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Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley @ Downtown & MLK Park
Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley @ Downtown & MLK Park
Jun 4 all-day
On the weekend of June 4th and 5th, 2016, the Bay Area Book Festival will once again fill downtown Berkeley with a literary extravaganza that offers pleasure to anyone who has ever loved a book. Whether you’re a fan of food writing or poetry or science fiction or children’s literature or biography, come experience one of the best book festivals on the planet. Free to the public!61011
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12:00 pm An electoral process that goes beyond Bernie – A Communist presentation @ Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library
An electoral process that goes beyond Bernie – A Communist presentation @ Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library
Jun 4 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
The Communist Party USA (Oakland/Berkeley) invites you to a discussion of ‘An electoral process that goes beyond Bernie’. As background the following short articles are suggested reading. John Bachtell, ‘Left Strategy in 2016: Building Real Political Independence’ http://www.cpusa.org/article/left-strategy-in-2016-part-1-grasping-the-key-link-of-struggle/ C. Hass, ‘The Other Progressive Challengers Take on the Democratic Establishment’ http://inthesetimes.com/features/bernie_sanders_democrats_political_revolution_candidates.html Linda Burnham, ‘Notes on the Election’ http://portside.org/2016-04-25/notes-election Reese Ehrlich, ‘Why the Left Should Support Trump’ https://reeseerlich.com/2016/04/26/why-the-left-should-support-donald-trump/61023
1:00 pm A Forum on Police Accountability @ Senior Center, Suite 201
A Forum on Police Accountability @ Senior Center, Suite 201
Jun 4 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
A Forum on Police Accountability @ Senior Center, Suite 201 | Oakland | California | United States
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1:00 pm A History of the Poor People’s Campaign in Real Time
A History of the Poor People’s Campaign in Real Time
Jun 4 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
May 14, May 21, May 28, June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25, 1-5pm Using news photographs, memorabilia, reconstructed objects, documentary fragments, and original documents, contemporary artist Kate Haug re-tells the story of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last monumental social protest prior to his assassination. The exhibition features images and objects culled from Haug’s extensive research in the archives of the Associated Press, the popular press, and eBay, which have not been seen together before, bringing to life the complex ambition of King’s vision. … Continued
1:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area Meeting: Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! @ La Coquelet, backroom
Strike Debt Bay Area Meeting: Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! @ La Coquelet, backroom
Jun 4 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Strike Debt is building a debt resistance movement. We believe that most individual debt is illegitimate and unjust. Most of us fall into debt because we are increasingly deprived of the means to acquire the basic necessities of life: health care, education, and housing. Because we are forced to go into debt simply in order to live, we think it is right and moral to resist it. Come get connected with SDBA’s projects! organizing for public banking advocating for Postal banking helping out America’s only non-profit check-cashing organization and fighting … Continued
2:00 pm Community Remembrance in Honor of Yanira Serano
Community Remembrance in Honor of Yanira Serano
Jun 4 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
June 2016 marks two years since the unjustly killing of our beloved Yanira at the hands of the Police in San Mateo County, pain and sorrow still present, but hope and love is even bigger. The death of my sister two years ago brought a community together, I met so many kind and generous people who were willing to give their time and energy to help my family. People who did not know me, or my family but they knew what happened to my sister was a tragedy and wanted … Continued
3:00 pm Planning Meeting for Beyond Occupy: a Celebration Of Activism and Art in the Bay @ TBD
Planning Meeting for Beyond Occupy: a Celebration Of Activism and Art in the Bay @ TBD
Jun 4 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
We’re very excited to start Planning meetings for Occupy’s 5 year anniversary. We’re planning an art and music celebration and we are looking forward to collaberating with the bay area activist community. Come on out and see what we have started and be part of planning the extravaganza.61058
6:30 pm Jill Stein in SF: Challenging the Two-Party System @ The Women's Bldg
Jill Stein in SF: Challenging the Two-Party System @ The Women's Bldg
Jun 4 @ 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Come hear from Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, speak about building a movement to put people, planet and peace over profit. Dr. Stein is committed to continuing the political revolution to Election Day and beyond, so no matter who you’re supporting in the primary, join us to hear Jill’s plan to win power for the people! As she says, “Unfortunately, our country has been concentrating wealth and losing democracy. And now it’s reaching its logical conclusions–it’s the inevitable final stages of predatory capitalism that’s creating an unlivable world. … Continued