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Reverse-Raptures, Magical Murder Maps, and Other Things That, at a Distance, Resemble Justice
Biking home last night on Foothill Avenue, I happened upon Oakland’s 50th homicide. This isn’t the first time that I’ve biked past a murder scene in Oakland; for anyone who’s lived here long enough, its not as uncommon as one would hope. But the murder, and another in East Oakland the day before, intruded on […]
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A Note on the Death of the Occupy Oakland General Assembly Audio Archive: Its your fault Occupy Oakland.
May 25, 2012
For over five months, I attended every Occupy Oakland General Assembly, made an audio recording of the proceedings, and uploaded them on to an open source archive with links on my General Assembly Audio page. As time went on, however, I became lazier about uploading the recordings, as it takes about two hours from device […]
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A Busy Week for Oakland’s Repression Machine
May 24, 2012
It’s been quite a week for the alternately repressive and inept institutions of the City of Oakland. Last Tuesday, City Council members heard the emotional testimony of the Blueford family, whose son Alan, an eighteen year old senior about to graduate from Skyline High School, was shot by a still undisclosed Oakland police officer. The […]
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Justice, Long Overdue for the ‘Ice Cream 3′
May 21, 2012
In one of the District Attorney O’Malley’s first sane acts in years, her office this morning agreed to drop charges on the so-called ‘Ice Cream 3′. These three activists were charged with criminal acts, and, incredibly with a “hate crimes” enhancement, stemming from a non-physical and non-violent altercation with a bystander during a bank-closing action. […]
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Of Farming, Cloud Communities and Issue-Driven Occupation: A Model for Occupy 2.0
May 19, 2012
Part 1: to plant, you must supplant On an overcast and damp Earth Day 2012, a small but boisterous group of activists made their way to a rusting gate off of San Pablo Avenue, at the Berkeley-Albany border. Led by a marching band, carrying a shiny red soil tiller and trailers full of tools, the […]
Posted in: by Jaime Omar Yassin
Midnight Malfeasance at the City Council: Council Members Kick Michael Siegel Off an Oversight Commission for Supporting Occupy Oakland
May 16, 2012
Michael Siegel, a champion of Occupy who’s done tons of pro bono work, including the initial defense for Kali, was kicked off the civil service commission last night via a proposal introduced by Libby Shaaf. While most mayoral appointments are simply rubberstamped by city council people, Shaf introduced a proposal to “bifurcate” Siegel’s name from […]
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Update on Albany Occu-Farm: Farm Raided, But this is Far From Over: Update: Letter from Principal to Parents at Ocean View School
May 14, 2012
UCPD from across California arrived in several police and chartered vans today, just after 6am. UCPD then gave a ten minute dispersal order, before Dear Ocean View Parents: I want to thank our families for getting students to school on time today. Despite the presence of helicopters and TV crews, school started as usual. UC […]
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June 11, 2012
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