Occupy Oakland general strike – live updates from UK The Guardian

[1776Forever]

Occupy Oakland general strike – live updates:

Thousands of workers are expected to support the 'Occupy Oakland' movement with an attempt to shut down the city:



2.52pm: Adam has been speaking to Emily Yates, a friend of Scott Olsen, who is still in hospital after being hit by a projectile apparently fired by police when they tried to clear the Occupy Oakland camp last week.

..."Yates is a fellow Iraq war veteran, having served two tours, and along with Olsen is a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War.

She said Olsen had shown his support for the march by liking a post on Facebook. " said that we're carrying thoughts of him today at the strike," Yates said.

Yates added that Olsen was "aware of all the stuff that is happening, and he's really stoked about it." Yates is meeting fellow Iraq Veterans Against the War later today and will be part of the march to the Port of Oakland.

(more at link)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/02/occuply-oakland-general-strike-live

[DJ13]

1. "Live from the UK, its Occupy Oakland Ca!"

Theres something wrong about that.

[MadrasT]

2. +1

There is something *really* wrong with that.

[sam11111]

3. 1% has $16 trillion. Core reason for OWS, in my opinion

Top 1% have $16 trillion

(link was included as part of daily KOS)

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http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:nxY_tso8jLcJ:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/10/04/789523/-Citigroups-Shocking-Plutonomy-Reports-h-t-Michael-Moore+plutonomy&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&strip=1

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The Wealth Report
Plutonomics ...
By Robert Frank, Wall Street Journal - Jan 8, 2007

... The nation’s top 1% of households own .... more than $16 trillion in wealth ...
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The top 10% have $33 trillion

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. In the meantime it's Cain all the time, with some Kardashians sprinkled in

Will add their blog to thread, dopey me for not going there.