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OOCON: OPEN CALL FOR GRAPHIC ARTISTS

July 21, 2012 at 12:02 pm.

Occupy Oakland Liberate Everything Conference: Please send us your Graphic Art Submissions for Conference posters, and website theme logo to: events@occupyoakland.org Occupy Oakland is convening a major conference dedicated to developing tactics, strategy, solidarity, and vision within the Occupy movement. This conference will be organized as a space for communication and intellectual exchange, speaking to a diversity of opinions, experiences, and voices growing out of our shared struggle against the multiple and intersecting forms of violence and inequality that are perpetuated and protected by capitalism and the state. The Occupy Oakland … Continued

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Crowdfunding for Permaculture Now! Article / Interview with Christian Shearer of WeTheTrees.com by Willi Paul, permaculture exchange

July 20, 2012 at 7:10 am.

Posted by Willi Paul

Crowdfunding for Permaculture Now! Article / Interview with Christian Shearer of WeTheTrees.com by Willi Paul, permaculture exchange http://planetshifter.com/node/2035 – excerpt – “WeTheTrees is a crowdfunding platform for the Permaculture community. The platform is not, however, limited to only permaculture certified campaigns. WeTheTrees is open to campaigns that fall into any sustainability, environmental, social, or educational category, as long as they meet the ethics of permaculture. The key is to work the edges. It is much more effective to work on something at the edge of your system and help … Continued

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The new math

July 19, 2012 at 3:44 pm.

Posted by savethehammer

Bill McKibbon of 350.org calls this the most important thing he’s written since 1989: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719 36283

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Journey to Cascadia: Building a New Global Mythology. For 2012 Study of Myth Symposium Work Shop, Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

July 16, 2012 at 6:42 am.

Posted by Willi Paul

Journey to Cascadia: Building a New Global Mythology. For 2012 Study of Myth Symposium Work Shop, Willi Paul, openmythsource.com http://wp.me/s14SHM-2584 “The New Global Mythology model is supported by mythic elements from rock music, permaculture, the Transition movement, localization and dark green religion – and the support of the Sacred that comes with them. Whether or not the Cascadian Myths are “positive” or “negative”, it is clear that these are critical lessons from present conditions on Earth and reveal an honest & realistic vision of the future.” 36000

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Fighting back and making positive change: “Indybay Journalist Wins Payment and UCB Agreement to Change Policies, Train Officers”

July 12, 2012 at 11:36 am.

Posted by Authorized User

“Indybay Journalist Wins Payment and UCB Agreement to Change Policies, Train Officers David Morse, a veteran independent journalist and long-time member of the San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) has settled his lawsuit over the University of California – Berkeley Police Department’s (UCBPD’s) improper arrest, imprisonment, and seizure of journalistic materials during a student demonstration he was covering as a journalist. In exchange for Mr. Morse’s agreement to dismiss the lawsuit, the University of California Regents have paid $162,500 and have agreed to modify UCBPD policies and procedures … Continued

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Wells Fargo Bank taking home from 60-year old woman, help is needed!

July 8, 2012 at 8:59 am.

Posted by Authorized User

The following post is in support with a homeowner in need, who reached out to OccupyMarin for help. Update 07/11/2012 10pm: The phone calls made Wells Fargo to turn off the extension number! That is a victory, they are getting annoyed!! Keep Calling!! Here is a new number to call: 1-800-853-8516 Patricia and John were given the eviction date that Wells Fargo wants them out, it is July 23rd at midnight! Some of us are planning on camping infront of their home to stop the eviction! We need to show up … Continued

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open letter to occupy oakland

July 5, 2012 at 4:26 pm.

Posted by takeitbacknow510

OPEN LETTER TO OCCUPY OAKLAND. Oakland is a beautiful city with many hearts. This city is vibrant and very passionate about its nieghborhoods and the familys within them. There is now a growing unrest directed towards Occupy Oakland. This stems from the Anarchists takeover and co-opting the movement to use it as a platform for there destuctive ways. This letter will game you up on what’s to come.. As of today july 5th 2012 there is a gathering of people who are tired of your lack of respect for anything, … Continued

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Permaculture and the Bios Factory (A Transition Buckle) New Myth 24 by Willi Paul,openmythsource.com

July 5, 2012 at 9:47 am.

Posted by Willi Paul

Permaculture and the Bios Factory (A Transition Buckle) New Myth 24 by Willi Paul,openmythsource.com The Cascadia Tribal Council began transforming the broke and broken rural prison system into the Permaculture Bios System soon after WA, OR and NorCal left the United States for independence. The leaders designed a way to not simply let all of the inmates go free but to offer them a valuable transition and survival course as a re-entry into the post-carbon landscape. Cascadia choose rural prisons first because urban jails did not have the land required to teach permaculture … Continued

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Chorus call for “Times they are a Changin”

July 3, 2012 at 11:21 am.

Posted by OcThis

Any social movement has at its base, many facets that comprise its makeup and are factors that help it to evolve and grow, and push it along. As long as the movements themselves do something, and they are movement forward, they are vital. As Occupy Oakland ,and the others in the Occupy communities know, change and forward movement is at the core of what must happen if we are to upend the structures that oppress and marginalize people everywhere. I feel that in social protest, that a multi-faceted approach is … Continued

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Transition Man. Interview with John Steere, Environmental Alchemist / Planner by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine

July 2, 2012 at 8:53 am.

Posted by Willi Paul

Transition Man. Interview with John Steere, Environmental Alchemist / Planner by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine http://planetshifter.com/node/2030 “The 37’ goodwill wind mill swirls, scoops and directs concentrated dirty air from the East Bay Tribal zone into the interconnected bowels of Che-Lou’s Air Purification Machine. Grey water circulates and filters the air, powered by the battery house. Che-Lou cleans the unfiltered residue from wing #5 to make printing ink for the community paper. At the base of wing #6 the so-called gold soil dumps out of the system at the rate of 2 … Continued

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About OccupyOakland.org

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.