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All-day			Karma Cinema at the New Parkway for Critical Resistance Karma Cinema at the New Parkway for Critical Resistance Aug 12 all-day Tickets #BayArea tomorrow go 2 @TheNewParkway Karma Cinema in Uptown Oakland. 20% proceeds will go 2 Critical Resistance! Every Wednesday in August.— Critical Resistance (@C_Resistance) August 11, 2015 Here’s what’s playing and at what times. Every Wednesday, you pay what you want for your movie ticket. At the end of the month, we donate 20% of all Karma Cinema ticket sales to our monthly Karma Cinema partner, a local organization that benefits Oakland communities. Karma Cinema is an example of our efforts to make going to the movies accessible for people … Continued	36th Annual Xicana Moratorium Day in Oakland @ San Antonio Park in Oakland 36th Annual Xicana Moratorium Day in Oakland @ San Antonio Park in Oakland Aug 13 all-day Tickets Xicana Moratorium Day Xicanas for Third Word Liberation: One Land One Struggle Save The Date Sunday, August 30th, 2015 At San Antonio Park in Oakland 5am Sunrise Ceremony 10-5pm Danza Azteca, Festival and Concert with Duce Eclipse, Mass Bass, La Ceiba, Aguacero, and much more Join us for another year of commemorating one of the largest historical anti war protest to come out of the Chicano movement – August 29th, 1970. 44 years later we are fighting a war at home. The Struggle to defend Land and to fight for … 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 10:30 am “Dangerous Circumstances:” The CFR Proposes a New Grand Strategy Towards China @ Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library “Dangerous Circumstances:” The CFR Proposes a New Grand Strategy Towards China @ Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library Aug 9 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library “Dangerous Circumstances:” The CFR Proposes a New Grand Strategy Towards China “…preserving U.S. primacy in the global system ought to remain the central objective of U.S. grand strategy in the twenty-first century.” Background: The CFR and its Grand Strategy China Report: The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is the think tank of monopoly-finance capital, Wall Street’s think tank. It is also a membership organization: the ultimate networking, socializing, strategic planning and consensus forming institution of the dominant sector of the U.S. capitalist class. The … Continued 1:30 pm Vigil for Mike Brown and All Our Fallen @ Oscar Grant Plaza Vigil for Mike Brown and All Our Fallen @ Oscar Grant Plaza Aug 9 @ 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Across the country, on this day, many will take time to pause in remembrance of Mike Brown and the movement his murder sparked in Ferguson and across the country. Join us in Oscar Grant Plaza as we take time to remember Mike Brown and all of our fallen. Bring items for an altar, bring poems and songs to share. Bring your passion and commitment to continue the struggle to end police terror in our communities.59259 2:00 pm BECOMING OMNI COMMONS @ Omni Commons BECOMING OMNI COMMONS @ Omni Commons Aug 9 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets We invite you to join us on Sunday, August 9th at the Omni Commons. We are assembling a Volunteer Design & Facilitation Team that will plan and steward a collective visioning and planning process with all of Omni Commons. This future process, which we are calling BECOMING OMNI COMMONS, will seek to: * expand and transform our collective sense of possibility * clarify our shared values * examine our cultures, narratives and processes * create priorities to move towards more sustainable and supportive ways of being together and being in … Continued 2:00 pm Fresh Juice Party in Concert – Open House @ Office of Dr Frank Lucido Fresh Juice Party in Concert – Open House @ Office of Dr Frank Lucido Aug 9 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets “The Fresh Juice Party rose to stardom nearly a year and a half ago when they roasted President Obama, with a song in support of Bradley Manning, at one of his fundraisers in San Francisco. The protest elicited a high-profile response including one from Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and Jon Stewart from “The Daily Show.” ” — Steve Fisher, Oakland Local59304 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza or basement of Omni basement if raining Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza or basement of Omni basement if raining Aug 9 @ 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm Tickets Normally OO holds its GA on the 2nd Sunday at 2 PM at the Omni to accommodate the Open Circle meeting there at 3:45 or so, but this week the Open Circle was rescheduled, so GA will be at it “normal” time and place, 4PM at OGP. -Special Ed ———————————————————————— The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway, often on the steps of City Hall. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just … Continued	6:00 pm Occupy Forum: DOLLAR DEMOCRACY: WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR SOME @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, across from 16th St Bart Occupy Forum: DOLLAR DEMOCRACY: WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR SOME @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, across from 16th St Bart Aug 10 @ 6:00 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! Occupy Forum presents… Book Signing/Townhall discussion DOLLAR DEMOCRACY: WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR SOME; HOW TO RECLAIM THE AMERICAN DREAM FOR ALL With author Peter Matthews, Journalist, Professor of Political Science Cypress College This book is about the pernicious and devastating effects of wealthy individuals’ and corporate money in American politics. Political speech now has a price tag on it! A total of $6.3 billion … Continued 6:30 pm Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office Aug 10 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Come learn about continuing developments in the battle save the Berkeley Post Office and the Postal Service from privatization, support our Occupiers and help us plan our next steps in opposition to the theft of our public commons. The postal service wanted to sell the post office to Hudson-Mcdonald, a local developer. The City of Berkeley sued the post office to stop the sale. Hudson-Mcdonald backed out of the deal in early December. Federal Judge William Alsup decided to dismiss the lawsuit in April because the Postal Service says it … Continued 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Aug 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets OTU’s Mission The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf. Monthly Meetings The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 … Continued	6:00 pm Coalition for Police Accountability Coalition for Police Accountability Aug 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Location: Dorado’s Tax & Bookkeeping, corner of Davis St. Agenda: 1. Discuss most recent version of the ballot measure 2. Get updates from recent meetings with S.F. Commissioners, San Jose Police Auditor and City Council person Dan Kalb. 3. Review work plan for Sept – Dec 2015; break out into work groups59329 6:00 pm No Coal in Oakland: District 2 meeting. @ Lakeshore Baptist Church No Coal in Oakland: District 2 meeting. @ Lakeshore Baptist Church Aug 11 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets No Coal in Oakland Help block the proposal to transport coal by rail through Oakland for export overseas. Join an educational and planning meeting for residents of District 2 (Abel J. Guillen’s district). This meeting is particularly relevant to residents of that area (see map) but this project could affect all East Bay residents, and all are welcome. You will learn what the Coal Free Oakland campaign has been doing and how you can help convince the City Council to ban coal in our city. A meeting for District 1 … Continued 6:30 pm Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meeting @ SEIU Local 1000 Union Hall Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meeting @ SEIU Local 1000 Union Hall Aug 11 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us to fight for a livable wage for all Bay Area workers! We collaborate in principled reflection and action on what the Bay Area livable wage would be and where we are at on the right to a livable wage. The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds Community and Power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers. Our work together encompasses: (1) The concerns of precarious, care and contingent workers, (2) Campaigns to improve wages for low wage workers, and (3) Efforts by … Continued 7:00 pm No Coal Oakland: District 3 meeting @ St. Patrick's Church No Coal Oakland: District 3 meeting @ St. Patrick's Church Aug 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Help block the proposal to transport coal by rail through Oakland for export overseas. Join an educational and planning meeting for residents of District 3 (including but not limited to West Oakland). This meeting is particularly relevant to residents of that area (see map) but this project could affect all East Bay residents, and all are welcome. You will learn what the Coal Free Oakland campaign has been doing and how you can help convince the City Council to ban coal in our city. 59312	12:00 pm LIBRARYGATE: Community coalition exposes Fraud, Waste, and Abuse by Berkeley Library Director @ Berkeley Public Library LIBRARYGATE: Community coalition exposes Fraud, Waste, and Abuse by Berkeley Library Director @ Berkeley Public Library Aug 12 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets LIBRARYGATE: Community coalition exposes Fraud, Waste, and Abuse by Berkeley Library Director Explosive new documents reveal an illegal and unethical cover up of the destruction of tens of thousands of books/items from the Berkeley Public Library (BPL) in 2015. This unedited list of 13,850 deleted last copies validates librarians and former librarians concerns about the inaccuracy of the library director’s claim that only 2,200 books have been discarded this year. Additional computer printouts are also available revealing that over 39,000 books/items were deleted in 2015. Retired Librarians, Authors, and booklovers … Continued 6:00 pm Berkeley Police Review Commission: Final BlackLivesMatter Protest Review @ South Berkeley Senior Center Berkeley Police Review Commission: Final BlackLivesMatter Protest Review @ South Berkeley Senior Center Aug 12 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets The final PRC meeting before summer recess. (The next meeting will be September 9) Note that the meeting will be a long one, starting at 6pm rather than 7pm and concluding at 10pm. The reason for the extended length is that we are at the city council’s deadline for a report-back on the investigation of the police response to the BlackLivesMatter protest of December 6. Even if we have to ask the council for a time extension, it is important that we make every effort to complete the investigation as quickly as possible, so … Continued 6:30 pm Factories in the Fields – Forum on the Historic Struggle of Farmworkers in Baja California, Mexico @ La Pena Factories in the Fields – Forum on the Historic Struggle of Farmworkers in Baja California, Mexico @ La Pena Aug 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Do you know who picks your strawberries, cucumbers and pumpkins? Have you heard of the Driscoll’s produce company? Did you know that workers just hours south of the Bay Area are getting paid starvation wages? Did you hear that these workers waged a historic strike demanding dignity earlier this year? Join us at a forum to hear a reportback on the struggle of agricultural workers in the San Quintin Valley of Baja CA, Mexico. A delegation of Bay Area activists along with a local San Quintin organizer (via Skype or … Continued 7:00 pm Still Can’t Breathe: Respond to Death in Santa Rita Jail Still Can’t Breathe: Respond to Death in Santa Rita Jail Aug 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we inform you that one of our longtime Ella Baker Center Books Not Bars family members, Sheri Costa, lost her nephew while he was inside Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail. On July 15th, Mario Michael Martinez suffered from an asthma attack in his cell while calling for the emergency medical support that would have saved his life. Tomorrow night, Sheri Costa and the Martinez family will hold a press conference and candlelight vigil to honor Mario, his loved ones, and those … Continued 7:30 pm Oakland Privacy Working Group Meeting @ Omni Commons (basement, check white board) Oakland Privacy Working Group Meeting @ Omni Commons (basement, check white board) Aug 12 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join Oakland Privacy Working Group to organize against the Domain Awareness Center (DAC), Oakland’s citywide networked mass surveillance hub, and other invasions of privacy by our benighted City Government, to support privacy ordinances now being considered by the Oakland City Council emerging from the effort to fight the DAC, fight against Predictive Policing, Stingray and help in other fights to preserve and restore our privacy around the Bay Area, in California and nationwide. OPWG was instrumental in stopping the DAC from becoming a city-wide spying network, and its members helped draft … Continued	1:00 pm Black Poets Speak Out – City Hall @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater, City Hall steps Black Poets Speak Out – City Hall @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater, City Hall steps Aug 13 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets #BlackPoetsSpeakOut: Oakland Black poets across the country have shared video responses in solidarity with those who refuse to accept the nation’s continuous murders of black people as a normal condition of black life. Black Poets Speak Out organized by Mahogany L. Browne, Amanda Johnston, Jonterri Gadson, Jericho Brown & Sherina Rodriguez has being using literary arts and technology to transform policy. Lead organizer: Mahogany L. Browne will present a community reading at Oakland’s City Hall for an intergenerational poetic protest. This community platform will engage leaders, activists and artists in … Continued 7:30 pm Occupy the Farm Meeting @ Omni Commons library Occupy the Farm Meeting @ Omni Commons library Aug 13 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets No additional information available.59327	6:00 pm Black Led Vigil for Joe Bart and all Black Lives stolen by police terror Black Led Vigil for Joe Bart and all Black Lives stolen by police terror Aug 14 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets A Black man was killed by OPD on MLK Blvd and 27th in the afternoon on Wednesday, August 12th. We are gathering this Friday to mourn and rage. This is a fourth Black man killed by OPD since June. This is also third vigil within the last 7 days. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. IndyBay listing source59350 7:00 pm Presentation of Kurdish Liberation Struggle @ Qilombo Presentation of Kurdish Liberation Struggle @ Qilombo Aug 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets a presentation and Q&A on the Kurdish Liberation Struggle Facebook Event The Kurdish people and their People’s Defense Forces of the YPG and YPJ have become prominent figures in the news media thanks to their effective and unrelenting fight against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, both in Syria and in Iraq. But the Kurdish struggle for liberation stretches back decades. It’s latest iteration, the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), originated as a typical national liberation movement founded on Marxist-Leninist principles. But today the revolutionary Kurdish peoples are fighting for autonomy under the … Continued 7:30 pm Sistar Cypher & Open Mic @ ABC4J @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice Sistar Cypher & Open Mic @ ABC4J @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice Aug 14 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm Tickets 🔥🔥🔥🔥 This Friday! Changing it up! We will be holding the Open mic🌟& Sistar Cypher ✨ at Alan Blueford center4justice pic.twitter.com/SaBxD5SPZ4— WomynsCC (@womynscc) August 14, 2015 59355	10:00 am The Berkeley Protest Festival @ The Unitarian Fellowship The Berkeley Protest Festival @ The Unitarian Fellowship Aug 15 @ 10:00 am – 10:00 pm Tickets THE BERKELEY PROTEST FESTIVAL (a benefit for the Social Justice Committee of the Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists) Some of the performers: MC #2: Mrs. T-Bill Banks (12:55-4 pm) #31 Country Joe McDonald #32 Randy Berge #39 Occupella MC #4: Chris Chandler (8 pm to the end) #45 Harbinger (my grandson Isaiah’s group) #48 Hali Hammer More info.59248 12:00 pm Omni Commons Work Party @ Omni Commons Omni Commons Work Party @ Omni Commons Aug 15 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Thanks to everyone who came last weekend to help fix up Omni Commons. We’re throwing another work party this Saturday August 15, 12-6pm. There is plenty more to do. All skill levels welcome. If you can, RSVP to volunteers@omnicommons.org. Otherwise, just show up.59331 2:00 pm Oakland Living Wage Assembly Film, Discussion and Food. @ SEIU 1000 Union Hall, 14th & Broadway Oakland Living Wage Assembly Film, Discussion and Food. @ SEIU 1000 Union Hall, 14th & Broadway Aug 15 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly will screen the American classic Norma Rae, provide food, and have a discussion about the movie and its relevance to today. Come one, come all. Facebook event & RSVP If you can’t get into the building call or text (415) x 623-6473 and we’ll send someone down. SEIU Local 1000 436 14th Street, 2nd Floor *** The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds Community and Power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers. Our work together encompasses: 1. The … Continued 3:00 pm Fundraiser for Nate Wilks in San Francisco @ Gilman Playground (Bayview) Fundraiser for Nate Wilks in San Francisco @ Gilman Playground (Bayview) Aug 15 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Fundraiser for #NateWilks (#JoeBart) today @ 3:00 PM on Gilman Playground across from old 49er stadium on Gilman ave https://t.co/OX2MSJqcCq— APTP First Response (@aptpresponse) August 15, 2015 59360 4:00 pm The Struggle Of Japanese Railway Workers Against Privatization… @ Richmond Public Library The Struggle Of Japanese Railway Workers Against Privatization… @ Richmond Public Library Aug 15 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets The Struggle Of Japanese Railway Workers Against Privatization/Union Busting/Nuclear Power And The Threat Of Imperialist War In Asia Report By Doro-Chiba International Support Committee The Japanese Abe government is working to crush all political opposition. It is reopening NUKE plants such as the Sendai nuclear plant, passing secrecy laws and also is attacking labor and all working people with economic attacks and increased repression. Doro-Chiba is a militant railway union based in Chiba,, Japan that has been fighting privatization of Japan rail for decades, opposing nuclear power and also linking … Continued

Week of August 9

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.