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Oakland Street Vendors Fight Back Against Sweeps and Criminalization
On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D spoke with Oakland street vendors and organizers Needa B, Joyous and Hannibal Shakur about what they describe as an escalating campaign of harassment, confiscation and criminalization directed at vendors across the city. Davey opened by emphasizing that street vending has long been part of Oakland’s economic and cultural fabric. Vendors provide affordable food, handmade products and essential income for families, yet city enforcement teams have recently arrived with police, public works employees and equipment commonly used during homeless encampment sweeps…
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