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October 2022

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						1 People’s Park BBQ 5:00 pm People’s Park BBQ @ People' Park Oct 1 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/defendppark/status/157451025408303513770287
2	3	4 Albany Film Festival 7:00 pm Albany Film Festival @ Landmark Albany Twin Theater Oct 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Albany FilmFest 2022 is thrilled return to Landmark’s Albany Twin Theatre with a great lineup of thought-provoking, original, and entertaining films from independent filmmakers in the Bay Area, the US, and beyond. Full program and details www.albanyfilmfest.org. October 4: Our Beautiful Planet Home Living in, coping with, and learning from our changing environment: coyotes in San Francisco, cattle ranching in Silicon Valley, vertical cave diving in China. October 5: Ai Wei Wei: Yours Truly Bay Area directors Cheryl Haines and Gina Leibrecht tell the powerful story of the outspoken artist … Continued	5 Albany Film Festival 7:00 pm Albany Film Festival @ Landmark Albany Twin Theater Oct 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Albany FilmFest 2022 is thrilled return to Landmark’s Albany Twin Theatre with a great lineup of thought-provoking, original, and entertaining films from independent filmmakers in the Bay Area, the US, and beyond. Full program and details www.albanyfilmfest.org. October 4: Our Beautiful Planet Home Living in, coping with, and learning from our changing environment: coyotes in San Francisco, cattle ranching in Silicon Valley, vertical cave diving in China. October 5: Ai Wei Wei: Yours Truly Bay Area directors Cheryl Haines and Gina Leibrecht tell the powerful story of the outspoken artist … Continued	6 Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission 5:00 pm Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission @ Online Oct 6 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85817209915 Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 669 900 9128 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 646 558 8656 Webinar ID: 858 1720 9915 Consequential Agenda Items: 6. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – Automated License Plate Reader a. Review and take possible action on the impact statement and proposed use policy70306 Albany Film Festival 7:00 pm Albany Film Festival @ Landmark Albany Twin Theater Oct 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Albany FilmFest 2022 is thrilled return to Landmark’s Albany Twin Theatre with a great lineup of thought-provoking, original, and entertaining films from independent filmmakers in the Bay Area, the US, and beyond. Full program and details www.albanyfilmfest.org. October 4: Our Beautiful Planet Home Living in, coping with, and learning from our changing environment: coyotes in San Francisco, cattle ranching in Silicon Valley, vertical cave diving in China. October 5: Ai Wei Wei: Yours Truly Bay Area directors Cheryl Haines and Gina Leibrecht tell the powerful story of the outspoken artist … Continued	7 Building Democracy’s Library—Celebrate with the Internet Archive 5:00 pm Building Democracy’s Library—Celebrate with the Internet Archive @ Online & In-Person Oct 7 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join us to help inaugurate Democracy’s Library and celebrate all the different efforts happening at the Internet Archive! Why is it that on the internet the best information is often locked behind paywalls? Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, believes it’s time to turn that scarcity model upside down and build an internet based on abundance. Join us for an evening event where he’ll share a new project—Democracy’s Library—a free, open, online compendium of government research and publications from around the world. Why? Because democracies need an educated citizenry … Continued	8 SUDS, SNACKS, AND SOCIALISM: “The California Propositions Demystified.” 2:30 pm SUDS, SNACKS, AND SOCIALISM: “The California Propositions Demystified.” @ Online Oct 8 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets The topic is “The California Propositions Demystified.” The November 8, 2022 ballot contains seven propositions. Some offer easy decisions for the left. Others raise questions about health care and environmental policy, and require us to scrutinize who really benefits and where the money is coming from. Join us with your questions and ideas. Speakers will include: Marsha Feinland – Retired PPublic School Teacher, Peace and Freedom Party member David Campbell – Peace and Freedom Party member David Landry – Peace and Freedom Party Webmaster and Orange County PFP chair. … Continued Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Doughnut Economics – 7 Way to Think Like a 21st Century Economist 4:30 pm Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Doughnut Economics – 7 Way to Think Like a 21st Century Economist @ Online Oct 8 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite. For October, 2022 we’re re-reading the first four chapters of Doughnut Economics – 7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist, by Kate Raworth. Order it via her website here. For November, we will be re-reading the remaining chapters. ‘Humanity’s 21st century challenge is to meet the needs of all within the means of the planet. In other words, to ensure that no one falls short on life’s essentials (from food and housing to healthcare and political voice), … Continued
9 Why the US Constitution Serves the Few 10:30 am Why the US Constitution Serves the Few @ Online Oct 9 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Written by 55 of the richest white men, and signed by only 39 of them, the US constitution is the sacred text of American nationalism. Popular perceptions of it are mired in idolatry, myth and misinformation – many Americans have opinions on the constitution but have little idea what it says. Our speaker’s new book examines the constitution for what it is – a rulebook for elites to protect capitalism from democracy. Social movements have misplaced faith in the constitution as a tool for achieving justice when it actually impedes … Continued Green Sunday 5:00 pm Green Sunday Oct 9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Green Sunday: How can we support our local Green Party candidates? Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89559844652 Being a Green Party candidate can often be an uphill battle, but this year 3 Alameda County Greens have risen to the challenge. In this year’s June primary, Laura Wells ran for State Controller, and for the current November election, Aidan Hill is running for Berkeley City Council, District 7, and Brian Donahue is running for the Emery School Board. Aidan was not able to commit for tonight, but Brian and Laura will join us … Continued	10	11 Albany Film Festival 7:00 pm Albany Film Festival @ Landmark Albany Twin Theater Oct 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Albany FilmFest 2022 is thrilled return to Landmark’s Albany Twin Theatre with a great lineup of thought-provoking, original, and entertaining films from independent filmmakers in the Bay Area, the US, and beyond. Full program and details www.albanyfilmfest.org. October 4: Our Beautiful Planet Home Living in, coping with, and learning from our changing environment: coyotes in San Francisco, cattle ranching in Silicon Valley, vertical cave diving in China. October 5: Ai Wei Wei: Yours Truly Bay Area directors Cheryl Haines and Gina Leibrecht tell the powerful story of the outspoken artist … Continued	12 Albany Film Festival 7:00 pm Albany Film Festival @ Landmark Albany Twin Theater Oct 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Albany FilmFest 2022 is thrilled return to Landmark’s Albany Twin Theatre with a great lineup of thought-provoking, original, and entertaining films from independent filmmakers in the Bay Area, the US, and beyond. Full program and details www.albanyfilmfest.org. October 4: Our Beautiful Planet Home Living in, coping with, and learning from our changing environment: coyotes in San Francisco, cattle ranching in Silicon Valley, vertical cave diving in China. October 5: Ai Wei Wei: Yours Truly Bay Area directors Cheryl Haines and Gina Leibrecht tell the powerful story of the outspoken artist … Continued	13 Albany Film Festival 7:00 pm Albany Film Festival @ Landmark Albany Twin Theater Oct 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Albany FilmFest 2022 is thrilled return to Landmark’s Albany Twin Theatre with a great lineup of thought-provoking, original, and entertaining films from independent filmmakers in the Bay Area, the US, and beyond. Full program and details www.albanyfilmfest.org. October 4: Our Beautiful Planet Home Living in, coping with, and learning from our changing environment: coyotes in San Francisco, cattle ranching in Silicon Valley, vertical cave diving in China. October 5: Ai Wei Wei: Yours Truly Bay Area directors Cheryl Haines and Gina Leibrecht tell the powerful story of the outspoken artist … Continued	14 15th Annual BCLT Privacy Lecture: Playing The Long Game 3:30 pm 15th Annual BCLT Privacy Lecture: Playing The Long Game @ University Club Oct 14 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Encouraging public acceptance of deeply rooted commercial surveillance within U.S. society has become a cross-generational project. Professor Joseph Turow’s industry research and survey work over the past three decades has convinced him that academics, activists, and government policymakers have been ignoring a critical development: The convergence of key practices in the family, education, the law and other institutions with widespread strategies among marketers suggest that deeply personalized data use will be an even more taken-for granted part of future generations than it is today. Prescribing realistic solutions to this discriminatory … Continued	15
16 August Willich: The First and Last Communist US General 10:30 am August Willich: The First and Last Communist US General @ Online Oct 16 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets John Willich was a Prussian army career officer who quit after 25 years to become a carpenter. He was a German 48er who formed the proletarian army in the German Revolution with Friedrich Engels as second-in-command. He was exiled to England, where he joined Marx and Engels. Polemics between Willich and Marx-Engels led to his joining an opposing communist faction. In the 1850s he emigrated to the US where he become involved in communist clubs. He was an abolitionist who worked with free African Americans. In the Civil War, he … Continued GILL TRACT CELEBRATION 11:00 am GILL TRACT CELEBRATION @ Gill Tract Oct 16 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets You’re invited to stop by the Gill Tract Community Farm on October 16 – from 11am to 4pm – to celebrate the harvest and local birds. You can explore the Albany based community farm, enjoy family activities, bird walking tours, vegan lunch, and more. Walking shoes and a refillable water bottle are recommended. You’re also invited to bring new or gently used items for the free store. No animals permitted in the growing fields and parking is limited. For more information, visit gilltractfarm.org.70343 Socialist Jobs Fair! 2:00 pm Socialist Jobs Fair! @ See below Oct 16 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets If you’re looking for work, or looking for a way to put your socialism into practice at work and don’t think that’s viable at your current workplace, join us on Sunday, October 16th to learn about jobs you can get organizing a workplace or strengthening existing unions with other East Bay DSA members at a strategic employer! RSVP here for the exact location.70339	17 This Bell Still Rings: My Life of Defiance and Song. 7:00 pm This Bell Still Rings: My Life of Defiance and Song. @ Freight and Salvage Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets TICKETS / MORE INFO AVAILABLE HERE Please join KPFA Radio for a very special evening when we welcome the legendary Barbara Dane (and Friends) in celebration of the release of Barbara’s autobiography, This Bell Still Rings: My Life of Defiance and Song. This live, in-person event will be hosted by KPFA’s Kris Welch and will include special guests such as: Tammy Hall, Holly Near, Maureen Gosling, Avotcja, Mark Hummel and Pablo Menedez. Pegasus Books will be on-site selling copies of This Bell Still Rings, published by Heyday The autobiography of … Continued	18 How to Build Business Support for Single Payer 7:00 pm How to Build Business Support for Single Payer Oct 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets SPECIAL EVENT WITH WENDELL POTTER! Have you stopped to imagine what it would mean to have businesses across the state pushing for single payer in California? How can we bring them on board? There is no pre-registration. Click here at the start of the event. The link will be operative at that point. It’s clearly in their interests. Expensive and inadequate employer-based insurance hurts both the bottom line and workers. Small business owners yearn for good health care for themselves and their employees. How best to activate the business community? … Continued	19 Internet Archive’s Annual Bash—Building Democracy’s Library 5:00 pm Internet Archive’s Annual Bash—Building Democracy’s Library Oct 19 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Come help us celebrate 26 years of Universal Access to All Knowledge! The Internet Archive’s Annual Bash—Building Democracy’s Library—will be this Wednesday, October 19, from 5-10 PM. We are closing the street and throwing a block party for our friends, partners, and neighbors. Get your tickets now for a night of fun, food, and entertainment! REGISTER NOW The evening will start off at 5 PM with tacos and some silky, soulful crooning from Bay Area local Jackie Gates. Circus Bella will join us with their unusual antics. The organist from the Castro … Continued Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman. 7:00 pm Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman. @ Grand Lake Theater Oct 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets TICKETS / MORE INFO AVAILABLE HERE Please join KPFA Radio when we welcome iconoclastic media personality Greg Palast for a very special screening of his brand new film, Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman. This live, in-person event will be hosted by KPFA’s Dennis Bernstein. Greg Palast and his investigations team bust the most brazen, racist attack on voting rights yet – engineered by Georgia’s Brian Kemp to ensure victory in his rematch with Stacey Abrams. You’ll meet Kemp’s army of vigilante vote challengers. One dresses up like Old-West vigilante Doc … Continued	20	21 Film showing of: Persepolis 7:00 pm Film showing of: Persepolis @ Revolution Books Oct 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Revolution Books supports the uprising in Iran – courageous people, especially young women, taking to the streets across Iran in the face of police tear gas, batons and bullets. This rebellion was sparked when Iran’s “morality police” killed Mahsa Amini in custody. Her “crime”? Her hair was not completely covered by her hijab, the mandatory headscarf. The fury of young women burning their hijabs in bonfires in the streets has touched people everywhere women are oppressed – that is, the entire world. Come see Persepolis. This is the first of … Continued	22
23 The Comprehensive Crisis in the U.S. and the Revolutionary Way Forward 10:30 am The Comprehensive Crisis in the U.S. and the Revolutionary Way Forward @ Online Oct 23 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Midwestern Marx comes to Northern California! Midwestern Marx, a Marxist educational Institute originally organized in the midwestern United States, considers the working class to be at the heart of the revolutionary struggle in the US, and as such are dedicated to eliminating the divide between Socialists and the US working class. They publish the Journal of American Socialist Studies, books and articles on the struggle for socialism in the US, have a website at midwesternmarx.com, and a YouTube channel MidwesternMarx that offers video interviews, discussions on theory, political analysis, and live … Continued Celebrate Huey Newton Day 12:00 pm Celebrate Huey Newton Day Oct 23 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/RasCeylon/status/157916522395271168070352 DSA Fall Social 1:00 pm DSA Fall Social @ Snow Park Oct 23 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Maybe you’ve been getting our emails for months or years but never come to a DSA event. Maybe you’re a veteran leftist with decades of battles under your belt. Maybe you’re a new member ready to take the next step and get organized. Wherever you’re coming from, we want to hang out with you! 🌹 Hear what we’re currently working on 💪 Get more involved in critical fights right here in the East Bay 🥨 Eat some snacks Right now, we’re grappling with a conservative attack on our reproductive rights, … Continued Decolonization Learning Group 4:00 pm Decolonization Learning Group @ Omni Commons Oct 23 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/comlibprograms/status/158360531074838118771267	24	25	26	27	28	29
30 The London Revolution 1640-1643 10:30 am The London Revolution 1640-1643 @ Online Oct 30 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets The London Revolution 1640-1643 refutes the attacks of revisionist historians who would write the concept of revolution out of history. A defense and restatement of the Marxist view of the English Revolution and Civil War. Chronicles England’s history through the revolution in 1641 – 1642, which toppled the feudal political system, and its aftermath. It explores how London’s growing capitalist economy fundamentally conflicted with its decaying feudal society, causing tensions and dislocations that affected all classes in the early modern period. In contrast with most other works, this book posits … Continued Film: Plague at the Golden Gate Screening and Panel Discussion 1:00 pm Film: Plague at the Golden Gate Screening and Panel Discussion @ SF Public Library Oct 30 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets Watch a 30-minute film segment followed by a panel discussion with Plague at the Golden Gate’s director and producer. Plague at the Golden Gate is available for viewing on PBS now. The full film is available with Chinese and Spanish subtitles. You’re encouraged to see the full film before coming to this event. More than 100 years before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world and set off a wave of fear and anti-Asian sentiment, an outbreak of bubonic plague in San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1900 unleashed a similar furor. … Continued	31

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About OccupyOakland.org

This website was created in the fall of 2011. Most of it is now moribund, but the Occupy Oakland Calendar, which lists activist events in the East Bay (and occasionally elsewhere) is still maintained, the Search facility works to find earlier posts and keep OO’s history alive, and articles are occasionally still posted to the front page.

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly met in-person weekly (with a rare skip) since October 10th, 2011 up until the pandemic, at which point we went to bi-weekly Zoom meetings. We do checkins, go over the activist events of the past meeting interval, and have general discussions on politics and revolution.

For many years, until the pandemic, we put on a Feed the People event monthly at Oscar Grant Plaza, where all were welcome to come and partake of a freshly cooked, savory meal, before our GA.

If you would like to participate while the pandemic is still amidst, send an email to occupyoakland-request@lists.riseup.net. Check the calendar or this text to see if we have resumed in-person meetings.