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		1	2 Renters Rising Rally 5:00 pm Renters Rising Rally @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater Nov 2 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/OAKTenantsUnion/status/158746215036415180872154 East Bay Housing Org Annual Celebration 5:30 pm East Bay Housing Org Annual Celebration @ Nido's Backyard Nov 2 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/EBHO_Housing/status/158755684272446259372236	3 Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission 5:00 pm Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission @ Online Nov 3 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Relevant Agenda Items: 3. Federal Task Force Transparency Ordinance – OPD – Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), US Marshals Services (USMS), Alcohol Tobacco Firearms (ATF) a. Review and take possible action on the proposed memoranda of understanding (MOU) 4. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OFD – Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO) a. Review and take possible action on the proposed use policy and impact statement for review and approval to enter into a contract with Julota software from Touchphrase Development, LLC71845	4	5 A Bay Area Black Book Fair! 10:00 am A Bay Area Black Book Fair! @ Omni Commons Nov 5 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets BlkAuthor Boulevard: A Bay Area Black Book Fair! With all the Great Black Authors we have in the Bay Area, It’s about time we had a Black Book Fair! A book fair with some of the world’s best visual, spoken word and performance artists, poets, live theater and a piano concert by Paradise, president of the International Black Writers & Artists, introducing a new genre of music to the world called, Patanisian Jazz – using only the black keys and, inspired by Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra, John and Alice Coltarne, … Continued U.S. VS. CHINA: THE NEW COLD WAR 2:30 pm U.S. VS. CHINA: THE NEW COLD WAR @ Online Nov 5 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Please register in advance at: https://bit.ly/US_China__ColdWar to receive your personal link for this event The Biden Administration has now launched a full-blown economic war on China. The U.S. hegemon sees a rising China as its main rival and wants to stop China’s rise. For its part, China is expanding its political and economic influence worldwide. Both countries put economic growth ahead of environmental concerns. The conflict may soon come to a head over Taiwan’s future. Is this the making of a catastrophic world war? Is environmental degradation the greater danger? … Continued
6 The Crisis in Haiti and the Popular Movement 10:30 am The Crisis in Haiti and the Popular Movement @ Online Nov 6 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Pleading with arsonists to put out the fire they’ve ignited is what it is like to turn to the UN Security Council, OAS, and United States government to “stabilize” the crisis in Haiti. Haiti has been under US/ UN occupation for more than 18 years, ever since the US-backed coup d’état in 2004 against the democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. This occupation has perpetrated gross human rights abuses including rape and other forms of sexual abuse. The occupation has brought cholera to Haiti and has systematically destroyed Haiti’s institutions while … Continued Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Nov 6 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued	7 Oscar Grant Committee Meeting 7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting Nov 7 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82809764186?pwd=eWtjcXlsKzU1QkdSdk5xOUxseFl0Zz09 Meeting ID: 828 0976 4186 If you wish to get the password please subscribe to the Oscar Grant Committee mailing list by sending an email to: oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality. The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to … Continued	8	9 Public Bank of the East Bay 6:30 pm Public Bank of the East Bay @ Online Nov 9 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets WE NEED YOUR HELP! Friends of the Public Bank East Bay is a completely volunteer-run, nonprofit organizing to create and build community support for the first public bank in California’s history! If you’re committed to economic justice and interested in helping us build new financial systems by the people for the people, we look forward to having you join us! HOW WE OPERATE: We have five committees working together to create a Public Bank in the East Bay: Advocacy builds relationships with community groups and city governments. Communications assists other … Continued	10 Youth Climate March and Movement Celebration 10:00 am Youth Climate March and Movement Celebration @ Embarcadero Plaza Nov 10 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets Where: Meet at � Embarcadero Plaza, San Francisco Youth Vs. Apocalypse is hosting a Bay Area Action in San Francisco as part of the Global Climate Strike on November 10, 2022. This is the youth’s response to failed negotiations and 27 years of delay on substantial climate action by world leaders. The gathering will demonstrate that youth leaders CAN can hep us be the change we want to see in the world, regardless of the outcomes of the negotiations at COP27. We are coming together to confront the systems … Continued Ella Baker Center Prison Mail Night 5:30 pm Ella Baker Center Prison Mail Night @ Online Nov 10 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets RSVP to elliot@ellabakercenter.org for Zoom link Join us for a virtual community gathering where we will be responding to letters we receive from people inside prisons and jails in California and across the country. We will be sending in our newsletter, legal resources, parole preparation packets, reentry help, and answers to people’s questions. There will be an “Intro” room for new folks, a problem solving room, and a “Special Issue” room too! You can also plug into our Calls to Action before/after Mail Night this month. 72229 DSA October Social 7:00 pm DSA October Social @ Eli's Mile High Club Nov 10 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/DSAEastBay/status/158832649193004236972339	11 Omni Commons Fundraiser Event! 6:00 pm Omni Commons Fundraiser Event! @ Omni Commons Nov 11 @ 6:00 pm – 11:30 pm Tickets make a wish we doing a fundraiser and my wish is to raise enough money for the Omni so we can own it. we have amazing local performers, artists, poets coming together to share gratitude and peace Tickets Here! Music by : Isaiah Mostafa Honey Gold Music Guerilla Pump QEAZYE Ewock TY 6 There are so many special ways to plug in at the Omni Commons! We core working groups and special projects that need volunteer energy all the time! Building Working group : repairs and maintain physical building! Finance … Continued	12 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 Nov 12 @ 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
13 Eurasianism and the Challenge of Aleksandr Dugin: The Fourth Political Theory. 10:30 am Eurasianism and the Challenge of Aleksandr Dugin: The Fourth Political Theory. @ Online Nov 13 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Description: Professor Aleksandr Dugin of Russia has a wide sweep in scholarship, from Philosophy, Sociology to Geopolitics. He is 60 years of age. He has written 60 books. His book ‘The Fourth Political Theory’ has been translated into English by Michael Millerman, a Canadian, with a Ph.D. in Philosophy. Dugin is an “idealist” conservative philosopher. He is a follower of Martin Heideggar. Liberalism, according to Dugin, is the theory of Capitalism, which has defeated its two challengers in the 20th century: Communism on the Left and Fascism on the Right. … Continued DSA East Bay General Membership Meeting 11:00 am DSA East Bay General Membership Meeting Nov 13 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets No info yet. Check website above.70341 Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Nov 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued Omni Movie Night – The Living Legacy of the Black Panther Party 4:00 pm Omni Movie Night – The Living Legacy of the Black Panther Party @ Omni Commons Nov 13 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/omnicommons/status/159075336169102131372858 Sunflower Webinar on CA Climate Justice Plan 4:00 pm Sunflower Webinar on CA Climate Justice Plan @ Online Nov 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Register here Join leaders of the statewide environmental and climate justice movement to hear about the campaign to strengthen California’s (appallingly weak) draft climate plan—and how we can help. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has issued a draft plan for state climate action over the next five years. A broad coalition of climate justice organizations is pushing them to go beyond this business-as-usual proposal and take strong measures to phase out fossil fuel with just transition. Meanwhile CARB’s own Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC) has outlined some specific steps, including: A comprehensive plan … Continued Sunflower Webinar on CA Climate Justice Plan 4:00 pm Sunflower Webinar on CA Climate Justice Plan @ Online Nov 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets oin leaders of the statewide environmental and climate justice movement to hear about the campaign to strengthen California’s (appallingly weak) draft climate plan—and how we can help. Register here The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has issued a draft plan for state climate action over the next five years. A broad coalition of climate justice organizations is pushing them to go beyond this business-as-usual proposal and take strong measures to phase out fossil fuel with just transition. Meanwhile CARB’s own Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC) has outlined some specific steps, including: A comprehensive … Continued Green Sunday: Nuclear Weapons in the Bay Area and Beyond 5:00 pm Green Sunday: Nuclear Weapons in the Bay Area and Beyond @ Online Nov 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Livermore Lab, located in Alameda County, is one of two locations in the U.S. that develops every nuclear warhead and bomb in the stockpile. The nuclear dangers begin at the local level with the poisoning of our air, land, water and health. But, the dangers do not stop there. Livermore Lab’s weapons activities are also fueling a new – and escalating – global nuclear arms race. Marylia Kelley, who has spent nearly 40-years at the helm of the Livermore-based Tri-Valley CAREs will bring us up to date on nuclear weapons … Continued	14 FORUM: Shining Light on the Militarization of Police Departments 10:00 am FORUM: Shining Light on the Militarization of Police Departments @ Online Nov 14 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets A Presentation by the Task Force on Police Reform A collaboration between Ashby Village Elder Action and Berkeley Friends/Racial Justice Action Team Shining Light on the Militarization of Police Departments Where: via ZOOM Webinar (registration required) The Task Force on Police Reform presents this unique opportunity to learn about the new California law AB 481 that requires greater transparency of the militarization of local police forces. Join us for this important discussion with panelists representing Berkeley, Oakland and Richmond communities. REGISTER HERE Panelists Andrew Greenwood Retired Berkeley Police Chief Chip … Continued Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Nov 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets OTU’s Mission The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf. Monthly Meetings The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 … Continued	15 Citywide People’s Plan for Equity in Land Use 1:00 pm Citywide People’s Plan for Equity in Land Use @ SF City Hall, Polk St. Steps Nov 15 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/twrling/status/159011013692397977772708	16 Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State 6:30 pm Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ online Nov 16 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info. Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay and nationwide. We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, tracking equipment, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” — to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what … Continued APTP General Meeting 7:00 pm APTP General Meeting @ Online Nov 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join us at our next General Meeting this Wednesday at 7pm to hear from our leadership. Community, Any day now Oakland residents will know who our next mayor will be. The last eight years under Libby Schaaf have been a disaster, especially for Black and working people. Regardless of who becomes mayor, it’s our duty to keep fighting to make our Town a place where everyone can live and thrive. The Anti Police-Terror Project is prepared to fight back against any continuance of Schaff’s failed legacy. Join us this Wednesday … Continued Film Screening: Repairing the World 7:00 pm Film Screening: Repairing the World @ UC Theater Nov 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/JesseArreguin/status/159297066027152179473508	17 Reclaiming the Digital Square – User and Tech Worker Town Hall Reclaiming the Digital Square – User and Tech Worker Town Hall Nov 17 all-day Tickets https://twitter.com/twrling/status/158859006557566156872438 An EMERGENCY TOWN HALL on the status of debt cancellation and how to get involved 4:00 pm An EMERGENCY TOWN HALL on the status of debt cancellation and how to get involved @ Online Nov 17 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets This week, a federal judge sided with political groups and blocked President Biden’s debt cancellation plan. This is not the end. The Biden administration has appealed the decision and advocates are fighting to protect borrowers. That is why we’re hosting an EMERGENCY TOWN HALL online to explain the status of debt cancellation, where we go from here, and how to get involved! Student Debt Cancellation: Where We Stand and What is Next RSVP: EMERGENCY TOWN HALL We know this is a very confusing, frustrating, and uncertain time for you all. … Continued	18 Occupella Sing-A-Long Strike Support 2:00 pm Occupella Sing-A-Long Strike Support @ UC Berkeley, Sproul Plaza Nov 18 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Dear Singers, Let’s sing on the picket line! WHERE: UC Berkeley Campus We may move into Sproul Plaza if the sidewalk at Bancroft & Tele isn’t accommodating. WHY University of California student workers are striking for livable wages and conditions. They’re demanding free transit, disability justice, childcare support, and more. Our songs can help them win! WHO Occupella, you and anyone you want to invite. We’ll bring some songsheets, you can print one out or view on your phone here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ODB7ZsjgHhYhYwWeNj8Ws4S5y8-0qme67I8mgdAORTY/edit Looking forward to singing with you on Friday! You … Continued UC Strike Solidarity Rally & March 3:00 pm UC Strike Solidarity Rally & March @ UC Berkeley Campanile Nov 18 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/BerkeleyTenants/status/159341733324602573073661	19 350 East Bay 10:30 am 350 East Bay @ Online Nov 19 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Our monthly 350 East Bay meeting is happening Saturday, November 19th at 10:30am on zoom. RSVP here to join us to talk about what SF and Bay Area activists are working on now.71693
20 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 Nov 20 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets In line with the tradition of Marxism-Leninism, this presentation argues that the elements constitutive of objectively revolutionary conditions are all present in the U.S.; what is missing for a successful revolutionary movement is the subjective factor. The presenter will argue that the purity fetish which predominates the outlook of modern American communism has presented a fundamental fetter for the development of the subjective factor in the American working masses; the development of a consistent dialectical materialist worldview, it will be argued, is the precondition for the advancement of the subjective … Continued Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Nov 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued	21 Shut Down UC! Shut Down UC! @ UC Berkeley Nov 21 all-day Tickets https://twitter.com/UCDavis_COC/status/159408074160788685073848	22	23 Bay Area Debtors’ Union 6:00 pm Bay Area Debtors’ Union Nov 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets With the latest extension of the moratorium due to pending legal actions, we have been granted an additional 6-months to organize for mass cancellation/s- INTEREST FREE (for many)!! Let’s discuss the ways we are going to use this season to reallocate our time and energies towards building and supporting communities in all the ways we know how [including STRIKING!! Please feel free to join/share the November meeting of the Bay Area Debtors’ Union to continue building our collective awareness and power. Join Bay Area Debtors’ Union meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81740835248?pwd=MGFCT2xrdHU1cFQxb1lWOTZrZDNaUT09 Meeting ID: … Continued Public Bank of the East Bay 6:30 pm Public Bank of the East Bay @ Online Nov 23 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets WE NEED YOUR HELP! Friends of the Public Bank East Bay is a completely volunteer-run, nonprofit organizing to create and build community support for the first public bank in California’s history! If you’re committed to economic justice and interested in helping us build new financial systems by the people for the people, we look forward to having you join us! HOW WE OPERATE: We have five committees working together to create a Public Bank in the East Bay: Advocacy builds relationships with community groups and city governments. Communications assists other … Continued	24 Thanksgiving Day Celebration – Free Dinner 1:00 pm Thanksgiving Day Celebration – Free Dinner Nov 24 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/Janani4Oakland/status/159370453710113996873726	25	26
27 10:30 am @ Online Nov 27 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets SPECIAL SESSION JUST ADDED The Biggest Academic Workers Strike in California History! A huge, unprecedented strike of academic workers started on November 14th, hitting all ten University of California campuses like a ton of bricks. The 48,000 striking workers perform the majority of the teaching and research at UC, yet the pay and benefits for these workers, members of the United Auto Workers union, is way too low especially for high-cost-of-living areas like Berkeley, California. The UC Regents, who run the university and represent the most powerful business interests in … Continued Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Nov 27 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued	28 Support Windfall Profit Tax on Big Oil 4:00 pm Support Windfall Profit Tax on Big Oil @ Chevron Gas Station Nov 28 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Oil companies are exploiting a global crisis to jack up prices at the gas pump and rake in massive profits while driving a cost of living crisis for Californians. They blame California’s environmental protections, but we know it’s polluter greed sending prices sky high, plain and simple. This Monday will be a day of action (organized by Last Chance Alliance) across the state to enact a windfall profits cap proposal that will be voted in the CA legislature in the week of December 5th. In the Bay Area, activists will … Continued	29 Free Covid Testing 10:00 am Free Covid Testing @ Allan Temple Baptist Church Nov 29 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/allentemplebc/status/159483558861564313674131	30 Free Covid Testing 10:00 am Free Covid Testing @ Allan Temple Baptist Church Nov 30 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/allentemplebc/status/159483558861564313674131 Education Not Privatization – Oakland 4:00 pm Education Not Privatization – Oakland Nov 30 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets 4:00PM Meet at OUSD Headquarters (1000 Broadway) 5:00PM March to the School board meeting at La Escuelita (1050 2nd Ave) Since May 2022 and amidst a historic teacher shortage, OUSD has retaliated against 4 OUSD educators – Denise Huffstutler, Paloma Collier, Craig Gordon, and June Nelson – for their active involvement in the fight against school closures. Denise Huffstutler, a former Parker instructional coach who spoke out against the closure of that school, received a letter of reprimand for failing to return her keys at the end of the year … Continued

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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.