Movement School For Revolutionaries

Richmond Progressive Alliance, Saturday, June 24th, 2017

This conference is sure to be an inspiring journey for all in attendance. This is our opportunity to come together and shake off the dust from the 2016 election season and start anew with a revived and refreshed determination to transform the political ground under our feet!

Check out these sample agenda items and let us know what you think!

Explore the context we are operating in, under our present political reality, and flesh out the “norms” embedded in our cultural assumptions.

See you June 24th at RPA in Richmond! (2540 MacDonald Avenue, Richmond, CA).

MLK Day Actions:
Haiti Solidarity Rally AND Reclaim MLK’s Radical Legacy March!

The Green Party of Alameda County has endorsed, and encourages you to attend, two of the Monday, January 16th events:

Haiti Solidarity Rally
10:00 am
Oakland Federal Building
1301 Clay Street, Oakland

March to Oscar Grant Plaza for MLK Day March. Stand with the valiant people of Haiti as they resist US occupation and foreign exploitation. Heed the call for solidarity from 68 Haitian grassroots organizations!

Reclaiming King’s Radical Legacy March
11:00 am
Oscar Grant Plaza
14th Street and Broadway, Oakland

The third annual march to #ReclaimMLK, also launches #120Hours of direct actions of protest and resistance leading up to the January 20th inauguration of Donald Trump.
More info is here:
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/01/02/18795059.php
https://www.facebook.com/events/1717763311842240/
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=68pdcjhtndvmg3f3c31r90cooc@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles

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On Saturday, October 22nd at 6 pm, You Are Invited to Attend:

Jill Stein’s Final Bay Area Rally!

The Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave, Berkeley, California 94704

Please join us for Jill’s last Bay Area Rally for 2016! Come dressed in your favorite Stein/Baraka gear & get ready to celebrate!!

SPEAKERS:

Dr. Jill Stein, Ramy Khalil, David Cobb, Kor Element, YahNe Ndgo, A.J. Hill, and Erik Rydberg

BART: We encourage everyone to take Bart if possible. Downtown Berkeley Station is 10 short minutes away from the venue by foot.

CAR: Limited street parking & fee lots are available in the area.

DIRECTIONS: Only 1 block from campus, Berkeley City Club serves UC Berkeley for events and hotel. It has a buzzer at the door — proceed to the Second Floor, turn left for the event room, ballroom door on right hand side. This building has a downstairs theater and there will be a play in progress during our rally, so we ask attendees to be respectful with noise while entering and exiting the building. No outside food permitted at the venue. Berkeley City Club (BCC) was built in 1929 and served as a Women’s Club for 36 years.

ADA compliant entrance available. Elevator on premises.

We recommend people start arriving around 5:30 pm-5:45 pm. Event starts at 6 pm.

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On Thursday Evening, October 6th, You’re Invited to Attend:

Revolutionary Politics, Poetry, and Music with Jill Stein!

The Chapel, 777 Valencia St, San Francisco, 6 pm

Guest presenters will include:

The Revolutionary Poets Brigade

S.F. Poet Laureates

Jack Hirschman and Alejandro Murguia

and

Green Party Supervisor candidate

Francisco Herrera

Please RSVP:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/revolutionary-politics-poetry-music-with-jill-stein-and-francisco-herrera-tickets-27869417177?ref=estw

Facebook Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/177872895983442/

This event is free. Donations to both campaigns will be collected on-site.

San Francisco Green Party www.sfgreenparty.org
Organizer of Revolutionary Politics Poetry & Music with Jill Stein and Francisco Herrera

Jill will also appear in Oakland earlier in the day on the 6th: https://greennewworldevent.com/

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Rally in Berkeley with Jill Stein!

Where: Main Berkeley Post Office, 2000 Allston Way
When: Friday June 3rd, 4:30 – 5:30 pm

We’re MOBILIZING to let Voters and the Department of unJustice know about postal and public justice.

PRESERVATION OF BERKELEY’S MAIN POST OFFICE and other public resources in the face of privatization by high-profit corporations

DEFENSE OF UNION JOBS as USPS attempts to move postal services to Staples

WISE USE OF COMMON SPACE – Resiliance after destruction of our community information, clothing, book, plant and seed sharing center

ACCESS TO THE BERKELEY POST OFFICE COMMUNITY GARDEN -Remove the ugly metal postal police fence

SUPPORT TINY HOMES INITIATIVE and FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE HOMELESS protesters under legal attack as pro-developer politicians criminalize homelessness

PROMOTE POSTAL BANKING – no more bail outs, debt slavery, private banking fraud

POLITICAL VOICE/ACTION in the face of corporate control of government and media

Join us for MUSIC with Hali Hammer and postal worker activist Dave Welsh

And Other Speakers:
• Mike Wilson from Berkeley Post Office Defenders • Shirley Taylor, national business agent for the American Postal Workers Union • Jesse Arreguin, Berkeley City Council member, with updates on Dept of Justice threat • Update of community garden with over the fence seed ball planting • Mike Zint, from First They Came for the Homeless– direct action post office presence

https://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/

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Give the Earth a Chance: Meet, Eat, Drink and Dance, Oct 10th

Silkwood Affinity Group of the Sunflower Alliance invites you to have fun and help save life on Earth, too!

Help us purchase AC Transit bus billboards to publicize 2 events:
Northern California Climate Mobilization Action, November 21 and the Paris UN Climate Conference (COP 21), early December

Enjoy an Indian dinner, entertainment, singing, dancing, and live auction. $20 donation requested. To reserve a seat, including dinner, please RSVP by October 8 at http://tinyurl.com/qzd72hu

TICKETS
To reserve a seat, including price of dinner, please visit our event page before October 1.

Do you have items to donate for our live auction?
Contact Eric at 510-834-1185 or ericw790@gmail.com

For questions, including volunteer opportunities, please contact Suzanne (see below).

Download flyer (2 on 8½ x 11. PDF)

WHEN

October 10, 2015 at 5:30pm – 10pm

WHERE

Redwood Gardens
2951 Derby St
Berkeley, CA 94705
United States
Google map and directions

CONTACT

Suzanne · suzannebakerarch@gmail.com · 510-708-5550

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September 19 – Kshama Sawant and Chris Hedges speaking in Oakland!

Tickets are just $10 – click here!

Please join Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant at a rally in Oakland for her re-election campaign! Mark your calendar now! RSVP on Facebook

From the streets of Baltimore to the growing movement for a $15 minimum wage, consistent protests are erupting against the endemic inequality and racism generated by Wall Street and their social system. With growing anger at the corporate policies of both main political parties, millions are looking for an alternative.

Since her election in 2013, Councilmember Sawant has led the opposition to the corporate agenda in the Pacific Northwest. An unapologetic fighter for working people, she refuses all corporate donations and accepts only the average worker’s wage, giving the rest of her salary back to social movements. Despite being a city councilmember, she has risked arrest in order to stand with workers fighting for a living wage in Sea-Tac and environmentalists blockading coal trains. Her re-election will inspire more oppressed people to fight for our rights, and it will prove again that it is completely possible to elect candidates who reject corporate cash.

Kshama Sawant has inspired movements across the country. That is why corporations across the country are funding her opponents’ campaigns. We in the Bay Area absolutely need to support her historic re-election. She cannot get re-elected without our active support. Mark your calendar, invite your friends, and join us at this rally and fundraiser!

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This Saturday, Strike Debt Bay Area Hosts a DEBTORS’ ASSEMBLY in Oakland

If I owe the bank thousands, the bank owns me; but if, together, we owe the banks trillions, then we own the banks.

When: Saturday, June 6, from 2:30 to 5:00PM

Where: Omni Commons Ballroom, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland (at 48th Street)

In debt? Outraged by the debt system? Join the growing resistance!

You are not a loan! Attend the 4th Strike Debt Bay Area’s Debtors’ Assembly!

Come to the Assembly to learn about tools for escaping the closing walls of debt, to share resources and skills, and to magnify our assembled energy. As we share our experiences we can begin to take back from the financiers what they have taken from us….. our freedom and our future.

Organized by Strike Debt Bay Area: Facebook, Website, Twitter

More information:
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/05/13/18772270.php
strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com
Strike Debt Bay Area is affiliated with strikedebt.org, rollingjubilee.org, and debtcollective.org
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Judi Bari Day is May 24

This Sunday, May 24, 2015, is the 25th anniversary of the attack on Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney by car bomb in Oakland in 1990 as Redwood Summer dawned.

The Judi Bari Day event at the Berkeley U-U Fellowship Hall (1924 Cedar at Bonita) will feature special guest performer LAURIE LEWIS, legendary songwriter, fiddler and vocalist.

Doors open at 7 PM; the program begins at 7:30

After comments and updates by musician and film-maker DARRYL CHERNEY and others, the documentary film “WHO BOMBED JUDI BARI?” will be screened.

Karen Pickett will host the program, and facilitate a Q & A session after the film.

Earlier in the day on May 24, people will gather to mark the moment and place where the bomb blew up. The location is across from the intersection of E. 33rd and Park Blvd, in front of Oakland High. Gather 11:30 am—12:30 (the explosion was close to 12 noon). Bring signs, songs, drums for a speak out and commemoration.

Background:
A bomb planted in a car exploded in Oakland on May 24, 1990, injuring EF! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney. Judi was nearly killed. The FBI & OPD called the pair bomb-carrying terrorists, & proceeded to smear them and Earth First! as the Redwood Summer campaign was kicked off. The activists sued the FBI & Oakland Police for violation of Constitutional rights, and 12 years later, won an unprecedented victory against the FBI and OPD. Judi died of breast cancer in 1997. The bomber was never found, but the investigation continues TO THIS DAY.

Info: bach@HeadwatersPreserve.org or 510-548-3113.

Sponsored by the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian-Universalists, the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters and Earth First!

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Capitalism vs. the Climate: Naomi Klein on the Need for a New Economic Model to Address the Ecological Crisis

Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7 pm
Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library
6501 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA

Join the Northern California System Change not Climate Change chapter in watching the film interview of Naomi Klein by Amy Goodman from Democracy Now (September 18, 2014).

After the film we will discuss her ideas and her recent book, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, by Naomi Klein.

From http://thischangeseverything.org:

“Forget everything you think you know about global warming. The really inconvenient truth is that it’s not about carbon—it’s about capitalism. The convenient truth is that we can seize this existential crisis to transform our failed economic system and build something radically better.”

In her most provocative book yet, Naomi Klein tackles the most profound threat humanity has ever faced: the war our economic model is waging against life on earth. We have been told it’s impossible to get off fossil fuels when in fact we know exactly how to do it—it just requires breaking every rule in the “free-market” playbook: reining in corporate power, rebuilding local economies, and reclaiming our democracies.

We have also been told that humanity is too greedy and selfish to rise to this challenge. In fact, all around the world, the fight for the next economy and against reckless extraction is already succeeding in ways both surprising and inspiring. Climate change, Klein argues, is a civilizational wake-up call, a powerful message delivered in the language of fires, floods, storms, and droughts. Confronting it is no longer about changing the light bulbs. It’s about changing the world—before the world changes so drastically that no one is safe.   Either we leap—or we sink.

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Rally to Save the Berkeley Post Office!

https://occupyoakland.org/ai1ec_event/rally-save-berkeley-post-office/
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WHEN: Saturday, November 1, 2014 @ 10:30 am – 9:30 pm

WHERE: Downtown Berkeley Post Office steps, 2000 Allston Way, Berkeley,CA 94704

The Downtown Berkeley Post Office could be sold at any time now! Come rally to show support and plan the resistance!

[A detailed explanation of why it is now in imminent danger of being sold is at this link.]

MOBILIZATION!

HELP STOP THE SALE!

Sat. Nov. 1, 2014 2000 Allston Way on the steps of the

Berkeley Post Office

It’s now in contract TO BE STOLEN!

The fate of the downtown Berkeley Post Office has reached a crisis point. The transfer of the building to private ownership may be only days away. For this reason, Berkeley Post Office Defenders call for a collaborative mobilization of all those who oppose the threat of privatization. Individuals and organizations will gather to share music, establish an ongoing direct action presence, and provide updates and support for political and legal action including:

– An injunction to Stop the Sale

– Postal banking

– Preservation of historic public property

– Boycott Staples profitization of postal services

Massive Rally, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm,

1^ST Action: Sponsored by Save the Berkeley Post Office

For more information please go to http://www.savethebpo.com

Jam the Sale, 1 pm till 10 pm

2^nd Action: Coordinated by Berkeley Post Office Defenders, berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com

“Come play music! Bring instruments — including your singing voice, spoken word and dancing body. We will not allow our Post Office to be sold, and nothing can sustain persistent resistance like music. We will play until USPS stops pretending not to hear us say that our Post Office is not for sale!” You’re welcome to pre-schedule at http://tinyurl.com/mlxgpff

Direct Action Presence, (bring your pillows)

3^rd Action: in Collaboration with First They Came for the Homeless
www.facebook.com/pages/First-they-came-for-the-homeless/253882908111999

It’s time to establish and support a physical presence at the Downtown Berkeley Post Office. By taking direct action to defend our public goods, we affirm our reasons for living in community by sharing our energy and resources for the benefit of all.

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NorCal People’s Climate Rally

9/21/2014

Help us make history on September 21. In a few weeks time, the People’s Climate March – the largest climate march in history – will take place in New York City. We invite you to show your support and join us here, at the NorCal People’s Climate Rally happening in Oakland on the same day.

Sunday Sept 21st, 2 – 5 pm

Lake Merritt Amphitheater

It will be a family-friendly event, on the shore of Oakland’s Lake Merritt, just a few short blocks from the Lake Merritt BART station.

For more information see: http://bayareasept21-350bayarea.nationbuilder.com/
Come one, come all!

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EXPLODING OIL TRAINS IN FREMONT?

What You Need to Know About the Oil Trains

Slated for the Tri-Cities

A presentation and community organizing meeting:

Thursday September 11, 2014: 7:00-9:00 pm.

Fremont Senior Center

40086 Paseo Padre Parkway

Fremont, CA

This event is free of charge, though donations will help to defray rental costs.

WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT Since much of the public doesn’t know that mile-long trains of tank cars carrying oil are likely to start running along the East Bay urban corridor, right through the Tri-Cities, the main purpose is to inform the public about these prospects—and about these trains in general. And once informed, those attending will choose among possible plans of action. Learn more at the event website: http://eotif.weebly.com/

THE MAIN SPONSORING NON-PROFIT GROUP
Citizens Against Hazardous Oil Trains (CAHOT) – the group’s Steering Committee includes the following Tri-City residents, all of them known for their civic involvement:

· Vinnie Bacon, Fremont City Councilperson and long-time environmental leader;

· Jane Bark, organizer and activist in Fremont and Tri-Cities;

· Bruce Cates, Fremont (Niles) programmer, organizer, and activist; President of Local Ecology and Agriculture Fremont (LEAF) in Niles;

· Paul W. Rea, Ph.D, Newark author, organizer, and activist;

· Rev. Jeff Spencer, Senior Pastor, Discovery Church, Niles; event programmer and activist in Fremont and the Tri-Cities.

GOALS FOR THE TOWN MEETING

–To promote awareness of the hazards involved with the oil trains projected to be coming through the East Bay Corridor—and through Fremont.

–To encourage those in attendance to see the relationship of oil trains to the boom in gas and oil production enabled by hydraulic fracking, and to climate change.

–To empower those attending to move from awareness of climate change to local action.

PLANNED PROGRAM

1. First Speaker’s Presentation (30 min.)

What the crude oil trains involve and why people should be concerned about them (the hazards and dangers, the public-safety issues, etc.) Speaker is Jess Dervin-Ackerman, a dynamic activist who deals with the crude oil trains as well as other energy issues. She’s the Conservation Program coordinator at the Sierra Club’s San Francisco Bay Chapter who regularly conducts workshops in the East Bay.

2. Second Speaker’s Presentation (30 min.)

How the spike in oil trains is connected to the U.S. energy boom and to global climate change: what will be the consequences of burning all this fossil fuel? Confirmed speaker will be Diane Bailey, Senior Scientist, Health and Environment Program, at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in San Francisco.

3. Attendee Involvement with Additional Learning (60 min.)

Participants will move into small groups of their choosing – such as “Reaching Out to Other Groups,” “Organizing Neighborhood Meetings,” “Engaging Public Officials,” “Connecting with Broader Efforts to Oppose Fossil Fuels,” “Getting Media Coverage,” and “Using Social Media for a Better Environment” – to further engage the issues raised by the speakers.

FOCUS

You can learn more about the oil trains that are proposed to be coming through the Tri-Cities at these links:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/03/11/trains-carrying-fracked-oil-could-pass-through-more-bay-area-cities-report-says/

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/03/26/berkeley-city-council-votes-to-oppose-crude-by-rail-plan/

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2014/03/26/richmond-and-berkeley-oppose-fracked-oil-and-tar-sands-rail-shipments).

You will learn much more at the event.

CO-SPONSORS FOR THE EVENT (as of August 10, 2014)

– Tri-City Ecology Center

– Tri-City Perspectives (one of the sponsors of the Second Saturday Documentary Film Series)

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Hello all,

Please see below for details of the signature part event for Jason Anderson our mayoral candidate. I am providing hot dogs and burgers – probably noodle salad! If others could bring – drinks, vegetable dishes for veggie lovers :) and /or help out at the grill – I would be very grateful!I have been informed that Randy Menjivar will be running for city council in his district, I have put out the word to him and hope that he, too will be present for signature gathering.

I hope as many Greens as possible stop by and sign – the deadline is soon approaching and we want to be sure our candidates have all the signatures that they need.

Hope to see you all then…

L. Samsarah Morgan DD Cht

Nia Healing Center,Birth Professionals of the Bay Area,
Bay Area Birth Keeper Doulas,
Oakland Better Birth Foundation

510-393-7380 – cell

510-655-8045– fax

Hello Oakland and Alameda Greens

You are cordially invited

To a signature party

for

Green Party Mayoral Candidate

Jason “ Shake “ Anderson

at :

The Home of Samsarah Morgan

370 45th Street

Oakland, CA 94609
Saturday August 2, 2014

5 pm – 8pm

Please join us for BBQ hot dogs and burgers!

Please bring other registered voters and your pen!

See you then!

For information on Jason’s campaign

and to donate or volunteer:

www.townmayor.nationbuilder.com

510-221-7609

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RALPH NADER

WILL SPEAK ON THE STEPS OF THE

DOWNTOWN BERKELEY POST OFFICE

ABOUT THE POST OFFICE, PRIVATIZATION OF OUR PUBLIC GOODS

AND SERVICES & THE FIGHT TO DISMANTLE THE CORPORATE STATE

TUESDAY, JULY 29^th

MUSIC FROM 2:00 PM TALK AT 2:30 PM

2000 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA

“Postmaster General Donahoe has demonstrated that he lacks the political courage to stand up to Congress and tell them that they caused this mess and they need to fix it. Instead, time after time, he has chosen to take the easy road and dismantle the USPS piece by piece – whether it is by cutting post office hours, closing post offices, cutting service and delivery standards, increasing postage rates, or now ending Saturday delivery.”

– Ralph Nader, February 6^th, 2013.

More info: http://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/

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2014 Berkeley Tenants Convention

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
What: 2014 Berkeley Tenants Convention
Where: 2939 Ellis Street, Berkeley – South Berkeley Senior Center
When: Sunday, JULY 13, 2014 at 1:30 PM
Info: http://berkeleytenantsconvention.net/
Contact: berkeleytenantconvention@gmail.com (510) 982-6696
There will be childcare.
Berkeley, California,
SELECT A PROGRESSIVE, PRO-TENANT RENT BOARD SLATE ON JULY 13, 2014

The Berkeley Tenants Convention will be held on Sunday, July 13th, at 1:30 pm at the South Berkeley Senior Center. All Berkeley residents are invited to this historic grassroots event, where we will select the progressive Rent Board slate for the November 2014 ballot.

Three Greens will be among the candidates who hope to get the slate endorsement of the Convention.

The Tenants Convention, also called the Berkeley Affordable Housing Convention, has selected a slate of candidates for the Rent Stabilization Board for over 20 years. In 2012, 208 residents came to the convention and cast their votes. Groups like the Green Party of Alameda, Berkeley Citizens Action and the Grey Panthers support the convention and provide screeners to rate the candidates.

In 2012, the Rent Board race was the most hotly contested since vacancy decontrol in the 1990s. The Progressive Slate was opposed by “Tenants United for Fairness,” candidates funded primarily by apartment owners, realtors and executives from property management firms. In the end, three Progressive candidates and one TUFF member were elected. Following the race, several Fair Campaign Practices complaints and one lawsuit were filed.

Rents are rising all over the Bay Area, and people are finding it hard to afford housing here. More and more people are moving from San Francisco to the East Bay, accelerating the increasing cost of rentals. Renters’ rights have never been more important to protect and expand. “The convention is a real community process where people come together and have a voice and a vote in selecting a strong progressive slate for the Berkeley Rent Board,” said Berkeley Councilmember Jesse Arreguin.

This year there are five Rent Board Commissioner vacancies. At the convention, each aspiring commissioner will share their experience, philosophy, and goals. After everyone has spoken, the attendees will vote.

Homeowners, renters and smart landlords are invited to participate in this longstanding and unique Berkeley event, and help us find the most qualified candidates. All Berkeley residents who arrive by 2:00 pm and remain to hear candidates’ speeches will be offered a ballot. Residents cannot vote by proxy.

A $10 donation is requested to help pay for the room. Childcare is provided. Those who are unable to contribute are welcome to contact us in advance to volunteer at the event or during the subsequent campaign. For more information, please contact us at berkeleytenantconvention@gmail.com or
(510) 982-6696

We are also on facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1483495435199797/
www.berkeleytenantconvention.net

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You are invited!

Ellen Brown and Laura Wells are scheduled to speak at events in Seaside, Richmond, Sacramento, Oakland and San Francisco between Thursday, May 22 and Monday, May 26. Hope to see you at one, or more.

Ellen Brown is the Green no-corporate-money candidate for California Treasurer on June 3, 2014, and is the author of Web of Debt and The Public Bank Solution, from Austerity to Prosperity. Ellen has a wealth of information about Public Banking (and lots of other things) and she’s fun to be around!

May 22, Thursday, 7:00 pm — Seaside, CA — Candidates for State Office, presenting Cindy Sheehan for Governor, Ellen Brown for Treasurer, and Laura Wells for Controller. LOCATION: Monterey College of Law, 100 Col. Durham St., Seaside, CA, in Monterey County.

May 23, Friday, 7:00 – 9:00 pm — Richmond, CA — Green Party Candidates Night, presenting Ellen Brown for Treasurer and Laura Wells for Controller. Richmond is the biggest city in the country with a Green Party mayor. Gayle McLaughlin and her no-corporate-money colleagues stand up to Chevron and Wall Street banks. LOCATION: 1021 McDonald Ave, Richmond, CA.

May 24, Saturday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm — Sacramento, CA — March Against Monsanto, march and rally. Speakers include Luis Rodriguez for Governor, Ellen Brown for Treasurer, and Laura Wells for Controller. Speakers, entertainment, Green Party table and more. LOCATION of rally: North Steps of the California State Capitol, Sacramento, CA.

May 25, Sunday, 6:00 – 8:00 pm — Oakland, CA — Meet-and-Greet — Laura Wells for Controller will present Ellen Brown for Treasurer, plus other candidates and officials who will be in attendance. Light snacks and light (optional) fundraising. LOCATION: RSVP to laurawells2014@gmail.com for address.

May 26, Monday, 6:00 – 9:00 pm — San Francisco, CA — SF Occupy Forum, “There Are Solutions: Hear from 5 Green Party Candidates for June 3rd Election,” presenting Luis Rodriguez for Governor, Jena Goodman for Lt. Governor, Laura Wells for Controller, Ellen Brown for Treasurer, and Barry Hermanson, SF/District 12 candidate for US Congress. LOCATION: 215 Golden Gate between Hyde & Leavenworth, San Francisco.

Hope you can come! Please post and forward. See also, for your voting pleasure on June 3, 2014:

VOTER GUIDE — NO-CORPORATE-MONEY CANDIDATES
~ If corporate-financed candidates win, you don’t! ~

Statewide No-Corporate-Money Candidates

Luis Rodriguez, Governor
~and~
Cindy Sheehan, Governor

Jena Goodman, Lt. Governor
~and~
Amos Johnson, Lt. Governor

David Curtis, Secretary of State

Jonathan Jaech, Attorney General

Laura Wells, Controller

Ellen Brown, Treasurer

Nathalie Hrizi, Insurance Commissioner

Congressional No-Corporate-Money Candidates

Barry Hermanson, District 12 (SF)
~and~
Frank Lara, District 12 (SF)

Michael Powelson, District 30 (LA)

Ian Sachs, District 33 (LA)
~and~
Marianne Williamson, District 33 (LA)

Howard Johnson, District 34 (LA)

California Legislature No-Corporate-Money Candidates

Jack Lindblad, State Senate (LA)

Pamela Elizondo, State Assembly, District 2 (North Counties)

Eugene Ruyle, State Assembly, District 15 (East Bay)

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Laura Wells on Public Banking: Updates on Postal Banking and the Post Office Predicament (3/29)

Saturday March 29
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Downtown Berkeley Post Office
2000 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA

At noon on Saturday March 29th, Laura Wells, candidate for California State Controller, endorsed by the Green Party of California, will speak on the issue of public banking. She will be followed by comments on recent happenings around the possibility of Post Office banking and financial services, updates on where things stand with the (possibly imminent) sale of the Berkeley Post Office, the campaign against the outsourcing of Post Office jobs to Staples, music, letter-writing and more.

The first item in Wells’ platform is

Implement a Publicly-Owned State Bank for California

Determine the best option or options for a successful implementation of a State Bank, and get started on it. Day one.

Come eat at the Farmer’s Market a block away, join us, get caught up, and enjoy a beautiful Spring day in Berkeley.

Music by Hali Hammer & Dave Welsh.

Other updates about efforts to save our Post Office:

~ March 11 hearing with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
~ Status of the proposed Zoning Overlay Ordinance.
~ Protests at Staples Stores, ongoing.
~ Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s proposed moratorium on selling historic Post Offices.
~ Legal actions, and invoices outstanding. Plans for a lawsuit. ~ Bring your lunch.

Sponsored by Berkeley Post Office Defenders.

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Sat (3/22): Tom Neilson, Music for Social Change in Redwood City

Award winning song-writer, Tom Neilson brings his satire and social commentary to the Redwood City UU on Saturday, March 22 at 8:00 PM. Tom will be performing songs of wit and poignancy, to include autobiographical sketches you won’t want to miss. Come hear his takes on same sex marriage, contraception, lost love, alternative love, distance love, environmental love, human rights love, a love for peace, and more.

Tom is known for decades of peace and justice work and has converted these experiences into 21 awards and nominations to include a 2011 IMA Song of the Year Award, winning at the Kerrville and South Florida Folk Festivals, JPF International awards for songs and CDs, MASC Silver Award, plus four songs at number 1 on the Soundclick music charts. He has performed in 21 countries on 5 continents, and his music has been used in 9 documentaries and numerous stage and street theater productions.

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The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is located at 2124 Brewster, Redwood City

Show starts at 8PM
$20 Donation; $15 seniors; $5 youth
Co-sponsored by Social Action Committee of UUFRC and GPSMC
Light refreshments will be served

For more info: (650) 574-7155

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What are others have said about him:

“He does a great job of reminding people of what is really important, and the power of folk music to say it.” — Michael Stock of WLRN, Miami

“Politically cutting-edge, incisive, warm, & very funny; Raucous political satire &, quick wit; had everyone laughing & engaged.” — Cathy Gilbert, Miami Greens

“Marvelous wit, endlessly creative, the storyteller’s storyteller.” — Layne Longfellow, Prescott Unitarians, AZ

“The precision of his lyrics, his long history as an activist, his touching on current issues, and his spoken word – Oh, and he’s hilarious.” — Joannes Werner, SEYM

“Creative & compelling; skewers the outrageous behavior of the greedy & powerful in corporations, the media & government.” — People’s Voice Café, NYC

VIDEO: Tom Neilson at Freedom Square October2011.org

For more information about the concert, or other opportunities to get involved with the Green Party, see our website at www.cagreens.org/sanmateo.Looking forward to seeing you,

Your Green Party of San Mateo County Council

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A Special Evening with Luis Rodriguez and Laura Wells

Thursday, Feb. 6th, 2014

You are invited to a special “Meet and Greet / Fundraiser” with

the Green Party’s Governor candidate Luis Rodriguez and

our State Controller candidate Laura Wells.

More info about them is on their website:

http://rodriguezforgovernor.org/

and http://laurawells.org/

Please remember to bring your checkbook!

Thursday, February 6, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

At Laura Wells’ community house, 351 Santa Clara Ave, Oakland

2 blocks northwest of the Grand Lake Theatre

Please RSVP if you can come: laurawells2014@gmail.com or 510-225-4005

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Tuesday Rally in Oakland: Governor Brown, Don’t Frack California

(message from Zack Malitz, Campaign Manager, CREDO Action from Working Assets)

$dont_frack_ca_180$ Governor Brown’s administration is holding hearings on a study of fracking’s risks to California. CREDO and our allies are organizing a rally at Tuesday’s hearing in Oakland to call on the governor to stop fracking California.

What: Rally and Hearing to tell Governor Brown: Don’t Frack California!
When: Tuesday, December 10th. Rally at 5:30 p.m., Hearing from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Where: Oakland Convention Center, 550 10th Street, Oakland, CA 94607

This Tuesday, we have a major opportunity to mobilize and pressure Governor Brown to ban fracking in California.

Governor Brown’s administration is holding a public hearing on its planned environmental study of the risks that fracking poses to California. We’re working with our allies to organize a rally outside of the hearing to make it clear that we’re opposed to fracking in California.

Unfortunately, Governor Brown has put the cart before the horse in deciding whether to frack California. Instead of waiting for the state to study the risks posed by fracking, Governor Brown has allowed fracking to expand unchecked before we have any assurance that it is safe.

It’s bad enough that Governor Brown’s proposed fracking regulations will not protect California communities or the climate from fracking.1 That these regulations will be completed before the state finishes studying fracking is downright reckless and a shocking about-face for Governor Brown, who has built his legacy in part on being an environmental champion.

For info see: Lauren Sommer, “What California’s New Fracking Rules Would Do (And Not Do),” KQED, November 15, 2013

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STRIKE DEBT BAY AREA’s Debtors’ Assembly

Saturday, November 23, 2013, starting at 2:00 PM
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Fellowship Hall
1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley (wheelchair accessible)

Learn how to participate in a growing debt resistance movement.

DEBT keeps us isolated, ashamed, and afraid – of becoming homeless, of going hungry, of being crippled or killed by treatable illness, or of being trapped in poverty-level jobs. Those facing foreclosure, medical debt, student debt, or credit card debt feel alone, hounded by debt collectors, and forced into unrewarding work to keep up with payments.

Join us for Strike Debt Bay Area’s third Debtors’ Assembly, where we will come together to understand debt in this modern society of ours and how to fight it collectively. This event is generously sponsored by the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Committee. .

This Debtors’ Assembly will be an opportunity for people to come together, gain an understanding of how debt works, share their own debt experiences, and work on various ways to change the unjust debt system and begin to organize debt resistance.

ORGANIZATION INFO: Strike Debt Bay Area is the local chapter of Strike Debt, an international movement of groups working to build popular resistance to all forms of unjust debt. Strike Debt has organized the Rolling Jubilee, the Debt Resistors Operations Manual, and local debtors’ assemblies.

Strike Debt supports the creation of just and sustainable economies, based on mutual aid, common goods, and public affluence. We owe the financial institutions nothing. It is to our friends, families and community that we owe everything.

Saturday’s Agenda will include:

-Discussion and analysis of the Rolling Jubilee and the recent medical debt buy

-Updates on Strike Debt Bay Area’s current project including: Berkeley Post Office sale direct action, Debtors’ Union, Student Debt, Eminent Domain/Foreclosure, and more!

-Personal testimony about debt experience. Feel free to share as much or as little as you are comfortable. This is a safe space for us to shirk the stigma that is associated with what has become our ubiquitous debt.

We’ll also be talking about next steps in small groups. Please bring your ideas and curiosity!

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Time to Get A New Sheriff and District Attorney!

From evictions and racial profiling to the treatment of immigrants
and civil liberties, our current Sheriff and District Attorney do not
represent Alameda County.

Voice Your Own Grievances at a Town Hall Meeting.
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013, 7:00 PM

South Berkeley Senior Center (Near Ashby BART)
2939 Ellis Street, Berkeley***

Speakers:
Wilson Riles, former Oakland City Councilmember;
Principal, Seven Generations Consulting
Dan Siegel, civil rights attorney, former aide to Mayor Quan,
former School Board Member
Brooke Anderson, Labor Fellow, Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project,
Santa Rita arrestee
Rev. Daniel Buford, Pastor, Allen Temple Baptist Church; Participant,
Facing Urban Shield

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Demand Justice!
It’s Time to Get Rid of DA O’Malley and Sheriff Ahern!

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Just a few things a new District Attorney could do:

Investigations into wage theft, abuses by creditors, foreclosure fraud and environmental crimes.
Voice support for improved crime labs, removal of police from schools
Refusal of prosecution for drug possession or use.
Voice opposition to curfews, arrests of school children, solitary confinement of children.
Independent investigations of police misconduct.
Keeping costs down by not keeping low level offenders in jail awaiting prosecution decisions

Just a few things a new Sheriff could do:

No cooperation on ICE raids and no use of ICE holds.
Abandon the pursuit of the acquisition of drones.
Refusal to participate in homeowner evictions.
Keeping costs down by using ‘cite and release’ to keep low-level offenders out of jail
An independent, unbiased Coroner’s Office.

Sponsored by: Representation for the People, a coalition of Alameda County Progressive Organizations.
For More Information: Represent4tp@gmail.com (website coming!)
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Support the legal battle to save our post office

Plan on attending a benefit at Berkeley’s Hillside Club

http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=1f9694cfb499690301a4159a2&id=8a7f3f026c&e=9ebbacfaca

7 pm, Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Halt the Heist! Support the legal effort to save historic post offices.
Who Owns Our Post Offices, and Who Sells Them While the Nation Sleeps?
with Dr. Gray Brechin and Attorney Adam Ford

Dr. Gray Brechin will update us on saving magnificent buildings, unique art works, and the postal system itself that Americans are now losing to privatization. National Post Office Collaborate attorney Adam Ford is part of the litigation team working to protect the Berkeley Post Office. Mr. Ford will give us information on the progress of the case. This event is a benefit to support the legal action by the Berkeley-based National Post Office Collaborate. Come and help us raise funds for this important legal challenge! Save our Post Offices!

Wednesday, July 17 at 7 PM
The Berkeley Hillside Club
2286 Cedar Street (near Spruce)
Berkeley, CA 94709

Wheelchair Accessible
$20 / Sliding scale

Come to a community meeting to plan our next steps.
Share your ideas! All are welcome.

Speak up at a City Council Meeting to support zoning restrictions that will preserve the use of the Post Office building at 2000 Allston Way and other buildings in the Civic Center District for cultural, educational and civic uses. Clear and specific zoning will provide guidance to USPS on the uses that our community will accept as appropriate.

7 pm, Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Berkeley City Council Chambers, 2134 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Labor Fest panel discussion: “Too Big to Name?”

General discussion of goals, strategies and tasks plus help plan local events for Friday and/or Saturday, July 26 & 27, a National Protest against the illegal sale of our post offices and Celebration of the founding of the post office in 1775.

7 pm, Monday, July 22, 2013, Berkeley Arts Festival,
2133 University Avenue (above Shattuck, near Ace Hardware).
Zoning Protection for Berkeley’s Main Post Office

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Dear Greens,
Please join us at the Civic Center in SF this Fourth of July along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and RestoreTheFourth organizers in speaking out against the surveillance state.

Thank you,
The Green Party of Alameda County

Restore the Fourth Campaign Organizes Protests Against Unconstitutional Surveillance
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/restore-fourth-campaign-organizes-protests-against-unconstitutional-surveillance

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
– Fourth Amendment, US Constitution

This Fourth of July, groups of concerned individuals will be taking to the streets in dozens of cities across the United States in support of the Fourth Amendment. According to the official website, Restore the Fourth aims to end all forms of unconstitutional surveillance of digital communications by the United States government. The campaign calls particular attention to PRISM, a recently-revealed project of the National Security Agency that allows the government broad access to the Internet traffic and other electronic communications of many users – including many Americans. The Restore the Fourth movement has an active reddit community that is working cooperatively to organize protests across the country.

There are many ways to protest unconstitutional surveillance – including signing onto the Stop Watching Us site and calling your elected officials – but physical protests can be particularly effective at demonstrating public outrage. We’re glad to see the Restore the Fourth movement organizing protests across the country against unlawful NSA spying, and we hope these protests push elected officials to respond to the American people’s growing discontent with dragnet domestic surveillance.

On the officials website, the Restore the Fourth movement asserts that the National Security Agency’s dragnet surveillance is an affront to the public – even if individuals have nothing in particular to hide. It notes that, “Privacy is not an admission of guilt…The average person expects privacy in many situations, including but not limited to using the bathroom, writing a diary, or going on a date with a spouse. A reasonable expectation of privacy exists in such situations because the events occurring are personal, intimate, and not the business of any other party, government or otherwise.” The site also questions whether programs such as PRISM are effective or even useful in stopping terrorist attacks, noting, “there is little to no evidence of any terrorist attacks that have directly been foiled as a result of PRISM.”

The campaign is a non-partisan, grassroots movement not directly affiliated with any nonprofit. However, the campaign has committed to standing with EFF and the rest of the Stop Watching Us coalition in demanding transparency and meaningful reform to domestic surveillance programs.

EFF is sending a representative to the San Francisco protest; please stop by Civic Center at 11 AM on July 4^th to pick up EFF stickers, hear us talk about the issues with dragnet surveillance, and show your opposition to the NSA’s unconstitutional spying program.

Check out the list of planned protests. The site also lists several locations where rallies have not yet been organized. If there is no event planned for your own city, you can set one up and tell the Restore the Fourth organizers. And if you are planning a protest, check out the Bill of Rights Defense Committee’s guide to protesting NSA surveillance.

Numerous websites (including EFF) are planning to show solidarity for this grassroots movement by displaying the Fourth Amendment on our homepage on July 4^th. We’ll have an embeddable graphic available soon; check back in the next couple days.

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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: https://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: http://youtu.be/kJaQGFLp7lM
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: https://acgreens.wordpress.com

Green Party of Alameda County: https://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

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FoQUbCQ_zxA

NEXT 25 MIN DEBATE SEGMENT – CANDIDATE OPENING STATEMENTS:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NNGtJ_0vTgk

PRESS QUESTION: IMMIGRATION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z77RQ9IUdmg

PRESS QUESTION: TAX POLICY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clA7jjUQpHc