Today is Nov 2, 2011. It's the day of a General Strike here in Oakland, California. Hopefully it's a day that we'll look back on years from now and see as a watershed moment in history. Hopefully it'll be a day that we look back upon and see as a crucial turning point in our quest for social and economic justice.
As folks are gearing up to head on down to Oscar Grant Plaza on 14th and Broadway (City Hall) in downtown Oakland, I hope we don't lose sight of some of the key reasons why a General Strike and the Occupy Movement in general is happening. After all, in the age of Mass Distractions, it's easy to get caught up in personalities, criticizing pundits and the antics of others who are eager to serve as functionaries and lap dogs for the 1%.
It's easy to get caught up in debates fostered by corporate media and whatever vicious spin in their hawking. Three weeks ago they were saying Occupy Oakland was out-of-town Anarchists. Next they were saying Occupy Oakland was a health hazard. This week they are claiming small businesses are being hurt by Occupy Oakland. Tomorrow they'll have something else for us to jabber about.. It's not about corporate media spin. It's about the 1% and the policies that spin seeks to serve.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/davey-d/occupy-oakland-_b_1071698.html
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