Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) for global pressure to  force Brazil to address the urgent need to suppress the fires, protect the Amazon and respect the rights of indigenous peoples and their territory. Unprecedented fires are ravaging the Amazon – more than 74,000 fires this year is an 84% increase over last year’s count. This is an international tragedy and a dangerous contribution to climate chaos. This devastation is directly related to President Bolsonaro’s anti-environmental rhetoric, which erroneously frames … Continued

Agenda items of import: Port of Oakland presentation – GoPort Program – Freight Intelligent Transportation System (FITS)  Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – StarChase GPS Impact Report and proposed Use Policy  Federal Task Force Transparency Ordinance – OPD – FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force MOU   Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – Remote Camera Impact Report and proposed Use Policy 67024

Come by our open Delegates Meetings! We’ll give space to brief announcements, updates from working groups, proposals up for consensus, and discussion around important issues. The schedule is created weekly at the following url: https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom This meeting usually happens in the Ballroom, but the the location may change depending on the access needs of people attending and other events taking place in the building.66939

  Sending Maria Isabel Bueso to Guatemala amounts to a death sentence Registered nurses from California Nurses Association (CNA) and other health care workers will protest the impending deportation of one of their severely ill patients on Friday, Sept. 6, announced CNA. Maria Isabel Bueso, 24, has been treated since she was a young child at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland for a rare genetic disease. In August, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) sent a letter informing Bueso that she and her family must leave the United States … Continued

JOIN US TO SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN EVERY FRIDAY SAVE CHELSEA AND JULIAN FROM TORTURE AND DEATH NEWS LETTER 10/11/19 Please sign up for our emails and alerts at: https:/bayaction2freeassnge.org and watch “XY CHELSEA” go to SHOWTIME “XY CHELSEA” clk free 7 day suscription.or free @ https://archive.org/details/XYChelsea The Main Stream Media (MSM) is so full of lies, it’s got the masses confused!! There are only a few places we can get the truth.Chelsea and Julian were two of the most important WHISTLE BLOWERS to tell the truth about USA’s illegal, … Continued

SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN hI aLL HOPE TO SEE YA oRION EVERY FRI 530PM TO 7PM “BASTA SAVE CHELSEA AND JULIEN ” VIGIL DEMO POTLUCK MUSIC (7PM AFTER PARTY/MEETING ) FRUITVALE &MACARTHUR OAKLAND WE HOPE TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO OUR ON-GOING CAMPAIGNS IN THE BAY. Here is a link to the bay area action for Julian which includes CHELSEA SUPPORT PLEASE SIGN UP https://bayaction2freeassange.org TELL EVERY ONE Thanks for your letters you can write a letter directly to Chelsea here’s her address tell her who you are and why you … Continued

In January 2016, youth at YSA initiated a community organizing campaign to build a Youth Tiny House Village in the San Francisco East Bay. They are working in partnership with non-profit developer Housing Consortium of the East Bay and the local interfaith community to complete a multi-face, community-led Village that is designed by the young people it will benefit. The Village will feature: – 14 secure 8′ x 10′ Tiny Houses with lofted beds, windows, skylight, storage, electricity, furnishings – On-site, clean communal bathrooms and showers – A kitchen yurt … Continued

Genesis’ 7th Annual Fundraising Breakfast “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” Adapted from a Mahatma Gandhi Quote Come support us in celebration of our continued efforts to envision the change, be the change, and work for change that we want to see in the world. Reserve your free ticket here.<https://gamaliel-genesisca-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1lt0GmnupzADkPLUi2yrX91784Idvga7HdielQqmV-bU-0&key=YAMMID-04794029&link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fgenesis-7th-annual-fundraiser-breakfast-tickets-63597728518%3Futm-medium%3Ddiscovery%26utm-campaign%3Dsocial%26utm-content%3Dattendeeshare%26aff%3Descb%26utm-source%3Dcp%26utm-term%3Dlisting> Genesis unites and activates a multiracial, income-diverse community to promote effective, equitable solutions to stubborn regional problems. 66921

Come along on a FREE walking tour surveying San Francisco social movement history that builds the case for perceiving the privatization of the economic value of land/the earth as tantamount to slavery. If you doubt this, consider that the high land values of the San Francisco Bay Region, privatized, account for most of the transfer of a huge amount of produced labor and business value to the mere owner of land!67052

Oakland is home to hundreds of transgender people specifically of color however, the city is overshadowed by San Francisco and its popularity around LGBT community based events. This year Oakland will host its own trans march to create visibility and bring the community together in an attempt to have our own transgender movement and celebration. We ask that you join us in marching from Oscar Grant Plaza to the lake area where we will join community on stage for a mini rally for Black Trans Lives and the Pride in … Continued

The Oakland Greens are co-sponsoring this “Suds and Socialism” presentation. The topic is “PG&E and Public Power” — timely given the crisis at PG&E and the need to mobilize people around alternatives like non-profit community owned and controlled utilities. There will be four speakers: Eric Brooks, coordinator of Californians for Energy Choice; Robin David, founder of the Labor Task Force for Public Power; Gene Coyle, an energy economist and consultant, and Barbara Stebbins of the Local Clean Energy Alliance.     67042

Come get connected with SDBA’s projects – we have exciting work to do in 2019! Our medical debt erasure campaign with RIP Medical Debt is all  but complete. We joined another Alameda County campaign, and together we’re more than 90% of the way to our goal. Our donation page is here. The online version of our flyer, with live links, is here. Our FAQ is here. We can also link you to a printable version of the flyer if you have places to hand them out. Press release: press-release-after-1m-raised-final Continuing our discussion group … Continued

Beginning on August 10th, the Strike Debt Bay Area Economics Book Group began discussing Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age. We tackled the introduction and first chapter, available through the ‘Look Inside’ feature on Amazon, for the August 10th meeting. For our September 7th meeting, we will be discussing the rest of the first section, Chapters 2-6. For our October 12th meeting, we will be discussing Chapters 7-9, the first part of the second section. For our November 16th meeting, we will be discussing Chapters 10 – … Continued

Enjoy live readings from a new anthology of poetry, prose and art by 100 Bay Area writers and artists of color and allies celebrating the rich diversity that truly makes America great. Civil liberties matter to everyone—not just those who are targeted now. Those who keep silent may be next. Although we are 60% of the Bay Area’s population, people of color remain under represented and under published. Democracy can’t be taken for granted. We must stand up and be counted. We must reach within ourselves and reach out to … Continued

Can we rise up like Hong Kong? Fill Mission Street from 5th to 8th Streets. Needs at least 880 people. Bring your charged phone to hold up.67062

In January 2016, youth at YSA initiated a community organizing campaign to build a Youth Tiny House Village in the San Francisco East Bay. They are working in partnership with non-profit developer Housing Consortium of the East Bay and the local interfaith community to complete a multi-face, community-led Village that is designed by the young people it will benefit. The Village will feature: – 14 secure 8′ x 10′ Tiny Houses with lofted beds, windows, skylight, storage, electricity, furnishings – On-site, clean communal bathrooms and showers – A kitchen yurt … Continued

When you think of the upcoming Global Climate Strike (Sept. 20-27), who is leading the demonstrations? Young people, right? They’re increasingly taking the lead for climate related actions through organizations such as Sunrise. “The dark hour in America cannot last,” proclaims this new youth-centered activist group. But marching beside the young people is spirit if not always in body will be revered elders in the ecology movement such as Joanna Macy, the author of 13 books and a veteran of six decades of political activism. In fact, Macy and Sunrise … Continued

Hosted by North Oakland Restorative Justice Council We invite you to our next edition of our 45th St Brunches & Brooms, a neighborhood cleanup, community meal, and hygiene/winter gear kit distribution centering at the highway underpass off of 45th Street and MLK. In partnership with our neighbors who live there, we would like to gather to share some food and help with cleaning up the dumping under the 45th overpass. Donate at Facebook Giving: https://www.facebook.com/donate/361009014828047/ GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/45th-st-community-cleanup-meal-care-kit Help us assembles hot meals and care kits for 250 unhoused neighbors, that … Continued

Save the date for the next Plant Sale fundraiser! The official Ambassador Greeters, Lulu and Deuce, will be there to gladly accept your lovin’.   Free Oakland UP  An alternative retail space focused on the economy, the environment and building community by offering FREE art and everyday items. One free item per person per day. For a fair monetary donation you may choose more. More treasures!!  Gallery:offering monthly solo or group exhibitions featuring experimental, interactive projects focused on alternative economies, cultivating socially activated art, sustainability and building community through art … Continued

All-Member Meeting: Socialists & the Labor Movement This month’s all-member meeting will be focused on the role of socialists in the labor movement. We’ll talk about the history of labor movement, how members are engaging with their unions, and how DSA can support and strengthen union activity. We need volunteers! From setup to sign-in to mic-running, volunteering for our meetings is easy and low-commitment. Volunteer here: https://forms.gle/NzYMzXKQYVy1mFUC8 . Use this form, too, if you have child supervision or accessibility needs, including the need for an ASL interpreter. Our next voting General Meeting … Continued

Diablo Rising Tide is excited to host friends from the Civil Liberties Defense Center for a two-part training – specifically geared towards people doing climate justice organizing. The training will be held at The Warehouse (955 7th St) in West Oakland Oakland, beginning at 3pm. The space is ADA accessible, and just a 10-minute walk from West Oakland BART station. There is limited street parking. If you require translation or other assistance – please let us know in advance! Part 1: Know Your Rights – 3:00 – 5:00 Tips for … 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

Global recession is underway. Manufacturing is contracting worldwide. Trade is no longer growing. Germany and Europe are on the brink, Japan is stagnating, and China is slowing. On the financial side of the global economy, stock markets are becoming unstable, bonds and gold are in a bubble, oil, commodities and currencies are deflating, financial crises are erupting in Argentina, South America, and India, and German and Italian banks are becoming fragile. In the USA business investment and construction are contracting and manufacturing has stalled. Meanwhile, corporate, household and government debt … Continued

9/9: Will be discussing issues related to this Crackdown and our strategy for the next 3 to 6 months. 9/16: We have many, many issues to discuss, including the forthcoming visit of Donald Trump and Ben Carson.67064

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

We are delaying our normal monthly 1st Monday meeting for a week because of Labor Day. Meeting  The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality. The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to stopping police brutality. In alliance with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) we organized the October 23, 2010 labor and community rally for Justice for Oscar Grant. On that … Continued

A community of approximately 40 to 50 unhoused Berkeley residents, who have been living for months in encampments on the verge of the I- 80 interchange at University Avenue, learned last week that they are about to be evicted in a coordinated enforcement action planned by the City of Berkeley, California Highway Patrol (CHP), Berkeley Police Department (BPD), and Caltrans. The plan is that beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 11, Caltrans, with the assistance of the CHP, will evict people and their belongings from their state properties. Immediately following, when these … Continued

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood – community reading/release party Get your copy of THE TESTAMENTS. Find out what happened to Offred of THE HANDMAID’S TALE. “Dear Readers: Everything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we’ve been living in.” -Margaret Atwood The author Margaret Atwood will not be present. Price: Free For more event information: https://www.revolutionbooks.org/67054

HEADSUP! Support needed 8am Wed, 81st & San Leandro StCity is demolishing ppls sheltersBring coffee, water, bkfst, bags, and be ready to document n copwatch— Anti Police-Terror (@APTPaction) September 9, 2019 67073

One Time Showing: The Pollinators Promoted by Pat Schwinn THE POLLINATORS Year: 2019 Genre: Documentary – Environmental Producers: Sally Roy, Peter Nelson and Michael Reuter Director: Peter Nelson Thousands of semi-trailers crisscross the country in the dead of night delivering goods through the darkness to stores, warehouses and factories nationwide. But some of them carry an unsuspected and highly unusual cargo. Honey bees. Tens of billions of them are transported back and forth from one end of the United States to the other in a unique annual migration that’s indispensable … Continued

Judge Alsup has been in the news, having presided over some high-profile cases, including the case preserving DACA, cases preserving Berkeley’s historic post office, cases involving Berkeley’s homeless, the dispute over the Albany Hill Cross, Waymo v. Uber, Oracle v. Google, and the prosecution of the MS-13 gang. As a judge, he cannot discuss these or other cases, but they help show his depth of experience. Please join California Institute for Community, Art & Nature for a reception and conversation with William Alsup about his new book, Won Over: Reflections … Continued

Want to get involved with SURJ Bay Area? Come learn about our current work and activities. SURJ moves white people to act for justice, with passion and accountability, as part of a multi-racial majority. ​ You will hear about SURJ’s pathways for entering the work, including committee work, upcoming workshops, and events. We’ll answer your questions and share how you can get involved in the movement for racial justice. LOCATION AND ACCESS: The Movement Strategy Center is located at 436 14th St., Ste 500, (5th floor) at the corner of … Continued

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Join Councilwoman Cheryl Davila for an evening of film screenings and a discussion panel on solutions to homelessness. Films: 24 hours by Yesica Prado Tent City by 393 Films https://www.tentcitythemovie.com/ Homeless First by Anka Karewicz & Travis Schirmer (Liberated Lens Film Collective) https://liberatedlens.org/our-work/first-they-came-for-the-homeless-homeless-first/ 67065

Full Agenda VIII. OPD Plan for Working with the City’s Social Media Policy IX. OPD Towing Policy Regarding Victims of Crime X. Review of CPRA Pending Cases and Completed Investigations XI. Scheduling a Public Hearing on Use of Force67060

PALANTIR, NEVER AGAIN IS NOW! #JewsAgainstICE and allies know our history. IBM sold tech to Nazis. Palantir sells tech to ICE. This state sponsored terror must end NOW. Join us in actions to shut down Palantir from coast to coast on 9/13 to demand they #DropICEContracts. Because #NeverAgainisNOW! ————————————————————— We are calling on all those who denounce ICE’s reign of terror to join in action outside the Palo Alto headquarters of Palantir, a tech company that provides tools for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Last month, Palantir renewed its contract with … Continued

JOIN US TO SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN EVERY FRIDAY SAVE CHELSEA AND JULIAN FROM TORTURE AND DEATH NEWS LETTER 10/11/19 Please sign up for our emails and alerts at: https:/bayaction2freeassnge.org and watch “XY CHELSEA” go to SHOWTIME “XY CHELSEA” clk free 7 day suscription.or free @ https://archive.org/details/XYChelsea The Main Stream Media (MSM) is so full of lies, it’s got the masses confused!! There are only a few places we can get the truth.Chelsea and Julian were two of the most important WHISTLE BLOWERS to tell the truth about USA’s illegal, … Continued

Action Spokescouncil* called for by Idle No More SF Bay, The Society of Fearless Grandmothers, Extinction Rebellion SF Bay, Diablo Rising Tide and the 1000 Grandmothers Bay Area. *For Spokescouncils, we are encouraging groups, organizations and individuals to organize affinity groups (AG) and send spokespeople who represent affinity groups or clusters of affinity groups. These will be the ‘empowered’ representatives who represent and are responsible for consulting others in their AG or cluster for input and decisions. RSVP form:https://actionnetwork.org/forms/september-14th-1st-spokescouncil-meeting-for-sept-25-action/67057

PEDIE PEREZ‘ 5th Year Memorial Saturday, September 14th at Dusk (~6:30 PM) @ Uncle Sam’s Liquors 3322 Cutting Blvd, Richmond, CA 94804 REMEMBERING WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PEDIE’S 30TH BIRTHDAY CANDLE-LIGHTING BALLOON RELEASE refreshments Pedie was an intoxicated young man who tried to walk away from a Richmond cop who was hassling him. The police officer, Wallace Jensen, claimed that when he tried to apprehend Pedie the unarmed young man tried to grab his gun, so he stepped back and fired 3 rounds into Pedie, killing him. The surveillance video … Continued

This is the opening Sunday, September 15, of the UUSF Sunday Morning Forum series: Bill Ong Hing, JD, Director of Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic of the University of San Francisco will be our speaker. Professor Hing recently returned from a visit to the Texas Border Center where he worked as part of a legal team to inspect the Clint facility, and interviewed the children. He will describe this experience and explain legal aspects of the current laws affecting immigration practices. Dr. Hing’s expertise includes Immigration Law and Policy, Migration … Continued

What skills, tools and approaches are useful in encouraging white people to sustain balanced engagement with anti-racism/racial justice education and work? How can we cultivate resilience (as opposed to white fragility) in ourselves, our communities, and our movements? White Fragility is defined by Robin DiAngelo as “A state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation … Continued

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library Gloria Steinem was a CIA Agent. She proudly admits it, so does the CIA. After a brief introduction from ICSS member Eugene Ruyle, we will have an open discussion of two readings: 1. The feminist was a spook, By Markos Kounalakis https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-gloria-steinem-cia-20151025-story.html 2. The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol52no2/intelligence-in-recent-public-literature-1.html FREE – but hat will be passed for donations to ICSS About Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library A weekly discussion series inspired by our respect for the work of Karl Marx and … Continued

ACTIVATING THE ENTIRE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA for the Global Climate Strike September 20-27, 2019 & beyond WHAT IS NVDA? NVDA stands for Non-Violent Direct Action. Examples of nonviolent direct action (also known as nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, or civil resistance) can include sit-ins, strikes, workplace occupations, or street blockades.66983

Community security and safety strategies are a critical component to building alternatives to policing and the prison industrial complex. This training will offer folks a chance to learn about the history of community security and safety, dig into some practical verbal de-escalation skills, with an emphasis on intervening in emotional crisis, and practice scenarios they might face in their day to day. Let’s build the alternatives we so desperately need together! Please wear comfortable clothing you can move in! We ask for a sliding scale donation of any amount to … Continued

special large meeting to launch a broad community campaign to get a charter amendment for a stronger police review commission in Berkeley on the 2020 ballot. Phase 1 of our ongoing campaign: -Recruit more people, from different sectors of the community, to get involved with this issue. -Educate the public about the need for a stronger police review function in Berkeley, especially given the continuing racial disparities in policing. -Build public pressure on the Mayor & City Council to put the charter amendment (Arreguin/Harrison version, which is currently under consideration) … Continued

General Meeting   Our September General Meeting  will be an informal gathering to greet new and ongoing rebels and help them plug in to upcoming events. We’ll be on the south side of the park – look for the Extinction Rebellion banner. Come on down! Ready to Swarm? After the general meeting, hang around for Swarming Training – as we go over what swarming is, how it works, how to be a police liaison and a lookout, and how to de-escalate tense situations. We’ll be doing plenty of practice and role … Continued

The 2018 Charter Amendment for a strengthened police commission is back for 2020. Please join a short-term “push,” over the next two months, to get the amendment on the ballot.  Community members will meet for an hour on Sunday afternoon September 15 to get organized for action. This push will not require you to go door-to-door or get signatures on petitions.  It will not require raising money. All that is necessary is for you to talk to people you already know, in your organization, congregation, union, club, or family and … 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

Join APTP in offering hot food, drinks, snacks, and solidarity to releasees and visitors at Santa Rita Jail! Let us know you’ll be there by sending us a text at (510) 686-3284. Prisons function to repress, warehouse and extract labor from primarily those of us who are Black or poor. We believe that solidarity is a weapon of resistance, and that we must respond to the basic needs of our community while also confronting state terror. In honor of Dujuan Armstrong Jr. who entered Santa Rita Jail for a weekend … Continued

Close the Camps – Free Our Children Schedule of Actions 11:00 AM RALLY at 24th & Mission Street 12:00 Noon MARCH to City Hall 1:00 PM RALLY at City Hall 3:00 PM Protest at ICE 3:00 PM Delegation to present DEMANDS to Congresswoman Pelosi 3:00 PM Delegation to present DEMANDS to Senator Feinstein 6:00 PM Mexican Independence Day Celebration & Rally at 24th & Mission Street WHO ARE WE? – Close the Camps – Free Our Children is a Bay Area grassroots coalition drawn together by outrage at the horrific … Continued

  We’ll be holding our regular meeting of the Public Bank East Bay organizational group. We have moved the meeting to regular third Mondays, to make it more predictable and allow some new people to attend. We would LOVE to see you there. Lots to discuss! We had a very successful kick-off meeting for our interim bank board, which happened to be the same day the bill passed the state assembly. We have fundraising leads, and we think that the legislation being complete may open fundraising doors. The business plan … Continued

9/9: Will be discussing issues related to this Crackdown and our strategy for the next 3 to 6 months. 9/16: We have many, many issues to discuss, including the forthcoming visit of Donald Trump and Ben Carson.67064

UD Director Ben Carson is coming to SF tomorrow. We will be there to demand more funding for affordable housing and to END the criminalization of homelessness! Join us! Text/call Sam Lew, Policy Director, for more info: 415-272-802267114

Author Lisa Fithian on New Book: “Shut It Down Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance” Doors open at 6:30pm. Event begins at 7pm. Our dear friend and long time direct action organizer Lisa Fithian has released a new book, called “Shut It Down Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance,” and we’re excited to host her in the Bay Area. Details on the book: For decades, Lisa Fithian’s work as an advocate for civil disobedience and nonviolent direct action has put her on the frontlines of change. Described by Mother Jones … Continued

Care about climate change? Want a Green New Deal? Join us! Learn more about how to participate in the September 20 Climate Strike and week of action!    67051

A general strike is a strike action that includes a large part of the total labor force in a city, region, or country. General strikes are characterized by the participation of workers in a multitude of workplaces, and tend to involve entire communities. The idea of the general strike is powerful precisely because a massive and persistent withdrawal of labor can bring a capitalist city or even an entire economy to a halt. The last general strike in the United States occurred here in the East Bay in 1946. One … Continued

You believe in making a difference, but when it comes to racial justice, are your actions aligned with your beliefs? The work begins with looking in the mirror. Without intentional learning and reflection, white people may uphold beliefs and systems that perpetuate injustice. Join us for an intimate and interactive workshop in which we will unpack how whiteness has shaped our lives and discuss how white people who care can take action for racial justice. This workshop offers those who are new to racial justice work an opportunity to reflect … Continued

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Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay and nationwide. We fight against “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” spy drones, facial recognition, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones, to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what government officials, employees and agencies are doing. We draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and in Sacramento. We advocate … Continued

The Anti Police-Terror Project meets the third Wednesday of every month. August’s agenda will include an update on developments at Santa Rita jail and an active shooter response training. In September we’re giving updates on our Police Commission campaign and about a local campaign to audit Sheriff Ahern; showing a short film about Dujuan Armstrong, who died in police custody at Santa Rita Jail earlier this year; and giving a quick update about our newly formed Sacramento chapter. Let us know if you can join us! Join us to find out … Continued

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We at the First Unitarian Universalist Society are reaching out to friends and activists who are interested in calling attention to the devastating and dehumanizing actions being carried out on our southern border towards persons seeking asylum which is their legal right. Since July 31, we have been witnessing on this issue after our Sunday Service, at 12:30 pm. We now are calling for others to join us in a much larger public event. Help us spread the word. Join us, lend your talents as artists and sign makers, singers … Continued

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Care about climate change? Want a Green New Deal? Join us! Learn more about how to participate in the September 20 Climate Strike and week of action! IMPORTANT UPDATE: Because of the conflict with Night School, we will be changing this event to 9/19, and will be holding it over Zoom.  67106

Come by our open Delegates Meetings! We’ll give space to brief announcements, updates from working groups, proposals up for consensus, and discussion around important issues. The schedule is created weekly at the following url: https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom This meeting usually happens in the Ballroom, but the the location may change depending on the access needs of people attending and other events taking place in the building.66939

EVICTION SUPPORT NEEDED: Tomorrow morning, Friday in Berkeley. Camp across from Seabreeze Deli, University & Frontage Rd.CalTrans is coming between 7:30 & 11:30am. Come ready to assist residents and document. #WhereDoWeGoBerk— Indybay (@Indybay) September 20, 2019 67128

We call for a youth-led climate strike march, going to different targets that are contributing to climate breakdown, leaving our mark to let these places know what we are fighting for. We will again start at the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and will connect targets in government, finance, and energy. For those that can’t join in person, we will be asking people to post on social media and tag our targets. Demands: 1.WE DEMAND A SAFE, HEALTHY AND JUST PLANET. This climate crisis threatens our ability … Continued

This September 20 – 27th, millions of people around the world will walk out of our workplaces and homes to join youth climate strikers on the streets to march and demand an end to the age of fossil fuels, corporate pollution, and environmental destruction. Our house is on fire — let’s act like it. We demand climate justice for everyone. Help us change the world. Strike events on Global Climate Strike Day: Friday, September 20, 2019 Berkeley Climate Action Coalition/Ecology Center Strike Friday, September 20th, 15:00 p.m. Ecology Center Store/Offices … Continued

Hearing On Status Of Accused Murderer of Kishana Harley September 20th, 9 AM Walnut Creek Juvenile Court Walnut Creek Superior Court 640 Ygnacio Valley Rd, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Harley was a much-loved local activist who was brutally murdered in her home. Her comrades want answers. 67096

Three documentaries will screen outside on the plaza at National Nurses United headquarters. The art exhibition “Recognition: Labor Meets Art in Explorations of Social Justice and Identity,” will be open to the public during the screenings. The films feature three locations where Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) volunteers have deployed to provide direct relief and response to humanitarian, environmental, and social injustice: Post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, Standing Rock, and rural Arizona. RNRN volunteers will introduce the films with stories of how RNs have intervened to provide direct care in support … Continued

JOIN US TO SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN EVERY FRIDAY SAVE CHELSEA AND JULIAN FROM TORTURE AND DEATH NEWS LETTER 10/11/19 Please sign up for our emails and alerts at: https:/bayaction2freeassnge.org and watch “XY CHELSEA” go to SHOWTIME “XY CHELSEA” clk free 7 day suscription.or free @ https://archive.org/details/XYChelsea The Main Stream Media (MSM) is so full of lies, it’s got the masses confused!! There are only a few places we can get the truth.Chelsea and Julian were two of the most important WHISTLE BLOWERS to tell the truth about USA’s illegal, … Continued

Climate Emergency Discussion at City Council Meeting: The El Cerrito City Council is expected to discuss a resolution to declare a climate emergency and request regional collaboration on an emergency mobilization effort to restore a safe and stable climate. Please urge your city council members to join the other 9 Bay Area cities and over 800 jurisdictions across the globe to take leadership and address climate change as the global threat that it is. Remind the Mayor and City Council members to support a strong Climate Emergency Resolution that supports: … Continued

Matewan is an awesome film by John Sayles, based on a historic coal miners strike in West Virginia. Highly recommended! PEOPLES PARK MOVIE NIGHT a part of the people’s park potluck initiative Free Popcorn! Park movie Nights, every friday at 8pm: bring food and friends to share help build and develop this community of Resistance Protect our Green space, trees, Community, historical landmark, free speech, social justice, civil rights, gardens, music, art, style, freebox, recreation, climate, ecology, education, sports People’s park committee peoplespark.org 67127

Reigning in your heart is, most like, a reluctance to surrender the rent of land to community as a whole. Good socialists, otherwise ready to bash Capitalism and the current power-mongers, grow chill, dull, reticent, aloof when the nuts and bolts of transforming the rent of land into public revenue is proposed. Whether the retort is, “The poor grandmothers will be turned out of their homes” or “Land values aren’t significant” or “Marx and Engels said a tax on land values is not enough!” it’s all a dodge to avoid … Continued

Join us in support of the Global Climate Strike. Learn, engage and find ways you can act in the fight against climate change. Every day you hear daunting news about the negative effects climate change is having both locally and globally and the issues may seem too big and out of reach for you to make an impact. But don’t despair, you can act and make a difference. The Global Climate Strike is happening from the 20th September to the 27th of September in countries, cities and towns all over … Continued

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We turn 4 this year and we would love for y’all to be a part of the celebrations! Cult Mind Younger Lovers Godstomper Grosero The Leave Me Alones We will have raffle prizes and vendors! And as always, we will have our usual narcan trainings and harm reduction supplies for our event!67101

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library Honduras: Refugees & Resistance Our speaker will be Karen Spring, the Honduras-based Coordinator of the Honduras Solidarity Network (HSN), a group of over 30 organizations from Canada and the United States, website: http://www.hondurassolidarity.org. She has lived and worked in Honduras since 2009 and works closely with community-based organizations affected by US and Canadian foreign policy and investments. Karen has written or contributed to several reports about mining, militarization, and human rights issues and blogs at: http://www.aquiabajo.com Karen is married to Edwin Espinal who was a political … Continued

“Where do we go?” March to the West Berkeley Town Hall Meeting Join the unhoused residents of the Seabreeze and I-80/University encampments in a march to the West Berkeley Homeless Town Hall Meeting. If you are housed, please march with us in solidarity. Objective: This is a march to demand an answer to the question: “Where do we go?” Homeless residents at these encampments are tired of the constant harassment, citations, and arrest. All want a clean and safe place to stay. They want a lawful place to stay. Instead … 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

Join me on Sun., 9/22 for a West Berkeley Homelessness Town Hall Mtg from 4-5:30 pm at Berkeley Rep Admin Office (999 Harrison St) to share your concerns & ideas w me. Topics to include:RV parkingOptions for CalTrans parcelsEncampment policyMid-range & LT goals& more!— Rashi Kesarwani (@RashiKesarwani) September 18, 2019 67124

Indivisible East Bay’s Q & A Session with Feinstein’s State Director on Senator and Climate Policies Want to know why Feinstein does not support a Green New Deal or a Climate Emergency Resolution? So do we! Join us in solidarity with the Youth Climate Strike at Indivisible East Bay’s Q & A session with Feinstein’s state director on September 23rd at the Berkeley Public Library. We will arrive with banners, signs, and T-shirts of all of the organizations that we are representing so that our presence and strength is known. … Continued

In order to raise awareness about the reality of the climate crisis, as well as the actions in the coming days, we will be disrupting traffic and performing outreach to every car stops. Low risk and high rewards, we’ll offer trainings day of. Use swarms, banners, theater, dance & music to disrupt traffic & communicate with drivers.67070

9/9: Will be discussing issues related to this Crackdown and our strategy for the next 3 to 6 months. 9/16: We have many, many issues to discuss, including the forthcoming visit of Donald Trump and Ben Carson.67064

Join Climate Justice SF to hear firsthand accounts of the resistance against the Bayou Bridge Pipeline from three of the most effective organizers on Turtle Island: Anne White Hat, Cherri Foytlin, and Mark Tilsen. They’ll talk about the ongoing work fighting back against Energy Transfer Partners, community resiliency in the Gulf South, and visions and plans for the struggle. They are touring with Mutual Aid Media’s film “L’eau Est La Vie, From Standing Rock to the Swamp.”  The L’eau Est La Vie Camp is a continuation of the indigenous-led fight … Continued

UC BERKELEY: SHOW PALANTIR THEY’RE NOT WELCOME HERE! On September 24, the tech giant that powers ICE, Palantir Technologies, plans to visit UC Berkeley for a so-called “Ethics & Tech Panel” to recruit Berkeley tech students. Palantir is working hand-in-hand with ICE to build tools to surveil, detain, and deport migrants and keep kids locked in cages — and UC Berkeley’s EECS department has a $20,000 a year contract with the corporation, meaning this institution is directly complicit in ICE terror. THE TIME TO STAND UP TO PALANTIR AND ICE … Continued

March For Our Right To Stay Join hundreds of tenants/renters… We are not prey, and we fight to stay. Veritas, property V// branding icon, HRC rebrands Veritas with a V identifying the V with the image of Vulture as Veritas is San Francisco’s largest predatory landlord and renters have become the corporate landlord’s prey to swallow up SF’s housing stock for financial greed. SF Renters are super heros united using their super people power toward creating greater public awareness for progressive change. 67112

When a young man mysteriously dies in Santa Rita jail, his mother, Barbara Doss, begins a determined quest to find out what happened to him, but quickly runs into the opaque and powerful position of American sheriffs. ********* OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ********* (Preceded by the short film Table Stakes, followed by a panel discussion with Lucas Guilkey) $10 (tickets)  67116

  Despite what the U.S. Administration is doing to deny the effects of Climate Change, people around the country are doing something about it. National Geographic’s film Paris to Pittsburgh shows inspiring stories of local, private sector, and community leaders across the U.S. who are continuing to take action to transition to a clean energy economy—regardless of federal inaction. Bring your family, friends and neighbors and join us! RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-from-paris-to-pittsburgh-tickets-66526144489 No one turned away for lack of funds. Hosted by Barbara Chan on behalf of BFUU’s Social Justice Committee and Social Justice Ministry Task … Continued

Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next is an excellent new book by Timothy Faust that passionately details the need and fight for a federal universal single-payer, comprehensive healthcare plan, i.e. Medicare for All. Please join the Medicare for All Committee of East Bay DSA, along with other representatives from the chapter, in welcoming Timothy at Wolfman Books for an engaging reading and discussion! Plus, East Bay DSA members will get 10% off when buying the book! Accessibility Information:67120

advance tickets: $12: brownpapertickets.com :: T: 800-838-3006  or Pegasus Books (3 sites), Books Inc (Berkeley), Moe’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, East Bay Books, Mrs. Dalloway’s $15 door, benefits KPFA Radio 94.1FM …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming because of human activity. But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act on what we know. Will future generations distinguish between those who didn’t believe in the science of … Continued

When a young man mysteriously dies in Santa Rita jail, his mother, Barbara Doss, begins a determined quest to find out what happened to him, but quickly runs into the opaque and powerful position of American sheriffs. Oakland International Film Festival (Followed by the feature documentary Iron Grit, about the 1979 campaign of the Richard Arrington, Jr, the first black mayor of Birmingham, Alabama) $15 (tickets)  67117

[Event] Strike for Climate Justice! San Francisco Direct Action, Sept 25https://t.co/pugqreLTna— Indybay (@Indybay) August 28, 2019 Strike for Climate Justice! This September, millions of people will take collective action to demand climate justice. Join us in San Francisco for a mass non-violent direct action to confront the corporations and governments responsible for this crisis. DISRUPT: THE CLIMATE WRECKERS IN THEIR CORPORATE SUITES: We have identified and will take nonviolent direct action to disrupt key locations of climate of corporations, financial institutions and government offices along or near Montgomery St.We’re asking … Continued

Please join Brasil Solidarity Network and hundreds of other people in the Bay Area as we shut down streets in San Francisco on September 25th, at the Montgomery and Market Streets area, where decision making about the harms to Mother Earth are being made. When: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM Where: Brasilian Consulate, 300 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104-1901 We are declaring that WE LOVE THE AMAZON! We love her and we envision a world and future where love and respect are given to … Continued

Join us for our monthly general body meetings to learn more about us, pressing topics/issues in East Oakland and how you can take action!67067

Join the East Bay DSA’s Labor Committee for their regular Beer and Roses social. Hang out with other members who are interested in the labor movement, hear about what’s happening in EBDSA Labor Committee & learn how you can get involved. Accessibility Information: Venue is on ground floor and there is a ramp that leads into the patio, venue has an ADA bathroom. 67105

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“The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses,” Utah Phillps. Join youth and allies on September 27th to protest Chevron, one of the world’s biggest polluters headquartered here in the Bay Area. Chevron knowingly pollutes the Richmond area, the Central Valley, the earth, and many other communities. Chevron is one of the top climate polluters in history – one of four fossil fuel companies that are the highest emitters of carbon since 1988 and one of the top 100 … Continued

JOIN US TO SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN EVERY FRIDAY SAVE CHELSEA AND JULIAN FROM TORTURE AND DEATH NEWS LETTER 10/11/19 Please sign up for our emails and alerts at: https:/bayaction2freeassnge.org and watch “XY CHELSEA” go to SHOWTIME “XY CHELSEA” clk free 7 day suscription.or free @ https://archive.org/details/XYChelsea The Main Stream Media (MSM) is so full of lies, it’s got the masses confused!! There are only a few places we can get the truth.Chelsea and Julian were two of the most important WHISTLE BLOWERS to tell the truth about USA’s illegal, … Continued

—this Fri. eve, Sept. 27th Please consider coming to a presentation by Reclaim Our Vote�s Founder and Director, Andrea Miller. Andrea is the spiritual/moral/intellectual powerhouse behind the Reclaim Our Vote Campaign (a project of the Center for Common Ground, a nonpartisan 501(c)3 organization based in Virginia). At this session, Andrea will offer an overview of the voter-suppression landscape in the United States in 2019, and talk about our campaign’s plans for the next year and two months to contact millions of voters of color.  RECLAIM OUR VOTE is a volunteer-driven, … Continued

When a young man mysteriously dies in Santa Rita jail, his mother, Barbara Doss, begins a determined quest to find out what happened to him, but quickly runs into the opaque and powerful position of American sheriffs.. Oakland International Film Festival (Followed by the feature documentary Decade of Fire, about the history of the South Bronx) $15 (tickets)  67118

A Night for the Buffalo: Buffalo Field Campaign 2019 Road Show presentation Marking 22 years of front line action for the wild buffalo, the 2019 Buffalo Field Campaign Roadshow is coming to the Bay Area on September 27. When: Friday, Sept. 27, 7 pm   Where:  the Art House Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Ave. in Berkeley Buffalo Field Campaign co-founder and field organizer Mike Mease brings captivating stories and striking film footage direct from the land of the buffalo, in a multi-media presentation, with Indigenous soul music by flutist Mignon … Continued

Communities for A Better Environment (CBE) presents… East Oakland Toxic Tour 11 AM sharp RSVP>> Please bring your own water bottles, and pen and dress weather pending, bring sun visors, umbrellas, sunscreen, etc.67066

Get together with other filmmakers, writers, and actors in the area to co-create amateur scripts and films together. All skill-levels are welcome. No equipment or experience required. Bring light snacks and drinks. ***Please bring ideas, but this is NOT a pitch night or a recruiting social for you existing project. The point is to find out what we can create together.67138

Climate scientists have warned us that we are facing a planetary emergency which threatens the survival of most species on the planet.  But the world’s most powerful governments and corporations insist on staying the same catastrophic course. Their only concern is to continue accumulating profit.  Our only hope is to organize to overturn their entire system of destruction.  The future of our planet and our species is in our hands.  Join Speak Out Now for a presentation and discussion about how we can begin to confront this emergency.     67029

  THE Program: Guest artist musical introduction speakers :- Gerald Smith – Organizer for Oscar Grant Committee and Mumia Ab Jamal Steve Zeltzer- Host of WORK WEEK KPFA and Labor Fest SF and Labor Video Project. Organizer for many spirited demos at Federal Building, Brittish, ,Austrialian and Equadorian consulates in support of Chelsea and Julian. Cecile Pineda -Poet Actress Code Pink Ricardo Ortiz- Past and founding member of Frente Socialism de Puerto Rico Collaborator Labor Fest SF. 5th Speaker TBA. Our Aim in this forum is to continue and deepen … 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

Join APTP in offering hot food, drinks, snacks, and solidarity to releasees and visitors at Santa Rita Jail! Let us know you’ll be there by sending us a text at (510) 686-3284. Prisons function to repress, warehouse and extract labor from primarily those of us who are Black or poor. We believe that solidarity is a weapon of resistance, and that we must respond to the basic needs of our community while also confronting state terror. In honor of Dujuan Armstrong Jr. who entered Santa Rita Jail for a weekend … Continued

The Film “The Wanted 18” Through a clever mix of stop motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story: The Israeli army’s pursuit of 18 cows, whose independent milk production on a Palestinian collective farm was declared “a threat to the national security of the state of Israel.” In response to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, a group of people from the town of Beit Sahour decide to buy 18 cows and produce their own milk as a co-operative. Their venture is so successful … Continued

Offside is a 2006 film directed by Jafar Panahi. If you are a woman, you are forbidden from watching a soccer game in a stadium in Iran. Offside is the story of a group of women who decided to go anyway. Offside is a work of fiction, but on Sept. 9, 2019, an Iranian woman, 29-year-old Sahar Khodayari, a soccer fan died. She had been arrested in March for “appearing in public without a hijab” when she attempted to enter the stadium “dressed as a man” to see a game. … Continued

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Stand in solidarity with the overwhelming majority of Haitians, whose continued resistance to an illegitimate, US-backed regime has given rise to years of sustained protest against stolen elections, government corruption, poverty, land grabs, rising prices, and 15 years of UN/US military occupation. These are the conditions that drive people to leave Haiti and immigrate elsewhere seeking a means to survive. $4.2 BILLION has been stolen from government revenues. The international media has either ignored this struggle or reported in a way that blames the demonstrators for “violence.” As resistance to … Continued