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‘Killing Mockingbird’: Culture, reality and the idea of freedom
@ Niebyl-Proctor Library
‘Killing Mockingbird’: Culture, reality and the idea of freedom
@ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Nov 1 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In “Killing Mockingbird” (Nov/Dec News & Letters) C. Safos shows how today’s Black Lives Matter movement totally shakes up the ground for debates about iconic American novels that deal with race like To Kill a Mockingbird and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Come participate in discussing this timely exciting topic.59833
6:30 pm
Community Democracy Project Meeting
@ Omni Commons
Community Democracy Project Meeting
@ Omni Commons
Nov 1 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting. Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the … Continued
7:00 pm
Free Movie: Concerning Violence
@ Longhaul
Free Movie: Concerning Violence
@ Longhaul
Nov 1 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Free Movie: Concerning Violence (2014 documentary directed by Göran Hugo Olsson – 85 minutes) Olsson artfully elucidates Frantz Fanon’s (“The Wretched of the Earth”) psychiatric and psychological analysis of dehumanizing effects of colonization on the individual and the nation.59834
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Court Support for Janye!!! Wrongly arrested, and then charged for post-Ferguson Protests.
@ Wiley Manuel Courthouse
Court Support for Janye!!! Wrongly arrested, and then charged for post-Ferguson Protests.
@ Wiley Manuel Courthouse
Nov 2 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am
COME OUT to support friend and comrade Janye during his preliminary hearing in court this monday! The lawyer says this is an IMPORTANT day to have a big turn out, so let’s PACK THE COURTROOM! Details: Janye was arrested a few weeks ago in an obvious case of racial profiling, the cops saying he ‘fit the description’ for a crime he had nothing to do with (which the witness immediately confirmed). While he was in custody, detectives questioned him about his involvement in the protests last year that followed the … Continued
6:30 pm
15 Now Berkeley Meeting
@ Au Coquelet
15 Now Berkeley Meeting
@ Au Coquelet
Nov 2 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
November 10th’s City Council Meeting could be a historic point in the struggle against poverty wages in America, with Berkeley possibly passing the first ‘more than 15’ in the country. This would not only carry on the momentum of the fight for fifteen nationally, but would remind folks that 15 isn’t the end goal. We want more, as much as we can win. On November 2, join 15 Now Berkeley for its final planning session prior to the city council meeting. We will discuss outreach actions leading up to Nov … Continued
6:30 pm
BACE Timebank General Meeting
@ Omni Commons
BACE Timebank General Meeting
@ Omni Commons
Nov 2 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
The Bay Area Community Exchange (BACE) Timebank promotes and facilitates the use of Time instead of money in the exchange of goods and services. The foundation of the Timebank is a free, open source online directory, reputation and accounting system. These exchanges help develop stronger, more resilient connections between individuals and community service organizations which participate in them, by improving communication and the distribution of skills and resources among our participants. We work to help people meet their needs regardless of economic status. Please join our Meetup Group: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Community-Exchange-Timebank/ And … Continued
6:30 pm
Free Screening: The Hand That Feeds
@ Kroeber Hall Room 0160
Free Screening: The Hand That Feeds
@ Kroeber Hall Room 0160
Nov 2 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Join us for a screening of the powerful documentary film “The Hand That Feeds” followed by a panel discussion with a #FightFor15 worker and organizer, UC Berkeley Professor and Center for Latin American Studies Chair Harley Shaiken, and UC Berkeley Labor Center Chair Ken Jacobs.59707
7:00 pm
CANCELLED: Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission – NCRIC, UASI, Protest Response, et al
@ North Berkeley Senior Center,
CANCELLED: Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission – NCRIC, UASI, Protest Response, et al
@ North Berkeley Senior Center,
Nov 2 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission meeting for tonight has been CANCELLED and postponed and rescheduled to next Monday night, November 9th. There is no city secretary available for tonight. The Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission will discuss several important topics including: 1) Peace and Justice recommendations to Council about the December 2014 police response to protests, particularly mutual aid and tear gas where the PRC report was not strong. Possible support for PRC minority report. 2) Peace and Justice input on NCRIC, UASI/Urban Shield and other BPD agreements. … Continued
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Carbon Pricing 101
@ David Browder Center
Carbon Pricing 101
@ David Browder Center
Nov 2 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Here’s your chance to learn more about market-based approaches to solving the climate crisis and an opportunity to engage with local proponents. Efforts to put a price on carbon pollution are underway at the state and national levels. Come hear about proposals such as a carbon tax, existing programs such as California’s cap and trade auction, and other efforts to transition toward a clean energy economy. Panelists include Peter Barnes, co-founder of Working Assets; Dr. Linda Dismore (Diz) Swift of the League of Women Voters, creator of priceoncarbon.org, and a … Continued
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Occupy Forum Field Trip: Berkeley Copwatch
@ Grassroots House, between Milvia & Shattuck
Occupy Forum Field Trip: Berkeley Copwatch
@ Grassroots House, between Milvia & Shattuck
Nov 2 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
OccupyForum will take a field trip to COPWATCH’s Berkeley meeting. COPWATCH is an activist group dedicated to monitoring police and protecting citizens, whose slogan is: “Refuse to be Abused.” Beginning in 1990, Copwatch ran street patrols to document police harassment of homeless people on Telegraph Avenue. Its newsletter highlighted patterns of intimidation, selective enforcement, misinformation and excessive oversight by police. Over the next decade, Copwatch held hundreds of “Know Your Rights” trainings. Copwatch spearhead demonstrations, filed complaints, used its documents to build court defense, spoke out at investigative hearings, stood … Continued
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Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meeting
@ SEIU Local 1000 Union Hall
Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meeting
@ SEIU Local 1000 Union Hall
Nov 3 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
![]() We are meeting a week earlier than normal so that we will be free to join the National Day of Action to support $15 an hour and a union, since this event is scheduled to occur on our normal 2nd Tuesday OLWA meeting day. RSVP November 10th Among other things we will discuss planning for a OLWA potluck and film, which is tentatively scheduled for November 14th at SEIU 1000, but may be delayed for a week so folks can watch the second Democritic debate. WooHoo Bernie. The movie will … Continued
7:00 pm
Film Screening: BETTER THIS WORLD
@ New Parkway Theater
Film Screening: BETTER THIS WORLD
@ New Parkway Theater
Nov 3 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
BFF SCREENING SERIES AT THE NEW PARKWAY BETTER THIS WORLD How did two boyhood friends from Midland, Texas wind up arrested on terrorism charges at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota? Better This World follows the journey of David McKay (22) and Bradley Crowder (23) from political neophytes to accused domestic terrorists with a particular focus on the relationship they develop with a radical activist mentor in the six months leading up to their arrests. A dramatic story of idealism, loyalty, crime and betrayal, Better This World goes to the heart of … Continued
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Stop Sprouts! Save the Gill tract
Stop Sprouts! Save the Gill tract
Nov 4 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
We’re going to mobilize and head to a local Sprouts store to urge customers to boycott Sprouts! Email gilltractfarm@gmail.com for more info. Come out to defend the Gill Tract! Despite 20 years of community organizing to maintain the land for farming, green-washing super market Sprouts is still planning to build a store on the Gill Tract. Meet up to coordinate with other folks before deploying to a Sprouts store in the Bay Area. This is a great way to plug into Occupy the Farm and take a stand for the … Continued
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SF Weekly Peace Vigil – Honoring Pirate Mike
@ Directly above the Montgomery BART
SF Weekly Peace Vigil – Honoring Pirate Mike
@ Directly above the Montgomery BART
Nov 4 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
JOIN CODEPINK, WORLD CAN’T WAIT, OCCUPYSF Action Council and others at the huge PEACE banner Theme this week is: Remembering Pirate Mike’s (Stephen Michal Clift) Legacy Feel free to bring your own signage, photos, flyers. Additional signs and flyers provided. Pirate Mike and other Veterans for Peace have participated in this vigil highlighting various justice issues and with Codepink at Beale and Creech AFB’s against DRONES All are welcomed!59861
6:00 pm
Alameda City Council – Special Hearing on the Rental Crisis
@ Alameda City Hall
Alameda City Council – Special Hearing on the Rental Crisis
@ Alameda City Hall
Nov 4 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Come support the Alameda Renters Coalition and their fight for a moratorium on rent increases and a rent control ordinance. At the special meeting, the City Council will receive a study on the City’s rental housing market, prepared by BAE Urban Economics (BAE). To address the rental housing market, including rapidly rising rents and low vacancy rates in Alameda, City staff will also present a range of policy options that the City Council may consider, including consideration of a temporary moratorium on rental increases or evictions without just cause. … Continued
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Labor screening of “This Changes Everything”
@ CNA
Labor screening of “This Changes Everything”
@ CNA
Nov 4 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join the California Nurses Association at a free special Labor Screening of “This Changes Everything,” a flim by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein, based on her best-selling book about climate chaos. The film will be followed by a conversation among rank-and-file workers who have been impacted by ecological crisis and labor leaders whose unions are throwing down for climate justice. As Naomi recently told union members: “Our current economic model is not only waging war on workers, on communities, on public services and social safety nets. It’s waging war on … Continued
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Sudoroom Weekly Meeting
@ Omni Commons
Sudoroom Weekly Meeting
@ Omni Commons
Nov 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Creative community and hackerspace! Our weekly meeting to get this hackerspace together, to provide a venue for those things that otherwise cannot be worked out through day-to-day practice. Potluck! (optional) – bring your own tasty dish!59852
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Million Mask March
@ No location specified
Million Mask March
@ No location specified
Nov 5 @ 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
A march for peace, humanity and an end to the corruption and oppression that keeps us all from our higher evolution. The million masked march is collective of peaceful protesters coming together to stand against oppression and the denial of our rights. To show that we, as citizens, stand together peacefully but firmly against injustice, oppression, corruption, brutality, and corporate greed. We stand together in support of rights and fair treatment for the homeless and displaced, for honesty and transparency in government, for equality for all people, regardless of class, … Continued
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Million Mask March Oakland
@ Oscar Grant Plaza
Million Mask March Oakland
@ Oscar Grant Plaza
Nov 5 @ 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Gather at City Hall 9am until 5pm Marches begin rush hour 5pm MillionMaskMarch.com59829
4:00 pm
Pirate Mike Memorial
@ Federal Reserve Building
Pirate Mike Memorial
@ Federal Reserve Building
Nov 5 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
A gathering to celebrate Pirate Mike’s life – after the Million Mask March. We will be gathering in an already-planned party at 101 Market after the Million Mask March; it will now of course become a party celebrating our beautiful comrade. Comrades! – Pirate, Cody, Kyle, Frankie Rivera 59858
8:00 pm
Free Film Screening: This Changes Everything
@ The New Nothing Cinema (near 7th & Folsom)
Free Film Screening: This Changes Everything
@ The New Nothing Cinema (near 7th & Folsom)
Nov 5 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Screening of “This Changes Everything” Naomi Klein/Avi Lewis Thursday November 5th 8 pm Wednesday November 11th at 6 pm Hi All — Your friends at Diablo Rising Tide with Anthropology and Social Change at CIIS, and The New Nothing Cinema are co-hosting a screening of This Changes Everything Filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction bestseller This … Continued
9:00 pm
A Very Heavy Agenda: Screening and Discussion
@ The Palace Theater
A Very Heavy Agenda: Screening and Discussion
@ The Palace Theater
Nov 5 @ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
A Very Special screening of : A VERY HEAVY AGENDA by Robbie Martin Post-9/11, the War on Terror had outlived its usefulness. the U.S. needed a new enemy, so they chose an old one — Russia. Part 1: A Catalyzing Event – 10.15.15 Cheney, Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld were ubiquitous in the news media as they took every available opportunity to market to America an aggressive preemptive war policy. But from where did their ideas originate? The answer is a tightly knit and eminently well placed group of neoconservative thought leaders, … Continued
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Court Hearing! City Wants to Dismiss Alex Nieto Case!
@ Federal District Court, Courtroom D
Court Hearing! City Wants to Dismiss Alex Nieto Case!
@ Federal District Court, Courtroom D
Nov 6 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The City Attorney of San Francisco has requested a Summary Judgement in the Case of Nieto Family vs San Francisco City and County for the unlawful death of their son Alex Nieto. This means that the City has asked the Court to dismiss the case because they think there is not enough evidence for the Family to win. (This is apparently a typical move.) The Family (through their Attorney Adante Pointer) has already presented arguements to the contrary as to why there is sufficient evidence favoring the Nietos case. This … Continued
6:00 pm
Kevin Cooper, the Death Penalty & Mass Incarceration
@ UC Hastings
Kevin Cooper, the Death Penalty & Mass Incarceration
@ UC Hastings
Nov 6 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The San Francisco Law School and UC Hastings Chapters of the National Lawyers Guild, invite you to join their esteemed panel for a discussion of the legal issues surrounding the wrongful conviction of Kevin Cooper, the death penalty and the mass incarceration of People of Color. In 1983, Mr. Cooper was convicted and sentenced to death row for the killing of a family of four in Chino Hills, San Bernadino County. He has maintained his innocence since his arrest. Mr. Cooper was scheduled to be executed in 2004, but was … Continued
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First US screening of Disintegration, a film by Noémie Serfaty
First US screening of Disintegration, a film by Noémie Serfaty
Nov 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
A film about discrimination and social reproduction in the French School System. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/139761004 Every year, hundreds of French students go through the agrégation de philosophie, a national philosophy contest to become a philosophy teacher. Through the story of Louis, Cherihene, Lyess, Marc and Stefanos, 5 students from radically different social backgrounds, the film dives into the medieval institution of La Sorbonne and the core of French style, old-school elitism. Color – 34 minutes – 2015 The screening will be presented by the director and will be followed with a … Continued
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Capitalism and Climate
@ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Capitalism and Climate
@ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Nov 7 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
The Political Affairs Readers Group (Communist Party, USA Berkeley/Oakland) invites you to a discussion of Capitalism and Climate As background for the discussion we suggest the following readings: Naomi Klein, “Capitalism vs. the Climate” http://www.thenation.com/article/capitalism-vs-climate/ Xiaochen Zhang, David Wei “Climate Creates Chances across Pacific” http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0929/c90000-8957130.html For more information, including the articles as Word documents, contact: pareadersgrp [at] yahoo.com 59752
1:00 pm
Taking back Oakland: The 2016 Election
@ First Congregational Church of Oakland
Taking back Oakland: The 2016 Election
@ First Congregational Church of Oakland
Nov 7 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
![]() This event is designed to bring together folks from progressive organizations across the Oakland left to plan for the 2016 elections. Let’s all get together to organize a progressive slate for Oakland 2016 elections: Saturday, Nov 7, 1 pm, First Congregational Church — Dan Siegel (@DanMSiegel) October 22, 2015 59754
2:00 pm
Berkeley Meeting on Structural and Institutional Racism
@ St. Paul's Church
Berkeley Meeting on Structural and Institutional Racism
@ St. Paul's Church
Nov 7 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Barbara Lee and Max Anderson (Berkeley City Council member) will host a public meeting on structural/institutional racism.59801
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Institutional and structural racism
@ St Paul A.M.E. Church
Institutional and structural racism
@ St Paul A.M.E. Church
Nov 7 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Congresswoman Barbara Lee will join Berkeley Councilmember Max Anderson to address the issue of Institutional and structural Racism. It is time that we bring this issue out into the open. We cannot continue to do the same things that we have been doing and expect a different result. We all must be part of the SOLUTION. This event will give you an opportunity to frame our narrative and come up with a way forward regarding issues of racial inequities. You can contact Tasion Kwamilele, the Hon. Barbara Lee’s Communications Manager … Continued
2:00 pm
Sprouts: Get your grubby corporate hands off the Gill Tract!
@ Rendezvous point
Sprouts: Get your grubby corporate hands off the Gill Tract!
@ Rendezvous point
Nov 7 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
We’re going back to Sprouts to make sure they get our message loud and clear! They want to pave over a precious historic urban farmland (the Gill Tract) to build a new store in Albany. We say, this public farmland is for farming, not corporate chain stores! Back off, Sprouts! MEET up at 3090 King St, Berkeley, at 2 pm this time. We will then carpool to a local sprouts store to take action, disrupting their business as usual and encouraging shoppers to join our boycott. 59891
2:00 pm
Suds, Snacks and Socialism: Race, Class and Police Violence.
@ Starry Plough
Suds, Snacks and Socialism: Race, Class and Police Violence.
@ Starry Plough
Nov 7 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Sponsored by the Peace and Freedom Party, in Conjunction with the Oscar Grant Committee. This forum will begin with stories from families whose lives have been forever changed by police violence. After this practical introduction, we will explain why the Oscar Grant Committee insists on linking “Black Lives Matter” with “All Lives Matter,” and then turn to broader social and political issues. Discussion will follow our presentation. Doors open at 2:00. Program starts promptly at 2:30. Free, but please buy food and drink at the pub! 59804
7:00 pm
California Coalition for Women Prisoners: 20th Anniversary Celebration
@ The Women's Building
California Coalition for Women Prisoners: 20th Anniversary Celebration
@ The Women's Building
Nov 7 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Featured guests include Patrisse Cullors – co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Jayda Rasberry – Dignity & Power Now, Thao Nguyen – Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. A major highlight of the even will be the present of many formerly incarcerated women and trans people who have been leaders and members of CCWP over the years.59584
8:00 pm
Artists in Response to State Violence & Gentrification: Cat Brooks Monologue re Natasha McKenna
@ Eastside Arts Alliance
Artists in Response to State Violence & Gentrification: Cat Brooks Monologue re Natasha McKenna
@ Eastside Arts Alliance
Nov 7 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
‘Tasha, A Monologue About Police-Terror Victim Natasha McKenna to Premiere In Oakland is Written and Performed by Cat Brooks 59901
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