Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Occupy Oakland Calls for TOTAL WEST COAST PORT SHUTDOWN ON 12/12

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Occupy Oakland Calls for TOTAL WEST COAST PORT SHUTDOWN ON 12/12

Click here to access article from Occupy Oakland.

We call on each West Coast occupation to organize a mass mobilization to shut down its local port. Our eyes are on the continued union-busting and attacks on organized labor, in particular the rupture of Longshoremen jurisdiction in Longview Washington by the EGT. Already, Occupy Los Angeles has passed a resolution to carry out a port action on the Port Of Los Angeles on December 12th, to shut down SSA terminals, which are owned by Goldman Sachs.

The article doesn't mention any consultation with the International Longshoreman's union.

Here on the West coast of the US there are so many actions going on by the Occupy movements in the various cities--this is only one planned event. See also Occupy Seattle, Occupy Portland, Occupy Los Angeles.