Tasneem Raja
tasneemraja.bsky.social
Tasneem Raja
@tasneemraja.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of The Oaklandside, Chief of Strategy at Cityside, happy to be here.
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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The Oaklandside hosted a mayoral candidates forum last night at Castlemont High.

In attendance were: Suz Robinson, Barbara Lee, Mindy Pechenuk, Eric Simpson, Elizabeth Swaney, Loren Taylor, Renia Webb.

You can watch the whole thing here:
oaklandside.org/2025/02/27/o...
How to watch The Oaklandside's mayoral candidates forum on Zoom
We're livestreaming our Feb. 26 discussion with the people running for Oakland mayor.
oaklandside.org
February 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
@joegarofoli.bsky.social chides @oaklandside.bsky.social for including several Oakland mayor candidates in our forum last night, not just the two "serious" ones.

But then how would we have heard those "smart ideas" from Suz Robinson, a little-known candidate whose profile has risen since our event?
The winner of the Oakland mayor’s forum is the candidate who walked out
“It was like a skit from ‘SNL,’” said Carol Strickman, an audience member who moved to Oakland in 1974.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker
February 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Hello world!
December 3, 2024 at 4:31 PM