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GG Evicted at Gunpoint! Help Her Get Her House Back From US Bank!

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This morning, April 19, at around 9:00 a.m., Alameda County sheriff’s deputies arrived and got into GG’s house through the side door. A real estate agent, Phi Nguyen, accompanied the deputies. GG was there, and so was her tenant (whom we believe has a right to be separately evicted and 90 days to comply). The deputies demanded that they both leave and when Gigi argued. one of them pulled a gun on her. GG and her tenant both left. The deputies eventually left, leaving at two security guards. A locksmith … Continued

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Blueford BBQ Feeds 250+, Rallies Against Miguel Masso and OPD.

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On Saturday, April 13th at Arroyo Park in Oakland the Justice 4 Alan Blueford Coalition held a BBQ and rally in support of the Blueford family and to protest the continued employment and lack of prosecution of Miguel Masso for the murder of Alan Blueford by Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley. At least two hundred and fifty people were fed from 1:00 PM until the event ended at 5:00 PM. Along with Adam and Jeralyn, Alan Blueford’s parents, family members of those killed by police violence who spoke to … Continued

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Justice 4 Alan Blueford Coalition BBQ, Sat. April 13 1:00 PM Arroyo Park

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Please join us for a free community BBQ with a health booth, music, activities for kids, and much more.  OPD officer Miguel Masso murdered 18 year-old Alan Blueford last May 6th in Deep East Oakland.  As Alan was laying on the ground with his hands raised his last words were “I didn’t do anything.”  The Justice For Alan Blueford Coalition has been fighting to get officer Masso fired and prosecuted, rallying and marching, shutting down City Council, and occupying the District Attorney’s office.  Come out and share some food and … Continued

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GG is Still Fighting for her Home – And You Can Help

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GG is still in her home! And we are still fighting with her. On Friday, 4/5/13, GG, friends, members of the Occupy Oakland Foreclosure Defense Group and members of ACCE invaded the US Bank at the Kaiser Building Plaza on 20th St. near Snow Park. The bank immediately locked its doors but not before most of the crew made it inside. We demanded that a bank official fax GG’s demand letter to the powers-that-be at US Bank HQ. After about forty-five minutes the demand letter had been sent, with the … Continued

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OO’er GG is Fighting For Her House. Help Wanted!

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GG, one of Occupy Oakland’s stalwarts these many months, had managed to stave off US Bank – which put her into a fraudulant loan she couldn’t pay and then foreclosed on her – for a long time. Judges had granted her stays of eviction and told US Bank to negotiate a loan modification with GG for years, but the negotiations never happened, and now, it seems, the gig is up. The latest stay expired on Friday, and a new judge has yet to rule on an extended stay of eviction. … Continued

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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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