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Join the Oakland Coalition to Stop Goldman Sachs!

by The Oakland Coalition to Stop Goldman Sachs from http://stopgoldmansachs.blogspot.com/ 6/29/12 What: A very IMPORTANT council meeting will take place that will signal the beginning of the erosion of greedy capitalist forces in Oakland. Council will decide how to proceed with ending the toxic interest-rate swap with Goldman Sachs that has drained Oakland of $32 million dollars.  This drain will continue until 2021 unless we put a stop to it NOW. Where: Oakland City Hall [...]

 

 
 
 

Save the People's Post Office (listen to the cop's hilarious accusations)

Right now, postal workers in Washington D.C. are having a hunger strike. Why? Because corporations are bribing politicians to shut down the post office and privatize the system, destroying the second largest employer in the United States. Occupy joined with unions, ANSWER Coalition, the Gray Panthers and many others to march to a local post office in a poor part of town, take it over and hold a rally inside. [...]

 

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Justice for James Rivera Petition

Please sign the Justice for James Rivera Petition.  James” family needs your help in their case against the Stockton Police and San Joaquin County Sheriff Departments.  Both departments participated in the brutal shooting  (in a hail of 48 rounds fired from two 9 mm handguns and a AR-15 army asault rifle) of the defenseless unarmed 16 year old youth. https://www.change.org/petitions/justice-for-james-earl-rivera-jr

 

 
 
 

From Pastor Preston Interfaith Tent @ Occupy Oakland... NATO/G8 SUMMIT / FTP MARCH Chicago May 2012

From the desk of Pastor Preston Interfaith Tent @ Occupy Oakland. Being in Chicago last month was a great  Blessing… Protesting is in my blood… I have been doing Community Organiziing for a long time… I love the Occupy Movement with my heart… Chi-town was fun fun fun… Having the oppurtunity to led a 5,000 plus march in Downtown Chicago was great…  I came to occupy last Oct. 2011 and [...]

 

 
 
 

OccuPride: 3 Years Before Stonewall, There was Compton’s Cafeteria

In 1966, three years before New York’s Stonewall riot, a San Francisco police officer walked into Compton’s Cafeteria responding to a call from the owner complaining of a rowdy customer. The officer roughly grabbed a trans woman, who’d had enough of police harassment and threw her coffee in his face. The customers rioted, pushing the police out into the street and smashing windows. They trashed a police car and set [...]

 

 
 
 

OccuPride: No Pride in Foreclosures

Pride originally celebrated a riot that kicked off the gay rights movement, but is now sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco’s leader in foreclosures. Queer folk in Occupy decided to remind people that this day is about Pride not Profit. It’s a movement, not a market. Community not commodity. Act Up rattled people and disturbed the peace. Revolution isn’t polite. Occupy will not be silenced. bayoccupride.com occupyevictions.org occupyevictions.org

 

 
 
 

OccuPride: Community Not Commodity

This year Pride was different. Originally celebrating a riot that kicked off the gay rights movement, Pride has become a tame, corporate sponsored event. Queer folk in Occupy decided to remind people of Pride’s origins. Pride not Profit. A movement, not a market. Community not commodity. Act Up rattled people and disturbed the peace. Revolution isn’t polite. Occupy will not be silenced. bayoccupride.com

 

 
 
 

The Solstice Mandolin Player

At the end of our June 20th Solstice in the Streets march, Tavin, a quiet young person who marched with us asked for our attention. Then they (the pronoun Tavin prefers) pulled out their mandolin and played a very short instrumental for us.

 

 
 
 

Pink Saturday Banner Drop in the Castro!

The day before Pride is Pink Saturday, this year falling on the 23rd of June. As revelers took over Castro Street, Occupy and Act Up! dropped banners from several roof tops on Castro near 18th Street. With the theme, Community not Commodity, the banners reminded everyone that Pride isn’t just about having a corporate-sponsored party. AIDS isn’t over and Wells Fargo Bank, Pride’s main sponsor, is still focused on building [...]

 

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Epitaph

The young woman appeared to be daydreaming, rubbing her arm absentmindedly. Abruptly giving voice to her thoughts, she recited “I believe that children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way“. She sang the next words. “Show them all the beauty they possess inside, give them a sense of pride to make it easier“. Looking around the room in embarrassment, the woman fell silent. “That would [...]