Media Roots TV – Occupy Oakland General Strike

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MEDIA ROOTS – On Wednesday, November 2, 2011, the Media Roots team was on the ground in the streets of Oakland witnessing some great energy and bringing you first-hand coverage of the historic Occupy Oakland General Strike. 

Although the corporate media tried to shift the focus from the crimes of the ruling-class to petty vandalism by unrelated opportunists, for the tens of thousands in attendance, as this footage evidences, the daylong events were about solidarity and peaceful protest against the obscene inequality borne of class warfare waged by the 1% against the 99%. Various businesses closed in solidarity, as the Oakland City Administrator gave City workers the day off to participate.

Media Roots covered the day’s events from Oscar Grant Plaza where a festive atmosphere of unions serving barbeque, speeches, arts, and multicultural activities set the positive tone.  Participants included parents with children and teachers amongst the diverse spectrum of people.  As the day progressed, the marches swelled to some 10,000 protesters with multiple marches shutting down various Oakland banks, including Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo, and Citibank.  By that evening, tens of thousands of peaceful protesters successfully shut down the Port of Oakland, the nation’s fifth busiest port.

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Media Roots delivers first-hand coverage of Occupy Oakland’s historic General Strike.

Check out our live Media Roots Radio two hour coverage of the strike here.

Check out Abby Martin’s photojournalism from the day of the strike here.

2 thoughts on “Media Roots TV – Occupy Oakland General Strike

  1. MAYOR IF HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA —EVICTION OF #OCCUPIERS
    excerpt:
    Herald: Let’s talk about the Occupy people. If they want to set up somewhere, where would you allow them?

    Kelly: Nowhere. There will be no camping in any public park.

    Herald: Does that include the Commons?

    Kelly: No place. From henceforth on there will be no camping in any public parks.

    Herald: If they try to set up somewhere, what’s going to happen?

    Kelly: The police will enforce the bylaw.

    http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/32150-interview-mayor-peter-kelly-occupy-eviction?mid=5289417

  2. Dude with the bullhorn @ 5:40 was AMAZING. With the sun setting behind, and all those thousands marching… What a sublime moment.
    Thank you for documenting this! Awesome stuff.

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