Barricades are being built at OccupyOakland--police raid imminent

by everyone

Tue, Oct 25, 2011 3:42AM

Police are amassing for a raid on OccupyOakland. Participants in the protest are building barricades to resist police assault RIGHT NOW. Go help them!

§Democracy Now! speaks live to legal observer at Occupy Oakland

by Sinclair Babbitt

Tue, Oct 25, 2011 7:19AM

Events still unfolding. Democracy Now! covered it while on air (8 a.m.-9 a.m. EDT, i.e. 5 a.m.-6 a.m. Oakland) and spoke to a legal observer (Marcus) outside the Occupy Oakland:

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/10/25

They are the most reliable national news source on the movement with daily coverage. They have been covering Occupy Wall Street from Day 1 (Septemer 17), and have been giving daily update on Zuccotti Park, the nationwide and global movement against austerity:

http://www.democracynow.org/tags/occupy_wall_street

§70 Arrests w Shock Grenades and Sound Cannons

by David Grace

Tue, Oct 25, 2011 8:33AM

Sound cannons and shock grenades were used in the arrests of at least seventy Occupy Oakland demonstrators.

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§I didn't receive the 41411 Test

by Occupy supporter

Tue, Oct 25, 2011 8:10AM

i would have tried to made it down to the ''Occupy Oakland '' site but i did not receive the emergency text that was supposed to go out . What happened ?

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§Be aware of people who did not send the alert

by Zachary RunningWolf (runningwolf.zachary [at] yahoo.com)

Tue, Oct 25, 2011 9:20AM

We at the tree-sit at the Oak Grove (648 days) had inffiltrators (Asa Dodsworth and his buddie Stewart) who volunteered to man the emergency phone tree and did not call when they came for the trees. Do get overly paranoid but watch this aspect. The Tree people will never trust these two.

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