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Our comrade, Elazar Friedman, will explore this topic during his visit from Idaho.66952 2:00 pm Democratic Socialism 101 – Picnic @ Empowerment Park Democratic Socialism 101 – Picnic @ Empowerment Park Aug 25 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Democratic socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez are calling for Medicare for All and a Green New Deal. Teachers from West Virginia to Oakland are striking for public education and winning, and tens of thousands of people across the country are getting involved in the project of building democratic socialism in the US. But what is democratic socialism? Let’s talk about it. Since the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign brought democratic socialism back into the mainstream, the Democratic Socialists of America went from about 6,000 members to 60,000 … Continued 6:30 pm Oakland Greens Free Dinner & Movie : “Spotlight” @ It's Your Move Oakland Greens Free Dinner & Movie : “Spotlight” @ It's Your Move Aug 25 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Oakland Greens will present “Free Dinner & Movie Discussion Night.” This month’s screening will be “Spotlight” (2015) – a film that follows the riveting true story of the The Boston Globe’s investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic priests. Watch the trailer here: Spotlight Official Trailer #1 (2015) – Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton Movie HD. As usual, the door will open at 6:30 p.m., a free dinner will be served at 7 p.m., and the movie will start … Continued	9:00 am Public Banking Lobby Day @ State Capitol Public Banking Lobby Day @ State Capitol Aug 26 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets Public banking activists from allied cities and regions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, East Bay, North Bay, South Bay, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and San Diego will converge in Sacramento for a Lobby Day at the State Capitol!MEETING POINT AT 9AM: North Steps California State Capitol (10th St. and Capitol Mall between L St. and N St.) This is our final Lobby Day session for the AB 857 campaign! Join us for an action-packed day of citizens’ lobbying as we make the rounds to legislative offices for … Continued 6:00 pm Beyond A Dream: All of us. Or none of us. @ New Parkway Beyond A Dream: All of us. Or none of us. @ New Parkway Aug 26 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join us for an evening of film and dialogue at the New Parkway Theater in Oakland, CA. iNation Media has partnered with Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity and FirstPres Church to bring our communities together in allyship. Watch a trailer to the film here: https://vimeo.com/291032168 After the screening of “Waking Dream” we’ll be joined by a panel for an engaging discussion that broadens immigration discourse beyond DACA, and provides concrete ways to act. The panel will include the filmmaker, directly-impacted community members and community organizations. Panelists: Javier Lopez Quintana (moderator) … Continued		7:30 pm THE CASE AGAINST FREE SPEECH: The First Amendment, Fascism, and the Future of Dissent @ first Congregational Church of Berkeley THE CASE AGAINST FREE SPEECH: The First Amendment, Fascism, and the Future of Dissent @ first Congregational Church of Berkeley Aug 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets P. E. Moskowitz wrote the renowned bestseller, “How To Kill a City,” which revealed the systemic forces behind the gentrification ruining such major American cities as San Francisco, New York, New Orleans and Detroit. Now, with “The Case Against Free Speech” he exposes the powerful forces and political machinations currently defining free speech, a term that has been defined and redefined to suit those in power, to give them the right to push their agenda. What’s more, our investment in the First Amendment has long obscured an uncomfortable truth: free speech is impossible in an unequal society … Continued	6:30 pm DSA Beer & Roses Labor Social @ Telegraph Beer Garden DSA Beer & Roses Labor Social @ Telegraph Beer Garden Aug 29 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join the East Bay DSA’s Labor Committee for their regular Beer and Roses social. Hang out with other members who are interested in the labor movement, hear about what’s happening in EBDSA Labor Committee & learn how you can get involved. 66972 6:30 pm RPA Movie Night: POWER TO HEAL @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center RPA Movie Night: POWER TO HEAL @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Aug 29 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets The RPA’s August movie night will feature “POWER TO HEAL,” which tells a poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the tale of how a new national program, Medicare, was used to mount a dramatic, coordinated effort that desegregated thousands of hospitals across the country practically overnight. Potluck starts at 6:30, followed by a screening at 7pm and discussion at 8pm.67001 7:00 pm Liberate the Cages Voices @ Freedom and Movement Center Liberate the Cages Voices @ Freedom and Movement Center Aug 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets 66977	9:00 am 400 Years of African American History Symposium @ International House Auditorium 400 Years of African American History Symposium @ International House Auditorium Aug 30 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Tickets This day-long symposium will kick off a year of events at UC Berkeley to mark the 400 year anniversary of the beginning of slavery in North America. The events are being co-organized by the Haas Institute, the African American studies and history departments, the African American Student Development Center, and the Black Staff & Faculty Organization. The symposium will include remarks by Haas Institute Director and African American studies professor john a. powell, plus several panels and performances detailed below. Register here. 66965 5:30 pm Vigil for Chelsea and Julian Vigil for Chelsea and Julian Aug 30 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN hI aLL HOPE TO SEE YA oRION EVERY FRI 530PM TO 7PM “BASTA SAVE CHELSEA AND JULIEN ” VIGIL DEMO POTLUCK MUSIC (7PM AFTER PARTY/MEETING ) FRUITVALE &MACARTHUR OAKLAND WE HOPE TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO OUR ON-GOING CAMPAIGNS IN THE BAY. Here is a link to the bay area action for Julian which includes CHELSEA SUPPORT PLEASE SIGN UP https://bayaction2freeassange.org TELL EVERY ONE Thanks for your letters you can write a letter directly to Chelsea here’s her address tell her who you are and why you … Continued 7:30 pm What Happened to Dujuan? Premiere Screening and Panel @ First Unitarian Church of Oakland What Happened to Dujuan? Premiere Screening and Panel @ First Unitarian Church of Oakland Aug 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join us for a benefit film showing and panel. This fast-paced powerful documentary follows Barbara Doss’ search to discover the details of her son Dujuan Armstrong’s death in Santa Rita Jail. In June, 2018,23-year-old Dujuan Armstrong died while serving weekends for a 2014 burglary conviction. Thus began Barbara’s journey for truth and justice. The film documents her determined and courageous quest to find out what happened to her son. In her pursuit for justice she quickly runs into the resistance of the Gregory Ahern’s Sheriff’s Department and begins to learn … Continued	10:00 am A Walking Tour of the 1934 SF General Strike @ Under the Clock Tower, SF Ferry Building A Walking Tour of the 1934 SF General Strike @ Under the Clock Tower, SF Ferry Building Aug 31 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets 67018 12:00 pm Culmination: Month of Momentum 30 Days of Action to Close the Camps @ ICE San Francisco Culmination: Month of Momentum 30 Days of Action to Close the Camps @ ICE San Francisco Aug 31 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets After 30 days of daily protests outside ICE to close the camps, we invite EVERYONE to attend a culminating protest on Saturday, August 31 at Noon. Music by: •Emma’s Revolution – https://emmasrevolution.com •Diana Gameros – https://www.dianagameros.com •Betsy Rose & Bonnie Lockhart – https://www.betsyrosemusic.org •La Peña Chorus (with Lichi Fuentes) – https://www.lapenachorus.org Speakers (TBA) And food More info to come. Please follow this page for more. 67014 5:00 pm AFROHELLA: TECH + ENTREPRENEURSHIP + SOCIAL IMPACT @ The Five and Dime AFROHELLA: TECH + ENTREPRENEURSHIP + SOCIAL IMPACT @ The Five and Dime Aug 31 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets A groundbreaking night of events celebrating creators, disruptors and innovators from underrepresented communities. Ella Baker Center Executive Director Zach Norris will be sharing his work and vision on the Prison Reform and Design Thinking for the Future panel happening 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. 66999

Week of August 25

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.