Occupy Oakland- End of Week 7

So at the beginning of Week 7, Occupy Oakland had decided to occupy some private property in West Oakland and said they had permission from the owner.  But by the end of the week, the space at 18th and Linden was abandoned.  Perhaps there had been some miscommunication.

The Entrace on Monday, November 21st:

That Same Entrance on Saturday, November 26th:

On November 21st:

On Saturday, November 26th:

On November 21st:

On November 26th:

On November 21st:

On November 26th:

Now there is talk of Occupy Oakland becoming a "pop up" occupation - meaning, they will pop up wherever and whenever, I guess.  In the meantime, as I type this, alot of Occupiers from Oakland and San Francisco have headed South to OccupyLA to support them, due to the impending threat of their camp being raided at 12:01am on Monday, November 28th.  Rumor has it there are over 2,000 cops waiting to remove the 1,000 Occupiers.

I can't take pictures of LA from here. I guess I will just have to watch and see how it unfolds on Twitter....

Accidental Tourist at Occupy San Francisco

Friday, November 11, 2011  (aka 11-11-11)

On my Facebook page I had posted that if I had money, I would travel to all the Occupy camps in the world, take photos and blog about them.

I normally take pictures of Occupy Oakland because it's a stone's throw away from my work, but today I had Veteran's Day off, so I headed to San Francisco to check out their camp.

MY TOP 3 PHOTOS OF OCCUPY SAN FRANCISCO:

And My Favorite:

This last sign seems to be indicative of whats happening at many Occupy Camps around the nation.  Other causes are hijacking the original message.  If only I knew what the original message was....

As I exited the Embarcadero Bart Station, dark clouds threatened rain. I didn't have much time to snap pictures, but at least OccupySF was within super close walking distance.

I noticed an immediate difference between the OccupySF camp and the Occupy Oakland camp.

1. OccupySF is somewhat bigger

2. OccupySF has less signs

3. OccupySF has way more white people.

A folksy reggae band that was performing at the encampment was like a shock to my system.  Most of the entertainment over at the Oakland camp have been hip hop artists.

There was also less anger in the air as I snapped away pictures.  No one shoo'd me away and I didn't hear any grumbling from mentally ill people about how they didn't want to go back to jail from inside their tents.

So, in some ways, it felt safer to walk through their encampment than in Oakland, but in other ways, it didn't feel like a protest. It just felt like a street fair with tents.  Granted their next march wasn't scheduled till the next day- I would be missing out on the action.

Across the Bay in Oakland, protesters marched in the rain and got amped up as they were delivered another eviction notice.  It could be any day now for round 3 with the riot cops. Third time's a charm? 

It's so beautiful in San Francisco, it makes me wonder...maybe it's too hard for the protesters to stay mad there.  How will they keep their resolve against those beautiful sunsets over looking the Bay?

Tomorrow is a march in Solidarity with Egypt in both San Francisco and Oakland.  As for me, unless Oakland decides to march through my neighborhood again, it will be a picture-free day.

Unless there's a raid.  Then I am all about the "aftermath" photos.

Nite.