Occupy West Coast Shuts Down Ports, While NYC Targets Goldman Sachs With Maria Cardenas, Occupy Oakland Michael Novick, Occupy LA OWS demonstrators, NY at Goldman Sachs
The Occupy movement in West Coast port cities called for shutdowns of their ports. In solidarity OWS, NY targeted Wall Street giant, the owner of half of one of the worldâs largest transportation and shipping outfits, Goldman Sachs. The ports were targeted because of the firing of port truckers organizing at SSA terminals in LA, owned by Goldman Sachs and the attempt to rupture ILWU union jurisdiction in Longview,WA by EGT, an exporter led by Bunge Ltd, owned by 1% bankers which reported a $2.5 billion profit last year while impoverishing workers in Argentina and Brazil. These economic blockades were in response to the nationally coordinated attacks on the Occupy movement. ******************
produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg
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