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6:30 pm Community Democracy Project Meeting @ Omni Commons
Community Democracy Project Meeting @ Omni Commons
Nov 29 @ 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 Organizational Meeting: Help plan Leap Day Action Night @ Longhaul
Organizational Meeting: Help plan Leap Day Action Night @ Longhaul
Nov 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Organizational Meeting: Help plan Leap Day Action Night @ Longhaul | Berkeley | California | United States
Discussion / brainstorm of ideas for Leap Day Action Night 2016 in the Bay Area (February 29, 2016). Leap Day — February 29, 2016 — is an extra day that gives us a chance to look at how we spend most of our days and wonder if we can’t do a little better? If the answer is “yes”, Leap Day can be an arbitrary but overdue moment to create decentralized, militant and yet creative and hilarious uprisings against the various oppressive systems that vex us. Systems of inequality, racism, police … Continued
10:44 pm No GA November 29th
No GA November 29th
Nov 29 @ 10:44 pm – 11:44 pm
No GA November 29th
Folks last week figured they would be scattered around for the Holidaze. But we’ll be meeting at 1 PM next week on the 6th for a potluck!    60028
8:00 am EMERGENCY PROTEST Against Treatment of Prisoners in Solitary Confinement @ CA Department of Corrections, Rides from MacArthur BART at 8:00 AM
EMERGENCY PROTEST Against Treatment of Prisoners in Solitary Confinement @ CA Department of Corrections, Rides from MacArthur BART at 8:00 AM
Nov 30 @ 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
We are mobilizing an EMERGENCY PROTEST. This is serious. People in solitary confinement have been loudly awakened by guards every 30 minutes 24/7 since the night of August 2nd, almost 4 months! Please participate in an emergency protest in Sacramento to stop these every 30 minute so-called “security/welfare checks” being done in the Pelican Bay SHU and other solitary units in CA prisons. Sleep deprivation is torture, and that is what these loud, intrusive checks are causing. For people in solitary cells 23-24 hours a day, the noise and disruption every … Continued
9:00 am Court Support for César Aguirre! @ Rene Davidson Courthouse
Court Support for César Aguirre! @ Rene Davidson Courthouse
Nov 30 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Come out and show solidarity with our comrade who is finally getting an evidentiary hearing! After two years of fighting for it, this hearing will finally be held to show that César did not get a fair trial because the DA and OPD illegally withheld lots of favorable evidence from the defense. This is a case from Occupy and it would be great to have a big show of solidarity and support for this comrade from everyone! Please come out and spread the word! Please note that this court date … Continued
12:00 pm Court support for César Aguirre ! @ René C. Davidson Courthouse, #250, Dept 10
Court support for César Aguirre ! @ René C. Davidson Courthouse, #250, Dept 10
Nov 30 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Court support for César Aguirre ! Description Please come out and support this comrade! This court date is likely to last for 2 days, so court support is likely to be needed on both 11/30 and 12/1! Dept. 10 59832
3:30 pm Music at the Homeless Occupation at Berkeley’s Old City Hall steps @ Old Berkeley City Hall
Music at the Homeless Occupation at Berkeley’s Old City Hall steps @ Old Berkeley City Hall
Nov 30 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Kickin it on the eve of the Tues. Dec. 1st city council meeting… Music by Dave (Redd) Welsh on Hammond organ, Dwan on drums, plus sax, congas, and the people’s choir…  music, songs and sing-along in solidarity with the homeless, now Occupying the grounds of Old City Hall in protest of anti-homeless legislation and in support of services and housing for those without a place to call their own.60030
7:00 pm Berkeley Copwatch Meeting @ Grassroots House
Berkeley Copwatch Meeting @ Grassroots House
Nov 30 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Berkeley Copwatch is tired of unjust policing and lack of accountability. We stand in solidarity with those protesting the murders of black people across the nation and say that this must end! We have our unique problems in Berkeley and the East Bay and we must take local action to stand up and demand justice! We Demand: End racial profiling in Berkeley! Get the statistics on who is really being detained and arrested and stop handcuffing men of color for no reason! No tasers in Berkeley! Spend money to study … Continued
4:00 pm Rally and March in Berkeley, Support the Homeless & BlackLivesMatter, oppose Urban Shield. @ Old City Hall
Rally and March in Berkeley, Support the Homeless & BlackLivesMatter, oppose Urban Shield. @ Old City Hall
Dec 1 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Rally on the Old City Hall Steps beginning at 4:00 in support of the Homeless Occupation and Protest now ensconced on the grounds, in support of #BlackLivesMatter and against Berkeley’s participation in Urban Shield, an annual militarized police training and military-style equipment show. Items concerning these issues will be on the City Council Agenda this evening – three anti-homeless ordinances, a spineless report about the Berkeley Police and their actions during the Black Lives Matters protests a year ago when people were tear gassed, shot at with bean-bag rounds and … Continued
6:00 pm Oakland Public Safety Committee: Support 100 Black Men Proposals & Oppose UASI Recommendations @ Oakland City Hall
Oakland Public Safety Committee: Support 100 Black Men Proposals & Oppose UASI Recommendations @ Oakland City Hall
Dec 1 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Full Agenda   SUPPORT Subject: Requiring More Effective Training In The Use Of Force From: Members Of The Public (100 Black Men Of The Bay Area) Recommendation: Receive A Report And Recommendations Regarding Adopting Policies And Procedures Which Require OPD To Train Officers More Effectively In The Use Of Force, Especially Lethal Force; Such Training Should Not Only Define Conditions In Which Officers May Use Lethal Force But Also, More Broadly, Show Them How To Avoid It   SUPPORT Subject: Blue Wall Code Of Silence From: 100 Black Men Of … Continued
6:30 pm No to Urban Shield! Come Demand an End to Militarization in Berkeley @ Longfellow School
No to Urban Shield! Come Demand an End to Militarization in Berkeley @ Longfellow School
Dec 1 @ 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm
No to Urban Shield! Come Demand an End to Militarization in Berkeley @ Longfellow School | Berkeley | California | United States
Berkeley city council members will be discussing the city’s involvement and participation in Urban Shield, a highly militarized SWAT training and weapons expo. Join the Stop Urban Shield Coalition as we demand that Berkeley withdraw their participation in the policing program. The city council will also be discussing the Berkeley police’s crackdown of a protest last December, in which people who came out to stand up against the murders of Black people at the hands of police were brutalized. Police claim that Urban Shield provides them with better training and … Continued
7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee @ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Oscar Grant Committee @ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Dec 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality. The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to stopping police brutality. We meet on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7 pm at the Neibyl Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Avenue (near Alcatraz) in Oakland. For more information please call us at 925/798-3698 or e-mail us. You can join our discussion list by sending a … Continued
10:00 am Say NO to the new #SF jail @ Room 250, City Hall
Say NO to the new #SF jail @ Room 250, City Hall
Dec 2 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Say NO to the new #SF jail @ Room 250, City Hall | San Francisco | California | United States
  Come to SF City Hall on Dec 2 & 8 to speak out against the new jail. #NoMoreJails#NoNewSFJail Must Watch: https://t.co/N9frIRKBgV — Ella Baker Center (@ellabakercenter) November 30, 2015 Our organizing has been successful in building opposition to a new jail in SF, both among Board of Supervisors and the broader public. However, those supporting the jail are trying to rush the plan, waiving a 30-day review period and denying a request from the Youth Commission to change the time so that youth can participate in the discussion. Join … Continued
5:00 pm Speak out on proposed SFPD body camera policy @ San Francisco City Hall
Speak out on proposed SFPD body camera policy @ San Francisco City Hall
Dec 2 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
WHAT:  Civil liberties advocates speak out on proposed SFPD body camera policy WHEN: Weds., Dec. 2, 5pm WHERE:  In front of City Hall (Polk Street between Grove and McAllister) Proposed policy The Police Commission is meeting at 5:30pm in City Hall, room 400 and has this on its agenda. Public awareness of routine police violence, a serious problem in many parts of the world, has perhaps never been higher. The problem is not new of course, but thanks to the widespread use of video recording devices it has become much … Continued
6:00 pm Ella Baker Center Meeting @ Compass Point, Suite 320
Ella Baker Center Meeting @ Compass Point, Suite 320
Dec 2 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
December monthly membership meeting – This is the last membership meeting of the year! Let’s go out with a pop, not a whimper! If you’re curious about what we do and how we do it, there is no better time than to celebrate the year’s work and get involved with EBC! It will be a great way for people to meet the current members, learn about what the members have been up to and sign up for membership. Our members have formed an Outreach Committee to support getting the word … Continued
9:00 am Protest Against Police Firing Squad Execution in San Francisco @ Mongtomery St. BART
Protest Against Police Firing Squad Execution in San Francisco @ Mongtomery St. BART
Dec 3 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Hit the Streets tomorrow 9am-noon Montgomery BART in SF for the #climate & against #policeshooting in #SF by #SFPD https://t.co/JSBykhk7LO— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) December 3, 2015 In conjunction will the rally in solidarity with Climate Change protesters in Paris.60072
9:00 am Solidarity Rally with Climate Justice Activists in Paris @ Montgomery St BART
Solidarity Rally with Climate Justice Activists in Paris @ Montgomery St BART
Dec 3 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Dear Friends– The past few weeks for the climate movements has been a roller coaster. We’ve got many friends in Paris who’re experiencing the French police state up close, while only corporate lobbyists and politicians are being allowed to fully voice their positions on the climate crisis. We need action and governments are doing everything they can to stifle it from the streets. A group of us have gotten together to call for a rally and creative action in solidarity with climate activists on the ground in Paris. We’ll be … Continued
5:30 pm Justice in Bayview! Protest and Vigil for Man Executed by SFPD Firing Squad
Justice in Bayview! Protest and Vigil for Man Executed by SFPD Firing Squad
Dec 3 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Justice in Bayview! Protest and Vigil for Man Executed by SFPD Firing Squad @ San Francisco | California | United States
Today a 1/2 dozen SFPD officers executed a Black man in broad daylight. We demand justice NOW!!!! Folks in the nieghborhood are asking that we join the vigil tomorrow. More info to coming. #ShutItDOWN #Bayview 60073
7:00 pm This Changes Everything: the Film. @ First Unitarian Church of Oakland
This Changes Everything: the Film. @ First Unitarian Church of Oakland
Dec 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
This Changes Everything: the Film. @ First Unitarian Church of Oakland | Oakland | California | United States
This Changes Everything, the film based on Naomi Klein’s bestselling book of the same name, connects carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there.  Scene by scene, the film builds Klein’s most controversial and exciting idea: that surviving the crisis of climate change requires that we transform our failed economic system into something radically better. We examine powerful portraits of communities on the front lines: Montana’s Powder River Basin, the Alberta Tar Sands, the coast of South India, Bejing. Despite the gravity of a world in … Continued
10:00 am East Bay Anarchist Bookfair @ Humanist Hall
East Bay Anarchist Bookfair @ Humanist Hall
Dec 5 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
The East Bay Anarchist Bookfair will include conversations and books during the day. The main room of the hall will house booksellers, distributors, independent presses, and activist groups from all over North America but with an emphasis on the Bay Area and California ===== Anarchists talk more about living than dying, but raging all around us is a debate about whether we have entered a new age, what has become known as the Anthropocene. While academics debate when this age might have started, it is beyond debate that homo sapiens have … Continued
12:00 pm Greece – Two Communist Views. A Discussion. @ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Greece – Two Communist Views. A Discussion. @ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Dec 5 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
A discussion of the crisis in Greece based on contrasting views by communist writers in Greece and the USA. Suggested Readings: Sam Webb, ‘Thoughts on Greece, Syriza and its left critics’, Parts 1 & 2 http://www.peoplesworld.org/thoughts-on-greek-crisis-and-in-defense-of-syriza/ http://peoplesworld.org/thoughts-on-greece-syriza-and-its-left-critics-part/ George Marinos, CP of Greece, ‘On The Situation in Greece and the Anti-People Role of Syriza’ http://inter.kke.gr/en/articles/ON-THE-SITUATION-IN-GREECE-AND-THE-ANTI-PEOPLE-ROLE-OF-SYRIZA/  60056
12:30 pm California Prison Focus: Two Short Films @ New Parkway Theater
California Prison Focus: Two Short Films @ New Parkway Theater
Dec 5 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
California Prison Focus invites you to join us for the showing of two short documentaries focusing on the failures of the American prison system as well as the inhumantiy of solitary confinement. UP THE RIDGE and BREAKING DOWN THE BOX California Prison Focus is a local Oakland-based grassroots organization fighting to end the practice of  torture and solitary confinement in California prisons. All proceeds will support CPF.59973
1:00 pm Taking Power for the People: A New Electoral Strategy for the Oakland Left Part 2 @ First AME Church
Taking Power for the People: A New Electoral Strategy for the Oakland Left Part 2 @ First AME Church
Dec 5 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Taking Power for the People: A New Electoral Strategy for the Oakland Left Part 2 @ First AME Church | Oakland | California | United States
For far too long, our political leaders have failed to represent Oakland’s true values. It is time for the Oakland Left to unite, recruit our own candidates and build political power to achieve meaningful change. At our last meeting we discussed how to: 1) RECRUIT candidates from the progressive community, 2) SUPPORT their campaigns, and 3) WORK toward collective endorsements of a slate of candidates for city council and school board in 2016. This time we will discuss: 1) Which races to prioritize, 2) The process for selecting candidates, 3) … Continued
2:00 pm Humans Between Homes: Art Show & Dinner Party @ Omni Commons
Humans Between Homes: Art Show & Dinner Party @ Omni Commons
Dec 5 @ 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Humans In Between Homes (An Art Show on Homelessness) The Firehouse Art Collective’s exhibition ‘Humans In Between Homes’ explores the humanity of individuals who live without permanent housing in the Bay Area. The hope of this event is to make real, raw, visceral, and visible to housed society the experiences and humanity of the people who sleep on the street or are in between permanent places they call home. Each of these human beings deserves to be appreciated as an individual, with a unique past, present, and future. This exhibition … Continued
2:30 pm Alameda Renters Coalition General Meeting
Alameda Renters Coalition General Meeting
Dec 5 @ 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Alameda Renters Coalition monthly General Meeting this Saturday, 12/5. 2:30-4:30 p.m at 2311 Buena Vista Avenue in Alameda.— Alameda Renters (@Alameda_Renters) December 3, 2015 60075
4:00 pm Justice for Mario Woods Rally and March @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Justice for Mario Woods Rally and March @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Dec 5 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
MARCH in Oakland #JusticeForMarioWoods 4pm Sat Dec 5th 14th & Broadway #Oakland #MarioWoods fuck #SFPD fuck #OPD pic.twitter.com/Su1iibykUX— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) December 4, 2015 60077