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All-day All Day Workshops at Oscar Grant Plaza All Day Workshops at Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 16 all-day Tickets 11am? Contemporary Uprisings! (Greece, Chile, Oaxaca, Egypt, Tunisia , etc.) 1pm Occupy Everything! Connecting the University Occupation Movement and the Current Occupation Movement 2 pm Occupy! An Oral History- Workshop on Recording and Giving Oral Histories. 3pm U.S. Labor history 4pm Work It! Own It! Discussion and Workshop on Developing Worker Cooperatives at Occupy Oakland.255						Resistance Trainings @ Amphitheater Resistance Trainings @ Amphitheater Oct 22 all-day Tickets How do we retain an uncompromising analysis of the violence of the status quo, including corporate capitalism, racism, and the police system that upholds both, while transcending the tired dynamics of us (the self-righteous good guys) and them (in this case corporate execs and cops)? How do we channel our anger into resistance of systems rather than struggles with individual figureheads for those systems? Three mini…-workshops on Saturday, October 22: 9am-noon Making It Personal: Understanding the Violence of the Status Quo: In this workshop, we’ll connect our personal suffering (often … Continued
12:00 am 1:00 am 2:00 am 3:00 am 4:00 am 5:00 am 6:00 am 7:00 am 8:00 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 pm 9:00 pm 10:00 pm 11:00 pm 12:00 pm Poets of the People: Open reading @ Oscar Grant Plaza Poets of the People: Open reading @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 16 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets POETS OF THE PEOPLE: Radical Poets Open Reading ! Sunday, October 16, 2011, NOON, Oscar Grant Plaza steps @ Broadway & 14th ! If you’re interested in reading, pick a radical poet and come to the reading! Here are some suggestions: Elizabeth Barrett Browning Adrienne Rich Noémia de Sousa Gwendolyn Brooks Gabriela Mistral Lola Ridge Genevieve Taggard Margot Heinemann Alda Espírito Santo The Free School/Library should have copies of at least some of these poets’ work.297 4:00 pm Singer Imani I Ameni at the Children’s Village Singer Imani I Ameni at the Children’s Village Oct 16 @ 4:00 pm – Oct 16 @ 5:00 pm Tickets Popular Singer Imani I Ameni will lead our young ones in song! Please come join us! Word is he may bring some musician friends with him! A good time is guaranteed for all – this is a treat for the young and the young at heart! Please bring healthy snacks to share!280	8:00 am Yoga @ amphitheater Yoga @ amphitheater Oct 17 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets 471 8:00 am Yoga @ amphitheater Yoga @ amphitheater Oct 17 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets 470 1:00 pm Occupation Movement (plazas, schools, forcelosed homes) @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupation Movement (plazas, schools, forcelosed homes) @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 17 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets 396 3:00 pm Capitalim (destroying it) @ Oscar Grant Plaza Capitalim (destroying it) @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 17 @ 3:00 pm – Oct 17 @ 5:00 pm Tickets 397 3:00 pm Capitalism in Crisis, Ecology in Crisis and Global Restistance @ Entrance Capitalism in Crisis, Ecology in Crisis and Global Restistance @ Entrance Oct 17 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Discussion facilitated by Eddie Yuen.416 4:00 pm Radical Yoga @ hay bales Radical Yoga @ hay bales Oct 17 @ 4:00 pm – Oct 17 @ 5:00 pm Tickets 464 5:00 pm The Three Hikers @ Amphitheater The Three Hikers @ Amphitheater Oct 17 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Recently freed activists, Shane, Josh and Sarah-the three Hikers imprisoned in Iran- are going to talk about the connections that can be drawn between the ordeal they went through and the situation in U.S. Prisons, including linking their hunger strike with the current hunger strikers in California prisons, torture and brutality, and other issues. This is the first time when all three have been together to speak out about what happened.417 6:00 pm General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 17 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Meets Monday Wednesday, Friday and Sundays at 6.229	1:00 pm Police/state/prisons @ Oscar Grant Plaza Police/state/prisons @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 18 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets 398 3:00 pm Oakland Schools @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oakland Schools @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 18 @ 3:00 pm – Oct 18 @ 5:00 pm Tickets 399 4:00 pm Organic Gardening with Aquaponic Technique @ hay bales Organic Gardening with Aquaponic Technique @ hay bales Oct 18 @ 4:00 pm – Oct 18 @ 5:00 pm Tickets 466 5:00 pm Black Panther Gerald Smith on History of the Black Panthers @ Amphitheater Black Panther Gerald Smith on History of the Black Panthers @ Amphitheater Oct 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets 528 5:00 pm Workshop: What Would It Take To Defeat The 1% @ Rahiem Brown Free School Workshop: What Would It Take To Defeat The 1% @ Rahiem Brown Free School Oct 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Come to a presentation and discussion regarding why we have a realistic chance to defeat the 1%, why we have more power than we recognize and what it would take to unleash it. At the Rahiem Brown free school tent Tues at 5pm304 6:00 pm Conflict/Resolution @ Hay Bales Conflict/Resolution @ Hay Bales Oct 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets 527	1:00 pm Race, Class, Gender @ Oscar Grant Plaza Race, Class, Gender @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 19 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets 400 3:00 pm Anti-colonialism – organize against gentrification, gang injunctions, immigration, native struggles @ Oscar Grant Plaza Anti-colonialism – organize against gentrification, gang injunctions, immigration, native struggles @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 19 @ 3:00 pm – Oct 19 @ 5:00 pm Tickets 401 3:00 pm Surviving Radical Demos @ hay bales Surviving Radical Demos @ hay bales Oct 19 @ 3:00 pm – Oct 19 @ 5:00 pm Tickets Sesai Mike and Melissa from Suigetsukan, a martial-arts dojo in Oakland, are going to do a physical training on protecting yourself and useful techniques in confrontational demonstrations.462 4:00 pm Black Panthers David Hilliard, Melvin Dixon, and Eseibio Halliday @ Amphitheater Black Panthers David Hilliard, Melvin Dixon, and Eseibio Halliday @ Amphitheater Oct 19 @ 4:00 pm – Oct 19 @ 6:00 pm Tickets 530 6:00 pm Black Panther Elder Freeman and guests @ amphitheater Black Panther Elder Freeman and guests @ amphitheater Oct 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets 549 6:00 pm General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Meets Monday Wednesday, Friday and Sundays at 6.229	8:00 am Yoga @ amphitheater Yoga @ amphitheater Oct 20 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets 472 8:00 am Yoga @ amphitheater Yoga @ amphitheater Oct 20 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets 468 11:30 am Speakers on Gang Injunctions @ amphitheater Speakers on Gang Injunctions @ amphitheater Oct 20 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets information about Gang Injunctions and how to challenge them. In preparation for the following weeks City Council meeting on proposed extension of gang injunctions, day/night cufew and loitering laws.551 4:00 pm Anti-Authoritarian/Anti-capitalist Caucus @ Near Port-O-Potties Anti-Authoritarian/Anti-capitalist Caucus @ Near Port-O-Potties Oct 20 @ 4:00 pm – Oct 20 @ 5:00 pm Tickets 900 5:00 pm Anti-Capitalism @ Entrance to the plaza near the info tent Anti-Capitalism @ Entrance to the plaza near the info tent Oct 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Larry Everest, author of Oil, Power, and Empire will speak on building an Anti-Capitalist movement.550 5:30 pm Marxism 101 (ISO) @ Amphitheater, Oscar Grant Plaza Marxism 101 (ISO) @ Amphitheater, Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 20 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Discussion of Marxism and scientific socialism with members of the International Socialist Organization.921	3:00 pm What is a Gang Injunction? What is Happening in Oakland? @ Amphitheater, Oscar Grant Plaza What is a Gang Injunction? What is Happening in Oakland? @ Amphitheater, Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 21 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Come learn about the Oakland gang injunctions from the folks at Stop the Injunction Coalition (STIC).918 4:00 pm Labor History @ entrance to the plaza stairs near the info tent Labor History @ entrance to the plaza stairs near the info tent Oct 21 @ 4:00 pm – Oct 21 @ 5:00 pm Tickets Labor Struggles, including conflict in the Appalachias. 552 5:00 pm Ken Knabb on his recent writings @ Amphitheater Ken Knabb on his recent writings @ Amphitheater Oct 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Ken Knabb from Bureau of Public Secrets, will hold a discussion around his recent piece, The Awakening in America, which views the Occupation Movements from a situationist perspective.553 6:00 pm General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 21 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Meets Monday Wednesday, Friday and Sundays at 6.229 6:00 pm Student Speak Out! @ Amphitheater Student Speak Out! @ Amphitheater Oct 21 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets 554 6:30 pm Post-Colonialism and Anarchism @ Amphitheater, Oscar Grant Plaza Post-Colonialism and Anarchism @ Amphitheater, Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 21 @ 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Andrej Grubačić is a US-based Yugoslavian anarchist theorist, sociologist, activist, lecturer, and co-author with Staughton Lynd, of the book Wobblies and Zapatistas.556	9:00 am Medic Training With the Black Cross @ Meet by the Med tent Medic Training With the Black Cross @ Meet by the Med tent Oct 22 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am Tickets Get trained before Saturday’s mass march!1063 11:00 am Occupy Everything! Liberate Oakland! Rally @ Grant Ogawa Plaza Occupy Everything! Liberate Oakland! Rally @ Grant Ogawa Plaza Oct 22 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets We live in a world where unemployment and staggering levels of debt are the new normal, where poverty and homelessness are met by police violence and incarceration. The entire global economy is broken, and politicians in the US and elsewhere remain powerless to do anything about it. It’s time to take power into our own hands, to occupy the spaces from which we have been excluded and reclaim everything that has been stolen from us. Solidarity with the worldwide Occupy movement Opposition to an economic system that has never worked … Continued 12:00 pm Occupy Everything! Liberate Oakland! March @ Grant Ogawa Plaza Occupy Everything! Liberate Oakland! March @ Grant Ogawa Plaza Oct 22 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets We live in a world where unemployment and staggering levels of debt are the new normal, where poverty and homelessness are met by police violence and incarceration. The entire global economy is broken, and politicians in the US and elsewhere remain powerless to do anything about it. It’s time to take power into our own hands, to occupy the spaces from which we have been excluded and reclaim everything that has been stolen from us. Solidarity with the worldwide Occupy movement Opposition to an economic system that has never worked … Continued 3:00 pm Yoga @ Front entrance/corner of 14th and Broadway Yoga @ Front entrance/corner of 14th and Broadway Oct 22 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Y.O.G.A. = You Occupy, Get Access!1105 4:00 pm What Happens When The Police Come @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater What Happens When The Police Come @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater Oct 22 @ 4:00 pm – Oct 22 @ 5:00 pm Tickets 997 5:00 pm Know Your Rights With Berkeley Cop Watch @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater Know Your Rights With Berkeley Cop Watch @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater Oct 22 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets 998 6:00 pm Oakland General Strike @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater Oakland General Strike @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater Oct 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets “Oakland’s Work Holiday” is a multimedia presentation that includes 80 original photos of the 1946 strike, in addition to video clips of newsreel footage and short interviews of participants in the strike (from a video of the 60th anniversary commemoration). It aims to not only to bring to life this nearly forgotten piece of working class history, but also to serve as a call to reinvigorate the traditions of solidarity and militant tactics that made the post-World War II strike wave the fiercest episode of class struggle in United States … Continued

Week of October 16

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.