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  Revolutionary Nicaragua in the Crosshairs of Imperialism  Our speaker, Gerry Condon, spent six years in exile after being sentenced to 10 years prison for refusing Army orders in Vietnam. Although his prison sentence was dropped, the experience radicalized him, and he has been a lifelong peace activist. In 1983-84, Gerry led the first two veterans’ delegations to revolutionary Nicaragua. He returned to Nicaragua in 1987 with the Veterans Peace Action Teams, founded by Brian Willson, to work in the northern war zones. The next year, Gerry coordinated the Veterans Peace Convoy … Continued

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Online Event Location:  http://www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3803  The coronavirus pandemic and the shocking racial disparities in its impact. The surge in inflammatory illnesses such as gastrointestinal disorders and asthma. Mass uprisings around the world in response to systemic racism and violence. Climate refugees. Our bodies, societies, and planet are inflamed. Boldly original, Inflamed takes us on a medical tour through the human body: our digestive, endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, immune, and nervous systems. Unlike a traditional anatomy book, however, this groundbreaking book illuminates the hidden relationships between our biological systems and the profound injustices of our … Continued

Understanding and Addressing the Weaponization of Immigration to Create Fear and Division in the United States Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ztcxm0KITvuIa145TYb3fQ US officials are struggling to respond to the number of displaced people arriving at the southern U.S. border. The challenges at the border are exacerbating perceptions inside the United States of immigrants and immigration as being a threat, which is fueling resentment, animosity, and polarization. According to the Anti-Defamation League, this perception “has galvanized the anti-immigrant movement and made life substantially more difficult for all immigrants and the communities that welcome them”. This … Continued

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Register California gives out more than four million traffic tickets each year, the majority of which disproportionately fall on Black and Brown communities across the state. It also has the most expensive traffic tickets in the country, with the bulk cost of these tickets being driven by numerous fees on top of the base cost of the ticket. Failure to pay the full cost of a ticket can result in even greater penalties, including added fees, a suspended license and even a misdemeanor charge. For those that can afford a … Continued

What is the People’s Budget amendment? Who is the Community Democracy Project (CDP)? How do I become a member of CDP? How do I get on their mailing list? How do I get on their extra special contact list to get personalized text messages about upcoming events? When is CDP launching? What are they launching? What is participatory budgeting? Why do they want the residents of Oakland to decide the entire city budget? Who’s funding this project? Who’s leading it? Why should I join CDP? Do I get a prize … Continued

Commemorate the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Abolish nuclear weapons. Tune in, connect the dots, and act for change. Join a virtual rally from 9 to 10:45 AM Pacific Time on Hiroshima Day and repeated on Nagasaki Day. Hiroshima Day, August 6 link https://youtu.be/_kM7IuzKQls Nagasaki Day, August 9 link https://youtu.be/OB57nQAcSWQ The overall rally broadcast will feature the following speakers who will be filmed at the West Gate of the Livermore Lab at 9 AM on August 6 to kick off the virtual event: A-bomb survivor Nobu … Continued

Come join community for art at the lake. We are banding together to celebrate ourselves, but also to remember what’s important: thanks to the hard work of the Black Organizing Project and allies, the Oakland Unified School District has pledged to the George Floyd Resolution to keep officers out of Oakland public schools! This event is an example of the type of joy that can be shared when we focus on community healing, rather than over-policing. There will be live poetry, guest speakers, art making, mural painting, music, care packages, … Continued

“Society is being ripped apart . . .” We are “two countries sharing the same border…” Why This Is A RARE TIME WHEN REVOLUTION BECOMES POSSIBLE A Talk by Andy Zee Reflections on Bob Avakian’s “This is a Rare Time When Revolution Revolution Becomes Possible — Why That Is So, And How to Seize On This Rare Opportunity” Bob Avakian is the architect of a whole new framework for human emancipation. He is the leader of the revolution. Read more here: https://revcom.us/a/633/bob-avakian-a-radically-different-leader-en.html Andy Zee is the host of The RNL—Revolution, Nothing … Continued

With the brutality of the profit system fully exposed during COVID, working people fought back despite the pandemic. Led by youth of color and women workers, this latest upsurge provides a map for what a “new normal” life will look like. Essential worker and revolutionary socialist feminist activist Norma Gallegos discusses how the demands of the vast majority can be won by combining the increased political awareness with stepped-up movement activism sparked by last year’s protests in defense of Black lives. Share your thoughts in the discussion that will follow! … Continued

Our speaker, Elazar Friedman,  will discuss the imperative need to develop a Leninist United Front to combat the menace of Fascist and White Supremacist attacks in today’s US. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2591082607?pwd=czViRVMxNTdtZ1Q0WEtxNXpsUVdQQT09 Meeting ID: 259 108 2607 Passcode: ICSS808rs The presentation will use two models as diagnostic tools. 1.) The Ernst Meyer led KPD’s model of United WC Front and the lessons of abandoning this powerful model in the third period and then zig zagging to class collaborationist coalition People’s Fronts-betraying Proletarian class independence 2.) The  1984 United Front like action at SF … Continued

Black August was initially made in 1969 by individuals from the Black Panther Party as a way for African Americans to commend their legacy and culture, marking the assassination Black Panther George Jackson during a prison rebellion in California. The idea behind Black August is to have remembrance for those who have died during this month in history. Black people are resisting. First, for their survival. And just like every generation before them, they are resisting to make their lives better and give themselves a chance at freedom. The history … Continued

Commemorate the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Abolish nuclear weapons. Tune in, connect the dots, and act for change. Join a virtual rally from 9 to 10:45 AM Pacific Time on Hiroshima Day and repeated on Nagasaki Day. Hiroshima Day, August 6 link https://youtu.be/_kM7IuzKQls Nagasaki Day, August 9 link https://youtu.be/OB57nQAcSWQ The overall rally broadcast will feature the following speakers who will be filmed at the West Gate of the Livermore Lab at 9 AM on August 6 to kick off the virtual event: A-bomb survivor Nobu … Continued

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It’s time to demand that banks stop funding the climate crisis.  As part of the #DefundLine3 Global Day of Action, join us in downtown San Francisco for Guerrilla Movies and Art Action on Friday, August 13th from 7pm – 10pm. Bring chairs, blankets, and people power as we host a guerrilla movie screening and art action at Wells Fargo’s headquarters to help stop the Line 3 pipeline. 7:00pm – Non-Violent Direct Action training – (around the cornner at 555 California Street.) 8:30pm – Guerrilla Movie screening about the Line 3 … Continued

The Infoshop opened within the Long Haul on August 13, 1992. For 28 years it has provided an open door for radical ideas to be shared between people through print media, art, music, and conversation. …. at the Infoshop you don’t need to be cool or know anybody. Music by Mincing (Oakland noice&PV), Bloodhum (Eastbay Heavy Psych), Regress (Oakland acoustic set), Super Apes (Free based sonic overload), Tak Kat Overlords (eclectic electronic jungle), – Dancing with Veerappan (Techno-communism) – food by Beliziyah I’rie (Authentic Beizian-style cuisine) 69214

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library THE STRUGGLE FOR IDEOLOGICAL HEGEMONY: THE ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (AND THE MEDIA): The Case of Purdue University Harry Targ, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Purdue University, Blogger at Diary of a Heartland Radical, co-chair of CCDS, and author of books and articles on international relations, Cuba, and the labor movement. The attacks on “critical race theory” are part of an assault by sectors of the capitalist class who seek to shape who and what is taught in educational systems. This talk will … Continued

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Join CODEPINK and friends at Nancy Pelosi’s house to do an “Emergency Intervention” for Pelosi, and a Bake Sale for the Women and Children of Afghanistan. Our intervention is an attempt to help Speaker Pelosi with her apparent addiction to funding war and weapons manufacturers instead of the needs of her constituents, the country and the world. As Speaker and a leader of the Democrats, she has the power to decide what the federal budget will fund. Over half of the budget goes to the military. Militarism is literally killing … Continued

  What: #SealtheDeal Mural Action Join our ally Sunrise Bay Area on a national day of action as thousands of people call on their Members of Congress to seal the deal and pass the biggest and boldest climate and care infrastructure bill in history. We can fund climate solutions, grow the care economy, fight inequality, and create green jobs. We will be painting a large mural at Dolores Park, � sending a message to Speaker Pelosi that we demand bold action now! Covid-19 Protocol: This event will be outdoors. However, … Continued

Join the Sunrise Movement and the California Green New Deal Coalition on this national day of action, as thousands of people call on members of Congress to #SealtheDeal:  pass the biggest and boldest climate and care infrastructure bill in history. We have to keep up the pressure so Speaker Pelosi and our other Democratic Party representatives won’t compromise away the measures we so desperately need. We must fund climate solutions, grow the care economy, fight inequality, and create green jobs. Participants will be painting a large mural at Dolores Park, … Continued

Are you hungry for deeper dialogue about the climate crisis and building community around solutions? We are too. A group of us at California Doughnut Economics Coalition are reading All We Can Save — it’s a book club! The book club helps us build on our doughnut economics foundation, further connect the (social & ecological) dots, and think more like a 21st-century economist. We want to extend the invite to all. About Book Club: A unique opportunity to read and share some information and inspirational conversation on important issues. The book club is an unbiased … Continued

The Green New Deal: A Conversation Do you want to learn more about the Green New Deal? Do you want to help your community create a resilient response to climate change? We’re happy to offer an event focused on the Green New Deal and how it impacts us all. Our free, virtual conversation will explore the dangers of climate change and how legislation like this will help. The workshop is presented by Grandmothers for a Green New Deal, a group of elder women working to educate us all about the … Continued

Register here Our current gas-car-based transportation system accounts for about half our greenhouse gas emissions and worsens all our inequities. Join experts and activists to hear about ways to strengthen transit, make it easy to walk or bike, and replace gas cars with EVs everyone can afford. Picture a privileged person ensconced in a costly car that glides between privileged destinations, passing GHGs and toxins over the homes of the less advantaged, who drive clunkers or line up for buses that cost too much and too often don’t arrive.  And join the discussion about … Continued

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Assuming it is open, we will be meeting in-person at our old haunt, the OMNI, and, as an experiment, with a Zoom live link for those who can’t be there physically.  Check back here a few days before the event to insure the availability of the OMNI, otherwise we will meet again solely online. Due to the exponential growth of Delta COVID in Alameda County we will still be meeting online in July.  The August meeting may be held dually online and at the OMNI Commons. Stay tuned! Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com … Continued

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library A Good question – which we hope to help answer with some serious analysis and information in the following upcoming activity PLEASE JOIN US for what will be an excellent panel discussion on the dangers and opportunities Cuba is now facing in today’s world This online activity will include: Gloria La Riva – ANSWER Coalition co-founder, member of the SF Bay Area Cuba-Venezuela Committee, and recent visitor to Cuba Cheryl LaBash – co-chair of the National Network on Cuba. Pablo Menendez – North American … Continued

Join the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berekely and the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights for a panel discussion on border justice and migrant rights. Register here: https://secure.everyaction.com/vV73yklFtUCbrfd1KsTLEg2 As immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers from Mexico, Central and South America, Africa and the Caribbean seek entry in the U.S. at the border with Mexico, the discourse on global migration has gotten shrill and disingenuous. The human rights of migrants are being violated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, Border Patrol agents, police officers and vigilante groups everyday. … Continued

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Register Amongst ourselves we often talk over the lack of accountability within our community “family business”, which like the country seems to be only getting worse. The premise is that the identifying label of Polyamory brings an patriarchal hierarchy image to mind. Also that misogyny is not the only deep dive that needs to be addressed. Racism, One penis policy translating into a heterosexual norm that is actually a negative. Join us at this donation based event with our normal cast and special guests. Interactive deep dives on deep topics. … Continued

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library Is the US Global Empire Actually in Decline? It is almost taken for granted, if not an article of faith, in the progressive milieu that the US empire is in decline. Does this hold up or is it comfort food for the frustrated hoping for the revolution? In the 40-year period between 1917 and 1959, socialist revolutions occurred in Russia, China, Korea, Vietnam, eleven countries across Eastern Europe, and Cuba. Yet during this era, thought to be a period of US ascendency, the US … Continued

Come to Revolution Books to watch and discuss a talk by Raymond Lotta. In July, the Chinese Communist Party of China celebrated its 100th anniversary. Raymond Lotta wrote on http://www.revcom.us: “China’s Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party – Not the Party of Mao and Revolution…But of Counterrevolution and Capitalism-Imperialism.” This article addresses basic questions of why the current regime in China is thoroughly capitalist, and the Chinese Communist Party is a thoroughly capitalist party, how the Chinese revolution was overthrown, and what socialist society is and is not. … Continued

Register This fire season we’ve seen the largest known wildfire ever in California, bringing the climate crisis literally to our front doors. This is not an isolated event. Climate scientists have been warning that extreme weather would be coming if we continued to burn fossil fuels, and yet, because of capitalism, we’ve only seen the use of those fuels skyrocket. In the past month reports about this crisis have come out with dire warnings, letting us know that tipping points that mean an unavoidable cascade of the irreversible climate crisis, … Continued