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Oakland Honors Martin Luther King Jr
Diverse rally for justice, equality - and Black Lives Matter
A diverse crowd gathered in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood to honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr with calls for justice, equality - and a strong message of support for Black Lives Matter and campaigns to end police and state violence.
Many Reclaiming and kindred folks were involved in the march, continuing a burst of activism going back to the Occupy movement in 2011.
In particular, Solar Cross organized a "pagan corner" - see photo below.
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Photos from Oakland-Fruitvale - January 2015
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Aztec dancers honored the four directions as the rally began.
A diverse crowd overflowed the plaza outside Fruitvale BART - a transit hub at the center of a changing (ie, gentrifying) neighborhood.
Although the march hadn't begun, the crowd (and the MLK puppet) steadily drifted eastward...
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..gradually compacting the crowd in front of a makeshift stage.
Solar Cross put out a call for a pagan presence, and anchored a corner vigil during the pre-march rally.
Other pagans filtered through the crowd, remaining anonymous - until they spotted the RQ photographer.
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Ready to march!
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Luke Hauser (aka George Franklin) is a freelance parajournalist in the service of the Goddess and planetary revolution. His photo-filled book Direct Action is an historical novel about Bay Area protests.
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