Thursday 27 October 2011

Occupy Oakland Photo Brings Global Solidarity

Photo copyright by Justin Warren/Oakland Oct. 26, 2011

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
OAKLAND, Calif. -- When this photo by Justin Warren was posted of Occupy Oakland on Wednesday night, after the violent repression by Oakland police on Tuesday night, it was retweeted by Egyptian activists, and brought solidarity from people around the world.
Voices of support and solidarity came from Western Shoshone in Nevada and from Santiago, Chile, China, South Africa, New Zealand, Spain and Romania. On Facebook, it was "liked" more than 1,000 times and shared more than 670 times.
Occupy Oakland filled the streets on Wednesday night, as Occupy San Francisco prepared for arrest with a huge dance party outside.
Occupy Oakland took to the streets. In a general assembly, Occupy Oakland voted for a city-wide general strike on Nov. 2.
To prevent Oakland protesters from joining San Francisco, the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART) stations were blocked by police in Oakland and closed near Occupy San Francisco, at the Ferry Building in  [...]


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