Sunday, February 19, 2012

12-02-19 #Occupy Calls for a May Day General Strike // # Ocupar Pide una jornada de huelga general de mayo //#占据呼吁为“五一”大罢工。 // # Занимайте призывает удар Мая генеральный



Occupy Wall Street Calls for May Day General Strike

Nathan Schneider, Op-Ed: “The prospect of an Occupy general strike has been circulating for a while already. One of the several Facebook event pages devoted to it has more than 10,000 attendees. Occupy Los Angeles began calling for a May 1 general strike as early as last November, and Occupy Oakland joined at the end of January. Occupy Wall Street’s Direct Action group tried to take a strategic approach to the idea; though many of its members had little hesitation about calling for it, they took steps to ensure there was consultation, and therefore buy-in, among some of those whose participation would be vital.”
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Day 153: Live Coverage of the Occupy Movement

Special Coverage: As we enter Day 153 of the Occupy movements the protests have spread not only across the country but all over the globe. Thousands of activists have descended on Wall Street these past weeks as part of the #OccupyWallStreet protest organized by several action groups. What follows is a live video stream and live Twitter feed of this event.
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