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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

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

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Relevant Agenda Items: 5. Federal Task Force Transparency Ordinance – OPD – Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) a. Review and take possible action on the draft memoranda of understanding with federal partners (MOU) Join the meeting74452

International human rights advocate and lawyer Dan Kovalik will discuss the current conflict in Ukraine in light of historical developments, in particular the collapse of the USSR, the 2014 coup and the conflict which began thereafter between the government of Kiev and the Donbas region of Ukraine. He will also report on his recent trip to the Donetsk People’s Republic. Daniel Kovalik currently teaches international human rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.  He graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 1993. He then served as in-house … Continued

Suds, Snacks, and Socialism – BYO Election 2022: What Does it Mean for the Socialist Left? Please register in advance at https://bit.ly/SS_S_Election_2022 to receive your personal link for this event. The Democrats are rejoicing that they lost fewer congressional seats than had been predicted. The Republicans are ready to scuttle any meager reforms that are proposed. Donald Trump’s political career seems to be imploding, but his base is still there. Join us to discuss what it will take to change this dreary picture and build towards a socialist future. Howie … 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

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89559844652 The two-year civil war in Ethiopia has seen far more casualties than the Ukraine War but received a tiny fraction of the press. Estimates are that half a million people, maybe even more, have died, while the highest estimate is 100,000 in Ukraine. According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, Ethiopia also saw a record number of people internally displaced by conflict in 2021, over five million. The press it has gotten has been largely that of the genocide industrial complex, which portrays the Tegaru minority as victims in … Continued

Location Details: Virtual through Google Meet: The Pursuit of Happiness framed in political-economic terms Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/mqd-jtmf-gkk Join high school US History teacher David Giesen as he vets an overview–seeking your critique–of next year’s approach to US History. The curriculum’s theme is “Liberating the Pursuit of Happiness.” The “elevator pitch” is: The United States was created in the stated belief that governments should exist in order to facilitate a people’s ability to pursue happiness. The pursuit of happiness requires liberty to be playfully expressive. The … 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

Help end racial profiling in San Francisco! We have exciting news to start the year: the San Francisco Police Commission will be voting to limit racially based traffic stops and consent searches on Wednesday, January 11, at 5:30 PM. San Francisco has a tremendous opportunity to advance anti-racist policy, and you have a part to play. Can you please support in any or all of the following ways? Submit an organizational letter of support by COB on Tuesday, January 10. As endorsers of this campaign, a letter from your organization … Continued

If raining, the press conference will be held inside the building, at the Dean’s office. CodePink event page: https://www.codepink.org Berkeley, CA.  Human rights groups will gather in person at UC Berkeley Law School on January 11, 2023 @ 1pm to call for the closure of Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp on its 21st Anniversary, and for the prosecution of UC Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo for complicity in torture. The press conference is hosted by CodePink for Peace, Berkeley No More Guantanamos, Progressive Democrats of Oakland, Triple Justice, Extinction Rebellion Peace … Continued

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Last year, the City of Los Angeles spearheaded an innovative community engagement process around the question, “What are you most worried about regarding climate change impacts?” Led by the Climate Emergency Mobilization Office (CEMO) and involving hundreds of stakeholders, the resulting answer was extreme heat. What can be done to address the serious threat that hotter, longer summers pose to our communities? Join The Climate Center and CEMO for a webinar focused on how climate resilience community hubs can keep people safe during extreme heat waves. Presenters include community leaders … Continued

Join ACCE for the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy’s event on Right to Housing. RSVP HERE At a time of mass houselessness, deepening tenant precarity, and the criminalization of poverty, housing justice movements are pushing for a right to housing in California. In this convening, current and former UN Special Rapporteurs on Adequate Housing provide insight and guidance on key elements of such a right, how such a right can be informed by an international human rights framework, and how such a right can become an actionable government … Continued

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FMake sure you SAVE THE DATE for our 9th Annual Weekend to Reclaim MLK’s Radical Legacy! Join us January 13-16, 2023 for a weekend of teach-ins, trainings, film screenings, healing justice workshops, and action in King’s honor as we get ready for a year of solidarity, community and liberation. Every year at this time we recommit ourselves to the path of revolution and liberation laid out for us by Dr. King and the long lineage of Black freedom fighters who came before us. Not the white-washed, sanitized version of King … Continued

Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite. For December, we are reading the first part, and the beginning of the second part, of Less is More, by Jason Hickel (Amazon, Barnes & Noble). For January, 2023, we are finishing the book. The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause. Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that will lead to meaningful and immediate … Continued

January Oakland Greens Virtual Townhall. Our first event will be the January virtual townhall “What Does a Green Police System Look Like”?  Imagine a future of community policing, police commissions with real authority, and registered Green Party police chiefs. What would a Green Party police force look like? Demilitarized officers, biodiesel-fueled vehicles, and hemp weapons? How would you create a police force with Green Party values? Well, the irregular cast with special guests will discuss the possibilities with you and theorize on how to make an entirely new police system … Continued

8 Years Before is an independently-funded documentary film directed by international journalist Donald Courter and produced collaboratively with international heavyweight fighting champion Jeff Monson. The film portrays in stark detail the long saga of suffering that the Donbass people endured at the hands of the Ukrainian military, following the 2014 Euromaidan Coup d’etat. Through primary source accounts and interviews with ordinary citizens of Donbass, human stories with a perspective never before seen in the mainstream media are brought to light. Speaker: Jeff Monson Moscow-based filmmaker, international heavyweight fighting champion, 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

Location Details: Virtual through Google Meet: The Pursuit of Happiness framed in political-economic terms Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/mqd-jtmf-gkk Join high school US History teacher David Giesen as he vets an overview–seeking your critique–of next year’s approach to US History. The curriculum’s theme is “Liberating the Pursuit of Happiness.” The “elevator pitch” is: The United States was created in the stated belief that governments should exist in order to facilitate a people’s ability to pursue happiness. The pursuit of happiness requires liberty to be playfully expressive. The … Continued

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Join the Last Chance Alliance for a look ahead at 2023 priorities and strategies for the statewide grassroots movement to stop fossil fuel production in California. We won a big victory with the  new law banning new drilling permits near “sensitive areas” like neighborhoods and  schools. This year we have defend that victory and push to go farther. Meeting participants will discuss specific actions and leadership roles we can take on for more victories this year. Last Chance Alliance is a coalition of more than 900 organizations urging Governor Newsom to STOP … Continued

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We know it has been quite 2022 and a lot to come in 2023, so join our STATE OF THE DEBTORS UNION January 25, 8pm ET / 5pm ET as we highlight some accomplishments in the fight against housing debt, medical debt, carceral debt and student debt. We’ll discuss lessons from 2022 and take stock for the year ahead.   Register  74521

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

The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover Up in Oakland By Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham (Atria Books; 480 pages; $30) 9th Ave. presents “Riders” authors in conversation with Joe Eskenazi: 7 p.m. Jan. 19. Free. Green Apple Books, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com Uncovering Brutality, Cover-Up, and Corruption in Oakland: “Riders” authors in conversation with Otis Taylor. Live stream only. 3 p.m. Jan. 25. $10-$40, free for members. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org “Riders” authors in conversation with Karym Sanchez: 4 p.m. Jan. 28. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal … Continued

Join At this event we’re going to give a breakdown of the legal challenges to debt cancellation, where things stand now, and what we can do next. Come with your questions, leave with an action plan. 74520

The Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force presents: CEMTF 3RD Virtual Summit Series: CLIMATE & the ECONOMY Which Green Matters Most? 9:00 – 9:20 AM Land Acknowledgement Corrina Gould, Tribal Chair, Confederated Villages of Lisjan & Co Director Sogorea Te Land Trust Welcome Cheryl Davila, Chair CEMTF & Former Councilmember Speakers & Co-Speaker 9:20 – 10:00 AM Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder Code Pink 10:00 – 10:30 AM “The Doughnut that’s good for CA” Franziska Raedeker & Anne Sheridan, California Doughnut Economics Coalition 10:30 – 11:00 AM Public Banks, A Tool for building pathways to a just and … Continued

January 20th marks the 2 year anniversary of President Biden’s inauguration, and the halfway point for his current administration. It also marks the birthday of an extraordinary activist and pillar of the national fossil fuel resistance movement, Joye Braun, who we sadly lost in November. Joye was instrumental in fighting and ending devastating fossil fuel projects such as Keystone XL – we are also celebrating the two year anniiversary of its death – and the Dakota Access Pipeline. We are showing up, along with People vs. Fossil Fuel groups across … Continued

Rally in front of the Grand Lake Theater, Oakland   Saturday, January 21: 10 AM – 12 PM   Victory to the people of Ukraine, Iran, Myanmar, Syria, Belarus & India!   Flyer    74528

Peoples Assemblies are new for 2023. Collaborative actions and mutual aid are valuable community responses to concerns and as alternatives to relying on unresponsive government. An Extinction Rebellion demand is to hold Peoples Assemblies to take action because government is not acting quickly or effectively on the climate emergency, threat of nuclear annihilation, racism, poverty, and other problems. Together we can generate solutions, connect in community, be heard, be creative. Limited seating; you must register for the assembly in advance and to reserve free childcare: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/berkeley-community-peoples-assembly-tickets-503288949797 Agenda: Welcome and introductions, … Continued

On January 22, 2023, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, as we mourn the loss of nearly 50 years of constitutional protections, we send a clear message: We are not defeated. We are not going gently. Women are rising, and we are on the march. We are taking our fight to every state house and every state legislator in this country. We are putting all politicians at every level of government on notice: If you come for our families, our freedoms, or our future, we are coming for your seat. … Continued

Speaker: Mark Albertson. The Nuclear Option:  The nuclear option was exercised twice:  At Hiroshima, August 6, 1945, followed three days later at Nagasaki, August 9.  Both by the United States against the same targeted nation, Japan.  Japan, as well. was working on the Bomb, with the Army and Navy each having programs.  Yet it was Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman who split the atom in 1938, providing Germany with the inside track towards the Bomb.  The advent of the Bomb will effect foreign relations, war, societies, and cultures.  Indeed, the … Continued

SOLD OUT Live Broadcast – Abolition: A Multigenerational Perspective, Lecture Hall Due to high demand for this program, the James Moore Theatre (JMT) has sold out. HOWEVER, we are offering a limited number of tickets to view the program from our Lecture Hall. Visitors joining us in the Lecture Hall will watch the program LIVE via telecast from the JMT.   Centering past and contemporary abolition movements, this powerful event will feature the activist, scholar, and author celebrated in Seize the Time, Angela Davis, in conversation with former Oakland Youth Poet Laureate and author of … Continued

Location of Action:  Assemble, Lake Merritt Columns; Rally, Lake Merritt Ampitheatre Date and Time of Action:  Sunday, January 22, 2023, assemble/march-1:00 pm, rally 2:15pm CoSponsoring Organizations:  Joe Lombardo, National Coordinator, United National Antiwar Coalition Jeff Mackler Dir., Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal; Free Julian Assange, SF Bay Area  Rick Sterling, Task Force on the Americas; Mt. Diablo P&J Center Pam Africa, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal Vincent De Stefano, National Organizing Director, Assange Defense.org Anna Scibek, Women for Racial and Economic Equality Roger Harris, FreeAlexSaab and US Peace Council Judy Greenspan, International Action Center Cynthia … Continued

2023 is kicking in with the usual challenges, and we can already sense the need for a little soul-soothing.  Please join us for a concert of celestial harp and vocal music that reminds us that heaven-on-earth can sometimes be as close as the next musical performance. Floy Andrews and Maureen Brennan are offering a late Sunday afternoon of Celtic music and camaraderie to celebrate the New Year.  Maureen will play Celtic harp alongside special guest singer, Amelia Hogan, at the Point Richmond home of Floy Andrews and Fred Page.  Light … 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

Location Details: Virtual through Google Meet: The Pursuit of Happiness framed in political-economic terms Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/mqd-jtmf-gkk Join high school US History teacher David Giesen as he vets an overview–seeking your critique–of next year’s approach to US History. The curriculum’s theme is “Liberating the Pursuit of Happiness.” The “elevator pitch” is: The United States was created in the stated belief that governments should exist in order to facilitate a people’s ability to pursue happiness. The pursuit of happiness requires liberty to be playfully expressive. The … Continued

At this online “Climate Action Party,” Jim Walsh of Food and Water Watch will join Robert Howarth of Cornell University to unpack the hype, exploring possible benefits and harms of the ways hydrogen is being proposed as a climate “solution.” And to outline the ways methane poses a serious threat to the planet. Event host Climate Action Now operates an app that makes it quick and easy for users to contact political and business leaders with messages urging them to take actions for the climate. During this “Climate Action Party,” participants will … Continued

The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover Up in Oakland By Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham (Atria Books; 480 pages; $30) 9th Ave. presents “Riders” authors in conversation with Joe Eskenazi: 7 p.m. Jan. 19. Free. Green Apple Books, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com Uncovering Brutality, Cover-Up, and Corruption in Oakland: “Riders” authors in conversation with Otis Taylor. Live stream only. 3 p.m. Jan. 25. $10-$40, free for members. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org “Riders” authors in conversation with Karym Sanchez: 4 p.m. Jan. 28. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal … Continued

What’s on the horizon for 2023? Mark your calendars for the State of the Debtors’ Union General Assembly on January 25, 8PM EST. We’ll highlight some accomplishments from the preceding year, and take stock for the year ahead. Hope to see you there. 74436

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Greetings, Climate Activists! If you have not yet registered for tomorrow’s Extinction Rebellion US All-Chapters Open House, there is still time. Just click on the link below to go to the registration page, and please let us know if you have any questions. XRUS National Open House Learn about global, national, and regional initiatives and campaigns; network with rebels from around the country; and either find a local chapter to join or learn how to start a local chapter. We hope to see you there! Love and rage, The XRUS … Continued

The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover Up in Oakland By Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham (Atria Books; 480 pages; $30) 9th Ave. presents “Riders” authors in conversation with Joe Eskenazi: 7 p.m. Jan. 19. Free. Green Apple Books, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com Uncovering Brutality, Cover-Up, and Corruption in Oakland: “Riders” authors in conversation with Otis Taylor. Live stream only. 3 p.m. Jan. 25. $10-$40, free for members. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org “Riders” authors in conversation with Karym Sanchez: 4 p.m. Jan. 28. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal … Continued

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library. Speaker: Steve Martinot. Our speaker, Steve Martinot, will describe how police militarization rests on the foundation of the militarist ethic by which the police operate. The government has seen fit to supply the police with military equipment, which has consequences both for the people subjected to the presence of such weaponry and for government intentions. The second half of the presentation will be on the relation of police militarization to the structures of racialization in the US. Lifelong social justice activist Steve Martinot has … 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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RSVP online or by emailing Lia Swindle at journalism-events@berkeley.edu by January 25. From the Polk Award–winning investigative duo comes a critical look at the systematic corruption and brutality within the Oakland Police Department, and the more than two-decades-long saga of attempted reforms and explosive scandals. A look at the Oakland police department but also policing in America and where it’s headed. A conversation with authors Ali Winston (’10) and Darwin BondGraham, and Professor Dan Lindheim, Goldman School of Public Policy and former Oakland City Administrator. Books will be available to purchase. This is a FREE event. Tax-deductible donations from the J-School community help make … Continued