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Told To Leave, Portland Occupiers Partied Instead

The deadline was midnight last night, that was the time the mayor wanted the Occupiers in Portland gone. But instead of doing what Mayor Sam Adam wanted, the crowed of thousands did a countdown to the midnight hour and then partied like it was 1999. Police stood by. As the hours went by and the… Continue reading Told To Leave, Portland Occupiers Partied Instead

Occupy Oakland Approves General Strike On November 2nd

In what is sure to be the first of many, the general assembly for Occupy Oakland just approved a general strike for next Wednesday, November 2nd. The move is in retaliation of the recent episode of police hostility there, where a United States Veteran, after returning home from multiple tours in Iraq, was seriously injured by… Continue reading Occupy Oakland Approves General Strike On November 2nd