Daily Archives: March 22, 2012

OO BBQ – Rainbow Park, Oakland – Saturday, March 24, 2012 – 1:00 to 5:00 PM

Please join Occupy Oakland and friends as we host our second neighborhood BBQ and speak out this Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 1:00 PM in Rainbow Park (Seminary and International in East Oakland). This BBQ will follow the weekly free food program in Rainbow Park and will last until 5:00 PM. Events during the BBQ include: emergency first aid training, a foreclosure defense workshop, an open forum on gang injunctions and repression in Oakland, the Children’s Village, Occupy Patriarchy’s Danger Zone, and a general speak out. Stay tuned to oobbq.org … Continued

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Sacramento Police Officer Threatens Occupy Demonstrators

Below is a transcription of two written statements, which were recorded the day of March 22, 2012. These were written in response to threats issued by Officer Warren of Sacramento Police Department. Threats to have us incarcerated, to have us committed to a psych ward, and finally a personal threat to me that I would end up in my own “piss and blood”. I received this as a death threat. Having already investigated and come to a knowledge of the great and awful crimes committed in Sacramento County Jail, I … Continued

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OGPG 3/18/12

DAY 160 =================================================================================== UPDATED: DEFENSE LAWYER THREATENED WITH ARREST, POLICE REPORT DOCTORED IN PRELIMINARY HEARING OF ICE CREAM THREE by Jesse Three Occupy Oakland activists, known inside the movement as Teardrop, Cincinnati and Nneka, were arrested  on felony robbery charges aggravated by PC 422.7, the now infamous hate crime charge. Each was initially subject to $100,000 bond. The court has refused to lower the bonds on Cincinnati and Teardrop, who remain in custody since February 29th and May 1st, respectively. Last Friday, I attended a preliminary hearing in their trial. … Continued

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“PermOccupy – A Pathway to a Sustainable Future,” by Killian O’Brien. Interview on PermOccupy with Killian by Willi Paul. Presented by Planetshifter.com Magazine

 “PermOccupy – A Pathway to a Sustainable Future,” by Killian O’Brien. Interview on PermOccupy with Killian by Willi Paul. Presented by Planetshifter.com Magazine                                     Why PermOccupy? … “I should clarify. The name just popped into my head down in the Grand Circus Park the night this whole idea occurred to me. It’s just a simple, perhaps catchy way of getting across the idea of intentionally melding permaculture and Occupy to ramp up the … Continued

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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Advises We Must End Too Big to Fail – Now!

Even the Fed is admitting that Dodd-Frank perpetuates rather than regulates the “Too Big To Fail” banking corporations that continue to rape and plunder America and the global economy. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS ADVISES WE MUST END TOO BIG TO FAIL – NOW! The following is a letter from Richard W. Fisher, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: If you are running one of the “too-big-to-fail” (TBTF) banks – alternatively known as “systemically important financial institutions,” or SIFIs – I doubt you are going to … Continued

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Wilderness First Aid for the Streets – The Holdout, Oakland – March 24 & 25, 2012 – 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM

Where: The Holdout, 2313 San Pablo Avenue (@ 23rd Street), Oakland, CA When: March 24 & 25, 2012, 10am-8pm Cost: By donation, pay what you can. Scholarships available. No one turned away for lack of funds. Contact: WFAforthestreets@gmail.com for more information. Brought to you by the Occupy Oakland Medics Committee, this 20 hour course will cover basic patient assessment, how to recognize medical emergencies, and how to give first aid when help may be delayed. Developed for wilderness situations, this course is adapted for urban uprisings, and will include care for … Continued

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