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Statement to the media- passed in General Assembly

October 23, 2011 at 3:12 am.

Posted by cm

STATEMENT TO ALL MEDIA COVERING OCCUPY OAKLAND We agree with Occupy Wall Street that corporations “purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.” The mainstream media’s inextricable ties to corporate interests drive them to lie to protect profits. This undermines the discourse we have begun in occupations across the country and the world. Due to this conflict of interest, we have set the following requirements for all media. All media and those with professional recording equipment will check in at the Media Tent, … Continued

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occupy Oakland flyer for community

October 18, 2011 at 9:59 pm.

Posted by cm

Have you heard about Occupy Oakland? For the last week, Oakland residents have reclaimed Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of City Hall as a free space where we can organize to fight against the problems that affect us: economic exploitation, racism, school closures, gang injunctions, police brutality, gentrification. We have set up a kitchen, supply tent, medical tent, free school, library, and kid’s zone – everything is free and is run by us. We hold workshops and teach-ins every day on political topics, and also organizing meetings where we plan … 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.