03.11.2011 - 08:41 [ Occupy Oakland ]

General Strike Shuts Port of Oakland and Downtown Banks

(02.11.) Huge, enthusiastic, crowds swarmed through downtown Oakland with half a dozen major marches on banks and corporations that shut down Wells Fargo, Chase, Citibank, Bank of America and many others. Police stayed clear of the strikers who ranged freely, from Broadway to Grand Avenue and around the Lake. By late afternoon the crowds had swelled to over 10,000.