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12:00 pm Socialism or Barbarism Fall Conference @ Valley Life Sciences Building at UC Berkeley
Socialism or Barbarism Fall Conference @ Valley Life Sciences Building at UC Berkeley
Oct 28 @ 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Socialism or Barbarism Fall Conference @ Valley Life Sciences Building at UC Berkeley | Berkeley | California | United States
Over the past 10 months of the Trump administration, we’ve seen a barrage of right-wing atrocities and social suffering from the far-right carnival of hate in Charlottesville, to the unnatural disasters of Harvey and Irma, to Trumps nuclear saber-rattling with North Korea, to the Trump administration ending DACA protections. At the root of the crimes and outrages of this era are the priorities of a capitalist system controlled by a small elite of the wealthiest and most powerful people. There are struggles for change in many different corners of society, … Continued
1:00 pm Oakland Justice Coalition General Meeting @ ACCE
Oakland Justice Coalition General Meeting @ ACCE
Oct 28 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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1:00 pm Oakland Justice Coalition General Meeting: 2018 Platform & Election
Oakland Justice Coalition General Meeting: 2018 Platform & Election
Oct 28 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Join us TOMORROW as we begin to implement our new structure and approve the 2018 OJC Platform (see below). Agenda: WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS Finalize Platform Housing Economic Justice Healthcare Immigration Community Safety and Justice Environment Education Implement OJC Structure: We will take nominations for co-chairs and finance coordinator (Executive Committee).  Elections will be held at the November GM meeting. Discuss our plans/involvement in 2018 elections: Presentation and discussion of priorities and timetable, to include: reflection on past practice and what we should do differently, priority races, reasons to run (other … Continued
1:00 pm YSA Tiny House Unveiling Celebration @ Youth Spirit Artworks
YSA Tiny House Unveiling Celebration @ Youth Spirit Artworks
Oct 28 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Join Youth Spirit Artwork’s Leaders in celebrating the Unveiling of their new Tiny House prototype! Learn the latest about our Tiny House Village development & about Tiny Houses. Enjoy great speakers! FREE snacks & drinks! Create tiles & buy youth-made art! 63827
5:00 pm Liberation in the Trump Era: Abolitionist Campaigns with Critical Resistance @ Alter Space
Liberation in the Trump Era: Abolitionist Campaigns with Critical Resistance @ Alter Space
Oct 28 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Liberation in the Trump Era: Abolitionist Campaigns with Critical Resistance @ Alter Space | San Francisco | California | United States
Critical Resistance invites you to join us for a conversation on how abolition is a neccesary and comprehensive way to fight state violence in this current moment. For almost 20 years, Critical Resistance has been building a movement to increase community wellbeing and fight the harms of policing, surveillance and imprisonment. Come hear from experienced organizers talk about campaigns and projects that are designed to combat white supremacy and advance liberation. Ellen Barry, cofounder of Critical Resistance and Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; Lara Kiswani from Arab Resource and … Continued
7:00 pm Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas  @ Omni Commons
Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas  @ Omni Commons
Oct 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas  @ Omni Commons | Oakland | California | United States
Co-sponsored by PM Press and Liberated Lens. The author will facilitate a community discussion with a panel of video activists from various fields. $5-10 donation, but no one turned away! Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas offers the first full-length study that charts the historical trajectory of anarchist-inflected video activism from the late 1960s to the present. Two predominant trends emerge from this social movement-based video activism: 1) anarchist-inflected processes increasingly structure its production, distribution, and exhibition practices; and 2) video does not simply … Continued
7:00 pm CANCELLED: An Evening with DAPL Saboteurs @ Omni Commons
CANCELLED: An Evening with DAPL Saboteurs @ Omni Commons
Oct 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
CANCELLED CANCELLED CANCELLED An Evening with DAPL Saboteurs Jessica Reznicek and Ruby Montoya: How and Why Two Women Went from Protesting to Sabotage to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Jessica Reznicek, 35, and Ruby Montoya, 27, both of Des Moines, held a news conference Monday outside the Iowa Utilities Board’s offices where they provided a detailed description of their deliberate efforts to stop the pipeline’s completion… Both women are involved in Iowa’s Catholic Worker social justice movement and they described their pipeline sabotage as a “direct action” campaign that began on Election Day 2016. They said their first … Continued
7:00 pm Rachel Wolkenstein: Lawyer for Mumia from the beginning of his case, Speaks @ Niebyl Proctor Library
Rachel Wolkenstein: Lawyer for Mumia from the beginning of his case, Speaks @ Niebyl Proctor Library
Oct 28 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Rachel Wolkenstein Lawyer for Mumia from the beginning of his case ALSO: Other speakers, and a special segment: solidarity with anti-fascist fighters. ENDORSERS: Workers World Party, Justice for Palestinians, Leonard Peltier Support Group, Donna Wallach, Transport Workers Solidarity Committee, Alameda County Peace and Freedom Party, Taking Aim, Socialist Viewpoint, Bay Area National Lawyers Guild, Mobilization To Free Mumia, Kiilu Nyasha, Freedom Socialist Party, International Bolshevik Tendency, Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality, Revolutionary Workers Group/Speak Out Now, Critical Resistance Oakland, Haiti Action.      63836