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Where … Continued 5:00 pm Green Sunday: The USA’s 2nd Great Recession–What Lies Ahead in 2021, with Dr. Jack Rasmus @ Online Green Sunday: The USA’s 2nd Great Recession–What Lies Ahead in 2021, with Dr. Jack Rasmus @ Online Jan 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Green Party of Alameda County: Green Sunday presentation at 5 PM (Followed by County Council business meeting at 6:30. All are welcome to attend) Find Zoom info below. Dr. Rasmus will review the condition of the US economy in 2020 and explain why last summer’s partial economic rebound has begun to relapse at year’s end. Why more economists now predict a further slowdown in early 2021. What’s happened to jobs, rents, household debt, wages, and income inequality trends over the past year. Why fiscal policy and bailouts–from the March ‘Cares … Continued	10:00 am Decarcerate Alameda County Covid-19 Press Conference @ ONLINE Decarcerate Alameda County Covid-19 Press Conference @ ONLINE Jan 11 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets https://twitter.com/decarcerateAC/status/134837294892347392068501 6:00 pm Community Comment: OPD’s Armored Vehicle Policy @ Online Community Comment: OPD’s Armored Vehicle Policy @ Online Jan 11 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/J/89351447947 Okland PD uses a “Bearcat” tank-like vehicle for pre-planned SWAT deployments, often to serve warrants; at the Oakland Coliseum and other public events; at Sideshows; and to respond to emergencies. OPD also uses an armored “Surburban” SUV, which is not military-looking or as large and can withstand gunfire. In 2018-2019, OPD deployed the Bearcat about twice a week on average, mostly in East Oakland and West Oakland, never in the hills. The Bearcat’s expected functional life span will be up in about 3-5 years. Some people propose … Continued		6:30 pm Intro to DSA @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Intro to DSA @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Jan 13 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The membership of DSA, the largest socialist organization in the United States, is rapidly growing by the thousands. Democratic Socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Cori Bush are raising the expectations of millions of people across the United States and bringing them into a political awakening. Millions of working-class Americans are calling for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, universal rent control, and more. But what is democratic socialism? What does it mean to be a member of DSA? How do socialists look at the … Continued	12:00 pm Jubilee Policy [Debt Eradication] Platform Study Group @ Online Jubilee Policy [Debt Eradication] Platform Study Group @ Online Jan 14 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets The California Policy and Political Education Working Group of the CA Poor People’s Campaign will host the first monthly meeting of the Jubilee Policy Platform Study Group. Here is the section we’re reading for the first meeting. Being a document that the campaign is using to put forward a policy agenda that addresses the interlocking injustices we want to read and discuss what it means to our work on the state and local level. For the first session, Lauren Hill and Abraham Entin will share facilitation. They are asking us … Continued 4:00 pm The Cost of Racism for Everyone: Conversation w/ Racial Justice Advocate, Heather McGhee @ Online The Cost of Racism for Everyone: Conversation w/ Racial Justice Advocate, Heather McGhee @ Online Jan 14 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets The Cost of Racism for Everyone: Conversation w/ Racial Justice Advocate, Heather McGhee MODERATOR: Sheila Smith McKoy, HNU’s Provost and VP for Academic Affairs RSVP (Free): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-cost-of-racism-for-everyone-a-conversation-with-heather-mcghee-tickets-133795336453 Join Heather McGhee for a conversation about the topic of her upcoming book, “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together”. Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a common root problem: racism. … Continued 5:00 pm How Fines and Fees Harm Californians @ Online How Fines and Fees Harm Californians @ Online Jan 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Pre-register for a link to this Digital Discourse >> Fines, fees and other legal monetary sanctions burden millions of Californians and disproportionately impact low-income people and communities of color. These mechanisms trap people in a byzantine and punitive system that can cause things like traffic tickets to cost thousands of dollars, contributing to a two-tiered system of justice where some are burdened more than others. However, recent policy changes at both the local and state level are attempting to reform this unfair and unjust system of fines and fees. Come … Continued 6:00 pm Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Jan 14 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Just us for a virtual event with Mary Ziegler for her new book “Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present”. She’ll be in conversation with Mother Jones reproductive rights reporter Becca Andrews. Hosts: San Francisco’s Booksmith independent bookstore and Mother Jones Magazine (SF) Cost: FREE & open to the community. The event link will be sent to everyone who registers. RSVP required: https://app.gopassage.com/events/mary-ziegler To order “Abortion and the Law in America”, with free shipping throughout San Francisco and the East Bay, please go to: http://booksmith.com/book/9781108735599 ______________________________________________________________ “Abortion … Continued

Week of January 10

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.