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For A United Front May Day In 2022 Music, Poetry, Workers Voices & International SolidarityRally in San Francisco on May 1, 2022 at ILWU Harry Bridges Plaza At 10:00 AM Harry Bridges Plaza is between the Ferry Building and Market St Victory To The Amazon Workers Union & All Workers Here and Around The World Stop Privatization, Outsourcing of Public Education & Public Services NOW! United Front Against Privatization of the Port Of Oakland by A’s GAP Owner John Fisher, City College of San Francisco, SFUSD, OUSD, WCCSD and all … 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

You are invited to the inaugural panel of the Municipalism Learning Series. This is the municipalist moment. The movement to gain democratic control of cities and towns is ascendant from Los Angeles to Barcelona to Jackson, Mississippi. People are crafting municipalist platforms, reclaiming the right to the city, and self-organizing as rebel cities. THE MUNICIPALIST MOMENT RSVP at http://municipalism.org [1] Panelists: KALI AKUNO, Cooperation Jackson RUTH WILSON GILMORE, CUNY Graduate Center ANANYA ROY, UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy ABDOUMALIQ SIMONE, University of Sheffield The panel will be held … Continued

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89559844652 Meeting ID: 895 5984 4652 Members from the Green Party of California and the Peace and Freedom Party have joined together to create a Left Unity Slate of statewide candidates for the upcoming June 7 election. This historic decision was based on the many shared values between the Green and Peace and Freedom parties. Among these values are guaranteed access to healthcare, also known as expanded and improved Medicare For All, truly affordable housing, union-wage jobs, public ownership of energy, ending wars for profit, and a … 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

Get the link to join here Give your comments at the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors meeting when they discuss the proposed conversion of the Marathon refinery in Martinez and the much larger-scale proposed conversion of the Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo from refining petroleum to refining “biofuel.” The Planning Commission has rubber-stamped woefully inadequate environmental impact reviews of these two projects. The supervisors need to hear from county residents! The proposed projects would make Contra Costa County the world’s largest producer of liquid biofuels based on the refining of animal … Continued

WE NEED YOUR HELP! Friends of the Public Bank East Bay is a completely volunteer-run, nonprofit organizing to create and build community support for the first public bank in California’s history! If you’re committed to economic justice and interested in helping us build new financial systems by the people for the people, we look forward to having you join us! HOW WE OPERATE: We have five committees working together to create a Public Bank in the East Bay: Advocacy builds relationships with community groups and city governments. Communications assists other … Continued

Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85817209915 Agenda Items: 5. Federal Task Force Ordinance – OPD – Presentation of Annual Reports (ATF, USMS, DEA) a. Review and take possible action on reports 6. AB 2336 (Friedman) Speed Safety System Pilot Program – DOT/Chair – evaluation of proposed bill solely as to potential privacy impact a. Review and take possible action on draft resolution 7. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – Crime Analysis Software a. Review and take possible action on Impact Report and proposed Use Policy 8. … Continued

Suds, Snacks, and Socialism Please register in advance at https://bit.ly/WorldWorkersRising to receive your personal link for this event. At this post-May Day forum we will explore the current state of labor organizing at home and in other countries. Speakers will discuss recent victories, new leadership, unionization of traditionally marginalized workers, and how this trend is related to the fight for socialism. David Bacon – Photojournalist, author, political activist, union organizer Barry Eidlin – Assistant Professor of Sociology at McGill University, author of Labor and the Class Idea in the United … Continued

Click here for the Facebook event page RSVP Eat, drink, dance, and meet local labor activists at the Bay Area Labor Notes Dance Party and Fundraiser at the Omni Commons, 4799 Shattuck Avenue in North Oakland, on Saturday, May 7 from 6:00 to 11:00 pm. All proceeds will help low-wage workers attend the international Labor Notes conference in Chicago this April. A small donation of $5-$35 covers food, music, camaraderie, and stories about the Bay Area labor movement from local labor activists. Cash bar available, Venmo also accepted. Nobody turned away for lack of funds. All ages. The program … Continued

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Online Event Location:  https://www.doclands.com/boycott/  A critical investigative documentary that reveals the grossly underreported story of anti-BDS legislation that is sweeping through state legislatures in the U.S., undermining the First Amendment and causing real harm to those who stand up for their right to free speech. (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions is a movement organized by the Palestinian BDS National Committee in response to Israel’s human rights record.) The effects of these bills, which coerce individuals and companies into signing what is tantamount to a loyalty oath against the BDS movement, are far … 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

The Braver Angels event, “We the People’s Forum: Does One Size Fit All for Addressing Homelessness?” is coming up! The Zoom meeting will open to participants at 7:55 pm EST on Monday, May 9. Here is your Zoom link to join: https://braverangels-org.zoom.us/j/82190712365 For troubleshooting questions ahead of the event, email dlapp@braverangels.org We the People’s Forum is an initiative of We the People’s Project at Braver Angels, an effort to build a politically and racially diverse team of working-class Americans to build a house united in America. To learn more or to … 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

Agenda and zoom link will be posted here Our campaign to ban oil and gas drilling in Contra Costa is at a key point:  On May 11 the county Planning Commission will meet to consider the new oil and gas policy in the Conservation Element of the General Plan, which will determine land use decisions for the next twenty years.  Let’s all show up (via Zoom) to tell them: Ban drilling! Under the current proposed plan, the county would keep approving more oil and gas drilling, with unspecified mitigation of negative … 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 to receive the URL to the meeting or email green-new-deal@eastbaydsa.org.69732

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library    What is China today? What about the Communist Party and the unions in China? Do they represent gains or setbacks for humanity? Wadi’h Halabi of the CPUSA and the Center for Marxist Education will be discussing these and related questions. Halabi studies the material basis for revolutionary optimism, with a focus on developing and advancing the architecture to complete humanity’s transition from capitalism to socialism. Leaders in China first invited Halabi in 2000, based on an economics column published in the People’s World. … 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

Community Policing Uncovered: How Surveillance, Displacement and Counterinsurgency Happens in Our Cities Host: Othering and Belonging Institute, UC Berkeley RSVP for reminder: https://secure.everyaction.com/4dHkmUy-C0mtI4HbQHtNeg2 WATCH HERE: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/community-policing-uncovered-how-surveillance-displacement-and-counterinsurgency-happens-our-cities Our communities know how brutal our police systems are and have been rising up to demand new visions of community safety and care. Less understood is the history and harms of reforms like community policing – a counter-revolutionary attempt to legitimize policing. Militarized counterinsurgency and surveillance tactics are impacting neighborhoods daily. From housing displacement and gentrification to corporate power and incarceration, these systems are long-term strategies … Continued

It’s starting to smell a lot like winning in the student debt cancellation. A bunch of important things happened last week To learn more about the student debt cancellation fight, join our Campaigns Update call, tonight at 6PM EST. First, a bombshell news story broke that confirms what we’ve been saying all along: tying student debt cancellation to income is virtually impossible. From the article: “Education Department officials have concluded that the agency is unable to cancel federal student loans based on a borrower’s income level without requiring some action … Continued

Our virtual town hall on Oakland’s proposed Fair Share Business Tax initiative is coming up soon this upcoming Monday May 16th at 6pm, and we’d love to see you there! Members and supporters of the Oakland small business community are all welcome. At the town hall, you’ll learn about the state of Oakland’s current inequitable tax system and possibilities to tax corporate wealth to fund better city services. You’ll also have an opportunity to ask both Councilmembers Carroll Fife and Nikki Bas any questions you might have about how this … Continued

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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

WE NEED YOUR HELP! Friends of the Public Bank East Bay is a completely volunteer-run, nonprofit organizing to create and build community support for the first public bank in California’s history! If you’re committed to economic justice and interested in helping us build new financial systems by the people for the people, we look forward to having you join us! HOW WE OPERATE: We have five committees working together to create a Public Bank in the East Bay: Advocacy builds relationships with community groups and city governments. Communications assists other … Continued

​SURJ Bay Area is presenting our ongoing speakers series featuring our Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Accountability Partners. This series gives the community an opportunity to hear from our Partners, learn about what they are doing in the community and find out how we can support their work. We invite you to join us to hear from Essie Justice, a nonprofit organization of women with incarcerated loved ones taking on the rampant injustices created by mass incarceration. Their award-winning Healing to Advocacy Model brings women together to heal, … Continued

VIA ZOOM https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81874845936?pwd=Y2RCOVV2UDlCNVhjMUd6TGdmOHpqZz09 Meeting ID: 818 7484 5936 Passcode: 205900 SENSIBLE CINEMA UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY OF SAN FRANCISCO NASRIN Nasrin is a powerful feature documentary by filmmakers Jeff Kaufman and Marcia Ross, that was filmed inside Iran by people risking arrests and imprisonment to bring this inspiring ‘candle in the dark’ to the bright screen. The film is narrated by Academy Award winner Olivia Colman and includes an original song performed by internationally known artist Angélique Kidjo. Nasrin traces the journey of Nasrin Sotoudeh—Iranian defense lawyer, political prisoner, human rights … Continued

Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite. For May, 2022 we’re reading the first four chapters of A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things. A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, And the Future of the Planet, by Raj Patel and Jason W Moore. UC Press, Amazon For June, 2022, we’ll be finishing the above book. All are welcome! “Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. In making these things … Continued

Our speaker, Bedabrata Pain, has been making the documentary on farm crisis – both in the US and India, as well as being on the ground of the historic Indian farm movement that forced the right-wing strongman prime minister Narendra Modi to retreat for the first time in his political life, cannot but make one wonder about what must be done differently in our political engagement. After summarizing the Indian movement and the American farm experience, the talk will dwell on the lessons of the farm movement in India 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

Special discussion of the Healthy CA for All Commission report Join Commissioner Carmen Comsti; health policy expert James G. Kahn; and Michael Lighty, president of the Healthy California Now coalition. Click here to register and receive meeting information. Co-sponsored by Physicians for a National Health Program-CA and Health Care for All This healthcare advisory commission–led by the state’s top healthcare official with voting members appointed by the goveronor (8) and legislature (4)–recently wrapped up two years of study on the potential for creating a universal healthcare system using “unified financing”. … Continued

< 4th WEDNESDAYs 6-8p (PT) Bay Area Debtor’s Union >> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81740835248?pwd=MGFCT2xrdHU1cFQxb1lWOTZrZDNaUT09 Meeting ID: 817 4083 5248 Passcode: 123456 One tap mobile +16699009128,,81740835248#,,,,*123456# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,81740835248#,,,,*123456# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 817 4083 5248 Passcode: 123456 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdCenMJaVr   Debt Collective hosts “Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay” Book Club –> REGISTRATION REMINDER–> California Election Day is June 7th! Articles/Papers: NYT Student Debt Editorial, Annotated by the Debt Collective May 14, 2022 New Poll: Young Voters Want Biden To … Continued

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Just In;  People’s Park Berkeley is now officially signed onto the National Register of Historic Places at the level of National significance. Greetings Comrades The university is now moving tent people out of the park, making the final preparation for their final assault on our park.  There are several legal actions making their way through the courts but we know UC will not be deterred by impending legal action.  Their Anchor House project in being challenged by a legal suit that includes People’s Park and UC has already cleared the … Continued

Tia Wou, Fab 5 Freddy, Amir Soltani, and Stefan Forbes invite you a special one-night screening and Q&A at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco on May 28th at 7pm. HOLD YOUR FIRE is a gritty 1970’s New York thriller about the longest hostage siege in NYPD history, like French Connection or Dog Day Afternoon, examined from deeply conflicting perspectives. We’re relying on our friends to share this trailer, and with it Dr. Harvey Schlossberg’s message of conflict de-escalation, radical empathy and deep listening across the racial, cultural, and religious … Continued

As the imperialist warmongering by the US, NATO and the EU against Russia has recently escalated into a proxy war in Ukraine, a revolutionary party, “The Revolutionary Workers’ Party” (DIP, Devrimci İşçi Partisi in Turkish), has taken an unflinching anti-imperialist stance that distinguished it from most organizations and groupings on the Left. In this session, we will discuss the role of Turkey as a NATO ally in this war, and the strategy revolutionaries in the NATO countries should take towards the war. We will talk about Turkey’s involvement not only … 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