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Join us to win power for: Free Public Transit Greatly expanded service, accessibility, and schedule Protection of union workers and expansion of union jobs Social equity to overcome transportation discrimination Conversion of Public Transit to Zero Emissions vehicles RSVP for Zoom link.68716

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

We meet over Zoom. If you’d like to join us, and aren’t on our organizers’ list, drop us an email and we’ll send you an invitation. If you would like to join the meeting early and get an introduction to the concepts of public banking, or more locally to who we are and what we do, please email us and we’ll see you online at 6:30. Donate to keep us moving forward It is the mission of Public Bank East Bay to provide community oversight and stewardship in the formation and … Continued

Online Event Location:  https://www.eff.org/event/home-eff-online-censorship-beyond-trump-and-parler  Join EFF and a host of platform and content moderation experts with experience at Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Pinterest for a provocative conversation about the free speech issues facing us today. From the takedown of Parler to the removal of Trump, get an inside look at how these decisions are made, and the ways they can affect everyone on the Internet. 68663

RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/thefrontline/event/367916/ Livestream: https://www.facebook.com/UnitedWeDream/ A judge in TX blocked Biden’s 100-day moratorium order on deportations, but did you know that Biden can still halt these deportations? From reuniting families and defunding ICE and CBP, to building a new path to citizenship, this is the time to get big things done. And with hate crimes against Asian Americans on the rise, we must act now! Join our next mass call, “On the Frontline: Protect Immigrants & Stop Deportations Now” as we discuss the need for immediate AND long-term solutions to protect all immigrant … Continued

The membership of DSA, the largest socialist organization in the United States, is rapidly growing by the thousands. Democratic Socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Cori Bush are raising the expectations of millions of people across the United States and bringing them into a political awakening. Millions of working-class Americans 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? How do socialists look at the … Continued

Online Event Location:  https://berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Q6jDS6rLRCemB8Jws8WbKA  Pirates who threaten to invert power relations through appropriating things less tangible than ships and bodies have become a growing concern for the managers of twenty-first-century economic globalization. Appropriating, modifying, and sharing a range of less concrete but equally crucial objects, intellectual property “robbers” today traffic in images, music, and software. Although business analysts regard this as a novel problem, supposedly precipitated by the unprecedented importance of “knowledge” as a force of economic production, historians of science and law tell stories of intellectual property theft that predate … Continued

Watch film for FREE here: https://vimeo.com/505335690 Register for Q&A w/ director at 3 PM PT here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/call-center-blues-live-qa-with-the-director This year at the 93rd Academy Awards there’s only one film that focuses on immigration: “Call Center Blues”. Directed by an immigrant woman filmmaker, Geeta Gandbhir, it depicts deportees grappling with loss, love and the rebuilding of their lives and community in Tijuana, Mexico. Many times, the stories of those who’ve been detained or deported are framed in a negative way to scare the public. This leads to policies that abandon much of our immigrant … Continued

Join us for a day of Civic Love at People’s Park on Friday, March 5, 2021! A community film screening including: “Homeless First” by Anka Karewicz and Travis Schirmer “Reimagining the City, as our own” by Irene Gustafson “Makers of History” by Ryan Stopera “Quarantine Diary” by Yesica Prado Bring a mask, a friend, and a blanket! Full Daily Schedule General Assembly meeting begins at 3PM! 3PM- Food Not Bombs lunch 3:30PM- General Meeting 4:30-5:30PM- Team Build Take a walk for love 36 Questions of Civic Love by National Public … Continued

California Progressive Alliance 3rd Annual Convention RSVP link Save the Date, March 6th, and RSVP now for California Progressive Alliances 3rd Annual Convention: Acknowledge, Analyze and Act; Paving the Way for Progressive Change! Join California Progressive Alliance members and organizers from around the state, country and world as we pave the way for real progressive change in 2021! Gather, build community and organize together! We’ve got some incredible breakout sessions planned- Solidarity Economy- Putting People and the Planet over Profit! Transforming our Economy to work for the People. Single Payer: … Continued

RSVP: http://tiny.one/KshamaZoomRally 𝐁𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐔𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐊𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐀 𝐒𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐓! ————————– 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀: ————————– Local Speakers and Endorsers include: -𝑶𝒂𝒌𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 Nikki Fortunato Bas -𝑶𝒂𝒌𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 Carroll Fife -𝑶𝒂𝒌𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝑩𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 Mike Hutchinson -𝑶𝑬𝑨 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒂 𝑳𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 Keith Brown Event Co-hosted by Socialist Alternative and East Bay DSA ——————————————————————————- With Biden in office and right wing extremists storming the Capitol, socialists and progressives know that our work … Continued

Online Event Location:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/legislative-town-hall-on-face-surveillance-zoom-tinyurlcomencodezoom-tickets-142984134395  Encode Justice (encodejustice.org) is a grassroots, youth-led group working to advance civil rights and equity in artificial intelligence. Join us for a legislative town hall on facial recognition technology 68845

SCREENING: “Flint: Who Can you Trust” Info & RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flint-who-can-you-trust-watch-party-tickets-138489853881 Filmed over 5 years and long after the story was front page news, “Flint: Who Can You Trust?” is full of new twists and turns. Journalist/filmmaker Anthony Baxter goes beyond the headlines in Flint, Michigan, where a government poisoned its own citizens’ water supply, to show the complete breakdown of authority, public trust and faith in the truth itself. “Flint” is a powerful investigation of the breathtaking scope of toxic pseudo-science, celebrity activism, and official negligence. The film reveals the devastating … Continued

Capitalist & Ecological Crises & Socialism Check here for Zoom info near to date  Forest fires in California, thawing of ice in the arctic, Glacier melting in The Himalayas, floods and bitter cold in Texas; and the Covid pandemic are all tied to the global warming from cumulative effects of capitalist commodity production over the past 200 years. Air pollution in much of world has worsened. Since the collapse of the USSR in 1991, and China taking the role of a biggest commodity producer for the world; other than tiny Cuba, there … Continued

Online Event Location:  https://zoom.us/j/2200241232?pwd=aCt1dWI0OGxUdUxjeUJ5K0xSY09uUT09  Many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, whether in political debates or discussions about immigration, proudly state that we are a nation of immigrants. In this bold new book, historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz asserts this ideology is harmful and dishonest because it serves to mask and diminish the US’s history of genocide, white supremacy, slavery, and structural inequality, all of which we still grapple with today. While some of us are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, others are descendants of those who were here since time immemorial and others … Continued

March 7th Event RSVP There are many discussions today about the nature of the working class and their capacity to fight for their own interests. Usually, we look at history to learn about the workers’ movement, but what potential exists in the modern international working class? What does a modern workers’ struggle really look like? What recent examples are there of workers organizing against the conditions they face and exerting their power? Join us in this movie series as we explore these questions by looking at workers’ struggles that happened … Continued

Biometrics technology is being used in a wide range of contexts and there in this range of existing and potential uses, there are many questions about the ethical and socially good uses. Our vision for the convene a range of constituencies whose work touches on biometrics and use in the real world. Biometrics Community Researchers and scientist who is looking for new ideas to work on Identity Community Commercial Users of systems Regulators and policy makers Cybersecurity Professionals Privacy Professionals Humanitarian Groups Police Accountability Groups Citizen Watchdog Groups Students and … Continued

Online Event Location:  https://www.rightsanddissent.org/live/break-in-50-years/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=8766b1b0-1fd6-4879-a5a5-84d954152ff5  On March 8, 1971, a group of anti-war activists calling themselves the Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI broke into the FBI’s Media, Pennsylvania office. They sought to gather definitive proof that the FBI was undermining social movements and waging war on domestic dissent. The documents they liberated changed the course of U.S. history, as some of them featured the cryptic words “COINTELPRO.” On March 8, 2021 – the 50th anniversary of the break-in – join Defending Rights & Dissent for a panel featuring: Bonnie Raines, one … Continued

Register in advance (click here) with David Cobb and Debbie Notkin The AFJM Communications and Website Committee is pleased to welcome David and Debbie to share about their legislative successes as it pertains to Public Banking in California.  Although PBI and AFJM have very different approaches to democratize the money system, we are natural allies and we can learn from each other, especially around effective public education strategies and grassroots organizing.  There will be a short 30 min. presentation, and then most of the time will be for open discussion. … Continued

OTU’s Mission The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf. Monthly Meetings The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 … Continued

Biometrics technology is being used in a wide range of contexts and there in this range of existing and potential uses, there are many questions about the ethical and socially good uses. Our vision for the convene a range of constituencies whose work touches on biometrics and use in the real world. Biometrics Community Researchers and scientist who is looking for new ideas to work on Identity Community Commercial Users of systems Regulators and policy makers Cybersecurity Professionals Privacy Professionals Humanitarian Groups Police Accountability Groups Citizen Watchdog Groups Students and … Continued

Register Here The Everett Program presents a two week webinar series: “Re Imagine Everything: Leveraging Transformative Justice Theory to Advance a World Beyond Incarceration”. Executive Director of Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Zach Norris, and Underground Scholar, Steven Czifra join us to discuss transformative solutions to stop the school to prison pipeline on March 10th. Website:https://ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ucuyvrDgvHdRffC-KtNL6lc8UmKhKb3IL%2068849

We meet virtually on zoom on the second Wednesday of every month from 6-7:30pm. These meetings are open to the public. The content of our meetings span from trainings, campaign updates, teach-ins, debates, roundtable discussions, etc. Click below to join the meeting or use this link: https://zoom.us/j/96555663590 2021 General Meeting Dates: February 10, March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9, July 14, August 11, September 8, October 13, November 10, December 868799

Online Event http://bit.ly/investOak Join us for a 90 minute virtual discussion about safety in Oakland from a youth perspective on what really keeps us safe. Register here: http://bit.ly/investOak While the nation was taking to the streets for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the Bay Area was rocked by the murders of Steven Taylor, Sean Monterrosa, and Erik Salgado by law enforcement. Oakland youth and community took to the streets to demand police accountability and that we #DefundOPD to #ReinvestInCommunity. Oakland Police Department takes almost half of our city’s budget. There … Continued

Our Green New Deal Committee meets on the second Wednesday each month. We will discuss eco-socialist issues, upcoming events and actions, committee priorities, and campaigns. All are welcome! Please RSVP for February meeting to receive the URL to the meeting or email green-new-deal@eastbaydsa.org. RSVP for March meeting68622

No More Fukushimas, No Olympic In Japan In the Middle Of Pandemic Sponsored by No Nukes Action Thursday March 11, 2021 is the tenth anniversary of the earthquake and meltdown of three nuclear reactors at Fukushima. The nightmare for the people and refugees of Fukushima and Japan continues. They are struggling to survive. Despite promises that the melted nuclear rods would be removed they have not been and the recent earthquake has added greater dangers. Two reactors at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan have begun leaking cooling water … Continued

Biometrics technology is being used in a wide range of contexts and there in this range of existing and potential uses, there are many questions about the ethical and socially good uses. Our vision for the convene a range of constituencies whose work touches on biometrics and use in the real world. Biometrics Community Researchers and scientist who is looking for new ideas to work on Identity Community Commercial Users of systems Regulators and policy makers Cybersecurity Professionals Privacy Professionals Humanitarian Groups Police Accountability Groups Citizen Watchdog Groups Students and … Continued

“Trumpism and its Discontents” New Book Talk Main Host: Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley More info & website livestream here: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/trumpism-event FB livestream here: https://www.facebook.com/UCBerkeley/live/ Moderated by: Osagie K. Obasogie, Professor of Bioethics in the School of Public Health Panelists: Ann C. Keller, Associate Professor, School of Public Health Zeus Leonardo, Professor, Graduate School of Education john a. powell, Director, Othering and Belonging Institute Please join us for a moderated panel discussion with influential UC Berkeley scholars offering a deep and crucial examination of the political conditions that led to … Continued

Is it time to finally agree that maybe a bunch of white enslavers from the 1700s didn’t come up with the best system ever? Do you have questions about participatory budgeting, CDP’s campaign, and the future of democracy under a pandemic? We have a few ideas (four to be exact) about HOW to replace our current system. And we have just the idea about WHAT to replace our current system with. Join us for a fishbowl conversation to learn more! ASL interpretation and/or Closed Captioning will be provided. Online Event … Continued

COVID-19 is shining a spotlight on the cruelty of the U.S. healthcare system — a system designed to maximize profit, not patients’ well-being. Millions of working-class people have lost their jobs and their health insurance in the pandemic-driven recession. Meanwhile, in California alone, 165 billionaires have seen their wealth increase by $175,000,000,000 since March 2020. In the wealthiest state in the wealthiest country in the world, this is unacceptable. We must make healthcare a human right for all our residents. We must pass Assembly Bill 1400, the California Guaranteed Health … Continued

Online Event Location:  https://us02.web.zoom.us/j/86908147095  You are invited to a public informational webinar to learn about the Police Accountability Board, which Berkeley voters created last November with the overwhelming passage of Measure II. Please join Mayor Arreguin, Councilmember Harrison, and the Police Review Commission on Saturday, March 13, 2021, from 4:00 p.m. to 5: 00 p.m., and come and learn how to apply for the Board. 68856

People’s Strike Bay Area and our incredible community partners invite you to a virtual gathering to commemorate International Working Women’s Day 2021, the 113th anniversary of the first women’s strike in NYC in 1908. FaceBook Event Details Here Register Here: https://tinyurl.com/IWWDMarch2021 Join us on Saturday, March 13th at 4PM PST as we Uphold the Legacy and Power of Women’s Resistance Here & Abroad! Together, we will be lifting up the internationalist struggles and stories of women workers, human rights defenders and Trans, and Gender Non Conforming communities around the world. … 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

A look at both the history of collective actions taken by workers in the tech industry and the current state of the movement. Tech has long been seen as an industry that has resisted worker organization for many reasons. However, there has actually been a long history of organization among tech workers. And, in the last few years, there has been a groundswell of worker organizing in many of the largest tech companies including Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. What are the strategies that have been taken by the movement to … Continued

Join us for a voting General Meeting of East Bay DSA! We will debate and vote on resolutions and hear reports from projects and committees around the chapter. This month, we will debate and vote on a resolution regarding out 2021 Local Convention and its Priorities Resolution Process. Please see the agenda here. If you would like to submit an amendment for consideration at the March GM, please send it to resolutions@eastbaydsa.org by 11:59 pm on Tuesday, March 9th, 2021. The meeting will be conducted via Zoom — please register and find the call-in … 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 Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82620271999?pwd=S3ZwUklteGI5YjJsMEtMSnJXRzU3UT09 Meeting ID: 826 2027 1999 Passcode: 2020 How are our federal agencies working for us during the pandemic, and what can they do better?  Could special interests and regulatory capture of key agencies (such as the CDC, FDA, etc.) be affecting current US coronavirus policies?  How is the mass media covering the pandemic?  What are the important aspects and/or information not being discussed, which we should be aware of?  And what can we learn from other countries in how they are managing this crisis? How about … Continued

Join a conversation with David Anthoff, Professor with UC Berkeley’s Energy & Resources Group, about his recent research on how to recalculate the social cost of carbon (SCC). Anthoff helped create a roadmap for the Biden Administration to set an SCC in a way that is both scientifically rigorous and transparent; as well as specific suggestions including updating the way they calculate damage and including the inequitable effects of climate change. The roadmap was published in the journal Nature last month. The UC Berkeley Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment hosts … Continued

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Learn EV Basics. We’ll review available electric vehicles, charging at home and on the road, incentives, total cost of ownership, and you’ll have the chance to ask the questions you’ve always wondered about EVs. These are the following dates and times we are presenting. Tuesday, March 16th, 7pm REGISTER Wednesday, March 24th, 12pm REGISTER Monday, March 29th, 5pm REGISTER Wednesday, April 14th, 7pm REGISTER Tuesday, April 20th, 4:30pm REGISTER Thursday, April 29th, 12:30pm REGISTER   68864

We meet over Zoom. If you’d like to join us, and aren’t on our organizers’ list, drop us an email and we’ll send you an invitation. If you would like to join the meeting early and get an introduction to the concepts of public banking, or more locally to who we are and what we do, please email us and we’ll see you online at 6:30. Donate to keep us moving forward It is the mission of Public Bank East Bay to provide community oversight and stewardship in the formation and … Continued

Join us March 17 at 4pm at 1921 Walnut St in downtown Berkeley to protest UC’s planned evictions + demolition of our rent controlled homes. All are welcome! Help us SAVE 1921 Walnut St and save affordable housing in Berkeley! Share our poster & share our story. Thank you @TANCBay 68851

We need your support on March 17 to show the mayor and OPD what’s right for Oakland. Join us for the LAST MEETING of the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force! On the table are some of the most forward-thinking proposals in the country. Thanks to our organizing, the Task Force advisory boards have proposed a set of bold, smart, transformative recommendations that will completely reimagine public safety in the Town. These proposals are overwhelmingly popular across Oakland’s communities. But opponents aligned with the Mayor and OPD are fighting tooth and … Continued

Email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to obtain Zoom meeting access info. 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 spy drones, facial recognition, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” —  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 … Continued

Online Event Location:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inside-the-fight-for-public-information-tickets-143848549885?aff=odeimcmailchimp&mc_cid=92bf61b020  In 2020, access to public information became even more challenging. Government at all levels cited the pandemic for refusing to respond to records requests. Yet news organizations across the country published essential accountability journalism, breaking through barriers to open government. Hear from journalists from The Advocate, The Brown Institute, plus a First Amendment Coalition attorney, on how they navigated barriers to public records to tell important stories about COVID-19, official misconduct and beyond. 68848

JOIN US FOR THE AB 1177 ADVOCATES’ BRIEFING. Join us for a briefing call and learn more about this crucial new bill to help close the racial financial access gap. Advocates’ briefing invite and Zoom registration link. Nearly 1 in 4 Californians are unbanked or underbanked – they either do not have a baank account, or despite having a bank account, still largely rely on alternative financial services, such as payday lenders, prepaid debit cards, and pawn shops. The unbanked and underbanked pay more for their financial services, have fewer … Continued

Grandmothers for a Green New Deal, a small group of elder women (members of 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations), invite you to a 90-minute, interactive zoom workshop to examine the Green New Deal as a blueprint toward a sustainable future. Sign up for one of these workshops by clicking on the registration links below Register for Thursday, March 18, 4-5:30 PM Register for Friday, March 26; 4-5:30 PM Register for Thursday, April 1, 4 – 5:30 PM PLEASE NOTE: Each presentation is limited to 12 participants so everyone has a chance to share their ideas. Please register early! … Continued

Register here. Join Communities for a Better Environment, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, and the Richmond Our Power Coalition (ROPC) at the first of  a series of ROPC Just Transition town halls.  At Decommissioning Refineries in the Bay Area, imagine the progressive closure of Bay Area refineries where the host communities and workers are protected economically and socially!  For the City of Richmond, this means imagining a future Beyond Chevron. Richmond is trapped in a toxic relationship with Chevron.   For over a century: Chevron has polluted Richmond’s air, water, land, and politics, Chevron has pitted … Continued

Hundreds of thousands of farmers and farm-workers in India have been protesting for over 111 days seeking repeal of the three new farm laws. What started in the Indian state of Punjab as a protest against the deregulation of the agrarian economy and doing away with the limited protections the farmers have had, quickly evolved into the largest mass mobilization in post-colonial India. Despite efforts from the hyper-nationalist ruling party to derail and delegitimize the movement, it continues to grow having cut across class, caste, and gender, and threatens to … Continued

Join us for a discussion with Kim Moody, a longtime activist, socialist, a founder of Labor Notes, and author of many books on rank and file unionism and politics. For more event information: https://speakoutsocialists.org/th-03-20-21/ Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82158800683?pwd=N2J6UjgxNWhNak1WRWdUdm9CUit4QT09 Meeting ID: 821 5880 0683 Passcode: 340756 One tap mobile +16699009128,,82158800683#,,,,,,0#,,340756# US (San Jose) +13462487799,,82158800683#,,,,,,0#,,340756# US (Houston)  68877

Part II:   Non Violent Direct Action (NVDA) Training Discussion facilitated by Marian Doub and Nikki Sachs We are deeply grateful to The Society of Fearless Grandmothers for offering this training in August 2020 during the cocooning enforced by the global pandemic crisis. The Society of Fearless Grandmothers trains older women in NVDA, how to organize, how to become a police liaison, and how to nonviolently stand between law enforcement and those behind us conducting nonviolent direct actions. The Society of Fearless Grandmothers is a wholly volunteer community service organization. This … Continued

Join the bike and car caravan to support the Alabama Amazon Workers’ union drive. March 20 is the International Day of Solidarity. The caravan will start at 1 p.m at Lake Merritt BART Parking Lot, 8th and Oak, travel to several Oakland Amazon hubs and then end at Snow Park, 19th and Harrison at 2:30 p.m. for a rally. https://supportamazonworkers.org/march20/ Between Feb 8, and March 29, approximately 6,000 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama will begin voting by mail on whether to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale Department Store … Continued

Follow this link to register: https://www.surjbayarea.org/events/spill-the-disabili-tea-a-disability-justice-workshop_2021_03_20   What is Disability Justice? People often express feeling intimidated and ill-equipped to unpack what we’ve been taught about disability, and how to support and advocate for disabled people in our everyday lives. This workshop is a fabulous opportunity for you to dive into the magic of disability justice with SURJ and Alex Locust at the helm. With “Spill the Disabili-Tea™”, Alex will be facilitating an interactive discussion of disability justice for those committed to elevating their support for disabled folks in their community. … Continued

Kiss the Ground is a full-length documentary narrated by Woody Harrelson that sheds light on a new, old approach to farming called “regenerative agriculture” that has the potential to balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world. Kiss the Ground reveals that, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems and create abundant food supplies. Using compelling graphics and visuals, along with striking NASA and NOAA footage, the film artfully illustrates how, by drawing down atmospheric carbon, soil … Continued

Please Join The Palestinian Youth Movement, Addameer, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Freedom Archives, The Arab Resource and Organizing Center and US Palestinian Community Network for Art Against Imprisonment, a Virtual Art Exhibit, that features art from incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in Palestine and in the US. As a small testament to their creativity, imagination, and expressions of solidarity! Join us in launching this exhibit with former political prisoners: Hafez Omar, Linda Evans, and Oscar Lopez Rivera. Also, we will have and Anmar Rafeedie, cultural worker and long time … Continued

The topic will be the history of the 1930s. Not the Great Depression but the *responses* to it. Firstly the Great Labor Rebellion: the CP-led California farmworkers strike, the three left-led general strikes of 1934, the sitdown strikes, and the rise of the CIO. And secondly the capitalist response, the New Deal and FDR, how the capitalist class coopted Labor’s Giant Step, and how black people, Chicanos and women were mistreated under New Deal legislation. Our speaker is John Holmes who teaches history at Merritt College in California, and is currently on the executive … Continued

Right now the most vulnerable individuals are being exploited on a massive scale and it will only get worse if we don’t take action now. But can we as average citizens really make a difference to help them? The answer is YES. In Direct Action Everywhere’s workshop, you will learn the history of social movements, the groundbreaking new research that shows the power of ordinary people, and the bold plan to nonviolently abolish the most harmful industry on earth that kills billions of animals every year. Join this Zoom link … Continued

RSVP to action@sunflower-alliance.org to get the Zoom link. Major developments are afoot on Contra Costa’s refinery row.  Two petroleum facilities are applying for to the county for permission to pivot to biofuel refining.  Is this rejection of fossil fuels cause for celebration, or closer scrutiny?  Is this a real  climate solution or a climate dead end? Our Spring Equinox meeting will feature in-depth presentations on biofuels and renewable diesel refining.  Our speakers are: Jackie Garcia Mann, of 350 Contra Costa Gary Graham Hughes, California Policy Monitor, Biofuelwatch Maureen Brennan, Rodeo resident 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

March 7th Event RSVP There are many discussions today about the nature of the working class and their capacity to fight for their own interests. Usually, we look at history to learn about the workers’ movement, but what potential exists in the modern international working class? What does a modern workers’ struggle really look like? What recent examples are there of workers organizing against the conditions they face and exerting their power? Join us in this movie series as we explore these questions by looking at workers’ struggles that happened … Continued

Kiss the Ground is a full-length documentary narrated by Woody Harrelson that sheds light on a new, old approach to farming called “regenerative agriculture” that has the potential to balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world. Kiss the Ground reveals that, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems and create abundant food supplies. Using compelling graphics and visuals, along with striking NASA and NOAA footage, the film artfully illustrates how, by drawing down atmospheric carbon, soil … Continued

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Kiss the Ground is a full-length documentary narrated by Woody Harrelson that sheds light on a new, old approach to farming called “regenerative agriculture” that has the potential to balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world. Kiss the Ground reveals that, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems and create abundant food supplies. Using compelling graphics and visuals, along with striking NASA and NOAA footage, the film artfully illustrates how, by drawing down atmospheric carbon, soil … Continued

As socialists, we believe workers play a particular role under capitalism that makes them central in the fight for socialism. But in recent history in the US, labor and the left have been separated, leaving us vulnerable to capitalism attacks. How do we rebuild a fighting labor movement that can meaningfully challenge capital? Enter the Rank & File Strategy. What is the Rank & File Strategy? How should socialists engage with it? How is it different from just “socialists taking rank & file jobs”? Join the East Bay DSA Political … Continued

Brockhurst St. and nearby neighbors are walking for community safety. Join us in the parking lot at St. Mary’s Center and we’ll pick the route for the day! We are looking for “hosts” for Wednesdays in April to bring friends & neighbors, and organize the walk. Interested?68876

Join a virtual training to learn about what’s currently happening with DAPL and how you can take action.  Very soon the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will head to court and share their findings from the environmental impact review of the Dakota Access pipeline and the danger it poses to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.  This April 9th hearing is critical because the court could order the Army Corps of Engineers to shut it down.  We need to stand in solidarity with Indigenous water protectors and allies!  Every single day … Continued

With the pandemic and its multiple, intersecting crises, and the polling popularity of Medicare for All, our commitment to the movement is more important than ever. Come learn about our committee’s efforts, as well as local, state, and national initiatives around Medicare for All and single-payer healthcare. All are welcome! Join Zoom Meeting – Feb 24th RSVP https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81235048894?pwd=RDZHcnRDQ0FpV3ZndzdUenVJZ3JaZz09 Meeting ID: 812 3504 8894 Passcode: M4A One tap mobile +16699006833,,81235048894#,,,,,,0#,,956134# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,81235048894#,,,,,,0#,,956134# US (Tacoma)   Join Zoom Meeting – March 24th RSVP https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81235048894?pwd=RDZHcnRDQ0FpV3ZndzdUenVJZ3JaZz09 Meeting ID: 812 3504 8894 Passcode: … Continued

In early January of this year, Vincent Bryant, a Black, unhoused man was shot in the face at point blank range by the Berkeley Police while experiencing a mental health crisis. Berkeley Copwatch invites you to analyze footage of this incident. The public is invited, we will be joined by a panel of professionals working in mental health to explore the rising opportunity for alternative responses to mental health emergencies in Berkeley, our current state, as well as a look at other communities already doing this work. Break out groups … Continued

https://twitter.com/APTPaction/status/1370870287718223874 Amid nationwide reckoning with racial justice and calls to reimagine policing in America’s cities, Oakland has moved ahead with plans to change its public safety funding and performance. The Defund OPD campaign was launched by the Anti Policy Terror Project five years ago. Join us for a discussion with two leaders in the effort to change the criminal justice system. About the Speakers Cat Brooks is an activist, performer, politician and speaker or who has served as the communications director for Coaching Corps, as executive director of Youth Together … Continued

Oakland Police Commission 3/25 6:30 PM https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Police-Commission-3.25.21-Agenda-Packet.pdf Interesting Agenda Items: V. 2021 California Police Reform Legislation Former Commissioner Tara Anderson and Gabriel Garcia of Youth Alive will review 2021 bill language currently being considered by the State of California. The Commission will discuss and may vote to send letters of support for these bills. VI. Reimagining Public Safety Task Force Update Former Commissioner Ginale Harris will share an update on the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force. VII. Resolution on Sunsetting the Use of the BearCat The Commission will review, and … Continued

Protect Immigrants & Stop Deportations Now! Digital Rally Livestream: https://www.facebook.com/UnitedWeDream/ Last November, voters rejected the previous administration’s horrifying and racist scapegoating of immigrants. But more than 26,000 people have been deported since Biden’s inauguration. This week, the Biden administration opened its first migrant detention center for children. And with hate crimes against Asian Americans on the rise, we must act. Join our next mass call, “On the Frontline: Protect Immigrants & Stop Deportations Now” as we discuss the need for immediate AND long-term solutions to protect all immigrant communities. We need … Continued

Grandmothers for a Green New Deal, a small group of elder women (members of 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations), invite you to a 90-minute, interactive zoom workshop to examine the Green New Deal as a blueprint toward a sustainable future. Sign up for one of these workshops by clicking on the registration links below Register for Thursday, March 18, 4-5:30 PM Register for Friday, March 26; 4-5:30 PM Register for Thursday, April 1, 4 – 5:30 PM PLEASE NOTE: Each presentation is limited to 12 participants so everyone has a chance to share their ideas. Please register early! … Continued

On March 26 youth, teachers and other supporters will join to ask State Superintendent of Education Tony Thurmond why California Teachers are invested in Line 3 through CalSTRS, the statewide teacher’s retirement fund which invests billions in fossil fuels companies, and in Enbridge, which is building Line 3. We will join Youth vs. Apocalypse and Earth Guardians Bay Area in solidarity action on March 26th at 5pm at the Golden Gate Bridge. Youth know that their teachers don’t want to fund environmental destruction — come by on Friday to show … Continued

New film screening. “Racially Charged: America’s Misdemeanor Problem.” This just-released film from Robert Greenwald’s “Brave New Films” documents the issues surrounding 13 million (mainly black, brown, and poor) Americans who are being incarcerated every day for petty “crimes” like Jaywalking, loitering, vagrancy, walking the railroad, insulting language or gestures, petty theft, disturbing the peace, etc. etc. The practice is then monetized during the detainees’ time in jail (averaging 30 days before seeing a judge) feeding the $80 billion a year prison system. And the imprisoned wind up with a criminal … Continued

The situation in Myanmar (Burma) has become increasingly problematic since the military coup on Feb 1, 2021. We have invited journalist K.J. Hoh to discuss the background and developing situation in the area. Our speaker, K.J. Hoh, is a journalist focusing on Asia. Zoom info posted here a few days before the event68886

It began in Miami and has spread across the U.S. — ​Join a San Francisco caravan to demand: End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba Sunday, March 28, gather at 11:30 am, 1875 Marin St., San Francisco. For almost 60 years, Cuba has endured the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the U.S. government. During Trump’s term, he imposed more 220 measures to further cause harm to the island’s economy and the Cuban people. In the midst of the COVID pandemic, Cuba has carried out a remarkable national policy of … Continued

Billions today, trillions tomorrow. When debtors organize, we win. It all started when 15 people went on a debt strike. Back in 2015, former students at Corinthian College said they were going to refuse to pay until all of their fraudulent student loans were cancelled. That kicked off a long process full of twists and turns spanning three administrations and several court cases. This week, as a direct result of that debt strike, the Department of Education announced it was going to cancel another $1 billion dollars for 72,000 people, … 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 us to watch the new documentary Seaspiracy! Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86357565418 Meeting ID: 863 5756 5418 Seaspiracy is a follow-up documentary to Cowspiracy. The film explores the way government policy, the fishing industry, and even environmental organizations contribute to the devastation of marine life. Learn more at https://www.seaspiracy.org/68899

Please join us to give a public comment in favor of the Berkeley ordinance on militarized equipment, The zoom link to attend and speak is here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88131245345 This is a special meeting convened to consider only the Equipment Ordinance – and will be the last before it goes to the full Council, after the recess, in late April or early May. Public comment will likely be at the beginning of the meeting. The meeting agenda is here. Send your email comment to: PolicyCommittee@cityofberkeley.info Subject line: Public Safety comment: Controlled Equipment … Continued

Watch the national livestream Next Monday marks the last day for Amazon workers in Bessemer to vote on the right to unionize. Following last week’s Moral Monday, when Rev. Barber joined the workers in-person, the PPC is keeping its focus there next week, when the drive to boost voter turnout will reach its peak. Tune in and be a part of this historic fight. We’ve also got three ways you can lend your voice below. The Amazon union drive has major implications for California “The Bessemer 6,000,” as Rev. Barber … Continued

Tune in to the AB 1177 Press Conference on Facebook Live! Watch here: https://www.facebook.com/californiapublicbankingalliance Next week the next step in bringing public banking to California will be in the news. Since the passage of AB 857, several regions are moving ahead rapidly in establishing public banks to enable cities and local governments to better manage their finances and fund their priorities. But another concern we have is to improve conditions for those individuals who are ‘unbanked’ or ‘underbanked.’ These folks, many of whom are low-income people of color, are outside … Continued

Climate Displacement: A Solutions-Based Panel Host: Immigrant Justice and Climate Refugees Working Group at the UC Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law More Info: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/climate-displacement-solutions-based-panel RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd98IZo3mnfJ8464Ck5Er_QXZDsjd9ch2qbq7r5AcvAfGnKjg/viewform Join us on March 30th as speakers from Earth Refuge, the International Refugee Assistance Project and Climate Refugees discuss the realities of climate-induced displacement in the US and globally. It is estimated that up to 1 billion people could be displaced by climate-induced change by 2050. However, there are steps being taken to mitigate this crisis. Each organization will outline the steps it … Continued

We meet over Zoom. If you’d like to join us, and aren’t on our organizers’ list, drop us an email and we’ll send you an invitation. If you would like to join the meeting early and get an introduction to the concepts of public banking, or more locally to who we are and what we do, please email us and we’ll see you online at 6:30. Donate to keep us moving forward It is the mission of Public Bank East Bay to provide community oversight and stewardship in the formation and … Continued

Register here Is your bank financing climate destruction? Check it out in this important new report, Banking on Climate Chaos 2021. And tune into the Banking on Climate Chaos webinar. This year’s report is the most comprehensive analysis on fossil-fuel banking produced to date.  It details the fossil-fuel funding and policies of the world’s 60 largest banks, which together have financed fossil fuels with $3.8 trillion since the Paris Agreement was adopted. The report was published by our dear friends at the Rainforest Action Network, in collaboration with BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, … Continued

Brockhurst St. and nearby neighbors are walking for community safety. Join us in the parking lot at St. Mary’s Center and we’ll pick the route for the day! We are looking for “hosts” for Wednesdays in April to bring friends & neighbors, and organize the walk. Interested?68876

100 members of the Debt Collective are on strike, demanding that Joe Biden cancel ALL student debt within his first 100 days. We have 100 stories, and more than 100 ways that full debt cancellation will change our lives. Join us for the second installment in our 100 Strikers, 100 Stories series with Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis, Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, the stories of strikers and special guests. This call will be held on March 31st @ 8 PM ET/7 PM CT/6 PM MT/5 PM PT! We’ll be live on this Facebook … Continued

Join Sunrise Movement in a Congressional recess action to tell Nancy Pelosi to sign the Good Jobs for All Pledge: “I commit to doing everything in my power to pass legislation that guarantees good jobs for all, invests $10 trillion over the next decade to create millions of union jobs addressing the crises of climate change, economic inequality, and systemic racism, and puts money into the hands of people and communities, not the wealthy few.” This event is part of a national Congressional-recess mobilization to demand that our representatives pass … Continued