The word is going out...
By cool, viral video:
By awesome posters available for download here:
From General Assembly to General Assembly:
As of November 27, 2011, the Occupy movement in every major West Coast port city: Occupy LA, Occupy San Diego, Occupy Portland, Occupy Tacoma, Occupy Seattle have joined Occupy Oakland in calling for and organizing a coordinated West Coast Port Blockade and Shutdown on December 12, 2011. Other West Coast Occupies, including Occupy Anchorage and Vancouver, Canada are planning to join the economic blockade and disruption of the 1% on that date, according to organizers.
More participating Occupation movements listed on the shutdown website include
Occupy Berkeley
Occupy Humbolt
Occupy Merced
Occupy Oxnard
Occupy Sacramento
Occupy Santa Barbara.
Yesterday it was announced at the Oakland Port Action Committee meeting that Occupy UC Davis would be taking action; that the Occupy San Francisco General Assembly had voted recently to support the action; and that a newly Occupy UCSF group would likely be mobilizing in support as well.
Even Occupy Denver, on the vast Colorado Sea, will be taking part:
We call on every occupation to organize a mass mobilization on December 12 in support of the actions taken across the US, especially those on the West Coast against Goldman Sachs and other bankers.
On 12/12 Occupy Denver will be rallying at the Walmart Distribution Center, 7500 Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland, Colorado, in order to illustrate the problems with a globalization solely based on the interests of multi-national corporations and total disregard for human values or human beings.
By Tweet:
occupytheport WC Port Shut Down
8 days away from 12.12.11 West Coast Port Shutdown. Holla back! #occupyoakland #occupysf #occupysd #occupyla #occupysanjose #occupyvancouver
By word of mouth:
By email:
To: TheNintyNinePercent@usa.org
From: OccupyOakland.org
TOGETHER WE WILL SHUT DOWN THE WEST COAST PORTS ON DECEMBER 12th
(Okay, I made that one up...)
And last but certainly not least by the the hard work of Occupy Oakland volunteers
who are postering, doing outreach to labor groups, schools and other organizations, contacting the media and creating the logistics necessary to carry this off.
Aloha.
7:20 PM PT:
shane_danger shane danger
Word is that #occupy in gulf, inland, great lakes, & possibly east coast will b acting in soldarity w/ #westcoastportshutdown
7:25 PM PT:
jaspergregory Jasper Gregory
The Nov 2nd #occupyOakland port shutdown impacted shipping up and down the coast. Walmart's just in time logistics were f'ed up. #ows #osf
jaspergregory Jasper Gregory
.@occupytheport: FACT: The Port of Oakland does not pay taxes to Oakland. #oo #osf
7:29 PM PT:
alyssa011968 Alyssa
#OccupyOakland OEA Oakland teachers association endorsed us. Port shutdown on Dec 12. Join us. It will be historic.