Author Archives: calaverasgrandes

RCP? Really?

February 23, 2012 at 9:01 am.

The last couple of GA’s I have been to there has been an increase in RCP visibility. I find this disturbing for a couple of reasons. Yes I will give you a bulleted list because bullets are “revolutionary”. R.C.P.-Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. I am not sure why they insist on having the word “revolutionary” in their acronym. I suppose there must have been a non-revolutionary Communist Party at one point that was only concerned with having bake sales and organizing a bowling league. Maoist-The RCP is stated to be a Maoist organization. If … Continued

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Old Punks love Occupy

January 14, 2012 at 3:37 pm.

Posted by calaverasgrandes

Skip to the last 2 minutes, she does a cover of the Dils “Class War” with updated lyrics and some love for Occupy. here are the original lyrics from The Dils version. I wanna war, between the rich and the poor I wanna fight and know what I’m fighting for In a class war, class war, class war, class war This war, that war, class war, last war In New York and LA City Halls are falling down There is no escape When a class war comes to town Class … Continued

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Be the change

December 17, 2011 at 7:28 pm.

Posted by calaverasgrandes

I hear a lot of people talking about change. About how white people need to acknowledge their privilege. How straight people need to acknowledge their presumption/prejudice. How males need to be conscious of their dominance. These are all insightful and true. We do live in a patriarchal eurocentric society. The monoculture of which we all partake conditions us to perceive non-heterosexual orientation as un-normal, an aberration, or at best, a quirky character on a hit sitcom. This same monoculture teaches us that black people and white people are “different”. So much so that it is … Continued

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Hoof Arted?

December 15, 2011 at 10:05 am.

Posted by calaverasgrandes

I was not at the Sunday Dec 5th Occupy Oakland GA Ogawa/Grant Plaza I really wish I had been, as it may have been the last GA that approached a true demographic representation of Oakland’s diversity. I also regret not being at that GA for what I missed. And here I wish that someone would clue me in. What DID I miss? Did some freaky young person streak naked through the assembly? Did Andy Dick crash the party and vomit on someone? Was there an actual fistfight? Did the … Continued

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The headwaters of Decolonize

December 3, 2011 at 1:50 pm.

Posted by calaverasgrandes

I may be wrong in my assumption here, but it appears to me the initiative to rename the OWS, movement originated with Johnpaul Montano’s open letter to OWS, dated October 3rd. Which in turn seems to have been initiated by the OWS “one demand” statement of Sept 22nd. I see much identical thinking when I compare Montano’s open letter with the Occupy Oakland/Decolonize Oakland proposal. I also see a lot that is left out. For example there is no attempt to reconcile the difference between the “colonizers” who don’t give … Continued

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Black Block not black block.

November 3, 2011 at 6:55 pm.

Posted by calaverasgrandes

Black Blocks are an integral part of left dissent, They have been for a long time. But they need to be part of the demonstration, not counter to it. If the mass of people doesn’t want black block direct action, than they need to respect that. When the mass of the people demands direct physical intervention, the Block should be there. Black Block is not just a fucking costume you put on. It’s the backbone of resistance to police tactics. It’s true place is in resisting a push by riot … 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.