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OO — Movement or tantrum?

November 19, 2011 at 3:27 am.

As a 99%’er, I feel that Occupy Oakland is losing the plot. The latest call to action posted states “Long live the Oakland commune.” This movement shouldn’t be about wasting time, energy, and resources battling its oppressors by fighting to set up a symbolic encampment in Frank Ogawa or Oscar Grant plaza (whichever you prefer) or even a new public location. Citizens and activists do not need to hold a physical space in order for OO to exist. If they take the plaza, they do not take the movement. OO … Continued

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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.