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6:00 am Strike Support for Unite HERE 2850 against Oakland Marriott City Center @ Oakland Marriott City Center
Strike Support for Unite HERE 2850 against Oakland Marriott City Center @ Oakland Marriott City Center
Oct 11 @ 6:00 am – 4:00 pm
Our Unite HERE 2850 brothers and sisters are on strike against the Oakland Marriot City Center as part of their national strike along with more than 8,000 Marriott workers from San Francisco, San Jose, Boston and Seattle.   Local 2850 represents East Bay’s hotel and restaurant workers union who is saying, _“One job should be enough”_ — enough for workers at the richest and biggest hotel company in the world. Wei-Ling Huber, President Local 2850 says, _”Our workers have been uplifted and empowered by the amazing support of IATSE 107, IOUE … Continued
7:00 pm Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB) Night @ Omni Commons
Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB) Night @ Omni Commons
Oct 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB) is a decent(ralised) secure gossip platform. Imagine if Facebook or Twitter was run by its users, could be extended by anyone, offered cryptographic security, and required no centralized infrastructure! Come by and learn more about SSB, ask questions, get set up on one of the several client programs, and be free from oppressive centralized social networks. Read more at https://www.scuttlebutt.nz65165
7:30 pm Exiled: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to California and Back @ Pegasus Bookstore
Exiled: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to California and Back @ Pegasus Bookstore
Oct 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  Katya Cengel discusses Exiled: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to California and Back. “Exiled” traces the story of violence through three generations of Cambodian-Americans by profiling a handful of families. It begins with the grandparents, the elderly who will soon be too old to tell their stories of survival. The violence they endured is recognized as the most brutal, a genocide that killed an estimated 20 percent of the Cambodian population. In Cambodia, the criminals have never fully been brought to justice and the victims remain largely silent. The silence is the … Continued
7:30 pm The Dark Shadow of Tech on the S.F. Bay Area @ First Congregational Church
The Dark Shadow of Tech on the S.F. Bay Area @ First Congregational Church
Oct 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
advance tickets: $12 : Books Inc (Berkeley), Pegasus Books (3 sites), Moes, Walden Pond Bookstore, Mrs. Dalloways. East Bay Books,    $15 door, KPFA benefit. Cary McClelland is a writer, filmmaker, lawyer, and rights advocate.  His book is an eye-opening portrait of San Francisco transformed by the tech boom. Famously home to artists and activists, the birthplace of the Beats, the Black Panthers, and the LGBTQ movementin recent decades the Bay Area has been reshaped by Silicon Valley, the engine of the new American economy. The richer the region gets, … Continued