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Demand an End to the War on Homelessness 10:00 am
Demand an End to the War on Homelessness @ Ross Post Office
Nov 2 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Demand an End to the War on Homelessness @ Ross Post Office
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Rally For a Car-Free Telegraph Ave. 12:00 pm
Rally For a Car-Free Telegraph Ave. @ Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley
Nov 2 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Rally For a Car-Free Telegraph Ave. @ Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley
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Lessons from the ’46 General Strike 6:30 pm
Lessons from the ’46 General Strike
Nov 2 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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Sunday Morning Marxist Forum: The Great Unraveling: US Imperial Decline and the 2024 Election 10:30 am
Sunday Morning Marxist Forum: The Great Unraveling: US Imperial Decline and the 2024 Election @ Online
Nov 3 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Please note: Daylight Saving Time ends at 12:01 AM Nov 3 To Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89531900427?pwd=mXg1rSZe3ONl4pfWlALW4ornc32Eez.1 With just a few days to go, the 2024 federal election campaign is on track to be the costliest ever, with at least $15.9 billion in total spending (OpenSecrets). Yet for all the massive amounts of political advertising, media coverage, web and social media hype, stage-managed mainstream candidate interviews and debates, and even widespread talk of “the End of the American Dream” … Little or nothing of real substance is being said about the … Continued
Oakland Symphony Film Screening: Spike Lee’s acclaimed 1997 documentary 4 Little Girls 12:30 pm
Oakland Symphony Film Screening: Spike Lee’s acclaimed 1997 documentary 4 Little Girls @ New Parkway Theater
Nov 3 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Oakland Symphony Film Screening: Spike Lee’s acclaimed 1997 documentary 4 Little Girls @ New Parkway Theater
Come join us for a special screening of Spike Lee’s powerful documentary, 4 Little Girls, presented by the Oakland Symphony. This in-person event will be held at The New Parkway Theater. Shawn Okpebholo’s Two Black Churches memorializes the “Four Little Girls” killed in the 1963 Birmingham church bombing. Spike Lee’s acclaimed 1997 documentary provides the context for the work, which the Oakland Symphony and Kedrick Armstrong will perform on Friday, November 8, at the Paramount Theatre. Reserve your seats now! 78031
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Election Night, 2024 5:00 pm
Election Night, 2024 @ New Parkway Theater
Nov 5 @ 5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Come out to the New Parkway from 5-11pm as we air the returns from this very important 2024 election. All seating is first-come, first-served. No outside food but we’ve got all the goodies on hand for purchase78032
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Election 2024: Night Two 5:00 pm
Election 2024: Night Two @ New Parkway Theater
Nov 6 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Will it be a celebration? Will it be a wake? Or, most likely, will it be a continued counting of the votes? Regardless, we’ll open our doors for what will be a combination of election coverage, dubious and less dubious political videos, and, most importantly, a night of activism where community groups and organizers will share ways for us to get out of our political hangover/stupor and get engaged/stay involved for the next four days, four months, and four years78033
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Election 2024: What Happened? and What Do We Do About It? 2:00 pm
Election 2024: What Happened? and What Do We Do About It? @ Starry Plough
Nov 9 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Suds, Snacks, and Socialism at the Starry Plough Please register in advance at https://bit.ly/SSSwhatNext to receive your personal link to participate in this event online Voting in the 2024 election is over, but the results have yet to take effect. Join our speakers for a discussion of the outcome, from the national picture to state and local candidates and ballot measures: how it will affect our lives and shape our organizing efforts. BK Woodson Sr. – Steering committee, Respect Our Vote (No Recalls) coalition. Director, Faith in Action East Bay. … Continued
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Election Postmortem – Prospects for the Working Class and Tasks Ahead 10:30 am
Election Postmortem – Prospects for the Working Class and Tasks Ahead @ Online
Nov 10 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Speaker: Sara Flounders To Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89531900427?pwd=mXg1rSZe3ONl4pfWlALW4ornc32Eez.1 Election Postmortem � Prospects for the Working Class and Tasks Ahead> Both parties prepare for war to stall the decay of U.S. world domination — and since 1999 alone, these parties have overseen wars of aggression in Europe, Africa and Asia and imposed coups and sanctions worldwide. Both parties support NATO’s proxy war in Ukraine against Russia. Both support and arm Israel’s genocide in Gaza and Lebanon. Both back surrounding China with U.S. air and sea power as well as economic war … Continued
Green Sunday: Free Palestine; Boycott Chevron 5:00 pm
Green Sunday: Free Palestine; Boycott Chevron @ Online
Nov 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
With the horrifying news from Gaza, many of us are asking “What can I do?” A compelling answer comes from Omar Barghouti, Palestinian co-founder of the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Prioritizing the Chevron boycott, he tells us “We are building a global and intersectional movement, in partnership with Climate Justice and Indigenous People around the world who are exposing and resisting the colonial violence of Chevron’s extractionism, environmental destruction, and grave human rights violations.” Join us to learn and exchange ideas about the #boycottchevroncampaign and how you can … Continued
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Rally and Press Conference Opposing Restart of Dangerous Oil Pipeline in Santa Barbara 8:00 am
Rally and Press Conference Opposing Restart of Dangerous Oil Pipeline in Santa Barbara @ Hyatt Regency
Nov 15 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
The Coastal Commission is meeting on Friday, November 15 in San Francisco to discuss the violations and unpermitted work by a Texas oil company, Sable Offshore Corp., which is charging ahead with dangerous plans to restart an old, corroded oil pipeline that ruptured off the Santa Barbara coast in 2015.  Restarting the pipeline would be a disaster for coastal communities and our climate:  it would allow Sable to bring three offshore oil platforms back online that have been shuttered for nearly ten years. We’ll be rallying at the Coastal Commission … Continued
Film Screening: Fear and Desire 7:30 pm
Film Screening: Fear and Desire @ Internet Archive
Nov 15 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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Oakland Privacy Advisory Committee 5:00 pm
Oakland Privacy Advisory Committee @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 1
Nov 20 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Agenda Items: 2. UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy – Maria Climaco – Capstone Project Proposal a. Review and take possible action 3. OPD & Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt – Recommendation to City Council Regarding Oakland Police Department’s Written Agreement to Share Body-Worn Camera Video with Stanford University for Research Purposes a. Review and take possible action 4. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPD – Hostage Throw Phone Proposed Use Policy and Impact Statement a. Review and take possible action 5. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPD – DGO I-32 Mobile Investigative … Continued
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Planetwalker & Keeper New Parkway Screening 12:00 pm
Planetwalker & Keeper New Parkway Screening @ The New Parkway Theater
Nov 23 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Planetwalker & Keeper New Parkway Screening @ The New Parkway Theater
Planetwalker by Dominic and Nadia Gill: In 1971, John Francis embarked on a journey that would redefine environmental activism after witnessing the San Francisco Oil Spill. He took a 17-year vow of silence, renounced all motorized transportation and began walking across the United States seeking a deeper understanding of humanity’s relationship with the earth. Planetwalker re-introduces the world to the inner-magic of Dr. John Francis, a central figure in the intersectional environmental movement who’s story takes on new meaning today. With Hosts Diane Quon and Julie Parker Benello; Filmmakers in … Continued
East Bay DSA: Comrade Crafternoon 2:00 pm
East Bay DSA: Comrade Crafternoon
Nov 23 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Breaking Together by Jem Bendell 5:00 pm
Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Breaking Together by Jem Bendell @ Online
Nov 23 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Breaking Together by Jem Bendell @ Online
Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.  All are welcome. For our November meeting we will be reading the first seven chapters of “Breaking Together” by Jem Bendell (Amazon, free download .epub).  For our December meeting we will finish the book. The collapse of modern societies has begun. That is the conclusion of two years of research by the interdisciplinary team behind Breaking Together. How did it come to this? Because monetary systems caused us to harm each other & nature to such an extent it broke the … Continued
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Shellmound 2 Shellmound Prayer Walk: Honoring the Legacy of Wounded Knee DeOcampo 10:00 am
Shellmound 2 Shellmound Prayer Walk: Honoring the Legacy of Wounded Knee DeOcampo
Nov 29 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Shellmound 2 Shellmound Prayer Walk: Honoring the Legacy of Wounded Knee DeOcampo
This year’s annual Shellmound 2 Shellmound Prayer walk will honor the legacy of beloved warrior Wounded Knee De’Ocampo who transitioned on October 7th 2024. Wounded Knee was known for showing up for the people, being a water protector and for being a part of The Longest Walk that began in 1978, starting from the Bay Area to Washington D.C. Wounded Knee was also monumental in the movements to protect sacred sites, one of those sites being Sogorea Te’, which is now known as Glen Cove in Vallejo. Through this work … Continued
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