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Students bring back the tents, and free speech
"Enough is enough" says guest speaker...
Posted: Wed, Nov 16, 2011 11:18am PST
Occupy Oakland reflections on the shooting...
Posted: Tue, Nov 15, 2011 9:36pm PST
After a long day of General Strike marches and bank closures throughout downtown, and the shutdown of the Port of Oakland by tens of thousands of demonstrators, the former Travelers Aid Society building on 16th Street, just north of Oscar Grant Plaza, was briefly occupied starting at about 10pm. Banners were hung from the roof on the front and side of the building while books were sorted for what was to be a public library in the "Raheim Brown Community Center" and hundreds of people danced a...
Posted: Mon, Nov 14, 2011 1:24am PST
Recognizing that Egyptians, in many ways the inspiration for the current Occupy Wall Street movement, marched in solidarity with Occupy Oakland after the police raid and attacks at Oscar Grant Plaza on October 25th, Occupy Oakland's General Assembly returned the favor by calling for a march on November 12th and releasing a statement in solidarity with Egypt. When the march stopped in front of the North County/Glenn Dyer jail on 7th Street, speakers addressed the issue of political prisoners ...
Posted: Sun, Nov 13, 2011 12:52am PST
Chanting "This is Ohlone Land! Already Occupied!" Other chants included "Decolonize! not Gentrify!" and "Decolonize! Not Occupy!"...
Posted: Sat, Nov 12, 2011 1:25pm PST
I always forget my good camera when they throw down... but watch this low-resolution snippet of an amazing spoken word poem dedicated to the warrior mothers tha...
Posted: Sat, Nov 12, 2011 1:25pm PST
Shimaa Helmy is an Egyptian human rights activist, blogger, and Tahrir Square camper who is visiting the US. She joined yesterday's Veterans March Against Police Brutality in Oakland, and is speaking at a "Building Solidarity with the Arab Spring" teach-in today (Nov. 12) in Berkeley - http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/18/18694086.php...
Posted: Sat, Nov 12, 2011 11:45am PST
On Veterans' Day, November 11th, veterans groups including Iraq Veterans Against the War and supporters held a march against police brutality to demand an end to the violence by Oakland police, Alameda County Sheriffs deputies, and other forces that has left at least three former members of the U.S. armed services seriously injured as well as numerous others. Scott Olsen was critically injured when he was shot in the head with a police projectile at close range on the evening of October 25th...
Posted: Sat, Nov 12, 2011 2:17am PST
'You may gather 24/7 over the next week... our policy though is no encampments which means no tents, no sleeping bags, no fires for cooking, no sleeping" - UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Harry Le Grande
Occupy UC Berkeley was given terms from the UC which severely restricted the student's rights to assembly and free speech. Occupy UC was also met with police abuses, including searching and demanding ID from people at random, as well as physical violence on protesters....
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 3:37pm PST
no tents, no sleeping bags, no sleeping. 3 hours of amplified sound only....
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 3:38pm PST
no signs, banners, or bullhorns...
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 3:38pm PST
the police are granted power to make the call when the occupation is to be broken up with no oversight or input...
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 3:38pm PST
A red cross is clearly on the backpack. briefly visible in the film, there is a red cross on the medic's jacket as well....
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 3:38pm PST
Is this guy a cop? He sure high-tailed it out of there after being confronted by others about his window breaking....
Posted: Wed, Nov 9, 2011 10:00pm PST
While filming a police line at Occupy Oakland after midnight on Nov. 3 following the Nov. 2 general strike, an officer opens fire and shoots me with a rubber bullet....
Posted: Sun, Nov 6, 2011 2:44pm PST
People from Occupy Oakland, along with the help of a few visitors to the site (including a member of Occupy Berkeley), filled in and planted a new planter box at Oscar Grant Plaza. This is the end result....
Posted: Sun, Nov 6, 2011 4:48am PST
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Posted: Sat, Nov 5, 2011 2:44am PDT
Video shows occupation of a building in downtown Oakland last night...
Posted: Thu, Nov 3, 2011 12:41pm PDT