Monthly Archives: June 2012

Rally against Oakland School Closures – Lakeview Elementary Occupation 6/16/2012 Photos+Video

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Photos taken during the rally against Oakland School Closures at Lakeview Elementary School, Oakland, California June 16, 2012.       Please support the community lead protest at Lakeview School and say NO to School closures in Oakland, California. Ways how to help:  Wish List: Tents, sleeping bags, duct tape, food [meals, prepared], drinks and water, banner making materials, triple AAA batteries. At night, coffee and snacks for Nightwatch. And also with your presence anytime of the day, and at the rallies at 2pm everyday. Lakeview School is located at: 746 … Continued

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Libertarians and the Progressive Movement

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I consider Occupy the ray of hope on the otherwise bleak horizon. That is why I am bothered to find people in the Occupy Movement who support Libertarians. Typically, the people who do this will say they don’t agree with everything Libertarians stand for but we can make common cause with them. I usually hear that at least Libertarians are against the war. That’s a big thing, I realize. But what about the rest of their agenda? Stopping all social safety nets? Stopping all government control over harm corporations do … Continued

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Rally against Oakland School Closures- 6/16 2pm Lakeview Elementary Occupation

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Lakeview teachers, parents and students  invite supporters to join them, starting with a 2:00 pm rally on Saturday June 16th, and every evening from 5 to 9 pm in front of Lakeview for a vigil in protest of the school closure. Lakeview Elementary School, 746 Grand Avenue, Oakland CA 94610 On Friday June 15th, at 4:00 p.m., parents, teachers and community members held a press conference announcing the beginning of a sit-in at Lakeview Elementary. The sit-in comes as a response to the Oakland School Board’s decision to close 5 … Continued

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Summer of No Fear: ClubFed Solidarity Dance Party Series

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Occupy SF 24 hour encampment at the door of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco invites Occupy Oakland to help escalate against continuing police repression. Come dance, share strategies, observe the SFPD’s selective enforcement of the “law” in action. Diversity of tactics embraced; any and all NEW IDEAS are welcome here. To circumvent the noise ordinance that they busted us up with the last time, we will be broadcasting our own radio station, so Bring Your Boombox. We offer a Friday Happy Hour event starting at 5pm, and a … Continued

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Re-Imagine the General Assembly: Saturday 6/16

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The first Gathering to Re-Imagine the General Assembly is happening this Saturday 6/16 in the amphitheater of Mosswood Park from 1:00-6:00pm! Program: • Gather, Eat, Music • Review of Survey Results • Review Agenda and Shared Agreements • Brain Teaser • What are the Conditions that Create Collective Wisdom? Collective Folly? Pair and Share Activity • Facilitated Speak-Out • Collective Visioning for the future • Next Steps • After-party, art and reflection activities This first gathering was designed in response to the feedback we received from surveys, emails, and those … Continued

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TPP FTA (TPPA): Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement Subordinates Nations (And People) To Corporations

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Negotiated in secret but now exposed as a “corporate power tool of the 1%”, TPP grants powers to corporations that supersede all laws and rights of citizens. TPP FTA (TPPA): TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP FREE TRADE AGREEMENT SUBORDINATES NATIONS (AND PEOPLE) TO CORPORATIONS “The Trans-Pacific Partnership ‘free trade’ agreement [TPP/TPPA] is a stealthy policy being pressed by corporate America, a dream of the 1 percent, [and a realization of George Bush Sr.’s vision of a “New World Order”] that in one blow could: offshore millions of American jobs, free the banksters from … Continued

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Undocuppying of Obama’s Oakland Campaign Headquarters – 6/14/12 Photos

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Photos taken around 10pm on Thursday June 14, 2012. This is a statement from those pictures inside Obama’s Oakland Campaign Headquarters. “We are the IYC (Immigrant Youth Coalition) and nationally we are part of the NIYA (National Immigrant Youth Coalition) Our goal at this office is to demand Obama to issue an executive order in the stopping of deportations of youth. He has lied about it, and broke many promises, so we are here to call his b.s. and show him we will not believe his bluff no more. We … Continued

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