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Right now @ 1:15 AM - standoff in Oakland
Posted: Nov 3, 2011
Here's the link to "Global Revolution", which is broadcasting a live feed of what's really going down in Oakland - not the fake news you get on TV!
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Ustream address is - "@Oakfosho"
[ In Reply To ..]This camera guy Spencer ROCKS!
1:53 AM PDT: The "unlawful assembly" warning - has been given, action about to start.
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Yeah, be so proud. Riots, destruction of business. - We look like Greece, and will be it soon! nm
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The violent punks were NOT part of Occupy. They - were infiltrators, with no other - sm
[ In Reply To ..]goal than to cause trouble. They show up at just about every large protest in the bay area, join the crowd, and then start provoking the police and destroying property. There were about 20 or 30 of them, and over 10,000 peaceful protesters. Dialogue at OWS is taking place as I write this on how to best deal with the non-OWS thugs and rabble-rousers.
I watched streaming video of the entire thing, starting from around 4:30 PM until 3:30 AM. This video was right on the front lines, on the street, not thousands of feet in the air, like the news helicopters were. These people are NOT about destruction and rioting, they are about constructive ideas and rebuilding.
The non-OWS players were easy to recognize - they all had their faces covered with hoods or bandanas. Most were dressed in all-black. The "bad guys", if you will. OWS has nothing to hide, and they show their faces.
Earlier in the evening, after some jerks spray-painted grafitti on Wells Fargo Bank, even though OWS considers WFB to be part of the problem, they still got a group together with cleaning materials, and cleaned off the bank. Later, when another OWS protester tried to put out a fire with a fire extinguisher, he was forced away by the "bad guys", who took his fire extinguisher away, and allowed the fire to continue burning.
The spirit of community and helpfulness was evident in the live, real-time streaming video I watched all night. The bought-and-paid-for media news began skewing the perspective from the very beginning... as they've been paid by Big Business to do. They broadcast scenes from the air, with no idea what was going on on the ground, stating there was "trouble", when in reality, the cameras on the ground, showing what was REALLY happening, and not what some Fortune 500 company was TELLING them to say, told an entirely different story.
At night, when the police found the main streaming coverage that I was talking about in my original post, they continued to monitor that, and for a while, everyone's tactics all hinged on whether or not the cameraman/commentator, Spencer, was going to have to end his broadcast due to a low battery. When his camera went dark for a brief period as he put in a spare battery, suddenly the helicopters, which had been absent most of the evening, reappeared, and the police began moving in with more tear gas, grenades, and rubber bullets.
Tweets went out far and wide, and soon Spencer was hooked up again with a new battery and a new live feed, and he was back in business. The helicopters left, and the police backed off again.
Unlike the what the so-called "mainstream" media would like everyone to believe, the night's protest did not end in violence. There was a meeting on the front line, suggestions were offered not by thugs, but by intelligent, peaceful people, on what the best course of action would be. I learned volumes about constructive dialogue just listening to the cameraman's input during the discussion. The agreed-upon consensus at 3:30 AM was that they had held their ground, PEACEFULLY; they had proved their point, PEACEFULLY; and that returning to the camp at the plaza for the remainder of the night (to SLEEP, not to riot) was the best move.
They chose to move back 1/2 block as a test, to see if the police would try to come after them and provoke something. They they done so, the protesters would've stopped and held their ground. But the police, who also likely wanted a good night's sleep, stayed put, and the protesters returned to the plaza.
An additional wise statement was made by one man, who suggested to those who had NOT wanted to pull back and return to camp, that rather than continue to confront the police, they could put their energy to best use by going down to the port and relieving those who had been holding that ground all day, which they did; thus defusing any potential problems downtown.
The closure of the port was effectted by enlisting the help (once again, lots of Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter messages flying!) of the local union members who had been given the OPTION of not having to go to work that day, and who were at the rally, to form an official union picket line. Once they did that, the truckers couldn't legally cross it, and it not only closed the port and held it closed, it did so with no violence whatsoever.
So, unless you are actually watching what was REALLY happening at big events such as this through live streaming by people who are actually THERE, and who are NOT paid by someone who is pulling their strings with money, then you're likely only getting the watered-down, spin-doctored, not-so-free-press version of what's going down.
You can't believe what you watch on television, because they only tell you what THEY want you to hear, they don't tell you the truth.
The truth is in front of your eyes! Wake up. - Protests are OCCUPY and destroy..sickening!!!nm
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The the truth WAS in front of my eyes. What you're - parroting is the whitewashed media news.
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Oh sure, when most of the media is liberal.. TRY again! nm - LOL
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Virtual reality versus boots on the ground participation. - You do understand the difference, don't you?
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If you want to see what is REALLY happening in - Greece, its on live stream right now: - sm
[ In Reply To ..]http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution
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