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Occupying Philosophy: Simon Critchley and Utopian Tactics II

Carrying my bike up the stairs from the BART station straight into Oscar Grant Plaza (formerly Frank Ogawa), the very first scene I came upon was a highly charged, three to four-hundred person General Assembly.  Not having seen with my own eyes the mass marches complete with angry chanting, bottle–throwing, window-smashing, and frustrated pacifists (always a funny sight), I was (to say the least) stunned.  There were pockets of people [...]

 

 
 
 

Justice for James Rivera Rally, 5/31 2 PM at 222 Weber Ave Stockton, Ca

On July 22, 2010, 16 year old James Earl Rivera, Jr. was shot and killed in a hail of 48 bullits fired by two Stockton PD Officers, Gregory Nunn and Eriz Azavard and San Joaquin County Sheriff Deputy John Nesbit. Unarmed James Rivera was driving at a normal speed to his home when he was rammed and turned around by a Stockton police car.  A second police car rammed him [...]

 

 
 
 

Occupant of Oakland Explains OPD/DA Misconduct / Court BS

An Occupant of Oakland talked with photographer and reporter Wendy Kenin @greendoula outside Wiley Manuel Courthouse in Oakland after a hundred supporters attended court again today for yet another episode of the same old OPD abduction, DA no real charges, fight for release and justice story. About a hundred people gathered at First Acts Church last Wednesday in hopes of hearing the truth about the recent shooting and killing by [...]

 

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Fly Benzo Court Hearing

DeBray (Fly Benzo) Carpenter will appear in court Wednesday May 30th on a possible permanent restraining order from Cahill construction site at the Westpoint Housing Projects in Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco.  Fly Benzo and his father, Claude Carpenter, challenged training and hiring practices at the Westpoint construction site.  Chris Parker, site manager,  filed for a restraining order against Fly and the order has been granted pending the hearing this [...]

 

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Fly in a Web, the Colonized Mind

As profile stops go, it hadn’t been bad at all. Workmanlike. No name calling, no Pancho/Pedro/Sitting Bull crap. The officer hadn’t directly referenced the driver at all, actually. We’ve had a lot of daytime break-ins and burglaries around here recently. Unless you’ve got business here I’d suggest taking a different route next time. Turn right at the signal, takes you right back to the freeway. The driver hadn’t left immediately, [...]

 

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Dehumanization in the Capitalist Workplace

Along with the relatively recent rebirth of a movement against economic injustice has come not only questioning not only of the great wealth divide but also the structure of the capitalist workplace itself. As jobs disappear many are re-examining the hierarchy of the American labor force and formulating ways to make it more just and humane.   Marxist economist Richard Wolff points out that financial transactions don’t work within the [...]

 

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BART Police Beat A Man at Lake Merritt Station

A report came in at around nine o’clock this evening ago that several BART Police officers were beating and arresting a man at the Lake Merritt Station. According to the witness : A man at the lake Merritt BART station is getting beat up badly. He’s repeatedly screaming ‘they are gonna kill me.’ BART Police car #1052 & #1053. The black officer is the most aggressive. They dragged him on [...]

 

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Waiting . Wishing . Asking . Demanding . Taking JUSTICE

Oakland Thursday 24 May People gathered Wednesday outside the Alameda County District Attorney’s office yesterday to speak out against criminal acts being perpetrated against the people of Oakland by the Oakland Police Department, then on to Acts Full Gospel Church for what was planned as a town hall style meeting in which the police chief Coward Jordan and mayor Jean Quan were to address the family of recent OPD shooting [...]

 

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Free Chris: Friday 2pm arraignment

A fundraising website is now available to collect bail funds for Chris Moreland, who was arrested on Wednesday, May 23 at the 19th Street BART station in Oakland. At this point, the site is at less than 10% of its $10,000 bail goal. Tomorrow, Thursday May 25, Chris’s arraignment is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at Wiley Manuel Courthouse in Oakland. Journalist Davey D provided coverage of what happened the prior [...]

 

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10 Documentaries For Those New To Activism

I created this list in order to help people interested in activism, social problems, and politics get acquainted with various contemporary issues. I hope that this list provides you with a source of informative, thought provoking, and entertaining documentaries and launches you into political activism. So grab a date and enjoy. Please share this on Facebook, Twitter, etc. Introduction to Social Problems 1. People like us: Social Class in America:  [...]