November 2, 2011: 12 years ago, November 2 2011, at least 15,000 demonstrators shut down the [...]
12 years ago, November 2 2011, at least 15,000 demonstrators shut down the Port of Oakland. The action was the centerpiece of a “general strike” that had been called by an Occupy Oakland general assembly the previous week, after the police violently cleared their camps Although the action fell far …
November 10, 2011: 11 years ago, Nov 9 2011, police twice violently raided Occupy Cal's [...]
11 years ago, Nov 9 2011, police twice violently raided Occupy Cal’s encampment at UC Berkeley, making 39 arrests. Students had established the camp earlier that day to demand free public education, announcing: “We disagree with the idea that this… land [is] property of the UC”
January 9, 2012: 12 years ago, Jan 9 2012, activists organized by Occupy Oakland's Labor [...]
12 years ago, Jan 9 2012, activists organized by Occupy Oakland’s Labor Solidarity Council joined a picket of striking workers at Union City’s American Licorice factory. Occupiers physically blocked multiple vans carrying scabs from entering the factory, which produces Red Vines Although workers appreciated the occupiers’ support, the strike unfortunately …
January 28, 2012: 11 years ago, Jan 28 2012, Occupy Oakland battled police as the movement [...]
11 years ago, Jan 28 2012, Occupy Oakland battled police as the movement attempted to take over the vacant Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center to set up a social center. Hundreds were arrested as police kettled demonstrators; some burned a flag they stole from City Hall in protest
February 26, 2012: 11 years ago, Feb 25 2012, the Occupy Oakland Labor Solidarity Committee [...]
11 years ago, Feb 25 2012, the Occupy Oakland Labor Solidarity Committee joined workers at Pleasanton’s Castlewood Country Club as they marched on the club’s golf course, demanding an end to an illegal 16-month lockout by management. The lockout finally ended six months later