You also now have to use a B of A ATM card to access any of your money for CA state disability which only lasts one year. They used to just send checks you could deposit anywhere. My state disability ran out in April and now I can only get funds out of my parents’ (retired teachers) saving that they absolutely will and currently do depend on as I am currently too disabled to work, but I have so many medical, health insurance, and physical therapy bills that at 35 … Continued
Hi all, It seems that many of us here are against the destruction and vandalism that happened during the Nov. 2 general strike. Below is a proposal I’m sending to the General Assembly. Let me know if you support it, the proposal will be read at GA either Sunday or Monday. The proposal is something we SHOULD do. The suggestion is something we CAN do, it’s optional and specifics can be discussed at a later time. Proposal for the Occupy Oakland General Assembly November 4, 2011 Between the people of … Continued
Occupy Oakland General Assembly Facilitation Workshop November 5, 2011 12.00 pm 14th & Broadway North Plaza (under the oak trees) If you or anyone else you know is interested in Facilitating an Occupy Oakland General Assembly please attend this workshop to familiarize yourself with the collective decision making process and learn a variety of facilitation skills. General Updates: 1. If you are interested in volunteering as part of the facilitation team for an upcoming General Assembly please emailoccupyoaklandfacilitation@gmail.com and we will invite you to a shared calender where you can sign … Continued
I am concerned about the merger between the State of California and Bank of America via UI benefits. The way I understand it, as the “administrator” of UI benefits BofA is now the State Depository of our SSI income taxes. This means they are collecting interest on us now. I am having trouble finding out much information about how this got implemented without consent. I have boycotted BofA for many years. Now I am being forced to do business with them and so are all of you who work, or … Continued
Hi, I am Dan McMullan and for many years now I have been using sleep-outs and Tent Cities to bring about change. The last one being ArnieVille last summer in Berkeley that has been called the longest continuous protest by a disabled group in U.S. history. The one thing that has been a constant through-out is the enmity of the Chamber of Commerse. Behind every beating, ticket, jailing and broken tents, awnings and bones is the Chamber of Commerse demanding police state action against the very people that they want … Continued
Yesterday my house in Oakland was broken into, the back door smashed off its hinges…. 29 hours later the police still haven’t been able to send a patrol out to write up a report. All the officers are tied up nurse maiding you lot, so thanks for making a stressful time even worse… you absolute do not in any shape or form have my support. Go home and let the tax payers have their city and its resources back, my hard earned dollars are paying for cleaning up your mess … Continued
Instead of breaking laws may I suggest in addition to peaceful protests, spreading the word for anyone willing to simply empty or close their bank accounts in protest? There is no law against withdrawing your own money, and you’ll target the very people you’re angry at. They call it a “bank run” and its something banks fear more than anything. They fear this because when a loan is given out, a bank doesn’t actually give you their own money for the loan. They give you the money in their vaults … Continued
I am very disappointed that I never hear anything on the news or in the OWS movement protests about how screwed up our whole entire country and world is when it comes to the fact that sudden disabilities or long term ones can make someone like me with a BA from Berkeley and a JD from Davis physically unable to work because of an SUV rear ending me at 55 mph. Without my parents (retired teachers) I would possibly currently be homeless and paralyzed as no surgeon would have removed … Continued
From: Gerald Lenoir <geraldlenoir@me.com> Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:12:35 -0700 Subject: BAJI STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF OCCUPY OAKLAND/OCCUPY WALL STREET To: Undisclosed recipients: ; STATEMENT OF THE BLACK ALLIANCE FOR JUST IMMIGRATION IN SUPPORT OF OCCUPY OAKLAND AND OCCUPY WALL STREET The world spotlight is on Oakland, California, a city that has historically been recognized for its strong resistance to injustice. >From the Black Panther Party, to the Bay Area Free South Africa Movement, to the Rainbow Coalition, to the Justice for Oscar Grant Committee, the people of Oakland … Continued
Song Nite, an 8.5-year-old hootenanny ritual centered in Oakland, will be hosting a ‘song circle’ (read: hootenanny) in Oscar Grant Plaza this coming Saturday late afternoon (5pm) at the rotunda. We are a group of over 150 friends and family members that have met about once a month to share food, drink, company, and the dulcet tones of our communal howl (OK, singing). We’re all tremendously excited about Occupy Oakland, and many of us have already taken part, whether as individuals or parts of other groups. But we want to … Continued