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St. Louis: Squats Served Eviction Notices; Oakland MusicBox house raided

say no to the FBI

[From the Open Publishing Newswire -- TCIMC editors. below the fold: more from Feb 13th Music Box raid in West Oakland CA]

As you may already know, some of the squats in St. Louis received sad news earlier this month: eviction notices.

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Longshore Workers, Truckers: Shut the Ports, Coast to Coast!


December 2011

Following Dec. 12 West Coast Port Blockade

Longshore Workers, Truckers: Shut the Ports, Coast to Coast!


Occupy protesters blockade the port of Oakland, California, December 12. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Tens of Thousands March to Defend Occupy Oakland


November 2011

Not a General Strike, But 30,000 Occupied the Port…

And Then the Cops Struck Again

Tens of Thousands March to Defend Occupy Oakland


Protesters stream into Port of Oakland, November 2, in response to Occupy Oakland call for “general strike” over brutal police attack last week. Union bureaucrats declared “support,” refused to strike. (Photo: Robert Galbraith/Reuters)

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Four Police, One Black Man Dead After Exchange of Fire in Oakland

reposted from Indybay: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/22/18580559.php

After two officers were shot hours earlier, police in Oakland shoot and kill a young African American male suspect when alternative remedies might have been available. Confrontation that could have ended with only one death turns into four.

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Millitant Protests in Oakland Over Police Murder of Oscar Grant

see www.indybay.org for more

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/08/18559668.php

On January 7th at 11am, a memorial service was held for Oscar Grant at Palma Ceia Baptist Church in Oakland.

In the early afternoon of January 7th, it was announced that officer Johannes Mehserle had resigned from the BART police force so he would not be forced to testify at an internal hearing.

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