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All-day			24/7 reoccupation of albany bulb may 14 5pm Bulb Lovers United FIGht Back Occupy @ albany bulb albany ca 24/7 reoccupation of albany bulb may 14 5pm Bulb Lovers United FIGht Back Occupy @ albany bulb albany ca May 14 – May 15 all-day Tickets details indy bay org and share the bulb .org and share the bulb face book55750	FF15: Global Fast Food Workers Strike @ 10:30 AM rendezvous: FF15: Global Fast Food Workers Strike @ 10:30 AM rendezvous: May 15 – May 16 all-day Tickets Join striking fast food workers and allies from 36 countries and 150 U.S. cities, including Oakland, as we call out some of the world’s worst corporate behavior. With success in exposing widespread wage theft and in the wake of new reports showing an industry with the largest pay gaps between CEOs and workers, we’re demanding change, $15 for workers and a union. 5:30 AM Meet at ACCE Oakland Offices 2501 International Blvd 10:30 AM Meet at 14th St and Alice the Library in Downtown Oakland, 135 14th St. On May … 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	1:00 am Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office May 13 @ 1:00 am – 2:30 am Tickets The Postal Service has put the Berkeley Post Office up for sale!! The Postal Service has started to outsource Post Office services to Staples, replacing union jobs with low-paying, low benefit work. And we’re fighting against both! Come help us plan our next steps. We’ve started a “Don’t Shop at Staples” campaign with some awesome… what else? … postcards to send to Staples management! Here’s the front of the postcard. All four Postal Unions have joined together to support maintaining full service, public Post Offices in every community, with expansion … Continued 1:00 am Occupy Forum: Anarchism: Its effects – past, present and future. @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART Occupy Forum: Anarchism: Its effects – past, present and future. @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART May 13 @ 1:00 am – 4:00 am Tickets Panel Discussion on anarchism — past, present, and future — with Ramsey Kanaan (AK Press & PM Press), Liz Highleyman (journalist and historian), and Joey Cain (Bound Together Bookstore, LGBT activist) Anarchism is the belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion. Anarchism began as what it remains today: a direct challenge by the underprivileged to their oppression and exploitation. It opposes both the growth of state power and the ethos of possessive individualism, which, together or separately, ultimately serve … Continued	1:30 am Modern Day Slavery: The Miseducation Of The People Pertaining To The Prison Industry Complex @ Laney College, Room D-200 Modern Day Slavery: The Miseducation Of The People Pertaining To The Prison Industry Complex @ Laney College, Room D-200 May 14 @ 1:30 am – 3:30 am Tickets The Laney College Black Student Union in association with the Campaign To End The Death Penalty will be hosting an event commemorating Malcolm X, his Legacy and Life work. We will be celebrating the 60th birthday of Mumia Abu-Jamal. And standing in solidarity with Kevin Cooper a innocent man on death row in San Quentin state penitently since 1985. Our goal is to bring attention to the in humane treatment of prisoners and the true function of the prison industrial complex ( slavery by another name). We will show a short … Continued 1:30 am Malcolm X, Mumia Abu-Jamal and Kevin Cooper. @ Laney College, Room D-200 Malcolm X, Mumia Abu-Jamal and Kevin Cooper. @ Laney College, Room D-200 May 14 @ 1:30 am – 3:30 am Tickets The Laney College Black Student Union in association with the Campaign To End The Death Penalty will be hosting an event commemorating Malcolm X, his Legacy and Life work. We will be celebrating the 60th birthday of Mumia Abu-Jamal. And standing in solidarity with Kevin Cooper a innocent man on death row in San Quentin state penitently since 1985. Our goal is to bring attention to the in humane treatment of prisoners and the true function of the prison industrial complex ( slavery by another name). We will show a short … Continued	8:30 pm Governor Brown: Why is California trying to build more jails? @ State Building, SF Governor Brown: Why is California trying to build more jails? @ State Building, SF May 14 @ 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Did you know Governor Brown will release his revised 2014-15 budget proposal tomorrow? In recent years we’ve seen $15 billion dollars of cuts to social safety net programs, and we know to build a stronger healthier California for everyone we need invest in programs not prisons. Folks across California are furious that the the Governor has proposed more prison spending including $500 million to build new jails. On Wednesday, we’ll be joining up with the California Partnership organizing rallies and press conferences across the state. Can you can join us … Continued 2:00 am Bay Area Book Release: “No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant” @ La Pena Cultural Center Bay Area Book Release: “No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant” @ La Pena Cultural Center May 15 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am Tickets Join the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, ONYX, and Davey D in a reading and discussion of “No No Doubt: The Murder’s’ of Oscar Grant with award winning journalist and author, Thandisizwe Chimurenga. “Chimurenga uses her writing as political activism. In ‘No Doubt,’ she connects the systematic state-sanctioned violence against young Black males through the case of Oscar Grant’s murder by transit police on January 1, 2009 in California’s Bay Area.” Watch the book trailer here: http://www.triplemurder.com./ Food will be provided and books will be available for purchase. Facebook event & RSVP.55728 2:00 am Carry It Forward: Celebrate the Children of Resistance! @ Berkeley City College Carry It Forward: Celebrate the Children of Resistance! @ Berkeley City College May 15 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am Tickets This video of the theatrical production of the 60th Anniversary of the execution of Ethel & Julius Rosenberg features Angela Davis, Eve Ensler, Cotter Smith, radical hip hop artists Rebel Diaz, poet Martin Espada, members of the Rosenberg/Meeropol family, and more! (This production was staged in June 2013). The 90-minute production uses dramatic readings, acted vignettes, poetry, music, and historical photos to dramatize the last four days of the Rosenbergs’ lives through their prison letters and their sons’ firsthand accounts. The film also tells the stories of present-day activist families … Continued	2:00 am AUTONOMOUS BULB ZONE DECLARED POT LUCK EVERY NITE POTLUCK @ ALBANY BULB stone structure AUTONOMOUS BULB ZONE DECLARED POT LUCK EVERY NITE POTLUCK @ ALBANY BULB stone structure May 16 @ 2:00 am Tickets see oo front page sharethebulb.org indybay.org DECLARATION OF THE BULB AUTONOMOUS ZONE In Solidarity with People whose homes are threatened, In Honor of unpermitted public Art, In Defense of spaces free and wild everywhere, To Keep the Albany Bulb Natural and unlandscaped, To Preserve Habitat for Birds, Insects, and other migratory Animals, including Humans, We Declare the Bulb an Autonomous Zone , a space where Art and Music continue to flourish, where People assemble Freely, where Dogs run unleashed, and where long-term Residents can continue to maintain and improve … Continued	3:30 am Dance Party Benefit for the Bay Area Coalition For the Headwaters and Earth First! @ Ashkenaz Dance Party Benefit for the Bay Area Coalition For the Headwaters and Earth First! @ Ashkenaz May 17 @ 3:30 am – 6:00 am Tickets Support and learn about Forest and Habitat defense in California. Three bands, campaign updates, video clips and more. 55418	4:00 pm Connect the Dots: Refinery Corridor Healing Walk- Martinez to Benicia @ Martinez Waterfront Parkq Connect the Dots: Refinery Corridor Healing Walk- Martinez to Benicia @ Martinez Waterfront Parkq May 17 @ 4:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets Connect with the walk during the day: 11:45 AM: Bridgehead Road, Martinez (foot of the Benicia/Martinez bridge) 2:30 PM: East B Street & First Street in grassy area in Benicia 3:30 PM: Walk ends at 9th St. Park for Rally 55738 6:00 pm Malcolm X Jazz Festival @ San Antonio Park Malcolm X Jazz Festival @ San Antonio Park May 17 @ 6:00 pm – May 18 @ 1:00 am Tickets Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival In Honor of Amiri Baraka MAIN STAGE: -The Last Poets -Ms. Faye Carol (in a tribute to Abbey Lincoln) -Howard Wiley & Excerpts from Amiri Baraka’s The Sisyphus Syndrome -Unity Grooves: EastSide Youth Jazz Workshop -Marvin X and the Black Arts Movement KATHERINE DUNHAM DANCE STAGE: -Starchild Dance Lindy Hop Project -Kendra Kimbrough Dance Ensemble -Sister Linda Johnson Also featuring: Local crafts vendors & community organizations, The Javad Jahi Soapbox stage, The Mike Dream Courts, Kid’s Court for family fun, and our Food Court featuring international … Continued 8:00 pm KPFA West Oakland Town Hall Meeting, @ Marcus Garvey Building--Liberty Hall KPFA West Oakland Town Hall Meeting, @ Marcus Garvey Building--Liberty Hall May 17 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets The KPFA Community Advisory Board invites you to an information and music sharing Town Hall gathering in West Oakland . We want to hear from youth, listeners, community members, musicians and media activists about your favorite music, community actions and programming ideas. Learn about creating press releases and posting announcements. Help KPFA to address our cultural, political and economic challenges now.55518 10:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area: Ideas Into Action! @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater, right next to City Hall Strike Debt Bay Area: Ideas Into Action! @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater, right next to City Hall May 17 @ 10:00 pm – May 18 @ 12:30 am Tickets New to Strike Debt?? Don’t walk cold turkey into a bunch of radicals talking about debt! Show up a half hour early—at 2:30 PM—for an informal pre-meeting intro session. If you’d like to attend this pre-together please email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com and let us know you’re coming. Join Strike Debt Bay Area in working on some exciting projects locally and nationally to fight unjust debt. Thomas Gokey from Strike Debt New York City – creative debt thinker and Rolling Jubilee organizer – will be joining us! – The latest on our coalition efforts to … Continued

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.