Mass Nonviolent
Direct Action to
STOP THE WAR, STOP EMPIRE |
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For ongoing news of the mobilization to stop the war, see
Direct Action to Stop the War
(DASW).
See also Protest
shuts down part of Oakland port.
Please use these descriptions and images to inform others that the citizens
of the United States oppose the war. They refuse to cooperate with the
war machinery and will resist companies who make money from blood.
On April 7, 2003 community members protested the illegal and immoral
was on Iraq by picketing the Oakland, California docks in front of shipping
areas owned by two war profiteering companies, American President Lines
(APL) and Stevedoring Services of America. The Oakland Police met with
those companies in closed session beforehand, then came armed with full
riot gear and weapons. They fired on protesters using wooden bullets,
metal-shot filled bags, and concussion grenades. The injured 3 members of
the media, 9 longshore workers, and 50 community members.
Community and union members met with Oakland City officials and the
Police Department. The police backed off their theat to pen a second
protest one mile from the site. They agreed to protect the protestors'
safety.
Monday evening, May 12th, protesters returned to the docks to protest
war profiteering and police brutality against the right to community
picketing. These pages show what happened.
