http://www.euronews.net/ Hundreds of protesters in the Californian town of Oakland called what they described as a "General Strike".
Teachers, trade unionists and trades people held rallies aimed at bringing the town to a halt.
The action was an extension of the Occupy Oakland movement criticising capitalism which escalated after police attacks last week
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Several thousand Occupy Wall Street demonstrators forced a halt to operations at the United States' fifth busiest port Wednesday evening. Video silent from source. (Nov. 3)
Teachers, trade unionists and trades people held rallies aimed at bringing the town to a halt.
The action was an extension of the Occupy Oakland movement criticising capitalism which escalated after police attacks last week
.
Several thousand Occupy Wall Street demonstrators forced a halt to operations at the United States' fifth busiest port Wednesday evening. Video silent from source. (Nov. 3)