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Register Here What role does the immigration system have in upholding the prison industrial complex? What is a “direct transfer” & how have direct transfers impacted our communities? What is the Vision Act and how can you get involved? Learn this and more as we speak with directly impacted community members around these topics. General member meetings take place every 1st Wednesday of the month and are open to everyone! *Due to concerns over the spread of COVD-19 variants, our monthly member meetings will remain virtual for the remainder of … Continued

Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85817209915 Interesting Agenda Items 4. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – Body Worn Camera impact report and proposed use policy – review and take possible action    69286

Join CCWP (CA Coalition for Women Prisoners) for a special event this coming Thursday featuring four amazing storytellers, two of which are formerly incarcerated CCWP members who will be sharing about Life Without Parole. You can read more about the Stories in Living Color series here. *This event is free and will stream on YouTube, but you must register here to receive the link. 69289

Register or audit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYwKCKZvC270piELHNDhnJ5zaxQ1-SoVcIlGihiAZF1f53gQ/viewform The Struggle for People’s Park is a 2-unit student-led class offered to UC Berkeley Students during the Fall 2021 semester under the Democratic Education at Cal (DeCal) program. You may apply by clicking the “take my class” button above. Note: Grading will be based on a pass/fail framework depending on the participation and development designs regarding People’s Park. For more information and updates, please contact our student facilitator, Aidan Hill at hillae@berkeley.edu69271

Raj Sahai is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2591082607?pwd=eFpBNHgwaU9Eem1vNitTclAzeWdKZz09 Marx and Engels left a legacy of social and economic theories which have influenced the world in numerous ways. However, there are some significant theoretical gaps for which they left little guidance. These gaps include the ‘withering away of the state’ and how exactly it occurs, the true nature of the ‘communist Party’ and its relationship to the state, the ‘dictatorship of the Proletariat’, the consciousness of the working class and therefore the very essence of … Continued

  Maybe you’ve been getting our emails for months or years but never come to a DSA event. Maybe you’re a veteran leftist with decades of battles under your belt. Maybe you’re a new member ready to take the next step and get organized. Wherever you’re coming from, we want to hang out with you! 🌹  Hear what we’re currently working on 💪  Get more involved in critical fights right here in the East Bay 🍪 Eat some snacks Right now, we’re grappling with raging fires, looming climate catastrophe, 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

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

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We meet as a coalition on the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 6-7:30p. We also have a google group where we share updates. If you’d like to be added to those meetings or google group, please contact decarceratealameda@gmail.com. ​Link to General Meetings: https://zoom.us/j/96555663590 General Questions about DAC or to get involved please contact Cynthia Nunes at Cynthia@Restoreoakland.org ​ If you have a media request, please contact Ashley Chambers at ashley@ellabakercenter.org. If you still have questions, we have four workgroups to our coalition: If you’re interested in connecting with the Budget and Legislative … Continued

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https://twitter.com/Copwatch411/status/1436032859169386502 Please attend the RIPSTF meeting and make a public comment! 1) Copwatch member, Andrea, will be the first presenter who will be critical of the BPD…finally! Andrea will explain why many in Berkeley don’t trust the police, how the BPD continues to erode the community’s trust and then will provide suggestions for how to actually create safety in our city. According to the agenda, Andrea’s presentation should be around 7:15 or so. 2) Zoom in with us on Thursday at 6pm and MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT — specifically, let’s … Continued

Register or audit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYwKCKZvC270piELHNDhnJ5zaxQ1-SoVcIlGihiAZF1f53gQ/viewform The Struggle for People’s Park is a 2-unit student-led class offered to UC Berkeley Students during the Fall 2021 semester under the Democratic Education at Cal (DeCal) program. You may apply by clicking the “take my class” button above. Note: Grading will be based on a pass/fail framework depending on the participation and development designs regarding People’s Park. For more information and updates, please contact our student facilitator, Aidan Hill at hillae@berkeley.edu69271

Join Amazon Watch, Youth vs Apocalypse, Brasil Solidarity Network, Diablo Rising Tide and more for Fires, Forest, Finance, and our Future. This action, at the SF BlackRock headquarters, is part of a Global Week of Action for the Amazon, in solidarity with indigenous organizations in Amazonia. The action will call out financial institutions responsible for financing rainforest destruction and talk about  “How the destructive projects in the Amazon are affecting the next generation, who is financing them, and how we feel the impacts of the Amazon destruction here in California.” Info/RSVP The … Continued

Do a deep dive into the unheard history of 1953 CIA/MI6 led Iranian coup, which ousted democratically-elected Prime Minister Mossadegh and re-implemented the Shah. **RSVP for the screening of **_COUP 53_** at the Long Haul Infoshop on **SEPTEMBER 10th, 5pm!**** https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/okhvBLLROVn3UDdXXF79dCQhPF3FWw7WcGf7MrsXI6M/ *We just want to have a better idea of how many people will be in the space in order to take COVID precautions. If over 12 people RSVP here, we will be doing a simultaneous dual screening outside of the Long Haul! (excerpted from coup53.com) “While making a documentary … Continued

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The existing profit-driven system is destroying lives, livelihoods, and the planet we live on at an accelerating rate, making abolishing capitalism and achieving socialism an imperative. At this forum we will try to define the kind of society we want and urgently need, and discuss how to unite the mass of people we need to win it. Join a discussion with Howie Hawkins, Green Party* 2020 Presidential Candidate; Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom Party of Ca:* Hillary Chen, Democratic Socialists of America* *Organizations listed for identification purposes only. This event … Continued

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Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library This talk will examine the two Koreas in the context of the US military empire in East Asia and tie the discussion to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Many reporters have called Afghanistan America’s longest war, but they forget that the US has been at war in Korea for over 70 years. Yet in the wake of the US collapse in the Middle East, President Biden has said that “there’s a fundamental difference” between Afghanistan and South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. What does that … Continued

WHERE: Online.  To get the Zoom link, RSVP to action@sunflower-alliance.org. Chad T. Hanson is a forest ecologist with the John Muir Project.  Five years ago he wrote, “There are now 66 million dead trees in California’s forests due to several years of drought and native bark beetles, creating a “catastrophic” wildfire threat—or so claims U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.  While Vilsack’s assertion may resonate with many in the general public because it makes intuitive sense, it simply isn’t true.  Among scientists, there is an overwhelming consensus that weather (hot, dry, windy conditions) … Continued

Hear from a prominent climate scientist why California must take a more aggressive stance on the climate emergency.  Professor Dan Kammen of UC Berkeley will present his latest research and explain the science, economics, and policies behind his recent co-authored report, Accelerating the timeline for climate action in California.   As he testified before a State Senate committee in April, “The fact that we are in a climate emergency is plain to see and need not be debated further….  We are now in a position to do better for the climate, for … 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

Struggles involving housing issues in Oakland — The policies and organizing involve a multitude of matters from gentrification and the Howard Terminal project, to renters rights and a wave of potential evictions, to ‘affordability’ and homelessness.  This is a major point of contention within the labor council and a wide range of community/ housing organizations in the East Bay. Come to a discussion with one of the key activists and political advocates around the right to housing, focusing on Oakland. Carroll Fife is the Oakland City Council member representing District … Continued

Progressive Law Day is a free half-day conference, historically organized and led by law student members of the National Lawyers Guild, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, and open to law students, legal workers, lawyers, activists, and anyone interested in learning about radical lawyering and legal work. Progressive Law Day 2021 will be held in partnership with UC Hastings College of the Law, on the Hastings campus at 200 McAllister Ave in San Francisco. Lunch will be provided for all attendees. Registration is open for both in-person and virtual attendance for all workshops and … 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

Register below to receive the calendar invite and link to the event. Online Event Location:  https://mailchi.mp/buildingmovement/20-years-after-911-lessons-in-solidarity  WHAT: A teach-in to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and its aftermath, hosted by Building Movement Project and SolidarityIs WHO: Members of the Solidarity Summits, a group of leaders who have been exploring the connections between different social movements WHY: To gain insights around deepening connections, being co-conspirators, and building towards co-liberation 69281

Register Hear from activist and community leaders on what matters most as it relates to surveillance, war and peace. About this event 9:00 to 9:30 AM Welcome, Program overview Vahid Razavi Director of Ethics In Technology A technology Veteran of Silicon Valley. Vahid has founded, advised and worked in senior management roles in Silicon Valley. He has published two books, The Age of Nepotism and Ethics In Tech and Lack Thereof. As a lifelong activist and humanitarian he has published hundreds of articles and videos on various social issues including … Continued

As we mark the 50th anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising, we take a moment to reflect upon the ways that policing exists within prisons, the impact, and how conditions can be addressed. Register69322

To observe the meeting by video conference, please click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83722596537 at the noticed meeting time. Agenda items of possible interest: Vote to Ratify DGO K-03 Use of Force Policy. Community Policing Policy revision 69329

We are the Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force (CEMTF) a Bay Area coalition of elected officials, city & county staff, nongovernmental organizations, youth, environmental activists, social activists, and front line communities addressing the inequities and causes of the climate emergency. We meet Fridays from 9am-noon, from July-November 2021. Below are our planned meetings. Visit our website to learn more: https://www.cemtf.org/. July 30th: Fossil Fuel Free Bay Area August 20th: Clean and Just Transportation September 17th: Ecological Protection October 15th: Just Transition & Green New Deal November 19th: United Climate Actions … Continued

Register or audit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYwKCKZvC270piELHNDhnJ5zaxQ1-SoVcIlGihiAZF1f53gQ/viewform The Struggle for People’s Park is a 2-unit student-led class offered to UC Berkeley Students during the Fall 2021 semester under the Democratic Education at Cal (DeCal) program. You may apply by clicking the “take my class” button above. Note: Grading will be based on a pass/fail framework depending on the participation and development designs regarding People’s Park. For more information and updates, please contact our student facilitator, Aidan Hill at hillae@berkeley.edu69271

RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/september-17th-end-fossil-finance-build-a-renewable-future/ We’ve got a big action in the works and we need you! Driven by the climate crisis, fires, droughts, and floods are happening everywhere. Financial institutions continue to fund new fossil fuel projects which will only increase the destruction. This needs to STOP! On Friday, September 17th, join us at the Wells Fargo world headquarters in downtown San Francisco for the kickoff of a new round of actions demanding Wells shifts away from funding fracking and tar sands — and into clean energy and the green economy. Let’s … Continued

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Presentation and discussion: Net Zero Carbon Emissions: A Beginner’s Guide to An Imperialist Fraud We confront a planet on fire, and a global system of capitalism-imperialism that has done nothing to stop climate change except inject more and more carbon into the air. “Net zero” is NOT the answer, why this is so, and why revolution is what we need. For more event information: https://www.revolutionbooks.org69316

City College of San Francisco (CCSF) has been under attack for nearly a decade as part of the attempts to privatize public education. But faculty, staff, students and community members have been able to stave off the attempts to decertify the college and lay off full time faculty. Join CCSF activists who will discuss strategies to ensure that the college is able to maintain and expand courses and programs that working class residents depend on. Share your thoughts in the discussion that will follow and join in the fight. Online … 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

Online Event Location:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0scO6orz4vH9PGPLI4QLd5jdr4RoI5UHtS  Join the Interfaith Immigration Coalition for a webinar, “Faith Voices Call: Citizenship For All!” where you will receive updates on Congress’s budget reconciliation process, who could get covered by the path to citizenship that has been included in the budget resolution, and how you can take action NOW to get citizenship for all across the finish line. 69324

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RSVP here for the zoom link. We are fast moving into the UN Climate Conference COP 26, where the implementation of the Paris Agreement will be negotiated.  At Glasgow, participating climate justice advocacy groups and social movements will have to overcome a complex array of corporate climate schemes.  Their challenge will be to push lawmakers away from these false solutions and towards a Just Transition framework for tackling the climate crisis. A number of neoliberal policy agendas and unproven, corporate technofixes — from Net Zero Emissions and Carbon Capture to Nature-based Solutions — continue … Continued

“War is Literally Killing the Planet”. The war economy is brought to you by these players: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, BlackRock Worldwide Investments, Lockheed Martin, and Chevron, and you and I bought front row seats. We’re funding it. With our votes and taxes, we are enabling the destruction of life on earth. We need a peace economy to replace this suicidal situation. We are angry that these players profited handsomely from the 20-year war in Afghanistan. We are grieving that they are destroying the planet worldwide. We are outraged that they … 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://action.aclu.org/webform/cn-change-makers-campaign  It can be hard to go from a vision of how the world should to be to winnable goals. In this session, we’ll talk about ways to create goals that build up towards a long term vision and fundamentally shift power to the people so that wins become lasting change. We’ll also go over tools that help you identify the key power-holders along the way that can give you what you want. This is part of a series where we will cover different tools and skills community … Continued

If you are looking for ways to support our local Afghan community in Alameda County, check out this upcoming conversation https://twitter.com/aclib/status/1437543403542093829 69336

Join an important town hall on the “New Energy Economy and Contra Costa”  sponsored by Congressman Mark DeSaulnier, author of H.R. 1817, Protecting Workers for a Clean Future Act.  You don’t have to be a resident of District 11 to attend.  The Representative will share his perspective on the impacts of transitioning away from dirty energy in Contra Costa and the East Bay, and his “efforts in Congress to support the workforce so that no one gets left behind as we move to a clean energy future.” RSVP here to submit a … 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 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)  69280

Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or 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, tracking equipment, 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 … Continued

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Register or audit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYwKCKZvC270piELHNDhnJ5zaxQ1-SoVcIlGihiAZF1f53gQ/viewform The Struggle for People’s Park is a 2-unit student-led class offered to UC Berkeley Students during the Fall 2021 semester under the Democratic Education at Cal (DeCal) program. You may apply by clicking the “take my class” button above. Note: Grading will be based on a pass/fail framework depending on the participation and development designs regarding People’s Park. For more information and updates, please contact our student facilitator, Aidan Hill at hillae@berkeley.edu69271

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In 1969, the Harlem Cultural Festival drew 300,000 people over 6 weekends, yet the footage sat in storage for 50 years and few people have ever heard of it, until now. Watch amazing musical performances, from blues to jazz to gospel and more, set in a political context, a time when revolution was in the air, the mass resistance to the war in Vietnam, the unprecedented urban rebellions, and the Black Liberation movement, with footage of the Young Lords and the Black Panther Party, and more. Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Eg-vtSABE … Continued

On September 25th, the Regional Tenant Organizing Network is hosting an assembly to celebrate tenant power across the Bay Area. Tenants have been fighting hard and we must continue to connect, build, organize, and win! Help grow the movement for housing justice, sign up today to attend the Bay Area Tenant Assembly Who should attend: Bay Area Renters Live entertainment, free food, childcare, and Spanish interpretation will be provided. Interpretation for other languages will be provided as needed. Please email james@urbanhabitat.org if you have any questions or concerns.69283

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Join the East Bay DSA’s Labor Committee for our first Beer & Roses social in over a year and a half! Meet, talk, and hang out with DSA members and fellow travelers who are interested in building worker power in the workplace and transforming the labor movement into a strong, militant, and democratic working-class force for change. Hear about what’s happening in the EBDSA Labor Committee and learn how you can get involved. Some food and beverage will be provided, but feel free to bring something to drink and share … Continued

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Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite. For September, 2021 we’re reading the first two sections of “The Origin of Wealth: The Radical Remaking of Economics and What it Means for Business and Society.” by Eric D. Beinhocker. (e.g. Amazon, Powell’s, possibly available in libraries. For October, we’ll be finishing the book. Over 6.4 billion people participate in a $36.5 trillion global economy, designed and overseen by no one. How did this marvel of self-organized complexity evolve? How is wealth created within this system? And how … Continued

Why the Cuban Revolution has Endured: A Marxist Assessment of Cuba’s Historic Break with Capitalist Rule and its Lessons for Today A young Fidel Castro and his July 26 Movement cadre faced critical questions immediately following their defeat of the Fulgenco Batista Army and Batista’s U.S.-backed dictatorship in 1958-59. Initially, Fidel, previously an attorney from a wealthy family, was characterized as a moderate reformer and past member of one of Cuba’s two main bourgeois parties, the Orthodox Party. Pledged to restoring Cuba’s 1941 constitution that dictator Batista abrogated, the Castro … Continued

-Car caravan: 11:30AM at 1875 Marin St. -Rally: 1:30PM at Garfield Square ***** Join Sunday’s car caravan (on bike or car) to demand: Stop all evictions! Cancel the rent debt! Housing for all! If you can’t make the caravan, feel free to join for the rally at 1:30PM at Garfield Square. The U.S. government just marked Labor Day by cutting federal unemployment benefits for 7 million workers, which will immediately deepen poverty and compound the housing crisis. The most recent eviction moratorium enacted by the CDC was cruelly struck down … 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

Tell Governor Newsom:  The recall is over but the fight for Climate Justice is not! Join climate, environment, and public health advocates to start the clock on Governor Newsom’s post-recall climate justice agenda with a demonstration on the steps of the Capitol Building in Sacramento. As the public health cost of California’s rapidly worsening wildfire season mounts, the countdown to COP26 represents a new urgency for Governor Newsom to take action and end our state’s biggest contribution to greenhouse gas emissions: fossil fuel extraction. Come to Sacramento to call on … Continued

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The fossil fuel industry is successfully promoting a huge increase in the production of single-use plastics, adding GHG and toxic pollution at every step. This webinar will explore how this strategy is increasing fossil-fuel production and worsening the climate crisis. Judith Enck, President of Beyond Plastics and former Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will discuss the nexus between plastic production and climate change, including the immense environmental justice impacts. Graham Forbes, Global Project Leader of the Plastic-Free Future campaign at Greenpeace, will discuss Greenpeace USA’s new report, The Climate Emergency Unpacked: How … Continued

Online Event Location:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aQf3z5OvR2Wc98wvOidkNA  Digital Sanctuary Cities: Surveillance, Immigration, and Protecting Black Dissent Featuring Jacinta González, Carin Kuoni, and Mizue Aizeki, moderated by Albert Fox Cahn While the borders of the US are often conceived as clear lines, in reality they manifest as a labyrinth of agencies, individuals, and surveillance technologies. Border surveillance encompasses numerous technologies: US Customs and Border Protection drones can observe the majority of American homes, flying anywhere within 100 miles of a land border or coast; immigrants awaiting court dates are forced to wear electronic GPS shackles; … Continued

60th Anniversary of Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth featuring Cornel West in conversation with Andy Zee Watch the livestream at Revolution Books Berkeley This Revolution Books program, produced in partnership with the Brooklyn Book Festival, will feature scholar-activist Cornel West, who wrote the introduction for this new edition of the book, in conversation with Andy Zee of Revolution Books and The RNL—Revolution Nothing Less—Show. This will be a program for all who are outraged by the horrors of the world today, and all who ache for liberation. One … Continued

Online Event Location:  https://act.dsausa.org/signup/let-cuba-live/  Since its genesis in 1960, the US embargo of Cuba has been a criminal disaster. US sanctions have besieged socialist Cuba for over six decades. While 2018 UN estimates have calculated a direct loss of $130b in trade alone, the toll of the embargo on Cuban life can hardly be quantified. Most recently, US economic interference has stymied Cuba’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in deteriorating conditions on the island. With escalating tensions coming from the Biden administration against the Cuban people, solidarity is more timely … Continued

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/california-doughnut-economics-coalition-general-meeting-tickets-172777210287?keep_tld=1 We are the California Doughnut Economics Coalition, a band of rogue dough-nutters trying to help our great state transition to an economy that provides for the wellbeing of all people while staying within the ecological limits of our planet. We need your help. Join us! The final meeting agenda will be forthcoming – but in this meeting, we will review the basics of Doughnut Economics, catch you up on what we have accomplished so far and map out our work over the next few months. Join us if: you have been … Continued