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And, how the stalemate in Korea … Continued 2:30 pm Best Documentary: “Israelism” @ New Parkway Theater Best Documentary: “Israelism” @ New Parkway Theater Oct 8 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets This new documentary tells the story of young American Jews coming to question the narrative they were taught about “the only democracy in the Middle East.” Over the course of the movie, they come to realize that their Jewish values are incompatible with support for an apartheid state. Watch the official trailer Co-sponsored by JVP Bay Area, IfNotNow and Chavurah for a Free Palestine of Kehilla Synagogue75842 4:00 pm All Out for Palestine @ Israeli Consulate All Out for Palestine @ Israeli Consulate Oct 8 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Resistance calls and we answer. Our heroes in Palestine have changed our people’s history forever in the course of a single night. It is our duty in the diaspora to respond to the call of the brave men of our nation who show the world that the fedayeen live, that the intifada lives, that Palestine lives. You cannot subdue those who live without fear. We call for an end to the blockade on Gaza, an end to all American aid to the Zionist Entity, and freedom for our prisoners. We … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 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 Green sunday: The U.S. Left’s Purity Fetish and Why it Must Be Overcome @ Online Green sunday: The U.S. Left’s Purity Fetish and Why it Must Be Overcome @ Online Oct 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88083342274 In The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism, Carlos L. Garrido provides a comprehensive development of his concept of the purity fetish, tracing the outlook to the Eleatic school of Ancient Greek philosophy, and showing how it has appeared in 20th century Western Marxism and in contemporary U.S. socialism. In every form the purity fetish takes in Western Marxism’s politics, Garrido argues that one finds not only the failure to obtain truth, but also the inability to create a revolutionary movement. Garrido asserts that today the … Continued	4:00 am Annual Sunrise gathering on Alcatraz Island, Commemorating 531 years of Indigenous Resistance, Resiliency and Survival @ Alcatraz Island Annual Sunrise gathering on Alcatraz Island, Commemorating 531 years of Indigenous Resistance, Resiliency and Survival @ Alcatraz Island Oct 9 @ 4:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets Annual Sunrise gathering on Alcatraz Island, Commemorating 531 years of Indigenous Resistance, Cultural Resiliency and Survival in the Americas Ohlone Welcome, Pomo and Aztec dancers, All Nations Drum, other Indigenous Cultural Presenters and Special Guests BOATS DEPART FROM PIER 33, TICKET OFFICE OPENS AT 4:00 AM, BOATS DEPART AT 5:00, 5:15 AND 5:30 AM, ALL BOATS RETURN BY 9:00 AM. TICKETS $12.00, CHILDREN UNDER 5 FREE. ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE NOW: https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/programs-and-events/annual-events/indigenous-peoples-sunrise-gathering/ The event will be broadcast live on KPFA 94.1 FM, online at http://www.kpfa.org, and simulcast via IITC’s Facebook page from 6 … Continued 1:00 pm Understanding Socialism with Richard Wolff Understanding Socialism with Richard Wolff Oct 9 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Starting: Mondays, October 9TH @ 4-6PM ET (ONLINE) This class is co-organized by Democracy at Work. This 4-Week seminar led by Richard Wolff, will begin with an introduction and brief history of world socialism from its 18th-century beginnings to today. We will examine the different kinds of socialism (Soviet, social democracy, democratic socialism, Cuban socialism, socialism with Chinese characteristics, and worker-coop socialism) and likewise examine the differences among socialism, communism, anarchism, and so on. Finally, we will examine critiques of socialism. Throughout, we will be sensitive to different interpretations of … Continued 6:00 pm Rise Up by ACCE @ Online Rise Up by ACCE @ Online Oct 9 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Most recently we played a key role in passing Senate Bill 567! We have been fighting for renters rights for a long time now, and we realize many of our struggles go beyond housing. Our housing, healthcare, jobs, environment, and education not only play a key role in our quality of life but are interconnected. That’s why we’ve created Rise Up California, or Levántate in Spanish, a project that addresses the overlap in the issues that our communities face while centering our collective power Click here to REGISTER for a … Continued 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oct 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		6:00 pm Public Bank of the East Bay @ Online Public Bank of the East Bay @ Online Oct 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets THE FRIENDS OF PUBLIC BANK EAST BAY HOST GENERAL ORGANIZING MEETINGS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 6PM VIA ZOOM If you’d like to join us, send us an email and one of our members will be in touch. WE CAN MATCH YOUR INTERESTS AND SKILL SET TO OUR NEEDS Volunteer Organizing Committees ADVOCACY builds relationships with community groups, financial institutions and city governments. COMMUNICATIONS assists other committees with content creation and promotion. FUNDRAISING develops our organization’s budget and raises funds for our business plan. ACADEMY plans trainings for Board members and others. … Continued			12:00 pm BAY AREA ALL OUT FOR GAZA! ALL OUT FOR PALESTINE! @ SF Ferry Bldg BAY AREA ALL OUT FOR GAZA! ALL OUT FOR PALESTINE! @ SF Ferry Bldg Oct 14 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets BAY AREA ALL OUT FOR GAZA! ALL OUT FOR PALESTINE In the past few days, the Zionist occupation has been relentlessly bombing Gaza and more than 1000 Palestinians, hundreds of them children, have been killed. This is a blatant attempt to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian people. We demand an END to the genocide on Gaza! We will flood the streets of San Francisco this Saturday, October 14th, with our unwavering support for the Palestinian people and their ongoing struggle for return and liberation! Don’t forget to bring your Palestinian … Continued 12:00 pm Life is Living Festival: Healing Portal @ Lil Bobby Hutton Park Life is Living Festival: Healing Portal @ Lil Bobby Hutton Park Oct 14 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Our next healing portal will be at the Life is Living festival this Saturday! Life is Living is a FREE community-powered and community-run festival in West Oakland’s Lil Bobby Hutton Park that is dedicated to resilience, the joy of living, and the health of the environment and all its inhabitants. This year’s 16th annual festival is an homage to the Black Panther Party Survival Conference, and a celebration of 50 years of Hip Hop. Our community of artists and activists are putting together a vast collective of community voices to … Continued

Week of October 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.