Oakland Street Photographers on Art and Gentrification (video/mp4 22.0MB) This 4-minute episode of TalkOakland follows two street photographers in Oakland as they discuss the art of street photography and the changes they've experienced from gentrification....
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:09AM
Sights and Sounds from Oakland's 5th Annual Reclaim King's Radical Legacy Events (video/mp4 122.2MB) On Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Oakland on January 21, 2019, the Anti Police-Terror Project hosted a powerful and moving day of civil rights speakers, marches, children's activities, drums, music, song, and dance. In tribute to families who have lost loved ones to police violence, guns were melted and cast into into stars, displayed in a pattern recreating the constellations visible in the night sky when Oscar Grant was murdered ten years ago. These video clips capture some of the sights a...
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:16PM
Qilombo in Oakland Evicted by Sheriff's Deputies: Chaga Responds (video) 
Qilombo members have been locked out of the community social center they've maintained for over four years. Landlords attempted to push Qilombo out almost as long as they've been there, with the current corporate landlord refusing to renew their lease since 2016. Qilombo resisted displacement, that is until deputies showed up without warning and padlocked the building....
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 9:42PM
10th Annual Oscar Grant Vigil: photos and full audio 
Family, friends, and supporters gathered on January 1 at the Fruitvale BART station to mark ten years since Oscar Grant was murdered. (Full audio of the vigil and photos of all speakers below, as well as two video clips.)...
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
2019 Oakland Greens free movie series On January 27th, 2019, the Oakland Greens (OGP) will recommence their “FREE Dinner & Movie Discussion Night” held on the “Last Sundays” of every month except November & December. Join them for what will be yet another year of provocative movies followed by a thoughtful discussion led by the OGP’s Coordinator Vicente Cruz. As usual, the door at the It’s Your Move Games and Hobbies store, at 4920 Telegraph Avenue in the historical Temescal District, will open at 6:30 p.m., a free dinner will ...
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2018 5:41PM
Radio in Petaluma: The “End” of Radio Our group's findings while investigating Radio listener rates in Petaluma....
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 1:47PM
Indymedia 20th Anniversary Encuentro 
Rice University Media Center
Houston, Texas...
Event Date: Fri Nov 29, 2019 12:00AM
Posted: Mon Dec 3, 2018 2:43PM
49th Anniversary of People's Park - rally and concert (audio/mpeg 347.4MB) Hear 2.5 hours of uncut audio from the rally and concert. Activists speak on the history and current issues in the struggle, organizing against the UC Berkeley administrations latest attempt to pave the park over for student and homeless housing. Several good local bands play sets. Distribute widely. (2hrs. 30min.)...
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:04PM
Save People's Park rally and concert (audio/mpeg 271.7MB) Hear 2 hours of uncut audio from People’s park from a rally and concert which took place at People’s Park, on the U.C. Berkeley campus, on September 23, 2018. The purpose of the event is to organize support against the University’s stated plans to turn the free public park into a lot for student housing and subsidized low-income housing for up to 100 homeless people. (2hrs 20min)...
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2018 12:46PM
The Last Time I Saw Bobbie "Spider" Webb Bobbie "Spider" Webb's passing last month brings to mind his role as an African American bluesman and DJ on listener sponsored KPOO radio from the era when San Francisco's Fillmore District was known as the "Harlem of the West."...
Posted: Mon Oct 1, 2018 3:47PM
If You’re Going to Santa Cruz (audio/mpeg 5.7MB) Last night I was kicked out of a building for the first time in my 51 years. It happened in Santa Cruz, California. Here's my latest podcast....
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 10:52PM
Rally To Legalize Psychedelic Medicine / Nude Summer Of Love Parade 
The very first in human history (as far as we know) rally to legalize psychedelic medicine was followed by our 3rd annual Nude Summer of Love Parade. It took place in San Francisco on August 19, 2018....
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:29AM
9/12/18 SF Board of Appeals Finally Approves Removal of Racist Statute On September 12, 2018, the San Francisco Board of Appeals had a re-hearing on the appeal of Frear Stephen Schmid of the decision of the San Francisco Arts Commission to remove the racist statute depicting a Native American as subservient in San Francisco’s Civic Center. On 2/21/18, the Arts Commission had issued a Certificate of Appropriateness to remove this racist statue. Schmid appealed and on 4/18/18, this Board of Appeals granted the appeal 5 to 0! A rehearing was granted on June 13, 2...
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:49PM
Oakland Artists Seek Justice for Nia Wilson (March to KTVU) 
1428 Alice Street, Oakland, CA
Congregate at the Alice Street Mural at 10am, March to KTVU at 11am, Rally at KTVU (2 Embarcadero in Oakland, CA) at 12pm....
Event Date: Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:00AM
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 7:40PM
People's Assembly on Keeping Art in Oakland 
Onefam Cafe
1612 7th St
Oakland, California 94607...
Event Date: Thu Jun 7, 2018 6:30PM
Posted: Mon Jun 4, 2018 9:58AM
Take Down White Supremacy 
SF city hall room 416...
Event Date: Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:00PM
Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 9:27AM
Memorial Service for SF Activist and Journalist Kiilu Nyasha 
African American Art and Culture Complex
762 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94102...
Event Date: Sun May 20, 2018 3:00PM
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 5:17PM
Fundraiser for Sammy Empasis: Haight Street Kid 
This is a formal invitation to donate or share our fundraiser page with all of your lovely close ones!...
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 10:09PM
Local Filmmaker to Shoot in Santa Cruz this Summer for 2020 Festival Run 
No Volveré (I Will Not Return) explores the everyday lives of Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay’s working class communities as its residents struggle to adapt to massive cultural and economic shifts that have beset the region....
Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 3:17PM
Paying Tribute to Legendary SF Bay Area DJ Cameron Paul 
Paying tribute to legendary SF Bay Area DJ Cameron Paul who passed away of cancer last week....
Posted: Wed Apr 4, 2018 10:21PM