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There should be a table and utensils/plates courtesy of the Kitchen Committee (such at it is), so just bring a nosh to share… Because of a personal time conflict with ENB we are holding the November feed a week late on December 6th. The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 2 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza … Continued	9:00 am Occupy Oakland: Aguirre False Imprisonment, Final Court Hearing @ Courtroom 10, Seventh Floor of the Rene Davidson Courthouse Occupy Oakland: Aguirre False Imprisonment, Final Court Hearing @ Courtroom 10, Seventh Floor of the Rene Davidson Courthouse Dec 7 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets An activist who was pursued by the City of Oakland for criminal vandalism and restitution is challenging his conviction four years later. César Aguirre was convicted for allegedly smashing the windows of the OPD Internal Affairs and Recruiting Offices during the Occupy Oakland General Strike of November 2-3, 2011. Aguirre has now filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his conviction based on the prosecution’s failure to disclose material evidence. NLG attorneys Brian McComas and Rachel Lederman will present closing arguments Monday concluding a 4 day evidentiary hearing … Continued 6:00 pm Occupy Forum: A Fierce Green Fire – The Battle for a Living Planet @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, across from 16th St BART Occupy Forum: A Fierce Green Fire – The Battle for a Living Planet @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor, across from 16th St BART Dec 7 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! OccupyForum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! Occupyforum Presents A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet — Shown In Conjunction with the PARIS COP A documentary on 5 decades of the Environmental Movement With a Section on The Evolution of the Climate Movement A FIERCE GREEN FIRE: The Battle for a Living Planet is the first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement – grassroots and global activism spanning fiifty years … Continued 6:00 pm Public Meeting: The Murder of Mario Woods @ Third Baptist Church Public Meeting: The Murder of Mario Woods @ Third Baptist Church Dec 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The SF NAACP is calling a public meeting to discuss the police murder of #MarioWoods Monday 6 p.m.Third Baptist Church, SF— Anti Police-Terror (@APTPaction) December 7, 2015 60095	4:30 pm Sacramento: Community Dinner Project: “The Occupation for The Right To Rest” @ Sacramento City Hall Sacramento: Community Dinner Project: “The Occupation for The Right To Rest” @ Sacramento City Hall Dec 8 @ 4:30 pm – 11:45 pm Tickets Since December 9th 2014 the Community Dinner Project (a group of concerned citizens and volunteers who are working on building a more unified, compassionate and just community), have fed the hungry, distributed needed clothing and toiletries, and provided other assistance to them as needed or requested, in front of Sacramento City Hall every week. We feed around 75-130 people a week! The homeless people who line up and gather near City Hall, are fed a nutritious organic meal by the volunteers, who by feeding said homeless people, are in violation … Continued 5:30 pm Fund Housing, NOT Cops @ Oakland City Hall, 3rd floor Fund Housing, NOT Cops @ Oakland City Hall, 3rd floor Dec 8 @ 5:30 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets Greetings friends, as you know, Oakland’s in a severe housing crisis. Causa Justa and our allies have made demands on the City Council, Oakland’s Housing Department and the Mayor to address this issue through policy changes, and most importantly have demanded resources for services, tenants’ rights enforcement and to the creation of deeply affordable housing. We have been successful in getting a very small percentage of the funds necessary, but are constantly told that the City does not have the resources to enforce the laws on the books, or to … Continued 5:30 pm Oakland “No Coal” Teach-In @ Oakland City Hall Oakland “No Coal” Teach-In @ Oakland City Hall Dec 8 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Teach-In on Coal Exports & Community Struggles Stop the Coal Rush! Dear Friends & Neighbors, No Coal in Oakland has spent the last six months fighting the influence of private developers and coal companies at Oakland City Hall. These special interests want to export millions of tons of coal through Bay Area communities for shipment overseas from a new terminal on the Oakland waterfront. Their plan is to use public land and hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to enrich a handful of private individuals—while worsening our air quality, adding to … Continued 5:30 pm Teach Not Police! @ San Leandro City Hall Teach Not Police! @ San Leandro City Hall Dec 8 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets RALLY organized by San Leandro Students and Families for Education Tell the school board to teach, not police our kids! Last Tuesday, the San Leandro School District curriculum committee met and put forward to the board a proposed new curriculum funded and created by national law enforcement agencies that will put police officers on San Leandro elementary school campuses to teach a “gang prevention” curriculum during 5th grade class hours, thus taking away time from actual academic teaching. If approved, police officers will be treated as faculty members … Continued 6:00 pm Film Night at the Omni: The Fever @ Omni Commons Film Night at the Omni: The Fever @ Omni Commons Dec 8 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Fever is a 2004 psychological drama produced by HBO Films, directed by Carlo Gabriel Nero and based on the 1990 eponymous play by writer/actor, Wallace Shawn. The film follows the existential crisis of an unnamed urban sophisticate (Vanessa Redgrave) who becomes aware of the nature of world politics, economic exploitation and the vapid consumerism around her. A series of events lead her to visit an unnamed third world country, representing an exotic location somewhere in Eastern Europe, where the entire economy and populace are geared towards the tourist industry. … Continued	5:00 pm Demand Justice for Mario Woods @ San Francisco City Hall Demand Justice for Mario Woods @ San Francisco City Hall Dec 9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Demands: Public apology from Suhr to Mario’s mother SF pay for Mario’s funeral SF pay for Federal Investigation Identify all officers who fired weapons Fire all officers who discharged weapons Fire Police Chief Suhr This Wednesday at 5 pm @ San Francisco City Hall: Demand Justice for #MarioWoods, murdered by #SFPD. pic.twitter.com/2bYKIzuP2K — CRC Media Corps (@CRCMediaCorps) December 7, 2015 60097 5:00 pm SF Police Commission Mtg: The Murder of Mario Woods @ San Francisco City Hall, Polk St. side SF Police Commission Mtg: The Murder of Mario Woods @ San Francisco City Hall, Polk St. side Dec 9 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets URGENT. All hands on deck: Police Commission Meets on Mario Woods NEED HUGE TURNOUT — Bring your groups. Justice 4 Mario Woods, 26, assassinated by SF Bayview Police, 12-2-15 SF Bayview Police (5 cops, 25 bullets) were captured on video slaying Mario Woods 12-2-15. Citizens are keeping up rolling actions to ensure the firing of Police Chief Greg Suhr and to indict and jail the five cops for first degree murder in the execution of Mario Woods. The SF Police Commission meets to review the case at 5:00 PM. We are … Continued 5:30 pm International Migrant’s Day @ Bayanihan Community Center International Migrant’s Day @ Bayanihan Community Center Dec 9 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network will be hosting our annual International Migrant’s Day. This year’s theme is “Human Rights and Migrant Rights Across Borders”. This is a day of celebration and cultural sharing as well as raising awareness in our community about important issues and engaging in dialogue. Our two presenters for the night will be covering the Syrian Refugee Crisis as well as Black Lives Matter Movement. We will be having a variety of performances including, Chinese Lion Dancers, Peruvian Folklorico, and Migrante Musical Group. Please … Continued 6:30 pm Oakland Privacy Working Group: Fighting Against the Surveillance State! @ Omni Commons Oakland Privacy Working Group: Fighting Against the Surveillance State! @ Omni Commons Dec 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join the Oakland Privacy Working Group to organize against Stingrays being acquired by law enforcement agencies, against Urban Shield, for various privacy ordinances to be passed by Alameda County and the Oakland City Council, against the Domain Awareness Center (DAC), Oakland’s citywide networked mass surveillance hub, and against other invasions of privacy by our benighted City, County, State and Federal Governments. We are also engaged in the fight against Predictive Policing and other “pre-crime” and “thought-crime” abominations. OPWG was instrumental in stopping the DAC from becoming a city-wide spying network, and … Continued	6:30 pm An evening of documentary animations with CIR and CCA @ New Parkway Theater An evening of documentary animations with CIR and CCA @ New Parkway Theater Dec 10 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Center for Investigative Reporting and the Center for Art and Public Life at California College of the Arts are excited to invite you to a night of animated storytelling and discussion at The New Parkway Theater in Oakland. In partnership with CIR, the “ENGAGE: Animated Investigations” class at CCA has students from a variety of disciplines working in the realm of investigative reporting this semester to explore creative approaches to visual, fact-based storytelling. At the Real Life, Animated event, we’ll screen original animations from the class, inspired by reporting … Continued 7:00 pm Film: PHIL OCHS: THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Film: PHIL OCHS: THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Dec 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Conscientious Projector Film Series for the 99% presents: Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune. Plus! We will open with the Debut Screening of the New 2015 (30 Min) Vic Sadot Video: “Phil Ochs May 1973 Interview: Nixon, Watergate, & S. America” on December 10, 2015 7 PM. We will screen the 2015 Vic Sadot video made from the 1973 reel-to-real audio “Phil Ochs May 1973 Interview by Vic Sadot & Rich Lang” (30:10). The main feature will follow: “Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune”, a film by Kenneth Bowser … Continued	11:00 am Justice 4 Mario Woods: Walkout Justice 4 Mario Woods: Walkout Dec 11 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets #ShutItDown #JusticeForMarioWoods #SanFranciscoWalkoutForMario pic.twitter.com/1AIKvvplu9— Michael McBride (@pastormykmac) December 11, 2015 60115 5:00 pm AROC Fundraiser & Social @ Penelope's AROC Fundraiser & Social @ Penelope's Dec 11 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets We are back at our favorite homestead- Penelope- and we want to do it big for the holidays by bringing folks to eat, drink and be merry AND support a good cause. That’s right folks– proceeds of our profit will be going to support the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, a kick ass organization empowering Arab communities in the Bay to fight for social justice and self-determination. Tis the season for giving, but why not fill your belly and enjoy the warmth of Arab hospitality while you’re at it? Mark … Continued 7:30 pm An evening of music, satire, hope, and three-part harmony with the Divas of Dissent. @ Redwood Gardens An evening of music, satire, hope, and three-part harmony with the Divas of Dissent. @ Redwood Gardens Dec 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets The ReSisters: An evening of music, satire, hope, and three-part harmony with the Divas of Dissent. The ReSisters are Pat Wynne, Liliana Herrera, and Hali Hammer, three accomplished performers and songwriters, who mix topical commentary with the age-old pleasures of melody, close harmony, and rhythm. There’s a rumor that Bernard Gilbert (sometimes known as the ReMister) will take a rare turn at the microphone for a guest set.60060	3:00 pm Richmond Progressive Alliance Meeting @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Richmond Progressive Alliance Meeting @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Dec 12 @ 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets There will be a meeting, followed by a party! The meeting focus will be on the effort to get Rent Control and Just Cause for Eviction on the ballot for a public vote. Councilmember Gayle McLaughlin and others from the coalition working on the issue will give an update on how the measure is shaping up thus far, and RPA members will have the opportunity to ask questions and give input. Here’s a statement the coalition issued earlier this month: “We remain committed to rent control in Richmond to protect … Continued 4:00 pm Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! Strike Debt Bay Area Meeting. @ Omni Commons Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! Strike Debt Bay Area Meeting. @ Omni Commons Dec 12 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 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. fighting modern day debtors’ prisons and exploitive ticketing and fining schemes 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 Working on debarring US Banks that have been convicted of felonies from municipal contracts saving the Berkeley Post Office, fighting Post … Continued 4:00 pm Lessons from the Landless: The Social Movement Economy + Goodbye Party! @ PLACE for Sustainable Living Lessons from the Landless: The Social Movement Economy + Goodbye Party! @ PLACE for Sustainable Living Dec 12 @ 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Presentation: 4-6pm Party + Potluck: 6-9pm For the last 3 months, Joelci Dannacea, an economist and leader of the Landless Worker’s Movement of Brazil (MST) has been visiting the Bay Area to learn more about U.S. social movements, and to share about her work with the MST, one of the world’s largest, most successful social movements. As the exchange comes to a close, Joelci, the Bay Area Friends of the MST, PLACE for Sustainable Living, Occupy the Farm, and the Sustainable Economies Law Center invite you to Joelci’s last public … Continued 7:00 pm LYRICAL REVOLT LYRICAL REVOLT Dec 12 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition will be hosting LYRICAL REVOLT, a political-artistic space to express oneself through any vocal medium. Join us as we use the power of our words and art to battle the injustices that face the world today.This open mic is dedicated to the liberation of the Palestinian people and the demand to immediately release Mumia Abu Jamal and all political prisoners in the United States. The violently racist doctrines of Zionism and white supremacy have terrorized and imprisoned Palestinians on their own land while leaders of the liberation … Continued 7:00 pm Report back from the Rojava Revolution @ Omni Commons Report back from the Rojava Revolution @ Omni Commons Dec 12 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets On Saturday, December 12th, Paul Z. Simmons will speak on their series of recent dispatches from the liberated territories of Rojava in Northern Syria, a region besieged by war yet is also in the midst of one of the most far reaching social experiments of the 21st Century: the ‘Rojava Revolution.’ The liberated territories of Rojava are a thriving example of stateless democracy and of a people who are overturning traditional institutions such as patriarchy and social hierarchies. All events will be by donation and free copies of Paul’s dispatches … Continued

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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.