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TOL Returns to the streets, #LiveAndDirect, from the Oakland, CA, covering today’s Circle Dance flashmob of Idle No More, and Chief Theresa Spence’s ongoing hunger strike, and her demand for a meeting w/ Canadian PM Stephen Harper. The Canadian Parliament is ramming through a law (Bill C-45) that will severely alter the laws regarding development of “Indian Land”, removing many protections and rights the First Nations peoples have had up until now. This is what people are protesting. Live on the web Sat Jan 5, ~1;30PM PST: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/oaktownlive -What is Idle No More? -Why does Chief Theresa Spence’s  hunger strike matter? -”Hunger strike by Chief Theresa Spence against new government legislation and long term denial of indigenous rights sparks nation wide movement”

TOL Returns to the streets, #LiveAndDirect, from the Oakland, CA, covering today’s Circle Dance flashmob of Idle No More, and Chief Theresa Spence’s ongoing hunger strike, and her demand for a meeting w/ Canadian PM Stephen Harper.

The Canadian Parliament is ramming through a law (Bill C-45) that will severely alter the laws regarding development of “Indian Land”, removing many protections and rights the First Nations peoples have had up until now. This is what people are protesting.

Live on the web Sat Jan 5, ~1;30PM PST: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/oaktownlive

-What is Idle No More?

-Why does Chief Theresa Spence’s  hunger strike matter?

-”Hunger strike by Chief Theresa Spence against new government legislation and long term denial of indigenous rights sparks nation wide movement”

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Live & Direct from Oakland, Ca w/ Dr. Bernard Lafayette

This Thuirsday Sep 20th Team Oaktown Live will be livestreaming An Evening With Dr. Lafayette, co-author of the Kingian Nonviolence Curriculum and Chair of the Positive Peace Warrior Network:

An Evening w/ Dr. Lafayette

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Celebrating the International Day of Peace

An Evening with Dr. Bernard Lafayette

Thursday, September 20th
6:30 – 8:30 PM

Humanist Hall
390 27th St., Oakland CA

Recently, there have been growing interest in the Bay Area around Kingian Nonviolence.  Since January of this year, we have held 13 two-day workshops for well over 350 people in the Bay Area alone!

This includes five workshops inside the San Bruno County Jail and workshops for Oakland youth.  We have partnered with many important Bay Area communities, including theEast Bay Meditation Center, theOakland Peace Center,BAY-Peace,Youth Spirit Artworks,Youth Alive, various Occupy communities and more.

We are honored to continue to work to fulfill our mission, and help Dr. Bernard Lafayette help fulfill his promise to Coretta Scott King: to continue to spread Dr. King’s philosophy with the highest integrity.

We are also excited to announce that Dr. Lafayette will finally be coming to the Bay Area!!!  Please join us on the eve of the International Day of Peace for this exciting event.

UPDATE: Program will also feature performances from local youth who have attended a Kingian Nonviolence workshop, and a video presentation of PPWN’s national work with youth.

Co-Sponsors of this event include: YES!, Youth Spirit Artworks, BAY-Peace, PeaceWorkers US, the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, and EndBigBanks.org.  If your organization is interested in becoming a co-sponsor ($50 fee), please send an email to emailkazu@gmail.com.

Dr. Lafayette will also be leading a two-day introductory workshop in Kingian Nonviolence that weekend, the 22nd and 23rd.  CLICK HEREfor more information and to register.

Please help us spread the word about these two events!!!  Hope to see you all there!!!

Go to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/oaktownlive# for the stream

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Oakland May Day, 2012: OPD “Snatch Team” Arrest

After the crowd had been dispersed from 14th & Broadway, fellow livestreamer CourtneyOccupy & Pirate encountered what seems to be one of an undetermined number of roving OPD “snatch teams” prowling the streets of the 510. This may or may not be part of the “new tactics” Chief Jordan planned to roll out for May Day

It’s not strictly illegal to have rocks in your pocket, and the two men standing on the corner didn’t seem to be doing anything more suspicious that dressing in all-black on May Day in Oakland. That seems like sketchy probable cause at face-value.

If OPD had some specific intelligence that they were arresting a specific person for a specific crime, that’s one thing.

But just rolling up on people dressed in all-black, that’s kinda fucked up.

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May Day 2012, Oakland, CA (RAW VIDEO)

Here are the raw video segments from the TOL May Day 2012 Broadcast.

All Team Oaktown Live videos are Creative Commons licensed (reuse,remix/non-$/attribution). Any booshwa from YouTube about “Matched Third Party Content” is in dispute as these were all captured at public, newsworthy events and come under “Fair Use”.

Highlight clips to follow.

Oakland May Day 2012 Pt 1/7

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A protester yells at Oakland Police as they arrest a May Day protestor at the corner of Broadway and 14th streets. Pirate seems to have his power cable (?) between his teeth.
A protester yells at Oakland Police as they arrest a May Day protestor at the corner of Broadway and 14th streets.

Pirate seems to have his power cable (?) between his teeth.

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Pirate (2nd from right) filming May Day. Protesters lock arms as they yell at the police on Broadway and 14th st. Occupy Oakland called for a general strike in downtown Oakland, with numerous marches and actions planned for May Day, a traditional labor and workers day. Oakland, CA. Tuesday May 1st, 2012.

Pirate (2nd from right) filming May Day.

Protesters lock arms as they yell at the police on Broadway and 14th st. Occupy Oakland called for a general strike in downtown Oakland, with numerous marches and actions planned for May Day, a traditional labor and workers day. Oakland, CA. Tuesday May 1st, 2012.
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Pirate (again, far left) filming during the May Day events in Oakland. A protester is detained by police during a rally for International Worker’s Day outside the Alameda County Court House on May 1, 2012 in Oakland, California. Demonstrators have called for nation-wide May Day strikes to protest economic inequality and political corruption.

Pirate (again, far left) filming during the May Day events in Oakland.

A protester is detained by police during a rally for International Worker’s Day outside the Alameda County Court House on May 1, 2012 in Oakland, California. Demonstrators have called for nation-wide May Day strikes to protest economic inequality and political corruption.
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Pirate (far left, with Mighty Bamboo Pole of Transparency) live from May Day 2012. Protesters celebrate after one was released by police after writing with chalk on a Wells Fargo Bank.

Pirate (far left, with Mighty Bamboo Pole of Transparency) live from May Day 2012.

Protesters celebrate after one was released by police after writing with chalk on a Wells Fargo Bank.
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May Day 2012, TOL will be Live & Direct from Oakland, Ca. Plan is to start early, go as long as the batteries hold out. Won’t be live streaming constantly all day, but both Pirate and Lexica will be tweeting all day long. Watch this space for further updates.

May Day 2012, TOL will be Live & Direct from Oakland, Ca. Plan is to start early, go as long as the batteries hold out. Won’t be live streaming constantly all day, but both Pirate and Lexica will be tweeting all day long.

Watch this space for further updates.

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