Monthly Archives: October 2011

Striking A Spark

October 29, 2011 at 9:04 pm.

I have submitted the following as an op-ed article to the New York Times: STRIKING THE SPARK Just as Occupy Wall Street and related actions around the nation seemed to be stalling, the Oakland police attacked protesters and critically injured Scott Olsen, a two-tour Iraq veteran. That has re-ignited the movement, and will, perhaps, be seen as the precipitating event that launches a generation of challenge and confrontation. It’s happened before, many times, and the one percent never seem to learn. During the summer of 1934 West … Continued

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Pledge to Teach about Occupy Oakland! Access & Submit Materials!

October 29, 2011 at 8:29 pm.

Posted by Perry

Occupy Oakland’s Education Committee calls on educators in the Bay Area and around the world to teach about this movement! Pledge now to Teach Occupy Oakland! OCCUPY OAKLAND TEACH-IN WEEK 10/31-11/4 including 11/2 General Strike Day of Action @ Schools or Alternative Locations We encourage teachers to use this time to teach about: • The Occupy Movement • The role of strikes in movement history • The systems and issues this movement is protesting against • The possibilities for change this movement is part of envisioning • What students need … Continued

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A march route

October 29, 2011 at 7:31 pm.

Posted by Davi

1) Michael Baker Corp 505 14th St, Oakland, California – (510) 879-0950 “Baker has proudly supported the United States military since the 1940s. 2) Crowley Maritime Corporation 555 12th Street #2130, Oakland – (510) 251-7500 “Military contractor specializing in Naval architecture and Marine Engineering.” 3) Kaiser Permanente Headquarters HQ (Not Hospital) 1950 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA 4) ARES Corporation 2101 Webster St # 1560, Oakland – (510) 645-5960 “World-renowned in Defense, Homeland Security, Anti-terrorism, and Cyber Security markets.” 3) Sierra Nevada Corporation 1956 Webster St # 300, Oakland – (510) … Continued

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Video of Occupy Oakland’s General Strike Approval by the GA

October 29, 2011 at 6:11 pm.

Posted by Bruce Paul

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Boycott the One Percenters

October 29, 2011 at 5:59 pm.

Posted by taylor

Boycott the one percenters!!! One of the things that I learned from the Civil Rights movement is that boycotting works. You don’t have to beg the one percenters to do the right thing, or have the government to try to legislate that they do. Even if there are laws, most one percenters have high-priced accountants and lawyers who can get them around the laws. Just don’t buy what they are selling. Money talks! Disrupting life in Oakland is not going to solve the problem. Oakland is not Wall Street! Oakland, … Continued

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A call to gel demands into the top 3 ~ to avoid confusion…

October 29, 2011 at 5:50 pm.

Posted by dvasquith

Occupy Oakland appears now at the fore front of US civil dissent ~ to increase popular support among a wider section of society; a prioritization of demands needs be. Picking the top 3 [or maybe 2] demands is maybe a good idea to avoid confusion and alienation of supportive middle America. For example, the US in large part supports the criminal prosecution of Wall Street shitheads and the forced disgorging of their criminal profits, but have no idea of local Oakland gang or Northern California prison issues, nor do they care much. KISS, … Continued

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Occupy Cafe- an Oakland Story National Conference call 8 am Monday 10/31

October 29, 2011 at 4:11 pm.

Posted by Gratidude

Join Us this Monday! Greetings from Occupy Cafe, an “open space” for the global conversaton being ignited by the #Occupy movement. We are very excited to be featuring Joshua Gorman of Occupy Oakland as one of our guest “conversation starters” for this Monday’s Cafe Call at 11am Eastern. Please join us! Click here to register now.We would also appreciate it greatly if you would help spread the word about Monday’s call by forwarding this email, posting to Facebook (please “like” our page too) and/or sending out a Tweet. What is Occupy … Continued

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An interesting reflection by an itinerant

October 29, 2011 at 4:07 pm.

Posted by Torok

http://interactivist.autonomedia.org/node/33609 2293

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Occupy Cafe–an Oakland Story-Monday 10/31 8am

October 29, 2011 at 3:54 pm.

Posted by Gratidude

Join Us this Monday! Greetings from Occupy Cafe, an “open space” for the global conversaton being ignited by the #Occupy movement. We are very excited to be featuring Joshua Gorman of Occupy Oakland as one of our guest “conversation starters” for this Monday’s Cafe Call at 11am Eastern. Please join us! Click here to register now. We would also appreciate it greatly if you would help spread the word about Monday’s call by forwarding this email, posting to Facebook (please “like” our page too) and/or sending out a Tweet. What … Continued

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how do i add a picture to my profile?

October 29, 2011 at 1:38 pm.

Posted by KayLove

i tried uploading one, but nothing happened… 2285

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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.