“The police are why we’re broke in the first place,” said @realcatbrooks . “We continue to funnel the money into a failed system.”
https://t.co/uaK25fbtJl
“Anyone who is in the town, lives in the town or loves the town knows that arts and culture is our heartbeat. So if you’re interested in the heartbeat of Oakland, this position matters to you.” - @realcatbrooks
https://t.co/TnWK0j262W
“Canvas neighbors and local businesses. If you can get there before the cops do, you just might retrieve what the police are trying to hide.”
*The State Terror Roundup*
Full video: https://t.co/r4kawuOdlh
🎙️ Zohran Mamdani Proves That Power Belongs to the People
Featuring @NicholsUprising, national affairs correspondent for @thenation — only on @LawAndDis
https://t.co/ESD1yTUywT
✍️ https://t.co/6M3nO3Lso5
A community rooted in arts and culture builds true safety—far more sustainably than simply pouring more money into policing. - @realcatbrooks via @OaklandVoices
https://t.co/qPzkzSvujk
“Every time we’ve demanded transformation — from Reconstruction to the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter — the system has retaliated…
“Donald Trump’s threats should terrify us. But more than that, they should galvanize us.”
New from me: https://t.co/oJMQjPRBva
🎙️ 5 Years Since George Floyd
Looking back at five years of community and abolitionist organizing since the police killing of George Floyd
Featuring @avitale, Chauntyll Allen (BLM- Twin Cities) and @DocMellyMel (@blmgrassroots x @BLMLA)
https://t.co/pa9xd0rs9b
🎧 A Preview of a Conversation with @ChrisLynnHedges👂
Stream on demand for “an intimate portrait of systemic oppression, occupation, and violence”
https://t.co/RMgw0KThDQ
“It’s another knee-jerk reaction, not going to make Oakland any safer,” @realcatbrooks said. “We’re going to give them less rules to follow, more injuries, more fatal.”
https://t.co/KT7iQ9qiSD
اِسْتَنْفَرَ / Istanfara
Pulitzer winner Chris Hedges joins live to discuss his latest, weaving personal stories and present and historical context to highlight Palestinians’ heroic efforts
📆 05/29/25
⏰ 7 PM
📍 First Congregational Church of Oakland
🎟️ https://t.co/2zyglwHN51
Don’t miss this! @realcatbrooks' Driving the Girls is a raw, unflinching story of survival, sisterhood & sex work in 90s Vegas.
📍YBCA, SF
🗓️ May 17 | 7:30PM
Make sure to get your tickets: https://t.co/DDX8j3oWFK