AFL-CIO: It’s Time to End Its Government-funded Foreign Operations

When: July 20, 2025 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Where: Online

Speaker: Kim Scipes To Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87388824824?pwd=QTWNvr8cGeGo1ZDW7x9Y8W0sDaNxRc.1 Meeting ID: 873 8882 4824 Passcode:  042428 • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 669 444 9171 US     The AFL and then the AFL-CIO have had an imperialist foreign policy program where they have operated in other countries around the world for over 100 years, beginning in the late 1890s.  They have never given an honest report of these operations to their members that can be independently verified.  Activists and scholars have discovered they have supported military coups that overthrew … Continued

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GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON

When: July 17, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Where: San Pablo & Buchanan, Albany, CA

Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people. On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, we’re taking action across the country to defend our democracy and carry forward his legacy of Good Trouble. From voter suppression bills like the SAVE Act to the criminalization of protest, the Trump administration is launching a full-scale attack on … Continued

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US War on Media and Free Speech – Webinar

When: July 15, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Where: Online

As the Trump administration seeks to implement its domestic and foreign policies, it has launched an aggressive campaign to suppress critics in the media and quash public dissent. Congress and the courts have been reluctant to challenge these repressive moves that undermine the liberties guaranteed by the U.S. constitution. Join us for a panel discussion by peace activists examining the disturbing institutional and social impacts of this war on the media and free speech. You Must Pre-Register for the Webinar HERE or click on the link below https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/4lVEPQKJQ0ONsC5l82u7Pg Panelists:Haig Hovaness is a peace … Continued

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Tell Oakland: Support the Utility Justice Campaign! Replace PG&E!

When: July 15, 2025 @ 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Where: Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th & Broadway, Oakland, CA

Please join the Utility Justice Reclaim Our Power campaign to tell the Oakland City Council to vote yes on the resolution for utility justice, which will come up at its July 15 meeting. The resolution calls on the governor and state legislature to support Senate Bill 332, which would commission a study to explore transitioning away from PG&E and other investor-owned utilities, to a not-for-profit utility that would put people and the planet before profits. This bill is supported by a broad coalition of organizations, including Sunflower Alliance. It would create … Continued

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San Francisco Mime Troupe

When: July 16, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Outdoors in front of the Edoff Memorial Bandstand, Lakeside Park, Bellevue Ave. & Perkins Sts., Oakland 94610

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The War Against Iran

When: July 13, 2025 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

The War Against Iran Speaker: Dan Kovalik To Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87388824824?pwd=QTWNvr8cGeGo1ZDW7x9Y8W0sDaNxRc.1 Meeting ID: 873 8882 4824 Passcode:  042428 Dan Kovalik, critically acclaimed author of The Plot to Attack Iran: How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Iran, will speak on the war against Iran. Dan is a labor and human rights attorney who teaches International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  He graduated from Columbia University School of Law and then served as in-house counsel for the United Steelworkers, AFL-CIO (USW) until 2019.  Dan has received … Continued

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For a Party of the 99%; needed now more than ever   

When: July 13, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Where: Online

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85449203697 Meeting ID: 854 4920 3697 As is more evident than ever, the two major US corporate parties are totally unable to address the numerous crises of the working class — in most cases, crises of their own making.  This is a bedrock belief of the Green Party   Richard Smith has been drafting a platform for a “Party of the 99%”, which is in line with such a viewpoint and has been sharing this document and proposal with a variety of groupings on the left, including … Continued

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Planning for Refinery Closures that Benefit Workers, Communities, and the Environment

When: July 31, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Where: Online

Valero Refinery, Benicia In the Bay Area, the Valero refinery in Benecia has announced that it’s going to close in 2026 — and other refineries seem to be on the brink. Refineries pollute local communities and add to the climate crisis. But closing them suddenly leaves their workers without jobs, their communities without a major source of tax revenue — and their toxic legacy in the environment. Join The Climate Center in a webinar on Planning for Refinery Closures that Benefit Workers, Communities, and the Environment. Speakers Connie Cho, Asian Pacific Environmental Network … Continued

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Stop Billionaires Summer: Protest Wells Fargo

When: July 23, 2025 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Where: Wells Fargo Global Headquarters, 333 Market St. San Francisco

“No bank has bent to the knee to Trump as dramatically as Wells Fargo, the only bank to have dropped its climate commitments, funds Palantir, a company that works with ICE to target and deport immigrants, funds Elbit Systems, a provider of weapons and technologies to the Israeli military, which is committing genocide in Palestine, engaging in full-throated union busting, planning to privatize the post office and sell it off for parts.” RSVP here THIS ACTION IS PART OF  “STOP BILLIONAIRES SUMMER, an eight-week campaign focused on mass action, civil disobedience, and … Continued

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