Oscar Grant Plaza Gazette

  THE OSCAR GRANT PLAZA GAZETTE Monday, October 24, 2011                      Day 15. ************************************************** DEAR OCCUPY OAKLAND . . . We hear you, all the way here in Chicago, or rather, the smaller suburb of Highland Park, to be precise. Our Quaker group had gathered to discuss the violence being unleashed against Occupy Protesters. It was at this gathering that one of our group pulled out an email sent by her husband’s son. It was a moving piece originally published in the Oscar Grant Plaza Gazette. We hear from reporters that … Continued

THE OSCAR GRANT PLAZA GAZETTE  Friday, October 21, 2011 Day 12.   TOMORROW: FIRST OCCUPY OAKLAND OFFICIAL ACTION Sat. Oct. 22nd,             11am RALLY                     12 noon MARCH “the commons is back” FROM  A  COMRADE  the process of doing a human mic can feel like, “a way of feeling words move within you, to make others’ words inhabit your own vocal chords and nervous system.”   Hear, hear! FYI all (or most) of the issues of … Continued

THE OSCAR GRANT PLAZA GAZETTE Wednesday, October 22, 2011.     Day 13. LOVE AND SOLIDARITY WILL DEFEAT GREED AND SELFISHNESS! THE POWER OF MUSIC : REDEMPTION SONG   One of the most beautiful things I have heard since being down on Oscar Grant Plaza (where, as we all know, there have been an unbelieveable amount of beautiful things to hear, see, and experience) was an a capella rendition of a Bob Marley song at the amphitheater.  The power of music is a power that our struggle needs right now — … Continued

THE OSCAR GRANT PLAZA GAZETTE   Wednesday, October 20, 2011   Day 11. “the commons is back”   FROM A COMRADE Via Twitter:  #OccupyOakland expansion occupation @ Snow Park successfully made it through the night after facing possible eviction by the police!   Notes from Wednesday’s General Assembly : • Sat 10/22, day in recognition of police brutality * Rally, 11am amphitheater march, noon to grand lake, fmr mrkt, lakeshore banks.  Working group to discuss tactics/strategies meeting daily (ask at Info tent). • A comrade from the Denver occupation speaking at … Continued

THE OSCAR GRANT PLAZA GAZETTE Wednesday, October 19, 2011    Day 10. “the commons is back” FROM A COMRADE Via Twitter: “The occupiers should not be trying to build a constituency; they should be reorganizing social relations. Oakland seems to get this.” (a small sampling of) Today’s Events/Workshops 8AM Yoga (every day!) 1PM   Race, Class, Gender 1-3 PM Occupation Movement Meeting 3–5 PM Surviving Radical Demos Training Come out to Oscar Grant Plaza for a direct action training focused on staying safe in the face of police violence. 4-5 PM Black … Continued

THE OSCAR GRANT PLAZA GAZETTE Tuesday, October 18, 2011        Day 9. “the commons is back” FROM A COMRADE This global uprising is an uprising of consciousness!  Our critics will dismiss and scoff and ridicule the movement and try to reduce it to petty material concerns or mental illness, and when they get irritated enough they’ll ask for our leaders and demands, and try to contain the ‘dis-ease’ to the plazas before the purge and the dungeon.  The purge should be resisted, but also invited!  By pushing the people out … Continued

THE OSCAR GRANT PLAZA GAZETTE Monday, October 17 2011                       Day 8. “the commons is back” FROM A COMRADE To those who seek a message:   There is no message here. How could there be? Messages are for political parties, and how could this be one when it is clear that political parties have failed? Messages are words, and how could we trust words to prevail against the batons that always appear in the end to enforce the present state of things? Messages are for those seek to learn an answer … Continued

THE OSCAR GRANT PLAZA GAZETTE Sunday, October 16 2011                   Day 7! “the commons is back” The beauty of a world created in seven days by a collective is that some laborers can rest while others work. Let creation continue!   FROM A COMRADE Dear Occupiers, They’re at it again in Washington, the Jobs Bill failed to pass, Obama has raised millions for his reelection, Democrats and Republicans continue to treat millions of unemployed and “discouraged” workers as pawns in their tired game.  We should have compassion for them, they are … Continued

THE OSCAR GRANT PLAZA GAZETTE Saturday, October 15 2011            Day 6. “the commons is back” MORNING AT THE PLAZA So cities built by the people go up: fast and designed to meet needs (food, shelter, protection from harm, health care, education, and art), and represent who’s there. The making is so constant – the flow of skilled, inventive, creative work overlapping as folks move in and out of and among the space and spaces of the Occupy Oakland Oscar Grant Plaza Camp. It’s glorious and we should not … Continued