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In reply to the discussion: Martin Luther King, Jr. (with compatriots) take over a private building in Chicago in 1965. [View all]Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)17. Occupy Oakland had a specific goal and a specific message.
And how do you know that MLK was successful? I've only been able to find sketchy details one of which was that the building owner sued MLK, et. al.
OO's message to the city regarding Move In Day:
Dear Mayor Jean Quan, Oakland Police Department, and Oakland City Council,
As you probably know, Occupy Oakland is planning the occupation of a building on January 28th that will serve as a social center, convergence center, headquarters, free kitchen, and place of housing for Occupy Oakland. Like so many other people, Occupy Oakland is homeless while buildings remain vacant and unused. For Occupy this is in large part because of yourselves, having evicted us twice from public space that was rightfully ours. For others it is because of the housing bubble, predatory lending, the perpetual crises of capitalism, and far reaching histories of imperialism and systemic violence.
Our families, friends, and communities built the buildings that sit empty in post-industrial Oakland. Now these buildings outnumber the homeless and represent the theft of our collective labor as the class of the unpropertied and dispossessed. Allowing this building to remain vacant while so many are in need is injurious theft, injustice; its extralegal occupancy is not.
As you probably know, Occupy Oakland is planning the occupation of a building on January 28th that will serve as a social center, convergence center, headquarters, free kitchen, and place of housing for Occupy Oakland. Like so many other people, Occupy Oakland is homeless while buildings remain vacant and unused. For Occupy this is in large part because of yourselves, having evicted us twice from public space that was rightfully ours. For others it is because of the housing bubble, predatory lending, the perpetual crises of capitalism, and far reaching histories of imperialism and systemic violence.
Our families, friends, and communities built the buildings that sit empty in post-industrial Oakland. Now these buildings outnumber the homeless and represent the theft of our collective labor as the class of the unpropertied and dispossessed. Allowing this building to remain vacant while so many are in need is injurious theft, injustice; its extralegal occupancy is not.
And more...
http://occupyoaklandmoveinday.org/content/letter-mayor-opd-and-city-council-occupy-oaklands-move-day
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (with compatriots) take over a private building in Chicago in 1965. [View all]
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
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Wow those newspaper clippings sound alot like some of the posts on this site over the past few days.
limpyhobbler
Feb 2012
#1
It really is something. If Dr. King were alive today, he would be 83 years old.
limpyhobbler
Feb 2012
#14
Yes it is. But when people do not take the time to learn, we get the kind of nonsense we
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#28
According to one letter writer, King was "undermining our society of law and order."
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
#8
William F. Buckley's heirs are probably too ashamed to reprint his screeds on MLK.
Starry Messenger
Feb 2012
#10
I've got a few of those bookmarked on my home computer. What a cretin Buckley was.
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
#13
Fascinating to read those articles. And to think it is not that long ago that people actually
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#34
It was Catherina who tipped me off to the negativity of print journalism to
Starry Messenger
Feb 2012
#40
In which a letter writer that King's plan to occupy Washington DC is the wrong tactic...
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
#11
No. He did not merely focus on them in speeches. He also led and participated
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
#22
?? Are you at all familiar with this movement? Millions of people around the globe,
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#30
Cool! And Occupy Chicago had a teach-in about MLK's campaign against slums...
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
#23
Another thing it appears many people here are not aware of, the 'teach-ins' that take place
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#35
People could look a little deeper at what the occupiers were trying to do taking over the
limpyhobbler
Feb 2012
#36
Check out Argentina, where they did the same thing. This is not a new tactic at all, and in
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#31
Politicians did nothing about foreclosures. Millions of people are and have lost their homes
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#49