by Zappa Montag With the recent publishing of an eBook titled “A People’s History of Occupy Oakland” by myself and a few others, has come some of the predictable drama and denunciations that have characterized much of the interactions between certain segments of the movement locally since the inception of Occupy Oakland. I already know that some Occupy Oakland folks don’t like me and some of the other folks who [...]
OCCUPY OAKLAND MEDIA COLLECTIVE STATEMENT ON THE OAKLAND COMMUNE Occupy Oakland began on October 10, 2011. Since then it has become clear that a rigid distinction needs to be made between Occupy Oakland and the self-described Oakland Commune. The Media Collective is making this statement to provide clarity by describing this dysfunctional relationship, including links to documents created by the Oakland Commune. While the general purpose of a press release [...]
The Occupy Oakland Media Collective today announces that it embraces a community focused strategy that aims to bring mass participation back to Occupy Oakland. It was mass participation that shut down the Port on 2 November. And it is mass participation that has been lacking at Occupy Oakland since a clique of so-called radicals seized control of the movement. We resoundingly reject their goals, strategy and tactics. They have twisted [...]
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 [...]
News from: City of Oakland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2012 Independent Report: Flawed Response by Oakland Police to October 25 “Occupy Oakland” Protest Oakland Police, Mayor, Administrator Say Reforms Already in Progress, Pledge Continued Improvements Oakland— An independent report commissioned by the City Administration has confirmed that the Oakland Police Department’s response to the Occupy Oakland protest on October 25 last year was flawed by inadequate staffing, insufficient planning, [...]
The night before, I had looked at the thing, held by a magnet on the refrigerator in my tiny studio apartment which I call “The Writer’s Cave” on the Oakland/Berkeley border. It was the ten by six inch flyer calling for a general strike in downtown Oakland in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, which had already spread to over sixty cities across the U.S. and had grown into [...]
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 [...]
Thursday 12 April 2012 616 Almanza Drive, Oakland 94603 Ms. Marquinita Saucier, daughter of now deceased Marquinita Stajuana Hoyt, left her home at 616 Almanza Drive in Oakland when she was seventeen. She returned at 21, left again at 25, then returned after having experienced domestic violence and street problems including drug and alcohol addiction. She was again away for a time, and is now living back at her [...]
All animation, effects, and audio by Lucas Krech. Based on UStream footage by Spencer @OakFoSho Mills shot at Occupy Oakland. Animation built in Studio Artist 4. Compositing and effects in Motion 5. Audio track built from clips from the source footage compiled in Audacity 2.
Despite a little wet weather, the first in a series of Occupy Oakland Saturday barbecues branching into the community took place on St. Patrick’s Day, with three more scheduled through mid-April. “It’s base building,” said Leo Ritz-Barr, a member of the events committee. Just a couple weeks after the last barbecue will be the national May 1 assembly highlighting workers and immigrants. All include free food, arts and crafts, music, [...]
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