Sending a message at the ports The Indypendent ...Unions at the ports, including the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Teamsters, did not sanction the call for a shutdown, and some labor officials were critical of the Occupy movement's initiative...
Check out Local 129's sign behind the "I am too big to fail" sign.
Oakland port workers stay home as protesters rally San Francisco Chronicle ...Despite calls to desist from Oakland politicians and union officials, Occupy protesters succeeded Monday night in shutting down operations at the Port of Oakland for the second time in less than two months...
Depression and Democracy (opinion) New York Times ...Unemployment in both America and Europe remains disastrously high. Leaders and institutions are increasingly discredited. And democratic values are under siege...
Occupy Boston was cleared out of Dewey Square last night because a judge ruled that First Amendment rights don't apply to people if they might get beat up for what they say.
That's right. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frances McIntyre ruled the Occupiers had no right to camp in the square. McIntyre also wrote this disturbing remark:
New energy for an old song.
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