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Explanation of the Spoof Mayor’s Letter

October 31, 2011 at 5:33 pm.

On Friday, October 28, 2011, a letter from the mayor of Oakland was circulated that apologized for police repression of Occupy Oakland and declared support for the upcoming general strike. And much more. A website that was an exact replica of the official Oakland city site went up and had the prank as the top story. This website has now been forced down, so the text of the prank is provided below. This prank was done to provide a strong focus on the most important questions about the general strike, … Continued

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Mayor says sorry, comes out in support of general strike.

October 29, 2011 at 10:35 pm.

Posted by UnruhLEE

Check out the top story at www.oaklandmayor.com Jean Quan Honorable Mayor of Oakland To the Citizens of Oakland As mayor of Oakland it is my great relief to make this announcement to the public. First of all, I offer my sincere apology for ordering the violent repression of the Occupy Oakland encampment in front of city hall in the morning of Tuesday, October 25, 2011. It reached the height of absurdity to use the rationale of public health and safety to justify this, and I have had a change of … Continued

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Upcoming Events

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.