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Coffee, Gooey Morning Buns and Outreach Starting At Jodie’s House 5:30 pm
Coffee, Gooey Morning Buns and Outreach Starting At Jodie’s House @ Jodie's House
Dec 4 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Hey folks, this week we’re going to do something a little different – Tuesday morning we’ll gather at the house to do an hour or two of neighborhood outreach, flyering a bit to get word out about Movie Night. We’ll gather at 9:30 for coffee and and some sweet gooey morning buns, chat a bit among ourselves, and then take flyers out to a couple of places in town. If you’d like to join us, comment here to RSVP. 45347
URGENT: SHERIFF TRYING TO SNEAK THROUGH DRONE PURCHASE – PRESS CONFERENCE 12/4 6:00 pm
URGENT: SHERIFF TRYING TO SNEAK THROUGH DRONE PURCHASE – PRESS CONFERENCE 12/4 @ Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Dec 4 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office is trying to sneak tried to sneak their drone purchase request through the Board of Supervisors at tomorrow’s meeting, before we could have our hearing with the Public Protection Committee. But they were caught in the act! Michael Siegel, attorney for ACAD (Alameda County Against Drones), informed us by twitter that: Michael Siegel @OaktownMike You all must work fast! Just got call from Alameda County counsel, saying Sheriff WILL NOT seek approval for drone tomorrow. #agitationworks PLEASE JOIN US ANYWAY FOR AN EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE: … Continued
Post Office Closings Protest 7:30 pm
Post Office Closings Protest @ Richard Blum's Office
Dec 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Protest the closing of US Post Offices, especially the Berkeley Main Post Office. Richard Blum, Diane Feinstein’s husband, stands to profit mightily from the sale of the Berkeley Post Office. Up for sale is the historic Berkeley main post office. Billionaire real estate mogul Blum is chairman of CBRE, the largest commercial real estate company in the world, which has the exclusive contract to sell off some 70 post offices in the US. Blum is also a regent of UC, where he’s been working to privatize the University just as … Continued
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Gayla Newsome ReOccupation & Occupy Our Homes 1 Year Anniversary: Celebrate by taking action! 4:00 pm
Gayla Newsome ReOccupation & Occupy Our Homes 1 Year Anniversary: Celebrate by taking action! @ Gayla Newsome's house, West Oakland
Dec 6 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Gayla Newsome ReOccupation & Occupy Our Homes 1 Year Anniversary:  Celebrate by taking action! @ Gayla Newsome's house, West Oakland | Oakland | California | United States
Occupy Our Homes 1 Year Anniversary: Celebrate by taking action! Please join us this Thursday, December 6th for the Occupy Our Homes National Day of action:   8am: Press Event to celebrate a real, community victory at Gayla Newsome’s home, 1536 Adeline Street in West Oakland   3:30 pm: Join ACCE members in kicking off a new statewide effort to hold Banks accountable to the national attorneys general settlement and calling for aggressive principal reduction by resetting mortgages to their current value! Meet in downtown Oakland. On December 6, 2011 Oakland ACCE … Continued
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Oakland Airport Workers Rally & Speakout 12:00 am
Oakland Airport Workers Rally & Speakout @ Port of Oakland
Dec 7 @ 12:00 am – 1:00 am
We will come together at the Port Commissioners meeting to, once again, tell the stories of the non-union food service workers at the Oakland Airport. Union and non-union workers are standing together. Come join us in the fight for justice. Update on the Campaign: Non-union food service workers at the Oakland Airport continue to seek a fair process to decide if they want to form a union. They have called for a boycott of their shops, and have participated in several rallies over the past few months to bring attention … Continued
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CANCELLED!!! CANCELLED!!! OPD Receivership: Press Conference At Federal Receivership Hearing! 4:30 pm
CANCELLED!!! CANCELLED!!! OPD Receivership: Press Conference At Federal Receivership Hearing! @ Outside the San Francisco Federal District Courthouse
Dec 13 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
12/12/12 THIS EVENT (& THE HEARING ITSELF) IS CANCELLED (AGAIN!) (Update: 12/11/12 10:26pm this event will happen, so our presence is essential!! Thank you for working on making this world a better world.) . Judge Thelton Henderson is hearing arguments for and against putting the Oakland Police Department under a Federal Receivership. Outside the Federal District Court in San Francisco, 450 Golden Gate Ave. December 13th, starting at 8:30 AM (until ~ 10:00 AM) Called for by The Justice For Alan Blueford Coalition. Press Conference to be Held Jointly by … Continued
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Emergency Vigil for Victims of Gun Violence 2:00 am
Emergency Vigil for Victims of Gun Violence @ Oscar Grant Plaza Ampitheater
Dec 15 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am
Emergency Vigil for Victims of Gun Violence @ Oscar Grant Plaza Ampitheater | Oakland | California | United States
Today, there was a fatal shooting in Newtown, CT that cost us the lives of children and teachers. Fatality from gun violence is something the people of Oakland face on a daily basis. From Oakland to Newtown to Afghanistan, we will hold a space that says, “These lives matter, enough is enough. Violence is systemic, root to canopy, state to individual.” Please join us at OGP, at 6pm this Friday, December 14, 2012. Wear black, bring your candles, your signs, your grief, your poetry, and music and thoughts. We will … Continued
Occupy Dimond Park 10:00 pm
Occupy Dimond Park @ Dimond Park
Dec 15 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 16 @ 7:45 am
Occupy Dimond website Free food and drinks please bring friends & family. The City of Oakland has put tree removal permits on dozens of beautiful, healthy, NATIVE trees including twenty-one redwoods. City of Oakland plans to cut down a large grove of redwoods, oaks, and other native trees and bulldoze the banks of Sausal Creek. If not for community support, this park could have already been changed forever by chainsaws. We need your support to stop the destruction of the park now! These trees have been here for hundreds of … Continued
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Holiday-Themed Castlewood Picket! 4:00 pm
Holiday-Themed Castlewood Picket! @ Castlewood Country Club
Dec 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Brothers and sisters, the fight at Castlewood is not over yet! Yes, the workers are back on the job, but they have not yet received any back pay (which the union estimates to be $1.8 million) nor do they have a fair contract moving forward. December 20th is the day before Castlewood would have to file an appeal, if they choose to continue dragging out the legal process with the National Labor Relations Board. For those who missed it, an administrative law judge with the NLRB ruled back in August … Continued
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