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It’s time to shut this place down for good, for the horses and the workers. — WHERE: Online, RSVP to receive the call-in link WHEN: Monday, … Continued	3:00 pm Digital Dragnet- How the Surveillance State is Spying on You @ Online Digital Dragnet- How the Surveillance State is Spying on You @ Online Apr 6 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/ConMijente/status/137839097877662925168922	8:00 am Acting as if One is Already Free @ Online Acting as if One is Already Free @ Online Apr 7 @ 8:00 am – 9:30 am Tickets The anarchist theorist and anthropologist David Graeber died last year—far too young—and produced an outpouring of grief across the global Left. Occurring as it did, during the last quarter of a long, bleak year, with few prospects of dramatic improvements ahead, the loss of Graeber’s optimism not only of the will, but of the intellect, was felt as a body blow. Building on James Meadway’s article in Salvage #9, Annie Olaloku-Teriba and Barnaby Raine will host a conversation between James and Hannah Appel—David Graeber’s friend and collaborator—on the lessons offered to the Left … Continued 6:00 pm Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, the U.S., and the Rise of the New Imperialism @ Online Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, the U.S., and the Rise of the New Imperialism @ Online Apr 7 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets “Grandin has always been a brilliant historian; now he uses his detective skills in a book that is absolutely crucial to understanding our present.” —Naomi Klein, author of No Logo “Greg Grandin knows the history of modern Guatemala better than anybody else in the world outside of that country-and therefore understands the nature of U.S. attitudes and action toward Latin America at their most disturbing. This grants him keen insight into the manic ferocity behind U.S. imperialism across the globe today, which he describes in fine, rich, vivid, bitter detail. Grandin also … Continued	1:00 pm Honoring Revolutionary Poverty Skola Shero Ancestors @ POOR Magazine Honoring Revolutionary Poverty Skola Shero Ancestors @ POOR Magazine Apr 8 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets The Ancestor Forest at Homefulness-honors 3 powerFULL Revolutionary Poverty /Disability Shero Ancestors with a humble a tree planting and prayer bringing ceremony Kiilu Nyasha, is a revolutionary journalist, Black Panther, Organizer, Poverty /Disability Skola and Mentor to POOR Magazine who transitioned on her spirit journey April 18, 2018 Barbara Brust, is a Poverty /Disability Skola, warrior shero in the Come-Unity and founder of Consider the Homeless in Berkeley, transitioned on her spirit journey Feb 21, 2021 Geraldine Ambrose, a domestic worker, a gentrifUKation victim, poverty disability skola, mama of 3 … Continued 4:00 pm The Fourth Branch: Media and Democracy @ Online The Fourth Branch: Media and Democracy @ Online Apr 8 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Online Event Location: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-fourth-branch-media-and-democracy-tickets-138703882045 Grassroots journalism is on the rise. In recent years, reporters on social media have set new journalistic norms to reach sources and break stories. Simultaneously, renewed interest in local news during COVID-19 has bolstered a movement for non-profit news, exemplified by startups like The Oaklandside and The American Journalism Project. What is non-profit news? What do developments in the local news landscape mean for journalism’s civic mission? How can timeless philosophical questions about privacy and community; democracy and the public sphere, be brought to bear on this rapidly evolving landscape? … Continued 6:00 pm Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders Apr 8 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Todd Miller discusses his new book “Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders” About this Event In personal stories from twenty years of activism and reporting, an award-winning journalist calls on readers to imagine a world without borders. By the time Todd Miller spots him, Juan Carlos has been wandering alone in a remote border region for days. Parched, hungry and disoriented, he approaches and asks for a ride. Miller’s instinct is to oblige, but he hesitates: Furthering someone’s unauthorized entrance into the U.S. is a … Continued	4:00 pm College for All @ Online College for All @ Online Apr 9 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets https://sfsu.zoom.us/j/5981414758?pwd=ZFlFWG9ubTFDalk4RHF0SUNNUmZ0Zz09 Meeting ID: 598 141 4758 Passcode: college Bay Area Debtors’ Union: We’ll be continuing our discussion on positive institutional change within higher education. We’ll analyze two particular programs: University Leadership Network at UT Austin and First Generation Initiative in the UC system. 68921	1:00 pm EcoSocialism: From Theory to Practice @ Online EcoSocialism: From Theory to Practice @ Online Apr 10 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets The Green Party of California invites you to join us for a discussion on EcoSocialism cohosted with the Green EcoSocialist Network (GEN).\ Register to attend HERE and share the Facebook event page. Many people are considering what it means to be an EcoSocialist these days. In this second presentation of our three-part series, we explore how we can build EcoSocialist programs in our own communities. Featuring Hip Hop Artist and Spoken Word Performer Shamako Noble, Guest speakers include Kali Akuno Cooperation Jackson, Misty Cross Moms4Housing, David Cobb Cooperation Humboldt, Mel … Continued

Week of April 4

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.