During a 2 PM anti-capitalist march from Occupy Oakland’s main camp in Frank Ogawa Plaza up Broadway and along Grand and Lakeshore Avenues, a black bloc of several dozen smashed the windows of branches of Chase and Bank of America. The Lakeshore Avenue Whole Foods, which reportedly threatened to fire any employee who walked off the job during today’s General Strike, was also vandalized with paint.
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In downtown Oakland, on August 2nd, 2007, journalist Chauncey Bailey was shot to death on the street, as he walked to work. The murder was a brazen act – committed in broad daylight in front of multiple witnesses. Yet the … Read More
By Nicole Jones Occupy brought the movement to San Quentin State Prison on Monday afternoon. Over 600 people peacefully assembled in front of the prison’s East gate to protest prison conditions. The San Quentin rally is just one of the … Read More
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