Occupy Oakland: One Year of Resistance and Repression

On the eve of the first anniversary of the police raid on Oscar Grant Plaza, Laleh Behbehanian and Tory Becker discuss the triumphs and challenges of Occupy Oakland with KPFA Women's Magazine's Kate Raphael. They discuss the triumphs and challenges of the movement, and how internal dynamics including male supremacy and racism have exacerbated the state repression.  34:34

Laleh is the subject of a new documentary and a member of Occupy Oakland's Anti-Repression Committee.  Tory is a member of LAGAI-Queer Insurrection and Old Lesbians Organizing for Change, as well as Oakland Occupy Patriarchy.

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