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Eye-witness report on the Donbass region and Russia. Our speaker, John Parker began his trip to the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine on April 27 as part of a fact-finding mission organized by Struggle-La Lucha newspaper in the U.S. to gather eyewitness observations and testimony of Lugansk residents. He also visited Russia, where he conducted interviews and was present at the May 9 Victory Day parade, commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany and honoring the 27 million Soviet people who died fighting fascism. John Parker is the coordinator of the Harriet Tubman Center For Social Justice … Continued

Please join us to celebrate Julian Assange’s birthday and rally for his freedom! His life- along with our future freedom of Speech and Journalism- depends on it. Julian Assange is an innocent journalist, jailed and tortured for revealing TRUTH. Global citizens deserve to know of the US/UK war crimes done in their names and with their tax dollars. Julian remains held on remand, at the behest of the USA, in Belmarsh Prison, London. If the USA succeeds in his extradition, he will serve 175 years in the worst kind of … Continued

Come #JoinTheFun! & Celebrate Your ( #BareAsYouDare ) Body Freedom in the Independence Day Weekend #WNBRsf2022. Check the @SFWNBR public twitter for the latest updates & route.map details or Our fb page at: https://www.facebook.com/wnbrsf/ . 11am Gathering 12pn/Noon START As with previous San Francisco #WNBR rides this year, the Independence Day Weekend Ride on SUNDAY will roll encompass about 15miles ( over 2-3 hours, slow paced with stops ) passed several iconic nationally recognized tourist sites along the scenic Embarcadero ( Giants Stadium & Chase Center ) to City Hall for a … Continued

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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

March from Civic Center to People’s Park (1 mile). Live music and BBQ at People’s Park. Flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AxCgC5hlxBaPZ7TdYl35U9TKQQse84Jd/view69850

Join the Reclaim Our Power coalition at a  press conference and hearing where San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan will lead a resolution calling on Governor Newsom to #CancelPGE and initiate Golden State Energy, “a democratic alternative to California’s utility nightmare!” Newsom has approved a plan to give PG&E permission to continue operating as it emerges from bankruptcy court. Environmental justice groups say this would be a “License to Burn.” They point out that a federal judge found PG&E responsible for causing “at least 31 wildfires, burning nearly 1.5 million acres, destroying nearly 24,000  structures and killing 113 … Continued

Please join Alliance for Justice for a conversation with Berkeley Law Dean, Erwin Chemerinsky, and ACLU National Board President, Deborah Archer. RSVP: https://secure.everyaction.com/LbODdMaw9Eik0uc39PluAw2 For decades, the Supreme Court has knelt to police power, and communities of color have suffered disproportionate levels of harm and police violence as a result. Apart from the brief decade during which the Warren Court narrowly expanded the rights of the accused, the Supreme Court has historically sided with police and enabled racist practices. The chipping away at those rights has caused too many to become victim … Continued

Please join Alliance for Justice for a conversation with Berkeley Law Dean, Erwin Chemerinsky, and ACLU National Board President, Deborah Archer. RSVP: https://secure.everyaction.com/LbODdMaw9Eik0uc39PluAw2 For decades, the Supreme Court has knelt to police power, and communities of color have suffered disproportionate levels of harm and police violence as a result. Apart from the brief decade during which the Warren Court narrowly expanded the rights of the accused, the Supreme Court has historically sided with police and enabled racist practices. The chipping away at those rights has caused too many to become victim … Continued

Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85817209915 Relevant Agenda: 5. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – Annual Report (Automated License Plate Readers) a. Review and take possible action on the annual report 6. Document Submission Proposal – Vice Chair Katz – Proposed policy regarding submission of documents to PAC by staff a. Review and take possible action on proposed policy 7. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – Crime Lab DNA Instrumentation Policy a. Review and take possible action on the proposed use policy 8. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance … Continued

People’s Park, UC & Privatization On Zoom, July 7 — 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm PDT The ongoing battle to prevent the development of People’s Park in Berkeley by the millionaire UC Regents continues unabated. This Zoom panel will talk about how the corporatization and privatization of UC is pushing the monetization of the public assets of the University and how this process has become a national trend. Strategies to prevent the imminent destruction of People’s Park by the UC Berkeley will be discussed, particularly in light of its recent … Continued

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July 9 Conference Call The Fight Against the Destruction of Public Education and Public Services School Closures, Class Cuts, Privatization, Charters, and Union Busting ILWU Local 6 Hall, 99 Hegenberger Rd., Oakland, 10 a.m. -5 p.m. Our public schools and community colleges are undergoing many-sided attacks. School sites are being shut down and turned over to “charter schools.” Devastating class cuts in the community colleges have accelerated during the pandemic. The longstanding underfunding of public education in California despite a massive budget surplus is outrageous. Privatization is affecting public services … Continued

ICSS Sunday Mornings at the Marxist Library. Even the corporate press pronounced Biden’s recent Summit of the Americas meeting in Los Angeles as a flop, while the balance between red states (and we don’t mean Republican) and blue states south of the Rio Grande is tipping to the left. Most recently, Colombia elected its first left leaning president, following similar victories in Chile, Peru, and Honduras, which in turn followed Bolivia, Argentina, and Mexico.  And the frontrunner in Brazil’s presidential contest slated for October is a leftist. Meanwhile Cuba, Nicaragua, … 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/89559844652 Meeting ID: 895 5984 4652 Despite the top-two primary and all the other moves to suppress us, the Alameda and San Francisco Green Parties have developed clout in local elections because so many people rely on our voter guides. That includes people who never think of voting Green because they wouldn’t want to “waste” their vote on a quixotic candidate tilting at windmills, and even people who resent our participation in presidential elections. Many of them nevertheless rely on our analysis of candidates, albeit often corporate, … 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

To achieve economic equity, we must prioritize investing our money into the wealth and health of local communities and the environment. Public banking is a promising strategy with a century-old history that can help us align how we spend our tax and fee dollars with the values and needs of our communities. A public bank is owned and controlled by the people of the city, state, or region it serves. Profits earned are recycled back into the local government, helping to support social services and economic development activities. It is … Continued

ACLU People Power is hosting a new series of Abortion Activist Training sessions throughout this summer – so you can join the fight, no matter where you are. We’re kicking this series off  with our first session, Know Your Rights: Digital Privacy and Abortion Access. Because with the fall of Roe and the loss of federal protections for abortion, our digital privacy matters more than ever. RSVP today and get ready to join fellow activists to mobilize for our rights and safety in this critical first training: RSVP Today James, in … Continued

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

Our Green New Deal Committee meets on the second Wednesday each month. We discuss eco-socialist issues, plan upcoming actions, and invite participation in working group projects and campaigns. All are welcome! Please RSVP or email green-new-deal@eastbaydsa.org. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89664637974?pwd=K1JKcXA0YzkvTkNhUmwzMmZOZHBUdz09 Meeting ID: 896 6463 7974 Passcode: 932407 One tap mobile +16699006833,,89664637974#,,,,*932407# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,89664637974#,,,,*932407# US (Tacoma)69841

Join us for a CA Prison Closure Campaign Info Session – “Building Power Across Walls to #CloseCAPrisons”! Why are Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) and Critical Resistance (CR) fighting to close 10 prisons by 2025?  What are we doing to ensure that we win and that resources are being invested in the life-affirming infrastructure all of our communities need for true safety and sustainability? Want to know how to get involved? Join us for Building Power Across Walls to #CloseCAPrisons, an online information session about the CA Prison … Continued

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Join the Bay Area Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force for the first in its third summit series, Climate, Equity, and Race, United Actions.  The topic is Ecological Protection. Facebook page Register here Summit Schedule: 9:00 – 9:15 AM Land Acknowledgement Corrina Gould, Tribal spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan & Co-Founder, Sogorea Te’ Land Trust Welcome Cheryl Davila, Chair of CEMTF/ Former Councilmember, City of Berkeley Keynote speaker Marcy Winograd, Code Pink, speaking about the military and climate 10– 11:00 AM Petrochemicals. Plastics and Climate Ben Schleifer and Sarah Packer or Andrea Braswell. Center for … Continued

ZOOM: https://zoom.us/j/98494427833?pwd=NERHSWZnR2cybFlWQWswRnRQNG1LQT09 Join an online discussion of Richard Wolff’s social analysis as presented on KPFA’s program “Economic Update.” Be civil. Be meticulous. Be constructive. Hosted by The Commons SF, which is committed to sharing a trinitarian socio-economic analysis recognizing gifts of nature (including location & natural resources) as existentially and consequentially distinguishable from stuff made by people. This analysis separates trinitarian analysis from conventional capitalist and Marxist analysis which is binary (Capital vs Labor). For more event information: http://www.TheCommonsSF.org 69862

“Michael Goldstein is a genuine love warrior and justice seeker. His heart, mind, soul and voice empower us all in these turbulent times.” — Cornel West Are you tired of trying to make those beholden to the wrong people do the right thing? Decades of electoral work and activism have failed to bring us sustainability, peace, or a just society. Blessed Disillusionment: Letting Go of What Cannot Save Us, Turning to What Can shows that there is a reason: the political system operates to absorb discontent while averting the fundamental change we … Continued

Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite. For July, 2022 we’re reading The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth, by The Red Nation, Amazon, Common Notions. All are welcome! When the Red Nation released their call for a Red Deal, it generated coverage in places from Teen Vogue to Jacobin to the New Republic, was endorsed by the DSA, and has galvanized organizing and action. Now, in response to popular demand, the Red Nation expands their original statement filling in the histories and ideas that formed it and forwarding an … Continued

Online Event Location:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hip-hop-and-civil-rights-tickets-350933019107  Hip Hop and Social Justice Symposium About this event Members of NWA and World Class Wreckin Cru and Chris Clarke (Shock G on “All Eyez on Me”) are promoting their new books and are joined by social justice organizations to discuss the intersectionality of hip hop and the civil rights movement. Performances, Meet and Greet, DJ Tribute and After Party to follow. Confirmed Organizations: Anti-Recidivism Coalition ACLU NorCal NAACP Nor Cal NorCal Resist Neighbor Program Vanguard Media Music by Lions in Paris Video by Cisco Kuhl Photography … Continued

Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) invites Bay Area cyclists and activists to participate in the first annual “Ride for Palestine” fundraising event on July 17, 2022. Ride for Palestine will be a day of fun, solidarity, and celebration to raise money for children’s programs in Palestine. The 11-mile scenic ride is designed to be enjoyable for cyclists of all skill levels. The post-Ride celebration will include delicious Palestinian food, music, and more. The Great Tortilla Conspiracy will be printing designs on edible tortillas. The Ride begins in Berkeley at the … Continued

NOTE: DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOUND OUR CONTROL, VLADIMIR KOZIN WILL NOT BE WITH US. WE ARE SUBSTITUING ANOTHER PROGRAM COVERING THE SAME MATERIAL, AS FOLLOWS: Jul 17, 2022. 9:45am-11:30am Pacific NOTE SPECIAL TIME AND MODIFIED TOPIC Debunking the US-NATO Narrative on Ukraine Group Discussion. Allan  Miller will lead the discussion.   …with its “Special Military Operation? In his presentation Dr. Kozin will provide his background and military studies experience. He will cover why Putin is not authoritarian. He will give a brief description of Russia’s legal system, especially when it … 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

Oakland Greens’ Monthly General Meeting Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet 3rd Sunday of each month. Unless otherwise noted. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/98037130102 Meeting ID: 980 3713 0102 One tap mobile +16694449171,,98037130102# US +17207072699,,98037130102# US (Denver) Dial by your location +1 669 444 9171 US Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kdD3dhmhEq Agenda Intro (if needed) – 5 min Agenda Review – 5 min GPCA-GA Report Back – 15 min Computer update – 5 min County Green Sunday Proposal – 10 min 11 Shows, 6 hours per show $1980 donation to … Continued

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Register here The people who produced Hoodwinked in the Hothouse, a key report exposing corporate-based false solutions to the climate crisis, host the fourth in their series of webinars, Greenwashing Disaster Capital. Speakers will explain how corporate interests are hijacking critical climate action around the world by co-opting key concepts, frameworks and language from our movements. The organizers write: “Traditional ecological knowledge concepts like biomimicry, strategy frameworks like a just transition, and even popular narratives like building a regenerative economy have been co-opted in recent years by big NGOs, philanthropists and academic institutions … Continued

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THIS Saturday July 23, 2022, 10 AM to 6 PM, People’s Park Nonviolence Training, Nonviolent Direct Action prep/training.  Food Not Bombs provides lunch.  rsvp asap: weddress777@gmail.com  (deets below)     Text “SAVETHEPARK” to 74121 now.70147

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Jul 24, 2022. 10:30am-12t:30pm Pacific Unipolarism and Multipolarism: Panel Discussion On Feb 4, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with China’s President Xi Jinping at the opening of the Winter Olympics in Beijing  They released a 5000-word document, “Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the International Relations Entering a New Era and the Global Sustainable Development.” This document expresses the views of two of the world’s largest nuclear powers, both permanent members of the UN Security Council. As such, it merits full discussion. … 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

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As of right now, Biden is still planning to turn on federal student debt payments on September 1, 2022. That’s forty-eight days from now. The payment pause, if you need a reminder, is a Trump-initiated policy from March 2020, which Biden has continued to warm-up and serve to the American people. Meanwhile, we’re still waiting on Biden’s big promise to cancel student debt. Here at the Debt Collective, we’re not holding our breath: we’re organizing. That’s why we’re getting ready to go on a debt strike – withholding payments for money … Continued

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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

Diablo Rising Tide, Oil and Gas Action Network, and Direct Action Everywhere are offering another in their series of training programs in nonviolent direct action for the climate. This training will take participants through many of the strategies, tools and considerations of direct action, including power and privilege, de-escalation, blockades, legal, direct action organizing models, and the opportunity to form affinity groups. And attending this training will be way to get plugged in for upcoming actions. RSVP Questions: Contact christina@oilgasaction.org70013

Register here This webinar from The Climate Center will explain how climate-smart agricultural practices can sequester significant amounts of carbon while also improving soil health, increasing water retention in the soil, and making the land more drought-resilient and productive. They’ll also talk about what investments are necessary to support farmers in changing to these practices. Speakers: Patricia Hickey, Managing Director at the Carbon Cycle Institute Albert Straus,  founder and CEO of Straus Family Creamery Baani Behniwal, The Climate Center’s Natural Sequestration Initiative Manager. While adopting these practices is essential and important, beware of … Continued

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Join this Friday 7/29/22 action to protest a Trump-era program continued by the Biden administration that increases privatization of Medicare and threatens continuity of care for seniors while enriching private companies with taxpayer dollars. The program, the Direct Contracting Entity program, soon to morph into another called ACO-REACH, shifts traditional Medicare patients into privately managed plans without their consent. 70010

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of “Lil Tokyo Reporter,” OACC presents a special screening followed by a film talk with director Jeffrey Chin. He will be joined by Chris Tashima who plays Sei Fujii in the film and others. Lil Tokyo Reporter is a film inspired by the True Story of Civil Rights Leader Sei Fujii, a man who protected the livelihood of the Japanese American people from 1903-1954. It has been screened at U.S. Consulate in Seoul, Beijing, and Tokyo. More speakers to be confirmed. 69864

On Zoom. Please register in advance: tinyurl.com/FSJuly30 Over four decades ago, the 1979 Sandinista Revolution ousted the hated Somoza regime, challenged U.S. imperialism and inspired workers and the oppressed around the globe. This conversation will explore how this revolution was betrayed and will focus on the lessons for today, especially for women, students and indigenous people in our hemisphere. This discussion will feature Stephen Durham co-author of “On the nature of the Nicaraguan State” and co-ordinator of the Freedom Socialist Party’s work with the Committee for Revolutionary International Regroupment. This … Continued

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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