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For 60 plus years, Cuba has remained … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jul 25 @ 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		11:00 am Winning and Sustaining Police-free Schools: Lessons from the Freedom Side @ Online Winning and Sustaining Police-free Schools: Lessons from the Freedom Side @ Online Jul 27 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Register During this virtual panel we will learn from movement organizers who are leading the way toward holistically safe schools to understand the themes emerging across North America when it comes to implementing policies and practices that are truly about police-free schools and the call for abolition. To be on the freedom side means that schools are rid of all forms of policing, recognizing its oppressive origins. We will identify and discuss how to eliminate new threats and challenges that are emerging at the local, state, and federal levels. Lastly, … Continued 2:00 pm Counting Crime: Racial Politics of Crime Data and How It’s Used @ Online Counting Crime: Racial Politics of Crime Data and How It’s Used @ Online Jul 27 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Politicians, pundits, and mainstream media are claiming crime is going up and some are blaming defund the police campaigns. But how we measure crime is a socially constructed, political process and more data literacy on this topic can be useful in this political moment. In this educational lecture we will learn about some of the history of counting crime during the post-Emancipation period, who has pushed for crime data to be collected, some of the major data sources (including the samples and methods), and how crime data is deployed for … Continued 6:30 pm DSA Night School: Electoral Politics for Marxist Dummies DSA Night School: Electoral Politics for Marxist Dummies Jul 27 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Come meet up with comrades at our first in-person night school since the pandemic. We’re exploring electoral politics and socialist governance. Reading Colin Hays survey of differing Marxist analyses of the State, a piece on Sewer Socialism, and an excerpt from “Outsider in the White House.” Readings: Marxism and the State The Socialist Party and the Union in Milwaukee Socialism in One City Optional: Philly DA RSVP69184	5:00 pm EFF Fireside Chat: Founders Edition @ Online EFF Fireside Chat: Founders Edition @ Online Jul 28 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Register When EFF was founded on July 10, 1990, the early Internet was an extraordinary place burgeoning with possibilities. But for all the joy, creativity, and togetherness that this technology would help bring, EFF took root because even from those early days it was clear that powerful new digital tools could be used to hurt as well as to heal. Join us for a live discussion and Q&A with EFF founders and early leaders: Esther Dyson, John Gilmore, Mitch Kapor, and Steve Wozniak. At this very special final EFF30 Fireside Chat, hear about EFF’s … Continued 6:00 pm Medicare for All Committee Meeting – DSA @ Online Medicare for All Committee Meeting – DSA @ Online Jul 28 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets For our monthly meeting in July, the M4A committee will be watching “The Healthcare Divide.” The 54-minute film investigates the growing inequities in US healthcare exposed by COVID-19. Corporate greed is widening the divide between rich and poor hospitals, endangering care for the working class. Discussion, meeting, and action plan to follow. Join our group chat to RSVP and get involved. www.kutt.it/movienight Please RSVP here for the zoom link. 69157	6:00 pm CJJC’s 10th Anniversary Event @ Online CJJC’s 10th Anniversary Event @ Online Jul 29 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join Causa Justa :: Just Cause for our 10th Anniversary Virtual Event, Connect. Rise. Create: Celebrating Our Legacies, Forging Our Future. Celebrate 10 years of CJJC’s victories and growth and say farewell to our Executive Director Vanessa Moses as she transitions from CJJC after 15 years of leadership! Join community members, political leaders, and social justice organizers to enjoy a lively conversation with CJJC leaders past, present, and future, along with video tributes and special performances!69204 6:00 pm PLASTIC POLICY ROADMAP TO REBOUND: LEGISLATION FOR A PLASTIC-FREE FUTURE @ Online PLASTIC POLICY ROADMAP TO REBOUND: LEGISLATION FOR A PLASTIC-FREE FUTURE @ Online Jul 29 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets RSVP Despite the many setbacks fueled by the plastics industry during the pandemic to halt forward momentum around reuse and reduction efforts, dozens of groundbreaking plastics policies have pushed through, sparking much hope in real solutions. With plastic production expected to grow 30% in the next five years, strong and comprehensive legislation that focuses on key issues in plastic and recycling industries is critical for historical and urgent shifts. Join the Ecology Center and a cadre of plastics policy experts, leaders, and organizers for an informative and encouraging overview of … Continued 7:00 pm Follow the Money @ Online Follow the Money @ Online Jul 29 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/APTPaction/status/141973273353475278369205	9:00 am Fossil Free Bay Area Summit @ Online Fossil Free Bay Area Summit @ Online Jul 30 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Picture a Bay Area free of fossil fuel infrastructure —no refineries, drilling, or tankers. Join the Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force to find out why that’s so crucial, and what we need to do to make it happen. This is part of the second series of virtual summits hosted by the Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force, to be held on the third Friday of each month. The Fossil Fuel Free Bay Area summit will include presentations and discussion of strategies to: Reduce particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions Stop pollution in low … Continued	1:00 pm The People’s Transit Alliance @ Snow Park The People’s Transit Alliance @ Snow Park Jul 31 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets The DSA People’s Transit Alliance will be hosting our first in person social on August 31st from 1-4 PM at Snow Park, right next to Lake Merritt. Come spend the afternoon with us as we chop it up about socialism, transit, and enjoy a sunny summer afternoon. And yes… there will be snacks! We hope to see you there! RSVP69202 2:00 pm Gavin Keep the Promise! – Health Care for All @ Lake Merritt Gavin Keep the Promise! – Health Care for All @ Lake Merritt Jul 31 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Flyer Health Care is a Human Right! Join other single payer supporters at in Oakland at Lake Merritt Amphitheater, on Medicare’s 56th birthday to call on Governor Newsom to deliver state single payer. We are looking for advocates to come and engage with the public to build pressure on the Governor to keep his campaign promise to being single payer to California. Informational materials will be provided. Please join us! Check our event post for the most up to date information. Contact Pat Snyder patsnydr@gmail.com if you can be there … Continued 6:00 pm Film: Fists of Freedom: The Story of the ’68 Summer Games @ Revolution Books Film: Fists of Freedom: The Story of the ’68 Summer Games @ Revolution Books Jul 31 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Film Showing & Discussion Fists of Freedom: The Story of the ’68 Summer Games At the Olympics in 1968, US sprinters Tommy Smith and John Carlos, medalists in the 200-meter race, raised their fists on the victory stand in defiance of the oppression of Black people and of people everywhere, inspiring people across the planet who were rising up. But the authorities forced them out of the Olympics and viciously hounded them. They were harassed for years and had difficulty finding work. The third person on the victory stand, Peter … Continued

Week of July 25

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.