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Fascists and white supremacists are meeting in Berkeley to try to intimidate us and incite violence. We’re meeting near UC Berkeley campus, blocks away and on the other side of the downtown, for a non-violent rally to speak to each other about … Continued 11:00 am Attention All Anti-Racists – Nazis Are Coming @ Ohlone Park Attention All Anti-Racists – Nazis Are Coming @ Ohlone Park Aug 27 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets Gather at Ohlone Park. March to Old City Hall. Bay Area United Against White Supremacy. Our powerful SURJ contingent will gather to refuse violence and intimidation by white supremacists and nazis who intend to rally in Berkeley on August 27. Our strength is in our numbers. Meet at Ohlone Park (Hearst and Martin Luther King Blvd.) and march with us to Berkeley City Hall (Center and Martin Luther King Blvd.) where we will maintain a presence and send a clear message: No racism, no hate in Berkeley. We stand strong … Continued 11:00 am We Refuse to Accept a Fascist America! @ Downtown Berkeley BART We Refuse to Accept a Fascist America! @ Downtown Berkeley BART Aug 27 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets Meet 11AM at Shattuck and Allston Way, and then march to Martin Luther King Park, MLK and Center St., Berkeley Stand up to the “No to Marxism in America” rally in Berkeley! Once again the fascists are targeting Berkeley, this time claiming, “Berkeley is a ground zero for the Marxist Movement.” By going after Marxism, they are taking a line right out of Hitler’s playbook — conflating anyone progressive with communists while viciously going after communists themselves, aiming to shut down any exploration of radical solutions to this system. … Continued 12:00 pm Protest the White Supremacist Rally: Communities Against Racism & Fascism @ Civic Center Park Protest the White Supremacist Rally: Communities Against Racism & Fascism @ Civic Center Park Aug 27 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets The bigotry, racism and violence that far-right organizers are bringing to Berkeley on August 27th cannot be allowed to go unanswered. Their event will be a magnet for white supremacists, Nazi enthusiasts, anti-Muslims and anti-Semites, feminist bashers, home/trasphobes, anti-communists and immigrant haters, all gathered under the theme “No Marxism in America.” We want to build on Charlottseville, VA where 6,000 brave protesters shut down the neo-Nazi rally. Let’s stand shoulder to shoulder with those targeted by bogotry in a unified, orderly, and strong counter-demo. History has shown that by taking … Continued 12:15 pm Join With People of Faith for the Rally and Protest @ first Congregational Church of Berkeley Join With People of Faith for the Rally and Protest @ first Congregational Church of Berkeley Aug 27 @ 12:15 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets A group of congregants, with leadership from the Justice Council Coordinating Team, have decided that we will gather with many other People of Faith for Sunday’s rally against the alt-right, white supremacy, and anti-Semitism at the August 27th rally and protest. We will assemble at the first Congregational Church of Berkeley at Dana and Channing between 12:15 and 12:30 on Sunday then process together down Channing to the Civic Center where we will join others in front of old City Hall on Martin Luther King. We will be accompanied by … Continued 1:00 pm Empathy Tent Pop-Up at SF and Berkeley Right-Left Event @ Civic Center Park Empathy Tent Pop-Up at SF and Berkeley Right-Left Event @ Civic Center Park Aug 27 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Aug 26 at 1 PM to Aug 27 at 5 PM Offering free empathic listening, dialogue, empathy circles, circle facilitation training, conflict mediation, mediation training, de-escalation, arts and empathic design (human-centered design) project team building. more: http://j.mp/2tWBVxK63462 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Aug 27 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 3 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 3:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we meet at 3:00 PM … Continued 4:30 pm Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly @ First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley - Westiminster Hall Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly @ First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley - Westiminster Hall Aug 27 @ 4:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Please note that the time and location are different from our regular General Assembly. Monday marks the 54th anniversary of the historic March on Washington (August 28, 1963) that signaled a turning point in the Civil Rights movement. Our country is now at another inflection point in the fight for equality and civil rights. Following the election of Donald Trump, hate groups and domestic terrorists have been emboldened to appear publicly and spew their dangerous messages of white supremacy, fascism, anti-Semitism, and bigotry. But we are stronger. We are Indivisible. … Continued 6:30 pm Community Democracy Project @ Omni Commons - Disco Room Community Democracy Project @ Omni Commons - Disco Room Aug 27 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting. Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the … Continued	5:00 pm Occupella Sing Along – Tax the Rich @ Solano Avenue in front of the old Oaks Theater Occupella Sing Along – Tax the Rich @ Solano Avenue in front of the old Oaks Theater Aug 28 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Occupella organizes informal public singing at Bay Area occupation sites, marches and at BART stations. We sing to promote peace, justice, and an end to corporate domination, especially in support of the Occupy movement. Music has the power to build spirit, foster a sense of unity, convey messages and emotions, spread information, and bring joy to participants and audience alike. See spirited clip of an action at BART. Check out the actions calendar and come add your voice. There are lots of ways to participate and everyone is welcome.63459 6:45 pm Occupy Forum @ Black and Brown Social Club Occupy Forum @ Black and Brown Social Club Aug 28 @ 6:45 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets OccupyForum presents…Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! OccupyForum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! Our Responses when Free Speech is Hate Speech An open discussion to debrief the events of August 26-27 in the Bay Area With permits now issued for five events this weekend in San Francisco’s Crissy Field, one of them organized by a right-wing group and the other four groups protesting the right-wingers, the stage is being set for conflict between white nationalists and a city … Continued	9:00 am Court Support for Anti-Fascist Protesters @ Gale Schenone Hall of Justice, Dept 711 Court Support for Anti-Fascist Protesters @ Gale Schenone Hall of Justice, Dept 711 Aug 29 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets his past weekend the Bay sealed the deal that racists, misogynists, homophobes, and bigots of all sorts are not welcome here. In total 11 anti racist/anti fascists were arrested in Berkeley on Sunday 8/27. Five of them have their arraignments Tuesday 8/29/17! Please come out to Dublin to support them!!! This is a NEW COURTHOUSE Please read full post if you intend on supporting! They are all scheduled to appear at 9am, however there is a strong possibility that their cases will not be heard until court in the afternoon. The … Continued 6:00 pm Sippin’ on Gin Not Jails Happy Hour! @ SomaR Bar Sippin’ on Gin Not Jails Happy Hour! @ SomaR Bar Aug 29 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets State sanctioned white supremacist violence got you down? Come build community at our happy hour where 15% of all bar sales will go to support our continued work to decarcerate Alameda County’s jails and halt the jail expansion. Funds raised will go towards our general expenses for jail support, actions and events. You don’t have to exclusively sip gin for the fundraiser, we just thought it was a clever name, you’re welcome to sip on whatever you like (including non-alcoholic beverages). Tabs must be closed by 8pm Make sure to … Continued		6:00 pm Public Hearing: New NAFTA, Old Problems @ CWA Local 9415 Public Hearing: New NAFTA, Old Problems @ CWA Local 9415 Aug 31 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The California Trade Justice CoalitionCTJC) , in partnership with US Rep Barbara Lee, will hold a hearing on the North American Free Trade Agreement Aug 31. NAFTA is now being renegotiated and the Trump Administration’s plan would continue all its worst features. The panel is part of CTJC’s campaign to replace NAFTA with an agreement that puts people and the environment first. Speakers will include: * David Bacon, photojournalist, author, and activist * Robert Longer, California Political Coordinator, Communication Workers of America, District 9 * Gary Hughes, Senior California Advocacy Campaigner, Friends of … Continued 6:00 pm You Are Our Light: Emergency Vigil for DACA,TPS,Ending Deportations @ Oscar Grant Plaza You Are Our Light: Emergency Vigil for DACA,TPS,Ending Deportations @ Oscar Grant Plaza Aug 31 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Our common value of defending all people’s dignity guides our call to action this week. We ask our community to join us in standing in solidarity with DACA recipients who need our public witness. We affirm and uphold that they are Americans and full members of our families and communities.63573		10:00 am Work Party at the Omni – Free Lunch for Volunteers @ Omni Commons Work Party at the Omni – Free Lunch for Volunteers @ Omni Commons Sep 2 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets Omni-wide Building Work Party tomorrow, Sep 2nd, from 10am-5pm. Free lunch for all volunteers! Come by and lend a hand if you can! <3 pic.twitter.com/EesvDZy7CI— Omni Commons (@omnicommons) September 2, 2017 63579 11:00 am Immigration Prayer Vigil @ West County Detention Facility Immigration Prayer Vigil @ West County Detention Facility Sep 2 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” -Archbishop Desmond Tutu Thanks to the Lakeshore Baptist Church for hosting the prayer this Saturday. Always the 1st Saturdays of the month…. You can also join on the 2nd Sundays of the month, the Let Our People Go, Vigils. 63569 11:30 am Justice for Kayla: Art Build @ Grassroots House Justice for Kayla: Art Build @ Grassroots House Sep 2 @ 11:30 am – 4:00 pm Tickets On October 23, Kayla Moore’s family will go to court to hold Berkeley and the BPD accountable for Kayla’s death in 2013. There is a pre-trial conference on October 17, and the trial lasts through the week of October 23. Want to lend a hand in advance of this important fight? Come to our art-making party on Saturday, September 2 to create art that honors Kayla’s memory. We’ll be making posters and other outreach materials. There will be a variety of ways to lend a hand; no need to have … Continued 2:00 pm Political Affairs Discussion @ Niebyl Proctor Library Political Affairs Discussion @ Niebyl Proctor Library Sep 2 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Political Affairs Discussion a monthly feature of The Communist Party USA (Oakland/Berkeley) invites you to join us Imagine (envision to give substance to our organizing) What will be our activities in the no-profit structure. There will not be an external work.., job. We will just live and do …. what… Recommended preparation: * The Meaning of Work: A Marxist Perspective \| Harry Magdoff https://monthlyreview.org/2006/10/01/the-meaning-of-work-a-marxist-perspective/ * View: The Man Who Planted Trees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTvYh8ar3tc * View: Bioneers, on Biomimicry https://www.linktv.org/shows/bioneers/episodes/janine-benyus-biomimicry-as-a-cooperative-inquiry 63571 2:00 pm Suds, Snacks, & Socialism: The Fight Against Fascism @ Starry Plough Suds, Snacks, & Socialism: The Fight Against Fascism @ Starry Plough Sep 2 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets The Peace and Freedom Party presents The Fight Against Fascism: From Charlottesville to Berkeley Following their defeat in Charlottesville, the Fascists are coming to Berkeley on August 27 to peddle their White Supremacist views. They will be met with resistance. We are inviting speakers to discuss this vital struggle. FREE! This is part of our on-going Socialist Forum Series on the first Saturday of every month. Doors open at 2 pm and the program will start promptly at 2:30 pm. The forum will end by 4:30 pm, but folks can … Continued

Week of August 27

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.