San Jose,
CA
June 22, 2013 - 7:00pm
Join Filmmaker Jean-Philippe for the third ever United States theatrical screening of Shadows of Liberty. Shadows of Liberty reveals the extraordinary truth behind the news media: censorship, cover]ups and corporate control. Filmmaker Jean-Philippe Tremblay takes an intrepid journey through the darker corridors of the American media landscape, where global conglomerates call the shots. For decades, their overwhelming influence has distorted news journalism and compromised its values.
San Mateo,
CA
June 22, 2013 - 7:00pm
Exposing the “War on Whistleblowers”
Oakland,
CA
June 23, 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
Capitalism and the disaster of hydraulic fracturing ("Fracking")
Berkeley,
CA
June 23, 2013 - 4:30pm
Khaled Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. In this tale revolving around not just parents and children but brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, Hosseini explores the many ways in which families nurture, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for one another; and how often we are surprised by the actions of those closest to us, at the times that matter most.
San Jose,
CA
June 26, 2013 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Honor Leonard Peltier: Commemorating 38 Years of Shootout at Oglala and Reign of Terror on Pine Ridge, South Dakota Keynote Speakers: Bay Native Circle 94.1fm Lakota Harden and Aaron Mirmalek - cousin and recent visitor with Leonard Peltier Drum and singing by South Bay Ramblers Aztec dancers Please join us for this free event as we honor Leonard Peltier and all those living on Pine Ridge Reservation who were impacted by the Reign of Terror, especially before and after the shootout on June 26, 1975.
Oakland,
CA
June 26, 2013 - 7:30pm
Four Horsemen is the debut feature from director Ross Ashcroft which reveals the fundamental flaws in the economic system which have brought our civilization to the brink of disaster.
23 leading thinkers –frustrated at the failure of their respective disciplines – break their silence to explain how the world really works.
Lafayette,
CA
June 27, 2013 - 6:30pm
Andrew Guzman, Professor, UC Berkeley Law School; Author, Overheated: The Human Cost of Climate Change
Richard Joseph Jackson, Professor, UCLA School of Public Health; Host of the four-part public TV program, Designing Healthy Communities
In conversation with Greg Dalton, Founder and Director, Climate One
San Francisco,
CA
June 27, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Blowing the Whistle on Military Crimes: In Support of Bradley Manning and other courageous whistleblowers.
Berkeley,
CA
June 27, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Affects on Your Body and the Global Community
Consumer plastics are ingredients in our daily lives that carry a hidden, global story through their production, use, and disposal. Sorting through the news about health harm, there can be too much information or not enough, leaving it unclear how to respond. How do plastics affect our bodies? How do plastics affect people's health around the planet?
Walnut Creek,
CA
June 27, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Speakers:
JAMIE BROWN
Project Director of BASE in Basel, Switzerland. BASE is the Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy (www.energy-base.org), a non-profit foundation and a Collaborating Centre for the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). BASE works to shift investment into renewable energy and energy efficiency, particularly in developing countries.
