We as fellow occupiers of Oscar Grant Plaza propose that on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, we liberate Oakland and shut down the 1 percent. We propose a citywide general strike and we propose we invite all students to walk out of school. Instead of workers going to work and students going to school, the people will converge on downtown Oakland to shut down the city.
Occupy Oakland holds its first General Assembly after retaking Oscar Grant Plaza in front of City Hall Tuesday evening and votes for a General Strike on Wednesday, Nov. 2.
Liberate Oakland! Shut down the 1 percent on Wednesday
by Occupy Oakland
Below is the proposal passed by the Occupy Oakland General Assembly on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. In reclaimed Oscar Grant Plaza, 1,607 people voted – 1,484 voted in favor of the resolution, 77 abstained and 46 voted against it, passing the proposal at 96.9 percent. The General Assembly operates on a modified consensus process that passes proposals with 90 percent in favor and with abstaining votes removed from the final count.
Proposal
We as fellow occupiers of Oscar Grant Plaza propose that on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, we liberate Oakland and shut down the 1 percent.
We propose a citywide general strike and we propose we invite all students to walk out of school. Instead of workers going to work and students going to school, the people will converge on downtown Oakland to shut down the city.
All banks and corporations should close down for the day or we will march on them.
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