Federal Judge Orders City of Santa Cruz to Halt Closure of Ross Camp (video/mp4 48.7MB) Today Federal Judge Edward Davila granted the plaintiffs suing the City of Santa Cruz in Quintero v. City of Santa Cruz a restraining order that prevents the city from removing, seizing, or destroying the property of the homeless residents of the Ross Camp until the matter can be heard on Friday in federal court. Quintero et al v. City of Santa Cruz et al, a historic lawsuit filed by a group of homeless residents living at the Ross/Heroes' Camp, is the first lawsuit of its kind initiated by h...
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 11:01PM
Council Votes to Discuss Matters in Closed Session (video/mp4 321.8MB) Councilmember Drew Glover discusses the lack of transparency pertaining to council's decision to discuss the Ross Camp matters further in closed session....
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 11:01PM
At Ross Camp, Plain Clothes Police Officer Claims He's "Just a Ride-Along" (video/mp4 5.9MB) A recent video that documents a police 'walk through' at the Ross Homeless encampment in Santa Cruz demonstrates how homeless individuals living at the camp are routinely subjected to violations of their basic constitutional rights by the authorities. The video shows an officer from the Santa Cruz Police Department attempting to look into homeless individuals' tents without permission, in addition to touching their possessions without permission. In an another alarming moment captured on the ...
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:29AM
Aerial Video of gas line explosion site. (video/quicktime 33.4MB) ...
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:49AM
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
Morning children's march: Whose streets? Our streets! (video/mp4 3.3MB) (video :13)...
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:16PM
Children's march returns to plaza: How we gonna get it? People power! (video/mp4 7.2MB) (video :28)...
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:16PM
Sunset singing, drumming, and dancing in the amphitheater (video/mp4 32.4MB) (video 2:06)
Note that the shovels used in the dance were cast from guns previously melted by the same kiln used on this day to melt at least three more han...
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:16PM
Projection on city hall: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere — MLK (video/mp4 629.9KB) (video :02)...
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:16PM
Oscar Grant's uncle Cephus Johnson presents a gun to Lead to Life team for melting (video/mp4 46.7MB) (video 3:01)
Cephus hands the gun over for melting with Nellie Jones, the mother of Derrick Jones, who was unarmed and murdered by Oakland police on Novembe...
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:16PM
Chaga kwa Nia speaks about the eviction (video/mp4 43.9MB) (video 2:49)...
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 9:42PM
Dignity Village and Allies Stood Up to Resist Eviction and the City of Oakland Backed Down (video/mp4 18.2MB) The city of Oakland threatened to evict residents from the Housing and Dignity Village on December 5. Oakland police and city public works employees blocked off parking on S Elmhurst Ave to prepare for the eviction. But early in the morning gates to the community were locked and dozens showed up to place themselves between the encampment and police. The city backed down, promising to enter into new negotiations with residents....
Posted: Wed Dec 5, 2018 11:58PM
The Housing and Dignity Village: Survival is Not A Crime (video/mp4 23.0MB) The administration is saying we’re a danger to the neighbourhood, that we’re criminals, that we’re unsanitary. Check out this video to hear why we started this safe and sober resource hub....
Posted: Tue Dec 4, 2018 3:21PM
Video of fires and the aftermath, including overhead drone footage (video/mp4 46.5MB) ...
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:06PM
Alameda rap song on renters struggle against corporate landlords, urges "No on K" vote (video/mp4 92.0MB) Corporate landlords recently attempted to force a weak rent law into the City of Alameda's charter in order to prevent future changes. Alameda historian, journalist, and MC Rasheed Shabazz dropped a"No On K" rap documenting the recent renters' rights struggle there and the battle against the landlord-backed Measure K on the November 6, 2018 ballot....
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 12:18PM
Higher resolution MOV version (video/quicktime 263.0MB) (video 4:40)...
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 9:20PM
Libby Schaaf Roundly Booed Over Handling of Housing Issues at First Oakland Mayoral Debate (video/mp4 4.0MB) The first Oakland mayoral debate of the 2018 election was sponsored by the Alameda County Democratic Party on August 23. Cat Brooks was widely viewed as the winner, with her command of the issues and passionate advocacy for a more just Oakland. Pamela Price and Saied Karamooz made strong showings as well. Libby Schaaf was defensive and tense, as she was in later debates. Schaaf eventually stopped attending candidate forums. (Full debate audio below.)...
Posted: Tue Nov 6, 2018 2:37PM