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Oct 15th Press Release

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OAKLAND, Calif. [October 15, 2011] Participation and support continue to grow for Occupy Oakland.  Today at 2:30 p.m., Danny Glover will lead a Jobs Not Cuts march from Laney College to the Oakland encampment, and he will be joined by the mayors of Oakland, Berkeley and Richmond.  Glover’s high-profile involvement is expected to draw new and larger crowds to Occupy Oakland, and all are invited to take part in the group’s general assembly, scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Over 500 people attended Occupy Oakland yesterday — its fourth successful day. Occupy … 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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Worksafe, Inc. Stands In Solidarity With Occupy Oakland and the General Strike!!

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WORKSAFE STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH OCCUPY OAKLAND October 28, 2011 Tuesday’s heavy-handed eviction of the Occupy Oakland encampment, and the violence directed at protestors in the hours that followed, has shocked our region, the nation, and the world. Dozens of cities in the U.S. and abroad are holding marches in solidarity with Oakland and vigils for Scott Olsen, the young marine who survived two tours in Iraq only to return home to be critically injured by the police while exercising his First Amendment rights in Oakland. Worksafe joins with so … Continued

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Grassroots Global Justice Stands in Solidarity with the Occupy Oakland General Strike

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Grassroots Global Justice Alliance Stands in Solidarity with the Occupy Oakland General Strike Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ) supports the workers, students, children and families, the LEFTBAY99 coalition of social justice organizations, OCCUPY/Liberate Oakland, and all those who are taking action as part of the Oakland General Strike of November 2. We echo organizers’ call to “FORECLOSE ON THE 1%” and “OCCUPY THE BANKS!”!  Wall Street, big bankers, and corporate CEO’s should pay for the damage they have done to the global economy, to the 99%, and especially to poor, … Continued

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How YOU can Participate in the General Strike!

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WAYS TO PARTICIPATE ON NOVEMBER 2 GENERAL STRIKE & DAY OF ACTION called for by Occupy Oakland Occupy Oakland is calling for no work and no school on November 2 as part of the general strike. We are asking that all workers go on strike, call in sick, take a vacation day or simply walk off the job with their co-workers. We are also asking that all students walk out of school and join workers and community members in downtown Oakland. All banks and large corporations must close down for … Continued

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East Bay Community Law Center supports Occupy Oakland & General Strike

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In this time of political unrest and economic crisis, when our clients and the wider community are suffering from an economic and political system that is not serving their needs, there must be an outlet for the people’s desire to organize and express their views. We at EBCLC support the desires of the Occupy Oakland movement to express their political views as well as the General Strike called for Wednesday, November 2, 2011, in which many members of our organization plan to participate. The opportunity still remains for the City … Continued

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Occupy Oakland General Strike Press Conference

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On October 31st, a press conference was held in Latham Square, at the intersection of Telegraph & Broadway, the epicenter of the Oakland General Strike of 1946. CLICK HERE FOR EDITED VERSION FULL  PRESS CONFERENCE: Your browser is not able to display this multimedia content.  2752

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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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