Crisis in Public Education

Thursday, March 10
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
10 Evans Hall, UC Berkeley (Evans Hall is near Campanile Clock Tower)
$5 donation, no one turned away for lack of funds
everyone welcome ­ wheelchair accessible

Peter Camejo ­ progressive taxation for California would solve budget crisis and provide money for education

Bob Mandel ­ Oakland Education Association: redistribute corporate wealth to pay for schools instead of closing, chartering or privatizing schools

Kathryn Lybarger ­ UC Labor Coalition: UC Berkeley has money but won’t give raises to staff and the Chancellor is planning to open a charter elementary school

Sponsored by the Socialist Unity Network (SUN): Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, Democratic Socialists of America, International Socialist Organization, Socialist Party, Solidarity
co-sponsored by the Peace and Freedom Party

For more information, contact (415) 863-6637 or socialistunity@yahoo.com.

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EVENT ARCHIVE

TERMINATOR'S WAR ON CALIFORNIA: the poor, immigrants, unions etc.

MIKE DAVIS

A former meatcutter and long distance trucker, Mike Davis is a noted historian and professor of history at UC Irvine. He is a co-editor of The Year Left: An American Socialist Yearbook and author of Prisoners of the American Dream and City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles,in which he recounts the story of Los Angeles. Most recently, he is the author of Ecology of Fear and co-author of Under the Perfect Sun: The San Diego Tourists Never See.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. 10 Evans Hall, U.C. Berkeley (Evans Hall is near the Campanile Clock Tower)

free - everyone welcome wheelchair accessible

Sponsored by the SOCIALIST UNITY NETWORK: Committee of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, Democratic Socialists of America, International Socialist Organization, Socialist Party and Solidarity

Co-sponsored by the Peace and Freedom Party

For more information, contact 415-863-6637 or socialistunity@yahoo.com.

 

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CRISIS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR-Build a United Labor and Community Response

Speakers…

An OVERVIEW by WILSON RILES, Jr., former Oakland City Council member

On K-12 EDUCATION - MARSHA FEINLAND, teacher at Woodstock Elementary School in Alameda, state chair of the Peace and Freedom Party

On HIGHER EDUCATION - TANYA SMITH, chair of the joint labor coalition at UC Berkeley, member of University Professional and Technical Employees Local 1 and MICHAEL-DAVID SASSON, vice president of the Berkeley local of Coalition of University Employees

On HEALTH CARE - KATHY LIPSCOMB, field rep., Health Care Workers Local 250

On PUBLIC TRANSIT, RAY QUAN, long time BART mechanic and union activist in the Bay area with SEIU local 790

Also speaker On CalWORKS

Facilitator - MICHAEL RUBIN, assistant regional director of California State Employees Association, SEIU Local 1000, member of Solidarity

Sunday, November 16 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. U.C. Berkeley - Valley Life Sciences Bldg. Rm. 1050

everyone welcome - wheelchair accessible

Sponsored by Socialist Unity Coalition: Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, Democratic Socialists of America, International Socialist Organization, Socialist Party and Solidarity; co-sponsored by the Peace and Freedom Party

For more information, contact 415-863- 6637 or email socialistunity@yahoo.com

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The California Recall Forum: An Internal Discussion

Socialist Unity held a meeting to discuss the California recall on September 4 at the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library in Oakland, CA. This was not an open event: attendance was limited to members of the participating Socialist Unity organizations (Committee of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism -CCDS, Democratic Socialists of America -DSA, Socialst Part- SPUSA, and Solidarity).

There were eight short presentations, followed by open discussion. Presentations were on the following topics: (1) A factual summary of the recall, covering important details (including, if possible, the wording of the recall); (2) (a) A presentation defending the right to popular recall -SP member JACK GERSON (b) A presentation opposing the right to recall (if someone from the SU groups wants to make such a presentation) (3) Presentations on the first ballot: (a) A presentation calling for voting "Yes" on the recall (b) A presentation calling for abstaining on the recall - SP Member ALEX COLIAS (c) A presentation calling for voting "No" on the recall (4) Presentations on the candidates: (a) A presentation supporting Peter Camejo (Green Party) (b) A presentation supporting C.T. Weber (PFP) - SP Member TINA PHILLIPS (c) A presentation from a DSA member representing Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante.

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A PUBLIC FORUM

The American Enterprise: SOCIALIST RESPONSES and ROADS FORWARD for the PEACE AND JUSTICE MOVEMENT

Political Overview:

ANURADHA MITTAL, FOOD FIRST-- What is the world situation?Where do we see capitalism today -internationally and domestically? Why does capitalism breed war?What is the neo-conservative project -the "American Enterprise"? Why is there an attack on civil rights and budget cuts to social programs?

Strategy & Tactics:

Gloria La Riva (Workers World Party), Claudia DeLarios (Racial Justice 911), and Abra Quinn (Solidarity)-- What are socialist responses?What do socialists bring to the peace and justice movement? Where does the peace and justice movement go from here?

Thursday,June 26 7 p.m.to 9 p.m., Humanist Hall, Oakland

390 -27 th St.(back entrance with parking -411 -28 th St.), Oakland AC Transit 51 Broadway, 40 and 43 Telegraph from 19 th St.BART station, 50 College

Everyone Welcome

$3 to $10 donation,sliding scale (no one turned away for lack of funds)

A Project of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, Democratic Socialists of America, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Socialist Party, Solidarity

 

For information, contact CCDS at (415)863-6637 or socialistunity@yahoo.com