Daily Archives: January 29, 2012

Proposal from Finance Committee For Regularizing the Unincorporated Association finance structure and roles

January 29, 2012 at 2:57 pm.

Proposal from Finance Committee For Regularizing the Unincorporated Association finance structure and roles: 1. Remove Tim from the precedency, and abolish the office of president. 2. Appoint a UA Bank Account Signer, to be approved by the finance committee, after a background check. Bank Account signer may only act upon authorization of the UA, and cannot facilitate finance committee meetings. 3. Appoint a Tax Papers Responsibility Person to conduct an Immediate Edge review, approved by finance committee after a background check. 4. Appoint a UA Statement Signer, approved by finance … Continued

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Proposal – Occupy WallStreet Not Palestine

January 29, 2012 at 2:55 pm.

Posted by Facilitation-Committee

Proposal – Occupy WallStreet Not Palestine Occupied Palestine, October 13 -The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), the largest Palestinian civil society coalition struggling for Palestinian rights, is proud to stand in solidarity with the movements struggling for a new world based on democracy, human rights and economic justice. From New York to Athens, from Madrid to Santiago, from Bahrain to Rome, these huge mobilisations provide a much needed reminder of something that Palestinians have always known – that another world, a dignifying one, is possible and ordinary … Continued

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Nationwide Support for Occupy Oakland; Solidarity Demonstrations in Dozens of Cities

January 29, 2012 at 2:53 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

WHEN THEY ATTACK ONE OF US WE ALL RESPOND On January 28, 2012, Occupy Oakland moved to convert a vacant building into a community center to provide education, medical, and housing services for the 99%. Police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, beanbag rounds and mass arrests. The State has compounded its policy of callous indifference with a ruthless display of violent repression. The Occupy movement will respond, as we have always responded, with an overwhelming show of collective resistance. Today, we take to the streets. Across the country, we will … Continued

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Enfrentamientos y arrestos durante masivas protestas en Oakland

January 29, 2012 at 2:21 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

Domingo, enero 29, 2012, 11:37 Aproximadamente 300 personas fueron arrestadas este sábado por la noche durante un día caótico de protestas del movimiento “Occupy Oakland” que incluyó la incursión de manifestantes al Ayuntamiento y la quema de una bandera estadounidense. La policía lanzó gas lacrimógeno y granadas de estruendo para dispersar a cientos de personas luego que algunas de ellas arrojaran piedras y botellas a los agentes y derribaron rejas de seguridad. Fue el día de protestas más turbulento desde noviembre, cuando la policía de Oakland desmanteló a la fuerza … Continued

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“A smoke signal from Indigenous Nations Network. OWS stands in solidarity with OO. Tonite 7 pm Washington Square Park. STAND STRONG!”

January 29, 2012 at 1:02 pm.

Posted by Authorized User

At 12:36pm recieved text from New York: “A smoke signal from Indigenous Nations Network. OWS stands in solidarity with OO. Tonite 7 pm Washington Square Park. STAND STRONG!” 16840

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Occupy Oakland NEEDS bail funds!! Donation link attached!

January 29, 2012 at 11:57 am.

Posted by ragtag

OCCUPY OAKLAND NEEDS BAIL FUNDS! (click here to donate) Police Chief Howard Jordan has been quoted in AP saying there were almost 400 people arrested yesterday. There are many people who were arrested that need urgent medical attention, people who have been injured by the police or do not have their medication with them that they need to treat prior conditions. We need the money to bail these people out!

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The (d)evolution of Occupy Oakland

January 29, 2012 at 10:11 am.

Posted by James

There are a lot of reasons that protest movements wax and wane. People have short attention spans, or limited time committments. People move, have babies, get new jobs, or have to deal with family tragedies. Other times, the attitudes of those protesting can lead to reticence. They can make even someone who has donated lots of time and resources feel hesitant to return. Sustained movements like Occupy Oakland have a social component and definite social dynamics, and those dynamics began to turn ugly around the time of the second raid … Continued

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Occupy Oakland Growing Pains

January 29, 2012 at 10:02 am.

Posted by commoner

It is time for an old lady to scold you all. You really thought it would be productive to try to take over a shuttered public building for your own use? The Kaiser Auditorium was closed down because Oakland doesn’t have the money to keep it open. Don’t you all get it? Oakland is in deep financial trouble and when you add to that burden, it hurts everyone. If you want to gather your resources and come up with the money to pay for its operation so you can put … Continued

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#J28 Move-In Day Violence: Oakland Police Violate Own Policies

January 29, 2012 at 9:57 am.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

photo by Glenn Halog January 29, 2011 – Oakland, CA – Yesterday, the Oakland Police deployed hundreds of officers in riot gear so as to prevent Occupy Oakland from putting a building, vacant for 6 years with no plans for use, from being occupied and “re-purposed” as a community center. The Occupy Oakland GA passed a proposal calling for the space to be turned into a social center, convergence center and headquarters of the Occupy Oakland movement. The police actions tonight cost the city of Oakland hundreds of thousands … Continued

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K.Ruby Blume: Interview with Artist and Founder of The Institute of Urban Homesteading by Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

January 29, 2012 at 7:49 am.

Posted by Willi Paul

K.Ruby Blume: Interview with Artist and Founder of The Institute of Urban Homesteading by Willi Paul, openmythsource.com http://openmythsource.com/2012/01/29/k-ruby-blume/ “To me, gross national product is truly a myth. It happens only at a severe cost to the planet. This is a pyramid scheme of the worst kind. The loser at the end of the run is the people and the environment. We need new stories that tell of the richness that comes through putting energy and care back into a system and how that ultimately creates the kind of profit that … 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.