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Come hang out at the once-again-up-and-going 24-hour a day table outside of Staples in Berkeley.56391 8:00 pm Protesting Urban Shield: Community Education Forum. @ Eastside Cultural Center Protesting Urban Shield: Community Education Forum. @ Eastside Cultural Center Aug 17 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm Tickets The 9th annual Urban Shield – the SWAT team training and weapons expo that brings together local, regional and global police-military units – will be held in Oakland this coming September 4-8. Oakland is gearing up to stop it! Building on growing resistance to police militarization in the US, Bay Area community organizations and the Facing Tear Gas campaign have come together to call for Oakland’s non-participation in Urban Shield, community self-determination, and solidarity with global movements. Urban Shield is connected to national police militarization programs such as 1033, 1122, Urban Areas … Continued 9:00 pm Grey Paint DESTROYING BULB ART: Come to Bulb Lovers Tabling, Music, Chalking, Videos & Bulb Lovers snap shots @ THE BULB AT the Grey Paint DESTROYING BULB ART: Come to Bulb Lovers Tabling, Music, Chalking, Videos & Bulb Lovers snap shots @ THE BULB AT the Aug 17 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets /wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Orion_KPFA_Interview-David_Rosenberg_2014-05-31-Sat1800.mp3Join us The Art on the Bulb was painted over grey We must organize to save our ART. Print out and sign our petition and get your friends to sign, you do not have to be a Albany city resident. For more info call Orion (510) 541-3835 For more info on the Bulb go to public facebook.com/sharethebulb You don’t need to be a Faceplant member sharethebulb.org To Albany City council & City Mananger P. Leach and East Bay Regional Park District: We, the working people of the Bay Area, demand … Continued 2:00 am Long Haul Infoshop 21st Birthday Party @ Long Haul Infoshop, not far from Ashby BART Long Haul Infoshop 21st Birthday Party @ Long Haul Infoshop, not far from Ashby BART Aug 18 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am Tickets Celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Infoshop opening at Long Haul. Modest Party with free vegan chocolate cake and free raffle See artifacts and fliers from the last 21 years and hear zany stories about the infoshop’s formation and adventures since then. The long haul infoshop opened August 13, 1993. 56442	4:00 pm Court Support: Khalid @ Wiley Manuel Courthouse room 107 Court Support: Khalid @ Wiley Manuel Courthouse room 107 Aug 18 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Khalid was arrested during the FTP march Friday evening, August 15th, while helping another person. His charges are Obstructing police and Battery on Police. He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday morning. Facebook notice.56456 12:00 am Block the Boat. Autonomous Action. @ Berth 57, Port of Oakland. Possible rides from West Oakland Bart. Block the Boat. Autonomous Action. @ Berth 57, Port of Oakland. Possible rides from West Oakland Bart. Aug 19 @ 12:00 am – 3:30 am Tickets A perspective on recent events. URGENT Autonomous call to action: Meet Port of Oakland SSA berth 57-59WE’RE BLOCKING THE BOAT AT 5:30 #BlockTheBoat https://t.co/WMC9p6GXWf — Alyssa (@alyssa011968) August 18, 2014 COME DOWN TO PORT! Autonomous continuation of #BlockTheBoat! Get to port by 5. Some rides leaving from W Oak BART around 430. SELF ORGANIZE! — Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 18, 2014 #BlockTheBoat Protester organized picketline @ 5:00AM & 5:00PM at Oakland Port Berth 57-59 STILL block unloading boat #Anonymous #OpIsrael — OccupySF (@sf99er) August 18, 2014 If you cant … Continued 1:00 am Occupy Forum: Creating the World We Want to See. @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART Occupy Forum: Creating the World We Want to See. @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART Aug 19 @ 1:00 am – 4:00 am Tickets Occupy Forum returns Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! Ryan Rising & Zaigham Kabir Creating the World We Want to See This Forum picks up where we left off in Ryan’s and Zaigham’s recent OccupyForums. Subjects up for discussion are building momentum through direct actions, thinking beyond left and right, creating coalitions across political spectrums. We’ll also discuss building local food and energy independent systems for our communities through local organizing … Continued 1:30 am Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office Aug 19 @ 1:30 am – 2:30 am Tickets The Postal Service has put the Berkeley Post Office up for sale!! The Postal Service outsourced 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. On July 29th, at our invite, Ralph Nader spoke on the steps of the Berkeley Post Office against privatization and corporatism. Watch and listen to his talk here. We’ve began the “Don’t Shop at Staples” campaign with some awesome… what else? … postcards to send to Staples management! Here’s the … Continued 2:00 am Rats, Riots, Revolution: Gentrification and Fightback @ Oakland Peace Center, Shelton Hall Rats, Riots, Revolution: Gentrification and Fightback @ Oakland Peace Center, Shelton Hall Aug 19 @ 2:00 am – 3:30 am Tickets Rats, Riots, Revolution: Gentrification and Fightback Gentrification and displacement are disrupting lives and communities all over the country, and the Bay Area is ground zero. With the San Francisco tech boom, and the redevelopment of neighborhoods resulting in the displacement of working class people and communities of color, living and working in Oakland and San Francisco is becoming more and more difficult. But gentrification is also nothing new, and the US has a rich history of fightback against housing discrimination and displacement. Keeanga Yamahtta-Taylor is a writer, public speaker, and … Continued	12:00 pm Block the Boat – Autonomous Action. @ Berth 57, Port of Oakland. Possible rides from West Oakland Bart. Block the Boat – Autonomous Action. @ Berth 57, Port of Oakland. Possible rides from West Oakland Bart. Aug 19 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets “Call going out far and wide to be at the port at 5am. If the ship leaves at 4am, it will be the best 5am victory party ever.” Shuttles are up amd running as is BART! Come on in!! #BlockTheBoat! — BlockTheBoatForGaza (@BlockTheBoat) August 19, 2014 We need more people. We’ve seen one red SUV cross picket. No idea if he’s unloading this ship. #BlockTheBoat — Not Frantz Fanon (@violentfanon) August 19, 201456463 1:00 am Autonomous Action: Block The Boat! @ Berth 22, Port of Oakland. Possible rides from West Oakland Bart. Autonomous Action: Block The Boat! @ Berth 22, Port of Oakland. Possible rides from West Oakland Bart. Aug 20 @ 1:00 am – 5:00 am Tickets The Zim cargo ship left Berth 57 this afternoon, sailed out the Golden Gate apparently on its way south, then did a U-Turn and is now heading back into San Francisco Bay, probably to Berth 22 (map below), which people reported Zim had reserved for this evening. Berth 22 now! #BlockTheBoat!!! #Oakland, 1599 Maritime St @BlockTheBoat— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 20, 2014 Need to have crowd at "Ports America" gates well before 7 to block shift that would otherwise unload Israeli cargo ship #BlockTheBoat— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 20, 2014 … Continued ◢ 6:00 am Autonomous Action: Continue to Block the Boat! @ Berth 22, Port of Oakland, somewhere along Maritime St. between 7th and Grand Autonomous Action: Continue to Block the Boat! @ Berth 22, Port of Oakland, somewhere along Maritime St. between 7th and Grand Aug 20 @ 6:00 am – 7:00 am Tickets CALL OUT for continued blockade TONIGHT to keep 12am lunch break from re-entering the port. Arrive 10:30-11pm to #BlockTheBoat, #Oakland— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 20, 2014 Zim ship reportedly has days of unloading. This ain't over, not by a longshore. Support needed Midnight & 6:30AM #BlockTheBoat— OccupySF (@sf99er) August 20, 2014 56477	◤ 7:00 am Autonomous Action: Continue to Block the Boat! @ Berth 22, Port of Oakland, somewhere along Maritime St. between 7th and Grand Autonomous Action: Continue to Block the Boat! @ Berth 22, Port of Oakland, somewhere along Maritime St. between 7th and Grand Aug 20 @ 7:00 am – 8:30 am Tickets CALL OUT for continued blockade TONIGHT to keep 12am lunch break from re-entering the port. Arrive 10:30-11pm to #BlockTheBoat, #Oakland— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 20, 2014 Zim ship reportedly has days of unloading. This ain't over, not by a longshore. Support needed Midnight & 6:30AM #BlockTheBoat— OccupySF (@sf99er) August 20, 2014 56477 12:00 am Ceast and Desist: It Ends Today! @ See text. Ceast and Desist: It Ends Today! @ See text. Aug 21 @ 12:00 am – 2:00 am Tickets Over the last few weeks, police have murdered five Black men & women across the country: Mike Brown: Ferguson, MO Ezell Ford: South Los Angeles Eric Garner: New York Jacorey Calhoun: Oakland Unidentified woman in San Jose who had a power drill And of course, there have been thousands and thousands more murdered Black, Brown & poor people throughout the years. Oscar Grant Alan Blueford Alex Nieto Andy Lopez Kimani Gray Kendrec McDade Amadou Diallo Sean Bell Ramarley Graham We will take to the streets and tell the police: IT … Continued 2:30 am Strike Debt Reading Group: The Politics of Debt. Ellen Brown’s “The Public Banking Solution.” @ The Omni (ring buzzer) Strike Debt Reading Group: The Politics of Debt. Ellen Brown’s “The Public Banking Solution.” @ The Omni (ring buzzer) Aug 21 @ 2:30 am – 4:30 am Tickets Here is the reading for the next Politics of Debt meeting – OMNI basement. We will continue on with Ellen brown’s Public Banking solution on the topic foreign policy and other countries’ use of Public Banks. PBS-Germany PBS-Argentina PBS-Latin-America1 PBS-Ch-356385	4:15 pm Ferguson Solidarity March Brings Out 200 OPD, Helicopters. Ferguson Solidarity March Brings Out 200 OPD, Helicopters. Aug 21 @ 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm Tickets Hands up! Don't shoot! Oscar Grant's Uncle Bobby – is here- came back from #Ferguson he's sending solidarity video pic.twitter.com/ALCeRSwCDW— Alyssa (@alyssa011968) August 21, 2014 Stand off pigs won't let pass on sudewalk #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/Js3vRjffY8— Alyssa (@alyssa011968) August 21, 2014 We marching to OGP – whose streets? Put streets! #Ferguson more ppl pic.twitter.com/7DgBliHVWz— Alyssa (@alyssa011968) August 21, 2014 Woman, in tears, over megaphone: "These police kill our black children!" #Oakland #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/WT5kPh5LqR— Not Frantz Fanon (@violentfanon) August 21, 2014 "My son was murdered by police. He was 16. He was shot … Continued 2:00 am State of Emergency march in support of Ferguson in SF @ UN Plaza State of Emergency march in support of Ferguson in SF @ UN Plaza Aug 22 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am Tickets Stand in solidarity with the people of ferguson. March starts at un plaza. 56478 2:00 am Stop Tasers from Coming to Berkeley Police! @ Grassroots House Stop Tasers from Coming to Berkeley Police! @ Grassroots House Aug 22 @ 2:00 am – 3:30 am Tickets The next Taser-free Berkeley organizing meeting. Also see PUBLIC FORUM: SHOULD BERKELEY POLICE USE TASERS ON THE PEOPLE OF BERKELEY?56450	2:00 am A Film About Dennis Banks: “A Good Day to Die.” @ near 24th St Bart A Film About Dennis Banks: “A Good Day to Die.” @ near 24th St Bart Aug 23 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am Tickets We are proud to host Dennis Banks, Native American leader and co-founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM), to speak and present the documentary “A Good Day To Die.”56452	7:15 pm TAILGATE MARCH: RESPECT OAKLAND COLISEUM WORKERS! @ Oakland Colisuem (meet on the bridge between BART and the Coliseum) TAILGATE MARCH: RESPECT OAKLAND COLISEUM WORKERS! @ Oakland Colisuem (meet on the bridge between BART and the Coliseum) Aug 23 @ 7:15 pm – 8:45 pm Tickets The folks who serve you your hot dogs and nachos at the Oakland Coliseum deserve respect! Many of them are longtime Oakland residents who’ve worked at the ballpark for 10, 20 or 30 years and count on their jobs for a stable income and health care. But this year, a new company, Ovations, took over the food service operation. Instead of sitting down to negotiate a fair contract, Ovations is stalling, asking for take-aways, and offering unfair proposals. *Seven months into bargaining, Ovations hasn’t even given us a proposal on … Continued 1:00 am Solidarity Benefit for Ferguson Refugees Solidarity Benefit for Ferguson Refugees Aug 24 @ 1:00 am – 5:00 am Tickets 56494

Week of August 17

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.