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Occupy Oakland General Strike - Occupation of Travelers Building, 11/2/11: video

by Dave Id

Mon, Nov 14, 2011 1:24AM

After a long day of General Strike marches and bank closures throughout downtown, and the shutdown of the Port of Oakland by tens of thousands of demonstrators, the former Travelers Aid Society building on 16th Street, just north of Oscar Grant Plaza, was briefly occupied starting at about 10pm. Banners were hung from the roof on the front and side of the building while books were sorted for what was to be a public library in the "Raheim Brown Community Center" and hundreds of people danced and conversed in the street outside. Shortly before midnight, hundreds of Oakland police in riot gear arrived on 17th Street. In the next hour, the barricade on 16th and Telegraph was set on fire, police dispersed massive amounts of tear gas, and over one hundred people were arrested.

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Occupy Oakland General Strike - Occupation of Travelers Building, 11/2/11: photos, 2 of 2
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/11/18698843.php

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http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/10/18698819.php

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http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/10/18698676.php

Occupy Oakland General Strike - Shutdown of the Port of Oakland, 11/2/11: photos, 1 of 2
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/10/18698661.php

Occupy Oakland General Strike - Afternoon Before Port Action, 11/2/11: photos
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/09/18698507.php

Occupy Oakland General Strike - Banks Smashed Up in Afternoon, 11/2/11: photos, 2 of 2
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/07/18698029.php

Occupy Oakland General Strike - Banks Smashed Up in Afternoon, 11/2/11: photos, 1 of 2
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/07/18698004.php

Occupy Oakland General Strike - Banks Shut Down in Morning, 11/2/11: photos
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/06/18697977.php

Occupy Oakland General Strike November 2nd! No Business As Usual November 2nd!
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/02/18696666.php

Indybay Breaking News Reports from Occupy Oakland on Wednesday, November 2nd
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/02/18696729.php

Strike Announcement
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/26/18695438.php

Occupy Oakland
http://www.occupyoakland.org/strike

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For more information: http://www.indybay.org/occupyoakland

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