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Doors open: 10:00 AM Prayers: 10:30-11:30 AM Refreshments and socializing: 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM67610 10:30 am Marxists Behaving Badly @ Niebyl Proctor Library Marxists Behaving Badly @ Niebyl Proctor Library Mar 8 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Why don’t Marxists study the Soviet experience in order to learn what these pioneers of the communist movement did, and what we can learn from them? For Marx, as for all materialists, practice was – is — primary. Theory must be tested through practice. To base theory on the basis of a false understanding of reality is as fatal to knowledge as it would be to base theory, as idealists do, on ideas alone, without regard to material reality. The Stalin era was the heroic era of the worldwide communist movement. Indeed, the 20th … Continued 1:00 pm International Working Women’s Day @ Fruitvale Village International Working Women’s Day @ Fruitvale Village Mar 8 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets RALLY, MARCH, and CELEBRATION for International Working Women’s Day 2020! Join grassroots women’s organizations and allies from throughout the Bay Area for a Rally, March & Celebration on Sunday, March 8th to commemorate the 112th International Working Women’s Day anniversary in honor of the first women strikers in 1908. Join us as we Uphold the Legacy and Power of Women’s Resistance Here & Abroad! Together, we will be lifting up the internationalist struggles and stories of women, trans, and GNC communities around the world. Let us take the streets and … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Mar 8 @ 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 5:00 pm The March 3rd Election, Both Locally and Nationally: What does it mean, and where are we headed? @ Niebyl Proctor Library The March 3rd Election, Both Locally and Nationally: What does it mean, and where are we headed? @ Niebyl Proctor Library Mar 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Green Sunday The M arch Green Sunday will be a wide-ranging discussion of the March primary results — both locally, as well as the ‘Super Tuesday’ showings here in California and across the country. We will be looking at these outcomes to tell us first about the state of national politics and how the Green Party might respond. There are clearly a wide range of possibilities depending on who the Presidential nominees might be, and ‘Super Tuesday’ should give us a strong indication of where this situation may be heading. … Continued 7:00 pm Party for 32 years of Slingshot newspaper publishing @ Longhaul Party for 32 years of Slingshot newspaper publishing @ Longhaul Mar 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Slingshot turns 32 years old – 1988 – 2020 Meet authors from the last 32 years, learn how you can get involved in Slingshot for the next 32 years. Display of back issues. Vegan chocolate cake, zany free raffle for door prizes, get copies of issue #131 of the paper, maybe snacks, maybe music67800	6:00 pm “Rigged” free screening @ UC Berkeley School of Law, Room 100 “Rigged” free screening @ UC Berkeley School of Law, Room 100 Mar 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us for a screening of RIGGED: The Voter Suppression Playbook, followed by a voting rights panel and Q&A with the film’s executive producer. Narrated by Jeffrey Wright, RIGGED takes a rigorous look at voter suppression and sparks discussion on the actions needed to protect our democracy. Shot principally during the 2016 election, the film tracks a systematic, decade-long effort to suppress votes at scale and reverse the growing demographic tide of new, young, and non-white voters who helped elect President Barack Obama in 2008. It details a variety of … Continued 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Mar 9 @ 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 7:00 pm Red State Revolt Reading Group @ East Bay Community Space Red State Revolt Reading Group @ East Bay Community Space Mar 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The largest strike wave in the US in decades has been occurring for the last two years, and it is not over! Teachers and other public education workers have responded to austerity politics, poor working conditions, low pay, and the erosion of opportunity for their students with a newfound militancy. From West Virginia to Oakland and Los Angeles, this is a national phenomenon. What are its roots? Who are its leaders? What does it mean for the future of public education? For organized labor? These are the topics explored by … Continued	4:30 pm Where Do We Go Berkeley March @ University Ave & Frontage Rd (Seabreeze) Where Do We Go Berkeley March @ University Ave & Frontage Rd (Seabreeze) Mar 10 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets 67821 6:00 pm The North Pole Screening/Q&A @ Golden Gate Library The North Pole Screening/Q&A @ Golden Gate Library Mar 10 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Come join the Golden Gate Branch Library for an evening with Donte Clark from The North Pole web show. Enjoy the season one screening with popcorn and refreshments followed by a Q&A session. The North Pole is a dramatic comedy about three friends born and raised in North Oakland who fight dream and plot hilarious schemes to remain rooted as their neighborhood becomes a hostile environment. Facing both gentrification and global warming they combat evil landlords crazy geoengineering plots and ultimately each other. Directed by Yvan Iturriaga. Written and Produced … Continued	7:30 pm Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights @ Kehilla Synagogue Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights @ Kehilla Synagogue Mar 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets GRETCHEN SORIN GET TICKETS advance tickets: $12: brownpapertickets.com :: T: 800-838-3006 or Marcus Books, Books Inc (Berkeley), Pegasus Books (3 sites), Moe’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, East Bay Books, Mrs. Dalloway’s Books $15 door, benefits KPFA Radio 94.1FM info: kpfa.org/events …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Driving While Black explains clearly how the automobile fundamentally changed African American Life. This is the dramatic history behind the best picture-winning film. “Gretchen Sorin has spent decades exploring this deeply researched, acutely felt, penetrating study of race, space, and mobility in America—and a lifetime thinking about the issues and experiences that underlie … Continued	6:00 pm MOVED ONLINE! Climate Justice SF Spokescouncil @ Omni Commons MOVED ONLINE! Climate Justice SF Spokescouncil @ Omni Commons Mar 12 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Climate Justice SF Spokescouncil Where: MOVED Online; see event link below for updates. When: Thur, March 12, 6:00pm – 8:00pm We will discuss proposals for upcoming actions. All are welcome. RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/915419608889319/ ================================================================ We will discuss proposals for action made during last spokescouncil Please send at least one or two spokespeople from your affinity groups. All are welcome. Called for by Idle No More SF Bay, Extinction Rebellion SF Bay, Diablo Rising Tide, 350 Silicon Valley, Sunrise Bay Area and the 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations Bay Area.67787 6:30 pm DSA Beer and Roses Labor Social @ Telegraph Beer Garden DSA Beer and Roses Labor Social @ Telegraph Beer Garden Mar 12 @ 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. 67522 7:00 pm Radical Reading Group @ Omni Commons Radical Reading Group @ Omni Commons Mar 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets An informal discussion of Nick Estes’ book Our History is the Future about the history of indigenous resistance to capitalism and colonialism leading up to and including the Standing Rock #NoDAPL movement. This will be an ongoing reading series.67816	12:00 pm Union Bank: Stop Financing Deforestation Union Bank: Stop Financing Deforestation Mar 13 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Join us as we call on MUFG/Union Bank to stop lending to Conflict Palm Oil, fossil fuel expansion. Japan’s largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), has been bankrolling climate change with billions of dollars in financing for rainforest destruction, tar sands pipelines, and coal power around the world. MUFG and Union Bank’s headquarters are in downtown SF and we will be bringing the message to its doorstep. Join us!67807 4:00 pm Celebrating the Life of Mike Zint @ Omni Commons Celebrating the Life of Mike Zint @ Omni Commons Mar 13 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Mike Zint, well known and appreciated homeless rights activist died on Feb.14th after a lengthy battle with emphysema. Mike was one of the founders of an organized, drug and alcohol free homeless camp, First They Came for the Homeless, was well known for his words and campaigns that sought to increase awareness about the issues that homeless individuals face in the city. He was instrumental in organizing the Poor Tour, a series of encampments throughout the city of Berkeley that were repeatedly disbanded in 2016. The tour eventually settled in … Continued 4:30 pm Gracias Chelsea Manning & Julian Assange for Exposing Bush’s War Crimes Gracias Chelsea Manning & Julian Assange for Exposing Bush’s War Crimes Mar 13 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets GRACIAS! CHELSEA MANNING&JULIAN ASSANGE FOR PUBLISHING BUSH’S WAR CRIMES join our EVERY friday demo’s @ 4:30 to save them from torture or death @MacArthur&Fruitvale Oak Ca. Start your own VIGIL EMAIL ME ohohorion99@gmail.com . also CHECK OUT OUR WEB https://bayaction2freeassange.org LATEST NEWS JOIN 60,000&FREE CHELSEA FROM TORTURE https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-free-chelsea-manning-now 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 … Continued	11:00 am Human Billboard: Expose Amazon’s Connection to ICE Human Billboard: Expose Amazon’s Connection to ICE Mar 14 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets We‌ ‌are‌ ‌gathering‌ ‌to‌ ‌say:‌ ‌Stop‌ ‌Supporting‌ ‌Family‌ ‌Separation,‌ ‌Detention‌ ‌and‌ ‌Deportation!‌ ‌We‌ ‌won’t‌ ‌pay‌ ‌our‌ ‌grocery‌ ‌money‌ ‌into‌ ‌ICE‌ ‌(Immigration‌ ‌&‌ ‌Customs‌ ‌Enforcement)‌ ‌violence!‌ ‌We‌ ‌will‌ ‌not‌ ‌feed‌ ‌ourselves‌ ‌and‌ ‌our‌ ‌families‌ ‌on‌ ‌white‌ ‌supremacy!‌ ‌ Whole‌ ‌Foods‌ ‌is‌ ‌owned‌ ‌by‌ ‌Amazon‌ ‌and‌ ‌Amazon‌ ‌is‌ ‌profiting‌ ‌from‌ ‌major‌ ‌contracts‌ ‌with‌ ‌ICE‌ ‌and‌ ‌Custom‌ ‌Border‌ ‌Patrol.‌ ‌And‌ ‌ICE‌ ‌depends‌ ‌on‌ ‌Amazon‌ ‌to‌ ‌do‌ ‌its‌ ‌business.‌ ‌More info below* Furthermore,‌ ‌Amazon‌ ‌is‌ ‌helping‌ ‌accelerate‌ ‌the‌ ‌climate‌ ‌crisis‌ ‌with‌ ‌its‌ ‌support‌ ‌of‌ ‌oil‌ ‌extraction‌ ‌and‌ ‌has‌ ‌documented‌ ‌worker‌ ‌abuses.‌ ‌ We‌ ‌will‌ … Continued 2:30 pm Sanctions Kill: Build a Movement Against all US Wars! @ Restore Oakland Sanctions Kill: Build a Movement Against all US Wars! @ Restore Oakland Mar 14 @ 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Stop the US War on the World! Part of the International Days of Action against Sanctions and Economic War Learn more at Sanctionskill.org Sanctions Kill! Sanctions are War! End Sanctions Now! Join us for a Bay Area educational forum as part of the international days of protest against US-imposed sanctions and war on Saturday, March 14, 2:30 – 5:00 p.m. at Restore Oakland, 1419 34th Avenue (at International) in Oakland. Help us build a strong movement against US-imposed sanctions and war. Sponsored by the International Action Center – Bay Area. … Continued 3:00 pm POSTPONED: Build Your Own Internet v.7 – Hosted by People’s Open Network @ Omni Commons POSTPONED: Build Your Own Internet v.7 – Hosted by People’s Open Network @ Omni Commons Mar 14 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets We are sad to announce that this event has been postponed due to the plague. #COVID19. Stay tuned for a rescheduled date after the public health situation stabilizes. #OICC https://t.co/yxnwEgb6zW— Media Alliance (@twrling) March 11, 2020 Did you know that crooked landlords are making big money depriving renters in Oakland of the power to choose their Internet Service Provider (ISP)? Exclusive agreements between landlords and incumbent ISPs eliminate your ability to choose providers that charge less money or offer better service, like higher speeds or a commitment to net neutrality … Continued 3:30 pm Poor People’s Campaign Bay Area Steering Cmte @ BFUU Poor People’s Campaign Bay Area Steering Cmte @ BFUU Mar 14 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets For those interested in getting involved in the CA Poor People’s Campaign Supporters Bay Area Steering Committee, next meeting is Saturday March 14, 3:30 – 5:00 pm at BFUU, 1924 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA. Registration is open! The fact that there are 140 million poor and low-wealth people in a country this rich is morally indefensible, constitutionally inconsistent and economically insane. Join poor people and moral witnesses from across the country June 20, 2020 for the Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington! On June 20, 2020, we … Continued

Week of March 8

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.