June 4, 2011: 13 years ago, June 3 2011, a "roving street party" snaked through downtown [...]
13 years ago, June 3 2011, a “roving street party” snaked through downtown Oakland, the first in a series of anti-austerity marches called Anticut. An immediate precursor to the spatial politics of Occupy Oakland, Anticut attempted to challenge the city’s rapid gentrification
June 17, 2011: Second Anticut Demo in Oakland
June 17 2011, the second anti-austerity Anticut demo was held in Oakland days before the city’s budget announcement. With 14 libraries on the chopping block, organizers with book shields led a march downtown before holding a rally in front of the main branch library. Starting from Latham Square, the march …
September 17, 2011: Occupy Wall Street San Francisco
September 17 2011, about 150 protesters set up camp outside the Bank of America building in San Francisco’s Financial District in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. Occupy FDSF (soon renamed Occupy SF) was followed by camps in San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley, and beyond.
October 10, 2011: 12 years ago, Oct 10 2011, activists inspired by the Occupy Wall St [...]
12 years ago, Oct 10 2011, activists inspired by the Occupy Wall St movement set up camp in Oakland’s Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, which they immediately renamed Oscar Grant Plaza. The founding of Occupy Oakland was timed to coincide with Indigenous People’s Day Early in the afternoon, a group of …
October 25, 2011: 12 years ago, Oct 25 2011, police raided Occupy Oakland's two-week-old [...]
12 years ago, Oct 25 2011, police raided Occupy Oakland’s two-week-old encampments at Oscar Grant Plaza (Frank Ogawa Plaza) & Snow Park, leading to a day of protests & violent clashes between themselves and occupiers, who declared a “general strike” planed for Nov 2nd in response The 5am raid was …