The Story Behind "The Battle Of Oakland": Perspectives From Move-In Day (Video)

Posted 12 years ago on Feb. 7, 2012, 7:28 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

</iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/36256273">The Battle of Oakland</a> by <a href="http://vimeo.com/brandonjourdan">Brandon Jourdan</a> and David Martinez:</p> <blockquote><p>"On January 28th, 2012, Occupy Oakland moved to take a vacant building to use as a social center and a new place to continue organizing. This is the story of what happened that day as told by those who were a part of it. Features rare footage and interviews with Boots Riley, David Graeber, Maria Lewis, and several other witnesses to key events."</p> </blockquote> </div> <p class="view-comments"> <a title="View Comments" href="/article/oakland-perspectives-move-in-day/#comments"> 147 Comments</a> </p> </article> </section> <p style="font-weight:bold"> </p> </td><td id="right"> <h2>History Feb. 8, 2012 </h2> <ul> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Jan-31-2012/"> Jan. 31, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-3-2012/"> Feb. 3, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-4-2012/"> Feb. 4, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-5-2012/"> Feb. 5, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-7-2012/"> Feb. 7, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-8-2012/"> Feb. 8, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-9-2012/"> Feb. 9, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-12-2012/"> Feb. 12, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-13-2012/"> Feb. 13, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-15-2012/"> Feb. 15, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-16-2012/"> Feb. 16, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-17-2012/"> Feb. 17, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-18-2012/"> Feb. 18, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-21-2012/"> Feb. 21, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-22-2012/"> Feb. 22, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-23-2012/"> Feb. 23, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-24-2012/"> Feb. 24, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-27-2012/"> Feb. 27, 2012</a></li> <li><a style="" href="/archive/Feb-28-2012/"> Feb. 28, 2012</a></li> </ul> <p> <a href="/archive/Feb-2012/">Show entire month</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <footer> <p>this site is brought to you by various radicals at the Occupy Solidarity Network<br> this website is free / open source software on <a href="https://github.com/jart/occupywallst">github</a></p> </footer> <div id="notifications" style="display:none"> <div class="info"> <span>Notifications</span> </div> <div class="items"> </div> </div> <div style="display:none" id="editform" class="editform"> <textarea rows="5" cols="70"></textarea><br> <button class="save">save</button> <button class="cancel">cancel</button> <img class="loader" src="/media/img/ajax-loader.gif" width="16" height="16"> <span class="error"></span> <a href="http://occupywallst.org/forum/moderating-policies-will-be-reposted-somewhere-pro/">Read the Rules</a> </div> <script src="/media/js/jquery-1.6.2.min.js"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/markdown.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/ows.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/userpage.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/article.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/index.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/lazy.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/conference.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/rides.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/attendees.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/markfield.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/chat.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/forum.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/csrf.js?v=43"></script>  <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-46982122-1', 'occupywallst.org'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <script> function api(path, data, callback) { if (path.match(/^\/api\/safe\//)) { return $.get(path, data, callback, "json"); } else { return $.post(path, data, callback, "json"); } } $(function() { ows_init({ notifications: [] }); forum_init({per_page: 25}); article_init($(document)); }); </script>

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