Author Archives: timfong

Race, Violence and Occupy Oakland

January 29, 2012 at 7:03 pm.

In the wake of the failed building takeover, there has been a lot of discussion about violence, self defense and the police response. The discussion about violence vs nonviolence has been going on since the beginning of Occupy Oakland. I’ve struggled to find a way to express my thoughts on this subject, and a friend of mine had already encouraged me to express them. The conversations I had today with people down at the plaza have allowed me to solidify my thoughts on this issue. There are several things to … Continued

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Economics, a quick reading list

November 28, 2011 at 10:31 pm.

Posted by TimothyYFong

This reading list will help you get up to speed on what is driving the ongoing economic crisis Trade Theory, Financialized Article by Michael Hudson (link) 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economics by Warren Mosler (link) Modern Money Primer (first 6 chapters, link) When Fragile becomes Friable: Endemic Control Fraud as a Cause of Economic Stagnation and Collapse by Bill Black (link) Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb Almost everything above is available on the internet, and Taleb’s book is common enough that you should be able to find it … Continued

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Let’s Keep the Name

November 26, 2011 at 1:30 pm.

Posted by TimothyYFong

In my personal life, decolonization has been and is an important part of my political development. The mainstream consumer culture has atomized people and destroyed political life in America, by making people identify first as consumers, and not as members of a body politic. This is problematic because it puts each person in competition with everyone around them to consume the “correct” products, whether it be shampoo or politics. It’s a never ending treadmill of “authenticity.” The identity of member, however is different, because it first and foremost puts one … Continued

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An Open Letter to Occupy Oakland

November 10, 2011 at 12:04 am.

Posted by TimothyYFong

There has been a lot of discussion about the deposit of funds into my Wells Fargo client trust account. In the interests of transparency, I submit this open letter. When I volunteered the use of the account I was balancing the possibility of bad PR, with the possibility of forestalling serious physical harm to people in the jail. It was possible that there would have been mass arrests on the day of the general strike. If I have to choose between bad PR and human lives, then I will choose … 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.