Today is the day for a planned general strike in Oakland – the first of its kind since 1946. Occupy Oakland is calling on workers in the city to stay home today – and join in on a march to shut down the Port of Oakland – the nation’s fifth busiest port. The Oakland Longshoreman agreed to participate in the strike – as well as several labor unions – and a number of schools across the city are also planning to shut down.

City officials wrote a letter to Oakland business owners encouraging them to deadbolt their doors to prepare for the general strike. And Oakland mayor Jean Quan gave the go-ahead for public employees to stay home from work and participate in the strike too. But Mayor Quan also has a mutiny on her hands, as Oakland police released an open letter to the mayor yesterday criticizing her actions in the crackdown against Occupy Oakland that left an Iraq War veteran in the hospital with brain damage. In the letter – the police say they are “confused” by the mixed signals she is sending both to the police and the demonstrators.

Things are getting very interesting in Oakland.

-Thom

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"Occupy Rockford protest"

The Daily Stack

Hour One: Victory in Boulder...voters overwhelmingly declare corporations are not people!"
- Elena Nunez, "Stand Up for Democracy-Yes on 2H"

Site: "Stand Up for Democracy-Yes on 2H".

Site: "Colorado Common Cause".

Article: "Boulder, Colorado Occupies the Ballot Box and Calls for End to “Corporate Personhood”" by Move to Amend.

Book: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back" by Thom Hartmann - new updated version out now!

Occupy Oakland national strike...
- Joshua Holland, AlterNet

Book: "The 15 Biggest Lies About the Economy: And Everything else the Right Doesn't Want You to Know About Taxes, Jobs and Corporate America" by Joshua Holland.

Article: "Occupy Oakland Hosts General Strike" by Lori Preuitt.

Article: "Occupy Oakland: Jean Quan 'I don't know everything'" by Matthai Kuruvila.

Article: "1946: The Oakland General Strike, by Stan Weir" by libcom.

Article: "Feds: Four Members Of Georgia ‘Fringe Militia Group’ Plotted Biological Attack On Citizens, Government Officials" by Ryan J. Reilly.

Article: "Occupy Philly Calls For a Constitutional Amendment To Purify the American Political Process" by Occupy Philly.

Site: "Occupy Santa Rosa".

Article: "'Occupy' protesters welcome decision by Santa Rosa" by Sergio Quintana.

Site: "Progressive Democrats of America".

Site: "Code Pink".

Article: "Reagan National unveils statue of namesake" by Stacey Samuel.

Article: "Mayor Bloomberg: ‘It Was Not The Banks That Created The Mortgage Crisis’" by Pat Garofalo.

Law: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (1999).

Law: "Commodity Futures Modernization Act", 2000.

Law: "Community Reinvestment Act" (Anti-redlining Act).

Article: "Occupy Seattle aims message to visiting Chase Bank CEO" by KING 5 News.

Hour Two: An Open Letter to the Citizens of Oakland from the Oakland Police Officers’ Association
- Dom Arotzarena, Oakland Police Officer's Association.

Article: "An Open Letter to the Citizens of Oakland from the Oakland Police Officers’ Association".

Police brutality at OWS
- Curtis Sliwa, Host of the Curtis Sliwa Show 5-9am weekdays on AM 970, The Apple

Article: "Cop Punches Protester Video" by Jessica Sinclair.

Law: Posse Comitatus Act (1878).

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The 68%: Polls Are Finding Support for a Millionaires Tax" by Alexander Abad-Santos.

Article: Tax Cuts: The B.S. and the Facts By Larry Beinhart, November 11, 2008.

Article: "Sens. Udall, Bennet propose amendment to overturn Citizens United ruling" by Eric W. Dolan.

Article: "Mississippi’s Ambiguous ‘Personhood’ Amendment" by I. Glenn Cohen and Jonathan F. Will.

Hour Three:Police brutality at OWS (lies exposed by instant video postings)
- Ron Kuby, Attorney.

Article: "Lawyer wants ‘psycho’ NYPD cop charged for punching protester" by David Edwards.

Article: "Occupy Wall Street Protester Punched by Cop Meets With Prosecutors" by Shayna Jacobs.

Site: "Khan Academy".

The good: "Chicago alderman proposes decriminalizing marijuana" by Mary Wisniewski.

The bad: "Glenn Beck-Approved Goldline Charged With 19 Criminal Counts Of Fraud And Theft" by Alex Seitz-Wald.

The very, very ugly: "Mayor Bloomberg: ‘It Was Not The Banks That Created The Mortgage Crisis’" by Pat Garofalo.

Article: "Denver police spill protesters' blood (PHOTOS, VIDEO)" by RT.

Documentary: "Freedom Riders" - PBS.

Article: "Fission feared at Fukushima reactor No. 2" by Kazuaki Nagata and Mizuho Aoki.

Talk Radio News Segment: Victoria Jones, White House Correspondent

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Article: "G20 Cannes Summit heats up early on Greek debt issue" by Xinhua.

Article: "FOREX-Euro up after 3-day sell-off but doubts persist: Sixth tranche of loans to Greece in doubt" by Reuters.

Article: "House committee OKs new penalties against Iran" by AP.

Article: "UK military steps up plans for Iran attack amid fresh nuclear fears" by Nick Hopkins.

Article: "Super Committee Republicans’ ‘Deficit Reduction’ Plan Includes $800 Billion In Tax Cuts" by Pat Garofalo.

Article: "Julian Assange loses appeal against extradition" by Robert Booth.

Article: "Keystone ruling may fall back as Obama weighs in" by Jeff Jones and Andrew Quinn.

Hour Two: Who are the 1% campaign Robert Greenwald, Filmmaker, political activist and founder of Brave New Films

Hour Three: Affirmative action caused the housing crisis and other crazy ideas... Wayne Root, Chairman-Libertarian National Congressional Committee

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