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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
Jul 20 @ 7:00 am – Jul 21 @ 7:00 am
Peeps are continually staffing a table outside of Staples, 24-7, ongoing for more than a month now now. They are protesting the privatization of the Post Office and Staples role in it, outsourcing living wage Postal Service personnel for subsistence wage Staples employees. Tents have gone up along the Durant sidewalk with ‘Stop Staples’ signs! Come by and say hello, hang out, bring ’em a bit to eat and drink, and give them your support!56114
6:00 pm
Kenneth Harding Jr Foundation Monthly Community Feed
@ Kenny's Plaza (FNA Mendell Plaza)
Kenneth Harding Jr Foundation Monthly Community Feed
@ Kenny's Plaza (FNA Mendell Plaza)
Jul 20 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The reason we feed the community is because on July 16, 2011 19 year old Kenneth Wade Harding Jr. was brutally murdered by the SFPD over a $2.00 transit fare. While the community of Bayiew Hunters Point watched this live, the rest of the world watched the horrific video on youtube. It was evident that something needed to be done to address not only the crime against Kenny and his family but also against the community members that witnessed this crime. In August 2011 a group of young people from Bayview, … Continued
10:00 pm
All out for Palestine!
@ Ferry Building (Embarcadero Bart)
All out for Palestine!
@ Ferry Building (Embarcadero Bart)
Jul 20 @ 10:00 pm – Jul 21 @ 12:00 am
Israel has announced a ground invasion of Gaza!! All out for Palestine!! Within the past couple weeks the state of Israel has killed over 230 Palestinians injured and displaced thousands and is now preparing for an all out ground invasion of the prison otherwise known as Gaza. . Join us to to stand with the Palestinian people, demand an end to US aid to Israel, and honor those who have passed as Israel continues its attacks on Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and occupied 1948 Palestine. WE DEMAND THAT … Continued
10:00 pm
Community Funeral procession For Palestine Demonstration (SF)
@ San Francisco Ferry Building
Community Funeral procession For Palestine Demonstration (SF)
@ San Francisco Ferry Building
Jul 20 @ 10:00 pm – Jul 21 @ 12:00 am
Join us in a symbolic funeral procession to honor the Palestinian martyrs that have sacrificed their lives for the liberation of Palestine. Within the past couple weeks the illegal, terrorist, and apartheid state of Israel and their military have killed over 170 Palestinian, and thousands have been injured as the Israeli government has bombed Gaza. It is going to be a symbolic procession that are similar to the funeral processions that happen in the streets of Palestine for over 60+ years! WE DEMAND THAT The San Francisco Bay Area says … Continued
1:00 am
Cafe Night: Benefit for Soul, Film Showing, Dance Party
@ Long Haul Infoshop, not far from Ashby BART
Cafe Night: Benefit for Soul, Film Showing, Dance Party
@ Long Haul Infoshop, not far from Ashby BART
Jul 21 @ 1:00 am – 5:00 am
Soul, our dear friend and lifelong community activist has accumulated quite a large medical debt. Let’s have a night of feast, revolution, and getting down on the dance floor to show our love and support! 6PM: $5. suggested donation per plate (more most welcome!!, but no-one turned away…support comes in many forms, and the presence of good friends is the best!) MENU: Chili Brown Rice Veggie dawgs & grilled zucchini Salads Desserts: Chocolate chip cookies by Stormy Coconut cream pie bunt cake by Gail 7PM Film: “Berkeley Liberation Radio: Micro … 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
Jul 21 @ 7:00 am – Jul 22 @ 6:45 am
Peeps are continually staffing a table outside of Staples, 24-7, ongoing for more than a month now now. They are protesting the privatization of the Post Office and Staples role in it, outsourcing living wage Postal Service personnel for subsistence wage Staples employees. Tents have gone up along the Durant sidewalk with ‘Stop Staples’ signs! Come by and say hello, hang out, bring ’em a bit to eat and drink, and give them your support!56114
1:00 am
Occupy Forum: The People’s Climate Curriculum
@ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART
Occupy Forum: The People’s Climate Curriculum
@ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART
Jul 22 @ 1:00 am – 4:00 am
Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! The People’s Climate Curriculum with Laurie Baumgarten & Anne Donjacour Are you interested in helping people understand why climate change is occurring and what can be done about it? If so, come to our workshop and learn how the People’s Climate Curriculum is the tool you have been waiting for. It is easy to use and helps each of us become learners and teachers of … Continued
1:30 am
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office steps.
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office steps.
Jul 22 @ 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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8:30 pm
Undermining the $12.25 Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative
@ City Hall
Undermining the $12.25 Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative
@ City Hall
Jul 22 @ 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
The Community & Economic Development Committee of the City Council will take up a proposed ballot initiative which would conflict with and undermine the $12.25 min wage and paid sick leave ballot initiative that will appear on the ballot in November. This is a cynical attempt by the one percent and their Council lackeys to destroy what 33,000+ voters of Oakland have already said they support (by their signatures on the ballot petition). Oakland Sustainable And Fair Compensation Act Of 2014 From: Council President Patricia Kernighan Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Submitting, … Continued
2:00 am
Action Planning for UN Climate Summit, Sept 21st.
@ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Action Planning for UN Climate Summit, Sept 21st.
@ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Jul 23 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am
 Third planning meeting for a Bay Area action coinciding with demonstrations in New York City at the UN Climate Summit, September 20 and 21. Although this is the third meeting, anyone interested in working on this is welcome to attend. Additional information about the People’s Climate March in New York can be found at peoplesclimatemarch.org. 56276
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2:30 am
Politics of Debt Reading Group: Critiquing Piketty.
@ OMNI Collective
Politics of Debt Reading Group: Critiquing Piketty.
@ OMNI Collective
Jul 24 @ 2:30 am – 4:30 am
Here are the articles on Piketty we will read for the next class Summary of Piketty argument: http://boingboing.net/2014/06/24/thomas-pikettys-capital-in-t.html Critique of Piketty: Mainstream: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/05/capital-eats-the-world/ Occupy (very short by Graeber): http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/30/savage-capitalism-back-radical-challenge Plus a radio interview from Michael Hudson: http://youtu.be/uv6kEd9C9CM And another, optional, topical-historical take on Picketty and Capitalism: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/24489-the-compelling-conclusion-about-capitalism-that-piketty-resists Here is how to get to the OMNI from BART: 1) get off at the MacArthur station 2) head East towards Telegraph 3) go North up Telegraph for 4-5 blocks 4) veer left onto Shattuck 5) go 3 blocks up Shattuck to the … Continued
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6:00 pm
City of Oakland Privacy Committee Meeting
@ Oakland City Hall Council Chambers
City of Oakland Privacy Committee Meeting
@ Oakland City Hall Council Chambers
Jul 24 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
 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
11:00 pm
Stop the War on Children.
@ Ron Dellums Federal Building
Stop the War on Children.
@ Ron Dellums Federal Building
Jul 24 @ 11:00 pm – Jul 25 @ 12:30 am
Stop the War on Children from Gaza to the U.S./Mexican Border! Say No to Racism and War! Stand with children and youth under attack. Solidarity with Palestine and the people of Central America. In support of the call for a national week of actions from 7/17 – 7/24. A united action initiated by the International Action Center – Bay Area and supported by the AROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center, EBIYC – East Bay Immigrant Youth Coalition, Middle East Children’s Alliance, and American Friends Service Committee.56250
2:00 am
Coalition for a Taser-Free Berkeley.
@ Grassroots House
Coalition for a Taser-Free Berkeley.
@ Grassroots House
Jul 25 @ 2:00 am – 3:30 am
 Come help stop Berkeley Police from getting tasers! After each mishap or tragedy that occurs these days in Berkeley, we are told that it could have been averted “if only” the police had been issued tasers. The mayor of Berkeley made this claim after six Berkeley police killed a mentally ill transgender woman in her own home last year. BPD officers made the same claim again when a mentally ill man stabbed himself several times. This week, Chris Stines of the Berkeley Police Association (BPA) went to great pains to … Continued
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3:00 pm
Hands Off The Trayvon 2 – Court Support!
@ Wiley Manuel Courthouse
12:00 am
Justice For Yanira (We Want Answers!)
@ Half Moon Bay Volunteer Fire Department
Justice For Yanira (We Want Answers!)
@ Half Moon Bay Volunteer Fire Department
Jul 26 @ 12:00 am – 2:00 am
Join the family, friends and community as they demand justice for an innocent life stolen by law enforcement. Yanira Serrano Garcia was murdered on June 3, 2014 by San Mateo County Sheriff’s. The family seeks accountability from law enforcement and the District Attorney’s office. Please join us on Friday, July 25, 2014 at 5pm as we meet at the Half Moon Bay Fire Station located at 1191 Main St, Half Moon Bay CA for a rally and march. The family has asked that you please wear white. Learn more here: … Continued
2:00 am
Forum: Eyewitness Palestine. The People Resist Colonial Occupation
Forum: Eyewitness Palestine. The People Resist Colonial Occupation
Jul 26 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am
A professor of literature and Black Studies, GAThomas recently traveled to Palestine in May 2014 as part of contingent of college and university professors working out of North America in support of Palestinian solidarity, liberation and freedom from occupation, apartheid and colonization. Replete with photographic images, this talk is a first-hand report-back from the Occupied West Bank facing more and more bombings, repression and kidnappings everyday with the support of what Malcolm X dubbed “dollarism.” Wheelchair accessible. Refreshments provided. More info: www.ANSWERsf.org. 56169
2:00 am
Fracking Initiatives Benefit
@ First Congregational Church of Berkeley
Fracking Initiatives Benefit
@ First Congregational Church of Berkeley
Jul 26 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am
Fracking Initiatives Benefit. Friday, July 25. Dr. Sandra Steingraber, scientist, author, and mother, will discuss strategies for building the movement to stop fracking and protect our communities and climate This event is a special fundraiser for the dedicated residents of 3 California counties who have collected signatures to put fracking ban measures on their county ballots in November. The oil industry has already shown it will fight these measures. We must show the Bay Area’s strong support for local communities standing up for their rights to clean air, water, energy … Continued
2:00 am
No Fracking Way in California
@ First Congregational Church of Berkeley
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7:00 pm
Laborfest: Oakland 1946 General Strike Walk
@ Latham Square
Laborfest: Oakland 1946 General Strike Walk
@ Latham Square
Jul 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Meet at the fountain in Latham Square, in the intersection where Telegraph and Broadway converge across from the Rotunda Building (Oakland City Center/12th St. BART), Oakland. With Gifford Hartman of the Flying Picket Historical Society. This walk will revisit the sites of Oakland’s “Work Holiday” that began spontaneously with rank-and-file solidarity with the striking, mostly women, retail clerks at Kahn’s and Hastings department stores whose picket line was being broken by scabs escorted by police. Within 24 hours, it involved over 100,000 workers and shut down nearly all commerce in … Continued
8:00 pm
100th Birthday Party for the Berkeley Post Office
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office steps.
100th Birthday Party for the Berkeley Post Office
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office steps.
Jul 26 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Join Us for a Birthday Party for the Berkeley Post Office It’s the 239th Birthday of the United States Post Office and the One Hundredth Birthday of the Berkeley Post Office! Please join us! These festivities will be one of many events throughout the country commemorating National Postal Heritage Day. Celebration will include Music, Birthday Cake and a Group Photo! Be sure to be there! Brought to you by Save the Berkeley Post Office.56136
8:00 pm
March For Palestine.
@ Chelsea Manning Plaza
March For Palestine.
@ Chelsea Manning Plaza
Jul 26 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
March for Palestine….Chelsea Manning Plaza aka Justin Herman Plaza, Market @Embarcadero in SF. 6,000 people this past Sunday; 20,000 this coming Saturday. ANSWER COALITION. On July 16th, Israeli Defense Forces deliberately targeted a group of children playing soccer on a Gaza beach, killing four from the same family and maiming the others—another war crime committed against the Palestinian people. WE DEMAND THAT Stop US Aid to the Apartheid State of Israel! Free all Palestinian political prisoners! End the collective punishment of Palestinians! End colonial occupation of Palestine! Stop the massacre … Continued
8:00 pm
San Francisco Mime Troupe. Plus Community Forum on Albany Bulb.
@ Live Oak Park
San Francisco Mime Troupe. Plus Community Forum on Albany Bulb.
@ Live Oak Park
Jul 26 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Community Forum on the Albany Bulb: 1:00 PM Music: 1:30 PM Performance: 2:00 PM The San Francisco Mime Troupe creates and produces socially relevant theater of the highest professional quality and performs it before the broadest possible audience. We do plays that make sense out of the headlines by identifying the forces that shape our lives and dramatizing the operation of these giant forces in small, close-up stories that make our audiences feel the impact of political events on personal life. To make this work accessible the Mime Troupe performs its … Continued
9:00 pm
Kickoff Meeting For Oct 2014 Nationwide Month of Resistance to Mass Incarceration, Police Terror, Etc
@ First Unitarian Church (at Castro, right next to 980 Freeway)
Kickoff Meeting For Oct 2014 Nationwide Month of Resistance to Mass Incarceration, Police Terror, Etc
@ First Unitarian Church (at Castro, right next to 980 Freeway)
Jul 26 @ 9:00 pm – Jul 27 @ 12:00 am
Major Bay Area Kickoff Meeting October 2014 Nationwide Month of Resistance to Mass Incarceration, Police Terror, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation Just in the past few weeks we have witnessed: **1000’s of children being driven across the border by US devastation of their homelands and then finding themselves caught between Homeland Security rounds-ups and flag-waving racists **The District Attorney in Santa Rosa California refusing to charge the cop who murdered 13-year old Andy Lopez **2 videos that went viral showing cops brutally and unjustly beating Black women … Continued
9:00 pm
Know Your Rights Training: Berkeley Copwatch.
@ Grassroots House
12:00 am
Eyewitness Palestine “The People Resist Colonial Occupation”
@ Alan Blueford Center for Justice
Eyewitness Palestine “The People Resist Colonial Occupation”
@ Alan Blueford Center for Justice
Jul 27 @ 12:00 am – 2:00 am
A professor of literature and Black Studies, GAThomas recently traveled to Palestine in May 2014 as part of contingent of college and university professors working out of North America in support of Palestinian solidarity, liberation and freedom from occupation, apartheid and colonization. Replete with photographic images, this talk is a first-hand report-back from the Occupied West Bank facing more and more bombings, repression and kidnappings everyday with the support of what Malcolm X dubbed “dollarism.” Wheelchair accessible. Refreshments provided. 56292
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