Occupy Oakland in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park

A simple message on a walkway of wooden pallets tells that Occupy Oakland has retaken the Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park in front of City Hall.

Occupy Oakland in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park

Occupy Oakland in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park

Ivan Velev does his morning stretches in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park where Occupy Oakland is camped out.

Occupy Oakland in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park

The Occupy Oakland kitchen dishes up dinner in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park.

Sign language interpreter Mera Kelly-Yurdin has a discussion with a group of deaf Occupy Oakland supporters. Occupy Oakland's Language Access Group includes sign interpreters in English and Spanish languages.

Occupy Oakland supporters listen to filmmaker Michael Moore address the General Assembly in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park in front of Oakland City Hall.

Filmmaker Michael Moore talks to Occupy Oakland supporters during the group's General Assembly in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park.

Filmmaker Michael Moore observes 30 seconds of silence in honor of Scott Olsen with Occupy Oakland supporters during the group's General Assembly in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park. Olsen sustained severe head trauma during an Oct 26th protest in which police fired tear gas into the crowd. It is believed one of these canisters struck Olsen, causing the injury.

Filmmaker Michael Moore talks to Occupy Oakland supporters during the group's General Assembly in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park.

While listening to filmmaker Michael Moore speak at the Occupy Oakland General Assembly, Elon Ullman, Berkeley resident, writes down his thoughts on paper.

Occupy Oakland in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park

Artist John-Paul Bail pulls custom screen printed posters and gives them away free in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park where Occupy Oakland is camped out.

Artist John-Paul Bail pulls custom screen printed posters and gives them away free in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park where Occupy Oakland is camped out.

Rebelstilskin hangs screen printed Occupy Oakland posters on a line to dry in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park after artist John-Paul Bail pulls them. Bail, Oakland artist is giving the posters away free to OO supporters.

During the General Assembly in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park.

Robert Dabney, Hayward resident, listens to speakers during the Occupy Oakland General Assembly in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park. Dabney, a former Fresno firefighter says he was seriously beaten by the police in 2008 after they arrived to investigate a domestic violence call made by a neighbor, which according to him was a mistake. As a result of the beating, his abdomen and belly were severely damaged, including a hernia which he still has not been able to have operated on because of lack of medical insurance.

Alli Chagi-Starr addresses the Occupy Oakland General Assembly with her daughter Akai Chagi-Eldridge-Starr.

Occupy Oakland in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park in front of Oakland City Hall.

Occupy Oakland in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park in front of Oakland City Hall.

Radio KPFA 94.1 broadcasts live from Occupy Oakland Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park.

Occupy Oakland in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park

Sonya Rifkin, Oakland resident spray paints general strike tee shirts for Occupy Oakland supporters in the movement's base camp at Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park. A city-wide general strike was called for Nov. 2nd.

Buddhist meditation at Occupy Oakland in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park.

Occupy Oakland in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park

Occupy Oakland supporters gather in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park for a poetry reading.

David Brazil, Oakland resident and Occupy Oakland supporter reads "America" from "Howl", a collection of poems by Allen Ginsberg in the park.

Selected reading from the library at Occupy Oakland in Frank H Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Park.

Justin, Oakland resident, organizes the daily Occupy Oakland schedule at the movement's information tent in the plaza.

After Occupy Oakland's General Assembly, a marching band and dancers perform for the crowd on the steps of Oakland City Hall.

Performing for the Occupy Oakland crowd on the steps of Oakland City Hall after the group's General Assembly.