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The Oscar Grant Case UC Berkeley
240 Mulford Hall
Hearst @ Oxford
Berkeley, CA...
Event Date: Thu, Jan 22, 2009 7:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Jan 21, 2009 1:56pm PST
Photos of Oscar Grant March on MLK Day in West Oakland 1/19/09 
Photos of Oscar Grant March on MLK Day in West Oakland...
Posted: Tue, Jan 20, 2009 9:31am PST
Photos of Oscar Grant March on MLK Day in West Oakland 
These are a few photos of signs from the march today in West Oakland....
Posted: Mon, Jan 19, 2009 9:46pm PST
The Rebels of Oakland High 
On the heals of the righteous rebellions around the police murder of Oscar Grant a group of Oakland High School students held a speak out and march to protest police brutality and the US-backed slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza....
Posted: Mon, Jan 19, 2009 4:51pm PST
MLK Jr Day in Palo Alto 
High school students invited to speak in the Palo Alto City Council Chamber said they hoped for freedom from police brutality, amongst other things, and a Raging Granny wore a "Oscar Grant is my Son" sign on her chest. The ceremony recognized community volunteers and remembered Martin Luther King, Jr. for his message of hope....
Posted: Mon, Jan 19, 2009 4:46pm PST
Uhuru March for Justice & Reparations for Oscar Grant, Oakland, 1/19/09: photo & video 
Uhuru march through West Oakland from West Oakland BART: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/09/18560170.php...
Posted: Mon, Jan 19, 2009 12:22pm PST
The Anger and the Struggle Continues…Justice for Oscar Grant! 
IT’S BEEN MORE THAN TWO WEEKS SINCE THE murder of Oscar Grant, and the struggle is still raging: people’s anger is still intense—and there have been further eruptions of protest and much speaking out. Meanwhile, the system responsible for Oscar’s murder is doing everything it can—from trying to steal and suppress videos of the murder, targeting and brutalzing the protestors, to calling meeting after meeting to control peoples’ rage, to behind-the-scenes legal maneuvering to contain and misd...
Posted: Mon, Jan 19, 2009 9:15am PST
Oscar Grant - this death brought together many sane forces to bring about justice for all. For some months now all over the Bay Area a MOVEMENT has made its appearance and brought sane forces to address a situation - as happened with Oscar Grant. The death of Oscar Grant must NOT go unheeded. Even as there are sane forces trying to figure out - how best to tap into this crisis for good - the enemy is trying to divide - those that seek justice and the truth. We must stand united - put aside our differences and most of all our petty - egos....
Posted: Sun, Jan 18, 2009 4:02pm PST
Day of Action at Federal Building in Sacramento on January 21, 4:30 p.m. 
A press conference demanding that the incoming Obama administration bail out working families not banks, stop the wars and bloodshed in Gaza, and halt raids and deportations will take place on January 21, 4:30 p.m. at the Federal Building at the corner of 7th Street and Capitol Mall in Sacramento. The coalition of civil rights, religious, labor and community organizations will then march to the Federal Courthouse at the corner of 5th and I to deliver a letter, addressed to incoming President ...
Posted: Sun, Jan 18, 2009 10:32am PST
The Movement for Oscar Grant: Townhall Meeting Saturday, Jan.24th, 2009. 4pm Sharp!!!
Olivet Institutional Missionary Baptist Church
807 27th St. @ San Pablo
Oakland, Ca....
Event Date: Sat, Jan 24, 2009 4:00pm PST
Posted: Sun, Jan 18, 2009 9:54am PST
Interview with M.O.I. JR on the aftermath of the police execution of Oscar Grant (audio/mpeg 5.1MB) Interview with Minister of Information JR on the aftermath of the police execution of Oscar Grant.
Program: Where We Live - Sally O'Brien
audio: 11:09 minutes...
Posted: Sun, Jan 18, 2009 12:38am PST
The Smothering of the Oscar Grant Movement Yesterday evening, there was a rally in downtown Oakland calling for justice for Oscar Grant III, the 22 year old unarmed Black man who was being restrained by two BART police officers when he was shot in the back at point blank range, on New Years morning, in front of dozens of witnesses who caught it on camera (see blockreportradio.com to see footage)....
Posted: Sun, Jan 18, 2009 12:36am PST
There’s a riot going on 
A week after the first one, another rebellion broke out in downtown Oakland Jan. 14, following the City Hall rally and march demanding justice for Oscar Grant. Here, Oakland police arrest three youngsters on Martin Luther King Jr. Way at 13th....
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2009 11:54pm PST
"Oakland is Closed!" (Oscar Grant) Arrest and Containment Fail to Blunt Anger in the Streets...
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2009 10:48am PST
Film Documentary Premiere, "Shades of Youth: Youth Speak on Power and Privilege" 
This film showing and workshop is a community wide event supporting multi-generational dialogue on racism and privilege. Come for an evening with the film maker Lauren Parker Kucera, spoken word artists from the film and conversation exploring the core challenges of our time. Be inspired by the brilliance of youth! Friday, January 23rd 7 to 9:30pm, Inner Light Ministries, 5630 Soquel Drive, Soquel. Sliding scale tickets for Friday night from $10 to $25. No one turned away from the lack of fun...
Posted: Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:20am PST
From Uhuru News: Justice and Reparations to the Families of Oscar Grant and All Victims The International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement calls for African people and its allies to join the organization representing the African working class community under siege from the policy of police containment that killed Oscar Grant III on New Year's Day....
Posted: Fri, Jan 16, 2009 2:14am PST
Rebelión en Oakland: Informe de JR, Ministro de Educación del POCC El primer miércoles de 2009, el centro de Oakland fue sacudido por la furia justificable de las rebeliones contra el asesinato policial del joven negro de 22 años, Oscar Grant, herido de muerte en la estación BART de Fruitvale mientras yacía boca abajo, controlado por dos agentes ante decenas de testigos en la madrugada del Año Nuevo....
Posted: Fri, Jan 16, 2009 12:28am PST
Photos: Justice for Oscar Grant 
A collection of photos taken during the community fight for justice for the black youth murdered by BART Police in January of 2009 in Oakland, California....
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2009 7:14pm PST
Walkout! Justice for Oscar Grant! Downtown Oakland, Alameda County Courthouse - Fallon and 12th...
Event Date: Fri, Jan 16, 2009 1:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2009 3:16pm PST
Does this video put to rest myths about racial makeup of those vandalizing in Oakland? (video/quicktime 8.9MB) There has been a lot of talk since the "riots" of last Wednesday that those doing most of the property destruction were stereotypical white anarchists, or that naive Oakland African Americans were led by white anarchists into committing property destruction. Unfortunately, this is the angle that the corporate media has pushed and then many in the African American community with no direct knowledge believe what they hear on TV or in rumor mills. Those who were actually there know what went d...
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2009 12:10pm PST
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