Occupy Oakland Links
by zunguzungu
- Occupy Oakland: Hugs Are Also an Option and What Could the Homeless Possibly Have to Protest About?
- Five Occupy Oakland campers share why they joined the movement.
- Sunaura Taylor has a piece on Occupy Oakland in the N+1 Occupy Wall Street Gazette.
- Zennie Abraham calls Occupy Occupy a Showcase For New Demographic.
- Police crack down on parking violations at Occupy Oakland protest
- Images from Oscar Grant Plaza
Video of Saturday’s Occupy Oakland march past the lake to Chase bank:
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I was sitting in bed with my laptop last Saturday afternoon with writer’s block when I read a tweet that said the parade was marching towards Lakeshore, where I live. I got up, put my hair in a pony tail, brushed my teeth and ran down the street to take some pics.
I know the movement isn’t perfect, but they did smash an a Chase ATM machine and I took a picture of that. I think the 10% of anarchists – or whoever the quazi-violent sub-group needs to be careful.
I work in Downtown Oakland, so everday at lunch I come out and take pictures of the camp. I was once told by someone “no press”, but I am not press- I just take pics with my little pink camera phone. Why don’t they want press?
Everyday at work I hear “hella-copters” and Wednesday morning my co-workers smelled tear gas as they came into work, so we are curious because it’s all around us. Yet, when I venture the lawn, some are suspicious of me. Is it because I don’t have died hair and tattoos? I just want to document what’s going on. One person over at “Occupy Berkeley” asked me if I was an agent? I was wearing jeans. I don’t get it.
I come in peace.