An Evening with Richard Wolff: The Problem is Capitalism, the Solution is Democracy at Work
First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison St, Oakland, CA 94612
Presented by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert
One year ago Richard Wolff thrilled a jam-packed audience in Berkeley with his talk Capitalism Hits the Fan. He differed sharply from most other explanations by politicians, media commentators, and academics by revealing step by step exactly how deep economic structures account for our fiscal crisis. In the most timely way possible, Wolff now offers a new rallying vision of an alternative, radically better economic system that could become a means to mobilize a broad and inclusive social movement - one that would transform every individual's daily life and the entire structure of our society: Democracy at Work.
Richard Wolff has shown in its entirety the model of today's global economy in a methodical and coherent way. While the facts mentioned are well known, the perfect continuity and conclusions are as unbelievable as they are unarguable.
Contact Ken Preston, ken@kpfa.org, 510-967-4495
$12 advance tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/207605 :: 800-838-3006
or: Pegasus Books (3 locations), Mrs. Dalloway's, Moe's Books, Walden Pond, DIESEL, A Bookstore, in SF - Modern Times Bookstore ($15 door)
Information: http://www.kpfa.org/events
Friday, January 13, 6:00 - 8:30 PM
Andy Worthington Speaks in SF Bay Area
CYPRUS Restaurant, 81 Shattuck Square, Berkeley, CA
Andy Worthington will speak on Guantánamo, indefinite military detention, the new National Defense Authorization Act, and the fight for justice against torture and rendition. His path-breaking work continues to bare the truth about Guantánamo and the hundreds of prisoners held there illegally without charge or trial, and tortured. His book, "The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison" and film "Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo" have been highly acclaimed by legal and civil liberties experts. In 2011 his "The Complete Guantánamo Files," was a million-word series drawing on files released by WikiLeaks.
A chance to break bread (actually, a delicious catered Mediterranean buffet supper) with our two guests Andy Worthington and Jason Leopold at a dedicated fundraiser hosted by World Can't Wait.
Suggested donation $40 (students $20); sliding scale upward if you're able will be deeply appreciated. All funds go to the campaign to Close Guantánamo, including this national speaking tour by Andy Worthington.
RSVP (for catering and due to limited seating space, thanks) to 415-424-7358 or 818-480-1860, or email us at sf@worldcantwait.org.
Wheelchair accessible; just steps from Berkeley BART
Saturday, January 14, 7:00 PM
Dalit Baum will talk about boycott, divestment, sanctions on Israel
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA 94709
Dalit Baum is a co-founder of "Who Profits from the Occupation", an activist research initiative of the Coalition of Women for Peace in Israel. www.whoprofits.org
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Sunday, January 15, 2:00 - 5:00 PM
Occupy Sunday School: Lessons in Moving the 99%
1904 Franklin Street@19th Street, Suite 904, Oakland
SOUL (School Of Unity & Liberation) invites you to kick off 2012 with a Sunday School on the Occupy Movements!
Join us for a discussion on this wave of protests that has ignited new sparks of resistance across the US and beyond. We'll invite organizers to share lessons from on-the-ground mobilizations in Oakland & San Francisco, and exchange ideas about challenges and opportunities in this new moment in the fight against the 1%.
Please RSVP to info@schoolofunityandliberation.org. Spanish translation and childcare provided upon request (please request by Monday, January 9).
Co-sponsored by: Asian Pacific Environmental Network, Asian Youth Promoting Advocacy & Leadership, Causa Justa::Just Cause, Chinese Progressive Association, Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth and People Organized to Win Employment Rights.
www.schoolofunityandliberation.org
January 19, Thursday, 7:30 pm
DIANE RAVITCH
“The Death and Life of the Great
American School System”
Hillside Club
2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley
Host: Philip Maldari
KPFA Benefit
THOMAS FRANK
“Pity the Billionaire: The
Unlikely Resurgence of the American Right”
Hillside Club
2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley
Host:…
KPFA Benefit
Thursday,
January 26, 6:00 PM potluck, 6:45 PM meeting
Wellstone
Democratic
Renewal Club
Meeting
Humanist
Hall, 390 27th
Street, Oakland (between Broadway and Telegraph)
Speaker: Carol Joffe, Professor of Sociology, UC Davis: "The Right Wing
Attack on Women"
Please bring something to share.
ONGOING EVENTS
Women in Black Vigil for Justice
in Palestine, Peace for Israel
Fridays Noon to One Bancroft and Telegraph, Berkeley
Martinez
Peace
Vigil Sundays
from 5:00 to 5:30 PM in front of
Martinez. City Hall For more information, call Barbara at 925)
372-4152
Weekly
Vigil at Oakland
Federal Building Mondays at
Noon, 1301 Clay
Street (2 blocks west of 12th St. BART station)
This vigil began in the Spring of 1998, when Madeline Albright tried to
gain
support for a war against Iraq. The focus has changed over time,
and is now
calling for an end to the Iraq War and the occupation.
