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Indefinite detention for U.S. citizens – We need to act now – this threatens us all.

December 15, 2011 at 8:39 am.

This is of the up most important – Congress is trying to put though a bill that will allow government, and our military, to detain U.S. citizens INDEFINITELY WITHOUT TRAIL. Please at the least spread this around – sign the petition, call congress and the senate. https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3897&s_subsrc=SEM_Google_search-indefinite-detention_Indefinite-detention_indefinite%20detention%20obama_p_9302629342 And if you can get to Occupy Oakland, please make banners & boards speaking out against this, demanding that we remain a democracy. This new bill, if it goes through and isn’t veto’d, threatens us all, it’s so broad, any one of us … Continued

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Occupy Oakland port shutdown hurts Oakland truckers and Oakland

December 14, 2011 at 11:57 am.

Posted by badger

Port shutdown prevents working men from feeding their families, making a living. It also encourages shippers to go to another port jeopardizing long term economics of Oakland. Occupy Oakland should make Oakland better by helping the working unionize, helping the jobless find employment and training, helping homeless which Occupy Oakland does. 11144

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Eye injury: signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment for tear gas and other toxic chemical exposure; self help & first aid advice from an optometrist: FREE screenings available

October 28, 2011 at 3:54 pm.

Posted by EyeDoc

Eye injury: signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment for tear gas and other toxic chemical exposure; self help and first aid advice from a Berkeley optometrist: the cornea is the clear thin dome that covers the color part of the eye; thermal burns secondary to physical attack with chemicals, often including those such used in Oakland 99%, can cause corneal pitting and swelling. water treatment can make it much worse with some chemicals – check “MSDS” specifics on the canister if possible. EMERGENCY TREATMENT: first, brush off any powdered chemicals. … Continued

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Long Term goals and objectives…?

October 27, 2011 at 10:55 am.

Posted by mega

I support the ideas of the occupy movements, but have had a difficult time trying to find a coherent list of the long term goals, and realistic ways that these goals can be met. I think back to my last year as SFSU, and how many students were occupying the business building in order to protest the budget cuts. While I agreed that the budget cuts were excessive, and that I, too, was frustrated with the tuition increase, I was equally—if not more—upset that the students’ list of demands was … Continued

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Upcoming Events

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.