Two Texts from the Latest UC Occupations

from Ruine des Kapitals:

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Education Should Be Free
The Open UC

CCSF Conlin Hall Sit-in

SAN FRANCISCO, California – On Thursday afternoon, some 30 students began a sit-in at the Conlin Hall building at the City College of San Francisco, Ocean Campus in response to the ongoing accreditation issues facing the college. Demonstrators have published a list of demands directed at Chancellor Thelma Scott-Skillman, including:

1. Call on the Board of Trustees to reverse all cuts to classes, services, staff, and faculty. Stop downsizing the mission of CCSF and promote equity.

2. Organize town hall forums at all campuses so that students can have their voices heard.

3. Make a public statement calling for Prop A funds to be used for education as voters intended. Call on City Hall to give CCSF a bridge loan until Prop A and Prop 30 funds become available.

4. Speak out against CCSF being put on “Show Cause” without prior sanction. Call on the Department of Education to take action to stop the ACCJC’s misuse of the accreditation process.

UPDATE: Demonstrators ended their sit-in the following day after agreeing to organize town hall forums. Read more.

Upcoming January Events

NYE – Prison Solidarity March and Party – 9pm Oscar Grant Plaza

• See photos from Bay of Rage.

1 Jan. – Oscar Grant Memorial – 1pm Oscar Grant Plaza

• More on OccupyOakland.
• See photos from Indybay.

7 Jan. – Anti-Police Repression March – 8pm Oscar Grant Plaza

8 Jan. – Feminist/Queer Block – Noon to 5pm at 19th & Telegraph

9. Jan. – American Licorice Strike/Picket – Beginning at 5am at 2477 Liston Way, Union City, CA. Additional support is needed at 2:30pm to 11pm.

19 Jan. – UC Regents Meeting at UC Riverside Protest

22 Jan. – Justice for Kenneth Harding Jr – Noon at Third & Palou in Bay View, SF

• More on Kenneth Harding Jr.

28 Jan. – Occupy Oakland Building Occupation – 5pm Oscar Grant Plaza

Related:

• #OccupyOakland establishes a new encampment on Tuesday, 27 December at 21st and Mandela in West Oakland. The encampment is being called the Cypress Triangle. Update: Cypress Triangle was evicted shortly after being established, much like at many other reoccupations.

#Occupy Digest

In the wake of the recent #Occupy movement, we wanted to create a running digest of some helpful resources for information and critiques. (None of the following are endorsements. This list is not comprehensive.)

#Occupy Critiques/Analysis:

• “The Occupation Movement: On Greed, Unity & Violence” – Bay of Rage (10.Oct – Article)
• “Why the Struggle Needs to Go Beyond Occupations” – Libcom (7.Oct – Article)
• “To Occupy and Unoccupy” – vagabond (7.Oct – Article)
• “Dear Occupiers: A Letter from Anarchists” – Crimethinc (7.Oct – Article)
• “Night of the Barricades” – Bay of Rage (6.Oct – Article)
• “A Warning: Rise to the Defense of the Revolutionary” – Kasama (6.Oct – Article)
• Anti-State STL (blog)
• “Are We an Occupation or Just a Gathering?” – AntiStateSTL (4.Oct – Article)
• “Call Out to People of Color” – (4.Oct – Article)
• “So Real It Hurts” – LeftTurn (4.Oct – Article)
• DisOccupy (blog)
• AnarchistNews – there are several critiques here (blog)
• “Anarchist Reportback and Critique from Occupy Portland” (7.Oct – Article)
• “Brief Analysis of the LA and Seattle Occupations” – Anarchist International (3.Oct – Article)
• “Open Letter to Occupy Chicago” (3.Oct – Article)
• More on “Discuss“
• unpermittedLA (blog)
• “General Assembly & Grassroots Democracy” (3.Oct – Article)
• “Read with Caution: This is Not an Attack” (29.Sept – Article)
• “#OWS: Some Tactical Thoughts” – Jacobin Mag (27.Sept – Article)

#Occupy News Sources:

• Indybay – has a lot of news on whats going on particularly in California; for general independent news check out Indymedia.
• OccupyTogether – from here you can navigate to most of the #Occupy city websites
• YourAnonNews (blog)
• #OccupySF
• #OccupyLosAngeles
• #OccupySantaCruz
• #OccupyOakland
• #OccupySanJose
• #OccupySacramento
• #OccupySanDiego
• #OccupyHumboldt

#Occupy on Twitter:

Using twitter to find out what’s going on is sometimes your best bet. Go to the search page on twitter and type in “#Occupy” and then the city name all in one word, eg. #OccupySF (note, it’s not case-sensitive). #OccupyWallStreet is also shortened to #OWS. FYI, the hashtags are twitter users’ way of categorizing tweets. Here’s a short list of some users who frequently post news:

• OccupyTheHood
• AnonyOps
• YourAnonNews

See Also:

• This statement from #OccupyBoston about supporting a diversity of tactics.