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10:30 am People’s Park: Nonviolent Direct Action preps/trainings @ People's Park
People’s Park: Nonviolent Direct Action preps/trainings @ People's Park
Aug 21 @ 10:30 am – 6:00 pm
Please plan to stay all day. Bring hats, water, lunch, chair or blanket. There preps are an opportunity to lean into the long history of nonviolent direct action, working with affinity groups and Consensus Process decision-making, jail solidarity inside and outside of jail, with plenty of practice in role playing. Contact: weddress777@gmail.com70192
10:30 am The Counter Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of U.S. Fascism. @ Online
The Counter Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of U.S. Fascism. @ Online
Aug 21 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Our speaker will be Professor Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History at the University of Houston has published dozens of books.  Hear his presentation on his latest:  “The Counter-Revolution of 1836:  Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of U.S. Fascism,” 2022, which has implications for California and Indigenous History–and the prospects for a unique form of fascism. Our Zoom room will be opened up as usual at 10:15 am for anyone to join and discuss technical matters, catch up with each other, say Hi, etc.. The program (and … Continued
4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Aug 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza | Oakland | California | United States
NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 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 … Continued
4:00 pm Sunflower Alliance: AT STAKE: OUR RIGHT TO BAN OIL AND GAS DRILLING @ Online
Sunflower Alliance: AT STAKE: OUR RIGHT TO BAN OIL AND GAS DRILLING @ Online
Aug 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
JOIN US FOR AN EXCITING WEBINAR ON CHEVRON v MONTEREY COUNTY, the case pending before the California Supreme Court that will determine the right of our cities and counties to regulate fossil fuel production. Meet the Protect Monterey organizers whose successful ballot initiative to ban drilling and fracking in their county was challenged by Chevron and its army of oil industry bullies, and overturned by reactionary California Superior Court judges. Hear from the one of the attorneys who will arguing before the state Supreme Court to defend the century-old right … Continued
6:30 pm Oakland Green Party Meeting @ Online
Oakland Green Party Meeting @ Online
Aug 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet 3rd Sunday of each month. Unless otherwise noted. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/98037130102 Meeting ID: 980 3713 0102 One tap mobile +16694449171,,98037130102# US +17207072699,,98037130102# US (Denver) Dial by your location +1 669 444 9171 US Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kdD3dhmhEq Agenda Intro (if needed) – 5 min Agenda Review – 5 min Computer update – 5 min County Green Sunday Proposal – 15 min The Oakland Greens Withdraw Proposal Virtual Town Hall update – 5 min Parker direct action report back – 10 min … Continued
7:00 pm Slingshot new volunteer meeting / article brainstorm for issue #136 @ Longhaul
Slingshot new volunteer meeting / article brainstorm for issue #136 @ Longhaul
Aug 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Kick-off meeting to create Slingshot issue #136. Slingshot is an independent radical newspaper published in Berkeley since 1988. * Brainstorm articles for next issue * Discussion forum for your article ideas * Orientation on how you can submit articles, art, photographs * Help us discuss our audience and themes for the next issue * Discuss fundraising and distribution * Your chance to comment on Slingshot Everyone is welcome. Issue #136 is due out Fall 2022 Deadline for Issue #136 is September 24, 2022 This is an in-person meeting. Masks are … Continued