occupy Oakland newswire

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http://rt.com/news/ny-police-arresting-protesters-839/

News from the front.

[Sasha]

since Oakland seems for now to have the more radical developments generating a lot of content in this subforum i thought it prudent to give it its own newswire to run next to the general Occupy wallstreet one.

[Sasha]

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Photography Is Not A Crime of the Day: Just when you think the Oakland PD’s response to Occupy Oakland [URL="http://thedailywh.at/2011/10/25/occupy-movement-news-update-of-the-day-9/"]couldn’t (http://thedailywh.at/page/3/#) get (http://thedailywh.at/2011/10/26/occupy-movement-news-update-of-the-day-10/) any (http://thedailywh.at/2011/10/27/occupy-movement-news-update-of-the-day-11/) worse (http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19274125), a new video (http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/11/06/362326/video-police-shoot-protester-filming/) emerges to prove you wrong.
YouTuber antiprocon (http://www.youtube.com/user/antiprocon) writes:

While filming a police line at Occupy Oakland after midnight on Nov. 3 following the Nov. 2 general strike, an officer opens fire and shoots me with a rubber bullet. I was standing well back. There was no violence or confrontations of any kind underway.
The incident starts @ 0:31, when a tall police officer can be seen raising his rifle. Moments later a shot is heard, followed immediately by a clearly visible smoke trail.
[tp (http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/11/06/362326/video-police-shoot-protester-filming/) / thanks anon!]

[ellipsis]

According to press reports, ex-oakland mayor and current California govenor is planning on sending in the national guard in the next week.

[The Douche]

According to press reports, ex-oakland mayor and current California govenor is planning on sending in the national guard in the next week.

I'm curious to know where from. I'm willing to bet that lots of the national guard local to Oakland have been involved in the occupation, because I bet a lot of them are students and union workers.

[Lenina Rosenweg]

According to press reports, ex-oakland mayor and current California govenor is planning on sending in the national guard in the next week.

Interesting development. As an aside wasn't Gov. Moonbeam a leftist for a short time? Not that this means anything, as I understand Mayor Quan was a Maoist (maybe still is). Whatever one's past affiliations, once you sleep w/the Dems you cross a class line.

As I understand the ruling class had problems when the National Guard was called in to crush the Watts uprising.Units which were primarily African-American weren't considered reliable so Guard units from upper middle class white areas of California were called in.

Is there any Occupy "outreach" to the Guard? Any attempt to turn them?

[Jimmie Higgins]

There are rumors of another raid as early as Wednesday - as in today - although more likely within the week. The city met with the non-profit/religious nexus to encourage them to "enforce peace" and asking them to move the occupation to other locations.

My guess is that their plan is to evict again and try and win some liberal groups to re-camp someplace else - physically splitting the movement between the organic camp as it is (who will undoubtedly want to re-camp in the same place - and I agree 100%) and a "yellow" camp someplace else. I think the city sees the split opened in the movement around the debate over the so-called violence against innocent windows and thinks if they bluntly apply pressure again it will crack open even if it also causes more backlash.

IMO the camp should not respond with diversity of tactics this time, but with a militant and coordinated direct action (or series of them, but the important thing would be that people do it in large numbers). So yeah I'd discourage random adventures in favor of a much bigger one that will show our unity and expose the pacifists as being way behind the movement and more interested in controlling the movement than actually defending it (which is their argument for policing others).

I doubt my argument will convince people who are just out to vent frustration, but I think another scuffle between the "peace police" and militants will do more damage than before because of the unresolved questions after the general strike. Likewise, letting the pacifists discourage any kind of direct and forceful response will also damage the movement.

At any rate, check out this story from the SF Chronicle about the city's plans for alternate locations for the camp - ones that they didn't consult the actual protesters about. What jackasses.

I kind of love that the chamber of commerce has been so publicly involved and hawkish about ending the camp - it really exposes them and could give the local movement some local villains to go after in the public. It would be better if the chamber people wore top-hats and were beating Victorian street-children at the same time when they spoke about the camp.

http://blog.sfgate.com/abraham/2011/11/07/oakland-news-mayors-office-plans-to-move-occupy-oakland/

[Jimmie Higgins]

According to press reports, ex-oakland mayor and current California govenor is planning on sending in the national guard in the next week.Oh man - do you have links for this?! It would make sense and give up more of a time-line if the rumors I'm hearing are correct.

[Jimmie Higgins]

Interesting development. As an aside wasn't Gov. Moonbeam a leftist for a short time? Not that this means anything, as I understand Mayor Quan was a Maoist (maybe still is). Whatever one's past affiliations, once you sleep w/the Dems you cross a class line.

As I understand the ruling class had problems when the National Guard was called in to crush the Watts uprising.Units which were primarily African-American weren't considered reliable so Guard units from upper middle class white areas of California were called in.

Is there any Occupy "outreach" to the Guard? Any attempt to turn them?

No doubt that if they do send in the guard it will be people from far northern cali or the south. During the SF General strike they did that and kept the guard in total blackout - telling the enlistees that SF was taken over by a bolshevik coup. The enlistees, according to an anecdote from "The Big Strike" got wise when the officers kept sneaking off the boats to go drinking and dancing in SF nightclubs.

At any rate, I don't know of any outreach in this regard - the veterans groups have been coming out more after Scott Olsen was attacked by the cops and that could have a big impact and make using the Guard risky for the state. If this is true about the Guard, my guess is that OPD and other police agencies will do the heavy repression and the guard will only then be used as "peace-keepers" to "restore order" to the city after the dutiful press reports a second raid as a "melee between protesters and police".

That way the whole state system (and Democratic party) won't be de-legitimized; OPD wants to be seen by Oaklanders as skull-cracking anyway and any PR that they might have cared about is dirtied so they have nothing to loose. Then the guard will probably hold the plaza for a week while the city and NGOs encourage people to re-camp under a freeway or in some remote park far away from the public eye.

[Sasha]

Merged 2 occupy oakland newswire threads. .

[Welshy]

Merged 2 occupy oakland newswire threads. .

The other thread you merged was for Occupy Portland, not Oakland.

[The Douche]

Breaking

Just got a text from my friend in Oakland, the city is holding an anti-occupation press conference at 1pm (local).


If you haven't heard, the city is preparing to offer a separate space designated for protesting. Obviously in an attempt to split the movement.

[Sasha]

The other thread you merged was for Occupy Portland, not Oakland.


your right, sorry, reversed/fixed, that will teach me to mod on my phone... :blushing:

[Ele'ill]

your right, sorry, reversed/fixed, that will teach me to mod on my phone... :blushing:

I actually thought that I had done it cause I was on the forum from my phone :lol:

[Os Cangaceiros]

I think that people will probably be able to see through the ploy of "hey, guys, doesn't this new space look so much more inviting than where you are now? yeah? uuuuuuuh-huuuuuuuuh..." In order to move the campers, they'll probably need to send in the goon squad (OPD).

[The Douche]

I think that people will probably be able to see through the ploy of "hey, guys, doesn't this new space look so much more inviting than where you are now? yeah? uuuuuuuh-huuuuuuuuh..." In order to move the campers, they'll probably need to send in the goon squad (OPD).

Apparently after the eviction the dynamic of the occupation changed quite a bit, and a lot more older, whiter, more middle class liberals started coming out.

The city is obviously trying to pander to that element, and maximize on the rift created by the militant actions on the general strike.

[A Marxist Historian]

Interesting development. As an aside wasn't Gov. Moonbeam a leftist for a short time? Not that this means anything, as I understand Mayor Quan was a Maoist (maybe still is). Whatever one's past affiliations, once you sleep w/the Dems you cross a class line.

As I understand the ruling class had problems when the National Guard was called in to crush the Watts uprising.Units which were primarily African-American weren't considered reliable so Guard units from upper middle class white areas of California were called in.

Is there any Occupy "outreach" to the Guard? Any attempt to turn them?

As to Moonbeam, yes, he keynoted the founding convention of the stillborn "labor party" in 1996. You had a pretty big union support rally in the Bay Area for the British dock strike in the late '90s, where I was the guy picked out to carry my union banner. Most of the speeches were real sleepers, but I woke up to a guy giving a fiery radical talk. Much to my surprise, it was Jerry Brown!

When he ran for Mayor of Oakland, he got in with the white vote, being as the Oakland mayoralty had been black for decades with a lot of ex-Panthers in municipal office, all too often involved in corruption scandals.

So he didn't want to run as a Democrat, so he told an interviewer he was running as a candidate of the "Labor Party." Much to the annoyance of what was left of the "Labor Party," which wasn't quite dead yet. They did not want to annoy the East Bay labor leaders who had endorsed Ignacio De La Fuente, a once-radical union leader who now leads the right wing of the Oakland City Council, the folk who want the cops to go in and bust as many heads as possible.

When he was governor, the Dead Kennedys did a great song about him, "California Uber Alles." Leadman Jello Biafra got quite a few votes when he ran for mayor of SF in the late '7ps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quLqEu4mUOU

-M.H.-

[Jimmie Higgins]

When he was governor, the Dead Kennedys did a great song about him, "California Uber Alles." Leadman Jello Biafra got quite a few votes when he ran for mayor of SF in the late '7ps.
-M.H.-

One of the songs that got me through the Clinton-era.


Zen fascists will control you
100% natural
You will jog for the master race
And always wear the happy faceSounds like the liberal non-profits to me. Pretty prophetic :lol:

[Os Cangaceiros]

The fine tooth combs continue to run over Occupy Oakland’s general strike on Wednesday, November 2nd, its sequence of marches, port shutdown, and building occupation. News, however, is just now trickling out about military veteran Kayvan Sabehgi (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/04/occupy-oakland-second-veteran-injured?fb_source=home_multiline&fb_action_types=news.reads&fb_action_ids=10150443471711171%2C1015035732133845 6%2C10100121343209098%2C619763683461%2C10150357328 053456&fb_ref=U-EOj_AbL2jxWc4JbKIQxDJG-CFCONX01FRS-336exXXX%2CU-Jk48ICO7FsXE4vbDInmZrr-CFCONX01FRS-336exXXX%2CU-dRSzwUuP2i3a428_I57iyl-CFCONX01FRS-336exXXX%2CU-9qwWWUj_HSnN4vAsIIf0z1-CFCONX01FRS-336exXXX%2CU-Jk48ICO7FsXE4vbDInmZrr-CFCONX01FRS-335ytXXX) (two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan), currently recovering from surgery for a spleen lacerated by a beating police administered during his arrest early Thursday morning, November 3rd, near the occupied Traveler’s Aid (http://www.travelersaid.org/) building on 16th in downtown Oakland. As opposed to the case of Scott Olsen, which immediately surged to the attention of the nation, Sabehgi’s story is emerging by way of international sources (http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/Kayvan-Sabehgi). The repetition of events marks out a decisive contrast in their coverage: first a tragedy, then a farce.

According to his own account, 32-year-old Sabehgi was surrounded by a group of cops — he was then struck, forced down, and struck repeatedly with batons. In severe pain, he arrived at jail where the “nurse” suggested a suppository for his vomiting and diarrhea. When he was finally bailed out the following afternoon, he was too weak to leave his cell. His jailers shut the door; eventually an ambulance rushed him to treatment. While corporate media outlets busily reported on the “violent (http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/11/04/for-the-fracture-of-good-order/#.TrQVGXppxIc.facebook)” window breaking and graffiti from Wednesday, the real violence the thousands (http://viewpointmag.com/2011/11/03/notes-on-oakland-2011/) on the ground (http://www.bayofrage.com/from-the-bay/statement-on-the-occupation-of-the-former-travelers-aid-society-at-520-16th-street/) saw was, as usual, concentrated in the hands of the state.

http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/2011/11/letter-from-oakland-part-2.html

wow, I'd heard of this incident before, but never in any detail. Suprised it isn't bigger news.

[Jimmie Higgins]

Shit,

Someone was shot and killed right outside the Occupy camp in Oakland last night right before the one month anniversary party. This terrible incident also couldn't have been better for the city of Oakland.

The city shut off the park lights and water the night before and earlier this week some of the campers I talked to claimed that the city was dropping off released convicts there, though I have no confirmation and think he was maybe a little paranoid. The moral of the full-time campers seems to have gone down the crowding and poor weather and a lot more open drunkeness and fighting among people.

I doesn't really matter that this sad incident happens all the time in Oakland and could have happened without the camp - it gives the city the change in momentum and public acceptance of their "disorder" propaganda about the camp, so they will defiantly try and capitalize on this incident.

[Jimmie Higgins]

Reports of police gathering at the Oakland Colosseum. Occupy Oakland people are gathering at 14th and Broadway. I'm at work and will try and update any news I hear.

Livestream below:

http://www.ustream.tv/occupyoakland

[thriller]

Thanks for all the updates Jimmie :) keep us informed when u can.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

https://twitter.com/#!/BootsRiley

He's providing regular updates.

Most recent:

"Labor has a picket line. Helicopters above. Chants. Some folks praying. Hopefully, they're praying to Paul Robeson."

"Every1 still in intersection. OPD here surrounding camp which has ppl in it."

[ellipsis]

Guess rumors of national guard were false.

[Jimmie Higgins]

Yeah, I'm not really sure what game the police are playing now besides trying to re-hab some of their PR.

There were fences surrounding the plaza the morning after and police blocking even the streets around the plaza. It appeared to be the same thing shortly before the re-convergence rally, but I read in the news that the Police said they would let people back into the plaza at 4pm to 10pm and also remove campers from a 2nd nearby camp. We had a rally at 4 several blocks away and the police and fences were still up. There were about 50 people at 4pm and then more than 500, I'd guess 700, were there by a little after 5pm when we started to march. At the rally people spoke about re-taking the plaza and if we couldn't we'd try and occupy city hall and there was generally a very militant mood and also optimism and solidarity with people arguing to defend UC Berkeley's encampment etc.

Well when the march reached the plaza, the fenses were gone and the police had pulled back. More than 1000 people were at the GA that night though I don't think there were any major attempts to re-camp - most of the campers had actually moved to the 2nd location earlier that day and the city said they would be safe there for one week... again, the police have been effective at catching me a little off-balance with their response, I don't know what they are playing at in the near-term with all this. The plaza was washed down and is incredibly muddy (unlike the 1st time they raided, so I'm sure their intent was just to make the plaza useless for camping).

There is a big march planned for this weekend and spirits are high, but I think everyone's a little confused by the city's response and so we shall see how things develop after tomorrow's GA.

[The Douche]

Yeah, I'm not really sure what game the police are playing now besides trying to re-hab some of their PR.

There were fences surrounding the plaza the morning after and police blocking even the streets around the plaza. It appeared to be the same thing shortly before the re-convergence rally, but I read in the news that the Police said they would let people back into the plaza at 4pm to 10pm and also remove campers from a 2nd nearby camp. We had a rally at 4 several blocks away and the police and fences were still up. There were about 50 people at 4pm and then more than 500, I'd guess 700, were there by a little after 5pm when we started to march. At the rally people spoke about re-taking the plaza and if we couldn't we'd try and occupy city hall and there was generally a very militant mood and also optimism and solidarity with people arguing to defend UC Berkeley's encampment etc.

Well when the march reached the plaza, the fenses were gone and the police had pulled back. More than 1000 people were at the GA that night though I don't think there were any major attempts to re-camp - most of the campers had actually moved to the 2nd location earlier that day and the city said they would be safe there for one week... again, the police have been effective at catching me a little off-balance with their response, I don't know what they are playing at in the near-term with all this. The plaza was washed down and is incredibly muddy (unlike the 1st time they raided, so I'm sure their intent was just to make the plaza useless for camping).

There is a big march planned for this weekend and spirits are high, but I think everyone's a little confused by the city's response and so we shall see how things develop after tomorrow's GA.

Doesn't the faux "occupation" of a designated protest area (remember when they were called "free speech zones"?) represent a violation of the GA's agreement to not negotiate with the city?

[soapbox]

We need strong opinions and people who aren't afraid to shout them.

http://www.youshouts.com/viewforum.php?f=3

Come check out the shouts in our OWS forum already, and send out a shout of your own. See if you can do better!

Shout it loud, Shout it now!

[Jimmie Higgins]

Doesn't the faux "occupation" of a designated protest area (remember when they were called "free speech zones"?) represent a violation of the GA's agreement to not negotiate with the city?

Well on a practical side, they've been watering the lawn twice a day in a week where it's been raining off and on, so it's just impossible to camp there permanently and the GA isn't getting permitted rallies for their GAs, but yes, the city wants to make it look like, on the one hand they "cleaned up" the more homeless part and then the other parts that they can't physically remove or move at this point, the protest-movement side (GA) they are saying is "OK" with them anyway. So they are just desperately trying to manage this situation do it doesn't look like they are impotenet to stop us.

I'm going to a labor march right, now but when I got to work tonight I'll add some more on votes to move to a second park (and reaction from yuppie NIBY's nearby to the new site) and a vote to shut down the port again.

[Ele'ill]

Get back up Oakland- Portland is reoccupying NOW

[The Douche]

Friend on the ground telling me there is a mass march in Oakland, says there are 2,000+ people, march began at Oscar Grant plaza, and is currently at the new occupation site.

Police choppers circling overhead.
Liberals and yuppie types snatching masks off of demonstrators.

No violence or serious police agression or anything.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

The new occupation site is at 19th and Telegraph. I guess there was a fence surrounding the place to keep them out but they tore the fences down and are now occupying the place anyways.

[Jimmie Higgins]

Yup, a very large march today and people pretty easily occupied the new park.

So the controversy with this location (aside from the reasons I don't particularly favor a new site - it's giving up the more symbolic spot in front of city hall and is literally "giving up ground") is that it is surrounded by redevelopment codos and so "concerned citizens" and neighbors of the park gathered 200 signatures, caught the eye of the media who are always happy to report conflict (especially ones that favor the local establishment), and then came to the GA on Friday with an emergency resolution to overturn the vote on Wednesday to occupy that new park. Their proposal said to not camp at that park and to form a committee to research new locations and talk to the new neighbors.

On the bright side, they came to the GA to present their case, the bad side was that they were obnoxious and hostile about it. They complained until their resolution could make it onto the agenda and then voted down other emergency proposals because they didn't understand that these other proposals would come AFTER their proposal and they thought it was some attempt to bump their proposal off the agenda. Then their comments were almost parodies of moralistic NIMBY yuppiesms. "Think of the Childrend" they pleaded! We don't want to get "caught in the crossfire between protesters and police" as if protesters had fire to cross. "Won't anyone please think of the children!".

If they had instead drafted a proposal that said, this is a residential spot and not good for a camp, Oscar Grant park has been fought for by the movement, protesters should re-camp there. It probably would have won because of a strong attachment to the original location and the NIMBYs stacking the votes. I was raining and so the GA attendance was low of regulars but the neighbors of the new location brought out probably 100 people.

But the good news is that even though the NIMBYs who thought that an emergency resolution to shut down the port again was an attempt to remove their proposal, other resolutions were withdrawn and we were still able to vote on shutting down the ports as part of a west-coast shut down of all ports. The vote won unanimously.

[Ele'ill]

What's this? Has this been posted?
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2011/11/412498.shtml

[The Douche]

What's this? Has this been posted?
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2011/11/412498.shtml

Yeah, my friend texted me about it, but he's not sure if its gonna pan out completely like that.

He's pretty disappointed though cause he has a trip planned out here for that week and he's gonna miss the action.

[The Douche]

Breaking

Just got a text, the new occupation site was raided this morning, reports of people returning to Oscar Grant plaza.

[ellipsis]

Breaking

Just got a text, the new occupation site was raided this morning, reports of people returning to Oscar Grant plaza.

Also another camp, don't know what kind has been established.

[Martin Blank]

http://www.occupywallst.org/article/occupy-oakland-calls-total-west-coast-port-shutdow/


Occupy Oakland Calls for TOTAL WEST COAST PORT SHUTDOWN ON 12/12 (http://occupywallst.org/article/occupy-oakland-calls-total-west-coast-port-shutdow/)

Posted 1 day ago on Nov. 19, 2011, 8:35 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt (http://occupywallst.org/users/OccupyWallSt/)
http://i.imgur.com/8QFXn.jpg
Proposal for a Coordinated West Coast Port Shutdown, Passed With Unanimous Consensus by vote of the Occupy Oakland (http://www.occupyoakland.org/) General Assembly 11/18/2012:
In response to coordinated attacks on the occupations and attacks on workers across the nation:

Occupy Oakland calls for the blockade and disruption of the economic apparatus of the 1% with a coordinated shutdown of ports on the entire West Coast on December 12th. The 1% has disrupted the lives of longshoremen and port truckers and the workers who create their wealth, just as coordinated nationwide police attacks have turned our cities into battlegrounds in an effort to disrupt our Occupy movement.

We call on each West Coast occupation to organize a mass mobilization to shut down its local port. Our eyes are on the continued union-busting and attacks on organized labor, in particular the rupture of Longshoremen jurisdiction in Longview Washington by the EGT. Already, Occupy Los Angeles has passed a resolution to carry out a port action on the Port Of Los Angeles on December 12th, to shut down SSA terminals, which are owned by Goldman Sachs.

Occupy Oakland expands this call to the entire West Coast, and calls for continuing solidarity with the Longshoremen in Longview Washington in their ongoing struggle against the EGT. The EGT is an international grain exporter led by Bunge LTD, a company constituted of 1% bankers whose practices have ruined the lives of the working class all over the world, from Argentina to the West Coast of the US. During the November 2nd General Strike, tens of thousands shutdown the Port Of Oakland as a warning shot to EGT to stop its attacks on Longview. Since the EGT has disregarded this message, and continues to attack the Longshoremen at Longview, we will now shut down ports along the entire West Coast.

Participating occupations are asked to ensure that during the port shutdowns the local arbitrator rules in favor of longshoremen not crossing community picket lines in order to avoid recriminations against them. Should there be any retaliation against any workers as a result of their honoring pickets or supporting our port actions, additional solidarity actions should be prepared. In the event of police repression of any of the mobilizations, shutdown actions may be extended to multiple days.

In Solidarity and Struggle,
Occupy Oakland
-In Oakland: the West Coast Port Shutdown Coordinating Committee will meet on General Assembly days at 5pm before the GA to organize the local shutdown, and to network with other occupations.

[Os Cangaceiros]

pretty ambitious of em.

[The Douche]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/21/BAO61M24MU.DTL

The last existing occupation in Oakland has been evicted without incident, no arrests and no resistance, everybody picked up and left when the cops told them to.

Not seeing any talk about reoccupations yet on twitter.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

This is what occupyoakland put on twitter:
"a home that is being foreclosed has been occupied on 18th and linden in #oakland (https://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23oakland)! This is a call for support-bring tents for people camping"

[The Douche]

I'm currently reading that the call for the port shutdowns on the 12th are not being promoted as a strike action.

They're calling for the ports to be blockaded, not for the ILWU to declare a strike.

[The Douche]

I'm hearing that the home OO occupied was successfully defended from riot cops last night, and that Oscar Grant plaza has been reoccupied.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I'm currently reading that the call for the port shutdowns on the 12th are not being promoted as a strike action.

They're calling for the ports to be blockaded, not for the ILWU to declare a strike.

I doubt that it will work.

[the last donut of the night]

I doubt that it will work.

why?

[Os Cangaceiros]

Because the authorities know it will happen and have sufficient resources to prevent blockades?

Perhaps not when you're dealing with a considerably large crowd such as the one in Oakland on November 2nd, but I very much doubt that they'll be able to muster those kind of numbers at ports all along the western seaboard.

[The Douche]

Because the authorities know it will happen and have sufficient resources to prevent blockades?

Perhaps not when you're dealing with a considerably large crowd such as the one in Oakland on November 2nd, but I very much doubt that they'll be able to muster those kind of numbers at ports all along the western seaboard.

Like I said earlier, my Oakland-based friend and I discussed the reality of the port shutdown, and we agreed no ports outside of places capable of mobilizing large groups (SF, LA, Portland, Oakland) will probably be shutdown.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

Like I said earlier, my Oakland-based friend and I discussed the reality of the port shutdown, and we agreed no ports outside of places capable of mobilizing large groups (SF, LA, Portland, Oakland) will probably be shutdown.

Aka the most important ones financially...

[Rusty Shackleford]

Are the ports in the seattle area still used for trade or have they been shut down? Besides the one where the wildcat strike took action.

[ellipsis]

"secret satellite" camping being raided NOW!

http://www.ustream.tv/occupyoakland

[ellipsis]

Today:

Fourteen people were arrested Friday in separate confrontations with Occupy Oakland protesters on different sides of Frank H. Ogawa Plaza.
The latest scuffle started about 2 p.m. near 15th Street and San Pablo Avenue after police had given about 75 protesters a deadline to remove excess cooking and sleeping gear.
The protesters objected, and 10 people were arrested on charges ranging from trying to free an arrested protester to battery on officers including spitting, punching, shoving and, in one incident, hitting a police officer with a metal chair.
About 12:15 p.m., police made four arrests at the base of a sycamore tree holding a tree-sitters' platform on the 14th Street side of the plaza. Police said the protesters were taken into custody because they were trying to access the tree.

[ellipsis]

A great photo essay about radical actions in the bay area

http://www.bayofrage.com/from-the-bay/2011-in-photos/

FYI: A RL admin who isn't me is pictured in one of these.

http://www.bayofrage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/5904703438_0e5764db94_b.jpg
From a July 4th Homes not Jails building occupation.

[Ele'ill]

Seattle did one of those photo montages too http://greycoast.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/seattle-2011-in-photos-from-the-seattle-social-war/

[ellipsis]

Apparently, OPD is doing lots of snatch and grab arrests, pulling people into cars, etc.

Scary shit...

[ellipsis]

Something BIG is planned in Oakland for 1/28/2012. Nobody that I have talked to knows anything about it but if the buzz is any indicator, it should be good.

[Ele'ill]

Heard about the police abolition march in Oakland last night. It ended with 6 arrests- apparently one of the people arrested had a quarter stick of dynamite (lol fireworks most likely).

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/08/us-protest-oakland-idUSTRE8070R620120108

And I think this

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19700501

[the last donut of the night]

Heard about the police abolition march in Oakland last night. It ended with 6 arrests- apparently one of the people arrested had a quarter stick of dynamite (lol fireworks most likely).

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/08/us-protest-oakland-idUSTRE8070R620120108

And I think this

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19700501

does anyone know more about this?

[ellipsis]

does anyone know more about this?

I wasn't there, but reading the article, it seems pretty routine Oakland protesting to me. what would you like to know?

it wouldn't put it past OPD to plant that "explosive" on the person.

[the last donut of the night]

I wasn't there, but reading the article, it seems pretty routine Oakland protesting to me. what would you like to know?

it wouldn't put it past OPD to plant that "explosive" on the person.

are the numbers in the article accurate

[ellipsis]

People are being arrested in large numbers in oakland. OPD's current strategy is to target key activists and put large numbers of protesters in jail for long periods of time. It seems like people are having trouble even determining who was arrested and where they are, etc.

[ellipsis]

this is the event notice for event in question.


http://www.bayofrage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Jan7FuckOPD.jpg (http://www.bayofrage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Jan7FuckOPD.jpg)
The City of Oakland is a war zone. The politicians, chamber of commerce, large scale property owners and Oakland Police Department daily work together to make our lives a living hell. Between the inflated rents, unemployment and consistent indiscriminate police violence there is not a day where the social forces that surround us do not attack the very foundations of our lives. Recently over the past weeks those who have actively participated in Occupy Oakland have been the targets of the OPD. At the vigil in Oscar Grant Plaza as well as in new occupations across the city, the OPD has coordinated a brutal campaign of repression and intimidation using counterinsurgency tactics such as targeted hit and run snatch squads. This is clearly an attempt to undermine the resurgence of the Oakland Commune in the new year. Dozens have been arrested these past weeks and many of them are still sitting in Santa Rita facing daily harassment and brutality at the hands of the Alameda Sheriffs.
This is a direct assault on comrades trying to change this hell we live in. This is a direct attack on people self organizing to take our city back into our own hands. This is coordinated police activity to destroy the Oakland Commune.
This is war.
This Saturday January 7th a 8pm meet at Oscar Grant Plaza at 14th and Broadway. We will march on the police and show them that we are capable of defending the commune and that we will not rest until all our comrades are once again running with us in the streets.
FREE ALL OCCUPY OAKLAND POLITICAL PRISONERS!
LONG LIVE THE OAKLAND COMMUNE!
FUCK THE OPD.

[the last donut of the night]

the oakland commune?

[ellipsis]

that what some have taken to calling the collective participants in occupy oakland, there was a sign at the original encampment that read oakland commune.

[bcbm]

coercive attrition and the occupy movement: oakland's dirty war (http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/01/09/oakland%E2%80%99s-dirty-war/)

[ellipsis]

Six arrests is accurate, great bay of rage account about the night

http://www.bayofrage.com/from-the-bay/fuck-the-police-long-live-the-commune/

[the last donut of the night]

very very exciting developments

[Le Socialiste]

"Unpacking Homelessness on Move-in Day"

http://occupyoakland.org/2012/01/unpacking-homelessness-on-move-in-day/

I'll be there, hope to see others in the area there too (not that I would know if you were).

[ellipsis]

"Unpacking Homelessness on Move-in Day"

http://occupyoakland.org/2012/01/unpacking-homelessness-on-move-in-day/

I'll be there, hope to see others in the area there too (not that I would know if you were).

I'll be the dude dressed in black.

Glad ur coming comrade, come prepared to rumble cause OPD ain't going to be happy.

[Le Socialiste]

I'll be the dude dressed in black.

Glad ur coming comrade, come prepared to rumble cause OPD ain't going to be happy.

Perfect, shouldn't be too hard to find. :rolleyes:

I'll be coming with a group of 12-15 people...they're fairly experienced when it comes to this kind of stuff, so I'll talk to them about what needs to be brought, expected, etc.

[ellipsis]

Perfect, shouldn't be too hard to find. :rolleyes:

I'll be coming with a group of 12-15 people...they're fairly experienced when it comes to this kind of stuff, so I'll talk to them about what needs to be brought, expected, etc.

Great! coming with a crew of folks you know and have planned with is a great way to be effective and stay safe.

[The Douche]

Hearing reports of street fights and tear gas being fired. Hopefully I'll get more info, or a poster who is there will come along.

[The Douche]

Rumors, very unconfirmed, that the entire march/the majority of it has just been/is being mass arrested.

[Aleenik]

CNN says 19 were arrested, but who knows if that's the real number or not.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/28/us/california-occupy/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[Ele'ill]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/28/occupy-oakland-police-tea_n_1239232.html


OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland officials say police are in the process of arresting about 100 Occupy protesters for failing to disperse.

Police Sgt. Christopher Bolton says the arrests come after Occupy Oakland protesters marched through downtown Oakland a little before 8 p.m. Saturday, with some of the protesters entering a YMCA building in the city's downtown. The arrests Saturday night come after 19 people were arrested in Occupy Oakland protests during the day.

[Ele'ill]

Jesus fucking christ

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[Ele'ill]

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[Le Socialiste]

I was there for the whole day, I'll have a report up in a few minutes.

Edit - Alright, report time:

Before I begin, let it be known that I am not an Oakland resident, nor am I acquainted with its streets and squares/parks. Everything from hereon out will be without street and/or park names. I arrived from Berkeley with roughly 40 Occupy Cal students at around 11:40ish. Shortly after we arrived, police arrested one man and drove off with him (not sure what the reason given was). At around 1:30 we started to march, with no one knowing where we were going save for those leading us. Barely 20 minutes into it we lost our bus, with police forming a line between it and the rest of the march, leaving us with little chance but to leave it behind. A few people wanted to go back and help it rejoin the march, but people told them to keep going. Eventually we were told to enter some sort of educational/recreational facility complex, with the sound system vehicle planning to circle around and meet back up with us once we made it through. From the very start this seemed like a bad idea, as it had been stressed that we form tight ranks around all remaining carts/vehicles. Turns out my suspicions were correct - we never saw the sound system truck again. I still don't know what happened to it. We still had 2-3 rolling carts piled up with food and supplies, which we had to unload and carry ourselves in order to get down a flight of stairs within the facility. When we exited, we were confronted with a line of cops, with only a narrow bridge providing a way out. Those with shields were ordered to the front, with the intention of holding the line while everyone else made it across the bridge. This we managed to do, but it was conducted in the most unorganized way possible.

Once we were finally through, we had to load the carts back up - only to find that the vast majority of marchers had left us behind. Save for a few stragglers (20-30), we were quickly cut off from the rest of the march and forced to make our own way. We soon learned that everyone had been forced back to Oscar Grant Plaza by the police, and there were rumors of smoke and teargas being used - including 2 flash grenades (or whatever they're called). After about an hour and a half we rejoined with the rest of the marchers at the Plaza, who soon thereafter began a second march in the opposite direction of the first one. We stopped traffic, taking up the entire street. We were greeted with people honking their horns in support, drivers giving us high-fives, and the like. Some people cheered or clapped from their windows when they saw/heard us marching by. The mood seemed much more upbeat than earlier. A couple people undid some fire hydrants along the way, with the reason being "to keep the police away." This didn't work, as the police came anyway. Eventually they kettled us into this large plaza, with the only way out being a fenced in field which provided access to the street. A large number of people began advocating we should storm the police line, and actually began to do so. Shortly after the police fired teargas into the crowd, driving everyone to run towards the field. People then proceeded to tear down the fence, giving us access to the street and allowing us to get around the cops.

At this point people were growing enthusiastic. Having escaped the police (for the time being), chants such as "Who's streets? Our streets," "From Egypt, to Greece - fuck the police," and "Kill the police" gained support. At this point I made my way to the front of the march, not wanting to be in back with my back to the advancing police line. We continued marching unimpeded for about 10 minutes, until several police vans and cars came out ahead of us - essentially hemming us in. At this point, for some reason or another, people began to get uneasy and a few panicked. It was then that I and four others decided to break off from the main group, as we weren't sure how the whole situation was going to play out. People began running down a residential neighborhood, and this is where everything else becomes less of a personal eye account and more based on what I heard and saw later. Apparently, people arrived at a YMCA, and some might have tried to enter it. I'm not sure many actually did, as it seems a lot of people just remained on the sidewalk. Either way, the police immediately declared everyone there to be under arrest. In all, they arrested over 250 people.

I stood on the street corner with a group of other people watching as it happened. At one point, those being arrested began singing "Solidarity Forever". A couple hours later, I received news that a large number of people had broken off with the main march after leaving the plaza and taken city hall - reportedly attacking a news van in the process (don't know if this last part is actually true as I wasn't there to see it). By the time I'd gotten there, the police had already cleared everybody out and only a small handful (around 50) remained at Oscar Grant Plaza. The police moved in after issuing a dispersal notice, and the majority of people then left. After that, nothing much happened...as far as I know. Out of 40 or so Occupy Cal people who went today, roughly half were arrested. Was anyone else there? This is all I remember, and I wanted to get everything down while it was still fresh. Hope this proves helpful.

Edit2 - Jimmie, I met a guy from the ISO today...might it have been you?

[Jimmie Higgins]

I had to leave before the FTP march. I was pretty chaotic at points because the secrecy of the plan meant that people didn't know the final destination of the march, but spirits were good and people are trying to figure out how to move forward which is great.

Met theredson finally too:) but it was bad timing because I was trying to gather my folks up for a head-count before we went into the last part of the march so we didn't get much of a chance to chat and then I didn't see him again before I had to leave.

My comrades who were at the Y (the first video posted, I think) texted and said that the police didn't make an announcement about arresting people, but in the video it sounds like they are announcing something.

This isn't the appropriate place to talk about specifics of the tactics (and by place I mean the entire online universe actually), but it seemed to me that the police were already waiting at the secret spot, so as much as folks tried to keep that knowledge confined only to a small group, it seems like the police did their job anyway. I was surprised frankly, I thought we'd get into the spot and then if the numbers didn't hold up, the police would move in later tonight and try and take everyone out. I'm not sure if there is a way to get around that issue, I think this was probably the best attempt organizationally (mass mobilization, keeping only specific and sensitive information secret) but I think that the few thousand people would probably not have been enough to hold a spot for longer than a few days. So I think for those of us who don't specialize in finding and opening up spaces should continue to try and build the movement, doing outreach and trying to show in practice that occupy can rally community support for labor and other struggles (and thereby also winning more people to organizing with occupy or at least seeing that grassroots militant actions are the way to actually build effective struggles) so that in the next attempt we can have more people to defend the building and will be able to call more people out for emergency defense as well.

My constructive criticism of the attempt was that as someone who didn't know the end location, it would have been helpful to have some kind of chain of communication so that people on the march had some confidence about the immediate direction we should go or what is being discussed. There were attempts at this but there were also individuals (or possibly groups) that seemed to be giving mus-information or trying to tell people to go a different way. I don't think it was a police attempt, but I do think people with another agenda or who were confused themselves were doing mic-checks as if they were part of the tactical team or had more information than everyone else on the march.

[The Douche]

Why are we still calling the spot secret?

It was mentioned to me, casually, in a text earlier yesterday when the marches first started.

[Jimmie Higgins]

Why are we still calling the spot secret?

It was mentioned to me, casually, in a text earlier yesterday when the marches first started.I meant at the time most people didn't know. As far as why I still called the spot a "spot" in my posts is because I'm lazy and it's easier to write that than "old convention center".:lol:

[The Douche]

I didn't even know it was a secret, when you said that, I had to think back and make sure I didn't talk about it anywhere.

[Jimmie Higgins]

I didn't even know it was a secret, when you said that, I had to think back and make sure I didn't talk about it anywhere.So it was you! Lol.

[The Douche]

So it was you! Lol.

Obviously, even if I had said something somewhere (where would I have said it?) it wouldn't have really been of consequence, the OPD clearly don't have me under surveillance.

But if it was secret I'm suprised I was told "yeah, they're trying to take over the convention center today" and not "they're trying to occupy a building".


Anyways, the conservative blogs I've looked at this morning have said the march was around 1000-2000 strong, and that there were around 200-250 arrests.

[Jimmie Higgins]

Obviously, even if I had said something somewhere (where would I have said it?) it wouldn't have really been of consequence, the OPD clearly don't have me under surveillance.

But if it was secret I'm suprised I was told "yeah, they're trying to take over the convention center today" and not "they're trying to occupy a building".


Anyways, the conservative blogs I've looked at this morning have said the march was around 1000-2000 strong, and that there were around 200-250 arrests.

2,000 or more sounds about right but probably not more than 3,000.

[The Douche]

They got into city hall, right? Why didn't they occupy it?

[Jimmie Higgins]

They got into city hall, right? Why didn't they occupy it?I had left for work by then, but I had the same exact question. It could be that they could break through and get into the entrace but not into the actual lobby which might have been closed off with more than a glass door. I think there's a little area when you enter where you go through the front door and then there's a security checkpoint and then another set of doors and then the lobby - but I could be mistaken... every time I've gone in there recently I've been mesmerized by the lobby and thoughts of how it would be a wonderful place to hold GAs.

Anyway, if there is that little entrance are which can be blocked off too, that would make sense - people got through the front door, couldn't get into the lobby but found some American flags and burned them just so the press would have something to talk about other than the usual stories of masked hordes raping windows and pillaging corporate chain-store signs!

[ellipsis]

I didn't even know it was a secret, when you said that, I had to think back and make sure I didn't talk about it anywhere.

it wasn't, I didn't know about it but apparently it was widely known up to a month in advance... security culture fail...

Great to see Jimmie and Praxis and maybe le socialiste...

anywho, looks like i was the only RL-er to spend time detained... but I am home safe and sound and escaped the day uninjured by police, which is more than I can say for some personal comrades.

I just got home so ill read through the thread when I can, but final arrest numbers where 300+, we maxed out the local jail with 125-ish folks and another 200ish went to santa rita, many of whom are still there. Solidarity.

[ellipsis]

http://mercphotos.slideshowpro.com/albums/044/363/album-299375/cache/Occupy_Oakland_2.sJPG_800_450_0_95_1_50_50.sJPG?13 27890298

cop w/ burning american flag at city hall

[Ele'ill]

So I heard people are still holding down the occupation. Is this true?

[ellipsis]

So I heard people are still holding down the occupation. Is this true?

lol, yah occupy santa rita jail. no building other than city hall were occupied by #oo folks. which was held for a short period of time.

[ellipsis]

aljazeera had excellent coverage, the most fair and accurate to the protesters so far:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/01/201212965453169669.html


The bulk of arrests occurred in one incident when protesters were kettled by police into a city block.
Activists told Al Jazeera that they entered the YMCA building on that street in order to find an escape from arrest.
Some managed to escape through back doors before police entered and detained those who were left.


Nobody tried to "break into the YMCA" as many media sources claimed, but entered the building to escape charging, baton wielding police.

[Ele'ill]

I had heard somewhere that they were trying to occupy an abandoned YMCA building. I suppose this clears things up a bit.

[ellipsis]

I had heard somewhere that they were trying to occupy an abandoned YMCA building. I suppose this clears things up a bit.

still an active center, some young kids leaving got to be greated by 150+police, which i am sure was traumatizing, that was where a lot of people kettled en route to regroup at Oscar grant plaza.

[Le Socialiste]

it wasn't, I didn't know about it but apparently it was widely known up to a month in advance... security culture fail...

Great to see Jimmie and Praxis and maybe le socialiste...

anywho, looks like i was the only RL-er to spend time detained... but I am home safe and sound and escaped the day uninjured by police, which is more than I can say for some personal comrades.

I just got home so ill read through the thread when I can, but final arrest numbers where 300+, we maxed out the local jail with 125-ish folks and another 200ish went to santa rita, many of whom are still there. Solidarity.

You say "maybe"...is there any chance we met? Or are you questioning whether or not I was there? :confused:

[ellipsis]

You say "maybe"...is there any chance we met? Or are you questioning whether or not I was there? :confused:

Its impossible to know whether we met or if we saw each other. I wasn't in meet and great mode to say the least and was rolling with a "crew", so i don't think we met. Definitely not doubting you were there, i am honored and thrilled to have marched with you and am glad you were there to experience an awesome day.

[ellipsis]

My comrades who were at the Y (the first video posted, I think) texted and said that the police didn't make an announcement about arresting people, but in the video it sounds like they are announcing something.

...

My constructive criticism of the attempt was that as someone who didn't know the end location, it would have been helpful to have some kind of chain of communication so that people on the march had some confidence about the immediate direction we should go or what is being discussed. There were attempts at this but there were also individuals (or possibly groups) that seemed to be giving mus-information or trying to tell people to go a different way. I don't think it was a police attempt, but I do think people with another agenda or who were confused themselves were doing mic-checks as if they were part of the tactical team or had more information than everyone else on the march.
There was an announcement made that people were under arrest once they were already kettled, i.e. after the police rushed the ymca in the video mariel posted.

Yah those folks were wierd who all of a sudden we like "we should go somewhere else because we are temporary confused", i see those types a lot and often question their motives.
The police obviously knew the planned location of the kaiser convention center, and maybe even the other target which was never made clear to me.


2,000 or more sounds about right but probably not more than 3,000.
I agree, definately upwards of 2,000.


They got into city hall, right? Why didn't they occupy it?

Small numbers and sponteniety of action, also being rushed by a cop with a shotgun. I am guessing, while i was being arrested i could hear the frantic but tactical response of the police, they were flipping their shit.:laugh:

Also maybe you'll appreciate this, i noticed the cops all had new gen 4 glocks and said to my arresting officer, "so you got the new gen 4 glocks with interchangable blah, blah, checkered grip etc.", the cop looks kinda confused and says "I guess, sounds like you know better than me." lol.

that generation glock is only two years old. so in that time, OPD decided to re-equip its officers with new sidearms at probably 400-500 a pop, even with the "limited budget" of this economy. I guess they have their priorities...

[Jimmie Higgins]

Glad you're doing alright and out theredson - when you didn't post here last night I had a feeling that they got you too.

Still a lot of people in jail right now. 3 of my comrades were arrested and one other is unaccounted for. I heard they had 4 people processing the whole group.

OO is developing a defense plan and more info should be available soon, but bail seems to be set really high.

[bcbm]

stop making life hard for the police guys (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/occupy-oakland-diverted-police-from-911-calls-officials-say.html)

[feral bro]

write up- http://anarchistnews.org/node/21546

[ellipsis]

stop making life hard for the police guys (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/occupy-oakland-diverted-police-from-911-calls-officials-say.html)

the funny thing about that, apparently they had to ignore 200 low priority calls, which I am sure the people of oakland appreciated, but usually they "only" ignore 60 low priority calls a night. they don't give a fuck huh?

[ckaihatsu]

the funny thing about that, apparently they had to ignore 200 low priority calls, which I am sure the people of oakland appreciated, but usually they "only" ignore 60 low priority calls a night. they don't give a fuck huh?


This is political, whether it's intended that way or not -- it's counterposing 'essential services' against the issues and politics of the Occupy movement.

[The Douche]

What are the charges like so far? Misdemeanors, I assume? But if you get charged with the same one in the space of 30 or 60 days isn't that a felony?

Obvious attempt to break momentum, if they're going to mass arrest for literally nothing and charge you with some petty shit like disorderly conduct or impeding traffic or something, then its gonna get to the point where everybody is risking a felony by participating in the movement.

[ellipsis]

Failure to disperse from scene of riot is what most people got, a lot of folks had additional assault charges, burglary. One comrade had meth planted on him. some folks were in hand cuffs for 24+ hours ande detention for 50+ hours.

[Sasha]

Failure to disperse from scene of riot is what most people got, a lot of folks had additional assault charges, burglary. One dude in my cell had meth planted on him. Sounds like I went to the better jails, some folks were in hand cuffs for 24+ hours ande detention for 50+ hours.


while you shouldnt let the focus shift too much to prisoner/legal solidarity and struggle (one of the great pitfalls of many militant movent through history) it is worth kicking a fuss over this shit.
the excellent campaing after the mass arrests during the 1997 eu-summit in amsterdam brought great embaresement to the goverment, landed us some hefty setlements (very usefull as funds for futher actions) and slowed down the bigbrotherisation of our society significantly for years.
step one is collecting and publishing a blackbook with all stories of abuse and false imprisoment etc etc. also in our case they would probably gotten away with the mass arrests but it was exactly the shit they pulled under its cover; the (sexual) abuse, the frame-ups, the false evidence etc etc that tipped the public opinion and subsequently also the judges to declare all arrests unconstitutional.

here some background on the whole affair (last best link is in dutch i am afraid): http://www.fecl.org/circular/5101.htm
http://www.fecl.org/circular/5209.htm
http://ac.home.xs4all.nl/eurotop/eurotop.html

here is the full report in english: http://ac.home.xs4all.nl/english/internationaal/Zwart.pdf

also consider contacting the danish comrades who just won a similair legal batle after even bigger mass arrests at the climate summit in 2009: http://greenandblackcross.org/node/38

[ellipsis]

Oh i forgot to mention, personal comrades are reporting tear gas being piped into the cells, no access to bathrooms, no access to medical care.

Thanks for the legal ideas, the national lawyers guild is handling a lot of legal support, i will pass along the info.

[Jimmie Higgins]

What are the charges like so far? Misdemeanors, I assume? But if you get charged with the same one in the space of 30 or 60 days isn't that a felony?

Obvious attempt to break momentum, if they're going to mass arrest for literally nothing and charge you with some petty shit like disorderly conduct or impeding traffic or something, then its gonna get to the point where everybody is risking a felony by participating in the movement.

One of my comrades was charged with felony burglary. I've heard, but haven't been able to confirm that they are also slapping a gang-affiliation thing on people they arrested which is some serious shit. They are also giving people stay-away orders so they can't be near the plaza and Mayor Quan wants to try and put some kind of restraining order on some non-Oakland folks who were arrested to keep them out of the city.

The newspapers here have been printing headlines about how the movement has been hijacked by radical or has split with the "good liberals" breaking away from the "bad militants". My city councilman called occupy Oakland "domestic terrorism".

We need to fight this propaganda, I do think we need to figure out a smart way to do some anti-repression work because it's beyond the usual repression of activists and is an attack on activism itself when marching is "rioting", occupation of property is "terrorism" and organizing is a "gang activity". Most of all I think we need to rebuild the movement's base which means countering this propaganda, finding some smaller concrete actions that our movement can do for the time being that can prove to people in Oakland again that grassroots movements can actually fight injustice more than the government or Democrats or lawyers.

People on revleft can help by talking up the truth about the attack on our movement here and posting the videos of repression as well as articles countering the media spin on social media and list-serves and so on.

[ckaihatsu]

One of my comrades was charged with felony burglary.


It's one thing to have bullshit charges, but then...








gang-affiliation

stay-away orders

non-Oakland folks

"good liberals"

"bad militants"

"domestic terrorism".


It's absolutely *childish* to add what is essentially *name-calling* onto the formal charges -- all of these labels / designations are clearly attempts at political skewering, outside of *any* grounds over "criminal justice", such as it is.





We need to fight this propaganda, I do think we need to figure out a smart way to do some anti-repression work because it's beyond repression of activists and is an attack on activism itself when marching is "rioting", occupation of property is "terrorism" and organizing is a "gang activity".

[Le Socialiste]

I just received word that most students who were arrested on Saturday are being given court dates which fall on March 5th and 6th. Awfully convenient, seeing as that's when university, college, and community college students and their teachers will be in Sacramento. :rolleyes:

[Jimmie Higgins]

I just received word that most students who were arrested on Saturday are being given court dates which fall on March 5th and 6th. Awfully convenient, seeing as that's when university, college, and community college students and their teachers will be in Sacramento. :rolleyes:Yeah, it's a total pattern of trying to stop the protest movement itself. During the anti-globalization movement at the 2000 DNC, they arrested people and held them for several days (due to being short-staffed for booking:rolleyes:) and miraculously didn't have those processing delays as soon as the convention was over. Pick people up, get them off the street, order restrored, then drop charges because they didn't have anything real to charge in the first place.

Just got back from the Oakland GA which just voted to have a forum on police brutality, there are some small issues with it, but overall I think the idea of trying to hold some kind of public event that can draw a crowd beyond occupy and counter the propaganda by the city and media is an important next thing to do.

It's fucking depressing to go to work and hear how well the city's propaganda has been among co-workers and what I've overheard from customers.

[Ele'ill]

It's fucking depressing to go to work and hear how well the city's propaganda has been among co-workers

It's so tiring getting sucked into the conversations.

[ckaihatsu]

Maybe ask them where in politics they *are* going to get warm-n-fuzzy vibes from these days...(!)

Also, for a short breather, in case you missed it:





Romneymania Sweeps America

TAMPA, FL—From coast to coast, town to town, and in nearly every public meeting place and private residence across America, millions have been captivated, inspired, and in some cases moved to tears by presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who now finds himself campaigning before a nation in the throes of full-scale Romneymania.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/romneymania-sweeps-america,27155/

[The Douche]

I saw a news report that said only 12 people were charged from the mass arrest?

[ellipsis]

I saw a news report that said only 12 people were charged from the mass arrest?

thats what im hearing, no charges are being filed.

[Ele'ill]

How are the two Occupy PDX peeps doing?

[ellipsis]

I only know "mike blue hair", who was released on tuesday, seemed in good spirits.

[Ele'ill]

Found this on greycoast


http://greycoast.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/378105_2694022466448_1133137246_2983012_981828295_ n.jpg

[ellipsis]

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/428339_10150585787433571_504568570_9162410_1627652 49_n.jpg

[Jimmie Higgins]

"mike blue hair".Lol. He asked me to pass some info to a mutual acquaintance and said, "just tell him the guy with blue hair said..."

[Jimmie Higgins]

Re: charges. Yeah I've been hearing that only a couple of people were actually charged and a lot of the "burglary" charges were more to try and scare people I guess. I've also heard that the charges were not dropped, just not perused. If that's the case then they're trying to use trumped up threatened charges to try and scare people like "if we arrest you again, we'll slap these charges on there too".

I might be wrong about that, there's a lot of rumor-mongering going on and it's hard to know for sure what's up.

[marl]

http://occupyoakland.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Coffee-Not-Cops-Flyer1.jpg

[ellipsis]

Re: charges. Yeah I've been hearing that only a couple of people were actually charged and a lot of the "burglary" charges were more to try and scare people I guess. I've also heard that the charges were not dropped, just not perused. If that's the case then they're trying to use trumped up threatened charges to try and scare people like "if we arrest you again, we'll slap these charges on there too".

I might be wrong about that, there's a lot of rumor-mongering going on and it's hard to know for sure what's up.

Ur spot on. Burglary for entering the YMCA , wearing a mask to prevent id is another charge. Charges are not being filed but not being dropped either.

[ellipsis]

great 20min video about the #j28: http://vimeo.com/36256273

local radio debate featuring local comrade and all around badass vs. local newspaper journo anti-black-bloc columnist: http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/77663

both worth checking out

[Ele'ill]

http://www.salon.com/2012/02/21/the_truth_about_violence_at_occupy/singleton/

[ellipsis]

#smashthenazis anti-fa action in sacremento, OO rolling deep

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pfailblog#utm_campaign=ss-post-backlink&utm_source=9964771&utm_medium=social

[A Revolutionary Tool]

#smashthenazis anti-fa action in sacremento, OO rolling deep

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pfailblog#utm_campaign=ss-post-backlink&utm_source=9964771&utm_medium=social
I like the chants, "Cops, pigs, murderers". Good change from the cops are part of the 99% nonsense.

[Ele'ill]

Was Oakland on-board for the f29 demos today?

[ellipsis]

They had something going on, not sure what.

[ellipsis]

Oakland police keep track of "anarchists" (http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/03/14/oakland-police-keep-track-anarchists)


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http://www.sfbg.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/aef_image_original_format/IMG_0420-001.JPG
According to police, this crowd contains "10 anarchists"

GUARDIAN PHOTO BY YAEL CHANOFF








Oakland Police Department's[URL="http://www.sfbg.com/2012/03/13/opd-spies-and-beats-protesters"] internal communications (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfbg.com%2Fpolitics% 2F2012%2F03%2F14%2Foakland-police-keep-track-anarchists&t=Oakland%20police%20keep%20track%20of%20%22anarch ists%22%20%7C%20SF%20Politics&src=sp) about the Occupy Oakland movement, which the Guardian obtained through the California Public Records Act, reveal interesting patterns of what officers deem important to note about protesters.
Officers’ reported observations of the crowd generally concern activity, movement, and sometimes mood. However, there are also mentions of the percieved political affiliations of protesters. In an Oct. 24 briefing, a plainclothes officer, having strolled through the encampment, reports that “the group is diverse, made up of persons including self proclaimed anarchists, labor unions, long term homeless individuals, special cause supporters and others.”
But by Nov. 2, it seems, all other categories fall away and officers seem interested in reporting on only one perceived type of protester: anarchists.
Police make several reports in the notes of where and when they’ve noticed “anarchists” or “anarchist behavior.”
In activity logs reporting “major events” throughout Oct. 25, police include anarchist sightings in that category. In the afternoon, there is “black block (sic) spotted, approximately 12.”
When protesters briefly occupied the Travelers Aid Society building on Oct. 25, police reported “10 anarchists on the roof and inside.”
In an afternoon planning meeting Nov. 3, an officer describes the scene on the streets: “there have been reports that there were 5000 people with relatively no injuries. There seem to be people dressed in regular clothing displaying anarchist behavior.”
A press release from Nov. 2 also states that "the Oakland Police Department has identified a small group of anarchists roaming through the crowds. OPD is focused on preventing illegal activity while affording the majority their rights to assemble and march."
It seems that those officers reporting on the crowd equate anarchists with illegal activity, and believe they can identify adherents to anarchism based on appearance and behavior.
Anarchism is a political ideology, and not illegal. Yet officers apparently count out individuals that they perceive as anarchists.
While popular stereotypes associate illegal activity such as vandalism with anarchism, many who identify with anarchist principles have not broken laws in that fashion. In fact, these documents imply that police may be associated with another illegal activity; targeting some of those they protect and serve based on political belief.

[Ele'ill]

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2012/03/414532.shtml


Indybay Journalists Charged with Felony: Conspiracy to Make Media

Viewpoint Discrimination and Selective Prosecution at Work in Charges Against Independent Journalists

SANTA CRUZ, CA ? District Attorney Bob Lee has embarked on a full frontal assault against independent media in Santa Cruz by including four regular contributors to the independent news website Indybay.org amongst the eleven people charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors after the occupation of a vacant bank building on November 30th, 2011. District Attorney Lee apparently believes it is his duty to dictate how events such as the occupation of the vacant bank at 75 River Street should be reported on by the media, and if he does not approve of the coverage, then journalists risk the DA bringing charges against them.

[ellipsis]

Got this from the OO text alert system this morning

New occupy oakland encampment established at Mosswood Park - 40 people stayed last night. Please reinforce with tents, people, supplies, love.

[ellipsis]

http://www.bayofrage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/OO_March31_march-395x1024.jpg

[Ele'ill]

Thousands of dollars worth of damage at anti-police demo — Oakland, CA

A weekly Occupy Oakland anti-police march ended with thousands of dollars in damage Saturday night as vandals smashed windows and left behind spray-painted slogans on downtown Oakland buildings, police said.

No one was arrested, but investigators plan to use surveillance footage to identify the people who struck the City Center complex near 14th Street and Broadway.

Authorities said they found four broken windows and spray paint damage in City Center, which includes Starbucks, Patelco Credit Union and Quiznos. More paint vandalism was reported on the Clorox and Wells Fargo buildings, police said.

In recent weeks the antipolice marches had been fairly peaceful so officials have scaled back the number of officers present and were not able to make arrests Saturday.

The vandals, some of whom wore masks, damaged or destroyed property and then returned to the crowd of marchers, police said.

Occupy protesters have been staging the weekly demonstrations since violent clashes with police in the winter.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_20303206/police-thousands-damage-after-occupy-oakland-antipolice-march

[marl]

A credit union? Why?


http://occupyoakland.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hella-occupy-oakalnd-modd-April-10th1-300x271.jpg

[A Revolutionary Tool]

Just got this from my twitter feed:
Get on the BUS TOMORROW, #occupyoakland (https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23occupyoakland) goes to Stockton to demand #Justice4JamesRivera (https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23Justice4JamesRivera). Leave #OGPlaza (https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23OGPlaza) 11:30 http://bit.ly/Idf1IF (http://t.co/CCT0OZRw) #occupysf (https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23occupysf)

Remember James Rivera, March Against Police Murders 4/10

On Tuesday, surviving family members, the Oscar Grant Committee, Occupy Oakland, and the Stockton community will rally and march for James Rivera, Jr., a 17-yr-old boy who was brutally murdered by Stockton police in July 2010. Rivera’s parents are calling on all citizens concerned with the alarming epidemic of murders-by-police to come out for a rally, free lunch, and march to demand for justice. The rally will convene at 2:00 at the Stockton Courthouse at 222 E. Webster. After the rally, a free lunch will be provided before the 4-6:00 protest marches to the Stockton City Hall. Buses will leave from Oakland’s Oscar Grant Plaza at 11:30 and will bring protesters back in the early evening.
Rivera’s parents say the officers were looking for another young man named James accused of robbery, and mistook their son for their suspect. James Rivera, they clarify, was unarmed at the time of his death. Though the teenager was murdered over two years ago, Rivera’s parents haven’t received a coroner’s or a police report, despite persistent requests. The police, said Rivera’s father, wouldn’t even give them an explanation for withholding the records. Rivera’s body was crushed in a deliberate car accident before being riddled with 15 rounds (out of 48 shot) by the 9mm semi-automatic and an assault rifle of Stockton officers Gregory Dunn, Eric Azarvand, and the San Joaquin sheriff over two years ago, Witnesses to the chase and murder say they’ve been pressured by the police to keep quiet. One neighbor was reportedly arrested.
While national attention focuses on independent citizen-actors like George Zimmerman, murders-by-police of unarmed young black men go– not only unpunished– but barely reported by media outlets. That’s to say nothing about official investigations. Since the beginning of the year, 28 young black men and one young black woman have been killed by police officers. At least 19 of them were unarmed. Many of the others were allegedly armed, but some reports conflict. One was an innocent bystander. Like these victims, Rivera’s death disappeared from local headlines about as quickly as it appeared. Meanwhile, his parents and his community still seek answers and would like to see an investigation into the incident.
“We want to seek justice and talk about other community issues around police conduct,” said James’ step-father, Carey Downs, Jr. Downs and James’ mother, Dion Smith visited a recent Occupy Oakland barbeque where they shared their story and asked for the movement’s support. It’s important, said Carey, because Occupy “shut down the port. We’re strong with unity and Occupy shows people they can come together and have a voice. We need that spark in Stockton. We need people to see that they can take to the streets.”

[A Revolutionary Tool]

Video from the march in Stockton, awesome for the support from Occupied Oakland.
uXaWAI5LEnU
And today a man died in police custody after he got beaten by the police:
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/04/12/suspect-in-police-custody-after-altercation-with-stockton-officers/

[ellipsis]

Occupy Oakland and others (Occupy the Farm) celebrated earth day by occupying a vacant UC Berkley agricultural research tract. Ground was broken, seedlings planted and chickens chilled.

http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2012/04/22/640_2012-04-22_14-50-39_457.jpg

[ellipsis]

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/04/22/18711864.php



Two to three hundred people marched from the Earth Day rally at Ohlone Park in Berkeley to the Gill Tract at the intersection of San Pablo and Marin Avenues in Albany. This is the last best farmland in the East Bay, but the University of California intends to sell much of it to private developers so that a shopping center with a Whole Foods grocery store and a parking lot can be built. Immediately upon arrival, people began to clear and till the land. Organizers are asking supporters to tell friends, come down, and learn what urban farming is all about.
http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2012/04/22/640_2012-04-22_15-21-20_416.jpg (http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2012/04/22/2012-04-22_15-21-20_416.jpg)
(http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2012/04/22/2012-04-22_15-21-20_416.jpg)

UC police arrived within an hour and announced that those present were trespassing and enforcement might come after 10pm. When informed of the presence of families with children, the two UC officers said plenty of notice would be given before any possible police action. The officers also said that journalists covering the farming would not be arrested. About two hours later, one of the two officers returned and notified people present that they were subject to arrest and fines. Another UC officer was with him videorecording ever person they passed.

[Geiseric]

God I hate cops and ex cops especially so much.

[ellipsis]

http://p.twimg.com/ArJVwS-CQAI0syJ.jpg:large

[A Revolutionary Tool]

What does "chickens chilled" mean?

[Ele'ill]

What does "chickens chilled" mean?

It's a code phrase for violent insurrection

[The Douche]

What does "chickens chilled" mean?

They chilled, like, you know, hung out.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Chickens kicked it with their fellow poultry, what's not to understand?

[ellipsis]

I can understand the confusion, the chickens were chilling/hanging out/pecking at stuff. I just needed a way to mention the chickens! PS I love chickens when they are alive.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

I'm sorry, I thought it was some way of saying they ate some chicken...

[ellipsis]

I'm sorry, I thought it was some way of saying they ate some chicken...

No, maybe at the potluck they had tonight, but East Bay food not bombs was serving AMAZING vegan food during the first hours of the occupation.

[The Douche]

Back at the house after checking out the early morning marches. Small turn out and disorganized so we're resting up, lots of cops out and lots of choppers in the air, reports of one bank being vandalized and shut down right now. Plus last night in san Francisco they smashed businesses and cars. Will report more later.

[The Douche]

Teargas fired, some arrests, some scuffles with the police, people hanging out at Oscar grant right now.

[Ele'ill]

a lot like portland

[ellipsis]

Tank w/ lrad brought out

http://p.twimg.com/Ar16oJKCMAA5OaU.jpg:large

[Ele'ill]

That thing doesn't look very functional

[Ele'ill]

oops wrong thread

[The Douche]

Pretty constant streetfighting right now, cop car lit on fire, some burning trashcans, pretty hectic.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

Teargas fired, some arrests, some scuffles with the police, people hanging out at Oscar grant right now.
You were in Oakland?

Anyways probably like 20 minutes after I left people started throwing bottles at police and a few got arrested.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

And I guess it got worse according to cmoney...

[ellipsis]

cops are all blaring sirens together to disperse crowd, according to twitter. I am not there :( .

[The Douche]

You were in Oakland?

Anyways probably like 20 minutes after I left people started throwing bottles at police and a few got arrested.

Yeah, I'm in Oakland.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

Yeah, I'm in Oakland.
For real? Were you black bloc? I probably was standing next to you the whole time. Or were you the skinhead with a grey jacket?

[ellipsis]

For real? Were you black bloc? I probably was standing next to you the whole time. Or were you the skinhead with a grey jacket?

Probably more of a PM convo.... ?

[Jimmie Higgins]

I wonder what Oakland PD's budget for mysterious unmarked white vans to be used as paddy wagons is? Shit, it's was almost like the cops were just a subsidy scheme to keep some Dodge Van dealership and a white paint factory from going under.

I wasn't able to do the Immigrant Rights march which sucks because it was in my neighborhood and I love it when I can protest without having to commute far :lol:. But anyway, I heard there were several to 5 thousand people for that part and then down at Oscar Grant plaza there was probably another 2-3 thou. It wasn't as big as the port shut-downs but bigger than anything since then. People were in good spirits too and I ran into a lot of people I know from the movement - some I haven't seen in a while and so that makes me optimistic.

There was a lot of organizing and turn-out put into this, but the divisions in and around the movement, I think, held things back. IMO lack of an accountable and visible leadership in a movement just means all the little factions have their own unaccountable and invisible leaderships calling the shots and I think this resulted in some of the disorganization. Maybe I'm overstating things: De-colonize Oakland is a split and it was better that they did half-way reach-out to occupy even if many of their members/supporters seemed to want to do everything they could to distance themselves from the movement (i.e. "99%" concept is either too radical or too pro-white people and so the proposed theme of "immigrants are part of the 99%" was rejected in favor of the theme: "diversity and dignity" or something similarly corporate-retreat sounding).

Anyway, just some impressions of the evening.

[The Douche]

I dunno, I don't think there was anything positive or hopeful about mayday in Oakland. Hopefully we'll write some sort of analysis. If not I'll post some opinions/observations.

[ellipsis]

seems like it was a shit show on both sides of the bay, at the 888 turk re-occupation some shit head was throwing bricks and shit off the roof, hit a comrade in the head, nearly killed them.

my thought about the day, just reading about it, is that decentralized planning necessitates decentralized, not centalized actions.

[Ele'ill]

repost from here http://anarchistnews.org/content/incomplete-round-may-day-chaos-bay-area


Based on media coverage of the past week, here are some highlights:
---Monday April 30th, San Francisco, nighttime---

-Several hundred people march from Dolores Park behind a banner reading 'Strike Early; Strike Often.

-First police cruiser to respond is covered with paint bombs and has its windows smashed by a garbage can, forcing it to retreat.

-Police who attempt to respond are forced back inside the Mission Police station when the crowd arrives and begins attacking. Windows are broken. the building, several vehicles, and a few cops are rained upon by paint bombs.

-Roughly a dozen yuppie business on 18th street and on Valencia have their windows broke and/or are hit with paint bombs.


-The fence is torn down from around a multi-million dollar condo construction site, which then loses its brand new windows.

-Several cars are have their windows broken and tires slashed. The vast majority of which were luxury cars. One luxury SUV is set on fire.

---Tuesday May 1st, Oakland, daytime---

-Snake marches leave strike stations and attempt to force the closure of several banks, businesses and government agencies (including CPS). Several scuffles break out with police and do-gooders. One such bank is entered and trashed from within.

-Police attack, fire crowd control weaponry, arrests, de-arrests, all out brawling.

-Several banks and ATMs suffer vandalism. As do a handful of businesses, including Mcdonalds.

-Windows smashed out of Police van which is trying to make arrests.

-Windows smashed on one news media van parked at Oscar Grant Plaza, tires slashed on another.

-Plaza is temporarily re-occupied and the surrounding area covered in graffiti.

---Tuesday May 1st, San Francisco, daytime---

-Building at 888 Turk is re-occupied and declared to be the SF Commune once again. Banner dropped from the facade reading 'ACAB'.

-Individuals on the roof of the SF Commune fight the police who are attempting to evict it. One throws several pipes at SFPD vehicles, breaking their windows and otherwise damaging them. Another masked individual throws bricks at the police, knocking down officers and those standing too near to them.

---Tuesday May 1st, Oakland, nighttime---

-Police attack demonstrators at Oscar Grant Plaza, all hell breaks lose. Running battles between police and demonstrators all throughout downtown. Police use snatch squads and brute force.

-Many dumpsters and trash cans are set on fire along Broadway.

-Banks are attacked by demonstrators evading the swarming riot police.

-Two OPD cruisers are set on fire.

-CalTrain building is attacked

-Four Fremont Police vehicles have their windows and/or tires taken out.

Strength to those arrested in relation to the May Day events in the Bay, and elsewhere.

Freedom for Pax, and all other comrades imprisoned and awaiting trial.

Love to all the rebels who demonstrated their ferocity this week, including those who carried out targeted attacks in Bloomington, Portland, Memphis, Denver and NOLA.

Particular affection for the comrades in Seattle and New York: Seattle which made us cry in the face of pure beauty; and NYC which tried its hardest to do the damn thing, in spite of having to confront the world's seventh largest standing army in order to do so.

Everything for Everyone! Let's abolish this absence!
Death to the existent!

[ellipsis]

Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland)
5/9/12 8:20 AM
#occupythefarm is being raided right now. everyone to marin and san pablo in albany! #takebackthetract

[ellipsis]

#occupythefarm is being raided, the first thing the Albany PD did was to arrest the only livestreamer present.

live video here:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=8660545

[ellipsis]

Susie Cagle (@susie_c)
5/14/12 11:58 AM
Activist watering plants at #OccupytheFarm being tackled by UC police.

[Workers-Control-Over-Prod]

Blockupy Frankfurt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReF_V2Q7iJE&feature=g-all-u)

Over 20,000 people marched onto the center of Frankfurt near to the European Central Bank despite the illegalisation of the protest from May 16 to May 19.

[ellipsis]

workercontroloverprod- please refrain from off topic posts, especially in such a functionally specific thread. verbal warning.

[Workers-Control-Over-Prod]

workercontroloverprod- please refrain from off topic posts, especially in such a functionally specific thread. verbal warning.

Oh shit, sorry, i didnt see this was specifically for the Occupy Oakland movement.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

Occupy Oakland is going to be helping out the brothers and sisters in Stockton to protest against the police murdering people and of course shutting dose some banks. I'm too drunk right now to get a link but it's up on Occupy Oakland's website.

[ellipsis]

OPD is using yet another counter-insurgency tactic, trying to intimidate into people to snitching on their comrades, incriminating themselves.


OPD has been sending people letters telling them that they may be a
witness to criminal activity and asking them to come in. It appears that
these letters are being sent to people who were arrested on January 28th
but there may be more we aren’t aware of.

It is our understanding that these letters are NOT legally binding
summons. As always, we strongly urge you to exercise your right to remain
silent, and to NOT speak with the police. This includes Internal Affairs
(IA). Anything you say to IA will go directly to the police who will be
indicting you or your comrades. Do not be fooled! If you believe you have
information about police misconduct, take it to the NLG. No one except
movement lawyers should be discussing _anything_ with any police agent.

If you receive one of these letters, please call the National Lawyers
Guild at 415-285-1011 (leave a message) and contact anti-repression at
[email protected]

[ellipsis]

You can read my account of my occupy oakland arrest here (http://www.citizenside.com/en/photos/politics/2012-06-01/61454/arrests-police-brutality-members-of-occupy-share-their-stories.html), hope im not too sappy


The Red Son predicted to himself that he’d be arrested, and he was right. He’s been arrested at two pre-occupy political actions and on #J28, plus two other times.

“I always know it's a potential risk and knew I would likely face arrest in Oakland.”

It’s not a duty, but if he doesn’t go to an occupy action simply because he’s afraid of being arrested, the police have already won, the Red Son said.

[ellipsis]

(music)video for jun 1 OO solidarity march with the quebec student strike.

http://vimeo.com/43310034

can't embed

[ellipsis]

Nice to see a little syndicalism sprouting up

Boots Riley ‏@BootsRiley (https://twitter.com/#%21/BootsRiley)

(https://twitter.com/#%21/BootsRiley) Ay. #OccupyOakland (https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23OccupyOakland)'s FastFoodWorkersUnion is looking for ppl to get jobs at franchises to help us organize. Hit up [email protected]

[ellipsis]

OO foreclosure defense group

NDMCXkwcwAQ

[ellipsis]

A group of parents, students and teachers are currently occupying an oakland school slated for closure. OO is supportive role.

follow @LakeviewSitIn or #lakeviewsitin

[Ele'ill]

sure, this could be considered occupy related..

fuck the fourth

VP8tMp5E23o

[ellipsis]

not technically OO but current projects of note in the area include:

occupy the farm! http://www.takebackthetract.com/

and the people's library/Biblioteca Popular Victor Martinez in east oakland, which the only way i know of to keep up on is through the twitter: @bibliotecapopul