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The cause for the silence among liberals and leftists is their own McCarthyism: people are baited, and fear … Continued 12:00 pm Block Party: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Tony Coleman @ Bikes 4 Life Shop Block Party: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Tony Coleman @ Bikes 4 Life Shop Oct 15 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Tony Coleman was a father, brother, teacher, comrade & beloved founder of Bikes 4 Life in West Oakland. Tony joined the ancestors a year ago. We will celebrate his life & legacy on Sunday, Oct 15, with a bike ride from Oscar Grant Station to the OneFam Block Party at the Bike Shop. All ages & abilities ride. Flowers, flags, music & mementos encouraged. Part I: RIDE 4 TONY! OSCAR GRANT STATION (aka Fruitvale) 12pm: Gather Up 12:30pm: Ride Out & Join the OneFam Block Party Part II: OneFam Block … Continued 3:00 pm Omni Commons Tour @ Omni Commons Omni Commons Tour @ Omni Commons Oct 15 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets 75543 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 15 @ 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	1:00 pm Understanding Socialism with Richard Wolff Understanding Socialism with Richard Wolff Oct 16 @ 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	5:00 pm Palestine: Chat with peacemakers and experts @ Online Palestine: Chat with peacemakers and experts @ Online Oct 17 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets RSVP now! With 2.3 million people trapped in Gaza, under fire from Israel’s relentless bombing – including suffocating illegal white phosphorus, peace activists worldwide are demanding a ceasefire to stop the unfolding human catastrophe and lift the blockade barring food, medicine, water and electricity to the Palestinians in Gaza. After 75 years of occupation and the recent Hamas attacks in Israel, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken flew to Tel Aviv to profess ironclad support and billions of dollars more for apartheid Israel as it imposes lethal collective punishment – … Continued	12:00 pm Briefing on CA’s Climate Accountability Lawsuit @ Online Briefing on CA’s Climate Accountability Lawsuit @ Online Oct 18 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Don’t forget to register in advance! Join the California Attorney General’s Office for a deep-dive conversation about California’s climate accountability lawsuit against Big Oil companies, hosted by the Center for Climate Integrity, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Corporate Accountability. Please register here. On September 15th, California filed a major climate accountability lawsuit against Chevron, Exxon, Shell, ConocoPhillips, BP, and the American Petroleum Institute, making it the eighth state and largest economy to sue fossil fuel giants for their climate deception. “Oil and gas companies have privately known the truth for decades—that the burning of fossil fuels … Continued 5:30 pm Stop the Santa Rita Jail Expansion! @ Restore Oakland Stop the Santa Rita Jail Expansion! @ Restore Oakland Oct 18 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Alameda County is plotting to build an $80M “mental health” jail expansion – pulling more public funding out of vital community resources and pouring it into a system that cages, traumatizes, and too often leaves our loved ones to die. We are mobilizing against this proposed expansion and demanding divestment, diversion, and decarceration!! Join us at Restore Oakland for a teach-in and community-building space. We will shed light on the realities of the proposed jail expansion, hear from folks who have been impacted by the current system, and collectively vision … Continued 6:30 pm Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Online Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Online Oct 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info. (THE JANUARY 17TH MEETING, 2024 WAS MOVED TO JANUARY 24TH) Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for privacy, surveillance regulation of both corporations and the state, and government transparency, around the Bay and nationwide. We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, tracking equipment, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” … Continued 7:00 pm APTP General Meeting @ Online APTP General Meeting @ Online Oct 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Register. Anti Police-Terror Project is a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build a replicable and sustainable model to eradicate police terror in communities of color. We support families surviving police terror in their fight for justice, documenting police abuses and connecting impacted families and community members with resources, legal referrals, and opportunities for healing. Donate 75655	5:00 pm All out for Gaza @ SF Federal Bldg All out for Gaza @ SF Federal Bldg Oct 19 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets 76042 6:00 pm Film Premiere: FINDING THE MONEY @ Roxie Theater Film Premiere: FINDING THE MONEY @ Roxie Theater Oct 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets the Bay Area premiere of FINDING THE MONEY as the Closing Night Film for the Green Film Festival of SF. Can a new economic theory revolutionize our ability to tackle the climate crisis? An underdog group of economists is on a mission to instigate a paradigm shift by flipping our understanding of the national debt — and the nature of money — upside down. FINDING THE MONEY follows Stephanie Kelton on a journey through the controversial Modern Money Theory or “MMT”, as Kelton provocatively asserts the National Debt Clock that … Continued 6:00 pm Idea Makers – Caste Anti-Discrimination Veto @ David Brower Center Idea Makers – Caste Anti-Discrimination Veto @ David Brower Center Oct 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets A captivating conversation that delves deep into the impact of this veto while examining how caste continues to impact people living in the South Asian diaspora and how the ongoing fight to eradicate caste apartheid intertwines with other civil rights movements in the U.S. Berkeleyside’s Supriya Yelimeli will guide this discussion with journalist Sonia Paul, state Senator Aisha Wahab and Equality Labs founder Thenmozhi Soundararajan to understand the contemporary context of caste, Dalit activism and civil rights in America. Last chance for discounted early bird tickets is Friday Oct. 13 … Continued 6:00 pm Screening: FINDING THE MONEY @ Roxie Theater Screening: FINDING THE MONEY @ Roxie Theater Oct 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Our hometown CA Bay Area premiere! FINDING THE MONEY will be featured as the Closing Night Film of the Green Film Festival of San Francisco. A major event Co-Presented by DocLands, Berkeley Film Foundation, and Filmmakers Collaborative SF. Filmmakers in attendance for reception. Tickets on sale Now! Can a new economic theory revolutionize our ability to tackle the climate crisis? An underdog group of economists is on a mission to instigate a paradigm shift, by flipping our understanding of the national debt — and the nature of money — upside … Continued 6:30 pm Berkeleyside Idea Makers – Caste Discrimination @ David Brower Center Berkeleyside Idea Makers – Caste Discrimination @ David Brower Center Oct 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Our live series, Berkeleyside Idea Makers, returns Oct. 19 with a powerful conversation with influential leaders who are driving change for equity. In 2001, Dalit activism and caste discrimination in the U.S. were thrust into the spotlight when a Berkeley landlord was convicted of sex trafficking young Dalit women from India. Over two decades later, Assembly Bill 403 — prohibiting caste discrimination in California — is making its way through the legislative process. Join us for a captivating conversation that delves deep into the core of this important bill while … Continued	7:00 pm Report On 50th Anniversary Of Chilean Coup With Chilean American UTPE Member Lisa Milos @ Labor Education Project On AFL-CIO Operations Report On 50th Anniversary Of Chilean Coup With Chilean American UTPE Member Lisa Milos @ Labor Education Project On AFL-CIO Operations Oct 20 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets This is the 50th anniversary of the US and AFL-CIO supported coup in Chile in 1973. The repression and privatization that the coup and Pinochet brought still torments the people and country. Join Elisabeth Milos, a Chilean American and member of CWA UPTE UCSF as well as LEPAIO who will be reporting on her trip to Chile on September 11th. She will also show video from her trip. The Labor Education Project on The AFL-CIO International Operations LEPAIO was formed to educate US trade unionists and workers about the role … Continued	3:00 pm Mme Mildred Aristide: Speaking on Haiti @ First Presbyterian Church of Oakland Mme Mildred Aristide: Speaking on Haiti @ First Presbyterian Church of Oakland Oct 21 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets The Haiti Emergency Relief Fund and Haiti Action Committee invite those who are able to attend the event : We are honored to have Mme Mildred Aristide as guest speaker. Live music: Tarika Lewis and Destiny Muhammad, Francisco Herrera Speakers: Pierre Labossiere and Walter Riley Peace and more Peace in Haiti and in our fragile world. Sister Maureen 76084 4:00 pm End Israel’s War and Occupation of Palestine! @ 2727 Event Space End Israel’s War and Occupation of Palestine! @ 2727 Event Space Oct 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets In the wake of the indiscriminate attack by Palestinian military forces from Hamas, which has left some 1,200 people dead and 2,000 wounded, the Israeli government is blaming Palestinian’s for Hamas’s attack, and promising to make Palestinians pay “an unprecedented price.” Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has announced that Israel has begun a “long and difficult war” to turn Gaza into “rubble.” President Biden has said that U.S. support for Israel’s massacre is “rock solid and unwavering.” Since 1967, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank have been militarily occupied and … Continued 5:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Jackson Rising Redux: Building the Future in the Present. @ Online Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Jackson Rising Redux: Building the Future in the Present. @ Online Oct 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. For our October meeting we are reading Parts 5 and 6 of Jackson Rising Redux: Building the Future in the Present. (PM Press, Amazon). For our November meeting we are reading Parts 7, 8 and the Afterwords. Mississippi is the poorest state in the US, with the highest percentage of Black people and a history of vicious racial terror. Black resistance at a time of global health, economic, and climate crisis is the backdrop and context for the drama captured in this … Continued 6:00 pm Is Non-Monogamy a Green Party family Value? @ Online Is Non-Monogamy a Green Party family Value? @ Online Oct 21 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The Oakland Greens Virtual Town Hall Can non-monogamy be a family value? — Join the discussion — The Green Party has many Consensual Ethical Non-Monogamous (CENM) members. When the Oakland Greens added CENM language to promotional graphics and merchandise, it sparked a lively debate. Check our YouTube channel for those discussions. That debate gave way to having the discussion for one of our townhalls. So for our final VTH event of the year, we will discuss the idea of whether CENM is a Green Party family value. Our special guest … Continued

Week of October 15

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.