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12:30 pm Foreclosure Defense Group Meeting @ by the statues
Foreclosure Defense Group Meeting @ by the statues
Dec 15 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Our weekly open meeting for members and supporters to discuss the weeks tasks and projects. Come get plugged into ongoing housing defense work! We have abundant and varied work for all folks in any number of meaningful projects. Rain location: SF Pizza, 1500 Broadway, Oakland 46745
12:30 pm Occupy Oakland Foreclosure Defense Group Meeting @ 19th & Telegraph, in the park by the statues
Occupy Oakland Foreclosure Defense Group Meeting @ 19th & Telegraph, in the park by the statues
Dec 15 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Our weekly open meeting for members and supporters to discuss the week’s tasks and projects. Come get plugged into ongoing housing defense work! We have abundant and varied work for all folks in any number of meaningful projects. Rain location: SF Pizza, 1500 Broadway, Oakland50026
6:00 pm Worker Solidarity! Union Garden Work Party.
Worker Solidarity! Union Garden Work Party.
Dec 15 @ 6:00 pm – Dec 16 @ 1:00 am
Worker Solidarity! Union Garden Work Party with UNITE HERE 2850, Planting Justice, and MG! at the Home of Isidoro Saravia-Ramos Facebook notice. Isidoro singing a song of struggle on the land we’ll be cultivating! Join UNITE HERE 2850, Planting Justice, and Movement Generation in planting a “Union Garden” at the home of UNITE HERE 2850 member and Casino San Pablo dishwasher, Isidoro Saravia-Ramos. Despite the fact that the Casino brings in over $200 million in revenue, the average Casino worker only earns $9.60/hour and hasn’t received a raise in 4 … Continued
10:00 pm OO General Assembly: Moved to SUDOROOM through January @ The Sudoroom
OO General Assembly: Moved to SUDOROOM through January @ The Sudoroom
Dec 15 @ 10:00 pm – 11:30 pm
OO General Assembly: Moved to SUDOROOM through January @ The Sudoroom | Oakland | California | United States
Through the end of January we will have General Assembly at the sudoroom on 2141 Broadway, Oakland, CA. Here are instructions to access the room, the entrance is on 22nd Street: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Getting_there This Sunday will be a Cryptoparty at the sudoroom, along with the third Sunday in January, these will be opportunities to update your digital profile so the government can’t easily track your every move.  More blather on this to follow this afternoon when I have a moment. Our General Assembly is a participatory gathering of Oakland community members … Continued
11:00 pm Group Photo and Card-signing for Kali. FREE KALI! @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater
Group Photo and Card-signing for Kali. FREE KALI! @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater
Dec 15 @ 11:00 pm – 11:30 pm
WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? DON’T KNOW WHO KALI IS? Here’s the not-so-short version: Monday will mark another year since a beloved part of our community was ripped away from us and locked up behind bars…because he dared to love and fight for a better life and something bigger than himself. WHY WAS HE ARRESTED? As absurd as it sounds even now, he was initially taken into custody for sitting on a public bench with a blanket. But we know the real reason they brutalized him and locked him away for … Continued
3:00 am Documentary Film Showing: Soweto to Berkeley at the LongHaul. @ Long Haul Infoshop, not far from Ashby BART
Documentary Film Showing: Soweto to Berkeley at the LongHaul. @ Long Haul Infoshop, not far from Ashby BART
Dec 16 @ 3:00 am – 4:30 am
The Long Haul Infoshop will be showing the documentary ‘Soweto to Berkeley’ this week, and is welcoming anti-Apartheid activists to speak. From Soweto to Berkeley Documentary (1987), 50 min, dir. Scott Wiseman “Soweto to Berkeley” explores the student protests and debates at UC Berkeley in the 1980s which led to the Board of Regents decision to withdraw $3.1 billion in funds from companies doing business in South Africa. With the students’ tactics including occupations and direct actions, their organizing efforts, and their successes and failures, still resonate today. Discussion to … Continued
2:00 am Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office (inside if it is really cold)
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office (inside if it is really cold)
Dec 17 @ 2:00 am – 3:30 am
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office (inside if it is really cold) | Berkeley | California | United States
The Postal Service has put the Berkeley Post Office up for sale!! The Postal Service has started to outsource Post Office services to Staples, replacing union jobs with low-paying, low benefit work. Five weeks ago the Planning Commission passed on to the Berkeley City a proposed Zoning Ordinance that would make the Post Office property less desirable to potential purchasers of the capitalist variety. We are still waiting for action on this from the City Council. The Postal Service has announced that they are contracting with Staples to provide Post … Continued
2:00 am Occupy Forum: The (Real – Really!) Trial of George Bush for the Iraq War. @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART
Occupy Forum: The (Real – Really!) Trial of George Bush for the Iraq War. @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART
Dec 17 @ 2:00 am – 5:00 am
Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! The Spirit of CODEPINK: More than Marches! with Nancy Mancias and Inder Comar On April 3, 2014, the class action lawsuit targeting six key members of the Bush Administration will come before the United States District Court in San Francisco. Sundus Shaker Saleh, an Iraqi single mother of four, is the lead plaintiff in the class action lawsuit. George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, and Paul Wolfowitz … Continued
8:00 pm Singing on the Steps: Saving Berkeley’s Post Office and Remembering Mail Carrier Tyson Jerome Barnette. @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Singing on the Steps: Saving Berkeley’s Post Office and Remembering Mail Carrier Tyson Jerome Barnette. @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Dec 17 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Mail Carrier Tyson Jerome Barnette was killed recently while delivering mail after dark in Maryland. He would never have been delivering mail after dark but for USPS mismanagement, under staffing, and the mass closings of mail processing centers. Monetary reasons are the why of after dark mail delivery. Never again should the USPS “lose a life to save a dollar.” Join us for SINGING ON THE STEPS OF THE BERKELEY MAIN POST OFFICE with Hali Hammer, Dave Welsh & Anna DeLeon and remembering Tyson Jerome Barnette. (Event will be cancelling … Continued
12:00 am Gill Tract Tree Death Tour @ Gill Tract
Gill Tract Tree Death Tour @ Gill Tract
Dec 18 @ 12:00 am – 1:00 am
100 trees on public community farmland are slated for destruction… to build a parking lot and supermarket! The Albany, CA Planning and Zoning Commission just approved a development plan for UC Berkeley’s Gill Tract, one that includes the destruction of these 100 beautiful trees and paving of acres of open green space to build a purely commercial development with no educational value. Jeff Bond, Albany’s “community development director” graciously agreed to give a tour of these trees to the public. Please come and bear witness yourself! We hope it will … Continued
1:00 am Rally and City Council Meeting: Support Richmond’s CARES Program Against Foreclosures and for Principal Reduction. @ Richmond City Hall
Rally and City Council Meeting: Support Richmond’s CARES Program Against Foreclosures and for Principal Reduction. @ Richmond City Hall
Dec 18 @ 1:00 am – 4:00 am
Strike Debt Bay Area has been working with ACCE and the Richmond Progressive Alliance against the Big Banks and for Richmond homeowners, attempting to create national awareness on the issue of principal reduction and the use of eminent domain to help.  Read about the issue in an essay written by two SDBA’ers. Now another key vote is set on the issue at the Richmond City Council: Tuesday, December 17, 5 PM Critical Vote on Anti-Blight/Save Our Communities There will be national media coverage.  We must show that the Council has … Continued
1:00 am Support Richmond CARES December 17 @ Richmond City Hall
Support Richmond CARES December 17 @ Richmond City Hall
Dec 18 @ 1:00 am – 4:00 am
Support Richmond CARES December 17 @ Richmond City Hall | Richmond | California | United States
Rally and attend the City Council meeting that will vote to move forward with the local principal reduction program (eminent domain).  The resolution: Establishes an upper cap on the size of mortgage balance allowed into program; Establishes that the program will prioritize neighborhoods hard-hit by the crisis, predatory lending and foreclosures; Clarifies that the use of eminent domain, if needed, will be reserved for times of crisis, when underwater rates and foreclosure rates are particularly high; and Instructs staff to make a final attempt to see if the financial industry owners … Continued
1:30 am “Happy Birthday Chelsea Manning! – FREE HER NOW!” @ Harvey Milk Plaza
“Happy Birthday Chelsea Manning! – FREE HER NOW!” @ Harvey Milk Plaza
Dec 18 @ 1:30 am – 2:30 am
Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning is the US soldier sentenced to 35 years in jail for leaking thousands of documents to Wikileaks exposing US and other governments’ war crimes and corruption. She is 26 years old on this day. Ever since she was detained and tortured in 2010, international protests, including from LGBTQ people, have demanded her release. Demonstrate your support for her courageous whistleblowing, and for all who blow the whistle on corruption, dictatorship and dirty government secrets. 54386
8:00 pm “We Are Staying: Not One More Eviction!!!” (Mission Eviction Protest) @ In front of Revolution Cafe
“We Are Staying: Not One More Eviction!!!” (Mission Eviction Protest) @ In front of Revolution Cafe
Dec 18 @ 8:00 pm – Dec 19 @ 7:45 am
Join Eviction Free San Francisco and all allies in the fight for housing justice in San Francisco as we take on a landlord (to be named at the action) in San Francisco’s Mission District. We Say “HELL NO” to the displacement of seniors, artists, immigrants, and workers from this vibrant, diverse, working-class Neighborhood and citywide! Join two long – time San Franciscans (one disabled senior) who refuse to leave the city they love! By standing up for this household, we stand up for all of our Mission homes…all of us … Continued
2:30 am Privacy Working Group meeting: Stop the DAC @ The Sudoroom
Privacy Working Group meeting: Stop the DAC @ The Sudoroom
Dec 19 @ 2:30 am – 3:45 am
Privacy Working Group meeting: Stop the DAC @ The Sudoroom | Oakland | California | United States
We believe the Oakland City council is meeting on January 7th to vote to select a new contractor to implement Phase II of the Domain Awareness Center build-out (after SAIC was disqualified since it could not comply with the provisions of the Oakland nuclear-free city ordinance).   The Privacy Working Group is organizing a protest on the day of the City Council meeting, so this get-together is to plan that demonstration. Right now thoughts are that we will meet at the Plaza at 5:30, there will be food at 6:15. … Continued
2:00 am Supper Club Pot Luck with the Public School @ Sudo Room (entrance on 22nd St, buzzer)
Supper Club Pot Luck with the Public School @ Sudo Room (entrance on 22nd St, buzzer)
Dec 20 @ 2:00 am – 3:00 am
Bring a dish or just bring yourself, enjoy a potluck meal with our neighbors, The Public School! Getting there. 54391
3:00 am SAVE BERKELEY’S HISTORIC POST OFFICE: URGENT COMMUNITY MEETING
SAVE BERKELEY’S HISTORIC POST OFFICE: URGENT COMMUNITY MEETING
Dec 20 @ 3:00 am – 4:30 am
HALT THE HEIST  –  SAVE OUR PUBLIC COMMONS We need to work together to: Address the privatization of retail postal services in Staples stores. Respond to the killing of the Mail Carrier, Tyson Jerome “T.J.” Barnette, after dark on Nov. 23, 2013 in Maryland. Address the environmental cost of the extra driving is needed  by patrons’ picking up their mail, which is no longer at nearby post offices. Contact our Mayor and our City Council Member by Phone or Email, and ask him/her to vote  to pass the Zoning Overlay … Continued
12:00 am Community March For Andy Lopez @ Santa Rosa City Hall
Community March For Andy Lopez @ Santa Rosa City Hall
Dec 21 @ 12:00 am – 1:30 am
On October 22nd, Andy Lopez, a 13 year old boy was shot and killed by deputy Erik Gelhaus,(a supposed firearms expert that writes columns for many militia magazines) who says he mistook the toy gun that Andy was carrying for a real rifle. The deputy ended up shooting 8 rounds – 7 hitting and killing Andy. 2 months later, no justice has been served, initial findings from the Sheriff’s Department show that the deputy acted according to procedure in his use of deadly force, and on December 10th, Gelhaus returned … Continued
7:30 pm ALL WE WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS . . . OUR JOBS! OUR BENEFITS! OUR RIGHTS! @ Oakland Airport, Terminal 2
ALL WE WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS . . . OUR JOBS! OUR BENEFITS! OUR RIGHTS! @ Oakland Airport, Terminal 2
Dec 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
BREAKING: Brothers and sisters, Due to encouraging steps forward in resolving the problems at the Oakland Airport, we are postponing the Unfair Labor Practice strike planned for tomorrow. Please join us instead for a holiday action at the airport from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Bring holiday treats to share! And thanks for all of your support of the airport workers throughout their struggle for justice! Si se puede!   ALL DAY – MOBILIZATIONS AT 7 AM, 12 NOON, 5 PM At Thanksgiving, workers at Walmart, fast food restaurants, and … Continued
9:00 pm Don’t Steal our Postal Services Rally! @ Staples, Downtown Berkeley
Don’t Steal our Postal Services Rally! @ Staples, Downtown Berkeley
Dec 21 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 22 @ 12:00 am
Don’t  Steal our Postal Services Rally! @ Staples, Downtown Berkeley | Berkeley | California | United States
Don’t  Steal our Postal Services Rally In front of the Staples store 2352 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley The Berkeley Post Office and post offices all over the US are under threat of being fraudulently sold! In a new attack, US postal services have been snuck into 84 Staples stores all over the country – including Berkeley.  Postal services are being provided by low-wage Staples employees, not living-wage Postal professionals. Please join us to: Oppose privatization of the US Postal Services and all public resources. Privatization brings higher prices and worse quality. … Continued