Rally to DEMAND PROSECUTION of OPD Officer MIGUEL MASSO! - Tue March 5th @3pm
” Rally to DEMAND PROSECUTION of Oakland Police Officer MIGUEL MASSO! TUESDAY, MARCH 5th @ 3pm Alameda County DA’s Office (Corner of 12th & Oak St.) The Justice 4 Alan Blueford Coalition & Many in the Oakland Community Call Upon California Attorney General, Kamala Harris, and the Alameda DA’s office to: 1. PRESS CHARGES AGAINST OPD OFFICER MIGUEL MASSO FOR THE MURDER OF ALAN BLUEFORD due to the flawed and biased investigation carried out by Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley which intentionally ignored clear evidence of a homicide and … Continued
Strike Debt Ideas into Action
The next meeting of Strike Debt Bay Area will continue moving from visions to action. Join us on Saturday, March 9, 2013 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm at the Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland. We will divide up into groups that will look something like this: Study & Research Groups (people interested in tackling specific research questions, reading books together, etc.) Outreach & Education (people interested in getting our message out – to community groups, churches, etc.) Direct Action (people interested in organizing Wells Fargo and other actions) Debtors’ Union (tactical work for collective organizing against private … Continued
After 1090 Days Castlewood Workers Win an Amazing Victory!
It’s over! When their contract expired in February of 2010, Castlewood Country Club – a playground for the wealthy in Pleasanton, CA, one of the wealthiest burbs in the Bay Area – decided to lock out their food service workers rather than negotiate in good faith. Today, after three years of picketing, organizing by Unite Here Local 2850, court hearings, favorable court decisions and finally negotiations, the Castlewood workers have clinched an amazing victory. For three years, we’ve been looking forward to the day we could make this announcement: Castlewood … Continued
We Drew A Line in the Sidewalk... And Zaki Won!
On September 27th, 2012, the Occupy Oakland Foreclosure Defense Group drew a line in the sidewalk and told Bank of America that they were not going to take Zaki Alshalyan’s home. On Friday, October 26th, as a result of our direct action and a proposal for a loan modification put together by OOFDG peeps working with Mr. Alshalyan, Bank of America approved a three month trial loan modification for Zaki. I noted back then Banks are perfidious creatures. Zaki has not yet won in full. The bank granted him a … Continued
Call Out for a Drone-free Alameda County!
Protest the Coming of Drones to Alameda County! Alameda County Board of Supervisors Public Protection Committee Hearing 1:00PM, Thursday, February 14, 2013 1221 Oak Street Board Chambers, Room 512, 5th Floor More event info. Alameda County does not need drones intruding on its privacy or its pocketbook. Alameda County Against Drones (ACAD), a grassroots community organization that formed to oppose Sheriff Ahern’s push to buy a surveillance drone, will attend the Alameda County Public Protection Committee’s drone hearing on February 14th. The Sheriff is understating drones’ threat to privacy and … Continued
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