(8/31) “Occupy the Bay” — Documentary Release Screening and Party, 6-11 pm

“Occupy the Bay”
(a documentary)
Release Screening and Party

August 31 2012
25th Street Collective
477 25th Street
Oakland CA 94612
6 PM – 11 PM 

6 PM – 7 PM, Cocktail and social hour
7 PM – 8:15 PM, Film Screening and Q&A
8:15 PM – 11 PM, release Party
Performances by:
Super Natural, Jabari Shaw, DJ Tear Drop, Shareef Ali, and the Radical Folksonomy

* All ticket sales and donation proceeds go toward the film and Occupy Oakland
* Sliding scale $25 down to $0 for those who are unemployed/underemployed
* Food and beer, wine, and mixed drinks will be available for sale
See also:
http://occupyoakland.org/ai1ec_event/38222/?instance_id=235683
Watch the trailer: Occupy the Bay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvcPrS5kTjM
Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/LongMemoryProductions

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Greg Jan at Occupy Oakland

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Why You Should Join the November 2, Oakland General Strike

You may have heard about this Wednesday’s General Strike, with mass gatherings to be held at 9am, 12 noon, and 5pm — at 14th and Broadway in downtown Oakland.  The call for a general strike is not surprising given that an overwhelming majority of Americans believe banks and major corporations have too much power, support amending the U.S. constitution to affirm that corporations don’t have the same rights as people, and believe corporations have more control of our political system than average citizens do.

For the past three decades the wealthiest 1% and their corporations have been taking an ever-increasing share of the income we produce, leaving the vast majority of us to make do with ever-smaller crumbs to survive on.  Now is the time to take a stand and declare that we absolutely will not permit these outrages to continue.This coming Wednesday, November 2, those in the greater Oakland area will have a chance to make an extremely powerful statement by participating in the Oakland General Strike.  We will be using one of the most powerful tools available to we the people– but a tool which has not actually been exercised in this country for over 60 years, since we last used it here in Oakland, in 1946.The Occupy Wall Street movement and Occupy Oakland have now presented each of us with a vital moral choice:  Do we participate in the Oakland General Strike and help shift the direction of this country?  Or do we allow giant corporations and the ultra-wealthy ever more free license to plunder the resources and wealth of this nation, and of our world?

This is how you can participate in the strike:

 * Do not go to work
 * Do not go to school
 * Or at least, do everything you can to minimize those activities.
 * Do not patronize any banks or other corporations on Wednesday.

Instead go to 14th and Broadway in downtown Oakland — especially for the Wednesday mass gatherings at 9am, 12 noon, and 5pm.

Everyone is encouraged to participate in the Oakland General Strike, regardless of where you live.  For more details, please see:  http://www.OccupyOakland.org

If we now join together, we shall not fail with the great task before us.

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Join the Oakland General Strike on November 2nd

Oakland General Strike
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
14th & Broadway

Join the call for an Oakland General Strike this coming Wednesday, November 2nd.  Everyone is encouraged to participate, regardless of where you live.  There will be mass gatherings at 14th and Broadway at 9:00am, 12 noon, and 5:00pm. 

The Green Party of Alameda County has endorsed the strike, along with a number of labor unions and other organizations. 

The proposal for the General Strike was approved by a vote of 97% at the October 26 Occupy Oakland general assembly meeting, with over 1600 people in attendance.  Below is some additional information about the general strike.  If possible, please forward this information, and encourage others to participate.

General Strike and Mass Day of Action
Wednesday, November 2

Called for by Occupy Oakland

Everyone to the streets!  No work!  No school!
Converge on downtown Oakland

* All banks and corporations must close down for the day
* Solidarity with the worldwide Occupy Movement
* End police attacks on our communities
* Defend Oakland schools and libraries
* Against an economic system built on inequality and corporate power that perpetuates racism, sexism and the destruction of the environment

OccupyOakland.org

The whole world is watching Oakland.  Let’s show them what is possible!

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GPAC Endorses Just Cause’s Statement to Mayor Quan

Source: Causa Justa / Just Cause

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan:

We, the undersigned, stand in solidarity with Occupy Oakland.

We are outraged by your decision to have that peaceful, lawful and inspiring assembly raided.  We denounce police intimidation, harassment and incarceration of peaceful protesters.  We call on you to drop all the charges against these community leaders, to release them immediately, and to allow for the restoration of the encampment.

Occupy Oakland has been a public forum, on public land, about matters of dire urgency to the public:  unemployment, affordable housing, taxation, bank accountability, and the unconscionable and deeply racialized inequity between the 1% and the rest of us.

These very same concerns are the heart of the work of dozens of community organizations, labor unions, and activists throughout the SF Bay Area.  Our government must represent these progressive commitments, and not pander to the 1%.

A city government of the 99% should work proactively to support the encampment with resources like medical assistance, electricity, and bathrooms.

A city government of the 99% should open its doors to the encampment, come down to hear the concerns of the protesters, and defend the constitutional right to peaceful assembly.

A city government of the 99% should take inspiration from the encampment, and use its power to meet some of its demands:  taxing the rich, holding big banks accountable, job creation, affordable housing, healthcare, and so many rights our communities have been denied for too long.

What Oakland needs and wants is a city government of the 99%.

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