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Such re-theorization downplays the historical significance of actually existing socialism and especially socialist projects in the Global South, often by reframing them as part of … Continued 3:00 pm Omni Commons Grant Writing Workshop. @ Omni Commons Omni Commons Grant Writing Workshop. @ Omni Commons Jan 14 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Democratize Funding Omni Commons Development & Grant writer Pallavi Kidambi is facilitating a two series grant writing workshop. Part 1 On January 14th, with a focus for artists Part 2 On January 21st, 3pm to 6pm with a focus for non-profits & collectives Sliding scale workshop $30-$60 Venmo @omnicommons to RSVP77541 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jan 14 @ 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 The Deep State: How America Saved Fascism from the Dustbin of History The Deep State: How America Saved Fascism from the Dustbin of History Jan 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88083342274 The USA’s corporate oligarchy made the fateful decision to go for global empire during World War II. This led the US to rescue and repurpose Axis fascists so that the US could consolidate and rebrand the Anticommintern under US management. From this decision to go for global dominance flowed other fateful choices like the dropping of the atom bombs, the launching of the Cold War, the creation of the CIA, alliances with organized crime, the clandestine overthrow of foreign governments, and political assassinations. The deep state … Continued	11:00 am 10th Anniversary celebration reclaiming MLK’s Radical Legacy @ Oscar Grant Plaza 10th Anniversary celebration reclaiming MLK’s Radical Legacy @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jan 15 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets Resistance is Town Bizness! Join us January 15-19, 2024, for the 10th Anniversary of our annual celebration reclaiming MLK’s Radical Legacy with our march and week of action. For the 10th year in a row, the Anti Police-Terror Project invites you to hit the streets for a mass march on King Day to demand a world free of white supremacy, war, capitalism, and imperialism. This year, as Israel’s brutal siege and genocide on Gaza continues, we will continue to be in full solidarity with our Palestinian siblings and comrades in … Continued 6:30 pm Immigration – What Are Borders Really? @ It's Your Move (Store), and Online Immigration – What Are Borders Really? @ It's Your Move (Store), and Online Jan 15 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Hybrid event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/immigration-what-are-borders-really-ogp-townhall-discussion-series-tickets-753471161527?aff=ebdsoporgprofile How do you define “the border” when it comes to the migration of people? What comes to mind when the term immigrant/immigration is used? Do you start at colonization or at the natural borders defined by a people’s existence with the land? Join the Oakland Greens & special surprise guests, Monday, January 15 2024. Discussion starts at 6:30 PM PST and will end no later than 9:30 PM PST. The Oakland Greens Townhall Discussion Series is a hybrid community discussion event. These hybrid community engagement events are … Continued		10:00 am Rally at San Francisco DA’s office to Drop the Charges Rally at San Francisco DA’s office to Drop the Charges Jan 17 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets San Franciscans are saying LOUD AND CLEAR that we stand for and with a #FREEPALESTINE. It’s time for DA Jenkins to end her frivolous prosecution of the #BayBridge78 NOW. In December, the #BayBridge78 appeared in court to face the 390 criminal charges that DA Jenkins is pursuing against them for protesting genocide. Nearly a month later, these bizarre and indefensible charges for civil disobedience have STILL not been dropped! The genocide in Gaza continues while DA Jenkins squanders our public funds on right wing political posturing. Can you amplify the … Continued 6:30 pm Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Online Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Online Jan 17 @ 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	5:00 pm Animal Rights Rally and March for Free Palestine @ Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley Animal Rights Rally and March for Free Palestine @ Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley Jan 18 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets 77637 5:00 pm GAZA & THE GENOCIDE CONVENTION: HISTORICAL CONTEXT & LEGAL IMPLICATIONS @ Online and in person GAZA & THE GENOCIDE CONVENTION: HISTORICAL CONTEXT & LEGAL IMPLICATIONS @ Online and in person Jan 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets In person and Zoom streaming (https://uchastings.zoom.us/j/92681523008) Panelists: Hatem Bazian \| De-Colonial Islamic Thinker, Chair & Founder at Berkeley Center for Race & Gender Phyllys Bennis \| Director of The New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies Marc Van Der Hout \| Founder Van Der Hout LLP and local Plaintiff’s counsel for Defense for Children International – Palestine, et al. v. Biden Guest speaker: Melissa Hernandez \| Legislative Aide to SF Supervisor Dean Preston Moderators: Co-Chairs of UC Law SF NLG Camilo Pérez-Bustillo \| Executive Director at NLG SF Bay Area Host: UC Law SF NLG77685 6:00 pm Oakland: Healthcare Workers Solidarity Gathering and Vigil for Palestine @ Mosswood Park Oakland: Healthcare Workers Solidarity Gathering and Vigil for Palestine @ Mosswood Park Jan 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Please join our coalition of Bay Area Healthcare Workers for a Solidarity Gathering and Vigil for Palestine, a collective space to mourn the loss of countless colleagues and innocent civilians, and bring our voices together for peace. We’ll have speakers, readings and songs, as well as opportunities for action. White coats/scrubs 🩺🕊️suggested. BYO light 💡. Please mask. More info: https://www.instagram.com/p/C1-L_8gPFZy/77675		3:00 pm Omni Commons Winter Maker Fair! @ Omni Commons Omni Commons Winter Maker Fair! @ Omni Commons Jan 20 @ 3:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets We are hosting a community-based maker fair at Omni Commons!!! There will be artists/vendors, musical performances, and workshops taking place all day throughout the Omni. Please sign up and share with other creatives in your community! Sign Up to Participate! EBABZ (East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest) is an annual festival for writers, artists, makers, and everyone who creates or appreciates zines and alternative books. We strive to make EBABZ reflect the diversity, vibrance, and sense of community of the East Bay. Each year over 100 zinesters gather at … Continued

Week of January 14

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.