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All-day						Conference: The Coming 2020 Election Crisis @ South Berkeley Senior Center Conference: The Coming 2020 Election Crisis @ South Berkeley Senior Center Oct 5 all-day Tickets “The Coming 2020 Election Crisis” Conference Oct. 5,6, in Berkeley The National Voting Rights Task Force (NVRTF) is proud to announce its 3rd National Election Integrity Conference – “The Coming 2020 Election Crisis – In Paper We Trust” – Sat. and Sun., 10 am – 6 pm. The 2020 Primary and General Elections are just around the corner. But will everyone who wants to vote be able to? Will all the votes be counted as cast? How secure will the elections be? Will they be hacked? And, if so, will … 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 CHELSEA MANNING AND JULIAN ASSANGE ARE OUR WORKING CLASS HEROES.THEIR FIGHT IS OUR FIGHT @ Niebyl Proctor Library CHELSEA MANNING AND JULIAN ASSANGE ARE OUR WORKING CLASS HEROES.THEIR FIGHT IS OUR FIGHT @ Niebyl Proctor Library Sep 29 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets THE Program: Guest artist musical introduction speakers :- Gerald Smith – Organizer for Oscar Grant Committee and Mumia Ab Jamal Steve Zeltzer- Host of WORK WEEK KPFA and Labor Fest SF and Labor Video Project. Organizer for many spirited demos at Federal Building, Brittish, ,Austrialian and Equadorian consulates in support of Chelsea and Julian. Cecile Pineda -Poet Actress Code Pink Ricardo Ortiz- Past and founding member of Frente Socialism de Puerto Rico Collaborator Labor Fest SF. 5th Speaker TBA. Our Aim in this forum is to continue and deepen … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Sep 29 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 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 … Continued 4:00 pm Santa Rita Jail Support @ Lake Merritt BART Santa Rita Jail Support @ Lake Merritt BART Sep 29 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join APTP in offering hot food, drinks, snacks, and solidarity to releasees and visitors at Santa Rita Jail! Let us know you’ll be there by sending us a text at (510) 686-3284. Prisons function to repress, warehouse and extract labor from primarily those of us who are Black or poor. We believe that solidarity is a weapon of resistance, and that we must respond to the basic needs of our community while also confronting state terror. In honor of Dujuan Armstrong Jr. who entered Santa Rita Jail for a weekend … Continued 5:30 pm Film Showing “The Wanted 18”: Solidarity & Autonomy @ Omni Commons Film Showing “The Wanted 18”: Solidarity & Autonomy @ Omni Commons Sep 29 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The Film “The Wanted 18” Through a clever mix of stop motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story: The Israeli army’s pursuit of 18 cows, whose independent milk production on a Palestinian collective farm was declared “a threat to the national security of the state of Israel.” In response to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, a group of people from the town of Beit Sahour decide to buy 18 cows and produce their own milk as a co-operative. Their venture is so successful … Continued 6:00 pm Film & Discussion: Offside @ Revolution Books Film & Discussion: Offside @ Revolution Books Sep 29 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Offside is a 2006 film directed by Jafar Panahi. If you are a woman, you are forbidden from watching a soccer game in a stadium in Iran. Offside is the story of a group of women who decided to go anyway. Offside is a work of fiction, but on Sept. 9, 2019, an Iranian woman, 29-year-old Sahar Khodayari, a soccer fan died. She had been arrested in March for “appearing in public without a hijab” when she attempted to enter the stadium “dressed as a man” to see a game. … Continued 6:30 pm Oakland Greens: Free Dinner and a Movie Night – Pan’s Labyrinth (Sept), Even the Rain (Oct) @ It's Your Move Oakland Greens: Free Dinner and a Movie Night – Pan’s Labyrinth (Sept), Even the Rain (Oct) @ It's Your Move Sep 29 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets 67122	12:00 pm Rally to Stop the Massacres in Haiti @ Old Federal Building Rally to Stop the Massacres in Haiti @ Old Federal Building Sep 30 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Stand in solidarity with the overwhelming majority of Haitians, whose continued resistance to an illegitimate, US-backed regime has given rise to years of sustained protest against stolen elections, government corruption, poverty, land grabs, rising prices, and 15 years of UN/US military occupation. These are the conditions that drive people to leave Haiti and immigrate elsewhere seeking a means to survive. $4.2 BILLION has been stolen from government revenues. The international media has either ignored this struggle or reported in a way that blames the demonstrators for “violence.” As resistance to … Continued	7:00 pm DSA Socialist Night School: Harlan County, U.S.A @ East Bay Community Space DSA Socialist Night School: Harlan County, U.S.A @ East Bay Community Space Oct 1 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join the East Bay Democratic Socialist of America for a screening of the groundbreaking 1976 strike film, Harlan County U.S.A. In this academy-award-winning documentary, viewers are transported to the front lines of the class struggle as militant striking coal miners and their families in Southeastern Kentucky go to battle against their tyrannical bosses. Even today, workers in Harlan County are fighting back. This summer, miners employed at the Blackjewel Mine camped out on the railroad tracks to demand their stolen wages. https://www.labornotes.org/2019/07/kentucky-miners-are-camped-out-railroad-tracks-blocking-coal-train-demanding-their-stolen ABOUT SOCIALIST NIGHT SCHOOL Socialist Night School is a … Continued	6:00 pm AUDIT AHERN – MEMBER ACTION MEETING @ Ella Baker Center AUDIT AHERN – MEMBER ACTION MEETING @ Ella Baker Center Oct 2 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us for a work and action planning meeting on Wednesday October 2 as we push forward the #AuditAhern campaign. There will be a free film viewing of ‘What Happened to Dujuan Armstrong’ followed by breakout working groups. Bring a friend! This meeting is ADA accessible, open to non-members, dinner will be provided. 67166 6:00 pm Do Humans Have Rights In A Digital Age? @ Manny's Do Humans Have Rights In A Digital Age? @ Manny's Oct 2 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Does the digital age threaten democratic rights, freedoms and values? Come to Manny’s for a conversation with leading experts! Artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous robots, social scoring, mass surveillance, and concentrations of power among corporate platforms and political states. Digital technologies have created huge challenges to our democratic rights, freedoms and values. Must we sacrifice these rights to “progress”? Two major visions of the future currently dominate in the world: an anti-regulation Silicon Valley model which seemingly values profit over people, and China’s digital totalitarian model, which seeks to monitor and … Continued	10:00 am Protect SF Refugees: Cambodian Deportation Defense Rally Protect SF Refugees: Cambodian Deportation Defense Rally Oct 3 @ 10:00 am – 2:30 pm Tickets The Cambodian American community is under attack by ICE AGAIN. ICE is scheduling check-ins for Cambodian Americans with deportation orders on October 3rd at the San Francisco ICE building. WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY FROM DEPORTATION. We are hosting a rally in support of impacted folks and their families who have check-ins that day. This is a nationwide collective action in support of other Cambodian community members that have check-ins. Hosted by Asian Prisoner Support Committee – APSC Facebook67169 5:00 pm Global Climate Strike – Next Steps Call @ Phone call nationwide Global Climate Strike – Next Steps Call @ Phone call nationwide Oct 3 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets join our call on October 3rd and then invite a friend? Over 7.6 million and counting took action during this past week of Global Climate Strikes. This is one of the largest coordinated global protests in history – and many of you were part of this historic event. More than 6,100 events were held in 185 countries with the support of 8,500 websites, 3,000 companies, and 73 Trade Unions. We truly demonstrated the power of our movement. But, participating in the biggest climate mobilization in history is simply not enough. … Continued 5:00 pm Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission – Shotspotter @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission – Shotspotter @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 3 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Relevant Agenda Items: 4. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – ShotSpotter Impact Report and proposed Use Policy – review and take possible action 67164 7:00 pm Community Town Hall on proposed Police Military Hardware Ordinance @ First Congregational Church Community Town Hall on proposed Police Military Hardware Ordinance @ First Congregational Church Oct 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Campaign for Community Power to Decide OPD’s Military Equipment Community Town Hall Thursday, October 3, 7:00 pm program First Congregational Church, 2601 Harrison St., Oakland Many communities are concerned about police departments’ acquisition and deployment of military-grade equipment in events ranging from public protests to parades and service of drug warrants. In Oakland, the use of grenade-like projectiles, armored vehicles, and military-grade assault weapons by OPD officers has resulted in harm to residents, controversy, and costly lawsuits. In March 2018, Oakland police used the tank-like BearCat armored vehicle as a … Continued 7:00 pm Omni General Assembly @ Omni Commons Omni General Assembly @ Omni Commons Oct 3 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Come by our open Delegates Meetings! We’ll give space to brief announcements, updates from working groups, proposals up for consensus, and discussion around important issues. The schedule is created weekly at the following url: https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom This meeting usually happens in the Ballroom, but the the location may change depending on the access needs of people attending and other events taking place in the building.66939	5:30 pm SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN Oct 4 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets JOIN US TO SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN EVERY FRIDAY SAVE CHELSEA AND JULIAN FROM TORTURE AND DEATH NEWS LETTER 10/11/19 Please sign up for our emails and alerts at: https:/bayaction2freeassnge.org and watch “XY CHELSEA” go to SHOWTIME “XY CHELSEA” clk free 7 day suscription.or free @ https://archive.org/details/XYChelsea The Main Stream Media (MSM) is so full of lies, it’s got the masses confused!! There are only a few places we can get the truth.Chelsea and Julian were two of the most important WHISTLE BLOWERS to tell the truth about USA’s illegal, … Continued 7:00 pm People’s Park Movie Night: Homeless First + 24 Hours @ People's Park People’s Park Movie Night: Homeless First + 24 Hours @ People's Park Oct 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Homeless First by Anka Karewicz & Travis Schirmer This documentary, a Liberated Lens original production, follows the Berkley encampment known as “First They Came for the Homeless,” a group fighting for the right to live in tents within a self-sustaining community. After BART evicted the group from their space, they went to court to fight back. Several residents share their personal stories, views on homeless activism, and ideas about organizing a self-governed, shared community. The majority of voices and opinions in this film come from within the group itself. https://liberatedlens.org/our-work/first-they-came-for-the-homeless-homeless-first/ … Continued 7:00 pm Recognition and Response Film Series: Undeterred @ California Nurses Association Recognition and Response Film Series: Undeterred @ California Nurses Association Oct 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Three documentaries will screen outside on the plaza at National Nurses United headquarters . The art exhibition “Recognition: Labor Meets Art in Explorations of Social Justice and Identity,” will be open to the public during the screenings. The films feature three locations where Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) volunteers have deployed to provide direct relief and response to humanitarian, environmental, and social injustice: Post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, Standing Rock, and rural Arizona. RNRN volunteers will introduce the films with stories of how RNs have intervened to provide direct care in … Continued	10:00 am The Tiny LIVING Festival (Tiny Homes) @ Richmond Art Center Parking Area The Tiny LIVING Festival (Tiny Homes) @ Richmond Art Center Parking Area Oct 5 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Tickets A big event involving tiny houses is coming to Richmond this fall. The Tiny LIVING Festival California is set to bring tiny homes, vintage campers, converted buses (skoolies), teardrop trailers and more, along with live music and all sorts of family-friendly activities. The festival will include live music and entertainment, a kids area that includes fun activities with Circus for Purpose, speakers, presentations and notable members of the tiny house community. The event will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Founded by John and Fin Kernohan, the festival … Continued 1:00 pm Get Loud About Closing The Camps – Human Billboard @ Ferry Building Get Loud About Closing The Camps – Human Billboard @ Ferry Building Oct 5 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Join SURJ San Francisco in a human billboard outside the Ferry Building demanding justice for immigrants. We will be working on signs at 10 am starting at 10am at 1270 Sanchez Street (see https://www.facebook.com/events/2483115868436862/ for more info), and then traveling to the Ferry Building together. Join us for either or both.67161 5:30 pm Film “Gaza Fights for Freedom” w/ director Abby Martin @ Brava Theater Film “Gaza Fights for Freedom” w/ director Abby Martin @ Brava Theater Oct 5 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Join Abby Martin for the one-night-only theater screening in San Francisco! Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see Gaza Fights For Freedom on the big screen. (Doors open at 5:30; film starts promptly at 6pm) This debut feature film by journalist Abby Martin began while reporting in Palestine, where she was denied entry into Gaza by the Israeli government on the accusation she was a “propagandist.” So Abby connected with a team of journalists in Gaza to produce the film through the blockade. This collaboration shows you Gaza’s protest movement … Continued 6:00 pm Concert for the Climate @ Classic Cars West Concert for the Climate @ Classic Cars West Oct 5 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Enjoy great music and support the effort to build a regional mobilization for climate action. The Bay Area Regional Climate Emergency Mobilization has been organizing cities and counties throughout the Bay Area to address climate change as a region. We are holding a series of Concerts for the Climate to help sustain our work. Kick off fundraiser will include performances by: Unity Chhoti Maa Kohinoorgasm Lexagon Lauren Cameron 67139 7:00 pm Sea Level Rise: Fact and Fiction talk by Climate Expert John Englander @ The Forum, Laney College Sea Level Rise: Fact and Fiction talk by Climate Expert John Englander @ The Forum, Laney College Oct 5 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Sea Level Rise: Fact and Fiction Speaker: John Englander, Oceanographer and Climate Expert –Three minutes walk from the Lake Merritt BART Station. –Parking at Laney College lot on East 8th Street; $2 all day. Have you ever wondered how sea level rise will impact Lake Merritt, and all of Oakland? Are you aware that existing heat in the oceans will cause the seas to rise for centuries, no matter how much carbon emissions are reduced today? Do you have an inkling of why ocean levels are rising but want to … Continued

Week of September 29

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.