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A Tale of Two Jams: Music Occupies Wall Street and Oakland

So far, two music compilations have emerged as fundraisers: one in New York City, another in Oakland. If there are other benefit comps in other locations, please leave a comment below and tell us about them. Here are the fundraising albums we have seen emerge from Year One of the Occupy movement…   Occupy This Album  (Occupy Wall Street) http://musicforoccupy.org/2012/05/pre-order-occupy-this-album/ cost :  $9.99 running time :  77 songs, 300:00 (99 [...]

 

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Protest Against Oakland School Closures Begins Friday

WHERE: Lakeview Elementary School, 746 Grand Avenue, Oakland CA 94610 ……..(corner of Grand and Lake Park Avenue, directly next to I-580 Grand Ave offramp) ……..(across the street from the Farmer’s Market) WHAT: Sit-in Protest To Reverse Closures of Oakland Public Schools WHEN: Beginning Friday, June 15 at 1:00 p.m. PST WHO: Teachers, parents, students, allies, and all who believe in public education “Every time you stop a school, you will [...]

 

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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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Occupy The Wall: How Pink Floyd's Album Became Political Theater in 2012

text by Kevin Seal photographs by Jonathan Pirro – “If at first you don’t succeed, call an airstrike.” – projected text from Roger Waters: The Wall at AT&T Park, 5/11/12 Roger Waters, the stadium-rock showman and concept-album auteur who quit the band Pink Floyd nearly thirty years ago, has brought his epic, expensive production of that band’s 1979 album, The Wall, back for another round of performances. This time, however, [...]

 

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Occupy the Farm: A New Encampment In Albany

Photos and reporting by Daniel Tiger This afternoon at 3 p.m., nearly 300 Albany residents entered a piece of property owned by the University of California called the Gill Tract, and took it over as a renegade urban farm. The protesters there are planning to remain at the property, and request donations of tents and other supplies to build their encampment. The plot of land, at the corner of Buchanan [...]

 

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Postal Workers and Occupiers Fight Job Cuts

video by DR On 2012′s “Tax Day,” Tuesday, April 17, Occupy Oakland protesters joined union members at the main Oakland post office on 7th Street to rally against proposed austerity measures. 3,700 US Postal Service branches and over 200,000 jobs will disappear this year if these measures are not blocked. Led by the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and the American Postal Workers Union, the protesters seek to protect the [...]

 

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Tonight: Doc on Economic Justice has Oakland Premiere

The following is a statement from Dr. Donald Goldmacher, co-director and co-producer of the documentary film, Heist. by Donald Goldmacher (@donnyg1941) Heist is a feature documentary about the roots of the American economic crisis, and the continuing assault on working and middle class people in the United States. It reveals the crumbling structure of the U.S. economy – the result of four decades of deregulation, massive job outsourcing, and tax [...]

 

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Woman's Children Taken Away; Occupy Involvement Cited as Cause

The following article is an Opinion-Editorial piece written by Don Macleay. Please send cash so a woman can get her children back. On Friday my friend had her children taken away because she attended a picnic in Mosswood Park in support of the Occupy movement here in Oakland, California. I read the “emergency protective order” myself, minus the actual declaration which they did not include, and she is not allowed [...]

 

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Non-violence Training This Weekend

. The East Bay Meditation Center, located at 2147 Broadway in Oakland, is offering a two-day course in the strategy and philosophy of Kingian Non-violence this weekend. This training will demonstrate how these approaches are used for conflict resolution and reconciliation. Based in the teachings of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and in the direct actions of the Civil Rights Movement, Kingian Non-violence aims to address and resolve conflict [...]

 

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Berkeley Loans $300K to Privatize Public Housing

. Article written by Lynda Carson On Tuesday evening, April 3, the Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA) asked Berkeley’s City Council for $400,000 in what are being called “pre-development costs,” to privatize and sell Berkeley’s 75 public housing town-homes, to billionaires Jorge M. Perez and Stephen M. Ross, of the Related Companies of California, LLC, (a.k.a. Berkeley 75 Housing Partners, L.P.). Expenses include $97,000 for relocation consulting fees (scheme to displace [...]