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From Brooklyn to Oakland. Rest in Power Kimani Gray & Alan Blueford.

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On March 9th, 2013 May 6th, 2012 police officers rolled up on Kimani Gray, age 16, Alan Blueford, age 18 and his friends, out walking on the streets of Flatbush, Brooklyn East Oakland after attending his sister’s sweet 16 party after watching a prize fight at a friend’s house. Targeted because of their race, gender and age, the police executed an unconstitutional ‘Stop & Frisk’ on the group, at which point Kimani Alan ran, only to be shot down by an officer who gave chase. After being shot at least … Continued

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FARGO 14 OCCUPY PHILLY PROTESTERS FOUND NOT GUILTY!

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In the matter of The People V. Wells Fargo the jury has found us, the 12 Occupy Philly protesters arrested in November 2011 for a sit-in against the banks’ predatory lending practices and mafia-like policies, NOT GUILTY. We would all ask for you to please share this story with your networks and local press. Free speech just triumphed over property rights, even as the DA talked shit on twitter.  Thank you to everyone for the support! It got us through that anxious time. Please share. This is history. Read More Here: … Continued

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Displacement: Place, Power and Race

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cityscape graphic of Oaklands skyline by Geremy George

Displacement: Place, Power, and Race The Foreclosure Defense Group presents its second event in the “Welcome to Class Warfare” series Friday, March 8th 6:30-9:30pm $?  Free!! First Congregational Church 2501 Harrison St, Oakland, CA Gentrification, foreclosures, “urban redevelopment”…. all are facets of the same brute force we feel acutely in our daily lives : Displacement, the uprooting and shifting of communities serving the demands of speculative capital and white supremacy. We offer this forum to hear voices from different struggles, to deepen understanding of the powers at play, and to … Continued

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After 1090 Days Castlewood Workers Win an Amazing Victory!

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It’s over! When their contract expired in February of 2010, Castlewood Country Club – a playground for the wealthy in Pleasanton, CA, one of the wealthiest burbs in the Bay Area – decided to lock out their food service workers rather than negotiate in good faith. Today, after three years of picketing, organizing by Unite Here Local 2850, court hearings, favorable court decisions and finally negotiations, the Castlewood workers have clinched an amazing victory. For three years, we’ve been looking forward to the day we could make this announcement: Castlewood … Continued

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We Drew A Line in the Sidewalk… And Zaki Won!

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On September 27th, 2012, the Occupy Oakland Foreclosure Defense Group drew a line in the sidewalk and told Bank of America that they were not going to take Zaki Alshalyan’s home. On Friday, October 26th, as a result of our direct action and a proposal for a loan modification put together by OOFDG peeps working with Mr. Alshalyan, Bank of America approved a three month trial loan modification for Zaki. I noted back then Banks are perfidious creatures. Zaki has not yet won in full. The bank granted him a … Continued

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Call Out for a Drone-free Alameda County!

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Protest the Coming of Drones to Alameda County! Alameda County Board of Supervisors Public Protection Committee Hearing 1:00PM, Thursday, February 14, 2013 1221 Oak Street Board Chambers, Room 512, 5th Floor More event info. Alameda County does not need drones intruding on its privacy or its pocketbook. Alameda County Against Drones (ACAD), a grassroots community organization that formed to oppose Sheriff Ahern’s push to buy a surveillance drone, will attend the Alameda County Public Protection Committee’s drone hearing on February 14th. The Sheriff is understating drones’ threat to privacy and … Continued

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Day 100! And Jodie is Still In Her House! #defendjodie.

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One hundred days ago Morgan Stanley was threatening to send in the sheriffs and a moving truck the next morning to evict Jodie Randolph from her house in Alameda, California. One hundred days ago it looked like Jodie Randoph, grandmother and cancer patient, might be out in the street. But it was also one hundred days ago that the Occupy Oakland Foreclosure Defense Group swung into action, invading Morgan Stanley’s Oakland offices and calling for anyone and everyone to show up at 9:00 AM the next day to prevent the … Continued

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Support the ACAC 19! Pack the Courtroom February 8th

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Come pack the courtroom on February 8th to support the ACAC 19! Solidarity is our weapon against the state! Our love for our comrades is stronger than their cages and their courts! When: Friday February 8th, 12:30PM Where: 850 Bryant St. San Francisco, Department 16 What: Pack the Court   On Friday February 8th, 2013 members of the Anti-Capitalist Anti-Colonial (ACAC) 19 will be appearing in San Francisco Superior Court at 850 Bryant Street for a pretrial motions hearing. We call on you, supporters, friends, and comrades to pack the … Continued

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Brooms Collective 1 Year Birthday Party, Feb. 9, 11am, 32nd & San Pablo

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The Brooms Collective has been  meeting Saturday mornings at 9 AM or 10 AM for a year now at a tiny park at 32nd and San Pablo in Oakland. To commemorate this auspicious anniversary folks will be rendezvousing there at 11 AM Saturday, Feb. 9th to sweep away late-capitalist decay and maybe have a little fress at noon, as well.  Bring a little food to share, there will be paper plates and utensils and maybe some gelatinous Ed-chow if we are unlucky.  Event link 46948

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March 14th Rally to Support SHU Prisoners Lawsuit -Pack the Courthouse!

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Thursday, March 14th, 2013 Oakland Federal Building, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland CA 94612 Come support the SHU prisoners’ class action lawsuit against solitary confinement! CDCR has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, and on March 14th a federal judge will decide whether to allow the case to go to trial or dismiss it. JOIN US for a RALLY outside the courthouse to put pressure on the court to hear our case! After the rally, PACK THE COURTHOUSE! Bring your state ID and join us in the courtroom to show our … Continued

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