Comments on: Occupy Oakland: The Port Shutdown and Beyond–All Eyes on Longview! (Guest Article)

By: S.Artesian

S.Artesian — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:15:40 +0000

So what finally happened. I understand some sort of agreement was reached on Feb 10. Any details? Did any demonstrations take place at all after Jan 29?

By: Insurgent Notes, Nr. 5 « Entdinglichung

Insurgent Notes, Nr. 5 « Entdinglichung — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:41:49 +0000

[...] Strike 2012: Can Occupy Open Horizons for a Frustrated Labor Movement? (Johnny Locks) – Oakland: Occupy Oakland: The Port Shutdown and Beyond—All Eyes on Longview (Guest Article) (Jack Gerson) – Seattle: The Radicalization of Decolonize/Occupy Seattle (Guest Article) (Black [...]

By: Insurgent Notes | Globalization of Capital, Globalization of Struggle

Insurgent Notes | Globalization of Capital, Globalization of Struggle — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:13:13 +0000

[...] 2011 issue of New York Magazine or the Oakland “insurrectionist anarchists” mentioned in Jack Gerson’s article in this issue of IN. Over time, these “non-leader leaders” became known as the “1 percent of [...]

By: gs

gs — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:41:19 +0000

how about the fact that the insurrectionists of bay of rage that are self-styled blanquists actually have been trying to directly work with labor officials?

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Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:07:09 +0000

[...] Jack Gerson on the Occupy Oakland and West Coast Port Actions— The nearly 10,000 protesters who shut down the port showed that Occupy Oakland’s November 2 Strike and Day of Action was no fluke. The December 12 actions rattled the entire Oakland establishment – corporate Oakland and the liberal politicians and labor bureaucrats who for years have carried their water while cultivating a “progressive” image. And the port shutdowns up and down the coast have delivered a strong message to the world maritime conglomerates: the Occupy movement will rally mass support to defend the longshoremen in Longview WA against a vicious union-busting attack from a multinational conglomerate. http://insurgentnotes.com/2012/01/occupy-oakland-the-port-shutdown-and-beyond/ [...]

By: S.Artesian

S.Artesian — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:02:42 +0000

So how, comrade, does this move from being a union struggle to being a class struggle? How does this move from linking to a “good local president” to linking the disparate [and desperate] fractions of the working class to themselves as a that elusive “class-for-itself.”

The demands have to be something other than “honor the original contract” or “No to union on union scabbing”:

What can be developed as social demands?

By: Steve Diamond

Steve Diamond — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:19:53 +0000

It is simply not true that organized labor, which I readily agree has many shortcomings, has ignored port workers. The Teamsters, believe it or not, have been involved in a multi-year effort working closely with immigrants rights groups and environmental groups to reverse the deregulation policies that made unionization of port drivers (who ferry cargo from the docks to inland rail points and warehouses) so difficult. In Long Beach and Los Angeles this effort has succeeded in pushing through new rules to force the upgrade of trucks that will lead to redefinition of drivers as employees under federal labor law and not independent contractors, thus opening the door to unionization. Just because labor organizing does not appear in the guise of revolutionary slogans does not mean that it is not happening.