Occupy and Detroit's Crisis
Against The Current vol. 156
Hunter, Kim; Feeley, Dianne
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/3479
Date Written: 2012-01-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2012
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX14128
What's the new center of gravity on the political landscape? Dan La Botz has provocatively remarked that Occupy Oakland’s November 2 shutdown of the Port of Oakland — one of the largest recent labor actions — was initiated from outside union structures. Earlier, in New York City, on the morning Mayor Bloomberg dispatched police to expel Occupiers from Liberty Park, 5,000 people — many city workers, transit workers and teachers — turned out, forcing him to back off.
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