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Support Grows For Occupy Movement’s Coordinated West Coast Shut Down On December 12th

December 1, 2011 at 12:07 am.

As of November 27, 2011, the Occupy movement in every major West Coast port city: Occupy LA, Occupy San Diego, Occupy Portland, Occupy Tacoma, Occupy Seattle have joined Occupy Oakland in calling for and organizing a coordinated West Coast Port Blockade and Shutdown on December 12, 2011. Other West Coast Occupies, including Occupy Anchorage and Vancouver, Canada are planning to join the economic blockade and disruption of the 1% on that date, according to organizers. “We’re shutting down these ports because of the union busting and attacks on the working … Continued

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Occupy Oakland Rally to Decolonize Criminalized Communities!

November 30, 2011 at 10:00 am.

Posted by Julinvictus

A Solidarity Action with Occupy Phoenix to shut down ALEC! At five pm on Wednesday, November 30th, activists and community members of Oakland will rally at Fruitvale Plaza to say no to criminalization, incarceration, and corporate profiteering at the expense of our communities. Racist laws such as Secure Communities, Mandatory Minimum Sentencing, Truth in Sentencing and Gang Injunctions impact Oakland communities.The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an organization thatis comprised of 2000 legislators and 300 corporate members, has beenbehind and benefits from such corrupt criminalizing policies. From November 29- December … Continued

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Vigil Needs Support Tonight

November 29, 2011 at 9:01 pm.

Posted by Web-Committee

We (OO) Need You at Oscar Grant Plaza (14th and Broadway) at 9:30 PM Tonight (Tuesday, November 29th)! A teepee was erected at OGP today after initially being blocked but then succeeding after a stand-down between OO, the police, and the city. This action was an exercise for freedom of religion and is also part of the vigil being held at OGP (see below) and also in support of the tree sitters. The standoff ended when the city granted permission for the teepee to be present except between the hours … Continued

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Re-occupying Oscar Grant Plaza on Tue 11/29

November 28, 2011 at 1:49 pm.

Posted by Julinvictus

On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at noon, Occupy Oakland activists will retake Frank Ogawa a.k.a. Oscar Grant Plaza in downtown Oakland with a 24-hour, 7 day-a-week vigil. Occupiers hope to create a model for a new wave of “Occupation” protest throughout the United States. With the vigil, Occupiers will continue asserting rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution to assemble, speak, and petition government for redress of grievances. The vigil is not the product of a bargain with Mayor Quan, nor is it negotiated with law enforcement–permission from the city … Continued

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Port Blockade Spreads up the coast!

November 26, 2011 at 9:02 pm.

Posted by ragtag

Occupy Portland voted overwhelmingly tonight to blockade their port on December 12th! Add that to Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Tacoma, and the list goes on! Down with EGT and Goldman and Sachs! Check out the Port Blockade Website. Occupy Strikes Back! 7876

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Update on Thanksgiving Arrest

November 25, 2011 at 1:13 pm.

Posted by ragtag

Hello everyone! One person is still in jail from yesterday’s Thanksgiving police riot and has 65,000 bail.The Anti-Repression Support Committee, who is in charge of allocating bail can only post bond AFTER arraignment (when the bail will be seriously lowered) except in emergencies (such as torture, medical issues, etc). The person’s arraignment is MONDAY at 2pm, 661 Washington St., at 7th street, in Department 112. Please come out to support and show love! We will see you there! ALSO ON MONDAY: there are 3 arraignments from past occupy Oakland arrests … Continued

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Indigenous Solidarity Thanksgiving Celebration Attacked by OPD

November 25, 2011 at 9:54 am.

Posted by Bruce Paul

Occupy Oakland gathered in the amphitheater of Oscar Grant plaza on Thanksgiving day to show solidarity with Indigenous Struggles and feed hundreds of people with an impressive feast of donated food including over 10 turkeys! Organizers had ordered two porta-potties to be on site during today’s celebration. But when the delivery truck rolled up, police immediately surrounded the vehicle and stated that the celebration did not have authorization to place porta-potties in the area. When members of Occupy Oakland gathered around the truck to question police about what justification they … Continued

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West Oakland Occupation @ 18th & Linden Grows

November 22, 2011 at 5:40 pm.

Posted by Bruce Paul

An autonomously organized occupation of a lot on 18th & Linden in West Oakland is the latest expansion of the Occupy movement. The lot is in the process of being foreclosed upon by Wells Fargo. West Oakland community members have set up their occupation encampment here as a first step towards building a powerful neighborhood movement to resist foreclosures and take back their neighborhood. This is an important next step in the occupation movement and is hopefully just the start of many more neighborhood occupations and foreclosure defense actions. The … Continued

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Voices from the Occupation: GA Can Also Stand for Getting off your Ass

November 22, 2011 at 11:45 am.

Posted by The Occupied Oakland Journal

by Jaime Omar Yassin (Omar is a member of the Occupy Oakland Media Committee and also blogs at http://hyphenatedrepublic.wordpress.com/) I made a joke earlier about Occupy Oakland’s General Assembly being a clever device designed to make occupiers so frustrated with bullshit that they would actually go out and do things themselves. That’s an exaggeration, of course. The GA has been responsible for some unequivocally fantastic things: the November 2nd General Strike; the November 19th Rally and March that led to the new, brief, but important occupation at 19th and Telegraph; … Continued

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Tuesday Demo in Solidarity with Cairo

November 21, 2011 at 11:34 pm.

Posted by Bruce Paul

Last minute solidarity demo organized by members of Occupy Oakland in response to calls from Egyptian comrades for an international day of action to support the Egyptian people in their continued revolution. The past days have seen intense clashes in and around Tahrir square that have left dozens dead in confrontations with security forces of the current military government (SCAF – Supreme Council of the Armed Forces). The people of Egypt continue to struggle for freedom and once again we must stand with them as they have stood by Oakland. … Continued

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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.