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Report: Occupy Evictions Coordinated by Private Law Enforcement Think Tank

Occupy Oakland Calls for Day of "Re-Occupation”: Tomorrow - Sat., Nov. 19 with March and Actions beginning at 2:00 PM.

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - Oakland Occupy members are questioning the evictions of a dozen Occupy camps after learning they were coordinated in conference calls between mayors, police and a private law enforcement think tank.

According to a new report, an intl. group with ties to law enforcement and homeland security, has been coordinating the conference calls.

Another Marine Iraq War Vet Beaten Savagely by Oakland Cops

Oakland cops look more like thugs than trained professionals.

(SALEM) - I keep writing about the savagery of the cops in Oakland. Now they have ruthlessly attacked another Marine Corps combat vet, who suffered a ruptured spleen.

The police are overstepping lines they will never be able to back up behind again, and this latest casualty, Kayvan Sabehgi, keep being attacked by police, there is no telling what will happen.

Oakland, Drug Kingpin Strategies and COINTELPRO Reborn

Drug-fanned violence spread like wildfire and the streets of Oakland became the burial grounds of a social tragedy that many in the US conveniently forget as they pontificate about Mexican violence.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - A friend and I were having a conversation when he raised the issue of why the US never seems to detain its own big drug lords.

I held that control of the US drug market was more diffuse, less centralized than in places like Mexico, where big traffickers come to dominate entire regions and even compete with state power.

Occupy Oakland to Portland`s EGT Port Shutdown in Solidarity with Longview ILWU

The historic blockade of the Port Of Oakland on November 2nd by thousands of people is our response to what EGT has done to Longshoremen in Washington

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - This information from Occupy Oakland confirms among other things, the solidarity that exists within the movement. Occupy Oakland protestors recently were attacked by police.

In response to this Occupy Denver took to the streets marching in an event that ended in a clash with police. In solidarity with Denver, Occupy Portland activists took to the streets in rainy, cold conditions, this too ended in several arrests.

Marine Veteran Responds to Plight of Scott Olsen in Oakland

"Being hit by a 'nade at point blank range. That, my fellow citizens, deserves a response" - Marine Corps Veteran Pierre Fontecha

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - We never go long without hearing of a tragedy affecting a U.S. Marine. Sometimes they're casualties in terrible battles overseas, sometimes they are killed in a hail of gunfire by police in a case of mistaken identity, and sometimes they're victims of police for taking a stand and using their rights as Americans to take a political stand.

That does not lawfully or morally mean they should be shot in the head.

Oakland Police Union Speaks Out Over Extensive Confusion

An Open Letter to the Citizens of Oakland from the Oakland Police Officers’ Association

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - We represent the 645 police officers who work hard every day to protect the citizens of Oakland. We, too, are the 99% fighting for better working conditions, fair treatment and the ability to provide a living for our children and families.

We are severely understaffed with many City beats remaining unprotected by police during the day and evening hours.

Goldman Bullies Teeny Credit Union that #OccupyWallStreet Uses

Low grade thuggish behavior over a mere $5,000 illustrates how deeply narcissistic Wall Street has become.

(NEW YORK CITY) - I suppose there is no point in being part of the 1% unless you can throw your weight around.

Greg Palast writes in the Guardian of how Goldman took a wee bit of revenge on Occupy Wall Street via the itty bitty credit union ($30 million in assets) that OWS chose for its bank account, Peoples Bank. Peoples has “a unique Federal charter”.

Oakland Mayor Takes Responsibility for Police Violence

Two in one deal from Quan: she apologizes to Marine's family, then says Oakland won't support demonstration's right to 24-hour access.

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - The news yesterday was tough; a two-tour Iraq Marine Corps Veteran named Scott Olsen was shot in the head by police at Occupy Oakland, it still isn't clear what they got him with, but it fractured the veteran's skull and left him crumpled in the street.

Others moved forward screaming "medic medic" just like something straight out of Iraq...

Oakland Cops Shoot Two-Tour Marine Iraq Vet in the Head

Hey Americans... the cops in Oakland are calling your bluff.

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - Third Battalion Fourth Marines took another casualty this week, but it wasn't in Helmand province, or Anbar; it was in the streets of Oakland. The city's police, itching for a fight, shot Corporal Scott Olsen, a two-tour Iraq Marine Veteran, in the head.

An Evening with Ali Abunimah -- with Special Guest Alice Walker

Several exciting upcoming events in Oakland.

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - In a recent interview with Dennis Bernstein, "Alice Walker Fights Anti-Palestinian Bias," Alice says (referring to her experience with the US Boat to Gaza):

"The thing that I find really remarkable, and I felt this way in Mississippi forty years ago, when you reach the other people who are as determined and as dedicated as you are, with the love that you have, it’s a kind of heaven...