Occupy Oakland Raided On 10/25/2011 -- Brutality & Arrests

Oakland Mayors office:(510) 238-3141
CA Governor's office: (916) 445-2841
Oakland Police non emergency line: (510) 777-3333

In the cover of the night, Oakland police brutalized UNARMED protesters with TEAR GAS, RUBBER BULLETS, FLASH GRENADES and MORE. Many injuries reported and multitudes of arrests. Please call and demand that the state of CA and Oakland treat protesters with dignity!!!

In solidarity with OccupyOakland Base Camp, today should be observed as a day of Resistance! Five hundred police descended at 4 A.M. on unarmed Occupiers, tear gassing and raining rubber bullets down on them! Many have been injured in this gross display of violence by the police!

As a human being and lover of freedom for ALL, walk out of your jobs for the day, cease being a part of the machine that enables this senseless violence against fellow people who are airing their grievances peacefully. Strike for a day, and Occupy your local square, courthouse, where ever! Without a strong popular condemnation of these acts, we are paving the way for similar show downs in other cities! If you can't give one day for actually standing up for everyone else's rights as well as your own, you'll lose so much more!

Stand up to the violence! An injury to one is an injury to all! Share this message and invite others to the cause!

OccupyOakland Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/occupyoakland




Chemical bomb tossed into Occupy Maine encampment

Please keep the safety of Maine and other Occupy groups in your thoughts...

In solidarity with those in Maine: OccupyMaine Press Release - Lincoln Park Campers Attacked Early Sunday morning, around 4am, the members of the Occupy Maine camp at Lincoln Park woke up to a loud explosion. Witnesses who were awake said a car driving by slowed down, and lobbed an IED over the fence. Within a few seconds, it exploded. The blast reportedly lifted a table about a foot off the ground. The table generally requires 2 people to li...ft and move. The target was the center of camp where the overnight security team was. One witness said this type of bomb could have caused a lot more damage if certain things were added and a lot of campers are fearful of another attack.

Thankfully no one was injured last night but police investigators were on scene for 2 hours to identify the chemicals used and to try to find out who is responsible. The suspect car is said to be a Silver 4-Door Sedan from the late 80s-mid 90s and possibly a Toyota or Nissan and if you have any more information, you are encouraged to contact:

The Portland Police Department at 207-874-8575 .




V.O.T.P. Brandon Ellington "Free Political & Legal classes" at Emerald City

Tuesday, October 25 · 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Emerald City, 4334 Troost

Voices Of The People is proud to team up with Emerald City on Troost to build a bridge to the east side of Troost. Join us Tuesday as we celebrate our Free Political & Legal Classes with our friends at Emerald City. Instructors Brandon Ellington & Paul Pierce. Bring your pen & paper and learn City,State, & Federal government and law,and how it works, this is a must for anyone wanting to get involved in the political world .








 November 5, 2011 -- Break the Banks

Citizens have organized an event to move all funds from banks and put them into credit unions on November 5th, 2011. Organizers are calling the event"Bank Transfer Day" and are encouraging people nationwide to participate November 5.
The Facebook page for the event states the following:

"Together we can ensure that these banking institutions will ALWAYS remember the 5th of November!! If the 99% removes our funds from the major banking institutions on or by this date, we will send a clear message and give the 1% a taste of the fear that we experience every day when we aren't able to pay for our rent, food, medication, utilities, student loans, etc."

So far over 60,500 people have RSVP'ed for the event.
The participants of "Bank Transfer Day" take issue with the response of big banks' to the Durbin Amendment, which is an addition to the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that caps the debit interchange fees banks can charge merchants.

The organizers claim the banks will begin to charge their customers $3-$5 fees to off-set the money they will lose because of the interchange fee cap.


Donation Items Needed (Updated as of 10/25/2011)

If you can help out or Volunteer
Please Email Donations Here
St. Joseph, MO

A number of the things needed for the occupation as compiled by members of the general assembly which include but are not limited to:

Gas Power-Generators, Tarps, Tents, Candles, Storage Containers, Tables, Bungee Ties, Zip Ties, Port-A-Potties, Blankets, Warm Clothes, Food Items (Perishable & Non-Perishable Goods), Eating Utinsils, Dishes, Cookware, Extension Cords...(More)









Declaration of the Occupation of St. Joseph, MO

As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.

As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.

  • They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.
  • They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.
  • They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one's skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
  • They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.
  • They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless animals, and actively hide these practices.
  • They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.
  • They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.
  • They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers' healthcare and pay.
  • They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.
  • They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.
  • They have sold our privacy as a commodity.
  • They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press.
  • They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.
  • They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.
  • They have donated large sums of money to politicians, who are responsible for regulating them.
  • They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.
  • They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people's lives or provide relief in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantial profit.
  • They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.
  • They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.
  • They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.
  • They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad.
  • They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.
  • They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts.*

    • To the people of the world,
    We, the St. Joseph General Assembly occupying Civic Center Park behind City Hall, urge you to assert your power.
    Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.

    To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy we offer support.
    Join us and make your voices heard!
    *These grievances are not all-inclusive.

    What: General Assembly Discussion

    Where: Steps of City Hall & The Civic Center Park Directly Behind

    When: Every Day at 6:30 PM

    Contact: Via E-Mail


    What is this all about?

    For an incredibly long time, too long, Americans have put up with mistreatment from corporations who's only interest is profit and inequality is the trade-off of our participation in giving them our money, time and lives!

    Worse yet, Banks and Corporations have usurped our governement by putting our elected officials in their pockets with bribes and other promises or even threats! It is time to stand up together and let it be unmistakably clear we will no longer tolerate this vile corrupt system of irresponsible monetary and fiscal slavery over the American People.
    Read more
    St. Joseph Where we came from and where we're going to go.
    Occupy Rally When & where we will meet and how you can help out!



    (These photos were edited into a video by a St. Joseph resident who Visited The Wall St. Occupation)

    Occupy St. Joe Now!