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Self-Critical Reflections from the Santa Rita Jail

February 7, 2012 at 9:55 pm.

Reposted from Viewpoint Magazine Santa Rita, I Hate Every Inch of You Posted by Jeb Purucker ⋅ February 6, 2012 Twenty-four hours into my incarceration in Santa Rita Jail, I found myself in yet another tactical conversation, dissecting the numerous failures that had led to the kettling and mass arrests of about 400 Occupy Oakland demonstrators. This is one of the few upsides of a mass arrest. After getting the rowdy activists off the streets, the police find themselves hosting a three-day strategy conference inside the jail. Whenever a conversation begins … Continued

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Occupy LA Offers “Unwavering Support” to Oakland—”An injury to one is an injury to all”

February 2, 2012 at 3:06 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

Statement of the General Assembly of Occupy Los Angeles, Feb. 1, 2012: Occupy Los Angeles has always stood in unwavering solidarity with Occupy Oakland. After Occupy Oakland’s most recent victimization by the illegal and brutal tactics of OPD, Oakland City Council and Mayor Jean Quan, we feel it necessary to restate our unequivocal support for our comrades. We consider every horizontally structured, autonomous group fighting for social and economic justice, and intent on providing services for the community that the government has failed to provide, as our brothers and sisters. … Continued

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Many Arrested, But Few Charged

February 1, 2012 at 10:08 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

Eleven Occupy protesters ordered to stay away from Oakland City Hall and the Convention Reposted from Bay Citizen By Aaron Glantz on January 31, 2012 – 8:05 p.m. PST 7 Updated Feb. 1, 2012, 10:15 a.m. Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley has decided to charge just 12 of the 409 people arrested during an Occupy Oakland protest last Saturday, her office announced Tuesday. Prosecutors charged four people with felonies and eight with misdemeanors. None of the four facing felony charges is from Oakland, according to information provided by the … Continued

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Occupy Oakland Mass Arrest Leads to Only 12 Charges

February 1, 2012 at 9:51 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

The largest mass arrest in 30 years in Alameda County led to only 12 people charged with crimes. Reposted from NBC news By Chris Roberts | Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012 A total of 409 people were arrested Saturday during an Occupy Oakland demonstration that devolved into clashes between police and protesters. Of those, only 12 were charged with crimes by Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, according to the Bay Citizen. Eleven demonstrators were slapped with stay away orders, which means they face legal action if found within 300 feet … Continued

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Occupy Oakland and State Repression

February 1, 2012 at 5:02 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

Re-posted from Counterpunch January 31, 2012 by MIKE KING A crowd of several hundred quickly swelled to a couple thousand, as Occupy Oakland attempted to occupy the vacant Kaiser Convention Center. The goal was to use it as an indoor base for Occupy Oakland – a place to have General Assemblies and meetings, share food and get shelter for the winter. This was in keeping with what Occupy Oakland has always done, a goal that is simple, though not simple enough for the mainstream media to understand and honestly report. … Continued

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Charges Dropped Against Many Occupy Protesters Arrested In Oakland

February 1, 2012 at 10:30 am.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

February 1, 2012 8:12 AM Reporting Chris Filippi KCBS OAKLAND (KCBS) – Charges were dropped against many of the more than 400 people who were arrested on Saturday during a daylong Occupy Oakland protest. A spokesperson for the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office said that eight protesters are facing misdemeanor charges while four are accused of felonies. Those include allegations of interfering with or assaulting a police officer. KCBS’ Chris Filippi Reports: Charges Dropped Against Many Occupy Protesters Arrested In Oakland The other protesters are being released but could be … Continued

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Occupy Oakland Denounces Police Violence and City Lies

February 1, 2012 at 10:24 am.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

On January 28, thousands of people responded to Occupy Oakland’s call for a mass mobilization to occupy a vacant building and transform it into a new home for the movement. Occupy Oakland’s new home was to be a social center, open to all who wanted to participate and contribute. We planned to work together, as we did at Oscar Grant Plaza, to provide free food, housing, medical care, a space for children, a space for women and queers, and, most importantly, a community. “The entire plan to take over a … Continued

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Deadly Secrets: How California Law Has Shielded Oakland Police Violence

February 1, 2012 at 10:16 am.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

Reposted from Colorlines This story was produced with the support of the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute and the Investigative Reporting Program at UC-Berkeley. March 21, 2009, was one of the bloodiest days in the history of the Oakland Police Department and California law enforcement. It began with a trifle: Two traffic officers, Sergeant Mark Dunakin and Officer John Hege, pulled over 26-year-old parolee Lovelle Mixon for running a traffic light. After Dunakin radioed in Mixon’s driver’s license and learned it was fake, both officers approached the car with the … Continued

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SF National Lawyers Guild condemns Oakland Police and Alameda County Sheriff’s Office

January 31, 2012 at 11:32 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

The National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF) condemns Oakland Police (OPD) and Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) violence, mass arrests and abuses against Occupy demonstrators at Saturday’s demonstration. Police violently attacked activists with chemical weapons, so called Less-Lethal munitions, and physical assaults. Hundreds were arrested unlawfully, without opportunity to disperse, and then detained for many hours on the street and then in buses, in stress positions, and without bathrooms, food or water. Once in jail, protesters faced inhumanely crowded conditions, abusive treatment and were denied access to … Continued

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Occupy Oakland Arrests Galvanize Movement; OWS NYC Inspired to Occupy Social Center

January 31, 2012 at 11:29 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

By ADAM KLASFELD From Courthouse News MANHATTAN (CN) – Mass arrests of Occupy Oakland protesters on Saturday reanimated sister protests around the country, rousing many Occupy Wall Street sympathizers out of winter hibernation the following night for “Solidarity Sunday.” More than 400 people – including six journalists – were reportedly arrested in Oakland on Saturday, as thousands tried to convert the long-vacant Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center into the movement’s new headquarters. Oakland sent hundreds of police officers in riot gear to prevent them from entering the building, which … Continued

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This website was created in the fall of 2011. Most of it is now moribund, but the Occupy Oakland Calendar, which lists activist events in the East Bay (and occasionally elsewhere) is still maintained, the Search facility works to find earlier posts and keep OO’s history alive, and articles are occasionally still posted to the front page.

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly met in-person weekly (with a rare skip) since October 10th, 2011 up until the pandemic, at which point we went to bi-weekly Zoom meetings. We do checkins, go over the activist events of the past meeting interval, and have general discussions on politics and revolution.

For many years, until the pandemic, we put on a Feed the People event monthly at Oscar Grant Plaza, where all were welcome to come and partake of a freshly cooked, savory meal, before our GA.

If you would like to participate while the pandemic is still amidst, send an email to occupyoakland-request@lists.riseup.net. Check the calendar or this text to see if we have resumed in-person meetings.