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			1	2 Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission 5:00 pm Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 1 Mar 2 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Agenda Information: 4. Federal Task Force Ordinance – OPD – NESS ATF MOU a. Review and take possible action on the proposed Resolution and MOU between the Oakland Police Department and Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms & Explosives for enhanced data access to the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network through use of NIBIN Enforcement Support System (NESS) 5. Chair Status Update – Old Business – informational discussion only – no action will be taken a. Cash Payment Ordinance b. Rent Registry c. Illegal Dumping Cameras (ad hoc status) d. … Continued	3	4 ACCE Housing Justice League meeting 10:00 am ACCE Housing Justice League meeting @ Online Mar 4 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets We are continuing the fight to limit allowable rent increases and prevent unfair evictions. “We are excited to share information about three state bills we’re working on that will limit rent increases, prevent some of the unreasonable evictions by landlords, and create more housing that working families can afford.” Join our monthly Housing Justice League meeting over Zoom and phone If you’re unable to join by video, you can call in by dialing +16699006833 and then putting in this code: 81529360568# At this meeting we will talk about our fight for … Continued The Global Struggle for Women’s Rights 2:30 pm The Global Struggle for Women’s Rights @ Starry Plough & Online Mar 4 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Please register in advance at https://bit.ly/SS_S_Womens_Rights-2023-03-04 to receive your personal link to participate in this event online 74692
5 Open Discussion on the State of the Movement Against the War in Ukraine 10:30 am Open Discussion on the State of the Movement Against the War in Ukraine @ Online Mar 5 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets The recent Rage Against the War Machine demonstration in Washington DC exposed deep divisions within our movement. Open Mic! Bring your thoughts about this. We encourage and will allow five to ten minutes for you to present your ideas for discussion. Some questions to consider: (1) What are the political, economic, and military factors that led to this war? (2) Who are the main forces in the antiwar movement – what is their class character and what are their political demands? (3) How to build the antiwar movement? Why is … Continued	6 SuDo Room: Women and Nonbinary Coding Nights 7:00 pm SuDo Room: Women and Nonbinary Coding Nights Mar 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/sudoroom/status/162462931901127884874589	7 Film Screening: Ferguson Rises 5:30 pm Film Screening: Ferguson Rises @ New Parkway Theater Mar 7 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/APTPaction/status/1628123611432357888 Free with RSVP.74614 DSA SF Ecosocialist Book Club – The Future is DeGrowth 6:00 pm DSA SF Ecosocialist Book Club – The Future is DeGrowth Mar 7 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets REGISTER HERE! https://twitter.com/DSA_SF/status/163133833393783605374688	8	9 Green New Deal Campaign 5:00 pm Green New Deal Campaign @ Online Mar 9 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/DSAecosocialism/status/162661609022997709174605 The World Premiere of ‘Tasha’ 7:30 pm The World Premiere of ‘Tasha’ @ Z Below Theater Mar 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets ‘Tasha is a one woman show exploring the in-custody murder of Natasha McKenna at the hands of law enforcement in Farifax, Virginia in 2015. The play, written by artist and activist Cat Brooks, directed by Oakland’s Poet Laureate Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, and performed by acclaimed actor Jeunée Simon, explores her life and murder from the point of view of several characters, including Natasha herself. “Natasha started talking so loudly I had to get up and write what she was saying,” Brooks said of the script’s genesis in 2015. Trigger warning: This … Continued	10 The World Premiere of ‘Tasha’ 7:30 pm The World Premiere of ‘Tasha’ @ Z Below Theater Mar 10 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets ‘Tasha is a one woman show exploring the in-custody murder of Natasha McKenna at the hands of law enforcement in Farifax, Virginia in 2015. The play, written by artist and activist Cat Brooks, directed by Oakland’s Poet Laureate Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, and performed by acclaimed actor Jeunée Simon, explores her life and murder from the point of view of several characters, including Natasha herself. “Natasha started talking so loudly I had to get up and write what she was saying,” Brooks said of the script’s genesis in 2015. Trigger warning: This … Continued	11 Bearing Witness in the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal 10:00 am Bearing Witness in the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal @ ILWU Local 10 Mar 11 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Tickets 74717 The World Premiere of ‘Tasha’ 7:30 pm The World Premiere of ‘Tasha’ @ Z Below Theater Mar 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets ‘Tasha is a one woman show exploring the in-custody murder of Natasha McKenna at the hands of law enforcement in Farifax, Virginia in 2015. The play, written by artist and activist Cat Brooks, directed by Oakland’s Poet Laureate Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, and performed by acclaimed actor Jeunée Simon, explores her life and murder from the point of view of several characters, including Natasha herself. “Natasha started talking so loudly I had to get up and write what she was saying,” Brooks said of the script’s genesis in 2015. Trigger warning: This … Continued
12 The Part played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man, by Frederick Engels 10:30 am The Part played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man, by Frederick Engels @ Online Mar 12 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library The Part played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man, by Frederick Engels In 1876, Engels complained about “that idealistic world outlook which, especially since the fall of the world of antiquity, has dominated men’s minds. It still rules them to such a degree that even the most materialistic natural scientists of the Darwinian school are still unable to form any clear idea of the origin of man, because under this ideological influence they do not recognise the part that has been … Continued What Can we Learn from Nicaragua? Eyewitness Report! 5:00 pm What Can we Learn from Nicaragua? Eyewitness Report! @ Online Mar 12 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89559844652 What Can we Learn from Nicaragua? Eyewitness Report! Panel Discussion with delegates on the Alliance for Global Justice trip to Nicaragua in January titled “Women in Nicaragua – Power & Protagonism.” Did you know that Nicaragua is a world leader in gender equality? In a historically macho culture, find out how this, and so much more, was achieved by Sandinistas since 2006. Erica Caines is a co-coordinator of The Black Alliance For Peace – Haití/Americas Team. Caines, a member of the Black working-class centered Ujima People’s Progress Party in … Continued	13 Ban New Gas Heat and Water Heaters in Bay Area? Ban New Gas Heat and Water Heaters in Bay Area? Mar 13 all-day Tickets Following the many Bay Area cities that have voted to ban gas in new buildings, along with recent revelations about how fossil gas harms both the climate and human health, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District is considering a new rule that would ban the sale of new gas furnaces and water heaters within about eight years. At the same time the California Air Resources Board is developing a similar rule, with a deadline of 2030. The hazards of fossil gas have been getting a lot of publicity lately, … Continued	14 Ban Ring – Coalition Campaign meeting 10:00 am Ban Ring – Coalition Campaign meeting @ Online Mar 14 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets For years, anti-surveillance, civil rights, and racial justice groups have been sounding the alarm about the dangers posed by Amazon Ring-police partnerships. Collectively, we’ve successfully petitioned members of Congress to investigate these surveillance partnerships, garnered widespread media attention, and published studies exposing the harms. Despite all the negative attention and backlash, over 2,000 police departments continue to partner with Amazon Ring to surveil communities. In an effort to end these partnerships for good, the Athena Surveillance Table is launching a campaign to pass local ordinances to effectively ban these partnerships … Continued No Fascists in Davis! 5:00 pm No Fascists in Davis! @ Credit Union Center, UC Davis Mar 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/NoMercyForPigs/status/163530888535464755274726	15 Support Historic BAAQMD Clean Air Rule 8:30 am Support Historic BAAQMD Clean Air Rule Mar 15 @ 8:30 am – 9:30 am Tickets Rally in advance of hearing: 8:30 AM. Wear Blue! RSVP here. BAAQMD Board of Directors Hearing: 9 AM – 5 PM And online—see this page for link The danger of burning fossil fuels in our own homes is no joke. Our everyday, domestic gas-powered building appliances actually cause hundreds of deaths each year in the Bay Area, with total health impacts of $890 million. They also account for a quarter of our regional carbon emissions. By exercising its legal authority to regulate NOx—the collective emission of carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides—which … Continued STOP THE SFPD GIVEAWAY! 1:30 pm STOP THE SFPD GIVEAWAY! @ Online Mar 15 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/Wagnerian/status/163602602750707712074728 Solidarity with Stop Cop City 4:00 pm Solidarity with Stop Cop City @ GI Partners Mar 15 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets What: Tour Cop City’s Backers in SF’s Financial District San Francisco is home to several of Cop City’s primary funders, financial partners, and general contract managers. We know exactly who is profiting from this police playground and it’s time we paid them a visit. Join us for a gathering and tour of Cop City’s backers in the Financial District. From the Bay Area to Atlanta, STOP COP CITY Email dawg@xrsfbay.org for more info.74719 Reading Group: Ecology of Fear 5:30 pm Reading Group: Ecology of Fear @ Freehouse Mar 15 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/gradepending_/status/163540959889838489674727	16 Labor Organizingh 101 7:00 pm Labor Organizingh 101 @ Online or In Person Mar 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/DSA_SF/status/163604553110457958474729 The World Premiere of ‘Tasha’ 7:30 pm The World Premiere of ‘Tasha’ @ Z Below Theater Mar 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets ‘Tasha is a one woman show exploring the in-custody murder of Natasha McKenna at the hands of law enforcement in Farifax, Virginia in 2015. The play, written by artist and activist Cat Brooks, directed by Oakland’s Poet Laureate Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, and performed by acclaimed actor Jeunée Simon, explores her life and murder from the point of view of several characters, including Natasha herself. “Natasha started talking so loudly I had to get up and write what she was saying,” Brooks said of the script’s genesis in 2015. Trigger warning: This … Continued	17 Climate, Equity, and Race: United Actions 9:00 am Climate, Equity, and Race: United Actions @ Online Mar 17 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Join the Bay Area Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force for the last in their third series of summit meetings, Climate, Equity, and Race, UNITED ACTIONS for an Environmentally Just and Regenerative Future. Online. Register here74710 The World Premiere of ‘Tasha’ 7:30 pm The World Premiere of ‘Tasha’ @ Z Below Theater Mar 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets ‘Tasha is a one woman show exploring the in-custody murder of Natasha McKenna at the hands of law enforcement in Farifax, Virginia in 2015. The play, written by artist and activist Cat Brooks, directed by Oakland’s Poet Laureate Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, and performed by acclaimed actor Jeunée Simon, explores her life and murder from the point of view of several characters, including Natasha herself. “Natasha started talking so loudly I had to get up and write what she was saying,” Brooks said of the script’s genesis in 2015. Trigger warning: This … Continued	18 Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Debt, by David Graeber 5:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Debt, by David Graeber @ Online Mar 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. For our March, April and May meetings we are reading Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber (Warwick, Amazon). For our March meeting we’ll be reading the first five chapters. For the April meeting we are reading chapters 6 through 9. For our May meeting will are reading the remainder of the book. Before there was money, there was debt. For more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems … Continued Oakland Greens 4th Annual Linguistics Townhall 6:30 pm Oakland Greens 4th Annual Linguistics Townhall @ Online Mar 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Which labels are really necessary? — For this installment of the Linguistic Town Hall, your regular cast, special guests, and I ask: “Which identifiers are really necessary?” From gender identifiers on clothing and color, all the way down the rabbit hole to labeling pigment over ancestry – we want to hear your thoughts and ideas virtual doors open at 6 PM (with the best pre-show music diversity). The discussion begins at 6:30 PM PST on ZOOM: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oakland-greens-march-2023-4th-annual-linguistics-townhall-tickets-491376559517?aff=ebdsoporgprofile 74735 The World Premiere of ‘Tasha’ 7:30 pm The World Premiere of ‘Tasha’ @ Z Below Theater Mar 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets ‘Tasha is a one woman show exploring the in-custody murder of Natasha McKenna at the hands of law enforcement in Farifax, Virginia in 2015. The play, written by artist and activist Cat Brooks, directed by Oakland’s Poet Laureate Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, and performed by acclaimed actor Jeunée Simon, explores her life and murder from the point of view of several characters, including Natasha herself. “Natasha started talking so loudly I had to get up and write what she was saying,” Brooks said of the script’s genesis in 2015. Trigger warning: This … Continued
19 War in Ukraine: One Year On: The Root Causes of Conflict 10:30 am War in Ukraine: One Year On: The Root Causes of Conflict @ Online Mar 19 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets One year into the War in Ukraine, the world has been redivided into two progressively decoupling camps, threatening a New Cold War. Meanwhile each camp is being drawn more tightly together. While the war began suddenly on February 24, 2022, its preconditions were a long time in the making. Was it really unprovoked as is relentlessly claimed? While this is one of a number of globally-televised wars, how is the Ukraine War different from the others? Whose interests does it serve? Dr. Sharat G. Lin examines the root causes of … Continued	20 Alameda County Eviction Moratorium: Navigating the End of Tenant Protections Together 12:00 pm Alameda County Eviction Moratorium: Navigating the End of Tenant Protections Together @ Online Mar 20 @ 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Tickets Presented by the ACBA Racial Justice Taskforce Part of the ACBA Racial Equity Series Register here As the Alameda County Eviction Moratorium comes to end, let’s come together to learn about the tenant protections that remain and how to exercise them, how COVID has affected marginalized communities, and how better housing policies can help mitigate the harm that marginalized folks experience, particularly Black and Brown communities hit hardest by the pandemic. Our panelists will also discuss local, state, and federal level policy priorities and how you can get involved in the call … Continued	21 DSA SF Ecosocialist Book Club – The Future is DeGrowth 6:00 pm DSA SF Ecosocialist Book Club – The Future is DeGrowth Mar 21 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets REGISTER HERE! https://twitter.com/DSA_SF/status/163133833393783605374688	22	23	24	25 ‘People Get Ready’ Conference 10:00 am ‘People Get Ready’ Conference @ UC Berkeley, Dwinelle Hall Mar 25 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Tickets See full agenda on website. People Get Ready 4 will gather left movements in the Bay Area of California to analyze political conditions and discuss movement strategy during a period of deepening economic, social, and ecological crises. The conference is hosted by Center for Political Education. Endorsing organizations include: Arab Resource & Organizing Center \| Alliance of South Asians Taking Action \| Black Organizing Project \| Bay Rising \| California Coalition for Women Prisoners \| Catalyst Project \| Chinese Progressive Association \| Critical Resistance (Oakland) \| GABRIELA Oakland \| Haiti Action \| International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network \| National Lawyers Guild – SF Bay Area \| Palestinian Youth Movement (Bay Area) \| San Francisco Rising \| Sogorea Te’ Land Trust … Continued
26 How the United States is Preparing for Imminent War with China 10:30 am How the United States is Preparing for Imminent War with China @ Online Mar 26 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets US aggression toward China is escalating and China is shedding its usual restraint to more clearly call out this aggression and warn the US not to overstep its red lines. K. J. Noh, an activist, journalist, and scholar on the geopolitics of the Asian continent, will discuss the renewed belligerence of South Korea under President Yoon Suk-yeol, the increasing militarization of Japan, shifting alliances in Western Asia, and how China, including Taiwan, is responding. Noh will also speak about efforts in the United States to prepare for a war against … Continued Daniel Ellsberg birthday and/or thank you card “signing party” 3:30 pm Daniel Ellsberg birthday and/or thank you card “signing party” @ Grassroots House Mar 26 @ 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets just west of Shattuck, downtown Berkeley. Drop by briefly, or stay and chat if it isn’t crowded. Optional pot luck refreshments. https://grassrootshouse.org/ Dan’s recent open letter revealing diagnosis of 3-6 months to live: https://consortiumnews.com/2023/03/02/daniel-ellsbergs-not-yet-goodbye/ 74736 Oakland Greens Movie & Discussion: “Hysteria” 6:00 pm Oakland Greens Movie & Discussion: “Hysteria” @ Online Mar 26 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets For March we have a movie based on historical fact, and ties to patriarchy that in the end create a very useful human sexuality tool — Believed to be a real medical condition, two doctors (Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce) in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients’ ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator — These free community-building events are designed to see the connection between media and the real world — Does life imitate art or does art imitate life?: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oakland-greens-free-dinner-a-movie-discussion-series-tickets-491368324887?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1 74739	27 Free Screening: How to Blow Up A Pipeline 7:30 pm Free Screening: How to Blow Up A Pipeline @ SF AMC Metreon Mar 27 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Our friends at Oil and Gas Action Network are excited to co-host a free screening of the forthcoming film How to Blow Up a Pipeline just for local climate activists! After the film there will be a short facilitated discussion and sharing of resources for people to get more involved in the local climate justice movement. Tickets are free – RSVP here. OGAN writes: “This film adaptation of Andreas Malm’s incendiary nonfiction book is a stunning wake-up call on the imminent dangers of the climate crisis. Following a group of … Continued	28	29 Poverty in America – Book Discussion 7:00 pm Poverty in America – Book Discussion @ First Presbyterian Mar 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/Booksmith/status/1635699967376367618 It’s important to us that this event is accessible to anyone who would like to attend. If price is a barrier and you are interested in free or discounted tickets, please click here and while seats are available we will do our absolute best to accommodate you. We are an independent bookstore committed to paying living wages to our hard-working staff, and in order to cover our costs we are only able to provide so many accessible seats, so if you can afford a bundled ticket please select one of … Continued	30 Oakland Police Commission – Public Forum on Investigations and Discipline Disparity 6:30 pm Oakland Police Commission – Public Forum on Investigations and Discipline Disparity @ Oakland City Hall Mar 30 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/OakPoliceComm/status/164052233175483597574751	31 Ecology Center BASIL Seed Swap 6:30 pm Ecology Center BASIL Seed Swap @ Ecology Center Mar 31 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets The 22nd Annual Bay Area BASIL Seed Swap is back and in-person. Free event! In collaboration with Transition Berkeley and Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library, the Seed Swap will include free educational resources on native pollinators and seed saving, space to network with other local gardeners, and an exchange of unique seeds from throughout the East Bay. Seed enthusiasts at all levels of experience are welcome. This event is free- seeds to share or a donation of $5-15 are suggested and no one will be turned away for lack of … Continued The Battle of Chile 6:30 pm The Battle of Chile Mar 31 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/DSA_SF/status/164119105271014195874754

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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.