The sun beat down. It was hot. Sweat beaded off of our heads and bodies as physical proof of the hard work we were all putting in. We gave ourselves over to it. We didn’t sleep. We didn’t eat. We traded in our well-being for the good of the group. It worked. The National Gathering (NATGAT) was a time of peace, love, and democracy for everyone gathered in Philadelphia on [...]
ORGANIZE OAKLAND From Occupy to Organize Phase Two There is no need to write this as an urgent call to action. This transition has already begun…we are just naming what we are talking about in meetings, and actions, and booze fueled tirades with our fellow activists, occupiers, and freedom fighters. We have Occupied; we have been pre-occupied with Occupying. We have begun to forget how to spell the word Occupy because [...]
This was published with considerable feedback from affinis, JuliaWilliams, okanogen and lambert. My sincere thanks to them for their help. The purge of livestreamers and other transparency advocates at Occupy Oakland has been largely successful, and last weekend produced one of its predictable results. At the weekly Fuck the Police march there was a huge spike in vandalism (via) over previous ones, and there was a greatly escalated police response. [...]
My support for Occupy Wall Street and more specifically Occupy Oakland runs deep. I am a card carrying Occupist, through and through. Over the years, I’ve quite vocally let people know my thoughts on what seemed like the slow death of ideals and principals of what, I thought, America is all about. Unfortunately, my heart bleeds and somewhere along the way, I lost faith. In recent years, I’ve gone so [...]
In response to today’s decision by the Occupy Oakland General Assembly to disband the Occupy Oakland media committee and expel all current members, several members of the current Occupy Oakland media committee have decided to reconstitute ourselves as an autonomous collective which will produce media about Oakland and Occupy Wall Street, including Occupy Oakland. We reject any attempt to “seize our assets” as a pantomime of State repression, and will [...]
The 1% Are Different Than You and Me. Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft, where we are hard, cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand.” — F. Scott Fitzgerland, “The Rich Boy” Perhaps Scott [...]
OAKLAND, Calif. [February 7, 2012] — The following announcement is from Occupy the Hood and the Concerned Parents & Community Coalition (CPACC): BAILOUT OAKLAND SCHOOLS, NOT WALL STREET BANKS! Wednesday, February 8 4:30pm – Community Rally outside the OUSD Administration Building: 1025 2nd Avenue (at 10th Street – two blocks from Lake Merritt BART) 5:00pm – Action inside the School Board meeting The protest’s demands: 1) OUSD: No school closures! [...]
Occupy Oakland responds to Oakland city council emergency resolution calling for greater repression On Monday, December 12, in response to police attacks on Occupy camps across the nation, the Occupy Movement effectively shut down sea ports up and down the West Coast, including in Oakland, Portland, Seattle, and Longview, with partial shutdowns or support actions at Long Beach, San Diego, Hueneme (Ventura County), and Vancouver, B.C.. The“Wall Street on [...]
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