Occupy Oakland protesters attempt port shutdown

Hundreds of protesters are expected to impact ports on the West Coast on Monday as Occupy movements in Los Angeles, San Diego, Oakland, Portland, Seattle and Tacoma, Wash. have joined the Occupy Wall Street demonstration. 

The demonstrators' presence at ports comes a little over a month after a general strike coordinated by Occupy Oakland shut down the port in early November. Read more in our full story...

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Demonstrators gather at a gate to the Port of Oakland during the Occupy movement's attempts to shut down west coast ports on Dec. 12.

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Protesters attempt to block an entrance to the Port of Oakland on Dec. 12.

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A protester sits in a street in front of police in riot gear as protesters attempt to block an entrance to the Port of Oakland on Monday, Dec. 12.

 

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Dear Photoblog Interns,

Nobody, but nobody, cares any longer what the other children in your peer groups are doing with their copious amounts of spare time. Just drop this crapulous coverage of irrelevant activities.

Thank you.

    Reply#1 - Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:27 PM EST

    Top Six Signs the Left And Mainstream Media Have Hung Occupy Out to Dry

    1. MSM Is No Longer Infatuated With Occupy
    2. Jon Stewart Guts Occupy
    3. AP Pretends Democrats Never Supported Occupy
    4. Slate Freaks Over Ad Connecting High-Profile Democrat To Occupy
    5. New Yorker Bares Occupy’s Astro-turf For the World To See
    6. Liberal Cities Evict Occupy
      Reply#2 - Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:57 PM EST
      Comment author avatarAndres Lefevrevia Facebook

      An Open Letter from America’s Port Truck Drivers on Occupy the Ports

      We are the front-line workers who haul container rigs full of imported and exported goods to and from the docks and warehouses every day.

      We have been elected by committees of our co-workers at the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle, Tacoma, New York and New Jersey to tell our collective story. We have accepted the honor to speak up for our brothers and sisters about our working conditions despite the risk of retaliation we face.

      We are inspired that a non-violent democratic movement that insists on basic economic fairness is capturing the hearts and minds of so many working people. Thank you “99 Percenters” for hearing our call for justice. We are humbled and overwhelmed by recent attention. Normally we are invisible.

      Today’s demonstrations will impact us. While we cannot officially speak for every worker who shares our occupation, we can use this opportunity to reveal what it’s like to walk a day in our shoes for the 110,000 of us in America whose job it is to be a port truck driver. It may be tempting for media to ask questions about whether we support a shutdown, but there are no easy answers. Instead, we ask you, are you willing to listen and learn why a one-word response is impossible?

        Reply#3 - Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:05 PM EST
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