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For almost 60 years, Cuba has endured the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the U.S. government. During Trump’s term, he imposed more 220 measures to further cause harm to the island’s economy and the Cuban people. In the midst of the COVID pandemic, Cuba has carried out a remarkable national policy of … Continued 1:00 pm Fight for full Student Debt cancellation and College for All. @ Online Fight for full Student Debt cancellation and College for All. @ Online Mar 28 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Billions today, trillions tomorrow. When debtors organize, we win. It all started when 15 people went on a debt strike. Back in 2015, former students at Corinthian College said they were going to refuse to pay until all of their fraudulent student loans were cancelled. That kicked off a long process full of twists and turns spanning three administrations and several court cases. This week, as a direct result of that debt strike, the Department of Education announced it was going to cancel another $1 billion dollars for 72,000 people, … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Mar 28 @ 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 6:00 pm Movie Night: Seaspiracy @ Online Movie Night: Seaspiracy @ Online Mar 28 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us to watch the new documentary Seaspiracy! Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86357565418 Meeting ID: 863 5756 5418 Seaspiracy is a follow-up documentary to Cowspiracy. The film explores the way government policy, the fishing industry, and even environmental organizations contribute to the devastation of marine life. Learn more at https://www.seaspiracy.org/68899	10:30 am Berkeley Militarized Police Equipment Ordinance Hearing @ Online Berkeley Militarized Police Equipment Ordinance Hearing @ Online Mar 29 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Please join us to give a public comment in favor of the Berkeley ordinance on militarized equipment, The zoom link to attend and speak is here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88131245345 This is a special meeting convened to consider only the Equipment Ordinance – and will be the last before it goes to the full Council, after the recess, in late April or early May. Public comment will likely be at the beginning of the meeting. The meeting agenda is here. Send your email comment to: PolicyCommittee@cityofberkeley.info Subject line: Public Safety comment: Controlled Equipment … Continued 12:00 pm Moral Monday: Standing Strong with Bessemer Amazon Workers! @ Online Moral Monday: Standing Strong with Bessemer Amazon Workers! @ Online Mar 29 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Watch the national livestream Next Monday marks the last day for Amazon workers in Bessemer to vote on the right to unionize. Following last week’s Moral Monday, when Rev. Barber joined the workers in-person, the PPC is keeping its focus there next week, when the drive to boost voter turnout will reach its peak. Tune in and be a part of this historic fight. We’ve also got three ways you can lend your voice below. The Amazon union drive has major implications for California “The Bessemer 6,000,” as Rev. Barber … Continued	10:00 am Banking for All – Press Conference and Kickoff @ Online Banking for All – Press Conference and Kickoff @ Online Mar 30 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets Tune in to the AB 1177 Press Conference on Facebook Live! Watch here: https://www.facebook.com/californiapublicbankingalliance Next week the next step in bringing public banking to California will be in the news. Since the passage of AB 857, several regions are moving ahead rapidly in establishing public banks to enable cities and local governments to better manage their finances and fund their priorities. But another concern we have is to improve conditions for those individuals who are ‘unbanked’ or ‘underbanked.’ These folks, many of whom are low-income people of color, are outside … Continued 10:00 am Climate Displacement: Intersection of Climate Emergency and Immigrant & Refugee Justice @ Online Climate Displacement: Intersection of Climate Emergency and Immigrant & Refugee Justice @ Online Mar 30 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets Climate Displacement: A Solutions-Based Panel Host: Immigrant Justice and Climate Refugees Working Group at the UC Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law More Info: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/climate-displacement-solutions-based-panel RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd98IZo3mnfJ8464Ck5Er_QXZDsjd9ch2qbq7r5AcvAfGnKjg/viewform Join us on March 30th as speakers from Earth Refuge, the International Refugee Assistance Project and Climate Refugees discuss the realities of climate-induced displacement in the US and globally. It is estimated that up to 1 billion people could be displaced by climate-induced change by 2050. However, there are steps being taken to mitigate this crisis. Each organization will outline the steps it … Continued 12:00 pm Sheriff Democracy and Diversity Act Press Conference @ Online Sheriff Democracy and Diversity Act Press Conference @ Online Mar 30 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets The Sheriff Democracy and Diversity Act (SB 271) strikes California’s long-standing law-enforcement requirement for those running for the office of County Sheriff. SB 271 reverses the restrictive 1989 law that added law enforcement experience and California peace officer certification as eligibility requirements. SB 271 has the potential to open the role of County Sheriffs to those with a progressive vision for our criminal-legal and immigration systems. By opening the candidate pool, SB 271 would allow us to begin diversifying the office of county sheriff and re-engage disillusioned community members in … Continued 7:00 pm Public Bank of the East Bay @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Public Bank of the East Bay @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Mar 30 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets We meet over Zoom. If you’d like to join us, and aren’t on our organizers’ list, drop us an email and we’ll send you an invitation. If you would like to join the meeting early and get an introduction to the concepts of public banking, or more locally to who we are and what we do, please email us and we’ll see you online at 6:30. Donate to keep us moving forward It is the mission of Public Bank East Bay to provide community oversight and stewardship in the formation and … Continued	10:00 am Is Your Bank Financing Climate Destruction? Is Your Bank Financing Climate Destruction? Mar 31 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets Register here Is your bank financing climate destruction? Check it out in this important new report, Banking on Climate Chaos 2021. And tune into the Banking on Climate Chaos webinar. This year’s report is the most comprehensive analysis on fossil-fuel banking produced to date. It details the fossil-fuel funding and policies of the world’s 60 largest banks, which together have financed fossil fuels with $3.8 trillion since the Paris Agreement was adopted. The report was published by our dear friends at the Rainforest Action Network, in collaboration with BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, … Continued 12:00 pm Feet on the Street Community Safety Walk @ St. Mary's Center Feet on the Street Community Safety Walk @ St. Mary's Center Mar 31 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Brockhurst St. and nearby neighbors are walking for community safety. Join us in the parking lot at St. Mary’s Center and we’ll pick the route for the day! We are looking for “hosts” for Wednesdays in April to bring friends & neighbors, and organize the walk. Interested?68876 5:00 pm 100 Strikers, 100 Stories @ Online 100 Strikers, 100 Stories @ Online Mar 31 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets 100 members of the Debt Collective are on strike, demanding that Joe Biden cancel ALL student debt within his first 100 days. We have 100 stories, and more than 100 ways that full debt cancellation will change our lives. Join us for the second installment in our 100 Strikers, 100 Stories series with Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis, Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, the stories of strikers and special guests. This call will be held on March 31st @ 8 PM ET/7 PM CT/6 PM MT/5 PM PT! We’ll be live on this Facebook … Continued 6:00 pm Pelosi: Sign Pledge for Good Jobs for All @ Pelosi's office Pelosi: Sign Pledge for Good Jobs for All @ Pelosi's office Mar 31 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Join Sunrise Movement in a Congressional recess action to tell Nancy Pelosi to sign the Good Jobs for All Pledge: “I commit to doing everything in my power to pass legislation that guarantees good jobs for all, invests $10 trillion over the next decade to create millions of union jobs addressing the crises of climate change, economic inequality, and systemic racism, and puts money into the hands of people and communities, not the wealthy few.” This event is part of a national Congressional-recess mobilization to demand that our representatives pass … Continued	4:00 pm Build Back Fossil Free in SF @ Civic Center Plaza, across from City Hall Build Back Fossil Free in SF @ Civic Center Plaza, across from City Hall Apr 1 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets WHAT: Build Back Fossil Free Solidarity Action COVID safe event – please wear masks and practice social distancing. RSVP: https://bit.ly/3czwFct On April 1, frontline Indigenous youth and organizers from the Dakota Access and Line 3 pipeline fights will travel to Washington D.C. to demand Biden Build Back Fossil Free and stop these climate-destroying projects. On Thursday we will take to the streets of San Francisco in solidarity with their courage to demand that the Biden Adminstration use executive powers to immediately stop the Line 3 and Dakota Access pipelines, stop … Continued 4:00 pm Don’t Be a Fool: Cancel Student Debt and Make College Free @ Outside US DoE Bldg Don’t Be a Fool: Cancel Student Debt and Make College Free @ Outside US DoE Bldg Apr 1 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Help show that our community demands full student debt cancellation. Join us on Thursday, 4/1 @ 4 PM PST at the U.S. Department of Education office in San Francisco (50 Beale Street) to demand student debt cancellation. Click here for more information & to RSVP! Help show our local representatives and President Joe Biden that our community demands full student debt cancellation. We request all attendees follow covid safety protocols (wearing masks & practicing physical distancing). Together, we will win full cancellation! **Feel free to bring offerings(waters, snacks) to share … Continued 5:00 pm Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission @ Online Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission @ Online Apr 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85817209915 Agenda Items of interest: 4. Sanctuary Contracting Ordinance – CPO – presentation of annual report – review and take possible action. 5. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – DOT – Chinatown Camera Grant impact report and proposed use policy – review and take possible action 6. Mobile Parking Payment Systems for Parking Management and Enforcement – review and take possible action. 7. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – presentation of Annual Reports – review and take possible action: a. Cell-site Simulator b. Live Stream Transmitter c. Mobile ID d. GPS Tag … Continued 6:00 pm Community Democracy Project Orientation @ Online Community Democracy Project Orientation @ Online Apr 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Join us here How do I become a member of CDP? How do I get on their mailing list? How do I get on their extra special contact list to get personalized text messages about upcoming events? When is CDP launching? What are they launching? What is participatory budgeting? Why do they want the residents of Oakland to decide the entire city budget? Who’s funding this project? Who’s leading it? Why should I join CDP? Do I get a prize or like…earn a badge for joining? If you know the … Continued		10:00 am 150 years since the Paris Commune @ Online 150 years since the Paris Commune @ Online Apr 3 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets An online meeting streamed at wsws.org/live On March 18, 1871, workers in Paris rose up to stop an attempt by the French army to steal cannons that had been purchased for the city’s defense in the 1870-1871 Franco-Prussian war. The French government of Adolphe Thiers fled the city in panic, and power passed into the hands of the armed working class. Elections were held on March 26 that created the Paris Commune, the first workers state in history. The Commune was an entirely new form of state power that set … Continued 12:00 pm Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech under Surveillance Capitalism @ Online Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech under Surveillance Capitalism @ Online Apr 3 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Online Event Location: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jillian-c-york-in-conversation-with-ben-tarnoff-tickets-142191597897 What is the impact of surveillance capitalism on our right to free speech? The internet once promised to be a place of extraordinary freedom beyond the control of money or politics, but today corporations and platforms exercise more control over our ability to access information and share knowledge to a greater extent than any state. From the online calls to arms in the thick of the Arab Spring to the contemporary front line of misinformation, Jillian C. York charts the war over our digital rights. She looks … Continued

Week of March 28

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.