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Updates and Analysis
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In San Francisco, approximately 600 people participated in the protest action on Feb. 4 denouncing U.S. threats against Iran. The protest was part of a "No Iran War" Day of Action.
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As part of the Jan. 20 Day of Action initiated by Occupy Wall Street West, the ANSWER Coalition contingent occupied the Bank of America at Powell and Market Streets in San Francisco.
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On Saturday, Jan. 7, Occupy SF took its show of solidarity to San Francisco’s Excelsior district, a working-class neighborhood where evictions and foreclosures are becoming increasingly prevalent.
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On Dec. 17, San Francisco participated in a Global Day of Action in Support of Bradley Manning around the military court pre-trial hearing of the 23-year-old Army intelligence officer unjustly facing trial.
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Occupy Oakland was joined by thousands of community members, workers and other supporters at picket lines that shut down the Port of Oakland as part of the West Coast Port Shutdown actions on Dec. 12. Among the participants was Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran and Oakland occupier who suffered a head injury when he was struck by a police tear gas canister.
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Less than a day after a police raid evicted the Occupy SF encampment from Justin Herman Plaza, occupiers returned and resumed their occupation. The police raid and subsequent return of the occupiers followed a national day of action to occupy foreclosed homes.
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SFPD raided the Occupy SF encampment in the early morning hours, arresting at least 70 demonstrators. We must mobilize now to defend the Occupy movement. We will not be silenced.
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Occupy SF and supporters marched along Market Street and down the Latino Mission District to demand equal rights for all, chanting “We are the 99%!” and “Nosotros somos 99%!”
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Recognizing the common thread of U.S. imperialism, organizers of demonstrations in solidarity with Bradley Manning and Egyptian protesters came together at Occupy SF for a united march and rally on Tuesday, Nov. 22.
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Around 5,000 students, university staff and community members joined a mass demonstration at UC Davis quad in response to the pepper spraying of peaceful protesters. A general strike in Davis has been called for Monday, Nov. 28.
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Statement from Occupy Wall Street
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Watch the slideshow of the Oct. 7 San Francisco demonstration, part of the actions, die-ins, marches and occupations that took place across the country on Oct. 7 and 8 marking the 10th anniversary of the Afghanistan war.
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National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition Brian Becker and Iraq war veteran and co-founder of March Forward! Michael Prysner speak to RT on the 10th anniversary of the U.S. war on Afghanistan
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Wikileaks-released State Department cables from November 2007 and afterwards show the real reason for the mounting U.S. hostility to the Libyan government prior to the current civil war.
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Using the rhetoric of democracy and freedom to mask the responsibility of U.S. imperialism in the enduring oppression and suffering of the peoples of the Middle East, President Obama’s speech was a demonstration of profound hypocrisy.
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On May 4, the Palestinian National Reconciliation Agreement was signed in Cairo calling for the creation of a unified Palestinian government.
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Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition, discusses the real motives behind the U.S. occupation: not going after Osama Bin Laden or Al-Qaeda, but rather establishing U.S. military bases in a geostrategically important region of the world.
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Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition, says the U.S. government will use this event as a pretext for an aggressive imperialist foreign policy, just as it did in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
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The former colonizing and enslaving powers of Africa—Britain, France and the United States—have committed themselves to the ouster of the Libyan government.
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The leaders of the world's capitalist powers met for a conference in Berlin in 1884 to decide how they would partition Africa. One cannot help but think about the Conference of 1884 when analyzing the London Conference of 2011.
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