January 2013
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September 2012
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OaktownLive: Live & Direct from Oakland, Ca w/ Dr.... →
oaktownlive:
This Thuirsday Sep 20th Team Oaktown Live will be livestreaming An Evening With Dr. Lafayette, co-author of the Kingian Nonviolence Curriculum and Chair of the Positive Peace Warrior Network:
An Evening w/ Dr. Lafayette
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Celebrating the…
May 2012
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“Today is the anniversary of the 1886 Haymarket Square bombing, where someone...”
– Occupied Oakland’s May Daze, me for Truthout. (via susie-c)
this was a really, really great article by Susie Cagle.
(via scottrossi)
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May Day 2012, Oakland, CA (RAW VIDEO)
oaktownlive:
Here are the raw video segments from the TOL May Day 2012 Broadcast.
All Team Oaktown Live videos are Creative Commons licensed (reuse,remix/non-$/attribution). Any booshwa from YouTube about “Matched Third Party Content” is in dispute as these were all captured at public, newsworthy events and come under “Far Use”.
Highlight clips to follow.
Oakland May Day 2012 Pt 1/7
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April 2012
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OaktownLive: Occupy Oakland & The Stay-Away... →
oaktownlive:
The subject of stay-away orders has been something that TOL has been mentioning on the stream for a while now. To summarize, the Alameda County District Attorney has has been issuing so-called “Stay-Away Orders” against people taking part in Occupy-related protests and activities, most noticeably in Oakland and at UC Berkeley.
These orders require people to stay 100 to 300 yards...
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Raw Video: DEA, IRS, & Federal Marshals raid...
oaktownlive:
We’ll be posting clips to highlight incidents (interviews, arrests, etc.) as soon as our excruciatingly slow net connection and correspondingly creaky computer hardware allow. In the meantime, here’s the raw video.
Part 1:
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Part 3:
March 2012
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OaktownLive: Friday, 3/30/2012, The Military... →
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Via IVAWSF:
NO MORE KILLINGS, NO MORE APOLOGIES
What:
Direct action in fremont CA to protest the US occupation of afghanistan and to hold the military accountable for the trauma it inflicts.
When:
2:00pm – Meet at Fremont BART 2:30pm – March to Army Recruiting Center (39194 Paseo Padre Pkwy)
Why:
Communities in Oakland have been struggling against police violence,...
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OaktownLive: Super Secret Camp 2: The War on Tents... →
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Guerrilla camping is a tactic du jour for some in Occupy Oakland.
After a night and a day of occupying Mosswood Park (renamed Huey P. Newton Park by the occupiers), the expectation was that if the park remained occupied at 10pm Thursday night, the OPD would clear the park per the posted closing times.
By the time I got home from the jobby-job and got my gear rolling, it was...
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Watchoaktownlive:
#OO #InterfaithTent #Sanctuary for #StayawayOrders #OccupyFaith #OWS
As part of the Occupy Faith conference being held by the Occupy Oakland Interfaith Tent, Conference members erected a sacred space in the form of a canopy, then walked the canopy into Oscar Grant Plaza for a multi-faith service. This canopy was a form of religious “Sanctuary” for Occupy activists who have been...
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“Shane Boyle, 29, a graduate student at UC Berkeley, was issued a temporary...”
– Me for the Guardian today on temporary restraining orders issued to protesters charged with but not convicted of crimes relating to Occupy demonstrations in Oakland and Berkeley, California. (via susie-c)
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“My hand grips the seat, awkward in debate
500 vacant boots lying, tagged,...”
– Ruben Paul Santos was an Iraq War veteran and poet who lost his battle with PTSD on October 16, 2009.
On March 19th, 2012, the 9th anniversary of the Iraq War, Ruben’s mother Paula, with her husband Ruben present, shared their son’s poem Empty Boots at IVAWSF’s display of the “Eyes Wide Open”...
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Watchoaktownlive:
@IVAWSF #EyesWideOpen #Veterans #Suicide #Iraq
On March 19th, 2012, Iraq Veterans Against the War SF commemorated the 9th anniversary of the Iraq War by displaying the American Friends Service Committee exhibit “Eyes Wide Shut” across from San Francisco City Hall. Part 1: The reading of the names on the boots, as well as the names (and often nameless details) of a small fraction...
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“I don’t care what the liberals say, I don’t care what the naysayers say, this...”
– The Reverend DENNIS TERRY, in remarks delivered at a rally for Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum at the Greenwell Springs Baptist Church in Louisiana yesterday.
Rick Santorum stood up and applauded these remarks, along with those from the Reverend denouncing homosexuality and...
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OaktownLive: 481 pairs of boots, dunno how many... →
oaktownlive:
Today Iraq Veterans Against The War laid out the American Friend’s Service exhibit “Eyes Wide Open” for the last time:
Eyes Wide Open, the American Friends Service Committee’s widely-acclaimed exhibition on the human cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, features a pair of empty boots honoring each U.S. military casualty. The exhibit started in January 2004 when the US...
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OaktownLive: TOL will be #LiveAndDirect from... →
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TOL will be #LiveAndDirect from tonight’s #OccupyOakland’s #FTP march ~8:15pm PST #OCAM #OO #SunshineBloc http://www.ustream.tv/channel/oaktownlive
The epic rain of the last few days seems to be backing off. Unfortunately, the stabilizer Pirate ordered arrived without an essential part, and the…
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East Bay Express: Occupy Oakland's Livestreamer... →
oaktownlive:
Live video feeds have been a critical part of Occupy — but now, some activists argue that they’re a threat to the movement.
Team Oaktown Live and OakFoSho were interviewed for this piece. Disqus is enabled if anyone wants to click through and leave a comment. Or you can email us at TeamOaktownLive@gmail.com
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Tony from #OO ARC: Stay-Away orders #PressConference. #Ocam #StayawayCr3w #Occupy
Tony Marks-Block of the Stop The Injunctions Coalition and the Occupy Oakland Anti-Repression Committee speaking after the official press conference about the stay-away orders issued by the City Government against several OO activists. Thu Mar 8, 2012.
Thursday the ACLU filed suit on behalf of...
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Watchoaktownlive:
#OO Stay-Away Orders #pressconference, Th Mar 8, 10:00. #StayawayCr3w #Oakland #Occupy #OWS
Joint Press conference between the Occupy Oakland Anti-Repression Committee and the Stop The Injunctions Coalition protesting “stay-away orders” against OO activists, as well “gang injucntions” issued in parts of Oakland, both seen as violations of constitutional rights
Thursday the ACLU...
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OaktownLive: Live & Direct from Oakland, CA:... →
oaktownlive:
Thu M8 10:00am TOL will be #LiveAndDirect @ #OO’s press conf re: stay-away orders against Occupiers. #StayawayClub http://Ustream.tv/channel/Oaktownlive
NOTE: Social Stream will be disabled during this broadcast. Lexica will be at the jobby-job Thursday, leaving the stream w/out moderator…
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interesting times.: On Hate Crimes in Oakland →
susie-c:
This past week three Occupy Oakland protesters were arrested on charges of felony robbery and hate crimes. The Oakland police department alleges:
[The victim] was surrounded by three protesters and battered as they yelled vulgar epithets regarding their perception of her sexual orientation….
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Live & Direct from Oakland, CA: "Fuck The Police"...
oaktownlive:
Team Oaktown Live will be #LiveAndDirect from tonight’s #OccupyOakland FTP march. Team coverage goes live ~8:15pm PST, march slated to start 9pm. Tonight’s theme (aside from fuck the police) is “Superheros”.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/OaktownLive
The world is watching.
February 2012
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OaktownLive: Live & Direct from 'Frisco: Occupy... →
oaktownlive:
Saturday Feb 25 beginning approximately 1pm PST, Team Oaktown Live will be covering the Occupy Bernal action at the San Francisco home of Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf:
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDLEY!!!! Takes It to Wells Fargo Saturday, February 25, 1:00pm Convergence* FORECLOSURE AND AUCTION
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I wonder if OPD think CHP fucked up last night
So after Saturday night’s “Fuck The Police” march in Oakland, a couple were pulled over for a broken headlight, and the driver was arrested.
I noticed that at appropx 5:40 into my video, when people are saying “OPD arrested her for a broken headlight”, you can hear one of the OPD motorcycle cops saying “Get it right, get it right!”
It wasn’t OPD...
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Occupy Oakland: Feb 11 #FTP march / post-march...
Here are the links to the raw footage from my Saturday Night livestream:
Pt 1: Pirate gets talky b4 the march, and the evening’s 1st of 2 FTP marches begins
Pt 2: 1st of 2 FTP marches concludes back at Oscar Grant Plaza
Pt 3: 2nd of 2 FTP marches for the night, and Pirate thinks he’s about to go home & get some sleep
Pt 4: The post-march “broken headlight” arrest...
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Oakland Lawyer seeks to Censor Livestreamers to... →
Calling someone a “SNITCH” in Oakland is just shy of an outright threat of violence. And the threats are coming not only from adherents to BlackBloc tactics, but from green-hatted legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild
Oakland Lawyer seeks to Censor Livestreamers to Facilitate Crime at Occupy Protests
by Sue Basko
(February 7, 2012) This past weekend, an Oakland...
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Legal Observers in Oakland calling Livestreamers...
Green-hatted legal observers in from the National Lawyers Guild in Oakland are calling Livestreamers “SNITCHES” if we stream protesters committing petty vandalism/sabotage at an Occupy Oakland events like the weekly “Fuck The Police March”. Fuck Transparency and accountability, we’re only supposed to film police misconduct. I am nobody’ propaganda arm. I occupy...
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