General Strike in Oakland, CA: Port of Oakland

Title

General Strike in Oakland, CA: Port of Oakland

Subject

sanfrancisco
california
usa
oakland
1
protest
jonathanclark
99
bayarea
civildisobedience
climate
peacefulprotest
finance
generalstrike
ows
occupywallstreet
occupyoakland
corporatecampaigning
portofoakland199bayareacaliforniasanfranciscousajonathanclarkoccupyoaklandoccupywallstreetpeacefulprotestprotestoakland

Description

Rainforest Action Network posted a photo:

General Strike in Oakland, CA: Port of Oakland

Rainforest Action Network joins the general strike in Oakland, California, Wednesday, November 2 with many thousands of peaceful protestors. "RAN believes the social, economic and environmental crises sweeping the planet are inter-related symptoms of the same root causes."

Less than three weeks after the Occupy movement began on Sept. 17, its “We Are the 99 Percent” message has exploded into a national rallying cry. We’ve been getting questions about why an environmental organization concerned with protecting forests, their inhabitants, and our climate would be supportive of a movement calling out the systems and institutions that maintain our country’s wealth inequality? Here’s why.

Occupy Wall Street Coverage on The Understory


Photo by: Jonathan Clark

License

Identifier

tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/6323401150

Text

Rainforest Action Network posted a photo:

General Strike in Oakland, CA: Port of Oakland

Rainforest Action Network joins the general strike in Oakland, California, Wednesday, November 2 with many thousands of peaceful protestors. "RAN believes the social, economic and environmental crises sweeping the planet are inter-related symptoms of the same root causes."

Less than three weeks after the Occupy movement began on Sept. 17, its “We Are the 99 Percent” message has exploded into a national rallying cry. We’ve been getting questions about why an environmental organization concerned with protecting forests, their inhabitants, and our climate would be supportive of a movement calling out the systems and institutions that maintain our country’s wealth inequality? Here’s why.

Occupy Wall Street Coverage on The Understory


Photo by: Jonathan Clark

Files

Citation

Rainforest Action Network, “General Strike in Oakland, CA: Port of Oakland,” Occupy Archive, accessed March 19, 2024, https://occupyarchive.org/items/show/1533.