Oakland General Strike

Oakland General Strike
by Hooshang Tarreh-Gol
03-Nov-2011
 
General Strike Shuts Port of Oakland and Downtown Banks

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.

//www.occupyoakland.org/2011/11/downtown-bank...

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Live Updates from the Oakland General Strike

//www.solidarity-us.org/site/node/3449

"There are decades when nothing happens; and there are weeks when decades happen"

 

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by Bavafa on Thu Nov 03, 2011 03:50 PM PDT

And I wish them the best.

'Hambastegi' is the main key to victory 

Mehrdad


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        Last night people in Seattle chased Jamie Dimon, The CHASE CEO while he was giving a speech in Hilton hotel:

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