Nonviolent Community Picket for Peace & Justice at the Oakland Docks

On April 7, 75O community members held a community picket against war profiteers APL and SSA. After closed meetings with these corporations, Oakland Police opened fire on protesters with potentially-lethal wooden bullets, metal-shot filled bags and concussion grenades. 3 members of the media, 9 longshore workers and 50 community members were injured. APL corporation profits from shipping ammunition, like that used in Iraq by the US Government to kill and injure thousands of civilians and dozens of Iraqi anti-war/occupation protesters. SSA will profit from the second corporate invasion of Iraq. The US Government, refusing to consider Iraqi's, has awarded SSA a three year monopoly contract with guaranteed profit to run Umm Qasr, Iraq's major port. Oakland Police and Jerry Brown must respect our right to protest and end their war at home; long term brutality and injustice against the people-- particularly communities of color-- of Oakland. Join us and help catalyze mass movements to challenge corporate and government power and create socially just, directly democratic, ecological, peaceful alternatives to the war for empire and the system behind it. go to www.actagainstwar.org for more details