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  RSVP if you and your organization can attend. Join communities of color, youth, immigrants, workers and union members to shape a People’s Climate Justice and Just Recovery Platform for San Francisco.  We need a plan to recover from the pandemic that will transform our city and set an example of what is possible for other cities around the country. While San Francisco has adopted a series of ambitious climate goals, including all renewable energy by 2030 and net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, we must ensure that these plans serve the needs of our communities. As global climate … Continued

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SIGN UP AT THIS LINK: tiny.cc/dsamask DSA: Join the Green New Deal committee for a virtual mask assembly party! The COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying with hundreds of thousands of deaths likely over the coming months, and the U.S. continues to experience PPE shortages, especially of high-grade face masks. The failures of the capitalist system are devastating clear. But with mutual aid, we can take the safety and wellbeing of our community into our own hands, while developing relationships across the East Bay and building our own organizational power. We will be … Continued

Celebrating the Music and Art of Oakland four “must see events” on Thursdays, February 4, 11, 18, 25 2021 from 11-12pm. Presentations and performances by Street Spirit, Youth Spirit Art Work and others. Hosted by St. Mary’s Center Senior Advocates for Hope and Justice. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85704068720?pwd=QXJ3T05sUURtL0JIYzk5eEpnSDJDUT09 Zoom Meeting ID 857 0496 8720 Passcode 472245 RSVP to jcastillo@stmaryscenter.org68619

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Online Event Location:  https://act.dsausa.org/survey/dsa-bds-and-palestine-solidarity-panel/  Palestinian liberation and solidarity is not only a humanitarian issue, nor is it only a Palestinian issue. Palestine is a political issue with serious consequences at stake for both Palestinians and average US residents. As socialists, we recognize the interconnectedness of our struggles under capitalism. In solidarity with Palestinian civil society’s nonviolent struggle for equality, human rights, and self-determination, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) adopted a resolution at its National Convention in 2017 in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. In 2019, DSA … Continued

We’ll meet via Zoom. Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com for the invite.   For our February meeting we’ll be reading Part I of Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons by Silvia Federici. For our March meeting we’ll be reading the rest of the book, pp 78-196   Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included Doughnut Economics, Limits, Banking on the People, Capital and Its Discontents, How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century, The Deficit Myth,  Revenge Capitalism and … Continued

The title of this program comes from a slogan by the Black Panther Party. Without a class analysis, we can never understand the epidemics of violence, addiction, and trauma that plague our communities. Join Danny Shaw, author of My Son Blazes within Me: So Many Contradictions, So Little Time for a discussion of the intergenerational trauma that is inherent to capitalism and imperialism and how we fight back, all day, every day. Our speaker, Danny Shaw, teaches Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the City University of New York. He … Continued

Revolution Books presents…Free Nasrin and ALL Iran’s Political Prisoners: Heroism for These Times An Online Panel with the filmmakers of the new documentary Nasrin — discussion of the film and the urgent fight for all political prisoners in Iran. **Register to watch Online Panel on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/panel-with-nasrin-filmmakers-on-nasrin-all-irans-political-prisoners-tickets-138958228803?aff=ebdssbeac **Link on Facebook on day of Online Panel https://www.youtube.com/user/RevolutionBooks1 This is a unique opportunity to learn about the courageous life and work of imprisoned human-rights lawyer and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh…the making of this extraordinary film by Jeff Kaufman and Marcia Ross…the dire situation for political … Continued

Online Event Location:  https://actionnetwork.org/events/dsa4usps-the-postal-service-and-the-green-new-deal/  DSA4USPS will explore the postal service’s potential within the Green New Deal. With its fleet of carriers who operate on foot, the US postal service is a very green federal agency, and plenty of people are organizing to make it, and its foreign counterparts, even more so. Join Stephen Quirke, rank-and-file member of the National Association of Letter Carriers and DSA; Julee Sanderson, 1st national VP of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers; David Yao, VP of the Seattle area Postal Workers’ Union; and Gustavo G. from … Continued

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  RSVP if you and your organization can attend. Join communities of color, youth, immigrants, workers and union members to shape a People’s Climate Justice and Just Recovery Platform for San Francisco.  We need a plan to recover from the pandemic that will transform our city and set an example of what is possible for other cities around the country. While San Francisco has adopted a series of ambitious climate goals, including all renewable energy by 2030 and net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, we must ensure that these plans serve the needs of our communities. As global climate … Continued

Online Event Location:  https://calperformances.org/related-events/fighting-the-disinformation-machine-social-media-and-the-future-of-journalism/  “Fake news spreads six times faster than true news,” says Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, former Google Design Ethicist (2013–16), and star of the 2020 Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma. And that’s what happens when citizens share emotionally resonant mis- or disinformation—often weaponized for profit or propaganda purposes—while tech algorithms amplify the viral spread. When Facebook and other social media companies allow the pollution of public information, fact-based, credible journalism is grievously weakened, and democracy is threatened. With others, Harris founded the Center for Humane … Continued

Celebrating the Music and Art of Oakland four “must see events” on Thursdays, February 4, 11, 18, 25 2021 from 11-12pm. Presentations and performances by Street Spirit, Youth Spirit Art Work and others. Hosted by St. Mary’s Center Senior Advocates for Hope and Justice. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85704068720?pwd=QXJ3T05sUURtL0JIYzk5eEpnSDJDUT09 Zoom Meeting ID 857 0496 8720 Passcode 472245 RSVP to jcastillo@stmaryscenter.org68619

Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/elizabeth-kolbert-mark-hertsgaard-under-a-white-sky-nature-of-future-tickets-131627494379   …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Sixth Extinction,”  returns to humanity’s transformative impact on our environment, now asking: after doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? That man should have dominion “over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth” is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it is said we now live in a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. In “Under a White Sky” … Continued

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The Women of the Black Panther Party Mural Project is teaming up with East Oakland Collective’s Feed the Hood for a Drive Up Food Drive during Black History Month. Help serve the community by donating shelf stable food, cleaning supplies, and PPE. Load your trunk or back seat with your donations, pull curbside at EOC’s office and a volunteer will safely collect your items.68629

This is being organized by Yusuf Gürsey with some other possible speakers. Yusuf writes: “I am Turkish and born in Turkey but now residing in New Haven, CT. I am a member of of the US Peace Council and CPUSA and an associate of Communist Party of Turkey (TKP). I am a retired physicist from Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey but lately I have become an independent researcher in linguistics and history. I am also very knowledgeable about the struggles in other Middle East countries, particularly the Arab World and I am … Continued

Green Sunday – Green Party of Alameda County If we are ever to have a government that actually responds to the needs of the majority of people in this country, we are going to need much more than a change of administration and Congress. We need a fundamental change of consciousness. We also need fundamental and systemic changes to our systems. The values and beliefs on which our country was founded – imperialism, racism, patriarchy, and capitalism – and our current systems are killing us and the life-support system of … Continued

Join us on Sunday, February 14th at 6pm to watch Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer together on Zoom! Here is the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84443394573 After we watch the film people may stick around to discuss the film together! Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer is about three young women who face seven years in a Russian prison for a satirical performance in a Moscow cathedral. But who is really on trial in a case that has gripped the nation and the world beyond, three young artists or the society they live in? … Continued

Reaping What We Sow: A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner, Alice Walker Hosted by: –African American Studies & African Diaspora Studies Department at UC Berkeley –Center for Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity at Stanford University RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2PyNcHEBxXC5CQr7uCK2NK-A4MWrz-olu8qAyVycqwk5sWA/viewform OR Livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI6xlrCnAO8&feature=youtu.be More info: https://africam.berkeley.edu/events/reaping-what-we-sow-a-conversation-with-pulitzer-prize-winner-alice-walker/ The Spring 2021 Critical Conversations series is organized around two themes: celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Barbara T. Christian, an architect of Black feminist criticism, a founding member of our Department and a gifted writer and teacher; and exploring the concept of “abolition democracy,” thinking … Continued

Join Stop the Money Pipeline’s launch event for our rapid response campaign to #DefundLine3. The banks that are funding Line 3 are funding climate destruction – we’re taking action to stop them. Find out how you can get involved, from supporting the frontlines to pressuring the financial institutions into dropping Line 3. Check your email for confirmation once you complete your registration. RSVP: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DdbSiV2ZS-Gk0WsbziQTcA68671

Chevron’s recent spill of 600 gallons of an oil and gas mixture into SF Bay and the Pt. Richmond shoreline, and the continuing need for stronger air pollution controls at its Richmond refinery, will be taken up at the Richmond City Council meeting this Tuesday night.  Public comment is hugely important: please come out and testify. Chevron oil spill response is on the agenda as Item J-2. The city has asked representatives from Chevron, the Coast Guard, SF Baykeeper, California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and the Office of Spill Recovery and Response to report on … Continued

Online Event Location:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8zTTEhG6vAccKa74J6O1zSvxdi6kGQxIbb5BbD3HzmrzYYQ/viewform  Very few people build data products because they want to promote racist or sexist ideas; however, it’s very easy to fall into these traps, particularly when we fail to question the widely held belief in the “objectivity of evidence.” A working understanding of how to incorporate equity into data products, and knowledge of practical tools that embed equity in your research and data, is essential for anyone conducting data analysis, or making decisions based on data analysis. This session, led by Heather Krause, founder of Datassist and … Continued

Celebrating the Music and Art of Oakland four “must see events” on Thursdays, February 4, 11, 18, 25 2021 from 11-12pm. Presentations and performances by Street Spirit, Youth Spirit Art Work and others. Hosted by St. Mary’s Center Senior Advocates for Hope and Justice. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85704068720?pwd=QXJ3T05sUURtL0JIYzk5eEpnSDJDUT09 Zoom Meeting ID 857 0496 8720 Passcode 472245 RSVP to jcastillo@stmaryscenter.org68619

Online Event Location:  https://www.visionforjusticeevents.com/  The evolution of racial and economic oppression has only been amplified in the last year, as seen through both the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent acts of sedition. As the new administration and Congress steps into power, we must hold these leaders accountable to the citizens, organizers, and communities who uplifted them in November and urge them to build a new, non-carceral paradigm for public safety that keeps all communities truly safe. Against this backdrop, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Leadership Conference Education Fund and Civil Rights … Continued

UC Berkeley NSU Day of Remembrance of EO 9066 HOST: UC Berkeley Nikkei Student Union Join here (open to public): https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/2919700155#success The UC Berkeley Nikkei Student Union will be holding its annual Day of Remembrance event to honor the over 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent who were unjustly incarcerated during the Second World War. We will be featuring speakers from UC Berkeley Muslim Student Association and Nikkei Resisters. This virtual event will be held on Zoom and is open to the general public via the link. Please save the date and … Continued

WAGING CHANGE, a timely new documentary about the tipped minimum wage and the pandemic’s impact on restaurant workers and the industry, directed by Peabody award-winner, Abby Ginzberg, will have its SF/Bay Area broadcast premiere on KQED on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 at 8:00 PM. WAGING CHANGE shines a unique spotlight on the challenges faced by restaurant workers trying to feed themselves and their families off tips by weaving together stories of individuals, such as Nataki Rhodes of Chicago, Andrea Velasquez of Detroit and Wardell Harvey of New Orleans with the … Continued

PART 1:  Rights of Nature: Indigenous Cosmology & System Change: A Training Webinar from Movement Rights Discussion facilitated by Jane Perry and Denice Dennis Please Register in advance for this training: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAscuisrT4qHdBS6-2oiALRCjr4s4mLT6vB  Join the women of Movement Rights in this training webinar, which opens up with a prayer by respected Ponca elder Casey Camp-Horinek, about the Rights of Nature movement. The women give a brief history on Indigenous people maintaining respectful relationships with the sacred system of life, how harmful corporations obtained the rights to violate the health of life, water, … Continued

The Green Party of California invites you to join us for a discussion on EcoSocialism cohosted with the Green EcoSocialist Network (GEN).\ Register to attend HERE and share the Facebook event page. Many people are considering what it means to be an EcoSocialist these days. In this second presentation of our three-part series, we explore how we can build EcoSocialist programs in our own communities. Featuring Hip Hop Artist and Spoken Word Performer Shamako Noble, Guest speakers include Kali Akuno Cooperation Jackson, Misty Cross Moms4Housing, David Cobb Cooperation Humboldt, Mel … Continued

Please join us the Debt Collective at 6pm ET for our first installment of 100 strikers, 100 stories. We’ll hear stories from 6 of our Biden Jubilee 100 student debt strikers, including why they are on strike demanding full student debt cancellation within President Biden’s first 100 days. The event will also feature Debt Collective co-founder Astra Taylor and special guests the Honorable Nina Turner (candidate for the Ohio 11th Congressional District) and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). RSVP here!68778

Access info  Rick Sterling will discuss the banning of Russian athletes beginning with the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Summer Olympics and continuing through banning Russian participation in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. He will analyze the “state sponsored doping” accusations that have been made by the World Anti-Doping Agency. What are the accusations and what is their credibility?   Who is Grigory Rodchenkov and what role has he played? Rick will also discuss the case of Sun Yang, probably the most famous Chinese athlete. Sun Yang has won many international swimming events and holds  the world record … Continued

RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/antidotes-to-white-fragility-5 This workshop will explore the role of the body, community, spirituality, intellectual knowledge and other themes that you bring from your experience. We will cover basic information about how the brain and body responds to perceived threats, and explore how to work with this toward greater resilience in moments of challenge. This workshop is for all experience levels. Participants will be invited to discuss in small groups, move around, and hold their bodies in different shapes for 1-2 minutes. Content will be presented in both verbal and written … Continued

Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/2200241232?pwd=aCt1dWI0OGxUdUxjeUJ5K0xSY09uUT09 Meeting ID: 220 024 1232 Passcode: 328697 One tap mobile +16699006833,,2200241232#,,,,*328697# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,2200241232#,,,,*328697# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aewRgNxSvl It has been more than three decades since a viable pathway to legalization has existed for the millions of immigrant workers and their families. While the very functioning of this society is inconceivable without their contributions, they must live with the constant dread of deportation, incarceration, and family separation. The time to change this … Continued

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Tune into Webinar #2 in the Climate Safe California series, hosted by The Climate Center: PHASING OUT FOSSIL FUELS: A JUST TRANSITION IN THE OIL & GAS DRILLING AND REFINING SECTORS register here How do we transition away from fossil fuels while ensuring a just transition for workers and communities? Speakers will discuss the current impacts of fossil fuel production on frontline communities and what needs to be done to address them, a plan for decommissioning California refineries, and the possibility of enacting a fracking ban. What does the clean energy future look … Continued

Join energy policy experts as they unmask the false climate solutions now being promoted by big energy corporations and their enablers. RSVP to get link The word is they’ve given up on climate change denial and are now moving to promote false solutions to protect their bottom line. These false solutions are a distraction intended to derail efforts to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Big Ag is trying to get in on the action too. So they’re promoting things like elaborate pay-to-pollute schemes like cap-and-trade and carbon pricing, as well … Continued

TUNE IN to hear from community leaders of the Defund OPD Coalition about the release of our report. What: Reimagining Public Safety: Defund Police Coalition Report Release Where: Streaming LIVE on the APTP Facebook page We appreciate the work of all the volunteer Advisory Board members on the Task Force and, as the co-creators of this process, we are clear that the purpose of the Task Force is not to strengthen, fix, reform, or rebrand OPD. Both Oakland and the nation have invested untold resources to “fix” policing. You cannot … Continued

Celebrating the Music and Art of Oakland four “must see events” on Thursdays, February 4, 11, 18, 25 2021 from 11-12pm. Presentations and performances by Street Spirit, Youth Spirit Art Work and others. Hosted by St. Mary’s Center Senior Advocates for Hope and Justice. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85704068720?pwd=QXJ3T05sUURtL0JIYzk5eEpnSDJDUT09 Zoom Meeting ID 857 0496 8720 Passcode 472245 RSVP to jcastillo@stmaryscenter.org68619

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The Future of People’s Park UC Berkeley’s plan to build a 17-story high rise on People’s Park, which would destroy the historic and cultural legacy and an irreplaceable natural environment, has brought together writers, historians, students and park activists to oppose this ill-considered project. This Zoom event, hosted by the People’s Park Historic District Advocacy Group, will present the historic background of the park, give details on the effort to recognize its national landmark status, and share plans for revitalizing this invaluable public open space. The goal of this meeting … Continued

Online Event Location:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/civil-disobedience-here-now-w-chris-hedges-roger-hallam-kumi-naidoo-registration-138348661571?aff=erelexpmlt  Climate breakdown will destroy civilization and decimate all forms of life on this planet within decades unless we take immediate and radical action. Don’t miss your chance to join these rebel troublemakers as they make the case that mass, nonviolent civil disobedience is the only thing that’s going to save us from extinction. Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and best-selling author, is a revered front-lines activist. Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion UK and Burning Pink, mirrors the truths he speaks with actions on the ground. Kumi Naidoo, … Continued

Access info   The anti-war movements in the US and across the globe were at their peaks through the first years of the post-9/11 wars.  They were broad, diverse, international, and powerful.  They did not succeed in preventing the 2003 US/UK invasion of Iraq, but they set the stage for future movements and future victories, including stopping US bombing campaigns in Syria and escalation in Iran, parts of the Arab Spring uprisings,  and more.  By the time the Obama administration came into office in 2008, the movement in the US was … Continued

The Oakland Greens present the February 2021 Virtual Townhall With nazis feeling emboldened to come out the closet, it is more important we find ways to accept each other despite our own ideas. The Oakland Greens Virtual Townhalls are designed to hear your ideas & thoughts. At these events we want to listen to you, not talk at you. Join us in ZOOM Sunday February 28 room opens at 5:45 PM PST, discussion at 6:15 PM PST, with unique topics with unique discussions. These are donation only events and as … Continued