After careful consideration I am choosing to formally resign my position on the Occupy Oakland Financial Committee (FiCom) effective immediately. The position I held as the UA signer voted on & passed by the Finance Committee. My responsibility as UA signer was to hold legal liability to the Oakland Association For an Improved Future business account and to carry out proposals passed by the GA. Due to negligence by the current members [...]
Y’all remember Tuesday’s Horrific Joke of the Day? Nadel and Kaplan wanted to declare Oakland an International City of Peace! For those who didn’t attend the City Council meeting, here’s a quick recap via Dave: Justice 4 Alan Blueford showed up tonight to the first Oakland City Council meeting in 8 weeks because of the council’s summer vacation (eh, the city basically runs itself anyway, right?). Tearfully, the family begged that [...]
Grief takes many forms. When young Alan Blueford was murdered by Miguel Masso in May 2012, his family, stunned by their loss, tried valiantly to follow protocol, politely asking for answers from what they would learn the hard way is one of, if not the most corrupt and violent police organizations in the country. Initial rallies, marches, and protests in reaction to this killing were tamed by pleas from the [...]
The scene late last night in Chicago via Interoccupy: While tens of thousands are in Chicago protesting NATO and many more are marching in the streets of Quebec, the action in your city must not stop! NOW IS THE TIME TO AMPLIFY! Use the tag #SOLIDARITYSUNDAY to organize! Send your meet up locations to [email protected] or post a comment here to be included in this list. We will update as [...]
(Passed by the Occupy Oakland General Assembly 2/19/2012) Occupy Oakland stands in solidarity with the people of Homs and Hama, and all the people of the cities of Syria who have been shot at, shelled, terrorized and murdered for daring to peacefully protest their government. We stand with all the peoples of Syria who are struggling to free themselves from the oppressive dictatorship of Bashir al-Assad and live without fear. [...]
By Beth Seligman, J.D. A few hundred people gathered at 101 Market Street, the Federal Reserve Building and the former home base of the Occupy San Francisco encampment Friday evening February 10 for the March Against Police Repression. There was food, music, and camaraderie amongst new and old occupiers. At about 7 pm we began marching up Market Street chanting everything from “We are unstoppable, another world is possible” to [...]
This is the story of Jesus Navarro. A man denied a kidney transplant of his own wife’s kidney “of a sudden” when his immigration status was discovered. Now there is a petition to right this wrong. To be sent to: Sen. Barbara Boxer Sen. Dianne Feinstein Chancellor, UCSF (Susan Desmond-Hellmann) Executive Director of Transplantation (Reece Fawley) University of California Board of Regents Chair, UC Board of Regents (Sherry Lansing) UCSF [...]
“Occupy Los Angeles has always stood in unwavering solidarity with Occupy Oakland. After Occupy Oakland’s most recent victimization by the illegal and brutal tactics of OPD, Oakland City Council and Mayor Jean Quan, we feel it necessary to restate our unequivocal support for our comrades. We consider every horizontally structured, autonomous group fighting for social and economic justice, and intent on providing services for the community that the government has [...]
We are Occupy Las Vegas. We got the call from Occupy Philly. We stand in solidarity with Occupy Oakland. Support the Occupy Oakland Bail Fund: https://www.wepay.com/x35uob0/donations/occupy_oakland_bail_fund
On January 29th, Occupy LA held a march in solidarity with Occupy Oakland following the brutal OPD attack against our attempted building takeover, dubbed “Move-in Day”. Here are some solidarity statement videos from that action! [FMP width="500" height="281"]http://hellaoccupyoakland.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_5319.mov[/FMP] [FMP width="500" height="281"]http://hellaoccupyoakland.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_5321.mov[/FMP] [FMP width="500" height="281"]http://hellaoccupyoakland.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_5322.mov[/FMP] [FMP width="500" height="281"]http://hellaoccupyoakland.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_5323.mov[/FMP] [FMP width="500" height="281"]http://hellaoccupyoakland.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_5324.mov[/FMP]
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