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7:00 am
Montreal Student Movement Convention
@ University of Quebec at Montreal
Montreal Student Movement Convention
@ University of Quebec at Montreal
Jun 22 @ 7:00 am – Jun 23 @ 12:00 am
The Montreal Student Movement Convention is a gathering of students from 5 continents that has been in the planning for nearly a year. From June 19-22, students will converge at the University of Quebec at Montreal to meet fellow organizers and learn from organizers all over the world about building student unions, creating intersectional movements, and taking a crucial step towards uniting as a global movement. The good news is that registrations have been pouring in, and more students than originally expected will be attending the convention. More info. Funding request page.56007
5:00 pm
Albany Bulb Tour by Amber Whitson, the last Bulb Resident
@ Albany Bulb, at the firepit near the beach
Albany Bulb Tour by Amber Whitson, the last Bulb Resident
@ Albany Bulb, at the firepit near the beach
Jun 22 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
As I’m sure many of you realize, as soon as June 27th, I (Amber Whitson) am likely to be issued a stayaway order from the Albany Bulb. I have spent SO MANY years exploring and studying the Bulb! The thought of having to just shelve that knowledge, for it to only be brought to the surface on the rare occasion that someone happens to ask me something about the Landfill, just kills me. I would like to impart what knowledge I have about the Bulb onto as many people as … Continued
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6:00 pm
Ride the Bus to Sacramento for the Protest Marking the Finish of the 99 Rising March for Democracy
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Ride the Bus to Sacramento for the Protest Marking the Finish of the 99 Rising March for Democracy
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Jun 22 @ 6:00 pm – Jun 23 @ 7:00 am
For the 99 Rising Protest in Sacramento: A bus has been scheduled that will leave the Oakland MacArthur BART Station at 11am sharp, and pick up more folks at Walnut Creek BART at 11:25am. We will return to W.C. BART at 7:05pm and McArthur BART at 7:30pm. This bus will allow you to go directly to the capitol rally site, or join the march for the last mile! This is a free / sliding scale donation bus. We will pass a hat on the bus. Click on the link, then … Continued
9:00 pm
California March for Democracy! 99Rise.
@ Capitol Building
California March for Democracy! 99Rise.
@ Capitol Building
Jun 22 @ 9:00 pm – Jun 23 @ 12:30 am
 California March for Democracy! 99Rise. Join the Sunflower Alliance in a support rally for Democracy!99 – Rise in Sacramento We’ll show our support for those who marched 480 miles from southern California to protest the institutionalized corruption of our government and the capture of energy policy by the fossil fuel industry. For details visit 99rise.org or marchfordemocracy.org/ 56008
9:00 pm
Community Potluck-BBQ & Film Night at the Park Community Garden
@ Park Blvd. Community Garden
Community Potluck-BBQ & Film Night at the Park Community Garden
@ Park Blvd. Community Garden
Jun 22 @ 9:00 pm – Jun 23 @ 4:45 am
 The Park Community Garden is on Park Blvd. at the corner with Cleveland street a couple of blocks down from Oakland High. Check out all the organic veggies and free range fowl. Park Community Garden Sunday, June 22nd Join us starting at 2pm. Film at dark: Bees & Mushrooms Bring a potluck dish, bring a friend! To donate or coordinate, text or email: parkcommunitygarden@gmail.com (510) 698-9298 Flyer55984
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7:00 am
Ride the Bus to Sacramento for the Protest Marking the Finish of the 99 Rising March for Democracy
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Ride the Bus to Sacramento for the Protest Marking the Finish of the 99 Rising March for Democracy
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Jun 23 @ 7:00 am – 1:00 pm
For the 99 Rising Protest in Sacramento: A bus has been scheduled that will leave the Oakland MacArthur BART Station at 11am sharp, and pick up more folks at Walnut Creek BART at 11:25am. We will return to W.C. BART at 7:05pm and McArthur BART at 7:30pm. This bus will allow you to go directly to the capitol rally site, or join the march for the last mile! This is a free / sliding scale donation bus. We will pass a hat on the bus. Click on the link, then … Continued
1:00 am
Occupy Forum: Brainstorming Session: Where are we going next?
@ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART
Occupy Forum: Brainstorming Session: Where are we going next?
@ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART
Jun 24 @ 1:00 am – 4:00 am
OccupyForum presents Brainstorming Session Where are we going next? � OccupyForum has been meeting for over two years with the mission of educating ourselves about the main Occupy issues, building an affinity group, (and holding space for Occupy folks to get together), and building coalitions with our allies (like Greenaction, International Forum on Globalization, Homes Not Jails, Sunflower Alliance, Strike Debt, Global Exchange, Save City College and many more). We’ve held over 90 Forums with insightful panelists and Q&A sessions which have led to further participation in planning and holding … Continued
1:30 am
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. All Are Welcome.
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. All Are Welcome.
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Jun 24 @ 1:30 am – 2:30 am
 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. And we’re fighting against both! Come help us plan our next steps. We’ve began the “Don’t Shop at Staples” campaign with some awesome… what else? … postcards to send to Staples management! Here’s the front of the postcard. The campaign has been adopted by Postal Unions, the San Francisco Labor Council and has been endorsed by the AFL-CIO, … Continued
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2:00 am
Plan a Bay Area action to coincide with the UN Climate Summit.
@ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Plan a Bay Area action to coincide with the UN Climate Summit.
@ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Jun 25 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called a special UN Climate Summit on September 23 to “catalyze action by governments, business, finance, industry, and civil society”. It’s unlikely any more will come of this meeting than came of the gatherings in Copenhagen, Cancún, Kyoto, and elsewhere. But a large number of environmental and progressive organizations are planning actions in New York City right before and during the UN meeting to call the world’s attention to the failure of world “leaders” to deal with the crisis. One of these actions, the … Continued
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8:30 pm
The Road to a Progressive Future Runs through Richmond, CA
@ North Berkeley Senior Center
The Road to a Progressive Future Runs through Richmond, CA
@ North Berkeley Senior Center
Jun 25 @ 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Richmond’s Mayor Gayle McLaughlin on The Road to a Progressive Future Runs through Richmond, CA Mayor McLaughlin has had national attention for for work on job creation, preventing foreclosures and protecting the environment. She has taken on Chevron Oil and Wells Fargo Bank, come and hear her vision for the future, sponsored by the Berkeley-East Bay Gray Panthers. All welcome wheelchair accessible. 56023
1:30 am
Film Showing: Untold History of the United States.
@ Humanist Hall
Film Showing: Untold History of the United States.
@ Humanist Hall
Jun 26 @ 1:30 am – 3:30 am
Film evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments & social hour at 6:30 pm, followed by the film at 7:30 pm, followed by optional discussion after the film. UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES Episode 7: Johnson, Nixon, and Vietnam: Reversal of Fortune by Oliver Stone Humanist Hall is wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street56046
2:30 am
Politics of Debt: Taibbi’s Griftopia.
@ Not yet determined, check back,
Politics of Debt: Taibbi’s Griftopia.
@ Not yet determined, check back,
Jun 26 @ 2:30 am – 4:30 am
The Politics of Debt Reading Group, a subgroup of Strike Debt Bay Area, meets every other week to discuss readings on debt and related issues agreed to from previous meetings. This meeting we will be discussing Chapter’s 2 & 4 of Taibbi’s Griftopia. Here is a PDF with the reading material (large!) taibbi-2&4 56042
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2:30 pm
Ongoing: Berkeley Staples Table/Occupation and Boycott.
@ Staples, Downtown Berkeley
Ongoing: Berkeley Staples Table/Occupation and Boycott.
@ Staples, Downtown Berkeley
Jun 26 @ 2:30 pm – Jun 27 @ 7:00 am
Peeps are continually staffing a table outside of Staples, 24-7, ongoing for almost a week now. Come by and say hello, hang out, and give them your support!56088
1:00 am
City of Oakland Privacy Committee Meeting
@ Oakland City Hall Council Chambers
City of Oakland Privacy Committee Meeting
@ Oakland City Hall Council Chambers
Jun 27 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am
 Meeting of the City of Oakland’s “Privacy and Data Retention Ad Hoc Advisory Committee” – open to the public. When: 2nd & 4th Thursdays 6:00pm – 8:00pm Where: Council Chambers Oakland City Hall 14th & Broadway Read the announcement from the City of Oakland City Administrator’s Weekly Report (April 25, 2014): This committee was created by City Council action during the discussions earlier in the year about the Port Domain Awareness Center (DAC). The goal of the DAC is to improve readiness to prevent, respond to and recover from major … Continued
1:00 am
Free Legal Workshop: Access to Credit, Credit Reporting and Debt Collection
@ HERA, Two Blocks from the 19th Street BART
Free Legal Workshop: Access to Credit, Credit Reporting and Debt Collection
@ HERA, Two Blocks from the 19th Street BART
Jun 27 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am
Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA) has launched a new series of workshops focused on helping you: > – understand how to access credit, > – address credit reporting problems, and > – address debt collection problems Please come if you have questions for us, or documents you want us to review- you name it. We’re covering everything from student loan debt, auto loan questions, and medical debt to how to access the credit that you want and need.55940
1:45 am
Climate Forum and Teach-In: Confronting Oil, Coal and Gas — Direct Action Movements at the Point of Extraction
Climate Forum and Teach-In: Confronting Oil, Coal and Gas — Direct Action Movements at the Point of Extraction
Jun 27 @ 1:45 am – 4:00 am
Rising Tide will be hosting a teach-in/fundraiser on anti-extraction/direct action movements in North America. The wealthy few are destroying our climate, our ecosystems and our communities. They destroy Appalachia’s mountains for profit they make from coal. They’ve poisoned the Gulf of Mexico and Indigenous and frontline communities from Alberta to the Gulf Coast for profit they make from oil. They are destroying communities from New York to American West for profit they’ll make from natural gas. In California and the Bay Area, the fight against extraction is becoming a reality … Continued
2:00 am
First Fridays Open Meeting.
@ KONO Office, near 27th Street
First Fridays Open Meeting.
@ KONO Office, near 27th Street
Jun 27 @ 2:00 am – 3:30 am
The KONO Community Benefit District invites you to an open meeting about Oakland First Fridays. The event will be hosted by KONO Board President Phil Porter, KONO Executive Director Shari Godinez and Oakland First Fridays Fundraiser/Coordinator Sarah Kidder. Come find out more about the event-ask questions, bring ideas, share concerns. We’re also actively seeking volunteers to get involved with the workings of the event before, during and after the first Friday of each month on either a short or long-term basis. The meeting is open to anyone with an interest … Continued
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7:00 am
Ongoing: Berkeley Staples Table/Occupation and Boycott.
@ Staples, Downtown Berkeley
Ongoing: Berkeley Staples Table/Occupation and Boycott.
@ Staples, Downtown Berkeley
Jun 27 @ 7:00 am – Jun 28 @ 7:00 am
Peeps are continually staffing a table outside of Staples, 24-7, ongoing for almost a week now. Come by and say hello, hang out, and give them your support!56088
11:00 pm
Music at the Staples Boycott Table in Berkeley!
@ Staples, Downtown Berkeley
Music at the Staples Boycott Table in Berkeley!
@ Staples, Downtown Berkeley
Jun 27 @ 11:00 pm – Jun 28 @ 2:00 am
Thursday there was music in front of the staples store in Berkeley (Shattuck & Durant) from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. A great new singer/guitarist named Josh Foster, as well as Redd Welsh on vocals and electronic organ. During that time there were consistently about a dozen people at the Boycott Staples table, not counting the many passers-by who stopped and showed their support. TOMORROW FRIDAY there will be more music from 4:00 to 7:00 PM. Redd Welsh will be there, and the call has gone out to other musicians to … Continued
1:30 am
The True Nature of Money and the Imminent Global Financial Crisis
@ Sudo Room (entrance on 22nd St, buzzer)
The True Nature of Money and the Imminent Global Financial Crisis
@ Sudo Room (entrance on 22nd St, buzzer)
Jun 28 @ 1:30 am – 3:30 am
No description.56087
3:00 am
Fresh Juice Party (aka Chalkupy peeps) Concert.
@ Subterranean ArtHouse
Fresh Juice Party (aka Chalkupy peeps) Concert.
@ Subterranean ArtHouse
Jun 28 @ 3:00 am – 6:00 am
Event link.56082
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7:00 am
Ongoing: Berkeley Staples Table/Occupation and Boycott.
@ Staples, Downtown Berkeley
Ongoing: Berkeley Staples Table/Occupation and Boycott.
@ Staples, Downtown Berkeley
Jun 28 @ 7:00 am – Jun 29 @ 6:45 am
Peeps are continually staffing a table outside of Staples, 24-7, ongoing for almost a week now. Come by and say hello, hang out, and give them your support!56088
8:00 pm
5th Anniversary of the Coup in HONDURAS Protest.
@ 24th St. BART, SF
5th Anniversary of the Coup in HONDURAS Protest.
@ 24th St. BART, SF
Jun 28 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
On the 5th Anniversary of the Coup in HONDURAS Protest 5 years of Death, Fraud, Repression, Militarization, and Corruption Stop the Violence! Defend Human Rights! and VENEZUELA: Defend the Bolivarian Revolution! Stop US interference in Venezuela’s internal affairs! Recognize the Maduro government! Five years after the coup in Honduras on June 28, 2009 that overthrew democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya, the US government continues to support a repressive government and its neoliberal economic policy, recognizing highly contested 2013 presidential election results with less than 30% of the votes counted. At … Continued
10:00 pm
Fight for a $15 minimum wage in the Bay Area
@ Oakland Main Public Library
Fight for a $15 minimum wage in the Bay Area
@ Oakland Main Public Library
Jun 28 @ 10:00 pm – Jun 29 @ 12:00 am
In November last year Socialist Alternative broke through into national politics when its candidate Kshama Sawant won nearly 100,000 votes in a Seattle city council election that made her the first Socialist representative there in 100 years. Sawant was elected by fighting for a $15/hr minimum wage. In January Socialist Alternative and Sawant launched 15 Now to pressure City Hall to pass legislation for $15 in Seattle. This month the mayor and city council unanimously passed a $15/hr minimum wage. This was a historic victory that continues to have national … Continued
10:00 pm
Strike Debt Bay Area Meeting: Ideas Into Action!
@ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater
Strike Debt Bay Area Meeting: Ideas Into Action!
@ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater
Jun 28 @ 10:00 pm – Jun 29 @ 12:30 am
 We are always looking for new people to join us, and work on our many projects, which include saving the Berkeley Post Office, organizing for public banking in Oakland, getting funding from the city of Vallejo for nonprofit check cashing (and public bank study initiatives), working with the City of Richmond and other municipalities for eminent domain seizure of underwater mortgages from the banksters, and much more. “Just as bosses are dependent on workers, so are lenders dependent on borrowers. If workers walk out, the enterprise stops. If borrowers refuse … Continued
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