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"...power to the People, we're taking our shit back!" - words to Occupy by.

In what would be a stunning disregard for First Amendment rights, rumors are swirling that the Republican controlled Congress is now considering a new bill that could blackout sites such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and other sites that utilize content generated by users. Phones such as iPhone, Android, AmazonCloud, Pandora, Grooveshark and even your email accounts would be adversely affected.

Some provisions in the bill would make it a “felony to stream unlicensed content — including cover band performances, karaoke videos, video game play-throughs, and more.” Major profit driven corporations are the driving force behind such a bill.

Police viciously attacked Occupy Oakland with tear gas, flash grenades and projectile weapons. Eighty five people were arrested. Scott Olsen, a 24 year-old Iraq war veteran, was shot in the head by the police with a projectile. Scott was seriously injured and was in critical condition.

In response, on Wednesday October 26, 2011 in reclaimed Oscar Grant Plaza. 1607 people voted. 1484 voted in favor of the resolution, 77 abstained and 46 voted against it, passing the proposal at 96.9%. The General Assembly operates on a modified consensus process that passes proposals with 90% in favor and with abstaining votes removed from the final count.

The following is important union support for the call for the general strike and mass protests.

Misdirection...alot of the TP folks have opposed and supported the obscene political practice in DC, for the simple reason that Obama is a black man, an African-American. What happens is President Obama runs against Herman Cain, the Republic Party nominee? Where does the racist vote go then? So I say to you that "Occupy Placerville" is a possibility, not tomorrow, perhaps, but down the road...and all the other "Placervilles" this country contains.

Maybe, just maybe, the work we have done in the past has not been wholly in vain. It would be nice to live along enough to see something better emerge and come to fruitition.

Fingers crossed on both accounts...

What would a general strike look like in Oakland?

First off, many Occupy Oakland activists realize there are big obstacles to overcoming years of demoralization and fear among workers and students, so participation in the November 2 call is bound to be uneven. But looking into Oakland's recent past gives us some clues about what is possible.

As they vowed earlier this week to do, Egyptian pro-democracy protesters marched from Tahrir square to the U.S. Embassy today to march in support of Occupy Oakland—and against police brutality witnessed in Oakland on Tuesday night, and commonly experienced in Egypt.