Calendar
The OO Labor Solidarity Committee meets weekly, with every other meeting being held at Oscar Grant Plaza weather permitting. This week’s meeting will be at Oscar Grant Plaza. We usually congregate on the steps to the north of the amphitheater.
Topics generally include coordination with labor groups (union and non-union) around the Bay Area, and we will be focused on planning events leading up to and for May Day, May 1st, International Workers’ Day and Immigrants’ Rights Day.
3rd floor conference room
www.occupy4prisoners.org
3-7pm in Lil’ Bobby Hutton (Defremery) Park
located at 18th & Adeline
Celebrating Lil Bobby Hutton Day & the Black Panther Party Legacy.
In memory of fallen comrades.
HOODIE & HIJAB MARCH following this Saturday’s BBQ @ 7:30 PM
Come for the glamor, glitter & fierceness, stay to plan some smashing of capitalism, patriarchy, white supremacy & the fascist state!
Right now our bodies are under attack by the state and its rightwing minions. And we’re ready and waiting to bash the fuck back against this attack on reproductive freedoms and bodily autonomy. So on this May Day we’re going to be organizing around reproductive labor and we invite all queers, women and trans* folks to come every or any possible sunday to the planning meetings with ideas and open ears!!
We will be meeting at 5pm on Sundays after the GAs at 19th and Telegraph!
A Day of Action to protest Alameda County District Attorney O’Malley’s stay-away orders, specifically those against UC Berkeley students but also all those who have been given stay-aways in relation to Occupy events.
A press conference and march are tentatively planned.
Updates:
From 9 am there will be cellphone stations on Sproul Steps with lists of phone numbers to call and request that the DA drop the charges against the “Sproul 13” Occupy Cal protesters.
A press conference will be held at 11:00 am. Afterwards, the absurdity of the 100 yards stay away orders will be put on display via maps that carve out that region.
Come and help be a part of Occupy Oakland’s planning for May 1st, 2012, and the call for an international general strike, otherwise known as a Day without the 99%. Meetings are held at 5pm at 19th and Telegraph due to stay away orders, and will be moved into an indoor location if the weather forces the situation.
Celebrate James and Portest Police violence!
Join family and friends in remembrance of James Rivera, Jr., the 16 year old boy murdered by Stockton Police and County Sherrifs on July 22nd, 2010.
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012. Meet at Stockton Court house, 222 E Weber Ave, with a march to city hall at 5pm.
Buses will be leaving from oakland, at 19 th andTelegraph at 11:30 am and will be returning form Stockton at 6pm, jsut in tiome to make the 6 month Birthday Party of Occupy Oakland at Oscar Grant Plaza that evening!
Donations are requested for a headstone on James’ Grave.
Sponsored by Mothers Cry for Justice, a group of family members, friends, and concerned community members seeking justice for James Tivera, Jr. and all victims of police abuse and violence! We are all Oscar Grant!
On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, Occupy Oakland is having its Six Month Anniversary Party at Oscar Grant Plaza!
Come down to Oscar Grant Plaza and enjoy the atmosphere of the camp and the amazing experiences we have all been through together, with a concert, speak-out, feast, and picture and movie slideshows of Occupy Oakland!
The evening will end with a dance party, as we re-occupy for one night to honor the space we have all fought so hard for.
Get in touch with the Events Committee for more information, and if you have pictures/performers/food to donate, please email:
events@occupyoakland.org
BANK ACTION THIS WEDNESDAY!
We have been meeting with Richard Harris, a homeowner in the Fruitvale who is facing foreclosure and who has just been denied a loan modification. An ex-state police officer and an ex-SF firefighter, he has been in his home for 25 years and the bank thinks he is just another entry on their balance sheets. They think they are going to sell his home from out from underneath him in a month. The system is rigged, his old unions are absent, and the banks are giving him the same old paperwork runaround while the clock ticks. Time for Occupy to step in and take this fight public.
WHAT: SAVE RICHARD HARRIS’ HOME!! Bank Action and Street Canvass
WHEN: Wednesday, April 11, 2:30-4:00 pm
WHERE: Fruitvale BART to gather and hold a pre-action briefing before we leave for the bank.
WHAT: We will be delivering a demand letter to the branch manager, seeking to initate good faith negotiation and escalation of Mr Harris’ case as well as holding an informational picket outside the bank and street canvassing on foreclosures in the neighborhood. This isn’t a bank closure although the banks often try to close rather than deal with their own customers. Livestreamers will respect our media parameters or will be deemed “hostile” and be dealt with accordingly. This is a disciplined action with a set of agreements that will be discussed at the pre-action briefing.
See you there!!
This is a public fight now!!
A follow-up meeting to Mayday Monday’s, now on Wednesdays as well as Mondays!
Starting at 5pm at 19th and Telegraph, the Mayday planning will have a second meeting to get more work done for the Day Without the 99%!
Weekly meeting to organize and publish web content for occupyoakland.org.
The OO Labor Solidarity Committee meets weekly, with every other meeting being held at Oscar Grant Plaza weather permitting. This week’s meeting will likely be at the California Nurses Association Bldg, 20th & Franklin. be held at 6 PM Thursday at 400 Roland Way, Oakland, CA 94621 (Teamsters Local 70.) It’s about two miles away from the Oakland Coliseum BART, (10 minutes on the 98 bus.) Otherwise Rich has volunteered to carpool from the Coliseum BART at 5:30. Others who want to offer rides can meet there too if they want.
Topics include coordination with labor groups (union and non-union) around the Bay Area, and we will be focused on planning events leading up to and for May Day, May 1st, International Workers’ Day and Immigrants’ Rights Day. We are currently planning a Labor Forum to be held April 21st from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, location TBA.
Occupy Oakland Patriarchy is hosting a BBQ and speak out “reflecting on cycles of violence.”
Stand and join a march with the workers who dedicate their lives to operating and maintaining the Golden Gate Bridge, and the buses & ferries that take fans to Giants games.
Tell the Bridge District to keep its promises. Don’t let them break their promises by: Reducing vested retiree benefits; Reducing current employees’ benefits, making quality health care unafforable for families; Rewarding non-union employees with raises while punishing union workers.
Meet @ Market Street & the Embarcadero (across from the Ferry Bldg) at 4 PM for rally. March to AT&T Park.
Members of Occupy Portland media Coalition present “Occupation Nation” film screenings this weekend in Oakland and Berkeley
A slam-packed episode of political remix videos that is hotter than mace in your face
B Media’s latest video variety show is an hour-long episode that remixes historic struggles for freedom of speech, the labor movement and international land occupations with local and national actions like #F29, interviews with David Graeber, and Obama in Disney World. Special appearances by Mr.Bean, Clint Eastwood and Janet Jackson’s boob.
Watch the trailer here:http://bit.ly/occupationpromo
About the Events:
Sat 14th 7-9pm
Occupation Nation (screening/discussion)
Longhaul Infoshop
3124 Shattuck Ave
About B Media Collective:
B Media Collective is a community-based video art collective from
Portland, OR, that uses political remix videos, documentary films, and
skill-sharing workshops to catalyze collaborative work for social
justice.
About the Variety Show:
The Variety Show is a bi-monthly mash up of art, humor and politics
remixing local social justice events with found internet detritus.
Centered around a relevant theme, the show is an eclectic,
ever-evolving experiment in collaborative filmmaking.
Come for the glamor, glitter & fierceness, stay to plan some smashing of capitalism, patriarchy, white supremacy & the fascist state!
Right now our bodies are under attack by the state and its rightwing minions. And we’re ready and waiting to bash the fuck back against this attack on reproductive freedoms and bodily autonomy. So on this May Day we’re going to be organizing around reproductive labor and we invite all queers, women and trans* folks to come every or any possible sunday to the planning meetings with ideas and open ears!!
We will be meeting at 5pm on Sundays after the GAs at 19th and Telegraph!
Come and help be a part of Occupy Oakland’s planning for May 1st, 2012, and the call for an international general strike, otherwise known as a Day without the 99%. Meetings are held at 5pm at 19th and Telegraph due to stay away orders, and will be moved into an indoor location if the weather forces the situation.
No war on Iran, End all wars!
On this tax day, REFUSE your give your tax money for continuous wars & occupations, including the threatened invasion of Iran!
Redirect our resources! Bring yourselves along with your tax dollars, food, books, plants, bicycles, medical supplies, sings, etc. – any of the things you want our taxes to go for – to the Oakland Federal Building and help distribute our resources to the people, NOT to wars, occupations, genocides!!!
Stand with CodePINK, Occupy Oakland, Northern California War Tax Resistance, BAY-Peace, Courage to Resist, Afghans for Peace, Women in Black, IVAW, Stanford says NO to Wars, Global Exchange, Grandmothers and all concerned US folks to insist NO NEW WARS AND END ALL WARS!
Street theater, music, food, visuals: wherever our tax money is going, our war economy and military attacks on other countries (off the US Land mass) since 1798!
Last Organizing meeting, Saturday, April 14th, 11am -1pm, Mudrakers Cafe, 2801 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley.
www.bayareacodepink.org
info@bayareacodepink.org