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In New York, on September 13th, thousands will BLOW THE WHISTLE and organize determined resistance to Stop & Frisk, mass incarceration, solitary confinement, police brutality, and the criminal injustice system.

In Oakland, meet at Bancroft & 73rd Ave at 4:00 PM to march to the Oakland Police Substation at the Eastmont Mall.

Stop Masss Incarceration National Website.

“From the folks who brought you the West Coast Port Shutdown.”

The OO Labor Solidarity Committee meets weekly, with every other meeting being held at Oscar Grant Plaza weather permitting. This week’s meeting will tentatively take place at UNITE HERE, 2nd floor, 1440 Broadway, Oakland.

PLEASE CHECK BACK AS THE PLACE MAY WELL CHANGE!!

The main topic for this meeting will be discussion of and preparation for an Oakland Port Workers’ rank-and-file Assembly. Non-unionized airport workers (the Port of Oakland runs the Oakland Airport) have been targeted for union-organizing activity while UNITE HERE is trying to organize them. SEIU Port workers have no contract currently and the Longshorman’s contract with the Port of Oakland (and contracts up and down the West Coast) are due to expire soon. Couple that with deep labor unrest at various ports up and down the East Coast, and there seems to be a lot of possibility to work together and show solidarity.

Other topics may include the Chicago Teachers’ strike, recent events in South Africa and Alan Blueford Coalition organizing.

In Partnership With the Interfaith Tent:

Oakland’s Faith Community Responds to Alan Blueford’s Murder by Police (Fellowship Hall): Alan Blueford, high school senior about to graduate from Skyline High School in Oakland, was gunned down fatally by police on May 6. Come to this meeting with the Blueford family to pray, act, and strategize to make sure that what happened to Alan will not happen to anyone else.

More information

See also the Blueford BBQ on Sept. 15th

For more information from the Portland folks, check out nopoliticalrepression.wordpress.com or email the Committee Against Political Repression at nopoliticalrepression@gmail.com

On May 6th, Alan Blueford was murdered by OPD officer Miguel Masso. On May 15th, members of the City Council promised the Blueford family support for their struggle for justice. Since then, the family has received nothing but stonewalling and lies from the City of Oakland and OPD.

Join us at a BBQ and Community Meeting to take action against this injustice, and to fight to prevent further such tragic events.

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New schedule and additional location!

Bi-Monthly meetings to organize and publish web content for occupyoakland.org.

We meet the first Thursday of the month at The Holdout, 2313 San Pablo Ave Oakland,CA 94612 @ 6PM

And the third Sunday of the month at 19th Street / Rashida Muhammad Street (one block away from 19th Street/Telegraph avenue) @ 2PM

If interested on helping us out, please come and join us!

Web@occupyoakland.org

Monday September 17th, celebrating the one year anniversary of the Occupy Movement and Growing Resistance Worldwide.

At t 1pm begin gathering at Bradley Manning Plaza (a.k.a, Justin Herman Plaza) – Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco, CA.

At 2pm PARTY TAKES TO THE STREETS!

At 5pm Mass Convergence at 555 California, San Francisco, CA.

…. Stay Tuned For October 10th, 2012 — One Year Anniversary of Occupy Oakland!!!

Come and support the Bluefords as they tell the City Council they have had enough of their false promises and OPD’s lies.

In Tweetspeak:

OccupythePort ‏@occupytheport
Tues. Sept. 18 5pm: Alan Blueford’s family to demand Oakland City Council fire Miguel Masso. No more excuses. #J4AB Via @OccupiedOakTrib

OccupythePort ‏@occupytheport
Sept 18th #Justice4AlanBlueford at #OAKMTG City Council 5:00 join the fight for justice #OO #OccupyOakland #osf

Alyssa ‏@alyssa011968
#Justice4AlanBlueford Sept 18th City Council 5:00 join the fight for justice #OO #OccupyOakland

Visit the Justice 4 Alan Blueford Website for more information.

On Tuesday, June 5, just before 9 PM, Derrick Gaines, a fifteen-year-old youth of multi-racial descent, was needlessly killed by an officer of the South San Francisco Police Department.

South City Police Chief Michael Massoni and the cooperative local media wasted no time in fabricating a story intended to justify the blood on their hands, in part through shamelessly smearing the victim’s character.

But there are two sides to events like these: what the cops say, and what the truth is. In this case, the
truth is that Derrick never reached for or produced a weapon, and was shot down by an officer who had brutalized and restrained him first. Derrick’s friends and family have staged multiple actions at the site of the shooting, and the anger at Derrick’s murder is combining with general discontent regarding how the South SF police treat youth, particularly youth of color locally, as well as the horrendous reality that such acts of police violence are a disturbingly common occurrence, here in the Bay Area and across the country.

The Arco Gas Station, which was the scene of the incident, is located at 2300 Westborough Blvd., at the corner of Westborough and Gellert. It is 4.4 miles from the San Bruno Caltrain Station, and 3.2 miles from San Bruno BART.

Do not let the South SFPD’s lies, and heinous actions, go unchallenged. Please join friends, family members, and other allies in the ongoing struggle against racism and social injustice as we continue to demand justice for Derrick, and for all victims of racist police violence.

Article about Derrick Gaines: They Treated Him Like a Statistic

“From the folks who brought you the West Coast Port Shutdown.”

The OO Labor Solidarity Committee meets weekly, with every other meeting being held at Oscar Grant Plaza weather permitting. This week’s meeting will take place in the amphitheater at Oscar Grant Plaza, just outside of City Hall.

PLEASE CHECK BACK AS THERE IS SOME CHANCE THE LOCATION MAY CHANGE!!

The main topic for this meeting will be discussion of and preparation for an Oakland Port Workers’ rank-and-file Assembly. Non-unionized airport workers (the Port of Oakland runs the Oakland Airport) have been targeted for union-organizing activity while UNITE HERE is trying to organize them. SEIU Port workers have no contract currently and ILWU contracts at various locales on the West Coast are due to expire soon. Couple that with deep labor unrest at various ports up and down the East Coast, and there seems to be a lot of possibility to work together and show solidarity.

Other topics may include the Chicago Teachers’ strike, recent events in South Africa and Alan Blueford Coalition organizing.

We meet biweekly. We will be reviewing the events of the last week — a BBQ on September 15th and our City Hall action on September 18th. We will be planning our speakout against police violence on September 29th at the Eastmont Mall at 5:00 PM, and planning further steps in our search for Justice For Alan Blueford. Come help us out!

Please visit the Justice 4 Alan Blueford website

Please sign the petition demanding Justice For Alan

Arroyo Park is located within the area bounded by the major thoroughfares of Bankcroft Ave, 73rd Ave, 82nd Ave, and Holly St. It is about seven blocks from the Eastmont Mall.

On September 22 this month there will be a forum in Oakland to defend the right to self-defense, to educate the communities suffering from racial profiling, and to launch new organizing efforts in these communities. The Forum, “SELF-RESPECT AND COMMUNITY SELF-DEFENSE IN A LAND OF ENDLESS RACIAL PROFILING”, will feature new materials on the history and methods of community self-defense, and guest speaker Djibril Toure, a leader of the the campaign against “Stop and Frisk” in New York as well as the newly launched National People’s Self-Defense Campaign, who will bring his experience to share.

Via the Oscar Grant Committee.

Website: A People’s Hearing on Rascism and Police Violence

Show support for the Chicago Teachers Union who are on strike defending jobs and public education.

Organized by local Bay Area unions.

Now performing as Redd Welsh, he sings a dozen mostly original songs on the album, backed by some fine musicians including Joe Goldmark on pedal steel guitar; Pete Elman on keyboards and bass; John Blakeley on Stratocaster, Telecaster and acoustic guitars; Lachelle Oats on vocals; Paul Hlebcar on harmonica; and Kelly Ralston on congas and percussion.

The party gets under way at 7:00 p.m. Saturday Sept. 22 in the friendly Fellowship Hall of the Berkeley Unitarians, 1924 Cedar St. at Bonita, in Berkeley – which by the way has a great piano. The Hall is only a six-tenths of a mile walk up Cedar from North Berkeley BART.

Special guest appearances at the party by Jon Fromer, Harriet and Alex Bagwell, Hali Hammer and Barbara Dane.

Don’t miss this festive musical gathering of old and new friends.

Bannering for Bradley Manning/Occupy Issues at Berkeley Pedestrian Overpass

Bring a banner or join us bannering to support Bradley Manning and related Occupy issues Sunday Sept. 23 4pm-6pm

at the Berkeley Pedestrian Overpass on I-80 near the University Ave off ramp.

Parking available on both sides of the freeway, adjacent to the overpass pedestrian entrances.

This location gets tremendous traffic congestion in the evening commute and weekend vacation travel and is a hot spot to communicate on important issues of the day.

6:00 PM: Dinner

6:30 PM: Excerpts from “Occupation Has No Future”
A Film About US Veterans Who Travel To Palestine.