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More Cop Garbage - This Time in Oakland

The cops know pot is not harmful, they crap on state laws and make a joke of our rights.

(SALEM) - There is no respect for state's rights in the United States. Unpopular laws are not respected by our lawmakers and the people of America are getting sick of it.

Gilad Atzmon in Oakland Tonight!!!

Gilad is in Oakland tonight!

(OAKLAND) - In spite of the relentless attempts of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Alan Derschowitz to cancel this crucial meeting, the event is going ahead!!! If you happen to be in the Bay area, please come and stand with us.

Gilad Atzmon, one of the world's top jazz saxophonists, is also a prolific activist writer and he concentrates on the crimes of his home country, Israel.

US Riot Police Detain 10 Occupy Portland Protesters

Riot police in the US city of Portland have arrested at least ten Occupy demonstrators who were holding a peaceful protest rally against the brutality of security forces.

(TEHRAN PressTV) - A 15-year-old boy was among those detained by the riot police on Monday night in Portland, Oregon.

The latest arrests come as local authorities have in recent days launched a crackdown against the nationwide Occupy movement.

Tensions Rise Between Police and Occupy Protesters

Police brutality at Occupy Oakland...

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - Things appear to be turning ugly between police and Occupy protesters in the US.

The movement has staged protests across the country over the past few months, to highlight, amongst other things, corporate greed and economic inequality.

Take Action to Stop Use of the Military Against Unions and Workers

The U.S. has chided governments for unleashing the armed forces against their own citizens...

(LONDON / OAKLAND) - Monday, Occupy Oakland and labor organizations have called a demonstration to protest the use of armed Coast Guard cutters and helicopters to escort a ship into the port of Longview, Washington to load grain from the EGT terminal.

The terminal is being picketed by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)... this is a struggle for their survival.

Organizing for the Port Shutdown

Challenging the assertion that the Occupy movement is trying to impose a shutdown of West Coast docks without support from port workers.

(OAKLAND) - THE OCCUPY movement is trying to strong-arm longshore workers and truck drivers into shutting down West Coast ports December 12--or so say critics of the action.

They're wrong. Those organizing for action on the docks are neither the outside agitators described by employers nor the ultra-left adventurists snubbed by union leaders and their apologists.

West Coast Port Blockades - Portland

Blockade the Wealth of the 1% - The blockade Port of Portland begins 12 Dec at 5:00 a.m.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Blockade the Ports will happen on 12 Dec 12, activists will stage mass mobilizations to march on the ports, create community pickets, and effectively shutdown the hubs of commerce during this peak holiday profitmaking season.

Salem Occupies Oregon State Parks

Any rewards for an Occupy movement that fully complied with officials?

(SALEM, Ore.) - Occupy Salem has been given a limited number of days to occupy Willson Park which is adjacent to the Oregon State capitol building.

What sets the Salem camp apart is the fact that relations have been good, the occupiers have not disrupted traffic patterns, they haven't been confrontational, but as expected in Oregon's capitol city, they have been very politically organized.

Occupy Oakland Re-camps at 19th and Telegraph, Calls for West Coast Port Shutdown 12 Dec

For today, the question will be whether the activists can hold their ground at the new encampment.

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - Following a rally and march from downtown Oakland's Frank Ogawa Plaza that may have been more than 2,000 strong, activists with Occupy Oakland tore down a fence that had been erected around Fox Square Park at 19th and Telegraph.

Right Wing Reporters Attacked by NY Cops, Helped by Occupiers

The Daily Caller's Michelle Fields faced abuse from the NYPD and help from protesters.

(NEW YORK) - The right-wing Daily Caller website has been anything but kind to Occupy Wall Street, even going so far as to condemn the protest movement as generating riots, murder, and arson.

But when a couple of Daily Caller employees were at Occupy Wall Street this morning, it was the very protesters they had been demonizing who ended up helping them out.