January 2012
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Occupy Oakland J28: What's The Endgame?
All right, let me start by saying that the residents of Casa LexiMonkey are barely emerging from our ante-Solstice funk. That said, I recognize that I came out of the gate a little strong on the subject of secrecy behind #OccupyOakland’s #J28 planning. People wanna plan it that way and sign up for that, go for it.That’s a tactical choice with tactical consequences. It’s also a boat that has...
December 2011
12 posts
Occupy All Streets: In case SOPA is passed →
occupyallstreets:
Here is how to access your favorite sites in the event of a DNS takedown.
Tumblr: 174.121.194.34/dashboard
Facebook: 69.171.224.11
Twitter: 174.121.194.34
LiveJournal: 209.200.154.225
Wikipedia: 208.80.152.201
Reddit: 72.247.244.88
Google: 74.125.157.99
Youtube: 74.125.65.91
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Occupy Awareness: Some practical, tactical tips... →
occupyawareness:
By Mikal Jakubal.
Some practical, tactical tips for livestreamers.
Posted on December 10, 2011
It’s here, in the palms of our hands, what military strategists and other organizers have dreamed about for millennia: instant, live, visual communications across any distance. People in ancient times used to consult oracles and pray to deities for the power that we now have...
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minor concerns: Occupy Oakland: Six Days of Zion →
susie-c:
In the piece I wrote for the Atlantic last week about Occupy Oakland, one of my favorite quotes unfortunately didn’t survive the final round of edits. In the final piece, this part appeared:
“Our overconfidence and impatience will be our downfall,” says Leo Ritz-Barr, 21, an Occupy Oakland events committee organizer. “And we’ve seen that happen before.”
In my draft, it was followed...
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buskerbayarea asked: just read your piece about militants/radicals/pacifists and wanted to thank you for it. i've been committed to nonviolence as well. we'll see if oakland can come together on it.... are you involved in any working groups?
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"Militant. Radical. Pacifist." Language and Occupy...
Recently on the #OO Twitter hashtag, @OaktownMike mentioned that the NYT had declared #OccupyOakland the “most militant” of the Occupies. #OO has shut down the Port of Oakland twice in two months, and has a particularly confrontational attitude with the local police compared to most other American Occupies. I tweeted to Mike “I’m not becoming more militant, but I am...
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Berkeley PD Arrest #OccupyOakland Medic for...
[12/23/2011]
Oakland Elle is one of #OO’s field medics. She’s also an outspoken activist around here, who mic-checked Mayor Jean Quan at the California Commonwealth Club recently. She was also arrested last night at Occupy Berkeley. As you can see in this video, she was standing in the street with her hands in her pockets when they surrounded her. The BPD assertion that she...
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“Documents recently released by OPD, coupled with news reports of the Campbell...”
– http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/opd-used-violent-cops-against-occupy/Content?oid=3076433 (via anonmedics
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