MEDIA ROOTS – On Thursday, November 17, 2011, Abby Martin of Media Roots spoke with Russia Today TV about the violent mass arrests by militarised platoons of local police, as they wage a coordinated national campaign to crush the Occupy Movement. Abby reminds viewers that the banks are costing the City of Oakland far more than the justified civil disobedience … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – On Wednesday, November 2, 2011, I documented an incredibly inspirational and monumental event. For the second time in sixty years, Oakland held a general strike that shut down the city– this time in response to the brutal police state crackdown on the Occupy Oakland encampment. Upwards of 20,000 people participated in the strike and march to the … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- Abby Martin of Media Roots discussed today the historic Occupy Oakland General Strike, rallies, and marches on KPFA’s “The Morning Mix with Project Censored.” This general strike, the first in 65 years, drew tens of thousands of supporters to shut down banks as well as the Port of Oakland, the nation’s fifth largest port. The Occupy Oakland segment … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS— On Thursday, November 3, 2011, Abby Martin of Media Roots spoke with Russia Today TV (RT) about the Occupy Movement, Occupy Oakland, the police-state response, and the historic general strike called by Occupy Oakland, which drew tens of thousands of supporters to shut down banks and the Port of Oakland, the nation’s fifth largest port. Abby Martin, Media … Read More
