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9:30 am Free Screenings of ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ at Grand Lake @ Grand Lake Theater
Free Screenings of ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ at Grand Lake @ Grand Lake Theater
Jan 27 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am
The owner of the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland has added two free morning screenings of “The Manchurian Candidate” this weekend, citing escalating Russia collusion allegations against President Trump. Grand Lake owner Allen Michaan has been open about his left-leaning political stances in the past, often expressing them in giant letters on the theater’s marquee — on Thanksgiving he crafted an anti-Trump message that ended “JAIL TO THE CHIEF!!” Michaan said he set up the screenings, at 9:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 26-27, “in honor of the cascading revelations regarding our treasonous president.” … Continued
12:00 pm Oakland: Protest Against Kamala Harris for President Campaign Launch Rally @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Oakland: Protest Against Kamala Harris for President Campaign Launch Rally @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Jan 27 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Kamala Harris for President has chosen Oakland for her initial Campaign Launch Rally on January 27, 12:00pm. What are you going to do, Oakland, when Kamala Harris sets up shop in our town to push her phony “progressive prosecutor” schtick? Her campaign slogan at this point is “Kamala Harris for the People,” but we know she is anything but a candidate for the people, all of the people, those who lost their homes to predatory banks, for instance. She claims to be “tough, principled, fearless,” but we know none of that is true. … Continued
3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Jan 27 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 3 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 the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph.  If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 3:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland.  (Note: we meet at 3:00 PM … Continued
4:00 pm Screening of shorts from Zapatista Territory @ Omni Commons
Screening of shorts from Zapatista Territory @ Omni Commons
Jan 27 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Collection of work from the Zapatista territory by Caitlon Manning65455
4:30 pm Last Boat Out of Shanghai – Book Launch with Helen Zia @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Last Boat Out of Shanghai – Book Launch with Helen Zia @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Jan 27 @ 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Last Boat Out of Shanghai - Book Launch with Helen Zia @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Eastwind Books of Berkeley and Oakland Asian Cultural Center welcome Journalist and Author HELEN ZIA ‘Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution’ LAST BOAT OUT OF SHANGHAI is the dramatic life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China’s 1949 Communist revolution—a heartrending precursor to the struggles faced by emigrants today. Shanghai has historically been China’s jewel, its richest, most modern and westernized city. The bustling metropolis was home to sophisticated intellectuals, … Continued
5:00 pm Another Form of Life Is Possible: films on resistance @ Omni Commons
Another Form of Life Is Possible: films on resistance @ Omni Commons
Jan 27 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Liberated Lens Film Collective and Chiapas Support Committee presents a program of documentary shorts on the anti-capitalist Resistance in Southern Mexico. The Resistance shares many of the principles and goals of the Zapatistas movement: autonomy from the capitalist economy, communalist self-government rooted in indigenous traditions, an end to the subordination of women, respect for the natural world. Indigenous women are at the forefront of many of these ongoing struggles.*All of This, We Are Going to Defend 2018, 15:56 by Caitlin Manning and Joe Bender A Tzetlal community gathers in the … Continued
6:30 pm Free Dinner and a Movie Discussion Night – Oakland Greens @ It's Your Move Games
Free Dinner and a Movie Discussion Night – Oakland Greens @ It's Your Move Games
Jan 27 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Free Dinner and a Movie Discussion Night - Oakland Greens @ It's Your Move Games
The Oakland Greens 2019 FREE Dinner and a Movie discussion series. As usual, the doors at the It’s Your Move Games and Hobbies store will open at 6:30 p.m., a free dinner will be provided at 7 p.m., and the movie will start promptly at 7:30 p.m. 65437