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  The opinions expressed in our Sunday morning programs are those of the speakers only and do not necessarily represent any consensus by the members of ICSS. Our general practice is to allot at least half of the time to comradely discussion of the issues including as many voices as practical. To Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89531900427?pwd=mXg1rSZe3ONl4pfWlALW4ornc32Eez.1 Imperialism & Fascism in the 21st Century Speakers: Raj Sahai and Mehmet Bayram What constitutes (1) Imperialism and Fascism in our time at the end of the first quarter of the 21st century? (2) … Continued

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Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Please register in advance at https://bit.ly/SSSWarMachine to receive your personal link to participate in this event online The elections are over and have brought a change in party control, but the direction of U.S. imperial interests and international militarism moves on regardless. Come hear speakers discuss the wars in Palestine and Ukraine and the growing saber-rattling towards China. Emer Martin – Award-winning Irish novelist; Co-founder of Saoirse Hurriya (Palestinian/Irish Solidarity Committee); member of Fremont Education Association Bert Knorr – Co-chair, Peace in Ukraine coalition; representative, … Continued

To Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89531900427?pwd=mXg1rSZe3ONl4pfWlALW4ornc32Eez.1 Sunday Morning Marxist Forum Speaker: Basudev Nag Chowdhury, People’s Brigade Bangladesh has observed a students-led mass-upsurge to overthrow the Hasina government replacing it with an interim government led by Md. Yunus as the Chief Adviser, although unrest is still going on. In quick succession, Sri Lanka has experienced the electoral power capture by the communist party JVP. Pakistan is exhibiting similar unrest since the arrest of its ex-president Imran Khan. The Indian state is still managing the people’s grievances although unprecedented sparks of protests are … Continued

Alameda County Supervisors have an ethical investment policy resolution on this week’s 12/10 agenda. Let’s mobilize to demand they vote and pass this resolution that will keep our tax dollars from being invested in companies that cause harm, enable or profit from environmental derogation, occupation, war, systemic poverty, mass surveillance, immigration detention centers, genocide or apartheid! We’ll be packing the house at 9:30am and again at 4pm, as we anticipate that this motion is going to get delayed again by Supervisor Miley  At this meeting, the Alameda County Board of … Continued

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December 14 – 29, 2024 on Z Space’s Steindler Stage Six people, telling the story, playing all the roles, in an abandoned industrial space. This isn’t your average, feel-good Christmas tale. But it was never supposed to be. We all know the story: The redemption of a cranky miser at Christmas, a ghost story designed to let an audience feel good about themselves for not being heartless. But Charles Dickens wasn’t trying to make people feel good, he was trying to show them a stark reality, scaring them into being more human. He … Continued

Sunday Morning Marxist Forum The opinions expressed in our Sunday morning programs are those of the speakers only and do not necessarily represent any consensus by the members of ICSS. Our general practice is to allot at least half of the time to comradely discussion of the issues including as many voices as practical. To Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89531900427?pwd=mXg1rSZe3ONl4pfWlALW4ornc32Eez.1 SYRIA: What is happening and what comes next? Speaker: Rick Sterling. Rick is an investigative journalist based in the SF Bay Area. He has written many articles about Syria, traveled there … Continued

The CPUC is voting Thursday on a plan that might keep the dirty Aliso Canyon gas storage facility indefinitely open. Please join us at the CPUC hearing for a rally and to make public comment demanding they delay the proceeding until March rather than approve the process that would keep Aliso Canyon open.   Residents of Aliso have been dealing with the serious public health repercussions of the blowout and fighting to shut it down since 2015.  They need our support! For a quick update on Aliso Canyon, see Sammy Roth’s recent editorial in the … Continued

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