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Repression of Occupy Oakland Continues

November 21, 2011 at 9:14 am.

• Early Monday morning the encampment at Snow Park was successfully evicted by Police, no arrests reported • Early Sunday morning the new encampment at 19th & Telegraph was cleared by Police, no arrests reported Here is a video that includes the initial occupation of the empty lot on Saturday evening as well as a report the next morning following the raid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVtKX9vBiHs&feature=youtu.be • On Sunday afternoon, Police, private security & DPW workers destroyed the garden planted in Oscar Grant Plaza during the Saturday Day of Action More info regarding … Continued

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Occupy Oakland and Labor March and Rally in Unity–Occupiers Liberate Vacant Lot at 19th and Telegraph

November 19, 2011 at 7:04 pm.

Posted by Liberate Oakland

Occupy Oakland regained its momentum today in multiple actions with visible union support and peaceful, joyous and angry protestors taking to the streets again. As of 6 pm they were celebrating in a liberated vacant lot at 19th and Telegraph to the sounds of hip hop, drumming, dance music and marching bands. Some neighbors in the Uptown development welcomed the arrival with signs of support and danced in their balconies. Police quickly withdrew to the perimeter when the thousands of protestors arrived. Demonstrators made quick work of the fence, carefully … Continued

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Occupy Oakland Calls for TOTAL WEST COAST PORT SHUTDOWN ON 12/12

November 19, 2011 at 12:06 pm.

Posted by krystof

Proposal for a Coordinated West Coast Port Shutdown, Passed With Unanimous Consensus by vote of the Occupy Oakland General Assembly 11/18/2012: In response to coordinated attacks on the occupations and attacks on workers across the nation: Occupy Oakland calls for the blockade and disruption of the economic apparatus of the 1% with a coordinated shutdown of ports on the entire West Coast on December 12th. The 1% has disrupted the lives of longshoremen and port truckers and the workers who create their wealth, just as coordinated nationwide police attacks have … Continued

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Welcome to the New Blog!

November 19, 2011 at 4:11 am.

Posted by The Occupied Oakland Journal

by Cami G. Hi all! As our movement matures, some of us on The Media Sub-Committee have realized that there’s a necessity to keep you all up-to-date and interested and provide a consistent alternative media source direct from those involved in the movement and that is the purpose of this blog. We’d like to post relevant news and articles and feature some of the great work our local activists are doing every day. But, we also want to invite input from all of you! We welcome your personal stories, interviews, … Continued

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Mexican Solidarity Statement (En Español y English)

November 17, 2011 at 8:35 pm.

Posted by Web-Committee

Compañerxs, Hace unos días, hicimos circular esta carta invitando a compas en México a sumarse a una campaña de solidaridad con el movimiento de Occupy Oakland, en California, EEUU. El 10 de noviembre la Comuna de Oakland cumplió un mes, y en las últimas semanas ha surgido como un espacio muy importante de resistencia y organización autónoma en una ciudad emblemática por su fuerte legado de militancia y activismo anticapitalista. Después del primer intento de desalojo del acampe el 25 de octubre, miles de personas marcharon y la policia respondió … Continued

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News of the Occupation: Occupiers Past and Present – Oakland Union of the Homeless

November 17, 2011 at 5:55 pm.

Posted by The Occupied Oakland Journal

by Kevin Seal (Kevin is a member of the Occupy Oakland Media Committee as well as a freelance journalist) Several new proposals for action are underway in Occupy Oakland. As these initiatives take root, occupiers are careful to note that this movement happens in the context of a lengthy history of protest in Oakland. From the Black Panthers to the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights to Color of Change, there is a rich legacy of civil disobedience in Alameda County, and Occupy Oakland is helping bring these varied and … Continued

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Voices of the Occupation: Why I got arrested at Oscar Grant Plaza

November 17, 2011 at 4:27 pm.

Posted by The Occupied Oakland Journal

by Cami G (personal reflections of a member of the OO Media Committee) On February 1, 1960, four students from the all-black Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina—Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, Jr., and David Richmond—strolled into the Woolworth store in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, sat down at the lunch counter, and ordered coffee. Because of the counter’s “whites only” policy, they were refused. Several employees and a manager asked them to leave, but they remained until the store closed, when they peacefully dispersed. The next day, the … Continued

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Occupy Oakland to Re-Occupy at 19th & Telegraph During Nov 19 Day of Action:

November 17, 2011 at 10:52 am.

Posted by Bruce Paul

called for by Occupy Oakland General Assembly 11.17.11 During the Mass Day of Action on Saturday November 19, Occupy Oakland will set up a new occupation to continue the growth of our movement in the park and empty lot on 19th & Telegraph adjacent to the Fox Theater in the rapidly gentrifying Uptown neighborhood and entertainment district. The mass march planned for the day will end at this park and Occupy Oakland will begin setting up a new camp. All Occupy Oakland committees (food, security, medics, media, entertainment etc) should … Continued

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National Day of Action against State Repression of the Occupy Movement

November 17, 2011 at 1:46 am.

Posted by Bruce Paul

Called for by Occupy Oakland General Assembly 11.17.11 The last week has seen a coordinated attack against numerous major occupations in the US– Portland, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Denver, Oakland, San Francisco, New York and other cities across the country. Several news reports have indicated that these simultaneous attacks were directed by the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with local mayors and police departments. It should be clear to us that this is happening not because we are weak, but because we have become a real threat to … Continued

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The Oscar Grant Plaza Gazette, Friday, October 28, 2011. Day 19.

November 15, 2011 at 10:01 pm.

Posted by Oscar Grant Plaza Gazette

The Oscar Grant Plaza Gazette Friday, October 28, 2011 Day 19 ************************************************************ IT’S ON!!! GENERAL STRIKE AND MASS DAY OF ACTION WEDS, NOVEMBER 2! AND…Please come to Oscar Grant Plaza this Saturday at 11 am to participate in a day of community outreach to promote the strike! We will meet at Oscar Grant Plaza at 14th and Broadway for discussion and then fan out in small groups across the city to spread the word! “LOVE WILL EAT THE EMPIRE” CAMP OCCUPIERS SET FOR RELEASE Friends and family of the nine … 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.