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3:00 pm Speak-Out: Stop Restarting Japan’s Nuclear Reactors @ Japanese Consulate
Speak-Out: Stop Restarting Japan’s Nuclear Reactors @ Japanese Consulate
Jan 11 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
A speak out against the restarting of more than 40 of Japan’s nuclear power plants. The government has told the residents of Fukushima that it is safe but independent surveys show that it is still highly contaminated. Over 175 children have already been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and this is expanding. While the government is subsidizing Tokyo Electric Power Company which has had to be nationalized the Abe government is telling families and children that they have to return to Fukushima or their subsidy will be cut. The are economically … Continued
6:30 pm Book Discussion: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age @ UC Labor Center
Book Discussion: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age @ UC Labor Center
Jan 11 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Book Discussion: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age @ UC Labor Center | Berkeley | California | United States
“Meaningful change can only happen with organizing that puts ordinary people at the center of their own struggle: there are no shortcuts to lasting social change.” A scholar and longtime organizer in the student, environmental and labor movements, McAlevey makes a compelling case that the gains of the two most successful social movements–labor and civil rights–gained their power from mass organizing, a strategy today’s progressives have mostly abandoned in favor of shallow mobilization or advocacy.  In order to win, progressive movements need strong unions built from bottom-up organizing strategies that … Continued
7:00 pm Coalition for Police Accountability @ PUEBLO office
Coalition for Police Accountability @ PUEBLO office
Jan 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Thanks to everyone who joined the Coalition for Police Accountability’s campaign which resulted in a victory of 83% at the polls on November 8th. But our work is not done. Now that we are poised to establish a meaningful, effective mechanism of civilian oversight of the Oakland Police Department, we need to stay engaged in the process. Some of us are working on the legislation that is needed in order to implement this charter change in the time frame required by the measure. If you want to join in that … Continued