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6:00 pm Sneak Preview: ‘We Cried Power’ documentary @ SEIU Local 1000
Sneak Preview: ‘We Cried Power’ documentary @ SEIU Local 1000
Jan 30 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Sneak Preview: 'We Cried Power' documentary @ SEIU Local 1000
About the film: “The documentary We Cried Power is an intimate account of a “season of resistance,” told through his eyes and the mothers, veterans, preachers, and students who are the voices and founding members of this new “fusion” movement. The film bears witness to the profound process by which those without power decide not to accept their powerlessness. Instead, they claim – through protest, dance, song, and poems, through testimony and tears – their birthright: to live decent lives in the United States of America.” Dara Kell, dir. (USA, … Continued
6:30 pm Why the rich are different to you and me: they pay fewer taxes. @ David Brower Center
Why the rich are different to you and me: they pay fewer taxes. @ David Brower Center
Jan 30 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Why the rich are different to you and me: they pay fewer taxes. @ David Brower Center
Both Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination with a key policy plank: a new federal wealth tax. The details of the two plans differ, but they share an intellectual heritage: both campaigns consulted with and based their plans largely on the work of two UC Berkeley economics professors, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman. At our next Uncharted Evening Ideas Fest on Jan. 30, we have Saez (left) in conversation with Tasneem Raja, Editor-in-Chief of our new Oakland newsroom, on “Why the rich are different to you and me: … Continued
7:00 pm Radical Reading Group @ Omni Commons
Radical Reading Group @ Omni Commons
Jan 30 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
An informal discussion of Nick Estes’ book Our History is the Future about the history of indigenous resistance to capitalism and colonialism leading up to and including the Standing Rock #NoDAPL movement. This will be an ongoing reading series.67647