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Anarchist Book Fair @ The Crucible
Anarchist Book Fair @ The Crucible
Apr 25 – Apr 26 all-day
Anarchist Book Fair @ The Crucible | Oakland | California | United States
The Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair is an annual event for people interested and engaged in radical work to connect and learn through book and information tables, workshops, panel discussions, skillshares, films and more! We create an inclusive space to introduce new folks to anarchism, foster productive dialogue between various political traditions and anarchists from different milieus, and create an opportunity to dissect our movements’ strengths, weaknesses, strategies, and tactics. Facebook event. 58202
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10:30 am Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library: Imperialism in the 21st Century: Updating Lenin’s Theory a Century Later @ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library: Imperialism in the 21st Century: Updating Lenin’s Theory a Century Later @ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Apr 19 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
We have invited Richard Becker from the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) to discuss their new book: Imperialism in the 21st Century: Updating Lenin’s Theory a Century Later. The book includes chapters from the PSL on imperialism as well as Lenin’s original pamphlet, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism. PSL’s new publication is intended to make a significant contribution to the ideological development of revolutionaries today and to the Marxist movement and struggle. Copies of the 210 page book will be available for purchase ($14.95) For our full schedule, … Continued
8:00 am Court Support: #ShutItDown A14 Arrestees
Court Support: #ShutItDown A14 Arrestees
Apr 20 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am
URGENT – Come to Court on Monday in San Francisco- outside 8am, inside 8:45 support #ShutDownA14 arrestees! https://t.co/EjI78UZHQA— ★ Revolution Books ★ (@RevolutionBksB) April 19, 2015 #ShutDownA14 -pack court MON 8AM 850 Bryant – demand charges dropped! Real criminals r ones in blue #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/HW1tYSyt99— Revolution Club (@RevClub_bay) April 18, 2015 58601
4:00 pm Black 2 the Land!
Black 2 the Land!
Apr 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Apr20, 4pm Oakland- Black 2 the Land! a Black Farm Day community celebratn (Hip Hop/Reggae/Funk Benefit #AfrikaTown) https://t.co/uBJC0FWzBH— Alyssa (@alyssa011968) April 17, 2015 58602
6:30 pm CANCELLED!!! Occupy Forum: SDS, Rebels With a Cause: A Film by Helen Garvy @ Global Exchange
CANCELLED!!! Occupy Forum: SDS, Rebels With a Cause: A Film by Helen Garvy @ Global Exchange
Apr 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Hey Everyone! Sorry, but tonight’s OCCUPYFORUM is cancelled. I have to go to the Goldman Awards, and will give a report back soon; also we’ll show this film again very soon. So sorry for the inconvenience. xx Ruthie OccupyForum presents Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Rebels With a Cause: A Film by Helen Garvy Descended from the Intercollegiate Socialist Society started in 1905, SDS … Continued
7:00 pm Forum on Community Choice Energy in Berkeley @ Brower Center
Forum on Community Choice Energy in Berkeley @ Brower Center
Apr 20 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Forum on Community Choice Energy in Berkeley @ Brower Center | Berkeley | California | United States
Forum on Community Choice Energy in Berkeley Learn about Alameda County’s plans to create a not-for-profit Community Choice Energy program with the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create clean energy jobs and provide stable electricity rates for Berkeley and other Alameda County communities. This panel discussion is presented by the Berkeley Climate Action Coalition, Ecology Center and David Brower Center. The event is open to the public, free of charge and wheelchair accessible.   PANELISTS Shawn Marshall, Executive Director of LEAN Energy, former mayor of Mill Valley and former … Continued
12:00 pm Postal Banking Conference Call
Postal Banking Conference Call
Apr 21 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Friends of Postal Banking Conference Call Series w/ Guest Speakers, 1st&3rd Tuesdays each month This free conference call is intended for anyone who wishes to learn more about postal banking and to discuss its possibilities. The first 5 minutes of each call is a straightforward review of the basics of existing USPS money services and how they can be extended to include functions such as bill pay, payroll advances, and short-term, small dollar credit. The next 10-15 minutes is time for the guest speaker to speak on any postal banking … Continued
5:30 pm Justice 4 Yuvette Henderson: Call for Speakers at the City Council Meeting @ City Hall, off Oscar Grant Plaza
Justice 4 Yuvette Henderson: Call for Speakers at the City Council Meeting @ City Hall, off Oscar Grant Plaza
Apr 21 @ 5:30 pm – 11:00 pm
WE FORCED THE STATE TO CONCEDE!!!! Two weeks ago, 100 members of the Anti-Police Terror Project, along with members of Yuvette Henderson’s family put forth a demand to the Oakland Police Department to allow the family of Yuvette to view the videos at Home Depot where Yuvette was assaulted and injured by Home Depot security, and in front of Extra Space Storage where Yuvette was murdered by the Emeryville Police Department. This was the SECOND time we have delivered this letter. The first time, even after shutdowns of the Emeryville … Continued
6:00 pm Disrupt City Council in Memory of Lupe Ochoa! @ Oakland City Hall, off Oscar Grant Plaza
Disrupt City Council in Memory of Lupe Ochoa! @ Oakland City Hall, off Oscar Grant Plaza
Apr 21 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
STOP POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN OF COLOR! Facebook event. Tell Oakland City Council to put pressure on OPD, the District Attorney, and Alameda Coroner! We demand them to release the police and autopsy reports in the police killing of 27-year-old mother of four, Guadalupe (“Lupe”) Manzo Ochoa. Lupe was killed by San Leandro Police in East Oakland December 7th and now OPD is investigating the shooting and refuses to be transparent with the family! WEAR HOT PINK (Lupe’s favorite color), bring noisemakers and signs that say @[null:#Justicia4Lupe]! *We want to … Continued
6:30 pm ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE STATE OF THE PLANET @ Humanist Hall
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE STATE OF THE PLANET @ Humanist Hall
Apr 21 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE STATE OF THE PLANET with Florence Windfall Earth Day is Everyday We invite you to participate in our Earth Awareness meeting at Humanist Hall. Come and share your own impressions of the current state of the Earth whether your impressions come from your own experiences and ideas or from those of someone you recommend we read. You are welcome to read from material that you bring to our group or to talk about your own experiences and/or ideas. What do you think is the current … Continued
1:00 pm NO MORE JAILS, NO MORE COPS! @ San Francisco City Hall, Room 250
NO MORE JAILS, NO MORE COPS! @ San Francisco City Hall, Room 250
Apr 22 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Tomorrow, the Budget and Finance Committee will meet to discuss the proposed spending costs for public safety services for this year. This hearing is critical as San Francisco Police Department will ask for an additional $23 million from the general fund to hire and train at least 150 new police officers. “More cops means more arrests,” said Chief Suhr. This is the city’s justification for the SF replacement jail that will cost upwards of $280 million to build and operate. Last week, there were 293 prisoners locked up in CJ4, … Continued
6:00 pm Film Screening: Street Politics 101, the 2012 Montreal Student Strike @ La Idea
Film Screening: Street Politics 101, the 2012 Montreal Student Strike @ La Idea
Apr 22 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Film Screening: Street Politics 101, the 2012 Montreal Student Strike @ La Idea | Oakland | California | United States
Film screening of subMedia.tv’s “Street Politics 101” about the 2012 student strike in Montréal, Canada. Plus a screening of the latest Stimulator episode with updates from the student strike currently unfolding in Montréal. Description of Street Politics 101 from subMedia.tv: In the spring of 2012, a massive student strike in opposition to a tuition hike, rocked the streets of the Montréal for over six months. Protests and militant street actions became part of the daily and nightly reality of this Canadian metropolis. Several times during this tumultuous spring, the numbers … Continued
6:00 pm Roman Mars Talk. @ Kaiser Center, Suite 250
Roman Mars Talk. @ Kaiser Center, Suite 250
Apr 22 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
No matter the topic, Roman Mars, creator of the wildly popular “99% Invisible” podcast, will blow your mind with his observations on everything from architectural heists to barcodes, from cow tunnels to DIY space suits. Join the “Ira Glass of Design” and his Radiotopia colleagues for a fascinating evening.​ + Roman Mars / 99% Invisible + Sam Greenspan / 99% Invisible Pre-registration is required for this event. Please use the links below to sign up. ADMISSION: Pre-registration is required for this event. Please register below: Free for SPUR members $10 for non-members … Continued
6:30 pm Protection, Justice and Compensation: A Panel Discussion @ Omni Commons
Protection, Justice and Compensation: A Panel Discussion @ Omni Commons
Apr 22 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Compensation for rape or other violent crimes is crucial to recovery, yet many victims are denied it. Find out what can be done! Build on a victory: In 2013 a campaign spearheaded by US PROStitutes Collective, with key support from other sex worker organizations and women’s and prisoners rights campaigners, pushed the California Victim Compensation Program (CalVCP) to drop a discriminatory regulation that denied compensation to sex workers for involvement in the crime of prostitution. Sex workers who are victims of rape, sexual assault or had suffered domestic violence can … Continued
7:00 pm “Occupy the Farm” Film at the Roxie in SF @ Roxie Theater
“Occupy the Farm” Film at the Roxie in SF @ Roxie Theater
Apr 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance and the Roxie present “Occupy The Farm”  on Earth Day! This is a very special screening since Earth Day is the anniversary of the original action by Occupy the Farm . Occupy the Farm, a film by Todd Darling, tells the story of 200 urban farmers who walk onto a publicly owned research farm and plant it with two acres of crops in order to save the land from becoming a real-estate development. The film captures an intense conflict over one piece of land. Compelling … Continued
7:00 pm Earth Day Film Fest: “Disruption” & “Wapapura Film” @ Little Roxie
Earth Day Film Fest: “Disruption” & “Wapapura Film” @ Little Roxie
Apr 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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11:30 am Statewide Coordinated Events to End Solitary Confinement – Oakland @ Laney College parking lot on 8th
Statewide Coordinated Events to End Solitary Confinement – Oakland @ Laney College parking lot on 8th
Apr 23 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Informational Demonstration: PLEASE come help share information and hold a huge banner.  There will be thousands of passers-by that day at Laney College!  58647
5:30 pm Prisoner Hunger Strikers Study Session @ Qilombo
Prisoner Hunger Strikers Study Session @ Qilombo
Apr 23 @ 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Solidarity w/ The Prisoner Hunger Strikers Study Session: Every week The Bay Area Solidarity Committee for Jalil Muntaqim hosts a Political Education Class “New Afrikan Prisoner Writings Study Sessions”from 5:30-7:30PM.  We will dedicate the April 23rd session in solidarity with the prisoner hunger strikers.  We will be reading and discussing “the five core demands” as well as the “Agreement to End Hostilities“.  We will also be dissecting different writings by Abdul Olugbala Shakur, Chairman & founder of George Jackson University. The event, hosted by The Bay Area Solidarity Committee For Jalil … Continued
6:00 pm “What’s Happening with Greece, Spain and the European Union” @ Humanist Hall
“What’s Happening with Greece, Spain and the European Union” @ Humanist Hall
Apr 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Wellstone Club Meeting “What’s Happening with Greece, Spain and the European Union” Conn Hallinan Potluck at 6PM; Meeting at 6:45PM please bring something to share 58455
6:30 pm Fund Raiser: Help Movement Generation send Brooke to Palestine this summer!
Fund Raiser: Help Movement Generation send Brooke to Palestine this summer!
Apr 23 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Help Movement Generation send Brooke to Palestine this summer! Join MG for a screening of the provocative film “Enduring Roots” and take a stand against the greenwashing of the Israeli occupation. Movement Generation is proud to send a delegate – collective member, Brooke Anderson – on the 2015 Land Defense Delegation to Palestine, hosted by the Stop the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Campaign. The delegation connects international activists involved in land-based struggle, indigenous sovereignty movements and environmental/climate justice work to Palestinians working to defend their land from further colonization by … Continued
6:30 pm NLG Training: Getting Appropriate Medical or Mental Health Care On The Inside
NLG Training: Getting Appropriate Medical or Mental Health Care On The Inside
Apr 23 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Training 7 Challenges to Getting Appropriate Medical or Mental Health Care On The Inside: Tools For More Effective Advocacy and Better Outcomes for Incarcerated People and Supporters On The Outside RSVP & Survey: Please complete to shape venue, content, and number of copies for the series. Email List Sign up for announcements here http://eepurl.com/7WwfL  Materials, resources, and flyers for this training series are available here http://caitlinkellyhenry.com/support/ Cost If you can afford to, please donate to cover expenses http://www.nlgsf.org/contribute.This training will teach participants the legal rights of inmates with medical or … Continued
7:00 pm Fundraiser: ‘Life in Occupied Palestine: To Exist is to Resist!’ @ La Pena Cultural Center
Fundraiser: ‘Life in Occupied Palestine: To Exist is to Resist!’ @ La Pena Cultural Center
Apr 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Jewish Voice for Peace – Bay Area presents “Life in Occupied Palestine”: To Exist Is to Resist! a journal launch, music and fundraiser featuring contributors to a special issue of the journal Biography on Thursday, April 23rd, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m, at La Pena! This evening of readings and music will feature: Magid Shihade (faculty member at Birzeit University, Palestine), Sarah Ihmoud (PhD candidate, Department of Anthropology, Univeristy of Texas at Austin), and Cynthia Franklin (Biography co-editor, University of Hawai’i faculty member, USACBI Organizing Collective, and co-founder of Jewish Voice … Continued
7:30 pm A Living Wage for Mothers and Other Caregivers @ La Commune Bookstore, Omni Collective
A Living Wage for Mothers and Other Caregivers @ La Commune Bookstore, Omni Collective
Apr 23 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Selma James and Nina Lopez of Global Women’s Strike: “Invest in Caring Not Killing”, A talk on Sex, Race, and Class plus A Living Wage for Mothers and Caregivers Selma James is a women’s rights and anti-racist campaigner and author. From 1958 to 1962 she worked with C.L.R. James in the movement for West Indian federation and independence. In 1972 she founded the International Wages for Housework Campaign, and in 2000 helped launch the Global Women’s Strike whose strategy for change is “Invest in Caring not Killing”. She coined the word … Continued
10:00 am Celebrating 15 Years of the Oakland-Santiago De Cuba Sister City Association Relations Reception @ Oakland City Hall, 3rd Floor at the Foyer
Celebrating 15 Years of the Oakland-Santiago De Cuba Sister City Association Relations Reception @ Oakland City Hall, 3rd Floor at the Foyer
Apr 24 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Celebrating 15 Years of the Oakland-Santiago De Cuba Sister City Association Relations Reception @ Oakland City Hall, 3rd Floor at the Foyer | Oakland | California | United States
The Oakland-Santiago de Cuba Sister Cities Association Presents Celebrating 15 Years of the Oakland-Santiage de Cuba Sister City Association Relations Reception Because of the latest Diplomatic Relations adjusting going on right now we have invited a representative from Cuba to join us (but that might not happen) With Lisa Valanti, President of the US-Cuba Sister City Association Highlighting the importance of normalizing relations between Cuba & the United States & preparing for a visit to Oakland from a Cuba delegation this July. We cordially invite you to join us at: … Continued
6:00 pm Justice 4 Amilcar: Vigil and March
Justice 4 Amilcar: Vigil and March
Apr 24 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Neighbors for Justice for Amilcar are holding a vigil and march in honor of Amilcar Perez-Lopez, killed by SFPD on February 26, 2015. On Friday, April 24th, on behalf of Amilca’rs family, Attorney Arnoldo Casillas will file a civil lawsuit against the City of San Francisco and officers Craig Tiffe and Eric Reboli who killed Amilcar Perez-Lopez mere feet from his home. At 11:00am Casillas will hold a press conference and reveal information that dramatically contradicts the police narrative of the events of the night Amilcar was shot and killed. … Continued
6:30 pm Rising Tide’s ​ Climate Forum: Fighting Back Against the Global Land Grab; @ The Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politic
Rising Tide’s ​ Climate Forum: Fighting Back Against the Global Land Grab; @ The Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politic
Apr 24 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Rising Tide North America is excited to host trouble-making authors Scott Crow, Alexander Reid Ross and others for a book event to talk about their new book “Grabbing Back: Essays Against the Global Land Grab” Land grabs are a global phenomenon of our times, driven by the ever increasing demands of both global corporations and the governments with which they are allied.But ordinary citizens, small farmers and ordinary citizens around the world are standing up to defend their own with passion and ingenuity, and they are recording successes that are both … Continued
7:00 pm Anarchist Cafe at the Omni @ Omni Collective
Anarchist Cafe at the Omni @ Omni Collective
Apr 24 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
The Anarchist Cafe is on! The Anarchist Cafe will happen on Friday April 24th from 7-10:30pm, the night before the Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair. It is time to step away from our meetings and be social. We will have food, coffee, tea and performances. We are serving dinner until 9pm or until the food runs out, whichever comes first. We are asking for a donations. The money will go to support the Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair, the Omni Commons, Jabari Shaw and the Anti- Repression Committee. Note the ending time, so … Continued
7:00 pm Free Speech Radio Benefit for KPFA: UNMUTE THE FUTURE
Free Speech Radio Benefit for KPFA: UNMUTE THE FUTURE
Apr 24 @ 7:00 pm – Apr 25 @ 12:00 am
Free Speech Radio Benefit for KPFA: UNMUTE THE FUTURE @ Berkeley | California | United States
UNMUTE THE FUTURE–a benefit concert for KPFA 94.1 FM free speech radio media. 7 eclectic East Bay bands are playing, including Baja Sociedad, Punk Funk Mob, Sarchasm, Chuckleberries, Bankrupt District, and Public Safety, exploring a range of alternative music with political/cultural themes including social justice and equality challenges we face today. It will be livestreamed on kpfa.org with You Tube posting. Sliding scale tickets, $8–$20 with a $2 Gilman annual membership can be purchased at the door 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA This benefit for KPFA at the … Continued
12:00 am Free Speech Radio Benefit for KPFA: UNMUTE THE FUTURE
Free Speech Radio Benefit for KPFA: UNMUTE THE FUTURE
Apr 25 @ 12:00 am – 12:45 am
Free Speech Radio Benefit for KPFA: UNMUTE THE FUTURE @ Berkeley | California | United States
UNMUTE THE FUTURE–a benefit concert for KPFA 94.1 FM free speech radio media. 7 eclectic East Bay bands are playing, including Baja Sociedad, Punk Funk Mob, Sarchasm, Chuckleberries, Bankrupt District, and Public Safety, exploring a range of alternative music with political/cultural themes including social justice and equality challenges we face today. It will be livestreamed on kpfa.org with You Tube posting. Sliding scale tickets, $8–$20 with a $2 Gilman annual membership can be purchased at the door 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA This benefit for KPFA at the … Continued
10:00 am Occupy The Farm: Permaculture Action Weekend @ Gill Tract
Occupy The Farm: Permaculture Action Weekend @ Gill Tract
Apr 25 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Occupy The Farm: Permaculture Action Weekend @ Gill Tract | Albany | California | United States
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11:00 am Berkeley Copwatch New Volunteer Training @ Grassroots House
Berkeley Copwatch New Volunteer Training @ Grassroots House
Apr 25 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Berkeley Copwatch is an all-volunteer organization that has been standing up to po- lice misconduct for the last 25 years. We are currently looking for new volunteers to help us document police activity on the street, to teach people about their rights and to stand up to racial profiling and the ever-increasing militarization of police. Join us! Learn more! Find out more about the projects and activities of Copwatch and how you can take a more direct role in holding police accountable in your community.58565
11:00 am Guerilla Propagation Workshop Seed and Crop Swap @ Phat Beets
Guerilla Propagation Workshop Seed and Crop Swap @ Phat Beets
Apr 25 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
 Grow your own! Guerilla Propagation Workshop Seed and Crop Swap, Free Live Juice Shots and Live DJ* 1-2pm(Workshop): Guerilla Propagation with Phat Beets Produce: Learn to propagate (multiple/grow) edible plants from simple cuttings found around your neighborhood. Participants will leave with a homemade propagation kit and cuttings ranging from tree collards to thyme to pepino dulce. *Bring your seeds, cuttings, and extra garden starts and plants to share with your neighbors.  There will be plenty of free kale, collards, and tomato starts from Phat Beets Produce to be potted up and … Continued
12:30 pm Berkeley Copwatch Know Your Rights Training. @ Grassroots House
Berkeley Copwatch Know Your Rights Training. @ Grassroots House
Apr 25 @ 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Whether you are at a protest or simply on the street when things are going down, you need to know your rights and what to do to hold the police accountable. Learn what you rights are in various situations with police, what to expect, what to look out for, and how to stay safe. We use direct instruction, videos and role plays to help you to feel more comfortable when asserting your rights. 58566
2:00 pm How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (movie) @ Albany Library
How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (movie) @ Albany Library
Apr 25 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (movie) @ Albany Library | Albany | California | United States
Title: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil START DATE: Saturday April 25 TIME: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Location Details: Albany Library 1247 Marin Ave, Albany,CA. Event Type: Screening Can small-scale organic farming, localized community-based agriculture, actually feed large numbers of people?According to Dale Allen Pfeiffer, author of “Eating Fossil Fuels, “Cuba has disproved the myth that organic agriculture cannot maintain a modern nation.” Cuba is world-renowned for its urban gardens, its health and resiliency.For environmentalists and food-justice activists in the East Bay, normalization of relations with Cuba is a welcome … Continued