Author Archives: tjdorrell

Song sang to Obama in Hawaii…

November 14, 2011 at 7:16 pm.

Hawaiian musician Makana, speaking about his act of protest at the APEC gala dinner with heads of state this weekend in Honolulu. We turn now to a fuller version of Makana’s song, “We are the Many.” MAKANA: [singing] Ye come here, gather ’round the stage The time has come for us to voice our rage Against the ones who’ve trapped us in a cage To steal from us the value of our wage From underneath the vestiture of law The lobbyists at Washington do gnaw At liberty, the bureaucrats guffaw … Continued

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A Beginners Guide to ‘Occupy’ on Vimeo

November 8, 2011 at 8:32 pm.

Posted by IndigoVII

I found this video, filmed at the Occupy Bristol encampment in the UK, to be very well done. It provides clarification of our common purpose and bond to both beginners and to original occupiers who may be getting tired and cold and sometimes disheartened. I hope for renewed strength to be sent your way through the focus of our collective energy! We APPRECIATE THE HECK OUTTA YOU!!!!! Peace -Indigo 4855

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To The Awesome People I met today at the Plaza…

November 5, 2011 at 2:24 pm.

Posted by IndigoVII

Requesting a list of some relevant and legitimate sources for information on the Occupy movement. I am working hard on finding you the link I was talking about, with the whole history of #OWS and all, but I can’t find it right now to save my life. I will keep looking. In the meantime this page http://www.nycga.net/resources/declaration/ is interesting. Still, I hope I can find that article, because it was so helpful. It talked about how the original occupiers met in some small place in NYC and had help from … Continued

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State of California merger with Bank of America…

November 4, 2011 at 9:01 pm.

Posted by IndigoVII

I am concerned about the merger between the State of California and Bank of America via UI benefits. The way I understand it, as the “administrator” of UI benefits BofA is now the State Depository of our SSI income taxes. This means they are collecting interest on us now. I am having trouble finding out much information about how this got implemented without consent. I have boycotted BofA for many years. Now I am being forced to do business with them and so are all of you who work, or … Continued

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Let’s Hold Them Accountable!

November 4, 2011 at 7:30 am.

Posted by IndigoVII

Having the right to vote is not a right at all if your choices of who and what to vote for are controlled by corrupt and greedy individuals and corporations. This is about one thing and one thing only in my mind, and that is Moral and Ethical Responsibility, without these, Democracy does not exist. Unfortunately, if any person continues to believe that the USA is still a democracy they are, at best sadly naive, and at worst stupidly dangerous. But, when we come together in places like #OccupyOakland, we … 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.