Tear gas and fighting mar generally peaceful day of Occupy Oakland General...
By Susan Mernit, November 3, 2011 Participants expressed frustration that people who started destructive behavior were unfamiliar to them and expressed a wish for more organizational...
View ArticleLet’s Not Forget What Has Caused Oakland’s General Strike
By Davey D, November 4, 2011 Today is Nov 2 2011… It’s the day of a General Strike here in Oakland, California. Hopefully it’s a day that we’ll look back on years from now and see as a watershed...
View ArticleLetter from Occupy Oakland’s General Strike
By Jason Mark, November 4, 2011 Good Vibes Take on Corporate RuleOn Tuesday night, the eve of Occupy Oakland’s shutdown of the fifth busiest port in the United States, a strange blast of warm wind...
View ArticleOakland’s Day: A Focused General Strike
By Christopher D. Cook, November 4, 2011 It was a remarkable and inspiring scene, a river of people filling boulevards in the name of reform and revolution.read more
View ArticleThoughts on Occupy Oakland’s Historic General Strike: Celebration & Sobering...
By Davey D, November 5, 2011 It was the nation’s first general strike in over 65 years. It was a day where everyone was upbeat and focused. It was a day of success.read more
View ArticleWe need fundamental economic changes
By Orson Aguilar, November 10, 2011 These Occupy protests really have come to embody the 99 percent for whom they speak. This group is us. It looks like America, while the wealthy and powerful 1...
View ArticleOccupy Takes Over the Ports: A Report from Oakland
By Josh Healey, December 14, 2011 Strategies that seemed impossible just yesterday are now on the table.read more
View ArticleOccupy Oakland at a Crossroads: Rebirth or Self-Destruction?
By Josh Healey, February 1, 2012 Needlessly picking fights with the cops, vandalizing City Hall, and putting our own people in harm's way is not the path to social and economic justice.read more
View ArticleOakland, Non-Violence and The Future of Occupy
By Stephan Said, February 2, 2012 There will always be a diversity of tactics. But we have to elevate our message.read more
View ArticleMay Day in Oakland: Immigrant Rights, Occupy Agitation, and a Tank
By Josh Healey, May 2, 2012 This is the city I love, the movement we need! And then a tank appears.read more
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