While occupiers in Santa Cruz carried on our good work, grappling with some hard questions at GA, many thousands of brothers and sisters up in Oakland successfully shut down one of the country's largest ports of trade.
Working Group Reports
Legal
- There was a communication with Chief of Police Kevin Vogel, and it
was understood that there would be a 3 to 4 day grace period for the
San Lorenzo encampment. After this grace period there will be police
action.
Camp
- There was a small disturbance this morning, it was resolved.
Tactics
- Thursday Nov. 3rd @ 4:30p.m – Rehearsal for street theater
“tour” of the banks.
- Friday Nov. 4rd – @ 4:30p.m. – Meet at Chase Bank on 41st
- Saturday Nov. 5th – Move your money day
(http://moveyourmoneyproject.org/)
Process
- No report.
Infrastructure
- Working on geodesic dome, that was approved by the G.A. on Nov.
1st.
Mission Statement
- The mission statement is complete and posted on OSC website.
Media
- No report.
Outreach
- The media was present at OSC, interviews were conducted.
Medical
- Working on putting together tear gas and pepper spray kits. There
is informational material located at the info booth regarding pepper
spray and tear gas preparedness.
Treasury
- There was a generous donation today of $500!
Food
There will be dinner after the G.A.
Shout out to India Joe for helping out with food.
Art & Music
- An artist who would like to play for an OSC event dropped off a CD,
however we need a CD player to listen to it, if anyone has one to
donate please see info table.
- A week from saturday there will be an artist playing.
Intercommunications
- The information table has been reorganized, there are lots of
different types of literature available.
Agenda Items
Proposal on Police threat
Proposal: We agree to defend Camp and resist police intervention
Discussion:
We cant forget the police are also part of the 99%
We need passive resistance training
Proposal: Extend time of discussion – consensus reached
Discussion:
We’ve nothing to lose, lets stick it out
Should we split and occupy multiple locations?
Clock tower would be a good location
we need to establish phone tree
The term “non-occupiers” is incoherent and segregating, we are the
99%
The police will come at night, and they will tear down tents
Straw poll conducted, almost consensus.
Thumbs down explained and Discussion:
Lack of teamwork and commitment at camp
We need more planning before we commit to defending camp
Is there a contingency plan?
The courthouse steps will remain, as it is only the San Lorenzo park
encampment that is in question.
If we stand we must be united.
If we stand then we will be united.
We have no attorney representation.
Security in camp is deplorable
Gentlemen from Occupy L.A. expressed that they were experiencing the
same issues, the way they dealt with it was to split the G.A. into
those that would stay at the camp and defend and those that would not,
and work with both so that everyone has a way to help the camp.
Proposal: The camp will be defended, and will not move under police
pressure.
Consensus reached.
Emergency Meeting at Camp
Proposal: To have a meeting at the camp after G.A. regarding police
threat and plan.
Announcments
- Mercury News reported 4000 people at the Oakland ports. The ports
were shut down.
- 6 senators introduced a bill to overturn citizens united.
- It is rumored that CEOs and Executives are to meet in Napa valley.
Occupy SF and – Oakland are meeting in Davis to discuss picketing
them.
- The march today was awesome
- Occupy Cabrillo meeting Thursday in the ampitheater at 12-2:30
- Occupy UCSC Nov 9. Rally at campus and march down to clock to meet
OSC
- Occupy San Jose rescue mission, Sunday 9:00am, will be bringing
supplies and knowledge to help out.
8 Responses to “GA November 2, 2011”
Quote of the day: “If you are angry or afraid of the people dressed in black coats and burning cars, then you should know about the people dressed in suits and burning countries.”
I’d have to say that my favorite quote is
“- There was a small disturbance this morning, it was resolved.”
The subtlety is delicious.
I thought that kind of “subtlety” was called “whitewashing”…
A “homeless person” attacked a county worker for doing his job.
http://www.ksbw.com/video/29665750/detail.html
“Outreach
- The media was present at OSC, interviews were conducted.”
That’s hardly a strategy or effective tactic for doing outreach. What else has been done for outreach since OSC began?
over 5,000 Like OSC. Outreach might do a request campaign to increase this number. Cheers.
Hi:
Here is a post from O. Oakland’s Piero Amadeo Infante, I think he makes good sense and deserves careful consideration of his points. This is an excellent add on to my opinion that occupiers can build goodwill by buying from small shopkeepers who lose income due to an occupation activity. For example, an occupation advocate could go into a shop that was on or near the march route and casually ask if they had to close on 11/2. If so, that would have more weight to buying something. Afterwards the buyer mentioning their occupation support could help create friends from the small business community:
” NOTICE: TO ALL OUT OF TOWN VISITING PROTESTERS.
And I am not talking about any group specifically, but rather cultural Disneyland political vacationers who come here to work out their own particular issues at the expense of Oakland’s people of color, the poor, and working class families.
This is OAKLAND.
… BPP? Oakland.
First Major union strike in California? Oakland.
Only Congressperson who Voted against the war? Oakland.
ground breaking clinics for non English speakers, and battered women’s shelters? Oakland.
Raza School? Oakland.
Cutting edge medical marijuana clinics? Oakland.
I could go on forever but you get the point.
Oakland has BEEN occupied. for decades now. before many of you were born>
We lost hundreds of people, in what amounted to a civil war with the government, before many of you were born, and your tactics, here in our city have already been used to the advantage of the people you claim to be against.
We all welcome support, but we will decide how to express it, and getting people killed here by instigating, and then leaving for your city like you just visited the Bahamas, is not needed nor invited. This shit is real. This shit is life and death. This is not a fashionable psuedo-leftist hero fantasy theater stage, where you can just come and go at will and act out shit you read about about that we paid for in blood.
I respect the people with different take on this than my own, but we here lived through some COINTELPRO shit that a lot of younger protesters don’t even remember, and we are vets at this shit.
DON’T START SHIT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS UNLESS YOU WANT TO LIVE HERE AND DEAL WITH IT LIKE WE DO. AND DON’T FRONT SOCIALISM OR LEFTISM IF YOU DISRESPECT THE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. YOUR ACTIONS WILL EXPOSE YOU FOR SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT.
THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME OUT IN NON VIOLENT SOLIDARITY AND MADE A POINT.
THIS IS OAKLAND.
WE GOT THIS.
Piero Amadeo Infante
Thank you Oakland for being leaders in so many areas and the eloquence expressed by Piero Amadeo Infante. Your courage and fight will inspire worldwide. Thanks for making it clear that “this shit is real” and that the Oakland people have to deal with the consequences of the violence.