Occupy Oakland
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Occupy Oakland refers to a collaboration and series of demonstrations in Oakland, California, that started in October 2011. As part of the Occupy movement, protesters have staged occupations, most not
Occupy Oakland on November 2, 2011
Occupy Oakland poster announcing the October 22 March.
Tents within the protest camp of Occupy Oakland at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on November 12, 2011. Oakland City Hall stands in the background.
One of the marches to the Port of Oakland during the 2011 Oakland General Strike on Nov. 2, 2011
2011 Oakland general strike
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The 2011 Oakland general strike was a demonstration held in Oakland, California on November 2, 2011, as part of the larger Occupy Oakland movement.
Occupy Oakland
…The encampment was cleared out by multiple law enforcement agencies on October 25, 2011. The movement also helped spur the November 2, 2011, Oakland General Strike that shut down the Port of Oakland. Police again cleared the protest encampment at Frank Ogawa Plaza on November 14, 2011. Other protest encampments…
The front of a marching crowd carrying a large banner. The banner reads "General Strike!"
Speakers on the flatbed truck stage
A banner hung in downtown Oakland during a bank march