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To: Brumar89 who wrote (454194)	11/2/2011 10:35:57 AM
From: FJB	Respond to of 794358

Live Blog: Setting up for the Oakland general strike Oakland Tribune Posted: 11/02/2011 07:14:45 AM PDT Updated: 11/02/2011 07:30:28 AM PDT mercurynews.com A general strike today is expected to empty many businesses and schools as workers and students join Occupy Oakland downtown in a show of solidarity. Thousands are predicted to converge on the city's plaza in front of city hall. 7:15 a.m. Street blocked off near police station Long rows of white vans are parked in front of the Oakland police headquarters on Sixth Street. The street is blocked off to traffic. 7 a.m. Groups starting to set up Occupants of the tent city are starting to rise and fastening down tents to keep them from blowing away in gusty winds. Some people are fashioning a flatbed truck with speakers to be a rolling platform. Carey Dall, 35, a dockworker with the ILWU, was among the first to arrive at Frank Ogawa Plaza. He was standing next to a pile of about 100 signs "Stand with the 99 percent" ready to be distributed. The strike is an important symbolic gesture, he said. "Economic impact is how you make change," Dall said. "It's going to take sustained activity like this if we are going to see changes in this country." Dall works in San Francisco but lives in Oakland. The ILWU is encouraging participation but not specifically telling people not to go to work. Also on hand International Workers of the World. They say they have been supporting Occupy Oakland from the start and are hoping for a strong turnout.