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Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission
5:00 pm
Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission
@ Oakland City Hall
Aug 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Agenda Items: 3. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPW – Report On OPD Request For Video Footage From Illegal Dumping Cameras a. Review and take possible action 4. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPW – Illegal Dumping Camera Program Proposed Use Policy Amendments a. Review and take possible action 5. Assembly Bill 645 – DOT – Automated Speed Camera Implementation Impact Statement and Proposed Use Policy a. Review and take possible action Each person wishing to speak on items must fill out a speaker’s card. Persons addressing the Privacy Advisory Commission shall … Continued
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300 Days of Genocide – NO to US Funded Regional Wars – Rally and March
2:00 pm
300 Days of Genocide – NO to US Funded Regional Wars – Rally and March
@ 16th St. BART Plaza
Aug 3 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
SAN FRANCISCO EMERGENCY ACTION: US OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST! STOP FUELING REGIONAL WAR! Join us in protest as we pass 300 days of continued Zionist violence and atrocities against the Palestinian people. Israel, with full backing from the United States, has continued its genocide against Palestinians with total impunity. With continued escalations in Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iran, and Iraq, the Zionist occupation has made clear how desperate it is to spark a regional war before putting an end to the genocide of Palestinians. We call on our community to … Continued
Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: The Path to a Livable Future
5:00 pm
Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: The Path to a Livable Future
@ Online
Aug 3 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
 Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. For our July meeting we will be reading The Path to a Livable Future: A New Politics to Fight Climate Change, Racism, and the Next Pandemic by Stan Cox (Amazon, City Lights). An urgent call for the political transformation needed to address the common causes of climate change, COVID-19, and racism. “ . . . some big titles will address emergencies that have outlived Trump. The Path to a Livable Future by Stan Cox, explores the connections among the many crises … Continued
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The Latest on the SAVE Plan
4:00 pm
The Latest on the SAVE Plan
@ Online
Aug 7 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
We are excited to invite you to a special virtual town hall hosted by the Student Debt Crisis Center. This event will focus on the latest updates about the SAVE Plan and the ongoing lawsuits impacting millions of student loan borrowers. During this town hall, we’ll do our best to help folks understand the implications of current lawsuits surrounding SAVE, what to do if you want to consolidate or apply for an Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plan, and what we know about Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) credits during these administrative … Continued
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Why We Need American Marxism
10:30 am
Why We Need American Marxism
@ Online
Aug 11 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Speaker: Carlos L. Garrido For decades American politicians, the representatives of the country’s oligarchs, have lied to the American people about their country’s relation to socialism. America has been presented as fundamentally antithetical to socialism, Marxism, and communism. shows how we have, starting in the early parts of the 19th century, a homegrown tradition of socialist thought that grounds itself in the most progressive components of American history. This is a tradition which holds that the values of 1776 can only be capable of being fully realized in a socialist … Continued
Green Sunday: The Real US & Global Economy: 2024 and After
5:00 pm
Green Sunday: The Real US & Global Economy: 2024 and After
@ Online
Aug 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88083342274 Contrary to recent public statements by US politicians, media and mainstream neoliberal economists, the US economy is not doing ‘great’. How accurate are official claims regarding inflation, jobs, and US GDP? The presentation will review independent data sources, and even often ignored government statistics, to show a picture different from the mainstream ‘spin’ on inflation, jobs and GDP: Why inflation is actually higher than reported in CPI and PCE indexes, why job creation is less than reported in the government’s main CES survey, and why the … Continued
Long Haul Infoshop 31st Birthday Party
7:00 pm
Long Haul Infoshop 31st Birthday Party
@ Long Haul
Aug 11 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Long Haul Infoshop has made it through another year un-demolished. Help us celebrate our 31st birthday – they’ll be music by #freejazzhouseparty, a wacky free raffle of Long Haul t-shirts, cake –> let’s swap stories together. Free and all ages. For more information: http://thelonghaul.org77888
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Octavia Butler Themed Hardware Hack Night
8:00 pm
Octavia Butler Themed Hardware Hack Night
@ Omni Commons
Aug 13 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Octavia Butler Science Fiction AI Theme This week’s theme: Print is hardware too! And what better muse can we imagine than Octavia Butler, science fiction Goddess. We’ll have a pre-hardware hack night presentation on creative ways to mix print with electronics, use artificial intelligence in the most open source and ethical way, and work on our SudoRoom print zine! Throw in some 3D models into the mix too! Hack on Anything and Everything ○ Projects: can range from building course materials for teaching local kids electronics to a robotic arm that draws, to light projection … Continued
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“Respect Our Vote – No Recalls” Says Community Coalition
1:00 pm
“Respect Our Vote – No Recalls” Says Community Coalition
@ Allan Temple Baptist Church
Aug 17 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Community Meeting A new grassroots coalition has formed in response to what it calls a major conservative threat to voters’ rights in Oakland and Alameda County, bluntly calling itself: “Respect Our Vote – No Recalls.” “We already voted! We shouldn’t have to pay for another expensive election because a handful of multi-millionaires from Piedmont and San Francisco, along with a few billionaires across the country, don’t like the results of the election we already had,” said longtime Oakland activist Mariano Contreras, reflecting a sentiment of some politically aware residents from … Continued
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The Long Shadow of Hiroshima: Capitalism and Nuclear Weapons, International Critical Thought.
10:30 am
The Long Shadow of Hiroshima: Capitalism and Nuclear Weapons, International Critical Thought.
@ Online
Aug 18 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Speaker: Radhika Desai. The application of Neoliberal Economics had its beginning with Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. It held its sway for almost four decades starting when China allowed G-7 capital to exploit a vast pool of labor power, but unlike in the past when it resulted in failed economics in the Third World, China rose as an economic giant in just three decades, with the Communist Party of China firmly controlling the process. The US workers largely lost good industrial wages even as they benefited from … Continued
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Venezuela: Election eye-witness report
10:30 am
Venezuela: Election eye-witness report
@ Online
Aug 25 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Speaker: Roger Harris The whole world was monitoring the high-stakes Venezuelan presidential election on July 28, not only because the country boasts of the planet’s largest oil reserves but also because it has been an exemplar of independent sovereignty from the US empire. Corporate media coverage of the election and its aftermath was akin to an investigation of a homicide that is focused not with identifying the murderer but with an unpaid parking ticket of the victim. Our speaker, Roger D. Harris, accompanied the election in Venezuela and will report … Continued
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Big Rally in Sacramento for Crucial O&G Bills!
12:00 pm
Big Rally in Sacramento for Crucial O&G Bills!
@ SW corner of the State Capitol
Aug 26 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
We’re days away from the California State Senate voting on three transformative bills to hold Big Oil accountable and protect communities from deadly oil and gas pollution. We just need to secure a few more votes to get these crucial protections passed into law. How do we do this? Come out to the Capitol on Monday 8/26 at noon for a big joyous outpouring of support for this important legislation. Senators will be reviewing hundreds of bills in the final days of the session. We need to focus their attention on … Continued
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Internation Cooperation Concert – Grow the Tent School in Gaza
6:00 pm
Internation Cooperation Concert – Grow the Tent School in Gaza
@ Online
Aug 30 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
We want you to join us for the 1st International Solidarity Concert benefiting the Gaza Great Minds humanitarian initiative featuring the music of the Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Jazz Sextet! Founded just three months ago by Ahmad Abu Rizik from Gaza City, GGM is having a huge impact. Beginning with the intention of educating just 50 children, it has grown to serve close to 500 students at two tent schools operating 6 days a week. The much needed funds raised by way of this uplifting musical experience will go directly to … Continued
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Oakland Community Outreach: Free Services
12:00 pm
Oakland Community Outreach: Free Services
Aug 31 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The Grand Advent Church will be hosting a community outreach This event will be held at the homeless encampment located at E. 12th St. between 17th and 18th Ave. in East Oakland. Services will include free medical and dental screenings, showers, laundry services, haircuts, pet medical screening, pet food, prayer booths, and hot food. We are also giving away free clothes, shoes, and personal hygiene essentials. Homeless Advocacy Working Group for anyone who might be unhoused or needing help. (HAWG meets by phone/zoom or an hour on the first … Continued
Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Solidarity, by Astra Taylor
5:00 pm
Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Solidarity, by Astra Taylor
@ Online
Aug 31 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
 Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. For our August, 31st meeting we will be reading the first five chapters of Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea, by Astra Taylor. For our October 5th meeting we will finish the book. Solidarity is often invoked, but it is rarely analyzed and poorly understood. Here, two leading activists and thinkers survey the past, present, and future of the concept across borders of nation, identity, and class to ask: how can we build solidarity in an era … Continued
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