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Occupy Oakland Discussion

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This category / section is for discussion about Occupy Oakland. As a general rule the best place to bring your discussion points is to the occupation itself:  join a committee, participate in the general assembly, organize supply runs, spread the word about upcoming actions, donate money, get involved.  Once you ARE involved, discuss what your involvement means to you, why you are participating, how you can participate more effectively, ideas for fellow occupiers to consider and support–or critique. Please keep in mind this is the Occupy Oakland website.  If you … Continued

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Merc News on General Strike 3 pm 11/2/11

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 http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_19246904 OAKLAND — Occupy demonstrators turned their ire on big banks and corporations Wednesday by marching, blocking traffic and chanting — and in some cases, defacing ATMs and pounding on doors at Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Chase and Citibank branches around downtown. And at Whole Foods at 27th and Bay streets, a splinter group threw paintballs, tore up a fence and broke a window before the larger crowd turned on them and forced them to stop. With those exceptions, it was a loud, boisterous and largely peaceful demonstration as … Continued

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General Strike Shuts Port of Oakland and Downtown Banks

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Huge, enthusiastic, crowds swarmed through downtown Oakland with half a dozen major marches on banks and corporations that shut down Wells Fargo, Chase, Citibank, Bank of America and many others.  Police stayed clear of the strikers who ranged freely, from Broadway to Grand Avenue and around the Lake.  By late afternoon the crowds had swelled to over 10,000.  Waves of feeder marches continued to pour into the Oscar Grant Plaza, including 800 children, parents, and teachers  who had gathered at the Oakland Main Library. The evening march to the Port … Continued

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Assembly, committee, caucus what’s the difference?

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Towards a participatory model that preserves autonomy, enables collective action and inhibits sectarian division and lack of accountability. The general assembly model (with empowered and active committees and caucuses) implies that each participant acts as an equal individual; each committee acts in consensus (or modified consensus) to fulfill the mission/tasks delegated to it by the general assembly; each individual mobilizes on behalf of their political, cultural, artistic, or vocational affinity via a caucus that reflects their experience, industrial sector, ethnic identity, gender, sexual orientation, age, geographical or national origin or … Continued

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U.C. UAW Local Support of General Strike

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UAW 2865 Resolution in Support of Occupy Oakland General Strike Whereas UAW 2865 witnesses firsthand how the 1% (in the form of UC Regents and top UC executives) conspire to steal ever more from students and workers through repeated tuition hikes, reduced services, layoffs, increased workloads, outsourcing and other austerity measures; and Whereas we stand for the rights of all people to living wage jobs with affordable health care, quality education, a voice on the job, fair housing and a well-funded public sector, and WHEREAS: Unemployment is the highest it … Continued

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Phillipine Airline Workers Back Oakland General Strike Call of Occupy Oakland

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PALEA Backs Oakland General Strike Call of Occupy Oakland Letter From Philippine Airline Employees Association To the Occupy Oakland protesters: We express our solidarity with the Oakland general strike planned on November 2 especially the blockade of the Port of Oakland. The general strike and port blockade will reveal the truth that the 99% creates the wealth that the 1% now monopolizes. Such forms of mass actions will also show the way forward for the occupy protest movement now surging in the US and other countries. We likewise salute the … Continued

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Berkeley Federation of Teachers Calls On Teachers to participate in the Wednesday, November 2nd Day of Action

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BFT Calls on All Members to Mobilize November 2nd at Occupy Oakland BFT stands in solidarity with Occupy Oakland and its advocacy on behalf of the 99%.  Occupy Oakland and the Worldwide Occupy Movement are fighting to restore sanity to our economy and to oppose growing wealth inequality. We call upon all BFT members to participate in the November 2nd Day of Action at Occupy Oakland.  It is incredibly important that teachers and union members take part in this historic mobilization. We are encouraging our members to participate in the … Continued

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