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1  Town Hall Meeting on Hong Kong 10:30 am  Town Hall Meeting on Hong Kong @ Niebyl Proctor Library Dec 1 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library Town Hall Meeting on Hong Kong (China) Sen Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rep Jim McGovern (D-MA) are sponsoring the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019,” but many believe that the U.S. should not be interfering in the internal affairs of China. After a brief introduction by ICSS member Eugene E Ruyle, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies at Cal State Long Beach, and perhaps a few additional speakers, we will have an open discussion of the issue with all opinions … Continued	2 Pack the 9th Circuit! Stop Trump’s Asylum Ban 8:30 am Pack the 9th Circuit! Stop Trump’s Asylum Ban @ US Ninth Circuit, Courtroom 1, 3rd Floor, Rm 338 Dec 2 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am Tickets Please spread the word and join us on Monday in San Francisco at the 9th Circuit Court, which will hear arguments in our case to block Trump’s asylum transit ban. Repeatedly in recent months, Bay Area community members have packed federal courts to oppose Trump’s attempts to block people from seeking protection in the U.S. We hope you’ll join us again. WHEN: Plan to arrive before 9am, when the judges begin proceedings for the morning. Let’s gather afterward in solidarity as well. After multiple victories to halt the new rule, … Continued	3 No Coal Ordinance – Richmond City Council 6:30 pm No Coal Ordinance – Richmond City Council @ Richmond City Council Dec 3 @ 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets This is it! Join us when the Richmond City Council will finally vote on the Richmond Coal Ordinance. The ordinance would phase out the storage and handling of coal and petroleum coke (pet coke) over a three year period. Doors open at 6:00 PM. We expect many people to show up in opposition, as happened at the Planning Commission hearing, so get there early. Faced with a rowdy show of force, the commission voted to delay approval of the ordinance. We need to show the council members that there are even … Continued	4 Pop Up Care Village 11:00 am Pop Up Care Village @ Oscar Grant Plaza Dec 4 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets Oakland – For the unhoused neighbors and residents who are needing services in Oakland, there will be a “Pop Up Care Village” on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, from 11:00AM to 3:00PM that will be delivering mobile hygene & critical services to those who are in need. The Pop Up Care Village includes free food, clothing, showers, haircuts, acupuncture, art & music, animal care, mental health services, social services, medical services, legal aid, and harm reduction.67455 Stop Criminalizing Homelessness: Special Oakland City Council Life Enrichment Committee 5:00 pm Stop Criminalizing Homelessness: Special Oakland City Council Life Enrichment Committee @ Oakland City Hall Dec 4 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets The Life enrichment committee has agreed to host a special meeting to focus on homelessness that will include voices and reflect the work of unhoused leaders and advocates in the trenches day in day out. we will breaking down the roots and scope of crisis, evaluate the current approaches and present real, cost effective solutions, new approaches to service providing, and crisis informed models of rapid rehousing. we are hoping the audit of all things related to homeless will also be presented at this meeting. Prior to 2017, Oakland City … Continued 20th Anniversary of the Shutdown of the World World Trade Organization (WTO) 5:30 pm 20th Anniversary of the Shutdown of the World World Trade Organization (WTO) @ Greenlining Institute Dec 4 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets On November 30, 1999, more than 40,000 activists spanning organized labor, climate justice, migrant justice, indigenous organizing, the peace movement, and the global justice movement, joined forces to disrupt the trade negotiations scheduled to take place at the WTO conference in Seattle. Inspired by mass mobilizations across Asia, Africa, and Latin America against neoliberal policies developed by the WTO and similar financial institutions, the takeover of downtown Seattle re-energized the fight against neoliberalism and strengthened international alliances. Twenty years later, in the context of an intensified neoliberal offensive by the … Continued Black Software: The Internet, Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter 7:00 pm Black Software: The Internet, Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter @ City Lights Bookstore Dec 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Black Software: The Internet, Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter Charlton D. McIlwain in conversation with E. David Ellington Activists, pundits, politicians, and the press frequently proclaim today’s digitally mediated racial justice activism the new civil rights movement. As Charlton D. McIlwain shows in this book, the story of racial justice movement organizing online is much longer and varied than most people know. In fact, it spans nearly five decades and involves a varied group of engineers, entrepreneurs, hobbyists, journalists, and activists. But this is a … Continued Legacy of Past and Present Anti-War Actions: Strategies to Consider for the Future 7:00 pm Legacy of Past and Present Anti-War Actions: Strategies to Consider for the Future @ UC Berkeley, Barrows Hall 126 Dec 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets LEGACY OF PAST AND PRESENT ANTI-WAR ACTIONS: STRATEGIES TO CONSIDER FOR THE FUTURE . Wednesday, December 4, 2019 7-9 pm UC Berkeley, Barrows Hall 126 . . David Miller In October, 1965, David Miller, a Catholic pacifist affiliated with the Catholic Worker movement, was the first publicly to burn his draft card after the new law against this action went into effect. He spent 2 years in prison as a result, which ignited a storm of draft card burnings in response . Edward Hasbrouck (Resisters.info) One of millions … Continued Seattle/WTO Shutdown: 20th Anniversary 7:30 pm Seattle/WTO Shutdown: 20th Anniversary @ Quezada Center Dec 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets On November 30, 1999 the World Trade Organization was prevented from meeting in Seattle by unprecedented phalanxes of self-organized protesters who filled the streets, tied up key intersections, blockaded the convention center, and used video and the internet in ways they’d never been used before. Bay Area activists were in the middle of it all, and veterans of that experience will revisit that moment to help us rethink this moment. With Anuradha Mittal, David Solnit, Eddie Yuen, and Starhawk. 67342	5 Art-Build with Artist David Solnit, CA Poor People’s Campaign 6:00 pm Art-Build with Artist David Solnit, CA Poor People’s Campaign @ Bridge Storage and Art Space Dec 5 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Californians will organize the San Francisco tour stop as part of this nine-month, 22-state ‘We Must Do MORE Tour: Mobilizing, Organizing, Registering, Educating’; building towards a Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington on June 20th, 2020. — Richmond, California— Join the Poor People’s Campaign for Art-Build featuring local Bay Area artist David Solnit at David Solnit’s studio. At the Art- Build community members will create colorful banners and signs for our upcoming We Must Do MORE Tour: Mobilizing, Organizing, Registering, Educating visit in Oakland and San Francisco … Continued SILVIA FEDERICI: Witches, Witch-Hunting and Women 7:30 pm SILVIA FEDERICI: Witches, Witch-Hunting and Women @ St. Johns Presbyterian Church Dec 5 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Hosted by Sasha Lilley “Silvia Federici’s new book offers a brilliant analysis and forceful denunciation of the violence directed toward women and their communities. Her focus moves between women criminalized as witches both at the dawn of capitalism and in contemporary globalization.” —Massimo DeAngelis, Professor of Political Economy, University of East London We are witnessing a new surge of interpersonal and institutional violence against women, including new witch hunts. This surge of violence has occurred alongside a global expansion of capitalism. In this new work, revisiting some of the main themes of Caliban … Continued	6 Bay Area Climate Strike and Resiliency Village – SF 10:00 am Bay Area Climate Strike and Resiliency Village – SF Dec 6 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets On the day of the next global climate strike, join the Sunrise Movement, Youth vs. Apocalypse, and others for a Resilience Village and mass march to divest from destruction and invest a Green New Deal. Details available soon. More info as it becomes available — and sign up here After you have signed up, you will receive more details about the march shortly. 67445 National Climate Strike in Oakland 10:00 am National Climate Strike in Oakland @ Oscar Grant Plaza Dec 6 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Join Oakland youth for a community Resilient Village to raise awareness on climate resilience and our upcoming climate chaos with hands-on workshops on herbal making, civic engagement, art, water catchment, and more. We will also provide tools for youth and allies to learn about divestment from fossil fuels and investment in the Green New Deal and provide ways to get involved. This action is youth led and co-hosted by YVA, Mycelium Youth Network, Planting Justice and others. We hope this will lead into a city wide disaster resilience planning meeting … Continued UC Berkeley Climate Strike: UC Green New Deal 10:00 am UC Berkeley Climate Strike: UC Green New Deal @ Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley Dec 6 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Students for Climate Action is returning with our second call to action: create a UC Green New Deal. The University of California is the largest employer and largest landowner in the 5th largest economy in the world. The actions of the UC system have the power to change the fate of the world’s climate and transform global systems of social inequality. Join the climate strikes happening around the world on December 6th, from 10 am – 12 pm, in demanding and CREATING an equitable and sustainable future. To learn more … Continued Youth-Led Climate Strike at Blackrock, SF 10:00 am Youth-Led Climate Strike at Blackrock, SF @ Blackrock HQ Dec 6 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets The youth are leading us back to the streets! On December 6th, Youth vs. Apocalypse and other groups are organizing actions as part of the next global climate strike. In San Francisco, activists will occupy BlackRock’s SF headquarters, demanding that the corporation divest from fossil fuels, the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest, and private prisons that hold migrant youth and adults. An Oakland component of this action has been postponed until January. Youth and adults are both welcome to get involved. Learn more and sign up to support the actions! … Continued Moms 4 Housing – Fight the Eviction Notice! 11:00 am Moms 4 Housing – Fight the Eviction Notice! Dec 6 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets We just received an eviction notice from #Wedgewood. They’d rather see #MomsHouse sit empty than let our kids be safely housed there.We won't go without a fight. Join us TOMORROW, Friday 11 AM at 2928 Magnolia St to learn about our next moves and how you can help.— Moms 4 Housing (@moms4housing) December 5, 2019 Text “Save Moms House” to (510) 800-7810 to join the text alert system so you can throw down! #SaveMomsHouse #EvictTheSpeculators67475 Save Chelsea and Julian – Rally/Protest 4:00 pm Save Chelsea and Julian – Rally/Protest Dec 6 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets WE CAN SAVE CHELSEA MANNING AND JULIAN ASSANGE FROM TORTURE AND DEATH Please sign up for our emails and alerts at: https://bayaction2freeassange.org and watch the INCREDIBLE “SHOWTIMES” Manning doc.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, immoral WARS. USA is one of the largest TERRORIST countries in history, killing, wounding, and forcing … Continued Latin America in Rebellion: What’s Next for Chile and Colombia? 5:00 pm Latin America in Rebellion: What’s Next for Chile and Colombia? @ PLACE Dec 6 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Around the world, people are rising up and mobilizing in record numbers against repressive regimes, for democratic rights, and rebelling against the neoliberal austerity measures implemented during the ongoing crises of capitalism. The Chilean rebellion began when young people protested against a public transportation fare, which grew into a general strike on October 24th and 25th coalescing all the accumulated grievances against the government, and later into periods of generalized insurrection. These mass demonstrations have been met by brutal repression. In Colombia on November 21, there was an historic national … Continued Crimethinc Tour in Oakland: Benefit for Oakland IWOC 6:00 pm Crimethinc Tour in Oakland: Benefit for Oakland IWOC @ Omni Commons Dec 6 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Come out to hear from one of the longest running anarchist media collectives in existence. The event will benefit the Oakland chapter of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC), who will be serving dinner at 6 PM – a delicious fusion of Puerto Rican and Filipino food. Currently, CrimethInc. agents are traversing the West Coast of the US, distributing anarchist literature at three book fairs and offering three different presentations in at least ten different cities. This is a crucial moment, with clashes intensifying in various parts of the world; … Continued From Democracy to Freedom 6:00 pm From Democracy to Freedom @ Omni Commons Dec 6 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Democracy is the most universal political ideal of our time. From the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to Occupy Wall Street and the autonomous region of Rojava, practically every government and popular movement calls itself democratic. Today, the far right has also appropriated the rhetoric of direct democracy, while a wave of populism has swept demagogues like Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro into power. What is democracy, precisely? How does the rhetoric of democracy serve various agendas? Is there a difference between democracy and self-determination? Are there other ways … Continued Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now 7:00 pm Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now @ East Bay Book Sellers Dec 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Angry about abortion bans? Ready to fight for access without apology?Join @JennyBrownLN of Birth Strike at the Bay Area book launch for Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now! Join us this Friday w/ @meaganmday of @jacobinmag and Allie L. of EBDSA at @EB_Booksellers! 🌹📚 pic.twitter.com/XCR51yajiL— East Bay DSA 🌹 (@DSAEastBay) December 2, 2019 67466	7 East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest 2019 11:00 am East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest 2019 @ Omni Commons Dec 7 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets The East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest is back at the Omni Commons in Oakland for it’s tenth anniversary! Vendor list and workshops TBA!67357 BASTARD (Anarchist) Conference 2019 3:00 pm BASTARD (Anarchist) Conference 2019 @ Longhaul Dec 7 @ 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets For nearly twenty years participants in the Berkeley Anarchist Study Group have been organizing the BASTARD Conference: afternoons of presentations & conversations about the beautiful idea of anarchy. This year our presenters are: – Wolfi Landstreicher (Apio Ludd) – Big Katt – Jason McQuinn – Nev Ferox – John Henri Nolette Saturday December 7th 3pm-9pm The Long Haul 3124 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley Free, though donations for The Long Haul are GREATLY appreciated No meal break this year, instead we’re hoping to do a potlatch! bring something tasty to share in … Continued Green Strategy: The Path to Fundamental Transformation. 4:00 pm Green Strategy: The Path to Fundamental Transformation. @ Niebyl Proctor Library Dec 7 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets 67471
8 The Sixth Annual Howard Zinn Book Fair – Strike! Discovering Our Power 10:00 am The Sixth Annual Howard Zinn Book Fair – Strike! Discovering Our Power @ City College of San Francisco - Mission Campus Dec 8 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Tickets The 6th Annual Howard Zinn Book Fair! The fair draws upon the legacy of legendary historian and activist Howard Zinn by gathering together over 60 publishers, booksellers, zinesters and community groups and dozens of author readings, panel discussions and workshops, all to explore the ways people can take collective action to build a better future. The HZBF has become an invaluable annual event for left political culture in the San Francisco Bay Area and this year will feature over 50 author readings and panel discussions (each 90 minutes long!) on … Continued Bitcoin and crypto currencies 10:30 am Bitcoin and crypto currencies @ Niebyl Proctor Library Dec 8 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library Bitcoin and crypto currencies Bitcoin showed the world that there can be a decentralized alternative to existing nation-state fiat currencies. People anywhere in the world can send and receive any amount of money, nearly for free, with no middlemen that can censor their transactions. Come learn about the history of crypto currencies, the differences in eToro vs Coinbase and the benefits they offer to society compared to the systems we have today. This talk is geared towards those new to crypto currencies who are … Continued Emory Douglas and Jeff Haas: Honoring Fred Hampton 4:00 pm Emory Douglas and Jeff Haas: Honoring Fred Hampton Dec 8 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Join Jeff Haas & Emory Douglas and the Freedom Archives for this Howard Zinn Book Fair event! 50 years ago Chicago police with FBI support raided Black Panther Fred Hampton’s Chicago apartment assassinating him and Mark Clark and injuring 4 others. Attorney Jeff Haas exposes the conspiracy behind the execution in this updated book. Emory Douglas, then Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party, will also join us.67315	9 Socialist Feminist Panel: Silvia Federici, Jenny Brown, and Dani Burlison 7:00 pm Socialist Feminist Panel: Silvia Federici, Jenny Brown, and Dani Burlison @ Moe's Bookstore Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets East Bay DSA is proud to co-sponsor this panel discussion featuring some of the leading socialist-feminists of our time. Silvia Federici is a feminist activist, writer, and teacher well known for her works “Wages Against Housework” and Caliban and the Witch. Jenny Brown is a National Women’s Liberation organizer, former editor of Labor Notes, and author of Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now. Dani Burlison is the author of Some Places Worth Leaving (Tolsun Books, 2019), Dendrophilia and Other Social Taboos: True Stories. Silvia Federici – Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women … Continued	10 Beyond Climate Denial: Countering Fossil Fuel Industry Tactics 5:00 pm Beyond Climate Denial: Countering Fossil Fuel Industry Tactics @ Children's Creativity Museum Dec 10 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Climate scientist Mike Mann, community organizer Andres Soto, and investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz will discuss ways of countering the fossil fuel industry’s shifting tactics to block a just and equitable transition off dirty fossil fuel production. The panel will be moderated by climate attorney Kassie Siegel and followed by a mixer with food and drinks. Hosted by the Center for Biological Diversity and the 11th Hour Project, co-sponsored by Sunflower Alliance and the Children’s Creativity Museum. Free. RSVP 67446	11 Poor People’s Campaign: March and Mass Meeting \| We Must Do MORE Tour 5:45 pm Poor People’s Campaign: March and Mass Meeting \| We Must Do MORE Tour @ Glide Dec 11 @ 5:45 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets This event will be ASL Interpreted Join the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival in San Francisco for the 4th stop of the We Must Do M.O.R.E. national tour as we Mobilize, Organize, Register and Educate. The tour stop in California will culminate with a March and Mass Meeting on Wednesday, December 11. We will march through San Francisco at 6:00 pm and gather together for a mass meeting at 7:00 pm. This will follow an Oakland community site visit to shine light on the struggles and … Continued Reimagining local journalism in Oakland 7:00 pm Reimagining local journalism in Oakland @ Wolfman Books Dec 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The View from Somewhere: Reimagining local journalism in Oakland Join us for a conversation on journalism, objectivity and an equitable approach to local news in Oakland. Two months after the 2016 presidential election, radio journalist Lewis Raven Wallace proclaimed “Objectivity is Dead and I’m Okay With it” to highlight how “neutrality” in newsrooms can be a tool of white supremacy. While journalism schools and newsrooms often tout objectivity as a pillar of the craft, Wallace argues that if you look back at how journalists in the U.S. reported on issues … Continued	12 OAKLAND POLICE COMMISSION 5:30 pm OAKLAND POLICE COMMISSION @ East Oakland Youth Development Center Dec 12 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Agenda Items of Special Interest: VII. Draft Ordinance on Military Police Equipment The Ad Hoc Committee for Military Police Equipment will present a revised version of a draft ordinance for review. VIII. Report on Policing of Oakland’s Unhoused Communities The Commission will discuss the report which was prepared on behalf of the Coalition for Police Accountability by students at the University of California, Berkeley. X. The Use of Force Working Group will present its draft report which needs to be complete by the end of the year. 67433 Poets Laureate on Social Justice 6:00 pm Poets Laureate on Social Justice @ Oakland Public Library Dec 12 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Explore poetry and social justice in this exciting poetry reading at the Oakland Public Library Main Library. Join Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Finalist, Darien Em, along with host Ron Riekki, co-editor of Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice, with five local poets laureate (not youth) sharing poems around a theme of social justice. Featuring: Caroline Goodwin, San Mateo County Poet Laureate 2014-2016 Darien Em, Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Finalist 2018-2019 Juanita J. Martin, Fairfield Poet Laureate 2010-2012 Dani Gabriel, El Cerrito Poet Laureate 2018-present67488 DSA: Beer & Roses Labor Social 6:30 pm DSA: Beer & Roses Labor Social @ Telegraph Beer Garden Dec 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets 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. 67490 Radical Futures, United Fronts: Global Women’s Resistance Against State Violence & Repression 7:00 pm Radical Futures, United Fronts: Global Women’s Resistance Against State Violence & Repression @ EastSide Arts Alliance Dec 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join GABRIELA Oakland and the Center for Political Education for “Radical Futures, United Fronts: Global Women’s Resistance Against State Violence & Repression.” This panel discussion will bridge individual struggles against ongoing and escalating policing, militarization, and repression at home and around the globe. Panelists will speak to the political fights against rising authoritarianism and repression in Palestine, the Philippines, Venezuela, and our own backyards in Oakland to shed light onto the strength of our movements and the tacit threats they pose to the ruling class. Featuring the following speakers: � … Continued	13 Save Chelsea and Julian – Rally/Protest 4:00 pm Save Chelsea and Julian – Rally/Protest Dec 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets WE CAN SAVE CHELSEA MANNING AND JULIAN ASSANGE FROM TORTURE AND DEATH Please sign up for our emails and alerts at: https://bayaction2freeassange.org and watch the INCREDIBLE “SHOWTIMES” Manning doc.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, immoral WARS. USA is one of the largest TERRORIST countries in history, killing, wounding, and forcing … Continued Ella Baker’s Birthday Party 6:00 pm Ella Baker’s Birthday Party @ Restore Oakland Dec 13 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets ELLA’S BIRTHDAY Our namesake Ella Josephine Baker was a fierce advocate for justice. She believed in the power of people to create mass change. Ella’s birthday is on December 13th – and there is no better way to honor her legacy than to celebrate together in community. We are so grateful for what we have accomplished together this year – from strategic policy wins to moving into our permanent home – and we want to honor and appreciate YOU, our members! Our team will share an update on our 2019 wins and … Continued	14 A Cry From Bethlehem to the International Community: Palestinian Christian Advent Message 10:30 am A Cry From Bethlehem to the International Community: Palestinian Christian Advent Message @ Pacific School of Religion Dec 14 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Palestinian Christian, Daniel Bannoura – from the Bethlehem Bible College in the West Bank — will speak about the current realities on the ground in Palestine. The event commemorates the 10th Anniversary of the Kairos Palestine document issued by Palestinian Christians as word of faith, hope, and love from the heart of Palestinian suffering. Kairos Palestine was modeled after the Kairos South Africa document issued in the 1980’s during the anti-apartheid struggle. Panelists Include: Rev. Dale Weatherspoon, Easter Hill United Methodist Church Rev. John Anderson, St. John’s Presbyterian Church Rev.. … Continued Winter Caring Village 11:00 am Winter Caring Village @ Mosswood Park Dec 14 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets We're stoked to join Punks With Lunch for their Winter Caring Village at Mosswood Park this Saturday. We'll be there at 4pm to provide HIV and HCV testing, hep A and flu vaccination, foot/toenail care, and wound care.— Berkeley Free Clinic Outreach (@BFCoutreach) December 12, 2019 Sorry – it's actually at 11am. Our bad.— Berkeley Free Clinic Outreach (@BFCoutreach) December 13, 2019 67496 Trump/Pence Out Now! 1:00 pm Trump/Pence Out Now! Dec 14 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets “There is no Santa Claus, and he will not remove Trump and Pence. It’s on us. Trump/Pence #OUTNOW!” This is a month of flash protests, banner drops, rapidly responding to sharp political events, and other actions, including “moving protests” – on public transit or by car caravan – to disturb the air and get the word out on a massive scale. The centerpiece of the month will be mass protests on December 14, injecting the demand “Trump/Pence #OUTNOW!” into the holidays to shake off the numbing mass-consumerism daze. If we … Continued Economics Book Group: “Banking on the People.” Hosted by Strike Debt Bay Area. 4:30 pm Economics Book Group: “Banking on the People.” Hosted by Strike Debt Bay Area. @ Omni Commons Dec 14 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets 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 Leading from Below: School Funding, Strikes, and Union Democracy 6:30 pm Leading from Below: School Funding, Strikes, and Union Democracy @ Tamarack Dec 14 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us for an evening of food, drink, and politics as we discuss with Bay Area teachers on the recent walkout in Berkeley, the struggle against Privatization in Oakland, the statewide fight for public education, and the democratization of teacher’s unions across the Bay Area.67457
15 Feed the Hood 13 7:00 am Feed the Hood 13 @ East Oakland Youth Development Center Dec 15 @ 7:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Being our largest Feed the Hood this year, join us for another opportunity to give back to our unhoused brothers and sisters across Oakland with a bag lunch and hygiene preparation and distribution to curbside communities. This Feed the Hood features a special winter item drive to help aid our unhoused family for the cold and wet weather. Register for Feed the Hood 13. For more info, visit eastoaklandcollective.com/feedthehood. 67451 Sunrise 101 Training 9:00 am Sunrise 101 Training @ Urban Adamah Dec 15 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Tickets About the Event Keep up our momentum after the December 6th Strike! Join us if you want to deepen your understanding of Sunrise, build community with like-minded young people in the Bay Area, and learn hard organizing skills. To win in 2020, we must build people power, political power, and solidarity with other movements who stand to benefit from the Green New Deal. This training is for any young person (35 and under) looking for a meaningful way to stand up for our climate, our homes, and our values during … Continued Group Discussion: Dictatorship of the Proletariat 10:30 am Group Discussion: Dictatorship of the Proletariat @ Niebyl Proctor Library Dec 15 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library Group Discussion: Dictatorship of the Proletariat ICSS member Eugene E Ruyle will provide an introduction and recommends everybody read the Wikipedia article, “Dictatorship of the Proletariat,” which is surprisingly good. FREE — but we will pass the hat to support ICSS — FREE About Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library A weekly discussion series inspired by our respect for the work of Karl Marx and our belief that his work will remain as important for the class struggles of the future as they have … Continued People’s Park Holiday Concert 12:00 pm People’s Park Holiday Concert @ People's Park Dec 15 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets The Peoples Park Holiday Concert is a celebration of all things fun. This Concert is FREE and OPEN to the public with various activities between Telegraph and Haste Street. Our theme is the Rights of the Homeless Child and their Families. We encourage you to bring your kids for giveaways and face painting and more! Performers include Yukon Hannibal, 2 Lazy Boys, Carol Denney, David Axelrod, Michael Smith, Hali Hammer, and the Dapper Shindig Band! You can also share your talents at our open mic! Come for the music, stay … Continued Rebellion in Haiti 1:00 pm Rebellion in Haiti @ New Valencia Hall Dec 15 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Fed up with government lies and corruption, Haitians have been taking to the streets. They are calling on President Jovenel Moïse to resign. Hear the Haiti Action Committee report on the historical context for the Caribbean nation’s latest insurrection and discuss what’s needed to bring about a victory for working people. 67504 Green Party Holiday Party 6:30 pm Green Party Holiday Party @ It's Your Move Dec 15 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets ***Green Party Holiday Party*** Dear Greens and Supporters, Celebrate the Holiday Season with old friends and new. We’ll have good fun, yummy food, and open dialogue at the 2019 Annual Potluck Holiday Party Please bring a drink or dish of your choice to share! (There will be no Green Sunday Program or Green County Council meeting in December. We’ll party instead. The next regular Green Sunday program will be the second Sunday in January, 2020, followed as usual by the Alameda Green Party County Council.)67485 The Green New Deal and Lessons from its Namesake 6:30 pm The Green New Deal and Lessons from its Namesake @ Niebyl Proctor Library, upstairs Dec 15 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Marx’s Human Essence, the Green New Deal and Lessons from its Namesake After the dramatic human outrage and reason of the youth-led Global Climate Strike, what can be said of the political solutions emerging from the global capitalist system of nation-states? Even as it was agreed to, the Paris Climate Accord (PCA), was deemed to be a wholly inadequate response to the scale of the problem. Accelerated climate changes since reveal the PCA as an even more feeble response to the impending catastrophe. It is, in any case, in tatters … Continued Socialism For Americans 7:30 pm Socialism For Americans @ Redwood Garden Dec 15 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets “Socialism In America” An introduction to the global struggle for Socialism. Sunday, December 15 7:30 PM–9:30 PM Redwood Gardens 2951 Derby Street, Berkeley, 94705 Gene Ruyle, professor of Anthropology and Marxist Scholar, will discuss his upcoming book Socialism in America. Gene lectures often at the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library in Oakland. 67509	16 PG&E: We Need Power to Live! 12:00 pm PG&E: We Need Power to Live! @ PG&E HQ Dec 16 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Join Diablo Rising Tide and many allies at PG&E corporate headquarters to #ReclaimOurPower and start a wave of action that continues through the winter. There will be speakers, programming, and more! Accessible and kid-friendly. The action will demand that PG&E: 1. GIVE BACK ALL SHAREHOLDER PROFITS UNTIL PG&E CAN SAFELY PROVIDE POWER. STOP PROFITING OFF PEOPLE’S LIVES. PG&E has paid out billions in shareholder dividends to predatory investors, while people are dying due to PG&E’s negligence. PG&E has failed to upgrade infrastructure for the stresses we face amidst climate change. Their equipment … Continued	17 UPDATE: Moms 4 Housing Eviction Defense 6:00 am UPDATE: Moms 4 Housing Eviction Defense Dec 17 @ 6:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets UPDATE: EVICTION DEFERRED!! This AM #Moms4Housing filed a claim of right 2 possession in response 2 eviction notice. The Court now has 2 delay eviction & schedule a hearing in 15 days so sheriffs will NOT be coming 2 Mom’s House tomorrow-which gives us more time 2 organize, fight & win ❤️✊– @moms4housing pic.twitter.com/CSatlF8mN1— Alyssa Kang (@1alyssakang) December 16, 2019 On November 18th, a group of mothers without shelter reclaimed possession of a vacant investor-owned property in West Oakland. On December 3rd they received an eviction notice from Wedgewood Inc., … Continued Oakland Youth Climate Strike + Resilient Village 10:00 am Oakland Youth Climate Strike + Resilient Village @ Oscar Grant Plaza Dec 17 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets Oakland youth call for a gathering at Oscar Grant plaza to create a community “Resilient Village”. This action is youth led and cohosted by YVA, Mycelium Youth Network, Planting Justice and others.67477 Impeach Trump Rally 4:00 pm Impeach Trump Rally @ Grand Lake Theater Intersection Dec 17 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW!!! Nobody Is Above the Law. That’s why we’re calling on Congress to Impeach & Remove Donald Trump. The night before the House of Representatives takes a somber vote to impeach Trump, we’ll head to every congressional office and public square to declare that Nobody Is Above the Law as representatives finalize their positions and senators look on. Join this historic nationwide mobilization on the eve of Trump’s impeachment vote: RSVP for an event near you or sign up to host one. Events will be visible, family-friendly, public … Continued Solidarity Prisoner Postcard Mailing 5:00 pm Solidarity Prisoner Postcard Mailing @ Cafe Encina Dec 17 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join Critical Resistance to help us send solidarity postcards to imprisoned people! Every year in the wintertime, Critical Resistance sends a note of solidarity, hope, and encouragement to all of the 7,500+ subscribers of The Abolitionist newspaper that are currently locked up in jails, detention centers, and prisons. Come by to write a personalized note of solidarity. The art for this postcard was done by Eduardo Sarmiento, a political prisoner in the Philippines. Thanks to SELDA, an organization of political prisoners and former political detainees in the Philippines, who provided … Continued Justice for Jamaica Hampton 6:00 pm Justice for Jamaica Hampton @ Caesar Chavez Elementary Dec 17 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Justice for Jamaica Hampton!SFPD has scheduled a 'town hall' where they will try to justify last week's shooting. Be there to demand answers for their violence. We won't tolerate the continued brutalization of the people of our city!An Injury to One is an Injury to All! pic.twitter.com/vpSoqUSEIS— DSA San Francisco (@DSA_SF) December 14, 2019 67519	18 Say No to Nuclear for East Bay Community Energy 6:00 pm Say No to Nuclear for East Bay Community Energy @ Hayward City Council Dec 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join the Local Clean Energy Alliance, the Sierra Club, and others to tell East Bay Community Energy not to buy nuclear power. On December 18, East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) will consider a proposal to contract for “carbon free” energy, which would be 30% large hydroelectric and 70% nuclear.. Now there is no nuclear in East Bay Community Energy’s power mix, and many community members and organizations who advocated for community choice explicitly intended to have a “nuclear free” program. As evidenced by the 2025 decommissioning of Diablo Canyon (the … Continued Screening: Rise Up and Call Their Names 6:00 pm Screening: Rise Up and Call Their Names @ Cantcle Farm Dec 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets join PBS Blackside documentary filmmaker Aleta Alston Toure’, who has been staying with Canticle Farm for two months. Aleta is a Mother, Filmmaker, Healer and Social Change organizer/strategist that is presently helping to build the Parable of the Sower Intentional Community Cooperative. Aleta will be joined by local Bay Area members Kazu Haga, East Point Peace Academy and with Lousie Dunlap, Undoing the Silence: Six tools for Social Change Writing, as they screen and discuss the culminating 20 years since the “Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Middle Passage Walk” which started … Continued	19 Rally Against Displacement 6:00 pm Rally Against Displacement @ please contact the organizers via email or call/text for location details. Dec 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets The Residents of the West Oakland Wood st Homeless Community have been continually harrassed and threatened by the City of Oakland and the real estate developer, Game Changer LLC. Over a hundred homeless people have informally settled on Wood st in West Oakland, as the developer looks to make a profit, residents are being threatened with eviction. Residents have been fighting this eviciton for over a year. Residents are planning to deliver a letter to an Oakland politician, demanding an end to this harrassment and that no homeless community be … Continued	20 SAVE CHELSEA MANNING AND JULIAN ASSANGE FROM TORTURE/DEATH 4:00 pm SAVE CHELSEA MANNING AND JULIAN ASSANGE FROM TORTURE/DEATH Dec 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets BASTA! WE CAN SAVE CHELSEA MANNING AND JULIAN ASSANGE FROM TORTURE/DEATH Please join our weekly vigils. We can help you start your own. Also sign up for our emails and alerts at: https://bayaction2freeassange.org and watch the INCREDABLE “SHOWTIMES”doc. “XYChelsea 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, immoral WARS. USA is one … Continued	21 DSA: Gingerbread Social Housing Social 2:00 pm DSA: Gingerbread Social Housing Social @ RSVP for location (see text) Dec 21 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Have you ever wanted to build a socialist utopia out of gingerbread houses? Want to learn more about what East Bay DSA is doing around housing? Wondering what exactly is “social housing?” Join the East Bay DSA Housing Committee for a fun evening of making gingerbread houses and socializing with comrades. We’re also assembling hygiene kits including donated items like soaps, socks, and toothpaste. This is open to the general public – So that’s you! And your friends. And your friend’s friends. And your cousin’s cousin. Oh, and kids are … Continued
22 New Parkway 7th Anniversary – $1 Movies New Parkway 7th Anniversary – $1 Movies Dec 22 all-day Tickets One of the best days of the year at the New Parkway is our birthday: yummy cake, a bunch of friends, singing, good cheer, and of course lots of great movies. We’re so happy to be turning seven and hope that you’ll help us ring in our adolescence in two weeks time. Here’s what we have in store: $1 Movies All Day Long! It used to be that the movie prices on our birthday were the same as our age, but $7 tickets just aren’t that special, and we want … Continued Group Discussion: The Christian Church and Marxism. 10:30 am Group Discussion: The Christian Church and Marxism. @ Niebyl Proctor Library Dec 22 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library On the eve of one of the holiest festivals of the Christian calendar we take a materialist and dialectical look at this influential religious denomination. Our topic will be introduced by ICSS member Richard Fallenbaum.67505	23	24 Moms 4 Housing Christmas Eve Press Conference 10:00 am Moms 4 Housing Christmas Eve Press Conference Dec 24 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets So that is why we are asking you to join our Christmas Eve Press Conference 👇 Tomorrow 12/24 @ 10AM 2928 Magnolia St, Oakland— Moms 4 Housing (@moms4housing) December 24, 2019 67536	25	26 Moms 4 Housing Court Hearing 8:30 am Moms 4 Housing Court Hearing @ Hayward Hall of Justice Dec 26 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am Tickets URGENT – @moms4housing eviction hearing date has been expedited by the courts and will now be Thursday, 12/26. Show up to the Hayward Hall of Justice at 8:30AM 24405 AMADOR ST. Hayward, CA 94544 https://t.co/LdRfdCgDFy— Coalition on Homelessness (@TheCoalitionSF) December 25, 2019 67537 Eviction Defense: Moms 4 Housing 9:00 am Eviction Defense: Moms 4 Housing Dec 26 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets URGENT – Word the lawyers that if the @moms4housing lose in court tomorrow (which is likely), the Sheriff could execute the eviction immediately.They need people at the house to prepare to defend the home against eviction TOMORROW at 9AM. This is a priority over court support.— Indybay (@Indybay) December 26, 2019 67538 Block The Boat 5th Year Anniversary 5:30 pm Block The Boat 5th Year Anniversary @ Quezada Center Dec 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Five years ago, the Bay Area achieved one of the most successful BDS victories against apartheid Israel in US history! In 2014 we stopped the Israeli-owned ZIM shipping line from docking at the Port of Oakland for 3 consecutive months, and it hasn’t returned since! Join us to celebrate the historic and decisive Block the Boat victory as a major contribution to all movements for social and economic justice! Music, food, drinks and speakers from the Block the Boat coalition. 67450 Reception for Lisa Savage Green Party U.S. Senate candidate – Vermont 6:30 pm Reception for Lisa Savage Green Party U.S. Senate candidate – Vermont @ It's Your Move Games and Hobbies Dec 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Reception for Lisa Savage Green Party U.S. Senate candidate Lisa Savage is a hard-hitting teacher-organizer-grandmother who’s been spearheading the “Conversion” campaign at Maine’s Bath Iron Works to convert it to supply green energy and transportation, rather than billion-dollar destroyer warships that drain our budget, worsen climate change, and don’t make us safer. She’s running in a high-profile Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) contest to challenge vulnerable Trump ally Senator Susan Collins in Maine. Lisa’s race will also showcase RCV as the real solution to the “spoiler” hysteria used across the nation … Continued	27 Friday Hot Meal Prep & Distribution to the Unhoused 6:00 pm Friday Hot Meal Prep & Distribution to the Unhoused @ Curbside Community Dec 27 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Friday Hot Meal Prep & Distribution to the Unhoused With gracious donations and coordination from nonprofit Peninsula Food Runners, The East Oakland Collective has embarked on distributing 400 lbs of gourmet food from Silicon Valley to those in need in Oakland. For more info and schedule, visit our volunteer webpage. 67549	28 V for Vendetta 3:00 pm V for Vendetta @ New Parkway Dec 28 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets V for Vendetta is a 2005 dystopian political thriller film directed by James McTeigue and written by the Wachowskis based on the 1988 DC/Vertigo Comics limited series of the same name by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. Set in an alternate future where a Nordic supremacist and neo-fascist totalitarian regime has subjugated the United Kingdom, the film centers on V (portrayed by Hugo Weaving), an anarchist and masked freedom fighter who attempts to ignite a revolution through elaborate terrorist acts, while Natalie Portman plays Evey, a young, working-class woman caught … Continued
29 Group Discussion: David Graeber’s Debt: the First Five Thousand Years. 10:30 am Group Discussion: David Graeber’s Debt: the First Five Thousand Years. @ Niebyl Proctor Library Dec 29 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets This topic was suggested by ICSS member Karen Steward who will provide an introduction to this fascinating book.67506 FreeUp Oakland – Free Store 12:00 pm FreeUp Oakland – Free Store Dec 29 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets freeoaklandup Free Oakland UP is open Thursday to Sunday, 12-4. Come in for your #free #treasures! One free treasure per person per day and for a fair monetary donation to help pay the rent you may choose more! More treasures!! Plus! There are 2 tables where you can take all you want and may take as much Christmas stuff as you want! Sooooo much stuff!67539	30 Moms 4 Housing Court Date / Eviction Defense 9:00 am Moms 4 Housing Court Date / Eviction Defense @ Hayward Hall of Justice Dec 30 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets On December 26th, court was continued until December 30th, when Moms 4 Housing will be given a chance to make their case. Check out @Moms4Housing on twitter. Sign the petition Participate in the eviction defense, as necessary, by showing up at 2928 Magnolia St., Oakland, CA after 9:00 AM. 67540 Unhoused Know Your Rights Training 4:00 pm Unhoused Know Your Rights Training @ East Oakland Collective HQ Dec 30 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets 67558	31

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About OccupyOakland.org

This website was created in the fall of 2011. Most of it is now moribund, but the Occupy Oakland Calendar, which lists activist events in the East Bay (and occasionally elsewhere) is still maintained, the Search facility works to find earlier posts and keep OO’s history alive, and articles are occasionally still posted to the front page.

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly met in-person weekly (with a rare skip) since October 10th, 2011 up until the pandemic, at which point we went to bi-weekly Zoom meetings. We do checkins, go over the activist events of the past meeting interval, and have general discussions on politics and revolution.

For many years, until the pandemic, we put on a Feed the People event monthly at Oscar Grant Plaza, where all were welcome to come and partake of a freshly cooked, savory meal, before our GA.

If you would like to participate while the pandemic is still amidst, send an email to occupyoakland-request@lists.riseup.net. Check the calendar or this text to see if we have resumed in-person meetings.