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10th Anniversary Bay Area Book Festival Brings Top Authors, Critical Conversations, and Family Fun The Bay Area Book Festival is throwing a 10th anniversary party, where festivalgoers will be treated to the top-tier speakers the festival is known to showcase as well as new attractions, including a full day of workshops for emerging writers, three evening headliner events, a reimagined Outdoor Fair in the park (Sunday only) and the inaugural Native California stage. The icing on the birthday cake? Almost everything is free. This year’s ticketed headliners include the incomparable … Continued

10th Anniversary Bay Area Book Festival Brings Top Authors, Critical Conversations, and Family Fun The Bay Area Book Festival is throwing a 10th anniversary party, where festivalgoers will be treated to the top-tier speakers the festival is known to showcase as well as new attractions, including a full day of workshops for emerging writers, three evening headliner events, a reimagined Outdoor Fair in the park (Sunday only) and the inaugural Native California stage. The icing on the birthday cake? Almost everything is free. This year’s ticketed headliners include the incomparable … Continued

Speaker: Özgür Narin Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89531900427?pwd=mXg1rSZe3ONl4pfWlALW4ornc32Eez.1 Machine Learning Algorithms running on Artificial Neural Networks and particularly reinforcement learning were real breakthroughs of 2010s, Generative AI and transformers are of 2020s, all of them developed and spread to various branches. And nowadays they even talk about an “existential risk” created by AI as if capitalism itself was not the real existential risk for centuries. So we should talk about capitalist production process of AI and the class structure of it. Hence, I will first try to analyse the path from machine … Continued

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82809764186?pwd=eWtjcXlsKzU1QkdSdk5xOUxseFl0Zz09 Meeting ID: 828 0976 4186 If you wish to get the password please subscribe to the Oscar Grant Committee mailing list by sending an email to: oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality. The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to … Continued

Hardware Hacking Tuesdays are better than ever! Plus Fix-It Clinic! Each Tuesday we welcome all to bring their hardware (and software and firmware) projects to Omni Commons, or simply come by to learn and tinker! All welcome, about 7:30pm until ∞ …whomever’s left standing! We are inside the Omni Commons at 48th and Shattuck, see the link at the end of this text to call in in case the doors are locked! ○ Projects: can range from building course materials for teaching local kids electronics to a robotic arm that draws, to … Continued

June 6th marks 4 years since CHP murdered Erik Salgado. Join his family to honor his life on his angelversary at 96th and Cherry in East Oakland. Please bring altar items/offerings and wear purple, white or black. Follow @/justice4eriksalgado on Instagram for updates. https://twitter.com/APTPaction/status/1798067172402704514 77837

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Speaker: Mathew Ehret Mathew Ehret will recall the  Gouzenko Hoax of 1945 that started the Cold War against socialism and tie it to the current anti-Communist psyop propaganda blitzkrieg. Our speaker, Matthew Ehret, is a journalist and co-founder of the Rising Tide Foundation. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Patriot Review, Senior Fellow at the American University of Moscow and co-host of The Great Game on Rogue News and Breaking History on Badlands Media. He has authored the book series “The Untold History of Canada”, the four volume “Clash of … 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/88083342274 Meeting ID: 880 8334 2274 For this week’s Green Sunday we’ll be showing a 45-minute lecture by Professor Ilan Pappé that was delivered October 19 at UC Berkeley. The lecture begins with a summary of pre-October 7 Israeli protests regarding proposed constitutional changes to politicize its judicial system and increase religious control over the public domain — a cultural civil war between Israel and Messianic elements in the West Bank. In these internal debates Israelis were told: “the occupation should not be mentioned by any side,” … 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

Our monthly meetings are opportunities for our broader community to be briefed on our work, learn more about how to support the work of APTP committees and participate in calls to action! This month we will be discussing Oakland’s midcycle budget, the Oakland People’s Budget platform, and Juneteenth. We will end the meeting opening up the space for folks to share more about themselves and how you can plug in. Register to join us for our monthly general meeting in person or on Zoom. When: Wednesday, June 12 at 7pm … Continued

Speaker: Raj Sahai General elections were held in India from 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases, to elect 543 members of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s bicameral Parliament. The results, announced on 4 June 2024, gave incumbent Prime Minister Narendrea Modi, a third consecutive term. Our speaker, Raj Sahai, is a native of India who has lived in the US for over 50 years and is an American citizen. He is a member of the ICSS Planning Committee. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89531900427?pwd=mXg1rSZe3ONl4pfWlALW4ornc32Eez.1 77846

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

Education: What is the current system teaching us? Join the Oakland Greens & special surprise guests, Monday, June 17. Discussion starts at 7:00 pm and will end no later than 9:30 pm. The Oakland Greens Townhall Discussion Series is a community discussion event. Get virtual tickets and information thru www.oaklandgreens.org/events These community engagement events are held the 3rd Monday of the month, January thru October. All Oakland Greens events are held in community partnership with It’s Your Move Games & Hobbies, 4920 Telegraph Ave., Suite B, Oakland. Please register by … 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. (THE JANUARY 17TH MEETING, 2024 WAS MOVED TO JANUARY 24TH) Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for privacy, surveillance regulation of both corporations and the state, and government transparency, 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,” … Continued

with Jovanka Beckles  CA State Senate Candidate Margot Smith CA State Asssembly Candidate Moni Law Affordable Housing and Police Accountability Activist Joe Liesner People’s Park Historic District Advocacy Group People’s Park supporters cry “Foul!” in response to the California State Supreme Court’s recent ruling to allow the University of California (UC) to destroy the park. We pledge to continue the fight to save it. Native American site of significance: People’s Park sits in Huichin, the name given the land by indigenous inhabitants of the Confederated Villages of Lisjan (local Ohlone … Continued

Join our next student debt cancellation strategy call on June 20 at 7:30 PM ET. Until all the debts are cancelled, we have our marching orders: keep making our movement irresistible. We’re still glowing from our action two weeks ago, when we told the President to use his executive orders to liberate students debtors, not accelerate genocide in Gaza. We also told the Department of Ed to fire MOHELA, the multibillion-dollar loan servicing company that steals from student debtors and has blocked debt relief for all (we even crashed their … Continued

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Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. For our May meeting we will be reading The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy by Anand Giridharadas  (Amazon, Penguin).  For our June meeting we will finish the book. An insider account of activists, politicians, educators, and everyday citizens working to change minds, bridge divisions, and fight for democracy—from disinformation fighters to a leader of Black Lives Matter to Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and more—by the best-selling author of Winners Take All and award-winning former New York … Continued

Speaker: Grahmn Harrington of the CP of Ireland The Lao People’s Democratic Republic came into being in 1975, after a decade of relentless US bombing. Laos is per capita the most bombed country in the world. 10% of its population were killed directly by US bombs and a similar number left the country. US-financed opium traffickers and terrorist attacks continued up to the end of 20th century. The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a CIA cut-out, still maintains a presence in Laos. Building socialism in this context was, and is, … 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

“Where Olive Trees Weep” is a powerful documentary about the brutal conditions in Gaza pre-2022. If you want to catch it on the big screen, the Grand Lake has scheduled another showing tomorrow, June 26, at 7pm. The central character of the film, Ashira Darwish, will participate in a Q&A after the film.77860

Speaker: Bahman Azad Since the election of the late President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, in 2021, Iran has adopted an active pro-east foreign policy and has become a key player, along with China and Russia, in the global struggle of the countries of the South for building a multipolar world. This active redirection of Iran’s foreign policy is considered by the U.S. imperialism as a serious obstacle to its continued domination of the unraveling unipolar world and an existential threat to its closest ally, Israel, in West Asia. With the … Continued

Event info & registration: click here (please register so we can plan the space accordingly) You are invited to join Transition Berkeley at the Ecology Center, for this inspiring & interactive event to learn how to powerfully activate yourself and your community in these complex times! The Regeneration Handbook offers an abundance of insights, stories, tools, practices, and resources for experienced and aspiring changemakers to step into their full power at this time of unprecedented global crisis. By introducing readers to a different kind of activism – based on universal … 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