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GENERAL STRIKE on Friday, May 1st, 2020. We are encouraging everyone through the U.S. and the world to join us in engaging #NoWork #NoShopping #NoRent #NoMortgage #NoEviction #NoDebt #NoSchool #NoPrison #NoDetention actions. Join us from 10-11 AM for a rally with the ILWU at the Oakland Port. At 11 AM we leave for a car & bike caravan up Broadway to demand: 1. RELEASE ALL PRISONERS (Oakland Jail @ 11) 2. EQUITABLE EDUCATION FOR ALL (OUSD HQ @ 11:30) 3. POWER & RESOURCES TO THE PEOPLE (City Hall @ 12) … Continued

From: Alameda Labor Council May 1st “Rally” at 2:00pm at CHO * “Rally” Keeping a safe distance from each other on May 1, 2020. * 2:00 pm in front of the Children’s Hospital Oakland. 747 52nd St. * We deserve to be treated with respect and to be kept safe by our employer during this pandemic. * If nurses and all health care workers aren’t safe, no one is safe. Not our patients, our loved ones or our communities. * The right to full contract protection is fundamental to our … Continued

FRIDAY NIGHT FORUMS: INTERNATIONAL LESSONS ON ORGANIZING Join us this Friday, on May Day, International Workers Day, at 5pm PST/8pm EST. Rachel Herzing will be in conversation with Kali Akuno (Cooperation Jackson),  Zenei Cortez (National Nurses United) and Vijay Prashad (Tricontinental). Fridays at 5pm PST/8pm EST May 1: Organizing Workers Register May 8: Sanctions on Iran Register May 15: Palestine & the Blockade on Gaza Register May 22: China and US Relations Register May 29: Abolition & the COVID-19 Crisis Register RECORDINGS OF PREVIOUS FORUMS April 17: Venezuela and Sanctions … Continued

Lenin on Democracy and Dictatorship & its relevance for our time. Workers in the US accepted New Deal in 1939, got jobs & social security benefits in return for giving up struggle for power to rule the society; only to lose it a generation later. US Democracy: Bill Clinton gave us NAFTA; shipped jobs to China, Bush set us up to be robbed by Banks, Obama sold us “Hope” only to be defrauded by Wall Street, and so workers, given the choices, elected Trump, the impostor. Sanders denounced Trump only … Continued

LIVESTREAM! How to use Social Media to Drive Environmental Change – Climate Change RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/livestream-how-to-use-social-media-to-drive-environmental-change–tickets-93000512035 In response COVID-19, the Ecology Center is joining in the community efforts to keep everyone safe and healthy “How to us Social Media to Drive Environmental Change” will now be offered as an interactive livestream presentation! In the second of her three Livestream workshop series, Jessica Jane Robinson will share, in-depth, the second part of her United Nations 68th Civil Society Conference presentation, “Why Zero Waste,” that she presented on August 28th, 2019. She will explain … Continued

COVID-19 and Climate: The Future of Energy Where: Online via livestream; RSVP at link (FREE): https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2020-05-06/covid-19-and-climate-future-energy After decades spent trying to reach 100 million barrels of daily production, the oil industry is devastated from the sudden evaporation of demand. Renewables are also taking a big hit with projections that half of America’s solar workers will lose their jobs. Federal relief packages are bailing out airlines and public transportation, while excluding any help for clean energy. What are the energy impacts of the COVID-19 recession? How will this reshape use of … Continued

FRIDAY NIGHT FORUMS: INTERNATIONAL LESSONS ON ORGANIZING Join us this Friday, on May Day, International Workers Day, at 5pm PST/8pm EST. Rachel Herzing will be in conversation with Kali Akuno (Cooperation Jackson),  Zenei Cortez (National Nurses United) and Vijay Prashad (Tricontinental). Fridays at 5pm PST/8pm EST May 1: Organizing Workers Register May 8: Sanctions on Iran Register May 15: Palestine & the Blockade on Gaza Register May 22: China and US Relations Register May 29: Abolition & the COVID-19 Crisis Register RECORDINGS OF PREVIOUS FORUMS April 17: Venezuela and Sanctions … Continued

No State Execution by COVID-19! Join the Car Caravan to San Quentin – May 9th The Labor Action Committee To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal is calling for a car caravan/protest and rally at San Quentin Prison on Saturday May 9th. We demand that Governor Newsom act to prevent prisoners from being infected by this deadly pandemic. Overcrowded and unsanitary conditions which are pervasive in San Quentin and prisons across the country! In the Marion, Ohio prison fully 80% of prisoners have tested positive! Packing inmates like sardines in San Quentin Prison … Continued

Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to healing. The Bahá’í community of Oakland is organizing this gathering for the community to connect, share prayers, writings and poems from all spiritual traditions, reflect and recharge and build coalitions interested in healing. “Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy. Nearness to Thee is my hope, and love for Thee is my companion. Thy mercy to me is my healing and my succor in both this world and the world to come. … Continued

Green Sunday: Workers’ Organizing in the Age of the Pandemic Even as we are embroiled in both a health and economic crisis, workers face not only massive layoffs, but a range of issues around safety and protective equipment, cuts in pay/resources, and loss of housing and adequate food supply. Yet workers throughout the nation, both in unions and outside, are resisting not only around basic needs, but expanding demands around control of work conditions and joining collective labor organizations. We will present two labor activists who will discuss local and … Continued

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors, at its upcoming meeting on May 12th, will consider a request from Alameda County Sheriff Gregory J. Ahern for an additional $255 million or more over the next three years for the stated purpose of increasing staffing at the Alameda County Santa Rita Jail in Dublin despite the continuing decrease in the jail population. This is precisely the wrong way to spend County money, especially during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Rather than giving the Sheriff more money for fewer prisoners, the Board … Continued

As plans for re-opening businesses, communities, and schools emerge, mechanisms to track the SARS-COV-2 virus become increasingly critical to consider. In this conversation led by Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter, Director of the Berkeley Institute for Data Science and Professor of Physics, Berkeley faculty will present their recent research findings and data on COVID-19 infection and death rates. They will discuss how they are using data to better understand how many people are infected and actually dying from COVID-19, whether infections and deaths are going up or down, and how much … Continued

Agenda 2. Open Forum/Public Comment 4. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – Forensic Logic Impact Report and proposed Use Policy -review and take possible action. 5. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – UAS (Drone) Impact Report and proposed Use Policy – review and take possible action PUBLIC PARTICIPATION The Privacy Advisory Commission encourages public participation in the online board meetings. The public may observe and/or participate in this meeting in several ways. OBSERVE: • To observe the meeting by video conference, please click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88574901972 at the noticed … Continued

FRIDAY NIGHT FORUMS: INTERNATIONAL LESSONS ON ORGANIZING Join us this Friday, on May Day, International Workers Day, at 5pm PST/8pm EST. Rachel Herzing will be in conversation with Kali Akuno (Cooperation Jackson),  Zenei Cortez (National Nurses United) and Vijay Prashad (Tricontinental). Fridays at 5pm PST/8pm EST May 1: Organizing Workers Register May 8: Sanctions on Iran Register May 15: Palestine & the Blockade on Gaza Register May 22: China and US Relations Register May 29: Abolition & the COVID-19 Crisis Register RECORDINGS OF PREVIOUS FORUMS April 17: Venezuela and Sanctions … Continued

he COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the nature of the capitalist system for all to see. It has revealed the vulnerability of the poorest people in society. It has shown clearly who is essential to our health and well being, and who is not. As the pandemic impacts societies across the globe, it gives us a glimpse of what massive climate disruption could also bring. The choice in front of us is clear – we have to organize our forces to save ourselves and life on our planet. Join us for … Continued

EMAIL STRIKE.DEBT.BAY.AREA@GMAIL.COM FOR CONNECTION INFO. Strike Debt Bay Area proudly hosts a non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included Doughnut Economics, Limits, Banking on the People, and Capital and Its Discontents. We will be reading the first half (Chapters 1-3) of How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century (Amazon, Abe Books, Verso) for the April 18th meeting and the rest of the book for the May 16th meeting. What is wrong with capitalism, and how can we change it? Capitalism … Continued

U.S. Sanctions: The Weaponization of the Global Financial System    While wars have historically been fought with soldiers and guns, the sole superpower has realized its monopoly ability to wage financial war through sanctions and embargoes against its perceived enemies around the world, such as Iran, North Korea, China, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, Gaza.  How and why does the United States alone exercise this extraterritorial power to such devastating effect? Dr. Sharat G. Lin is a research fellow at the San José Peace and Justice Center.  He writes and lectures on global political economy, labor … Continued

North Oakland Neighbors! We are doing our distribution again and we would love your support for these dates: Sunday 5.17 (Donations) 11am-1pm Wednesday 5.20 (Donations) 3pm-5pm Sunday 5.24 (Donations) 11am-1pm Wednesday 5.27 (Donations) 3pm-5pm Sunday 5.31 (Distribution) 10am-5pm Wednesdays & Sundays (5/17, 20, 24, 27): We are asking OUR HOUSED neighbors to contribute hygiene supplies, canned food, bottled water, rain gear, tarps, garbage bags, $$ et al to be redistributed on Sunday May 31st to encampments in North Oakland dealing with the COVID 19. We will sanitize and package your … Continued

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ACLU of California Legislative Webinar Registration to obtain Zoom info: https://action.aclu.org/webform/legislative-webinar Find out what the ACLU is doing to protect civil rights and civil liberties during the pandemic and how you can get involved to help build power in your community! When we started the year, we expected to organize for legislation that would create better lives for people in our communities and secure civil rights and civil liberties for all. We could never have anticipated how our lives, our economy, and our politics would be disrupted by this pandemic. … Continued

During a national crisis like the one we’re facing now, lawmakers must make critical decisions on a number of topics, which can define our future for decades to come. EFF is fighting to make sure that the policy changes we make in this moment are in service of a just, equitable, and healthy future for all of us. Here are two things you can do to make sure lawmakers to do the right thing in California. First, join us to learn about how face surveillance technology vendors are using this … Continued

FRIDAY NIGHT FORUMS: INTERNATIONAL LESSONS ON ORGANIZING Join us this Friday, on May Day, International Workers Day, at 5pm PST/8pm EST. Rachel Herzing will be in conversation with Kali Akuno (Cooperation Jackson),  Zenei Cortez (National Nurses United) and Vijay Prashad (Tricontinental). Fridays at 5pm PST/8pm EST May 1: Organizing Workers Register May 8: Sanctions on Iran Register May 15: Palestine & the Blockade on Gaza Register May 22: China and US Relations Register May 29: Abolition & the COVID-19 Crisis Register RECORDINGS OF PREVIOUS FORUMS April 17: Venezuela and Sanctions … Continued

Democratic Socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are raising the expectations of millions of people across the United States and bringing them into a political awakening. The membership of DSA, the largest socialist organization in the United States, is rapidly growing by the thousands. Millions of everyday people are calling for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, universal rent control, and more. But what is democratic socialism? What does it mean to be a member of DSA? Let’s talk about it. Join us to discuss … Continued

Public Banking Gathers Momentum in 2020    Public Banking is a root solution that helps all other solutions from healthcare and COVID-19 to a real Green New Deal. Public banks partner with community banks and serve the interest of the public, not Wall Street. The 100-year-old Bank of North Dakota is currently the only state bank, but this year that could change. In fall of 2019 California passed a law that established a pathway for public banks at all levels from municipal to state. Now in 2020, due to the … Continued

North Oakland Neighbors! We are doing our distribution again and we would love your support for these dates: Sunday 5.17 (Donations) 11am-1pm Wednesday 5.20 (Donations) 3pm-5pm Sunday 5.24 (Donations) 11am-1pm Wednesday 5.27 (Donations) 3pm-5pm Sunday 5.31 (Distribution) 10am-5pm Wednesdays & Sundays (5/17, 20, 24, 27): We are asking OUR HOUSED neighbors to contribute hygiene supplies, canned food, bottled water, rain gear, tarps, garbage bags, $$ et al to be redistributed on Sunday May 31st to encampments in North Oakland dealing with the COVID 19. We will sanitize and package your … Continued

Let’s face it, we could all use a vacation right now, but the closest that most of us can get to a palm tree is that one Zoom background of a beach. We have the solution: dress for the vacation you want, chill down or shake up something special to drink, locate your most vacated virtual background, and join the East Bay DSA for our first virtual Socializing with Socialists. Staying at home all day can be kind of isolating, but if we have to be isolated, let’s be isolated … Continued

Call to Action and Conscience: Systemic Racism, Poverty, Voting Rights, Healthcare and the Pandemic. Join us on 5/26/20 at 4 PM PT (7 PM ET) for a virtual town. This event will be broadcast live on our official FB page: https://www.facebook.com/anewppc/ Please join this important discussion on the impacts of systemic racism, poverty, voting rights, healthcare and Covid-19 in the black community as we organize to build power for the Virtual Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington taking place on June 20th. This discussion will include a call … Continued

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Tell Oakland City Council and Mayor Schaaf: Protect our public services! Circle Lake Merritt STARTING POINT: Lucky’s parking lot by Lake Merritt ******************************** Mayor Schaaf will be announcing her budget proposal on Tuesday, May 26. During this crisis, in which public services are needed more than ever, we reject all cuts to city services. The City needs to use its ‘rainy day’ reserve money meant for times like this. We are going to caravan around Lake Merritt to show the City Council and Mayor Schaaf that Oakland is united against … Continued

Join Oakland Voices for a conversation about journalists covering Oakland during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guests include: Davey D, host of Hard Knock Radio; and Darwin Bondgraham, news editor for Berkeleyside’s forthcoming Oakland newsroom. Moderated by Rasheed Shabazz and introduced by Momo Chang of Oakland Voices. oaklandvoices.us RSVP: https://bit.ly/ovweb-0526 A conversation among reporters, editors, and other media makers.I'll be talking about reporting during the #COVID19 pandemic alongside Davey D with Rasheed Shabazz tonight, 7pm. Join us here – https://t.co/4QnkKlaDyw pic.twitter.com/MPBnnURMA3— Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) May 26, 2020 67919

Join us for a virtual protest the night before the Facebook shareholders’ meeting Pro-democracy activists have a message for Facebook shareholders: “Wake the ZUCK Up!” We’ll project this message and others onto the side of the Facebook building in San Francisco the night before the shareholders’ virtual meeting. We’ll be urging the shareholders to protect the public from lies, hate, and disinformation in political advertisements during the 2020 election season. Watch a livestream of the action at https://www.facebook.com/GlobalExchange/ Shareholders will be considering a proposal to study and report on Facebook’s … Continued

Join the Labor Network for Sustainability, the Climate Justice Alliance, the Indigenous Environmental Network and a team of scholars and activists for the launch of the Just Transition Listening Project. The first session will focus on action in the unfolding economic crisis, featuring the renowned Noam Chomsky, just transition scholar Robert Pollin, and Economic Policy Institute president Thea Lee. Over the course of the next four months, the Just Transition Listening Project will bring together the stories of workers and community members as they experience extreme changes in their local … Continued

• To observe, the public may view the televised video conference by viewing KTOP channel 10 on Xfinity (Comcast) or ATT Channel 99 and locating City of Oakland KTOP – Channel 10 • To observe the meeting by video conference, please click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87212045112 at the noticed meeting time. Instructions on how to join a meeting by video conference are available at: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193, which is a webpage entitled “Joining a Meeting” Some Agenda Items of Possible Interest: X. Commission Discussion of, and Possible Action On, City Administration’s Proposed … Continued

FRIDAY NIGHT FORUMS: INTERNATIONAL LESSONS ON ORGANIZING Join us this Friday, on May Day, International Workers Day, at 5pm PST/8pm EST. Rachel Herzing will be in conversation with Kali Akuno (Cooperation Jackson),  Zenei Cortez (National Nurses United) and Vijay Prashad (Tricontinental). Fridays at 5pm PST/8pm EST May 1: Organizing Workers Register May 8: Sanctions on Iran Register May 15: Palestine & the Blockade on Gaza Register May 22: China and US Relations Register May 29: Abolition & the COVID-19 Crisis Register RECORDINGS OF PREVIOUS FORUMS April 17: Venezuela and Sanctions … Continued

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Join thousands of people across the country in car caravan protests on Saturday, May 30 to demand the cancellation of rents and mortgages for tenants, homeowners, small landlords and small businesses for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. Protesters will adhere to social distancing guidelines and requirements, including wearing mask that have been established to respond to the Coronavirus outbreak. The effect on the people has been devastating. Nearly 90,000 people in the United States have died and more than 1.5 million have gotten sick as of May 18. 37 … Continued

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North Oakland Neighbors! We are doing our distribution again and we would love your support for these dates: Sunday 5.17 (Donations) 11am-1pm Wednesday 5.20 (Donations) 3pm-5pm Sunday 5.24 (Donations) 11am-1pm Wednesday 5.27 (Donations) 3pm-5pm Sunday 5.31 (Distribution) 10am-5pm Wednesdays & Sundays (5/17, 20, 24, 27): We are asking OUR HOUSED neighbors to contribute hygiene supplies, canned food, bottled water, rain gear, tarps, garbage bags, $$ et al to be redistributed on Sunday May 31st to encampments in North Oakland dealing with the COVID 19. We will sanitize and package your … Continued

APTP will be holding a car caravan for #GeorgeFloyd and #BreonnaTaylor . We will gather in the parking lot at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park at 7th St and Middle Harbor Road at the Port of Oakland. We will have some signs or you can bring your own. Once the lot fills, please line up on 7th St, between Port View Park and Middle Harbor Park, facing Middle Harbor Park. (map posted in event discussion tab). Please wear masks when your windows are open and stay in your cars. If you … Continued