Panel: What Everyone Should Know about Resisting State Repression, October 26 Many of us have taken to the streets to confront those responsible for the current administration’s attack on environmental justice, free speech, its support for corporate domination of everyday life and fascist takeover of our government. Today’s state repression aims to eliminate our opposition. This panel will explore the ongoing conflict and lessons that we can use to push back against this authoritarian takeover. (doors open 6:30 PM) Information and Links 78409

      “Come join us for a medicinal day at Clinton park (655 International Blvd) in Oakland November 9th 9-5pm. Free ancestral medicine offerings from cafe collective students. No sign-up required. Options for masked providers, outdoor treatments, and masks provided. Vietnamese interpretation available.” 78408

Three members of an extended Afghan family start their lives over in Iran as refugees, unaware they face a decades-long struggle ahead to be “at home”. ​This program includes and in-person Q&A session with the director, Raha Amirfazli. 78407

Come out and support the Wood Street Community for a special work-in-progress screening and fundraiser for the documentary Wood Street — a gripping film that follows members of Oakland’s largest homeless encampment as they fight the city and state against eviction from their long-term community. This intimate film centers on John and LaMonté—two unhoused men turned community leaders—who organize their neighbors in the face of displacement, addiction, and a failing social system. Their story is a powerful testament to resilience, solidarity, and the right to remain. Directed by award-winning journalist Caron Creighton, Wood Street … Continued

Speaker: Kit Klarenberg To Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87388824824?pwd=QTWNvr8cGeGo1ZDW7x9Y8W0sDaNxRc.1 Meeting ID: 873 8882 4824 Over recent weeks, chaos has engulfed Nepal. Public and private buildings have been set ablaze, with dozens of civilians reportedly killed. On September 9th, Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli resigned. The Western media has universally framed the upheaval as spontaneous revolutionary fervor on the part of Kathmandu’s “Gen Z”, motivated by anger over official corruption, unemployment, state efforts to censor social media, and more. However, there are unambiguous indications the insurrectionary disarray has long-been in the … Continued

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Displaced in Gaza aims to raise global awareness of how violent displacement has impacted the lives of Palestinians—students, mothers, fathers, grandparents, children, educators, and those who already survived the Nakba of 1948. In Gaza, 2.3 million Palestinians have been subjected to starvation, mass destruction, and targeted killing. Yet they endure. This book is a commitment to the longstanding Palestinian tradition of storytelling, documenting both the horror of the genocide and the resilience of the Palestinian people. The stories in this collection are not merely accounts of suffering, they are assertions of … Continued

Please RSVP here  https://actionnetwork.org/events/divest-from-apartheid-campaign-meeting-sun-oct-12-2025-hybrid/ (Location and Zoom link provided once you RSVP) After almost a year and a half of working to divest Alameda County from apartheid, we’re now the first of many-to-come US counties with an investment policy that aligns with the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Movement (BDS). When implemented, the EIP would ensure that Alameda County stays committed to protecting our communities here at home and around the world by not investing in human rights abusers. Thank you so much for helping our campaign by endorsing our letter to the … Continued

What’s the Earth’s greatest enemy?  This new documentary expose by director Abby Martin makes the case that it’s the world’s biggest—and most unaccountable—polluter: the US military. The film argues that “exempt from international climate agreements and rarely scrutinized in mainstream reporting, the Pentagon is the world’s single largest institutional polluter — spewing carbon, contaminating water, and scarring landscapes across the globe. . . this film challenges audiences to rethink the hidden costs of a global military empire and its planetary consequences” Director Abby Martin will appear at the Bay Area … Continued