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JOIN THE PARTY FOR DEFENSE OF WORKING CLASS RADICALS GG AND ORION’S HOME AGAINST THE ROTTEN INTERNATIONAL RULING CLASS CAPITALIST BANKS AND COURTS.
ACOUSTIC MUSIC 1PM TO 4PM
4PM TO 7PM ORION/S JOY OF JAZZ WITH GUEST JAZZ MUSICIANS
POT LUCK GALS BRING FOOD
GUYS BRING DRINKS OR VICE VERSA.
“If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” – Emma Goldman (supposedly)
On Jan 28, 2012 Occupy Oakland activists planned “Oakland Rise Up! Move-in Day”, an action intended to result in the takeover of a large building to be converted into a community center. The Oakland Police Department responded to a jubilant show of community support and enthusiasm for community service by firing “less lethal” weapons and deploying explosives on a crowd which very clearly included children.
… (complete writeup on Facebook page)
Nearly a year later, state repression of Occupy Oakland continues, our personal and activist relationships are severely tattered and torn, and noone can fix this but us.
Stay-Away orders remain on the books and continue to separate our community, keeping many of our most valued members away from events like #O25.
Let’s meet up at 19th and Telegraph, throw the greatest fucking dance party that Occupy Oakland has ever seen, hold a speakout for stayaways, and if we feel comfortable with our numbers, embark on a peaceful and cathartic march past our old battlegrounds.
Let’s heal our community and get back to doing what we all came together to do in the first place – draw attention to economic and social injustice, corporate control of politics, and the mother fucking banks.
Long live the movement, and Fuck The Police!
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ATTENTION! People arrested on J28!
A class action law suit against OPD and mutual aid police departments is being filed! We need your stories, videos, twitter feeds, and anything else that can help piece together what happened on that day and the following days spent in Santa Rita and Glen Dyer. Particularly of interest: accounts of police brutality, felony charges, and situations where personal/medical needs were not met. Also, we are trying to track down all journalists (those with valid press pass) who were detained and/arrested at the Y.
Please contact ASAP Yolanda Huang at 510-392-2140, j28.legal@gmail.com
Strike Debt is an arm of Occupy Wall Street, born from the need to foster “resistance to all forms of debt imposed on us by the banks.” One of its projects is the debt-buying-and-abolishing Rolling Jubilee, and another is the Debt Resistor’s Operations Manual, a publication best described as “half survivor guide, half exposé of the lending industry.”
The benefit will feature a wide variety of local performers, including the Bay Area’s famously opinionated punk rock and spoken word legend, Jello Biafra, comics Sean Keane and Kevin O’Shea, and more! 7:30pm
Strike Debt Bay Area Web Page.
Strike Debt advertises the Bay Area fundraiser! You can watch a livestream of the fundraiser by going to that site on Monday evening at 7:30 PM. You can also donate via a WePay account to Bay Area Strike Debt from that page.
100% of every online donation will go to funding the projects of Strike Debt Bay Area.
Also:
Strike Debt Bay Area FaceBook.
STRIKE DEBT BAY AREA ANNOUNCES OAKLAND’S FIRST DEBTORS’ ASSEMBLY!! FEB 2ND. CLICK FOR DETAILS.
Nell Myhand was locked out of her home on Tuesday 1/22/2013 after Chase foreclosed and sold her home to Freddie Mac instead of modifying her loan to make it affordable. Join us on Thursday 1/31/2013, from 4:30 -5:30 pm at 1330 Broadway St (12th St BART) to protest this injustice and send Chase the message to work with Nell. For regular updates go to www.nellmyhand.net
Show your support – Sign Nell’s petition here; – phone/fax/e-mail blast Today! (sample RAP at end) Chase Bank CEO Jamie Dimon Tel: 212-270-1111; Fax: 212-270-1121; e-mail address; jamie.dimon@jpmchase.com
Nell Myhand (1329 E. 32nd St Oakland CA 94602) lived with her partner, Synthia, for over ten years. They fell behind on their mortgage payments after Synthia became disabled and Nell lost her job. Synthia has been forced to move into assisted living because of the stress of threatened eviction. After they spent over two years and hundreds hours pursuing an affordable mortgage payment through the loan modification process, Freddie Mac, which was bailed out by tax payer dollars refused to approve a loan modification and supported Chase Bank in foreclosing and evicting Nell.
Freddie Mac and Chase Bank are now giving conflicting reasons as to why they did not modify the loan. They threatened to change the locks trying to bully Nell into leaving. Nell and Synthia have already paid over 2/3 of the value of their home but face being made homeless and being left with nothing. We demand that Chase work with Nell.
Supporters to date: Berkeley Unitarian Universalists, Boots Riley; Causa Justa Just Cause; Commemoration Committee of the Black Panther Party; Ecumenical Peace Institute, Every Mother is a Working Mother; Global Women’s Strike; Haiti Action Committee; International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network; Payday Men’s Network; Oakland/Bay Area stop foreclosures ad hoc working group; Paul Kivel, No2 HousingCrime; US PROStitutes Collective; Queer Strike; Ruckus Society; Sister Circle; Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike; activists in Occupy Oakland, friends & others…
On Saturday, February 2nd, Strike Debt Bay Area will host Oakland’s first Debtors’ Assembly.
As individuals, families, and communities, most of us are drowning in debt for the basic things we need to live, including housing, education, and health care. Even those of us who do not have personal debt are affected by predatory lending. Our essential public services are cut because our cities and towns are held hostage by the same big banks that have been bailed out by our government. All of us are outraged that big banks don’t have to pay their debts, but we do.
Debt keeps us isolated, ashamed, and afraid—of becoming homeless, of going hungry, of being crippled or killed by treatable illness, or of being trapped in poverty-level jobs. Those facing foreclosure, medical debt, student debt, or credit card debt feel alone, hounded by debt collectors, and forced into unrewarding work to keep up with payments.
Strike Debt is building a movement to challenge this system while creating alternatives and supporting each other. At the Debtors’ Assembly we will come together as a community and begin to rethink debt, not as an issue of individual shame, but as a political platform for collective resistance and action. Come to the Assembly to learn about tools for escaping the closing walls of debt, to share resources and skills, and to magnify our assembled energy. As we share our experiences we can begin to take back from the financiers what they have taken from us: our freedom and our future.
Debt resistance is just the beginning. Join us as we imagine and create a new world based on the common good, not Wall Street profits.
ORGANIZATION INFO: Strike Debt Bay Area is the local chapter of Strike Debt, an international movement of groups working to build popular resistance to all forms of unjust debt. Strike Debt has organized the Rolling Jubilee, the Debt Resistors Operations Manual, and local debtors’ assemblies. Strike Debt supports the creation of just and sustainable economies, based on mutual aid, common goods, and public affluence. We owe the financial institutions nothing. It is to our friends, families and community that we owe everything.
Nell Myhand, a local activist with Cause Justica/Just Cause, was locked out of her home on Tuesday 1/22/13 after Chase foreclosed instead of modifying her loan.
This is INTERNATIONAL CALL-IN DAY.
Call Jamie Dimon @ 212-270-1111 any time between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM.
Fax: 212-270-1121
Email: jamie.dimon@jpmchase.com
Hello, my name is —– and I am calling on behalf of Nell Myhand at 1329 E. 32nd St, Oakland CA. I want Jamie Dimon to use his power to end Nell’s eviction and work with her to get her home back. Taxpayers bailed out banks but Nell is one of hundreds of thousands getting sold out! Where is justice?
On Jan. 24 at 24th and Mission Sts., the Mission community witnessed the brutal beating of an 18-year-old African American CCSF student, Kevin Clark, by SFPD.
The incident was videotaped by passersby. It is extremely hard to watch, but we ask that you witness it, send to your contacts and help us get the word out for this emergency protest rally:
The gentrification of the Mission district is pushing out the working-class communities of color, and the police are increasing their harassment and brutality against the people. Join us for a rally at 24th & Mission where we will march through the community and have a press conference in front of the 17th and Valencia St. police station to say: “We will not tolerate violence against our youth and community!”
JOIN COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS STANDING UP AGAINST RACIST POLICE VIOLENCE!
Link to video & more info.
Action endorsed by the Justice 4 Alan Blueford Coalition.
Some of our friends and comrades are still facing heavy shit from the Columbus Day Cop-riot. Their next court day is coming up and they could use some support.
“Come pack the courtroom on February 8th to support the ACAC 19!
Solidarity is our weapon against the state! Our love for our comrades is stronger than their cages and their court.
On Friday February 8th, 2013 members of the Anti-Capitalist Anti-Colonial (ACAC) 19 will be appearing in San Francisco Superior Court at 850 Bryant Street for a pretrial motions hearing. We call on you, supporters, friends, and comrades to pack the courtroom. Support comes in many forms: banners and signs on the court steps, people in the courtroom and spreading the word about the trial. Let us show the District Attorney that our comrades are not alone in their relentless struggle against colonialism, capitalism and the state.”
The Brooms Collective has been meeting Saturday mornings at 9 AM or 10 AM for a year now at a tiny park at 32nd and San Pablo in Oakland. To commemorate this auspicious anniversary folks will be meeting there at 11 AM Saturday, February 9th to sweep away late-capitalist decay and maybe have a little fress at noon, as well. Bring a little food to share, there will be paper plates and utensils and maybe some gelatinous Ed-chow if we are unlucky.
Within the next few weeks, one of the worst banks we know is trying to foreclose on three homeowners–Gaylynne, a laid-off OUSD educator; Jill–a single mother, working finally after a long bout of unemployment; and Gloria, a 78 year old woman with no place else to go; and Carnell and his family a laid-off Auto Worker.
Tell the bank that we will not accept this–putting people out of their homes rather than working with them to reach an affordable mortgage and market-rate principal is inexcusable!
Meet at the Downtown Berkeley BART, UNDERGROUND at the bottom of the Escalators at Shattuck and Center at 3:30 PM.
Why: This is our city, our homes, and our community, and we can’t let this bank take over any more than they already have.
On Thursday, February 14th, at 1:00PM, the Public Protection Committee of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors will be holding a hearing on the potential acquisition of a drone by Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern. The meeting will take place at the Alameda County Administration Building, located on 1221 Oak Street Room 512, Oakland, CA.
While drones are particularly notorious for their use in targeted killings overseas, they can be deployed for surveillance purposes as well. In addition, they can be armed with weapons such as tear gas, pepper spray, and rubber bullets. They also crash frequently, increasing their danger to public safety. Sheriff Ahern wants a drone with live video capabilities, high definition cameras, infrared, license plate readers, and laser radar. He wants to further militarize his police force, but we know that Alameda County does not need more policing. It needs money for schools and community services.
Say no to militarization of the police. Say yes to an Alameda County that is safe for all!
Facebook page
Sign the petition against drones.
Join Alameda County Against Drones and BORDC Legal Fellow Nadia Kayyali at the Committee Meeting. For more information about Alameda County Against Drones, check out: https://nomby.wordpress.com.
WHAT: Bring an open heart, and material support to offer inmates who may be released during this time and any loved ones who may be there visiting current inmates.
WHEN: Every Friday from 7pm-10pm, unless otherwise specified
(…and also other times/dates that folks suggest!)
WHERE: Outside of Santa Rita Jail
HOW: Some suggestions include bringing food, drinks, smokes, cell phone to make calls, clothes, info/resources for both immediate and ongoing needs post-incarceration, ears to listen, BART/bus fare, an extra sweater/jacket/shirt, etc.
WHY: FtP! Fuck the Prison industrial complex and all tools of oppression!!!
Mutual aid, because “inside or outside, we’re all on the same side.”
Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/326826344086214/?notif_t=plan_user_invited
On February 8th Gigi (Gwen) was given a reprieve from eviction
by a judge because the bank never filed an actual legal motion to evict!
Her next court date is sometime next month.
Come celebrate and show your support!
2-7pm – acoustic music outside and inside – bring voice and/or
instrument, and participate and/or listen/yak
4-7pm Orion’s jazz band.with guest jazz artists will play in front
room David Emha guitar Jamie Dowd acoustic bass Orion drumset and
leader there is a key board bring amp if u like no pa system gals
bring drinks guys bring food or vice versa Pot luck.
for more politics and jazz go to
youtube.com/orionorion99
The line up includes Sauce Piquante, The Starlings and The Funky Nixons. Proceeds will benefit the community lawsuit contesting the development of the Gill Tract.
Sunday, February 17
6:30-10:30 PM
At Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave in Berkeley.
To volunteer to help at the event, please contact Jackie at: info@albanyfarmalliance.com
Our mailing address is:
Albany, CA 94706
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Gigi Winter is still in her house, but the sheriff is sniffing around. GiGi, a tireless worker for OOFDG and many other radical causes, has an eviction order for Tuesday, February 26.
WE WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TODAY AFTER WE FILED MOTIONS TO SQUASH AND STAY THE EVICTION OF FEB 26 TO GET A HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TOMMOROW FEB 22 FRIDAY 9AM,
WERE ASKING EVERY ONE TO COME TO GG/S EVICTION HEARING AT THE POST OFFICE BUILDING, DEPT. 31 ON 13TH STREET BETWEEN JACKSON AND ALICE. FEB 22 FRI 9AM. MEET 830 AM IF U LIKE ANY QUESTIONS CALL ORION 510 541 3835
If eviction proceeds, GiGi will need home defenders on Tuesday morning, February 26, at 6 am. Sign up for the OOFDG text alerts by texting 69302, so you can support her!
Please come join us for our on-going clean-up at St. Andrew’s Park in West Oakland, in collaboration with the San Pablo Corridor Coalition. We will have plenty of equipment and safety gear. We’re there from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM on Saturdays, and those who wish to will have the opportunity to move on to other clean-up sites once we’re done at St. Andrew’s.
Join us as we mark 1000 days of wrongful confinement and demand justice for Bradley Manning!
Speakers, Visuals, Performers, Art, Action
BRADLEY MANNING, a 25 year old, openly gay, US army intelligence analyst is facing life in prison and has been held in pre-trial confinement for nearly 1000 days without a court martial. He endured torture and solitary confinement for the first 10 months of his incarceration. He is accused of sharing with the following with the Wikileaks whistle blowing website: the “Collatoral Murder” video of the killing of civilians by a US helicopter in Iraq, the Guantanamo Files, the Afghan War Logs & revealing US diplomatic cables. In short, he’s been charged with blowing the whistle on war crimes & telling us the truth about US foreign policy.
For anyone interested in preforming, speaking or for further details and questions, please contact michael@couragetoresist.org.