privatization

Who Benefits from Obamacare? Democrats, Republicans & the Corporations that Control Both Parties.

July 2, 2012 at 11:41 am.

Both Democrats & Republicans are lying for their corporate masters: Obamacare was not primarily about healthcare OR taxes. The goal was the individual mandate. WHO BENEFITS FROM OBAMACARE? DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS & THE CORPORATIONS THAT CONTROL BOTH PARTIES. In last week’s United States Supreme Court ruling re National Federation of Independent Business Et Al v. Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Et Al (11-393/28-Jun-2012) a.k.a. “NFIB v. Sebelius”, the individual mandate to purchase health insurance and associated penalties for non-compliance contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public … Continued

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Private Prisons as Profit Factories – How Banks & Wall St Control & Profit from the (In)Justice System

November 26, 2011 at 3:27 pm.

Posted by Valkyrie

The bottom-line goal of a private prison system is to turn a profit, without consideration for – and often to the detriment of – any benefit to society. This is true of all public resources that are being undermined by privatization – water, land, education, even the administration of public assistance benefits (JP Morgan turns a healthy profit from processing food stamps). People will argue that privatization is more efficient. I agree. Private prisons are more efficient at turning public funds into profit for their shareholders, which include “too-big-to-fail” Wells … Continued

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FedEx Plundering and the Piecemeal Privatization of the U.S. Postal Service

November 16, 2011 at 4:57 pm.

Posted by ironboltbruce

FEDEX PLUNDERING AND THE PIECEMEAL PRIVATIZATION OF THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE Global Revolution 1: American Revolution 2: Day 62: Communication 1 IronBoltBruce’s Kleptocracy Chronicles for 17 Nov 2011 (g1a2d0062c1) How many examples of greed and corruption must you see before you act? “FedEx Corp [formerly Federal Express] is the world’s top express delivery service, thanks in large part to its close relationship with members of Congress and the White House. For years, the company has been a major campaign contributor to both Democrats and Republicans and is famous for its … 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.