Author Archives: tfluce

$7 Trillion Stolen!

December 16, 2011 at 2:41 pm.

Hi, Don’t know why but the URL link for Eliot Spitzer’s article in Slate giving the facts on what has been stolen from us by the government and banksters didn’t transfer. Here is another attempt. Hi, someone has helped me out with the real figures of the banksters, Federal Reserve Bank and US Treasury + The Congress and White House. $7 trillion!!!! Read Eliot Spitzer in Slate. http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2011/11/the_7_trillion_secret_loan_program_the_government_and_big_banks_should_be_punished_for_deceiving_the_public_about_their_hush_hush_bailout_scheme_.html I hope this spurs OO to “Occupy” these thieves! Tom 12877

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$7 Trillion They Stole From Us!

December 16, 2011 at 1:51 pm.

Posted by Tom Luce

Hi, someone has helped me out with the real figures of the banksters, Federal Reserve Bank and US Treasury + The Congress and White House. $7 trillion!!!! Read Eliot Spitzer in Slate. I hope this spurs OO to “Occupy” these thieves! Tom 12874

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$7 Trillion is the best answer: Secret US Treasury and the Fed Bailouts

December 15, 2011 at 10:38 pm.

Posted by Tom Luce

It didn’t take long after putting out my question of the extent of the cost to taxpayers of the bankster bailout. $7 Trillion! No other than Eliot Spitzer is the author of this exposé. Take a look yourself! http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2011/11/the_7_trillion_secret_loan_program_the_government_and_big_banks_should_be_punished_for_deceiving_the_public_about_their_hush_hush_bailout_scheme_.html 12372

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The Real Costs: Crooks/banksters compared with The Victims: Occupy and the 99%

December 15, 2011 at 5:53 pm.

Posted by Tom Luce

The Real Costs: Crooks/banksters compared with The Victims: Occupy and the 99% It’s continuing to disturb me that officials and the news media focus on the cost of cleaning up Occupy activities instead of keeping a balanced picture. We need to keep the big picture in front of us, the massive and unprecedented violence wrought on the majority of hardworking Americans, not by Occupy, but by Banksters among others. I’ve begun to see some devastating comparisons between the costs of Occupy and Banksters (bailouts). I’m not a scholar on bank … Continued

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UNIONS NEED HELP NOW!

December 12, 2011 at 8:40 am.

Posted by Tom Luce

Hi, As the port blockade seems to be getting off to a good start I want to share a piece I wrote to counter the propaganda about the problems with the blockade hurting workers. At age 73 I’m able to appreciate the action to support unions being undertaken by Occupy Oakland and so many other Occupy groups up and down the west coast and beyond. Before I was born in Barre, Vermont, the granite center of the world, workers, including my grandfather, were dying of silicosis at early ages, caused … Continued

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OO Needs Rebirth

November 18, 2011 at 6:47 pm.

Posted by Tom Luce

A sign at Occupy Boston: Capitalism is Organized Crime BACKING OFF: After contributing to OO since Oct. 25 including being tear-gassed and witnessing rubber bullets and flash bombs in the afternoon before the worse attacks at night, I decided this week that I had to withdraw my active involvement. The posts so far on this section speak more eloquently than I– especially the poetry–to what it is that has led me to this separation. OCCUPY, FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: I became aware of the concept of “Occupy” back in … Continued

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OO Needs Rebirth

November 18, 2011 at 1:14 pm.

Posted by Tom Luce

BACKING OFF: After contributing to OO since Oct. 25 including being tear-gassed and witnessing rubber bullets and flash bombs in the afternoon before the worse attacks at night, I decided this week that I had to withdraw my active involvement. The posts so far on this section speak more eloquently than I– especially the poetry–to what it is that has led me to this separation. OCCUPY, FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: I became aware of the concept of “Occupy” back in the summer when I was invited to come to … Continued

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LINCOLN AND JEFFERSON AGREE!

October 29, 2011 at 10:06 am.

Posted by Tom Luce

Hi, I was at Occupy Boston two weeks ago and copied down these quotes which I had not seen before from Pres. Lincoln and Jefferson Lincoln: “The money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace and conspire against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than a monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, (and) more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes. I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and … Continued

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About OccupyOakland.org

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.