EVENTS LIST

Capitalism Is Killing The Planet: The Case For Ecosocialism

Friday June 14th, 7:00 PM

Niebyl Proctor Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph, Oakland 94609

Profit driven economic growth and its reliance on fossil fuels places it at odds with both people and our planet’s life giving ecosystems. The ecosocialist project wants to build a new, socially just, sustainable society based on grassroots democracy and within ecological limits by building a mass movement against climate change and environmental disasters. We want to create a society which focuses on ecological restoration and use value to meet human needs, not exchange value and ecological destruction to maximize profits for the capitalist ruling class.

Sponsored by Bay Area EcoSocialists – http:/bayecosocialists.wordpress.com/

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Help Launch Californians Against Fracking

Thursday 5/30, 12-1 pm

$frackingwater-article$ Please join us on Thursday for a short Noon Rally in San Francisco to tell Governor Brown, Stop Fracking NOW!

When: May 30, Noon to 1pm

Where: Governor Jerry Brown’s Office 455 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102 Map

What: Because we raised our voices we’ve made amazing strides in the state legislature. A reconciled moratorium bill will likely make it onto the assembly floor for a vote. Governor Brown says he is committed to fighting climate change. Let’s let him know that includes stopping fracking in the Golden State.

Tens of thousands of signatures on Petitions will be given to the Governor as we launch a new statewide coalition, Californians Against Fracking.

The rally is timed to coincide with the west coast release of Gasland Part II in LA. It should be short, sweet and fun. Come get re-energized and show your support!

Sign the petition:

Sign this petition buy a nine year old girl asking Gov. Brown to ban fracking in California. Sign here.

RSVP: Click to sign up for a rally against fracking

And come learn more about fracking:
June 2, 6PM. Come see Gasland Part II at the Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St., Oakland

The Bay Area premiere of Gasland Part II, the sequel to Josh Fox’s Oscar nominated Gasland, an expose’ on fracking in America. A panel discussion with Josh Fox will follow the film showing.

Read more about the movie and the event and reserve your seat.
We Cannot Afford Fracking in California!

350 Bay Area Stop Fracking Team

http://www.350bayarea.org/

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March Against Monsanto!

Saturday, 5/25, 11:00am, Oakland

This Saturday, May 25th, at 11:00am, hundreds (maybe even thousands) of events are taking place around the world in 40 countries as part of a global March Against Monsanto.

See:
Challenging Monsanto: 200,000 in 40 countries to rally against GMO

A very large march is planned in San Francisco, and a smaller own here in Oakland. See the links below for more details.

Oakland
Location: Clinton Square, corner of 6th Ave. and International Blvd
Details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/591616770856416/

San Francisco
Location: Union Square
Details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/561714507193261/

Please join many other Greens on the streets to get our voices heard on Monsanto for this worldwide day of protest!

March Against Monsanto (MAM) Statement:

On May 25, activists around the world will unite to March Against Monsanto.

Why do we march?

Research studies have shown that Monsanto’s genetically-modified foods can lead to serious health conditions such as the development of cancer tumors, infertility and birth defects.

In the United States, the FDA, the agency tasked with ensuring food safety for the population, is steered by ex-Monsanto executives, and we feel that’s a questionable conflict of interests and explains the lack of government-led research on the long-term effects of GM products.

Recently, the U.S. Congress and president collectively passed the nicknamed “Monsanto Protection Act” that, among other things, bans courts from halting the sale of Monsanto’s genetically-modified seeds.

For too long, Monsanto has been the benefactor of corporate subsidies and political favoritism. Organic and small farmers suffer losses while Monsanto continues to forge its monopoly over the world’s food supply, including exclusive patenting rights over seeds and genetic makeup.

Monsanto’s GM seeds are harmful to the environment; for example, scientists have indicated they have contributed to Colony Collapse Disorder among the world’s bee population.

What are solutions we advocate?

Voting with your dollar by buying organic and boycotting Monsanto-owned companies that use GMOs in their products.

Labeling of GMOs so that consumers can make those informed decisions easier.
Repealing relevant provisions of the US’s “Monsanto Protection Act.”
Calling for further scientific research on the health effects of GMOs.

Holding Monsanto executives and Monsanto-supporting politicians accountable through direct communication, grassroots journalism, social media, etc.
Continuing to inform the public about Monsanto’s secrets.

Taking to the streets to show the world and Monsanto that we won’t take these injustices quietly.

We will not stand for cronyism. We will not stand for poison. That’s why we March Against Monsanto.

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A Little Taste of Ecuador

Friday May 10th, 6 – 10 pm
Niebyl Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland

A sampling of the stunning natural beauty, music, culture, food, as well as revolutionary politics of Ecuador, plus a talk by author Roger Burbach on Ecuador and socialist movements in Latin America.

The evening will include a multimedia presentation featuring Ecuadoran music and photos and videos taken during a recent visit by Jonathan Nack and Hannah Karpilow; tasting some typical Ecuadoran recipes; a bit of travel log; a political report on the social and economic changes under the government of President Rafael Correa and the political process Correa calls the Citizen’s Revolution; and more, including ample time for audience participation and discussion.

Free admission – food and refreshments will be limited – first come, first served.

This event is wheelchair accessible.

Roger Burbach, noted author, and Director of the Center for the Study of the Americas, will be a guest speaker at “A Little Taste of Ecuador,” on May 10, at the Niebyl Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland beginning at 6:00 pm.

Mr. Burbach has written extensively on Latin America and U.S. foreign policy for over four decades. He is a co-author of the new book, “Latin America’s Turbulent Transitions: The Future of Twenty-First Century Socialism” (2013, Fernwood Publishing/Zed Books).

In recent years he has studied the emergent system of globalization and written about the new Latin American social movements and the renewed quest for socialism.

He will comment on political developments in Ecuador under the Presidency of Rafael Correa, Ecuador’s “Citizen’s Revolution”, and how Ecuador fits into the emerging picture of leftist led governments, and socialist oriented social movements that has been sweeping Latin America. Mr. Burbach will also speak on the impact in Latin America on the passing of President Hugo Chavez.

Mr. Burbach will be available to sign books. For more information on the book and event, see:
http://www.futuresocialism.org

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/04/23/18735713.php

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Halt the Heist Rally! Tuesday May 7, 2013, 3pm

Halt the Heist Rally!

Tuesday May 7th at 3:00 pm

Berkeley Main Post Office at 2000 Allston Way
Music & Protest Noon to 5 pm, Post Office Steps

It’s not just the post office that’s being privatized.
Our schools, our public spaces, parks and services are all at risk.

Join Us!
Help save our public commons!

On April 22, 2013, the USPS approved “the relocation of the Berkeley Main Post Office located at 2000 Allston Way, to a yet to be determined location.” After operations are relocated, the USPS plans to sell our historic 99-year old Post Office.

Arts Center | 2133 University Ave | near Walnut, near Ace Hardware

See the Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/savetheberkeleypostoffice

and Save the Berkeley Post Office:
http://www.savethebpo.com/letter-to-usps-vice-president.html

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http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/03/20/18733911.php

Earth Day Action for Environmental and Climate Justice
STOP KEYSTONE XL

Join Idle No More, Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, Communities for a Better Environment, and over 60 other environmental and climate justice groups on Earth Day as we gather at the San Francisco office of the EPA to make them listen to communities hardest hit by fossil fuel and toxic industries. We will demand the EPA do their job and protect our climate, health & communities, not polluters–and senior EPA officials will be there to listen.

* From the EPA, we’ll march to the State Department at One Market Plaza. In addition to Earth Day, it’s also the last day for public comment on the Keystone XL Pipeline’s Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), written in part by a TransCanada (pipeline company) consultant. We’ll give them our comments loud and clear, just in case they don’t hear the hundreds of thousands of comments being emailed or the outrage of people forced from their from their homes by the Arkansas oil pipeline spill.

All actions will be peaceful and non-violent.

MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013
12 noon: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 75 Hawthorne St., SF (between 2nd/3rd & Howard/Folsom St, near Montgomery BART/MUNI)
1:45pm: March to State Department: NO KEYSTONE XL!
2:15pm: State Department, One Market Plaza

Earth Day Coalition

http://www.greenaction.org

Keystone XL Nonviolent Direct Action
NextStepAction2013 [at] gmail.com

http://350bayarea.org/tar_sands

Participating Organizations:
350 Bay Area, Amazon Watch, American Indian Movement West, ANSWER Coalition-Bay Area, Arc Ecology, Asamblea de Poder Popular de Gonzales, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, Bay Area Environmental Health Collaborative, Bay Localize, Bay Native Circle, Breast Cancer Action, California Indian Environmental Alliance, Californians for Pesticide Reform, Center for Environmental Health, Central California Environmental Justice Network, Center for Biological Diversity, Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment, Chevron Watch, Chinese Progressive Association, Communities for a Better Environment, Community Food and Justice Coalition, EBASE (East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy), El Pueblo Para El Aire y Agua Limpio/People for Clean Air & Water of Kettleman City, Environmental Justice Air Quality Coalition, Environment California, Equal Justice Society, FACES (Filipino/American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity), Fresno Brown Berets, Friends of the Earth, Gathering Tribes, Gila River Alliance for a Clean Environment, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Global Community Monitor, Global Exchange, Grayson Neighborhood Council, Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice, Healthy 880 Communities, Huntersview Mothers & Fathers Committee for Health & Environmental Justice, Indigenous Environmental Network, International Forum on Globalization, MAPA (Mexican American Political Association), Movement Generation, No Nukes Action, Occupy Oakland Environmental Justice Committee, Occupy San Francisco Environmental Justice Work Group, PODER, Rainforest Action Network, Richmond Progressive Alliance, SF-Bay Area Chapter, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Rising Tide, San Francisco Green Party, Sierra Club, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, SSP&RIT (Sacred Site Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes), The Ruckus Society, Tri-Valley CAREs, United Native Americans, Valley Improvement Project, Wild Equity Institute, West Berkeley Alliance for Clean Air & Safe Jobs, West County Toxics Coalition West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Workers & Students United, Youth in Action, Youth United for Community Action

Please comment on Keystone XL at:
http://act.350.org/letter/a_million_strong_against_keystone/

http://www.facebook.com/events/247835108693864/

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Bay Area Ecosocialist Network Event: Saturday, April 27th, 7 pm

After a period of inactivity, we want to renew our efforts to build an ecosocialist current here in the Bay Area. Luckily, Quincy Saul, co-founder of Ecosocialist Horizons, will be in the Bay Area late this month, and we have set up an event with Theresa Shoatz at the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library on Saturday, April 27 at 7:00 PM. Below is a sum- up of their presentation.

Ecosocialist Action on the Horizon:
A report and presentation about the work of Ecosocialist Horizons, featuring Quincy Saul and Theresa Shoatz.

Ecosocialist Horizons is an organization founded in 2011, which has been very active over the past year in organizing and educating around ecosocialist principles and ideas. This report on ecosocialist praxis will illustrate what this group has been doing, and describe the theoretical and strategic foundations for its activities. Quincy Saul, co-founder of Ecosocialist Horizons and senior editor of the ecosocialist journal Capitalism Nature Socialism, will explain the practical work and political vision of this organization, framed as an invitation to the people of Oakland and the Bay Area to join this movement. Theresa Shoatz, associate of Ecosocialist Horizons and co-chair of the International Campaign to Free Russell Maroon Shoatz, will provide a perspective of ecosocialism as seen from black urban communities suffering from the prison industrial complex, the capitalist food system, and the possibilities of revolutionary community organizing.

WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN COME TO THE LIBRARY AT 6501 TELEGRAPH IN OAKLAND FOR THIS EVENT ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27 AT 7 PM.

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Laura Wells reports on the Venezuelan Election: Sun, 4/21, 3pm, OGP, Oakland

Dear Greens,

This Sunday April 21, after the 2:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly at Oscar Grant (Frank Ogawa) Plaza (in front of City Hall, just west of 14th and Broadway, Oakalnd), Occupy Oakland participant and 2010 Green Party Governor candidate Laura Wells will report back on the Venezuelan election after serving there as an international elections monitor. Hugo Chavez’s successor and incumbent President Nicolas Maduro has been declared the victor. She will then lead a discussion on “What California Can Learn from Hugo Chavez and Venezuela.”

Ten Things I Learned from Hugo Chávez

I like to gather signs of hope that things really can change for the better in a major way. With that in mind, I keep the website venezuelanalysis.com as my home page. On the afternoon of March 5, 2013, I had to catch my breath when I saw the headline, “President Hugo Chávez has Died.” Almost ten years ago, inspired by the documentary The Revolution Will Not Be Televised , I started learning as much as I could about Venezuela and Hugo Chávez. I participated in “reality tours” and political delegations to show solidarity, and to bring the lessons back home. Here are some things I learned.

See:
http://acgreens.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/ten-things-i-learned-from-hugo-chavez/

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Weds. in SF: Tell Obama to Stop the Next Tar Sands Disaster

Friends,

Last Friday, this happened in the city of Mayflower, Arkansas:

An Exxon tar sands pipeline burst, spilling a yet unknown amount of toxic oil into the surrounding community. As bad as this is, it could be worse — the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would carry 10 times as much oil as the pipeline that broke. And even when that oil doesn’t spill, it becomes equally dangerous when it’s refined and turned into climate-cooking CO2.

President Obama has a decision to make: he can stand up against this kind of destruction and stop Keystone XL, or let the tar sands flow, 800,000 barrels a day from Canada through a dangerous high pressure pipline.

The President is headed to the Bay Area this week, and when he does, we’ll be ready. We’re planning to meet him at his fundraiser, and send him a big message: it’s time to stop the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline for good.

The goal is to be unavoidable before the fundraiser — we’ll have signs and banners, so you can just show up ready to make some noise. This is one of the best ways to reach the President before he makes a decision about the pipline — and meet other great climate activists in the Bay.

Can you be there Wednesday at 5 PM when the President arrives in San Francisco?

Click here to RSVP in San Francisco: act.350.org/signup/SF_blocks_KXL/

Here are the details:

What: San Francisco tells Obama to Stop the Pipeline

Where: 2870 Broadway at Baker, San Francisco, 94115

When: Wednesday, April 3rd at 5:30pm (note the change of time from 5pm)

Who: It’ll be a party, with lots of folks from CREDO, 350.org, 350 Bay Area, Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Rainforest Action Network, Alliance for Climate Education and others.

Also, we just found out that President Obama is holding a second fundraiser Thursday morning at 8:15 AM in Atherton. Whether you can make it or not to the event on Wednesday, this is another important opportunity to send a personal message to the President (and nothing makes for better friends than early morning actions).

Click here to RSVP for the action in Atherton: act.350.org/signup/Atherton_KXL_Birddog/

What: Atherton action to stop Keystone XL

Where: Corner of Alameda de las Pulgas and Walsh Road in Atherton

When: Wednesday, April 4rd at 8:15am

Who: You and all your friends. We are organizing this event in coordination with local residents of the South Bay, 350 Silicon Valley, CREDO, and 350.org.

I’ll be there with friends and family both — I hope to see you there as well.

Sara Shor

350.org is building a global movement to solve the climate crisis. Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter, and sign up for email alerts. You can help power our work by getting involved locally, sharing your story, and donating here.

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Drone Hearing on Valentine’s Day

Say NO to DRONES

• Concerned about the Alameda County Sheriff spying on you in your home with a remote-controlled drone?

• Think police in Alameda County already abuse their power?

• Come tell the Alameda County Board of Supervisors!

From the Union City Patch:

Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern has drafted policies covering his plans to use aerial drones in crime, fire, rescue and disaster operations. That prospect aroused opposition from civil libertarians who fear that drones will snoop on law-abiding citizens and shred Fourth Amendment guarantees against being searched without a warrant. Sheriff Ahern’s plans were important enough to prompt an editorial in the New York Times warning that the rules governing the deployment of drones “should guarantee the strongest protection of privacy under what promises to be a galaxy of new eyes in the sky.

The Public Protection Committee will be having a hearing on the Alameda County Sheriff’s intention to purchase and deploy a drone. Come tell them NO to DRONES in Alameda County!

Thursday, February 14th, 1:00pm
Alameda County Administration Building
1221 Oak Street
Board Chambers, Room 512, 5th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612

*Please Note: The hearing time has not yet been officially announced, but we believe start time is 1pm. We will let you know ASAP when the time is announced.

For more information about Alameda County Against Drones, find us at:
Email: nomby.drones@gmail.com
Website:
https://nomby.wordpress.com/

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/ACADrones

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/nomby

Petition:
http://www.change.org/petitions/alameda-county-sheriff-do-not-purchase-or-deploy-drones

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February 17, 2013 at 1pm – 3pm

One Market Plaza, 1 Market St
San Francisco, CA 94105
Contact: forwardonclimatebayarea@gmail.com

Join us in San Francisco to rally and march in solidarity with the huge Forward on Climate demonstration in Washington DC. Both events February 17.

Join over 50 organizations and thousands of citizens to encircle the State Department Office at One Market Plaza and: Demand that the State Department reject Keystone XL permit!

See:
http://www.350bayarea.org/

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Green VP Candidate and Homeless Advocate Cheri Honkala Hits Bay Area Circuit: San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco and Berkeley

Green Party Vice Presidential candidate and Homeless Advocate will be in the Bay Area this weekend from Sunday October 21 to Monday October 22nd. She will be participating at events in the community and at a community college in various parts of the Region.

WHEN: Sunday and Monday October 21st and 22nd
WHERE: Silicon Valley De-Bug, Da Anza College, Youth Uprising, Kahlil for Mayor Headquarters
WHO: Cheri Honkala, Green Party VP candidate and the National Coordinator for the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign

SUNDAY: Cheri Honkala will be at Silicon Valley De-Bug (
http://www.siliconvalleydebug.com
) in San Jose from 6pm-9pm. She will be joined by Hip Hop artists and community educators DLabrie (
http://www.dlabrie.com
) and Rahman Jamaal of Rondavoux Records, and the Metfizix.

MONDAY: Cheri Honkala will start the day at De Anza college in Cupertino where she will be speaking at a really for Voter Awareness month. Following this, she will be in Oakland at the screening of Brooklyn Castle being hosted by the Hip Hop Chess Federation and Youth Uprising in Oakland from 4 – 5 pm. She will then be participating on a panel discussion in San Francisco hosted by Davey D at a location yet to be determined. Cheri will be concluding her trip in Berkeley at the headquarters of Green Mayoral Candidate and founder of UC Berkley students for Hip Hop, Kahlil Jacobs Fantauzzi from 7pm-9:30 pm.

Honkala is National Coordinator for the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, one of the country’s largest multi-racial, inter-generational movements led by the poor and homeless. Compelled by her own experience as a homeless, single mom, Honkala has spent nearly three decades working directly alongside the poor to build the movement to end poverty, and has organized tens of thousands of people to take action via marches, demonstrations and tent cities.

You can get all the information on the tour at
http://www.jillstein.org

CONTACT:
Shamako Noble, Racial and Economic Justice Organizer 408-624-2999, shamakonoblemusic [at] gmail.com

http://www.dlabrie.com/

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Green Party Presidential Forum (Sat 5/12):

Roseanne Barr, Jill Stein and Kent Mesplay

Co-Sponsored by the League of Women Voters, KALW-FM’s Rose Aguilar Will Moderate

SAN FRANCISCO–Presidential candidates Roseanne Barr, Kent Mesplay and Jill Stein will face-off the evening of Saturday, May 12, as Greens all across California are getting ready to go to the polls and vote. Joining them on stage at the Victoria Theatre will be Rose Aguilar, Host of “Your Call” on KALW-FM and author of “Red Highways, A Liberal’s Journey Through the Heartland.”

Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of San Francisco, the forum is scheduled to coincide with a Green Party of California plenary May 12 and 13, also in San Francisco. California Greens will have the largest delegation heading into the Green Party’s Presidential Nominating Convention in Baltimore, Maryland, July 12-15.

Dr. Jill Stein has been endorsed by Professor Noam Chomsky

Jill Stein has run several strong campaigns in her home state of Massachusetts and has been active in the Occupy movement. Jill is a 1979 graduate of Harvard Medical School, serves on several boards, and has been active with the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy
Communities. When asked by The New York Times, “Does President Obama deserve credit for health care and other accomplishments?” Jill responded, “Small time, sure. There are minor improvements. But on the other hand, he took single-payer off the table. He absolutely took a public option off the table. As we found on issue after issue — the war, reappointing George Bush’s secretary of defense, sticking to George Bush’s timeline on Iraq, expanding the war, expanding the drone wars all over the place. And how about bringing Wall Street in, the guys who created the problem, among his first appointments. It was pretty clear right then that this was going to be business as usual on steroids. We’re certainly not more secure, more equitable, more healthy or safer internationally, with what Obama has brought.”

Roseanne Barr has been endorsed by NORML, Cynthia McKinney and Cindy Sheehan

Aside from her Emmy award winning role as a working class “domestic goddess,” Roseanne Conner, Roseanne Barr has been a champion for social justice issues for decades, supporting and bringing attention women’s rights, the legalization of marijuana and same-sex marriage, among other issues. She supports the Occupy movement and her platform focuses on the legalization of marijuana, economic reforms on Wall St., and ending war, in particular bringing peace to Israel / Palestine through the right of return for Palestinians, removal of the wall, and stopping US military funding for Israel. In her Green FAQ, Roseanne stated: “The ‘two party’ system is clearly broken. The 1 percent has two political parties—Democratic and Republican— but the 99 percent only has one: The Green Party. . . The Green Party is already well-positioned as an existing party and with the right candidate, the underlying sanity of its platform can not only reach new ears, it can change both the course of conversation in America and the course of this country itself.”

Kent Mesplay focuses on environmental issues and advocates that “sustainability is security”.

Kent Mesplay wants to help California become a national and national leader in areas critical to mitigating the effects of Global Climate Change. He calls for state and national energy independence based upon renewable energy (wind and solar), which will create jobs, help clean up the environment by reducing carbon in the atmosphere and improve our basic physical security by promoting decentralization of power. He notes the fact that when we meet our needs in a sustainable manner at home, we are less likely to concern ourselves with oil markets elsewhere. Kent also advocates solutions such as single payer health insurance, ranked choice voting and publicly funded campaigns as a move away from the current system of legalized bribery in campaigning. “In short,” Kent says, “we need good governance, we need Green values and we need to get the influence of money out of politics. And we certainly need to cut bloated Pentagon spending and waste, and enact an independent, trusted system to audit military spending.”

Details on the Presidential Forum:

Day: Saturday, May 12th
Time: 7:30-9:30 PM
Location: Victoria Theater, 2961 16th St., S.F. (one block from 16th St. BART)
Cost: $10 – 20 sliding scale
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Tickets available here
https://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/may_12_donate

The forum will be livestreamed at
http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus

See more about the Green Party’s presidential candidates here:
http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=496

For information about Rose Aguilar and her KALW-FM program “Your Call,” visithttp://www.yourcallradio.org/ and League of Women Voters of San Francisco
http://lwvsf.org/

March 2012

Wednesday March 14th, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The Wake-Up Call from Fukushima
(**NOTE: Site is not wheelchair accessible**)

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/02/28/18708336.php

Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, Education Bldg., 2nd Floor, Connie Barbour Rm., 1606 Bonita, Berkeley

http://www.bfuu.org

The Fukushima tragedy began one year ago, March 11, 2011. The international nuclear industry met and devised a plan to block media coverage shortly after the Fukushima disasters, and the Obama administration called off additional testing for radiation in the US. But UC Berkeley School of Nuclear Engineering tested and found elevated levels of radiation in SF Bay area food, milk, soil and water. Speaker Prof. Akira Murakami is fluent in English. His talk will cover: how people are still living in what should be “Exclusion Zones”; campaigns for mothers and children; radioactive contamination spreading through food and waste material; and the cover-up by the government and the media. Co-sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Cmtee and Ecological Options Network (EON):
http://www.eon3.net
Suggested donation $5-$10. No one turned away. Not wheelchair accessible. Ph:510-841-4824

Friday March 16th, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
New Film Screening of ‘A Darker Shade of Green’

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/01/18708517.php

Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall, 1924 Cedar (@Bonita), Berkeley

http://www.bfuu.org

Jeff Conant of Global Justice Ecology Project presents this new film, documenting opposition among Indigenous Peoples, forest-dependent communities and environmental justice groups around the globe, to controversial programs that claim to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) by putting forests into the carbon market. As REDD policies and programs are promoted around the world by corporations and governments, some are raising the alarm that these programs will have serious negative impacts—and will not mitigate climate change.
Watch the trailer here:

Sponsored by the Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas. For more information, call 415-924-3227 or visit:
http://www.mitfamericas.org
Suggested donation $5-$10. No one turned away. Wheelchair accessible.

Saturday, March 17th, 2012, Noon to 5:00 PM
First BBQ Community Event: Sign Up to Bring a Dish – Arroyo Park, Oakland

http://occupyoakland.org/2012/03/first-bbq-community-event-march-17th-sign-up-to-bring-a-dish/

Arroyo Park, near 77th and Bancroft in East Oakland
Occupy Oakland is planning our first BBQ and Speak Out event.There will be free medic training hosted by the People’s Community Medics, plus arts and crafts, music, a children’s village, literature, workshops, and free food. We are requesting help with side dishes and desserts from all cooks who are able to help. We plan on serving at least 400 people, so anything would be amazing. The OO Kitchen’s wish list is: salads, fruit, whole or fruit salad, desserts, snacks, side dishes, veggie options a plus (soups, lentils, pasta, rice, etc.) and juices – We have some 5 gallon containers and would like to provide healthy options such as homemade lemonade or agua frescas. Please let us know what your ideas are, how you would like to help, and what support you will need, if any. Please spread the word to others who might be interested. Also, if you are not able to lead a cooking project, but would like to help other cooks, please send an email to us and we can direct you to the main kitchen group for BBQ support. Our email is: kitchen@occupyoakland.org.
Let’s expand the Occupy Oakland community and make a beautiful meal for everyone!

Sunday March 18th, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Third Parties in American History

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/07/18708964.php

Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave. (at Alcatraz), Oakland
ISSS will present a historical view of third parties in the U.S. The Institute for Critical Study of Society (ICSS):
http://www.tifcss.org/about.htm

Monday, March 19th and Thursday, March 22nd, 6-8 pm
The Oakland Green Party Wants You! A Call for Volunteers!

https://www.facebook.com/events/199770723462189/

rsvp for location
You are most invited to share your gifts and talents with your community!
Two dates and times:
Monday, March 19, 2012 6-8 pm
Thursday, March 22, 2012 6-8 pm
Oakland Greens is running four candidates this election and we need your help!
Needed: Outreach committee members, graphic artists, phone bankers, fundraisers, web master, IT person – websiite, server management, data base support, event coordinators, Legal, Translators, Treasurers, Voter Registration. If you have experience in the above, or wish to be trained – join us! Please bring a brief resume – and let’s make change happen!!!
contact@oaklandgreens.org (510) 866-7488

http://www.oaklandgreens.org/index.html

February / Early March 2012

Now:
Watch the livestream videos of 2-9 Occupy Oakland Forum on Police Actions by Oakfosho, including repeated (& brutal) violations of police policies:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/20317373

Tue, 2-14, 6:00pm
“Make Love, Not War” events on Valentine’s Day: 6pm solidarity rally with Egypt, etc.; 6:30pm reproductive health rally; 7pm Love Oakland march. Fox Park, 19th & Telegraph Sts., Oakland. More info:
http://occupyoakland.org/2012/02/f14-make-love-not-war-event-corrections/

Tue 2-14, 4:00 & 6:45 pm
Valentines Day Actions at Morgan Stanley Oakland Branch — Join the Anti-Swap Coalition for actions to hold Morgan Stanley accountable for their draining of $1.6 million from PCCD. Gather at Snow Park across the street from 250 19th St., Oakland.

Thu, 2-16, 6:00-8:30pm
Oakland Greens Meeting, at S.F. Pizza, 1500 Broadway (at 15th St.), Oakland. More info:
http://www.oaklandgreens.org

Mon, 2-20 (Pres. Day holiday)

National Occupy Day in Support of Prisoners: 10am bus & carpool from 14th & Broadway, Oakland; 12 noon demonstration at San Quentin Prison, east gate. More info:
http://occupy4prisoners.org/

Mon, 2-20, 7:00-9:00pm
The Foreclosure Crisis: A KPFA-Flashpoints Workshop & Teach-in with C.J. Holmes & Dennis Bernstein. Suggested donation $10. Unitarian Fellowship, 1924 Cedar St., Berkeley. More info:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/02/07/18706868.php

Fri, 2-24, 6:00-8:00pm
Oakland Greens’ proposal for an Oakland Progressive Alliance — with 4 Oakland Green candidates, plus Wilson Riles, Laura Wells, Larry Shoup, Andrea Pritchett & Shawn McDougal. (And 8pm potluck). Humanist Hall, 411 28th St., Oakland. More info:
http://www.oaklandgreens.org

Wed, 2-29
Shut Down the Corporations Day: (A national action currently in over 40 cities). Locally, the 6:00 pm Funeral for Capitalism starts at 14th & Broadway, Oakland (see:
http://www.facebook.com/events/332708153425176/
). For other events, after c. 2-21, see:
http://occupyoakland.org

Thu, 3-1
Occupy Education events, including a 99 mile March for Education and Social Justice. The march will start at UC Berkeley and will culminate in Sacramento on March 5th (see below). For other 3-1 events, after c. 2-21, see: www.occupyeducationca.org

Mon, 3-5
Occupy Education events, including Occupation of the State Capitol: Thousands of students, workers, and teachers from around the state will converge on the capitol and demand universal, free public education in California, and an occupation of the capitol building will begin. More info (including transportation info): www.occupyeducationca.org

Sun, 3-11, 5:00pm
Green Sunday: A Different Way to Occupy City Hall: Participatory Budgeting in Venezuela and Oakland. Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave. (at 65th St.), Oakland. More info:
http://acgreens.wordpress.com

Green Party of Alameda County:
http://acgreens.wordpress.com

Occupy Berkeley:
http://occupyberkeley.org

Occupy Oakland:
http://occupyoakland.org

January / Early February 2012

Mon, 1-16, 4:30-5:30pm
Special “Tax the Rich and Big Corporations” rally on the Martin Luther King Holiday, Top of Solano Ave., Berkeley (In front of the closed Oaks Theater). More info:
http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/11/15/before-occupy-oakland-came-the-protesters-of-solano-ave/

Tue, 1-17, 4:30 rally and 5:30pm “occupation”
Occupy Oakland City Council, City Hall (14th & Broadway). In coordination with “Occupy Congress”. More info:
http://occupyoakcitycouncil.wordpress.com
and
http://www.occupyyourcongress.info/

Thu, 1-19, 6:00-8:30pm
Oakland Greens Meeting, at S.F. Pizza, 1500 Broadway (at 15th St.), Oakland. More info:
http://www.oaklandgreens.org

Fri, 1-20, 8:00-11:00am
Occupy the Courts: End Corporate Personhood, Federal Building, 1301 Clay St. (between 13th and 14th Sts.), Oakland (And continuing in S.F. at Noon). More info:
http://occupyoaklandcourts.org
and:
http://movetoamend.org/occupythecourts

Sat, 1-21, 10:00am-6:00pm
“5 Ideas for Occupy” Bay Area Convergence, Unitarian Fellowship, 1924 Cedar St., Berkeley. More info:
http://occupii.org/events/5-ideas-bay-area-convergence

Sat, 1-28, 10:00am-4:00pm
“What California Can Learn from Latin America”, with Cindy Sheehan, Laura Wells, Martin Sanchez, Andres Soto, David Cobb, and many others; Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland (between Telegraph and Broadway). More info:
http://www.eastbaysocialforum.org/
.

Sat, 2-4, 10:30am-2:00pm
Green Party of California Regional Voter Registration Training with Joe Louis Wildman (Hoffman), Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave. (at 65th St.), Oakland. More info:
http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/voter_registration_training

Tue, 2-7, 9:00am
Hearing for the Green Party of Alameda County’s Lawsuit to Stop the “Top Two” Primary (Proposition 14), County Building, 1221 Oak St., Dept. 16 (between 12th and 13th Sts.), Oakland. More info: Michael Rubin, (510) 436-3722.

Sun, 2-12, 5:00pm
Green Sunday: “Defending Public Education the Occupy Way”, Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave. (at 65th St.), Oakland

Past Green Events
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GREEN CAMPAIGN 2008:

A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE THAT MATTERS

Held in San Francisco’s historic Herbst Theater on January 13th, 2008

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!

It was a brilliant event! 800 attendees, nearly a full house, in one of the nicest venues in San Francisco, the historic Herbst. All the candidates appeared at their best, and were exceptional on stage. All great spokespersons, and fine examples of the Green movement. The Great Green Debate made the local TV news and newspapers, and was mentioned on Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now. Thanks to Mike Feinstein’s crew, it is now available in documentary format on YouTube (see below). And KPFA radio’s full 3-hour taping of the event, with Green MC Aimee Allison and political analyst Larry Bensky was aired Tuesday night, 1/15, at 7 pm (Pacific Time), on 94.1 FM in the Bay Area, and streamed for the world online at www.kpfa.org . You can download the podcast of that show at www.kpfa.org/greenparty2008 and see for yourself what the Green Party can look like, in the proper setting. Superb!

First round of photos can be seen at www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/13/18472234.php

Tian Harter’s photos and commentary now at
http://tian.greens.org/GreenParty/PrimaryDebate08/index.html

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DEBATE VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE

FIRST 8 MIN SEGMENT – WELCOMING REMARKS