Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.  All are welcome!

For our October, 2025 meeting we will be reading and discussing the first three chapters of The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart (The CBC Massey Lectures) by Astra Taylor (Amazon) (Verso Books).  For our November meeting we will finish the book.

Finalist, 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction
Finalist, 2024 Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

These days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The status quo isn’t working for anyone, even those who appear to have it all. What is going on?

In this urgent cultural diagnosis, author and activist Astra Taylor exposes how seemingly disparate crises―rising inequality and declining mental health, the ecological emergency, and the threat of authoritarianism―originate from a social order built on insecurity. From home ownership and education to the wellness industry and policing, many of the institutions and systems that promise to make us more secure actually undermine us.

Mixing social critique, memoir, history, political analysis, and philosophy, this genre-bending book rethinks both insecurity and security from the ground up. By facing our existential insecurity and embracing our vulnerability, Taylor argues, we can begin to develop more caring, inclusive, and sustainable forms of security to help us better weather the challenges ahead. The Age of Insecurity will transform how you understand yourself and society―while illuminating a path toward meaningful change.

Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Our first book was  Doughnut Economics, and our most recent book was Elinor Ostrom’s Rules for Radicals”. For the rest of our reading list see here.

 RSVP, for location : https://actionnetwork.org/events/mass-meeting-and-noncooperation-training/

As we face a never-ending news cycle of atrocities committed against our communities, it is essential that we ground ourselves in community organizing and resist the regime that seeks to keep us fearful and powerless. Now is the time to come together, bring your neighbors and friends, and get ready so we can stay ready.

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to:

occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)

On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.

OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over six years, since October 2011! Our General Assembly is a participatory gathering of Oakland community members and beyond, where everyone who shows up is treated equally. Our Assembly and the process we have collectively cultivated strives to reach agreement while building community.

At the GA committees, caucuses, and loosely associated groups whose representatives come voluntarily report on past and future actions, with discussion. We encourage everyone participating in the Occupy Oakland GA to be part of at least one associated group, but it is by no means a requirement. If you like, just come and hear all the organizing being done! Occupy Oakland encourages political activity that is decentralized and welcomes diverse voices and actions into the movement.

General Assembly Standard Agenda

Welcome & Introductions
Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
Announcements
(Optional) Discussion Topic

Occupy Oakland activities and contact info for some Bay Area Groups with past or present Occupy Oakland members.

Occupy Oakland Web Committee: (web@occupyoakland.org)
Strike Debt Bay Area : strikedebtbayarea.tumblr.com
Berkeley Post Office Defenders:http://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/
Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice:https://www.facebook.com/ABC4JUSTICE
Oakland Privacy Working Group:https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/
Bay Area AntiRepression: antirepression@occupyoakland.org
Biblioteca Popular: http://tinyurl.com/mdlzshy
Interfaith Tent: www.facebook.com/InterfaithTent
Port Truckers Solidarity: oaklandporttruckers.wordpress.com
Bay Area Intifada: bayareaintifada.wordpress.com
Transport Workers Solidarity: www.transportworkers.org
Fresh Juice Party (aka Chalkupy) freshjuiceparty.com/chalkupy-gallery
Sudo Room: https://sudoroom.org
Omni Collective: https://omnicommons.org/
First They Came for the Homeless: https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-they-came-for-the-homeless/253882908111999
Sunflower Alliance: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/
Bay Area Public School: http://thepublicschool.org/bay-area

San Francisco based groups:
Occupy Bay Area United: www.obau.org
Occupy Forum: (see OBAU above)
San Francisco Projection Department: http://tinyurl.com/kpvb3rv

To ensure you are fully prepared to take action safely, confidently, and powerfully, ACLU is hosting a crucial pre-action training:

RSVP Today

This training will cover key information and strategies, including:

1. Knowing your rights during protests and encounters with law enforcement
2. Practical tools and techniques for safety and de-escalation in tense moments
3. Building the knowledge and strength to support others in the streets and beyond

When we know our rights, we can defend them. Let’s get ready to protect our community and freedoms together.

Spanish translation and American Sign Language interpretation will be available for this program. Traducción al español estará disponible.

Catch you there!

oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

In alliance with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) we organized the October 23, 2010 labor and community rally for Justice for Oscar Grant. On that day the ILWU shut down the Bay Area ports in solidarity. Our mission is to educate, organize and mobilize people against police and state repression. Sisters and brothers! The Oscar Grant Committee invites you to join us in this vital struggle.

We meet on the 1^st Monday of each month
You can join our discussion list by sending a blank (doesn’t even need a subject) email to

oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

the Oakland Police Commission will vote on Agenda Item #6 — a dangerous proposal to hand OPD $2 million for assault rifles, armored BearCats, drones, and other military-grade weapons.

This is a defining moment for Oakland.

Let’s be real:

• Crime is down. Violent crime has dropped, homicides are down 30%, and overall crime has fallen significantly.
• The city is broke. We’re in a budget crisis — jobs, libraries, and community programs are being cut.
• This plan does not make us safer. It’s about expanding OPD’s power, not protecting Oaklanders.

Read more about OPD’s plan here: Oakland cops want $2 million for assault rifles, drones, and armored vehicles

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And the officers pushing for this expansion? They’re the same ones who’ve already taken lives in our community:

• Lt. Omar Daza-Quiroz — shot and killed Derrick Jones, an unarmed Black barber, in 2010.
• Lt. Eriberto Perez-Angeles — also involved in the killing of Derrick Jones.
• Sgt. Patrick Gonzales — killed Gary King Jr. (2007), shot and paralyzed Ameir Rollins (2006), and led the team that killed Joshua Pawlik (2018).

These are the people demanding more firepower. And we already know how they use it.

SHOW UP AND SPEAK OUT

Oakland Police Commission Meeting
 Thursday, October 9 – 6:30 PM
 Oakland City Hall – 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
 Agenda Item #6 – Vote NO on OPD’s $2 Million Weapons Expansion

TALKING POINTS

1. Crime Is Down — There’s No Justification for Expansion
OPD’s own data shows crime has dropped significantly. Pouring $2 million into weapons when the city is cutting basic services is reckless and unjustifiable. Militarization isn’t safety — it’s waste.

2. Militarization Is About Power, Not Safety
OPD isn’t replacing old gear; it’s expanding its arsenal — 75 new assault rifles, two armored BearCats, and 19 new drones. There’s no plan to retire old weapons. Militarized policing escalates harm and fear — it doesn’t prevent violence.

3. The Officers Behind This Have a Violent Track Record
The officers pushing this plan have already taken Black lives in Oakland. Giving them more deadly tools is a direct threat to community safety.

4. Real Safety Comes from Investment in People
Safety doesn’t come from drones and rifles — it comes from housing, healthcare, youth programs, and violence prevention. Every dollar spent on militarization is a dollar stolen from real safety solutions.

LEGAL & MORAL ACCOUNTABILITY

Assembly Bill 481 makes it clear:
Cities can only approve military equipment purchases if they are necessary and cost-effective — and if there are no reasonable alternatives for public safety.

OPD’s request fails every test. They already have over 150 rifles, armored vehicles, and access to other regional military gear. And yet 33 officers sit on paid administrative leave, with 12 collecting salaries for over two years, costing taxpayers $3.6 million annually — while OPD demands even more weapons.

Oakland deserves better.

PEOPLE POWER WORKS – AND WE’VE PROVEN IT

Last week, we celebrated a major win when the Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission voted 4–2 to reject OPD’s attempt to integrate city cameras with Flock Safety’s mass surveillance network.
Read more: Oakland Privacy Commission rejects Flock Safety surveillance expansion

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As Cat Brooks, APTP Co-Founder, said:

“Oaklanders showed up and made it clear: we refuse to hand over our city’s data to a for-profit company that profits from surveillance, collaborates with ICE, and violates our most fundamental rights. Mass surveillance is not safety — investment in housing, healthcare, and community care is.”

We won that fight because the community showed up. And we can win again tonight.

It’s our city. Our safety. Our future.
Let’s stop OPD’s militarization plan — the same way we stopped their surveillance grab.

www.antipoliceterrorproject.org

DEMOCRACY NOIR at the Elmwood Theater, Berkeley

As Viktor Orban dismantles Hungary’s democratic institutions, three women – a journalist, a politician, and a nurse – work tirelessly to fight for their country’s soul.   A rousing portrait of resistance and a chilling mirror image of the current crisis of democracy in the US. Revered by Donald Trump and the Heritage Foundation, Orban’s influence helped shape Project 2025 and the current policies of the Republic Party. The film is a timely lesson on how the rise of autocratic politicians around the world, and an increasingly emboldened far right politic, pose dire consequences for us all.

Fact award Nominee CPH:DOX, Tim Hetherington Award Nominee, Sheffield,

Best Documentary and Impact Award, Boston Film Festival;

Jury Award, One World Festival Prague; Best Documentary, Sebastopol Film Festival;

Best Human Rights Film, Chicago International women’s Film Festival

Democracy Noir provides a sweeping account of one of the most consequential regimes of this century. It paints an incisive portrait of how Viktor Orban used a free and democratic election to install authoritarian rule in Hungary, enjoying widespread approval from Hungarian nationalists as well as global conservative neighbors inclined to his illiberal views. He changed the constitution, took over the courts, dismantled the rule of law, and took over the media. Revered by Donald Trump and the Heritage Foundation, Orban’s influence helped shape Project 2025 and the current policies of the Republic Party. The film is a timely lesson on how the rise of autocratic politicians around the world, and an increasingly emboldened far right politic, pose dire consequences for us all.

Democracy Noir tells this story through the activism of its three subjects, – opposition politician Timea Szabo, journalist Babett Oroszi, and nurse Nikoletta (Niko) Antal� detailing how unchecked power can quickly remove rights that were once taken for granted. It shows the women fighting their country’s unravelling social and cultural landscape.

Democracy Noir’s inspiring protagonists offer lessons in resistance against long odds that can serve to arouse increased resistance by Americans to the dismantling of democracy and the rule of law in our own country. By 2019, the Hungarian opposition to Orban, that began nearly a decade earlier with street protests, unified and won the mayoral race in Budapest where 20% of the nation’s citizens reside. It was this Mayor who led the courageous Pride march in defiance of Orban’s ban in 2025.   In 2020, a new party, Tisza, was formed and gained prominence when a former member of Orban’s party, Peter Madgar, became its leader in 2024.  Tisza is an actual threat to Orban’s power, making the elections of 2026 important dates for Hungary and the United States.

Please RSVP here  https://actionnetwork.org/events/divest-from-apartheid-campaign-meeting-sun-oct-12-2025-hybrid/
(Location and Zoom link provided once you RSVP)

After almost a year and a half of working to divest Alameda County from apartheid, we’re now the first of many-to-come US counties with an investment policy that aligns with the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Movement (BDS). When implemented, the EIP would ensure that Alameda County stays committed to protecting our communities here at home and around the world by not investing in human rights abusers.

Thank you so much for helping our campaign by endorsing our letter to the Board of Supervisors. We hope that you can continue to stay involved in the campaign as our work moves towards advocating for timely and effective implementation of the EIP and supporting the development of ethical investing policies in other jurisdictions.

Join us on ZOOM, OR IN PERSON for a strategy debrief this Sunday, October 12, from 10 am – 11:30 am.

For the moment, let’s celebrate the achievement and also take 10 seconds to thank our staunchest allies for their support. Please use this link to send Treasurer Hank Levy and Supervisors Nikki Forunato Bas and Elise Márquez an email showing your appreciation. (https://tinyurl.com/TYACAllies).

Our WIN was covered by numerous local media: SFGATE, KQED, Oaklandside, Bay Current, and Oakland North.

And if you’d like to learn more about our victory, Bay Current and KQED provided a good analysis. Please also take a look at our press release and victory post on instagram.

DEMOCRACY NOIR at the Elmwood Theater, Berkeley

As Viktor Orban dismantles Hungary’s democratic institutions, three women – a journalist, a politician, and a nurse – work tirelessly to fight for their country’s soul.   A rousing portrait of resistance and a chilling mirror image of the current crisis of democracy in the US. Revered by Donald Trump and the Heritage Foundation, Orban’s influence helped shape Project 2025 and the current policies of the Republic Party. The film is a timely lesson on how the rise of autocratic politicians around the world, and an increasingly emboldened far right politic, pose dire consequences for us all.

Fact award Nominee CPH:DOX, Tim Hetherington Award Nominee, Sheffield,

Best Documentary and Impact Award, Boston Film Festival;

Jury Award, One World Festival Prague; Best Documentary, Sebastopol Film Festival;

Best Human Rights Film, Chicago International women’s Film Festival

Democracy Noir provides a sweeping account of one of the most consequential regimes of this century. It paints an incisive portrait of how Viktor Orban used a free and democratic election to install authoritarian rule in Hungary, enjoying widespread approval from Hungarian nationalists as well as global conservative neighbors inclined to his illiberal views. He changed the constitution, took over the courts, dismantled the rule of law, and took over the media. Revered by Donald Trump and the Heritage Foundation, Orban’s influence helped shape Project 2025 and the current policies of the Republic Party. The film is a timely lesson on how the rise of autocratic politicians around the world, and an increasingly emboldened far right politic, pose dire consequences for us all.

Democracy Noir tells this story through the activism of its three subjects, – opposition politician Timea Szabo, journalist Babett Oroszi, and nurse Nikoletta (Niko) Antal� detailing how unchecked power can quickly remove rights that were once taken for granted. It shows the women fighting their country’s unravelling social and cultural landscape.

Democracy Noir’s inspiring protagonists offer lessons in resistance against long odds that can serve to arouse increased resistance by Americans to the dismantling of democracy and the rule of law in our own country. By 2019, the Hungarian opposition to Orban, that began nearly a decade earlier with street protests, unified and won the mayoral race in Budapest where 20% of the nation’s citizens reside. It was this Mayor who led the courageous Pride march in defiance of Orban’s ban in 2025.   In 2020, a new party, Tisza, was formed and gained prominence when a former member of Orban’s party, Peter Madgar, became its leader in 2024.  Tisza is an actual threat to Orban’s power, making the elections of 2026 important dates for Hungary and the United States.

• Recognizes the immediacy of the many brutal human crises.
• Connects the dots between fossil fuel interests, political corruption, and the headlong rush into an authoritarian state in which we have fewer rights, less access to healthcare, less protection from extreme weather events, and higher costs of everything from food to housing.

Register here for the October 11 All-Chapter Gathering

With engaging guest speakers, climate activists from around the country, and plenty of time for brainstorming and discussion, the gathering should be informative, inspiring, and productive.

DEMOCRACY NOIR at the Elmwood Theater, Berkeley

As Viktor Orban dismantles Hungary’s democratic institutions, three women – a journalist, a politician, and a nurse – work tirelessly to fight for their country’s soul.   A rousing portrait of resistance and a chilling mirror image of the current crisis of democracy in the US. Revered by Donald Trump and the Heritage Foundation, Orban’s influence helped shape Project 2025 and the current policies of the Republic Party. The film is a timely lesson on how the rise of autocratic politicians around the world, and an increasingly emboldened far right politic, pose dire consequences for us all.

Fact award Nominee CPH:DOX, Tim Hetherington Award Nominee, Sheffield,

Best Documentary and Impact Award, Boston Film Festival;

Jury Award, One World Festival Prague; Best Documentary, Sebastopol Film Festival;

Best Human Rights Film, Chicago International women’s Film Festival

Democracy Noir provides a sweeping account of one of the most consequential regimes of this century. It paints an incisive portrait of how Viktor Orban used a free and democratic election to install authoritarian rule in Hungary, enjoying widespread approval from Hungarian nationalists as well as global conservative neighbors inclined to his illiberal views. He changed the constitution, took over the courts, dismantled the rule of law, and took over the media. Revered by Donald Trump and the Heritage Foundation, Orban’s influence helped shape Project 2025 and the current policies of the Republic Party. The film is a timely lesson on how the rise of autocratic politicians around the world, and an increasingly emboldened far right politic, pose dire consequences for us all.

Democracy Noir tells this story through the activism of its three subjects, – opposition politician Timea Szabo, journalist Babett Oroszi, and nurse Nikoletta (Niko) Antal� detailing how unchecked power can quickly remove rights that were once taken for granted. It shows the women fighting their country’s unravelling social and cultural landscape.

Democracy Noir’s inspiring protagonists offer lessons in resistance against long odds that can serve to arouse increased resistance by Americans to the dismantling of democracy and the rule of law in our own country. By 2019, the Hungarian opposition to Orban, that began nearly a decade earlier with street protests, unified and won the mayoral race in Budapest where 20% of the nation’s citizens reside. It was this Mayor who led the courageous Pride march in defiance of Orban’s ban in 2025.   In 2020, a new party, Tisza, was formed and gained prominence when a former member of Orban’s party, Peter Madgar, became its leader in 2024.  Tisza is an actual threat to Orban’s power, making the elections of 2026 important dates for Hungary and the United States.

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to:

occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)

On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.

OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over six years, since October 2011! Our General Assembly is a participatory gathering of Oakland community members and beyond, where everyone who shows up is treated equally. Our Assembly and the process we have collectively cultivated strives to reach agreement while building community.

At the GA committees, caucuses, and loosely associated groups whose representatives come voluntarily report on past and future actions, with discussion. We encourage everyone participating in the Occupy Oakland GA to be part of at least one associated group, but it is by no means a requirement. If you like, just come and hear all the organizing being done! Occupy Oakland encourages political activity that is decentralized and welcomes diverse voices and actions into the movement.

General Assembly Standard Agenda

Welcome & Introductions
Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
Announcements
(Optional) Discussion Topic

Occupy Oakland activities and contact info for some Bay Area Groups with past or present Occupy Oakland members.

Occupy Oakland Web Committee: (web@occupyoakland.org)
Strike Debt Bay Area : strikedebtbayarea.tumblr.com
Berkeley Post Office Defenders:http://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/
Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice:https://www.facebook.com/ABC4JUSTICE
Oakland Privacy Working Group:https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/
Bay Area AntiRepression: antirepression@occupyoakland.org
Biblioteca Popular: http://tinyurl.com/mdlzshy
Interfaith Tent: www.facebook.com/InterfaithTent
Port Truckers Solidarity: oaklandporttruckers.wordpress.com
Bay Area Intifada: bayareaintifada.wordpress.com
Transport Workers Solidarity: www.transportworkers.org
Fresh Juice Party (aka Chalkupy) freshjuiceparty.com/chalkupy-gallery
Sudo Room: https://sudoroom.org
Omni Collective: https://omnicommons.org/
First They Came for the Homeless: https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-they-came-for-the-homeless/253882908111999
Sunflower Alliance: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/
Bay Area Public School: http://thepublicschool.org/bay-area

San Francisco based groups:
Occupy Bay Area United: www.obau.org
Occupy Forum: (see OBAU above)
San Francisco Projection Department: http://tinyurl.com/kpvb3rv

Green Sunday: Join Zoom Meeting:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85449203697

Karl Grossman and Harvey “Sluggo” Wasserman will join California safe energy activists in a deep dive into how to shut the Diablo Canyon nukes and convert the state to 100% renewables.

Gavin Newsom has sabotaged the 2018 omnibus agreement to do just that.  We want to plan here how to revive that agreement & make it happen.

We hope to have representatives from the Mothers for Peace & others at this event, which will be aimed at tangible results.

Also, here is a link to an article entitled, “Putin’s UnPeaceful Atom”, which we published in Counterpunch today:  https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/06/putins-unpeaceful-atom/
Karl Grossman is the author of “Cover Up: What You Are Not Supposed to Know About Nuclear Power.” He is the host of the nationally broadcast TV program “Enviro Close-Up with Karl Grossman” ( http://www.envirovideo.com )

Harvey “Sluggo” Wasserman wrote “Solartopia! Our Green-Powered Earth,” and co-wrote (with Norman Solomon, Bob Alvarez & Eleanor Waters) “Killing Our Own: The Disaster of America’s Experience with Atomic Radiation.” His Green Grassroots Election Protection ( http://www.grassrootsep.org ) zooms on most Mondays at 2 p.m. PT.

Green Sundays are a series of free public programs & discussions on topics “du jour” sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County and held on the 2nd Sunday of each month. The monthly business meeting of the County Council of the Green Party follows at 7:00 pm. Council meetings are open to anyone who is interested.

With the ever growing threat of authoritarianism and attacks on our communities, it’s time to get even more organized! We are excited to announce that going forward Bay Resistance is now hosting open monthly resistance meetings, regularly on the 2nd Monday of the month in Oakland. These meetings are a place for all pods and community members to connect with grassroots community organizations, local organizing and campaigns.

We are also sharing the next rapid response network training for Alameda county. Volunteers from Hayward and the southern part of Alameda county are especially needed to verify and respond to ICE activity.

Our resistance is critical and the time to come together is now. If you are looking for a space to connect with others about the urgent need to protect our community members and take action against fascism, join us!

East Bay Monthly Resistance Meeting

On the agenda:

• ICE Out of Dublin campaign

• Neighborhood organizing to prepare for ICE raids
• Mutual aid to support immigrant families with Faith In Action East Bay
• Swing district canvassing with Seed the Vote
• Upcoming actions targeting tech oligarchs with Stop Billionaire Summer

Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.

Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for privacy, surveillance regulation of both corporations and the state, and government transparency, around the Bay and nationwide.

We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, tracking equipment and online tracking, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws, and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” —  to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what government officials, employees and agencies are doing.

We draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and in Sacramento. We advocate in op-eds and in the streets. We pursue lawsuits as necessary to protect our rights. We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and believe no one is illegal.

Check out some of what we worked on in 2024, with links back through 2019.

Oakland Privacy originally came together in 2013 to fight against the Domain Awareness Center, Oakland’s citywide networked mass surveillance hub. OP was instrumental in stopping the DAC from becoming a city-wide spying network.  We helped fight and in 2018 we helped win the fight against Urban Shield.

Our major projects currently include local legislation to regulate state surveillance (we got the strongest surveillance regulation ordinance in the country passed in Oakland!), supporting and opposing state legislation as appropriate, battling mass surveillance in the form of facial recognition and other analytics, mass aerial surveillance, ubiquitous license plate readers,  online tracking and ID requirements,  street surveillance, and fighting to ensure local governments adhere to State privacy and transparency regulations.

On September 12th, 2019 we were presented with a Barlow Award by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for our work, and on March 16th, 2021 the James Madison Freedom of Information Award by the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists.

If you are interested in joining the Oakland Privacy email listserv, coming to a meeting, or have questions, send an email to:

contact@oaklandprivacy.org

Check out our website: http://oaklandprivacy.org/

Follow us on twitter: @oaklandprivacy, and/or on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@oaklandprivacy, and/or at Bluesky at @oaklandprivacy.bsky.social

The APTP General Meeting  will be virtual only due to ongoing construction in front of the entrance to The People’s House.

We’ll still gather — online — to organize, strategize, and continue building real community safety.

RSVP here to join virtually or scan the QR code:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/october-hybrid-general-meeting

Our monthly meetings are where we:

• Get updates on key APTP campaigns and wins
• Plug into committees and community organizing work
• Mobilize for action and build collective power

Tonight’s agenda includes:

• Next steps to stop the expansion of FLOCK ALPR cameras in Oakland
• Organizing to stop OPD’s $2M militarization weapons grab
• Upcoming “Know Your Rights” and Community Teach-In Town Hall

Even if we can’t meet in person, we’re still connected — rooted in community and committed to the fight for justice and safety for all.

For questions, contact: info@antipoliceterrorproject.org