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Move-in Day and Rise Up Festival – OGP, Downtown Oakland – Saturday & Sunday, January 28 & 29, 2012 – 12:00 PM

January 21, 2012 at 8:06 pm.

MOVE-IN DAY: Saturday, 1/28 12 PM: Rally at Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th and Broadway, downtown Oakland (outside 12th Street Bart) 1 PM: March to Building Occupation OAKLAND RISE UP FESTIVAL: Saturday and Sunday, 1/28 and 1/29 Saturday, 1/28 – Afternoon (at building occupation TBD) Sunday, 1/29 – All day (at building occupation TBD) DOWNLOAD: HandBill | Festival It’s cold outside. Like millions of people in this country, Occupy Oakland has no home. And yet, all over the city, thousands of buildings stand empty. On January 28, we’re going to occupy … Continued

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Occupy Oakland’s research working group survey for J28 move-in

January 20, 2012 at 11:50 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

Occupy Oakland’s research working group (http://occupyresearch.net/oakland) is putting together a fact sheet in support of J28 Move-in Day (http://bit.ly/ooresearch-j28), that outlines how austerity measures have been hurting our city and how Occupy is filling the gap of providing a safety net for people. We’re asking OO committees and caucuses to help us write this fact sheet by answering the following questions below: 1) How many people have you served? 2) Who are the people in terms of race, class, and gender (rough estimate)? 3) What services have you provided? 4) … Continued

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Goldman Sachs Charging Oakland $5 Million a Year

January 15, 2012 at 4:07 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

Forwarded from Boots Riley There is a direct connection between the City of Oakland’s budget deficit and the predatory dealings of Goldman Sachs. Oakland pays 5 million per year to Goldman Sachs- for nothing- because of a questionable contract the city entered into. The city’s deficit is $4.8 Million. Goldman Sachs dissolving the deal, the city refusing to pay, OO forcing GS to cancel the debt or OO forcing the city not to pay GS- would solve the yearly deficit. Goldman Sachs has been doing this all over the country. … Continued

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Featured pix

January 15, 2012 at 12:20 am.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

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Labor Solidarity Speak Out

January 11, 2012 at 8:46 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

The Occupy Oakland Labor Solidarity Committee would like to invite you to a: Labor Solidarity Speak Out Sunday, Jan15th Noon-2 PM Oscar Grant Plaza Featured Speakers: Members of the ILWU who have been organizing the caravan to Longview, WA to support Local 21 in their fight to keep union jobs on the waterfront and break the power of the international corporations who are trying to open the Export Grain Terminal later this month. Other Speakers include: Workers from American Licorice in Union City where 187 workers have been on strike … Continued

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Occupy Protesters Cause Stir at Licorice Strike

January 10, 2012 at 11:12 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

Reposted from Union City Patch http://unioncity.patch.com/articles/occupy-protesters-cause-stir-at-licorice-strike By Zoneil Maharaj January 9, 2012 Tensions flared at the American Licorice factory Monday as protesters associated with the Occupy Oakland movement joined the month-old factory workers’ strike, blocking entrances and turning away delivery trucks. According to protesters, about 100 protesters were onsite between 5 and 6 a.m. and had helped turn away three freight delivery trucks in the morning before local police were sent to escort vehicles into the factory lot. Many of the protesters had dispersed by noon, when only a dozen … Continued

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GA Votes to Support Solidarity Action for Red Vines Licorice in Union City.

January 10, 2012 at 10:46 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

The Occupy Oakland Labor Solidarity Committee held a solidarity picket with 200 striking workers who make Red Vines Licorice for American Licorice in Union City. The OO General Assembly voted unanimously to support the picket on Sunday 1/8. The picket started at 5am on Monday January 9th The workers have been on strike for over a month. After a series of concessions to a profitable company, the workers are being asked to give massive healthcare concessions. We plan to show them that Occupy Oakland supports their struggle and will stand … Continued

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Oakland Occupy Report 1/2/12-1/8/12

January 9, 2012 at 1:25 am.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

Reprinted from the Oakland Occupy Report, a weekly email newsletter about Occupy Oakland activities. First of all, I want to give thanks. There has been a tremendous public outcry against the charges against Khali and Tiffany. In part because of this, Tiffany who was arrested for felony “lynching” has been let out of jail. Khali’s arraignment is Monday. We can make a difference. HOW YOU CAN HELP: 1) Fourteen people, including the founder of this newsletter, were arrested on Wednesday when the police raided the peaceful Occupy Oakland vigil. These … Continued

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Next General Assembly Monday 1/9/12

January 8, 2012 at 12:46 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

...and it still hasn't rained... *knocks on wood*

This is just a friendly reminder that the General Assembly returns to its regular schedule at 2PM this Sunday, January 8th, at the Oscar Grant Plaza Amphitheater (unless actions require us to change). 15105

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Police Beat Anti-Police Protestors, Arrest Six: Multiple Injuries at January 7 Demonstration Against Police Repression

January 8, 2012 at 12:27 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

On January 7, 2012, Occupy Oakland supporters participated in an “Anti-repression/Fuck the Police” march to the Oakland police station in order to condemn the series of outrageous and violent arrests committed by the Oakland Police Department during the past week. Also referred to as “Occububbles,” the march was attended by… [Read More.] Reposted from HellaOccupyOakland.org. 15229

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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.