Tag Archives: protest

May Day Strike

On Tuesday, I found myself in a lot of the wrong places at the wrong time. And not in the way you might think.
Tuesday was the big general strike day lead by Occupy. But this strike was not like the last one in November. This day of protest had a lot of clashes with police [...]

UCLA students arrested at UC Regents meeting – for SF Chronicle

Not you typical school board meeting.

Occupy Oakland still trying to occupy

Last week, members of Occupy Oakland ended a “day of action” with the beginning of a new encampment a few blocks away from the original site at Frank Ogawa Plaza. This time, the land was privately owned and fenced in.

Occupy Oakland General Strike for San Francisco Chronicle

Thousands of protestors took to the street Wednesday for a mass general strike in downtown Oakland. They shut down several banks by meerly standing out infront of them and chanting anti-bank slogans. The branches had no choice other than lock their doors for the day and wait for the crowd to pass.
You probably didn’t hear [...]

Occupy Oakland for Reuters and SF Chronicle

For three days this last week I’ve been photographing the Occupy Oakland protest. This site in particular is very organized and heavily spirited. It appears as though Tuesday’s clash with police hardened the protestors views as this crew says they are here to stay.
Activist and filmmaker Michael Moore made a visit to the occupation on [...]