We brought our solutions to city hall. The council heard the public loud and clear: NO MORE MONEY FOR OPD\; invest the money in our sc hools\, in our shuttered libraries\, in youth centers and job programs. Un surprisingly they have decided to hand more money in a broken and visibly racist police force. So in light of the recent and expected arrogance on t he part of city council\, we converge in the streets to voice our rage and to make it perfectly clear we will not allow ourselves to be further crim inalized.
\nMost of us know that speaking to city council is a futil e exercise\, but one of the greatest parts about city council meetings is that we hear each other. We had so many beautiful and brilliant voices las t night\, but we don’\;t need their forum to speak to each other. Com e to the plaza to rally and discuss how we can stop the violence of povert y in Oakland without them.
\nWhen we talk about stopping the violenc e\, we are talking about eliminating the desperation that life under capit alism causes\, and we are talking about ending the violence of the police occupation we live under.
\nPlease join us for a discussion/GA at 5 pm to strategize as to what our course of action and response to this dec ision should be for this evening and into the coming years. Let’\;s r emind them that we are ungovernable. Bring your ideas and your noisemakers .
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130124T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130124T183000 LOCATION:Broadway & 14th Street\, Oakland\, CA 94612\, USA SUMMARY:Bring Your Solutions to the Streets! Organize against Bratton\, OPD and Stop and Frisk. URL:http://occupyoakland.org/ai1ec_event/bring-your-solutions-to-the-street s-organize-against-bratton-opd-and-stop-and-frisk/?instance_id= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR