In the dark wee hours on the night of January 29, after a month of construction and preparation, a small band of intrepid sailors from Occupy Oakland launched the second iteration of a floating occupation of Lake Merritt, a small, charming aquatic version of the traditional American dream. The OO Hope Floats, a dreamy pink, white and purple houseboat with front porch, white picket fence, pitched roof, and flower boxes, [...]
Oakland’s Lake Merritt now has the honor of being home to the “OO Hope Floats,” a beautiful new Occupy houseboat built by a devoted crew of Occupy Oaklanders. The boat, made of both new and salvaged wood, is happily floating in the vicinity of the northwest corner of Lake Merritt in Oakland (in plain sight of the world, so never fear, this is no risky disclosure). It has a pitched roof, [...]
The Occupy Oakland vigil and interfaith umbrella at Oscar Grant Plaza was raided by OPD at around 2:00pm on Friday December 16th, a day after Aquapy Oakland was raided on Lake Merritt by OPD and OFD. According to witnesses, three people were arrested at the Plaza, one for trying to take a blanket from trash. OPD took the OccupyOakland kitchen that was feeding people the City doesn’t support. OPD confiscated sleeping bags [...]
Watch live streaming video from occupyoakland at livestream.com John C. Osborn reports for Oakland North: Oakland police late Thursday night confiscated the SS Don’t Let the Banks Punk You Out, a raft launched onto Lake Merritt less than a week ago in order to advertise for the West Coast port shutdown and Occupy the lake — or Aquapy it, rather. During the late evening raid, three occupiers sailing on the 10-foot-long [...]
In the early hours of December 11th an autonomous group of individuals launched a handmade raft in Lake Merritt, the SS Don’t Let the Banks Punk You Out. Their aim is to bring attention to the occupy movement, which has been evicted from Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza and has faced repression across the country and all over the world. The raft is hopefully the beginning of an occupation of Lake Merritt. [...]
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