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Occupy Oakland West Coast Port Blockade Press Conference, 12/09/11: photos

by Dave Id
Following police repression of the Occupy movement across the country as well as the successful blockade of the Port of Oakland during the November 2nd General Strike, the Occupy Oakland General Assembly issued a call to shut down all West Coast Ports on December 12th. This Monday "Wall Street on the Waterfront" will be confronted with coordinated port blockades in San Diego, LA, Oakland, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver, and Houston. The same day, Occupy Anchorage, Occupy Denver, and Occupy Wall Street will be targeting Goldman Sachs and Walmart. Local organizers of the West Coast Port Blockade held a press conference just outside the Port of Oakland at Jack London Square on December 9th to announce the reasoning behind and the plans for the mass demonstrations in Oakland.
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[Pictured above: Occupy Strikes Back - Coordinated West Coast Port Blockade poster]

Speakers at the press conference were Tim Simmons of Occupy Oakland; Boots Riley of Occupy Oakland, The Coup, and Street Sweeper Social Club; Betty Olson-Jones of the Oakland Education Association; Clarence Thomas of the ILWU and the Million Worker March; Mike King of Occupy Oakland; Jenna Woloshyn of Teamsters Local 70; Kimberly Rojas, Oakland Branch President of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union; Eddie Falcon of Iraq Veterans Against the War; Steve Zeltzer of the Committee to Defend the ILWU; and Bob Mandel of the Oakland Education Association.



Occupy Oakland West Coast Port Blockade Press Conference, 12/09/11: video
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/12/09/18702267.php



http://www.westcoastportshutdown.org


http://www.occupyoakland.org

§Boots Riley
by Dave Id
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§Betty Olson-Jones
by Dave Id
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§Clarence Thomas
by Dave Id
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§Mike King
by Dave Id
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§Jenna Woloshyn
by Dave Id
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§Kimberly Rojas
by Dave Id
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§Eddie Falcon
by Dave Id
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§Steve Zeltzer
by Dave Id
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§Bob Mandel
by Dave Id
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