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Occupy Oakland: Striking questions
- 11-04-2011
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Blog by Anthony Cody/Education Week
I spent yesterday back in Oakland, participating in the Occupy Oakland general strike. Several hundred Oakland teachers were there as well, part of a crowd that swelled to around ten thousand in the afternoon. Below are photos and a video that capture some of the spirit of the day. And some thoughts about how the Occupation Movement is shifting the debate, and creating space for some new questions to be asked about how our schools are working. Oakland became notorious last week after city officials carried out a poorly conceived pre-dawn eviction of the downtown occupation. The operation was military-style, complete with pepper spray and flash grenades. This cost the city in excess of a million dollars, and resulted in the serious injury to Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen, who remains hospitalized with a fractured skull. (more...)
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