why are you calling it oscar grant plaza? i am sorry at what that idiot meserhle did, but what makes a oscar grant a hero? when he was being a typical party goer and being boisterious? so he should get the plaza renamed after him??? i don’t think so. also you know all of you are making a bigger mess of the occupy movement if you really wanted to be heard then what you do,is contact all the other occupies all over the world or states whichever you prefer and … Continued
http://www.the99declaration.org/a-message-to-our-brothers-and-sisters-with-occupy-wall-street/ Please read and discuss… A Message To Our Brothers and Sisters With Occupy Wall Street The 99% Declaration and National General Assembly has nothing to do with me as a person. These two ideas were developed by thousands of people from all over the world and they are good ideas. Not “good” as in “clever” but good for the betterment of our people who are suffering terribly. According to the 2010 census, 150,000,000 people live in poverty or in low-income households in the wealthiest, most prosperous country in … Continued
I find it curious that my comments about topics that aren’t spam are held in moderation for what seems to be hours on end with the explanation that the webmaster is trying to prevent spam from being posted while there are still tons of spam posts about shoes, clothes, etc. etc…. How is it that spam seems to get through moderation without a hitch and our posts about actual topics take time to post? I’m not trying to be nasty here. It’s just strange… Do any of the techies here have … Continued
Hi everyone, Things have been very busy….Im assuming everyone has been feeling the end of the year rush. Happy holidays! I wanted to touch base on a few projects coming up: -We will be starting a garden at the 10th and Mandela house. this includes veggie beds, compost bins, chicken coop, possible grey water systems. We would love to set this house up as an example of sustainable living and intelligent action. – We have been offered two plots, one in west oakland and one in east oakland. We … Continued
Hi everyone, We are having a Christmas event at the plaza on Christmas day, this Sunday. We are asking anyone and everyone to bring food and treats, family and friends. We need breakfast support from 9-noon and then support for the 2pm-7ish Christmas meal. Kitchen folks will be providing tables and serving equipment as well as some cooked foods but we need more support! We are requesting if you can commit to bringing something to email back so we can coordinate around it. Plus if you need any support for … Continued
Seriously? The President is about to sign the NBAA which says that anyone who is a threat to disrupting America’s political systems can be arrested and held ( indefinitly) with no explanation of arrest, if the “homeland security” decides it’s a threat of terrisiom. Both foriegn and domestic. That would be Americans. I personally feel like this is evidence that the Occupy movement has the attenion of the Big Guns and they are threatened by people gathering and organizing. We need to stop this legislation from becoming law. If we don’t, we’ll all … Continued
FREE KHALI !!! Occupy Oakland is facing increasingly brutal targeting by Oakland Police Department and City Hall. This has ranged from issuing citations for having “structures” like umbrellas in Oscar Grant Plaza or parking tickets to community members dropping off food and supplies, to daily forms of police harassment and raids on Occupy Oakland. Last Friday December 16, OPD conducted a raid targeting Occupy Oakland during which they confiscated all of the personal belongings of the Occupiers maintaining our vigil at Oscar Grant Plaza. In the course of forcibly taking … Continued
Talk about a chicken-shit attack. “A_small_voice” had an opportunity to attend yesterday’s GA and articulate his/her opposition to the proposal to support the EGT grain ship action, but did not do so. The fact that s/he didn’t suggests to me that s/he understood that his/her attack on it could not withstand scrutiny. It is total BS to attack the supporters of this proposal as “the ones who talk the loudest and fastest” and then fail to show up to present your (presumably quiet and slowly enunciated) criticisms of it when … Continued
I have been out of work for more then a few months. The work that all of you are doing is wonderful! I think to get more of the message out , should be letters and stand ins at senators and congress person’s homes……………………. 13710
The Sound Committee is compiling a list of people willing to donate their generators for future protests and performances. If you have a generator and would like to help make some noise, then email us at sound@occupyoakland.org and we will add you to our generator contact list. Thanks! 13709