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Make Love Not War!

Valentine’s Day March – Downtown Oakland – Tuesday, February 14, 2012 – 6:00 PM

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#OO, Featured, Police Brutality

Occupy Oakland Forum on Police Actions

Occupy Oakland is hosting a Forum on Police Actions on February 9, 6:15 pm at the Grand Lake Theater. The Citizens Police Review Board (CPRB) announced yesterday that they had indefinitely postponed a forum which had been in the works for months. This forum had been intended to allow the community to discuss the Oakland [...]

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How a seedpod led to $400,000 bail and eight felony charges

“I always wear a rainbow-colored scarf,” said 65-year-old grandmother Sweet Grass Longhouse over the phone. “That’s how you’ll know it’s me.” It was Sweet Grass’s first time attending a General Assembly of Occupy Oakland, and as she approached the group that gathered before the Sunday afternoon GA at 19th and Telegraph, she wrapped both of [...]

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Education, Featured, Solidarity

Bail Out Oakland Schools!

OAKLAND, Calif. [February 7, 2012] — The following announcement is from Occupy the Hood and the Concerned Parents & Community Coalition (CPACC): BAILOUT OAKLAND SCHOOLS, NOT WALL STREET BANKS! Wednesday, February 8 4:30pm – Community Rally outside the OUSD Administration Building: 1025 2nd Avenue (at 10th Street – two blocks from Lake Merritt BART) 5:00pm [...]

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Occupy Oakland Open Forum

What: Horizontal Open Forum: Governmental Repression When:  Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 7:00pm until 9:00pm Where: Oscar Grant Plaza aka 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA  94612 Who: Occupiers! Theme is Governmental Repression. Bring your best thoughts and your deepest respect. Snacks, crayons, and paper encouraged. The meeting will begin with a statement of informed consent to being part of [...]

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#OO, Legal

“Obstructing a Thoroughfare” Laws written to be used against Civil Rights protesters

Posted on 11 February 2012

The law hundreds of protesters at Occupy Oakland were arrested under, CA Penal Code Section 647c, is a copycat of a Birmingham, Alabama vagrancy law that was used against African American civil rights activists in the 1960′s. The law was written to prevent civil rights activists from assembling in to protest racial discrimination. It is [...] Continue Reading

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#OO, Op-Ed

City Hall Intentionally Left Open For Vandalism

Posted on 11 February 2012

I’m a 64 year old real estate broker from Marin County. I am happily married, and have a pretty wonderful life. But, I also have a heart and a conscience, and know the difference between right and wrong. I am blessed with two grown children that I adore, and I have become very concerned about [...] Continue Reading

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#OO, Op-Ed

Don’t Let Them Unify Us!

Posted on 10 February 2012

Many are worried of the “radical fringe group” that threatens the “whole movement” with scaring away support and giving protesters a bad image.  With the J28 battle of Oakland fresh in people’s minds, the PR battle is in full swing.  The media loves to frame a conflict and divide people into easy to comprehend camps: [...] Continue Reading

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#OO, Police Brutality

Oakland police supports counterinsurgency group to oppose Occupy Oakland

Posted on 10 February 2012

BY LYNDA CARSON – originally posted on Indy Bay Oakland, CA — Counterinsurgency is defined as a political and military strategy or action to oppose and forcefully suppress insurgency. Out of the playbook of dirty tricks used by the CIA and FBI to crush rebellions and insurgencies across the globe, a police support group called [...] Continue Reading

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Make Love Not War!

Posted on 10 February 2012

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Occupy Oakland Forum on Police Actions

Posted on 09 February 2012

Occupy Oakland is hosting a Forum on Police Actions on February 9, 6:15 pm at the Grand Lake Theater. The Citizens Police Review Board (CPRB) announced yesterday that they had indefinitely postponed a forum which had been in the works for months. This forum had been intended to allow the community to discuss the Oakland [...] Continue Reading

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How a seedpod led to $400,000 bail and eight felony charges

Posted on 08 February 2012

“I always wear a rainbow-colored scarf,” said 65-year-old grandmother Sweet Grass Longhouse over the phone. “That’s how you’ll know it’s me.” It was Sweet Grass’s first time attending a General Assembly of Occupy Oakland, and as she approached the group that gathered before the Sunday afternoon GA at 19th and Telegraph, she wrapped both of [...] Continue Reading

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Education, Featured, Solidarity

Bail Out Oakland Schools!

Posted on 08 February 2012

OAKLAND, Calif. [February 7, 2012] — The following announcement is from Occupy the Hood and the Concerned Parents & Community Coalition (CPACC): BAILOUT OAKLAND SCHOOLS, NOT WALL STREET BANKS! Wednesday, February 8 4:30pm – Community Rally outside the OUSD Administration Building: 1025 2nd Avenue (at 10th Street – two blocks from Lake Merritt BART) 5:00pm [...] Continue Reading

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