Reports on the incident involving the pepper spraying of UC Davis students at an Occupy protest on November 18 last year have finally been made public. They make clear that what the police did “should and could have been prevented.” The reports come from a task force led by Cruz Reynoso, a civil rights lawyer [...]

Over 300 people were arrested in Oakland after police ordered a march of Occupy Oakland protesters to “submit” to an arrest because they were engaged in an unlawful assembly. Hundreds were detained outside of a YMCA. In zip cuffs, many waited for hours to be escorted to a police vehicle and hauled away. One group [...]

*For the most recent report on Occupy Oakland, including last night’s mass arrest, go here.   [Update - 3:10 AM ET] More than 300 were arrested in Oakland on Saturday. Most of the arrests took place in front of a YMCA. Gavin Aronsen, a journalist with Mother Jones, was arrested. This whole action began early [...]

Mass mobilizations are in progress at ports on the West Coast. Occupy Oakland, which first put out the call to “occupy” or target ports, and other occupations on the West Coast are marching to picket and hopefully shutdown these ports, which are a part of “the economic apparatus of the 1%.” Here is an excerpt [...]

Hundreds of riot police from more than ten different police agencies have deployed forces in and around Frank Ogawa Plaza, where Occupy Oakland has been occupying for days. The forces began to amass around 3 am. They have surrounded the occupiers, who are standing their ground chanting, drumming and trying to wait out police like [...]