Interviews

A Hole in #OO’s History

July 30, 2012 at 1:16 am.

As part of my research for an independent history of Occupy Oakland, I recently Googled “Occupy Oakland” site:youtube.com/ looking for interviews with campers during the occupation of Oscar Grant Plaza. After sampling hundreds of videos, I’m frankly stumped. What puzzles me most is the similarity between the YouTube archives and mainstream media. Occupiers have of course slammed MSM for focusing on fracas and vandalism to the exclusion of #OO’s positive achievements. Yet a large proportion of YouTube clips devoted to Occupy Oakland show street skirmishes and smashy just like MSM—indeed, … Continued

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Join Author & Mythologist Willi Paul for a collaborative work trek into the New Global Mythology at the Depth Psychology Alliance

May 31, 2012 at 2:01 pm.

Posted by Willi Paul

We are into the Transition Times where permaculture and occupy are morphing both values and landscapes. Are the classic myths still firing our spirits and stories? Join us on a grand journey, fueled by tunes, poetry, sound symbols and plows from the New Global Mythology. Please join the Depth Psychology Alliance first and then join the New Global Mythology group (both free). Initial discussion resources are: Mother, Sun & the Compost Pile, an interview with a Transitionite & new myths from the Transition. Details Here ref: http://wp.me/p14SHM-Es 32550

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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.