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If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for more than three years! Our General Assembly is a participatory gathering of Oakland community members and beyond, where everyone who shows up is treated equally . Our … Continued 7:00 pm Laborfest: David Rovics: “I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night.” @ ILWU Local 34 Hall Laborfest: David Rovics: “I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night.” @ ILWU Local 34 Hall Jul 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets “I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night” Join LaborFest on The 100th Anniversary Concert on Death of Joe Hill with David Rovics In 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah, IWW union organizer and labor troubadour Joe Hill was murdered by a firing squad. The effort to silence him failed and he has become one of the most famous labor organizers and musicians in the world. It is a sick irony that Utah this year has reinstituted the firing squad for executions! Over 2 million mostly Black and Latino workers … Continued	6:00 am Stop Oil Trains in San Leandro @ Downtown San Leandro BART Station Stop Oil Trains in San Leandro @ Downtown San Leandro BART Station Jul 6 @ 6:00 am – 7:30 am Tickets Join us to stop oil trains in San Leandro and beyond! On July 6, 2013, an oil train exploded in Lac Megantic, Quebec, killing 47 people. Two years later, and big oil is pushing harder than ever to move more and more oil trains through North America, while oil trains keep exploding, and carbon emissions keep rising. This May, the US Department of Transportation is set to release new rail safety regulations. While an oil train erupted in flames in Galena, IL, lobbyists for big oil met with Federal regulators … Continued 6:30 pm A Free Class on the US form of fascism @ Omni Commons A Free Class on the US form of fascism @ Omni Commons Jul 6 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets In recent years, the growing epidemic of police killings of mostly people of color, the obsessions with “war” (a misnomer for massacre at a distance), the desire to destroy social infrastructures as opposed to conquering territory in these “wars,” the impunity assumed by government, corporations, and police, the supreme court decisions that legitimize this impunity – all these aspects of a growing violence and extremism by institutions of power, suggest that both human concerns and civil society itself are becoming irrelevant to those power institutions. And this, in turn, strongly … Continued 6:30 pm OccupyForum: “My Brooklyn” Film/Discussion w/ anti-gentrification activists @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART OccupyForum: “My Brooklyn” Film/Discussion w/ anti-gentrification activists @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, near 16th St. BART Jul 6 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! OccupyForum presents “My Brooklyn” Film and discussion with SF anti-gentrification activists My Brooklyn is a documentary about Director Kelly Anderson’s personal journey, as a Brooklyn “gentrifier,” to understand the forces reshaping her neighborhood along lines of race and class. During Michael Bloomberg’s election as mayor in 2001, a massive speculative real estate boom is rapidly altering the neighborhoods Anderson has come to call home, spurring … Continued	6:00 pm 40 Years Later: Revisiting the Dangerous Legacies of the Vietnam War (fundraiser) @ The Grease Diner 40 Years Later: Revisiting the Dangerous Legacies of the Vietnam War (fundraiser) @ The Grease Diner Jul 7 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Grease Diner will be hosting an in-progress screening and fundraiser for Benjamin Welmond’s Renew Vietnam, a film about Project Renew – an organization removing bombs, mines and other dangerous explosives from the Quang Tri province of Vietnam. The event will take place on July 17th from 6 – 9pm at the Grease Diner in Oakland. In addition to an in-progress screening of the unfinished 20 minute film, there will be a Q & A with director Benjamin Welmond, and the founder of Project Renew, Chuck Searcy. Bill Creighton (head … Continued 7:00 pm Copwatch Training @ Grassroots House Copwatch Training @ Grassroots House Jul 7 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Come to our training so that you can be a safe and effective Copwatcher.At our Know Your Rights trainings, you’ll learn what your rights are in various situations with police, what to expect, what to look out for, and how to stay safe. We use direct instruction, videos and role plays to help you to feel more comfortable when asserting your rights, while copwatching as well as in the rest of your life. Join regular copwatch patrols every Thursday evening or at a time best suited for you. Shift leaders … Continued 7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee @ Neibyl-Proctor Library Oscar Grant Committee @ Neibyl-Proctor Library Jul 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets 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 stopping police brutality. In alliance with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) we organized the October 23, 2010 labor and community rally for Justice for Oscar Grant. On that day the ILWU shut down the Bay Area ports in solidarity. Our mission is to educate, organize … Continued 7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Neibyl Proctor Library Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Neibyl Proctor Library Jul 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets 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 stopping police brutality. In alliance with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) we organized the October 23, 2010 labor and community rally for Justice for Oscar Grant. On that day the ILWU shut down the Bay Area ports in solidarity. Our mission is to educate, organize and … Continued	6:30 pm LaborFest: Film: Wisconsin Rising @ Neibyl-Proctor Library LaborFest: Film: Wisconsin Rising @ Neibyl-Proctor Library Jul 8 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets FilmWorks United International Working Class Film & Video Festival Wisconsin Rising (60 min) (2014) by Sam Mayfield This film documents the days, weeks and months when Wisconsinites fought back against power, authority and injustice. They were fighting back against newly elected Republican Governor Scott Walker’s action stripping collective bargaining rights from public employees. This fight took place in the same period as the Arab spring, and workers in both struggles saw their common fight. Discussion to follow. 59098 7:00 pm LaborFest: The Lessons of May Day 2015 and ILWU Local 10 @ ) ILWU Local 10 - Henry Schmidt Room LaborFest: The Lessons of May Day 2015 and ILWU Local 10 @ ) ILWU Local 10 - Henry Schmidt Room Jul 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets An Injury To One Is An Injury To All The Lessons of May Day 2015 and ILWU Local 10 On May 1, 2015 ILWU Local 10 called for a stop work meeting to protest the police terror and murders of African Americans, Latinos and other working people. Two thousand marched to demand justice and human rights. ILWU made history as the only union in the United States to not only to challenge the epidemic of police murders, but also to take action on the job. This educational forum will look … Continued	7:00 pm Dr. Mustafa Barghouti – The Future of Palestine @ First Congregational Church Dr. Mustafa Barghouti – The Future of Palestine @ First Congregational Church Jul 9 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Palestinian physician, activist, and politician, Mustafa Barghouti serves as General Secretary of the Palestine National Initiative. He was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by previous prize winner Mairead Maguire, and is also an advocate of nonviolent resistance against occupation. He has been a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council since 2006, is also a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Central Council, and has served as the President of the International People’s Health Council. After returning from Gaza in September 2014 following Israel’s brutal 51-day assault, Dr. Barghouti … Continued	6:00 pm Capitalism, Policing, & the Role of State Violence @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice Capitalism, Policing, & the Role of State Violence @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice Jul 10 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join the discussion as Lamont Lilly, of Workers World Party Durham Branch talks about the fight against police terror and capitalism’s need to have a police state. Lilly was recently in Baltimore People’s Power Assembly during the rebellion there in response to the police murder of #Freddie Grey. He has been active in the struggle to free Liberty and Justice for Carlos Riley Jr. Lilly is an activist and an author, writing frequently for Workers.org newspaper, a contributing editor for Triangle Free Press, and also published in Truth-out.org. You can … Continued	11:00 am March, Rally, Action: Stop the Oil Trains. Richmond. @ Atchison Village Park March, Rally, Action: Stop the Oil Trains. Richmond. @ Atchison Village Park Jul 11 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets 59111 12:00 pm Campaign for Medicare for All @ Live Oak Park Campaign for Medicare for All @ Live Oak Park Jul 11 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Campaign for Medicare for All At SF Mime Troupe Dear Healthcare Activist, I hope you can help us campaign for expanded Medicare this Saturday at the San Francisco’s Mime Troupe performance at Berkeley’s Live Oak Park. We will be asking people to sign a card for HR 676, (Medicare For All) from noon to 2pm, and for those who do sign we will invite them to the July 30 rally in Oakland. We will collect cards from noon to 2pm, and then enjoy the Mime Troupe’s show “Freedomland” which asks … Continued 1:00 pm FIGHTING DRONE WARFARE AND THE MILITARIZATION OF LOCAL POLICE @ Rockridge Library FIGHTING DRONE WARFARE AND THE MILITARIZATION OF LOCAL POLICE @ Rockridge Library Jul 11 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets FIGHTING DRONE WARFARE AND THE MILITARIZATION OF LOCAL POLICE A Talk and Discussion with Toby Blome Code Pink activist Please join East Bay and SF WILPF Free, Refreshments, Handicapped Accessible www.wilpfEastBay.org 59160 4:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater, outside City Hall Strike Debt Bay Area @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater, outside City Hall Jul 11 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Come and help us draw awareness to and fight unjust debt! Come get connected with SDBA’s many projects! student debt resistance organizing for public banking. advocating for Postal banking. ongoing study group helping out America’s only non-profit check-cashing organization and fighting against usurious for-profit pay-day lenders and their ilk our famous Strike Debt radio program staging Debtors’ Assemblies Reviewing our recent presentation on money and debt at the US Social Forum saving the Berkeley Post Office and stopping the Staples non-union takeover of good Post Office jobs and much more! … Continued 5:51 pm Social Justice Theatre: Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education, The California Chapter Social Justice Theatre: Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education, The California Chapter Jul 11 @ 5:51 pm – 6:51 pm Tickets Berkeley Repertory Theatre is proud to present Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education, The California Chapter, a special presentation created, written, and performed by playwright, actor, and educator Anna Deavere Smith. Directed by Obie Award-winner Leah C. Gardiner, this limited engagement opens Saturday, July 11 and runs through Sunday, August 2, 2015 in the Roda Theatre. Individual tickets start at $50 and are currently on sale to the general public. Tickets can be purchased by phone at (510) 647-2949 or online at berkeleyrep.org. Smith garnered a National Humanities … Continued 7:00 pm Antoinette’s Rent Party and Art Show @ Omni Commons Antoinette’s Rent Party and Art Show @ Omni Commons Jul 11 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets “Mogi and I are in need of some help. I need to move at the end of July and I won’t have enough to cover a deposit and last months rent for a new home. So, I’m throwing a Rent Party & Art Show.” More details and RSVP 59091 7:00 pm Open Mic & Cypher at ABC4J Open Mic & Cypher at ABC4J Jul 11 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets Open mic & cypher THIS SATURDAY July 11th at The Alan Blueford Center for Justice @abc4justice #Oakland https://t.co/4vsVadK4DV— Mollie Costello (@missmollie33) July 9, 2015 59172

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.