Several Occupy Wall Street groups from New York to California are planning to shut down bridges in New York City and California on May 1st to protest wealth and capitalism. CNS News reported that Occupy Oakland plans to shut down transportation from Marin, California to San Francisco.
“If any of the unions on the Golden Gate bridge declare a strike or shutdown action on May Day, we will act in solidarity with these striking workers and the international call for a general strike on May Day, by blockading the flow of capital to the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District. This will be accomplished by a collaboration of pickets and direct action which will shut down all modes of transportation from Marin to San Francisco,” went the statement on the website Occupythebridge.com.
The New York Occupods have similar plans.
The East Coast response to this shutdown call comes from the website Strikeisaverb.net and claims: “autonomous direct action groups within Occupy Wall Street, as a part of the global mobilizations for general strike and economic non-compliance, will block one or more Manhattan-bound bridge or tunnel to protest the shameful opulence of the 1%.”
The announcement went on to cite how Occupy Wall Street had shut the Brooklyn Bridge and another closure of that bridge, as well as the Holland Tunnel. The release claimed: “But this May 1, we will create the biggest shut down the city of New York has ever seen.” “We are announcing these blockades now as a fair warning to the rest of the working people of New York and New Jersey who are considering joining the strikes and mobilizations of the day: the city will be shut down, so enjoy the day without the 99%!” warned the site. (Read More)
Labor unions, including a few for journalists, are also participating in the effort. (Natch!)
If the Occupods are successful in shutting down transportation, who do they think the people trying to get to work, school and doctors appointments are going to blame? Something tells me they won’t be blaming the 1%.
What a useless bunch of people.
Exactly, LC! But this could be a twofer. Half of the commuters will probably think the blockage is due to some kind of Presidential travel or visit. Heh, so either the Occutards or Dear Leader take the blame. All good.
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If some of these ‘tards were to “fall” off the bridges (with a small amount of assistance), no jury in the world would ever convict anyone.
Tell me again – these people want to change minds…in their favor?
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if I remember, they want a violent overthrow of the Government and the Capitalist system. I never noticed any desire to change minds. The closest thing was a Progressive Labor Party notion that if you go to a demonstration and a cop knocks you on the head with a billy club, then you will be ‘radicalized’. But then, they believe lots of strange things.
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So: In order to convert people to their cause, they will disrupt the lives of those who actually still have jobs?
I see. It all makes perfect sense now…
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[...] a massive protest to mark the communist holiday known as International Workers Day, or May Day. They’ve been planning for months to shut down bridges in California and New York. They’re calling on supporters around the [...]
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