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						1 What Are the Prospects for World Peace? 2:30 pm What Are the Prospects for World Peace? @ Online or In Person Apr 1 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets To participate in this event online, please register in advance at https://bit.ly/WorldPeace_230401 to receive your personal link 74748
2 Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library: The Banking Crisis. 10:30 am Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library: The Banking Crisis. @ Online Apr 2 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets ZOOM LINK https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81133350622?pwd=dUUyUWppbWt6djVTaElISUhocXpSUT09 Silicon Valley Bank – previously the 16th largest bank in the US and reportedly a source of funding for half of all the tech startups in the US – has collapsed. It’s now become clear the more general banking crisis that has emerged is not due simply to a rogue, mismanaged bank that over-extended itself during the recent tech boom and then somehow mysteriously imploded in just 72 hours, March 7-9, until seized by the FDIC on the morning of March 10, 2023. Deeper, more systemic forces … Continued Book Group: The Wretched of the Earth 4:00 pm Book Group: The Wretched of the Earth @ Omni Commons Apr 2 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/comlibprograms/status/164227478135255859274763 Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Apr 2 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets 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	3 Oscar Grant Committee Meeting 7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting Apr 3 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets 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	4 Principled Struggle: What Does it Mean & Why it Matters 5:00 pm Principled Struggle: What Does it Mean & Why it Matters @ Online Apr 4 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets you must register in advance. Do you think the Left needs to move beyond critique and towards constructive action? Can we do so in a way that’s honest, vulnerable, and respectful of differences? If so, please join Margaret Kimberley, Gloria Mattera, and former Green candidate for US Pres David Cobb. Explore how to build deeper unity while encouraging responsibility for our feelings and actions. We’ll apply this framework to the question “What Is To Be Done?” Host: Green Eco-Socialist network. 74757 Socialism 101 Night School: Class Struggle, the Motor of History 6:30 pm Socialism 101 Night School: Class Struggle, the Motor of History @ Online Apr 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets DSA EAST BAY We will be discussing what class struggle is all about, and how it grounds our politics. Readings to come. RSVP Join Zoom Meeting https://dsausa.zoom.us/j/85758736005 Meeting ID: 857 5873 6005 Passcode: 090614 One tap mobile +16699006833,,85758736005# US (San Jose) 74745	5 White Supremacy: Black Trauma and Healing Justice 12:30 pm White Supremacy: Black Trauma and Healing Justice @ OSHER Theater Apr 5 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/APTPaction/status/164294478398659379274765 There is No Justice in the Capitalist Courts! Rally to Free Mumia 5:00 pm There is No Justice in the Capitalist Courts! Rally to Free Mumia @ Oakland Federal Bldg Apr 5 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets On March 31, 2023, Judge Lucretia Clemons of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas denied political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal’s legal appeal. Judge Clemons’ decision ludicrously claims that newly discovered evidence proving that key witnesses at Mumia’s trial were paid by (or received favours from) the District Attorney in exchange for their false testimony was “not material” to showing that the trial was unfair! Mumia Abu-Jamal is innocent and should never have spent a day in jail. This decision shows that Mumia will never receive justice in the capitalist courts. … Continued	6 Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission 5:00 pm Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 1 Apr 6 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Agenda Items: 4. Dept. of Housing and Community Development – Rental Registry a. Review for compliance with City of Oakland’s Privacy Principles and take possible action 5. Federal Task Force Ordinance – OPD – Annual Reports – Review and take possible action a. US Marshals b. DEA c. ATF d. Secret Service e. FBI Child Exploitation f. FBI Violent Crimes 6. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – DOT – Mobile Parking Payment Proposal a. Review and take possible action on the Impact Statement, proposed Use Policy, and Professional Services Agreement74762	7 Mothers on the March – Jail Killer Cops 1:00 pm Mothers on the March – Jail Killer Cops Apr 7 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/EQUIPTO/status/163905253704639283274742	8 Bay Area Troublemakers School 9:00 am Bay Area Troublemakers School @ Oakland Technical High School Apr 8 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets Bringing together union members, labor activists, and local officers, a Troublemakers School is an incredible space for networking, building solidarity, and sharing successes, strategy, and inspiration. It’s a real shot in the arm for newbies and seasoned activists alike. You will be inspired. Hear speakers from the front lines of recent struggles. You will learn new skills. The one-day conference features interactive workshops, panels and meetings, ranging from crucial basic skills like helping your colleagues beat apathy to advanced topics like winning first contracts and running for union office. Registration (scroll down … Continued Rally in Support of the Internet Archive 11:00 am Rally in Support of the Internet Archive @ Internet Archive Apr 8 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/internetarchive/status/164127612231367884874755
9 China’s Role in the Emerging World Order. 10:30 am China’s Role in the Emerging World Order. @ Online Apr 9 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Panel Discussion: After brief presentations by three ICSS members, Gene Ruyle, Raj Sahai, and Roger Harris, we will have an open discussion on this important topic. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81133350622?pwd=dUUyUWppbWt6djVTaElISUhocXpSUT09 Meeting ID: 811 3335 0622 Passcode: ICSS2717rs One tap mobile +16694449171,,81133350622#,,,,5892135124# US +16699006833,,81133350622#,,,,5892135124# US (San Jose) 74772 Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Apr 9 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets 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 Green Sunday: Jill Stein & Howie Hawkins on Ukraine & Peace 5:00 pm Green Sunday: Jill Stein & Howie Hawkins on Ukraine & Peace @ Online Apr 9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Prior registration required. What constitutes a progressive position on the war in Ukraine? What factors might bring about peace? Should the United States continue to send military aid, and other support, to Ukraine? What should be done about the parts of Ukraine currently occupied by Russian forces? What should be done about NATO? Please join us on April 9th to hear Howie Hawkins and Jill Stein present their perspectives on the Ukraine war and how peace might come about. Jill and Howie are the Green Party’s two most recent Presidential … Continued	10 Wood Street Eviction Support 8:30 am Wood Street Eviction Support @ Wood St. Commons Apr 10 @ 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Tickets First – we need you to show up to support our unhoused nneighbors in West Oakland who are being displaced starting next Monday, April 10! We got word last week that unfortunately the City of Oakland will be moving forward with evicting the last remaining residents of the Wood Street community in West Oakland. They claim to be clearing this lot to build “affordable” housing, but the reality is no one who is currently living there will be able to afford the proposed housing. The expansive Wood Street settlement at … Continued Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Apr 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets 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	11 Wood St. Eviction Support – City Council Rally 1:00 pm Wood St. Eviction Support – City Council Rally @ Oscar Grant Plaza Apr 11 @ 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Landlords are mobilizing against permanent teenant protections and your voice is needed on Tuesday, April 11! Black renters are TWICE as likely to face eviction as white renters. The eviction moratorium will soon end in Oakland and we are calling on all tenants and allies to come out in person to Oakland City Hall to speak in support of strengthening permanent tenant protections. Although this proposal is hardly radical and is more than fair to landlords, they are guaranteed to turn out in numbers to oppose it. If YOU are … Continued Birthing Justice: Free Screening 4:45 pm Birthing Justice: Free Screening @ Grand Lake Theater Apr 11 @ 4:45 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/Keith_Carson/status/164551874339998515274783	12 Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State 6:30 pm Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ online Apr 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets 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	13 Art Build for People’s Earth Day for Water Justice 3:30 pm Art Build for People’s Earth Day for Water Justice @ Bridge Storage Arts & Events Apr 13 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Mark your calendar and c’mon down to Richmond City! David Solnit is hosting an art build for People’s Earth Day 4 Water Justice (4/23 at Lake Merritt) What: 1-2 banners, signs => RSVP to action@sunflower-alliance.org required (it’s a gated space, we’ll need to contact folks to let them in).74782	14 Mothers on the March – Jail Killer Cops 1:00 pm Mothers on the March – Jail Killer Cops Apr 14 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/EQUIPTO/status/163905253704639283274742	15 People’s Park Clinic Without Walls 10:00 am People’s Park Clinic Without Walls @ People's Park Apr 15 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets 74778 Healing Justice Portal at The People’s House 1:00 pm Healing Justice Portal at The People’s House @ The People's House Apr 15 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Volunteers, comrades at partner organizations, impacted family members welcome! Email guadalupe@antipoliceterrorproject.org to RSVP and with any questions. Last month we were honored to host partners, community members and impacted family members for a beautiful weekend dedicated to healing at The People’s House. Special thanks to impacted families for trusting us to be part of their healing journeys, and to our healers who created such a warm, calm, and peaceful space. Our aim is to offer healing services at The People’s House every 3rd weekend of each month, which is coming … Continued Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Debt, by David Graeber 5:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Debt, by David Graeber @ Online Apr 15 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. For our March, April and May meetings we are reading Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber (Warwick, Amazon). For our March meeting we’ll be reading the first five chapters. For the April meeting we are reading chapters 6 through 9. For our May meeting will are reading the remainder of the book. Before there was money, there was debt. For more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems … Continued
16 US foreign policy and struggles for self-determination in Africa 10:30 am US foreign policy and struggles for self-determination in Africa @ Online Apr 16 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library Ann Garrison will discuss US foreign policy and struggles for self-determination in Africa, particularly in the Horn of Africa and the African Great Lakes Region. She spent the spring of 2022 in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Our sppeaker is Ann Garrison, a Contributing Editor to Black Agenda Report, and a contributor to The Grayzone, Counterpunch, the San Francisco Bay View Newspaper, LA Progressive, and Pacifica Radio. In 2014 she received the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Democracy and Peace Prize for reporting on conflict in the African … Continued DSA East Bay General Meeting 11:00 am DSA East Bay General Meeting @ Omni Commons Apr 16 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets General Membership Meeting East Bay DSA has just 1 more general membership meeting before our annual chapter convention, and this is it! We’ll discuss how to run for Steering Committee, how to run for delegate to the national DSA Convention, and preview key topics that we will debate and discuss our chapter convention. This general membership meeting also falls at an important moment for teachers in Oakland Unified School District: the District has threatened to cut crucial school support staff while maintaining wasteful and bloated administration costs. OEA members are … Continued Public Land for Public Good: Celebration! Picnic! Vision Together! 2:00 pm Public Land for Public Good: Celebration! Picnic! Vision Together! @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater Apr 16 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Since we won in City Council last year, we’ve been hard at work making sure the City of Oakland uses public land for public good. As a result of that hard work, we are currently in an exclusive negotiating agreement with the city to build a people’s proposal on the E. 12th remainder parcel. It’s been a long, hard-fought battle, and though the work isn’t over, there is a lot to celebrate. So we thought we’d invite you to come join us to do that. RSVP here for a reminder. … Continued Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Apr 16 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets 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 Urgent! Save and Grow Public Transportation 4:00 pm Urgent! Save and Grow Public Transportation @ Online Apr 16 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Online. Register here Are we about to lose even the inadequate public transportation we have? Could a just and sustainable public transportation system really meet our needs better than reliance on private cars? Public transit agencies experienced drastic financial losses as ridership plummeted during the pandemic. Ridership is going back up slowly, but not to its former levels — and soon the federal emergency funding that was keeping our transit agencies going will end. Public transportation advocates throughout California are fighting for increased state funding for local transit agencies to save … Continued	17	18 Justice 4 Erik Salgado, Steven Taylor and Mario Gonzalez 6:00 pm Justice 4 Erik Salgado, Steven Taylor and Mario Gonzalez Apr 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18 marks 3 years since San Leandro PD officer Jason Fletcher murdered Steven Taylor while he was having a mental health crisis. Since his death, his grandma Addie Kitchen has been leading the community efforts for justice. The next court date against Fletcher is on May 12. Join the family and community of Steven Taylor tomorrow at the future site of the Steven Taylor Pavilion (San Leandro Marina) to celebrate life, justice, and community healing. ===================================================================== Alameda County has a new District Attorney, Pamela Price. She ran … Continued	19	20 Decolonizing Economics Summit – The 4th Annual Post-Capitalism Conference Decolonizing Economics Summit – The 4th Annual Post-Capitalism Conference @ Online Apr 20 – Apr 22 all-day Tickets Anchored by the Wiyot Tribe’s Dishgamu Community Land Trust, several Cal Poly Humboldt faculty members, Green Eco-Socialist Network, Native Roots Network, New Economy Coalition, the US Solidarity Economy Network, and a growing network of additional partners, this 3-day virtual conference serves as a space to exchange experiences and information, strengthen alliances and networks, and to devise strategies to decenter colonial systems and implement concrete solutions to heal the land and people. Over 1,000 people participated in the 2022 Summit, and we expect even more in 2023! Register Now 74579	21 Mothers on the March – Jail Killer Cops 1:00 pm Mothers on the March – Jail Killer Cops Apr 21 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/EQUIPTO/status/163905253704639283274742	22 No Matter the SCOTUS decision Hit the Streets! 1:00 pm No Matter the SCOTUS decision Hit the Streets! @ King Plaza Apr 22 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets No matter the decision! No matter if the Supreme Court makes No decision on challenge to abortion pill Mifepristone… WE rally in King Plaza 250 Hamilton Ave. Palo Alto At 1pm on Saturday April 22 WHY PROTEST SCOTUS? disabled Roe v. Wade Clarence Thomas shenanigans The Supreme Court is bound and determined to ban abortion nationwide They will mess with our voting rights *ICWA, the Indian Child Welfare Act, is up for their consideration…will they vote to preserve it? You can bet they won’t! Bring signs if you can however… … Continued
23 Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library: Alexander Dugin and the Origins of the ‘Red-Brown Alliance’ Myth. 10:30 am Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library: Alexander Dugin and the Origins of the ‘Red-Brown Alliance’ Myth. @ Online Apr 23 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets The loss of socialism is not as permanent as it appears and until capitalism’s inherent contradictions are resolved, its resurgence is not as improbable as Dugin suggests. Until then, we as Marxists should not dismiss those who have picked up the mantle of anti-imperialism since the demise of the former Soviet Union, no matter which political form it takes shape. By denouncing Dugin as a “fascist” and treating his work as unworthy of serious consideration, one is only showing that he is right to say that Marxism has become … Continued People’s Park 54th Anniversary 11:00 am People’s Park 54th Anniversary @ People's Park Apr 23 @ 11:00 am – 7:00 pm Tickets 74780 People’s Park Climate Healing Gathering 11:00 am People’s Park Climate Healing Gathering @ People's Park Apr 23 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets 74779 Slow Book Club: Black Marxism 2:00 pm Slow Book Club: Black Marxism Apr 23 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/DSA_SF/status/164436919517645619274774 Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Apr 23 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets 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 Rally in Support of Pamela Price 4:00 pm Rally in Support of Pamela Price @ Alameda County Court House Apr 23 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Join crime victims, survivors and community members who will be rallying in support of our Drum Major for Justice, Pamela Price on the steps of the Alameda County Courthouse in Oakland. In case you missed it, SFGate exposed the Bay Area media members’ thirst for a recall in Alameda County. ABC7 News and the Berkeley Scanner are clearly on a mission to undermine Pamela’s vision for justice for our community. But we are not going to stand still or silent for these attacks. In case you missed Pamela’s interview with KRON4’s … Continued	24 Tenants’ Rights Workshops 3:00 pm Tenants’ Rights Workshops @ Online Apr 24 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets The Debt Collective: Our weekly online Tenants Rights Workshops for California renters. During these training sessions, we talk about the eviction process, reasons so many tenants are facing eviction, and what tenants can and are doing to defend themselves. These meetings are held on Zoom every 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Monday of the month. The next meeting will be held on April 24th at 3 PM Pacific time – you can register here for the meeting. Register for Meeting 74792 he People Vs. Wells Fargo Action 7:00 pm he People Vs. Wells Fargo Action @ Wells Fargo HQ Apr 24 @ 7:00 pm – 12:00 pm Tickets At the end of April, three of the world’s largest funders of fossil fuels will hold their Annual General Meetings: Wells Fargo, Citibank, and Bank of America. These three banks alone have loaned more than $789 billion to coal, oil, and gas companies since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015. With allies across the country – we are going to shut down, occupy, and disrupt business at the global headquarters of all three banks the day before their annual shareholder meetings. their most important meetings of the year. Citi’s … Continued	25 Save E. 12th Coalition: Public Land for Public Good 1:30 pm Save E. 12th Coalition: Public Land for Public Good @ Oakland City Hall Apr 25 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets WE NEED YOU to keep us winning, to secure our Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) for E12th which will be voted at Oakland City Council’s CED meeting. We hear there may be turnout to throw curve balls at our project, so we’d love your voices of support. Our project is committed to the diversity that won this campaign as outlined in the ENA from the BIPOC neighbors who most risk displacement to those we want to hire to build this housing. We want council members of the CED to: pass the … Continued Socialist Night School: Social Democracy a stepping stone to socialism or a release valve for capitalism 6:30 pm Socialist Night School: Social Democracy a stepping stone to socialism or a release valve for capitalism @ Online and in person Apr 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets RSVP Social Democracy is promoted by its supporters as the set of reforms that pave the way for socialism, and attacked by it’s critiques as a way for a capitalist state to appease workers with some improvements While as Democratic Socialists, we all agree on the need to go beyond Social Democracy, we will be reading a few articles about the successes and limitations of social democratic movements around the world and discussing what we can learn from them and incorporate into our actions as Democratic Socialists. ** Note that … Continued	26 Town Hall on New Coal Dust Study – No Coal in Oakland 5:30 pm Town Hall on New Coal Dust Study – No Coal in Oakland @ Online Apr 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Dr. Bart Ostro, Dr. Heather Kuiper, and Dr. Nicholas Spada will share results of their new research comparing particulate emissions from trains in Richmond. The scientists documented significantly more PM 2.5 pollution from trains containing coal than from empty coal trains, passenger trains, and other freight trains, as NCIO reported late last month. These scientists will explain their findings and answer our questions in a Zoom-based community meeting. After their report and dialogue with us, Oakland and Richmond residents will meet in separate breakout rooms to discuss next steps for … Continued	27	28 First Annual Bay Area Environmental Justice Assembly 10:00 am First Annual Bay Area Environmental Justice Assembly @ Chabot College Building 700, Event Center Apr 28 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets The City of Hayward and Chabot Community College District are convening people from community colleges, municipalities, and nonprofits to “foster greater collaboration, improve our collective capacity to receive funding, and increase the effectiveness of our response to the climate crisis.” The emphasis is on making sure that colleges, local governments, and nonprofits work collaboratively on climate action with an emphasis on social justice. The interactive event will bring people from all these sectors to share tools and start planning future collaboration. Students from community colleges will also share their research … Continued	29 Oakland Community Townhall on MACRO 11:00 am Oakland Community Townhall on MACRO @ Online Apr 29 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/BlkElleWoods888/status/165209479158340812974821 Broad Community Meeting to Save People’s Park 1:00 pm Broad Community Meeting to Save People’s Park @ Berkeley Public Library - Community Room Apr 29 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets We hope to see people from many organizations as we work toward long term stewardship and maintenance of the park in perpetuity. This is to build an inclusive community wide planning and working group to revitalize our park and to create a commons for all. 74787
30 The World Working Class. 10:30 am The World Working Class. @ Online Apr 30 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets The world working class and unions of the world are facing a major global struggle as the crisis of capitalism drives towards dictatorship and world war. Steve Zeltzer will look at the declining US imperialist empire and the intensifying inter-imperialist rivalry and the growing move towards a world war that threaten workers and people of the world. He will also look at the increasing attacks on the unions and the escalation of attacks on the working class to pay for the crisis. This also takes place in the midst of … Continued Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Apr 30 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets 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 Riders Come Out At Night; Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-Up in Oakland. 5:00 pm The Riders Come Out At Night; Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-Up in Oakland. @ Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery Apr 30 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets 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. No municipality has been under court oversight to reform its police department as long as the city of Oakland. It is, quite simply, the edge case in American law enforcement. The Riders Come Out at Night is the culmination of over twenty-one years of fearless reporting. Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham shine a light on the jackbooted … Continued Oakland Greens Free Movie & online discussion: “The Name of the Rose” 6:00 pm Oakland Greens Free Movie & online discussion: “The Name of the Rose” @ Online Apr 30 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets In the 14th century, William of Baskerville (Sean Connery), and his apprentice, Adso of Melk (Christian Slater), travel to an abbey where a suspicious death has occurred. William begins investigating what he believes to be murder. The church leaders call forth Bernardo Gui (F. Murray Abraham), William’s nemesis, to find the truth. The Oakland Greens Free Movie discussion series is a virtual community building event held on Zoom. A relaxed fun space organized by The Oakland Greens to discuss solutions to local issues that hurt us and many others. Registration … Continued

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About OccupyOakland.org

This website was created in the fall of 2011. Most of it is now moribund, but the Occupy Oakland Calendar, which lists activist events in the East Bay (and occasionally elsewhere) is still maintained, the Search facility works to find earlier posts and keep OO’s history alive, and articles are occasionally still posted to the front page.

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly met in-person weekly (with a rare skip) since October 10th, 2011 up until the pandemic, at which point we went to bi-weekly Zoom meetings. We do checkins, go over the activist events of the past meeting interval, and have general discussions on politics and revolution.

For many years, until the pandemic, we put on a Feed the People event monthly at Oscar Grant Plaza, where all were welcome to come and partake of a freshly cooked, savory meal, before our GA.

If you would like to participate while the pandemic is still amidst, send an email to occupyoakland-request@lists.riseup.net. Check the calendar or this text to see if we have resumed in-person meetings.