Oakland Port Closure 12 12 11 and 12 13 11
Smaller more intimate port closure at Oakland, than compared to previous, still great numbers.
I had fun in the afternoon helping the bike crew hold intersections before the oncoming marchers. Rather than become stuck in one position like the previous port closure, I was able to move around a bit, and having been to the previous I was able to "scout," around a bit, which is good for me to move my legs, keep up the blood temperature. I was able to chat up a lot of people, which is important to me, and I had fun dancing as the morning progressed. The Vegan pizza was vital, although I had the feeling that coffee was more important to others. There were other activities or actions that involved bicycles through out the course of events, and I was happy to be a part of a larger whole. I always encourage others to relate their findings of actions and events through photography and Indybay!
Last remaining photographs of event regarding bicycle excursion to help block another port.
My last photographs from 12 13 11.
My last photographs from 12 13 11.
Photography and urban studies are to me the same medium and study. Although I want to finish my MA in urban studies, I also think of an MFA in photography and a Phd in Sociology. My MA thesis is a sub-cultural ethnography regarding Berkeley California's infamous all ages venue, 924 Gilman, which I volunteered for extensively in my teens and twenties during it's late 1980s and early 1990s zeitgeist. As I begin to gather materials for a Phd abstract I find my thesis work in sociology would be regarding sub-cultural mechanisms that work against or in spite of capitalism, the premise being that capitalism is a sociological disorder. My claim to notoriety locally is that I photographed the Berkeley Oak Grove tree sit with intensity during the last spring and summer in 2008. Working for the Occupation movement is simply an extension of that documentation. I have over forty indybay.org articles with my photography regarding local political actions at this time of writing. I am also a long time volunteer at the Oakland Food Not Bombs. I was born in Berkeley and I have been in the area for thirty eight years. The international grassroots collective that I volunteer for has raised over half a million dollars in the United States alone, and has millions of participants. We must not allow greed and avarice to destroy the foundations of the constitution and long time legislative philosophy such as Habeas corpus. Fight the power! Occupy!
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