Growing the National Movement: OCCUPY the DOE supports Oakland this Wed!!!

The Oakland Teachers Union has endorsed the general strike though it is not clear if teachers will actually walk out. What the critics of OWS seem to miss is the energizing impact of the movement on others and the growth of militancy whereas there has been so much passivity. In the NYC teacher movement we have to contend with a union leadership that will always try to pull teachers back from militancy but even they may be getting caught up. (See Michael Mendel on the misuse of the Danielson frameworks by principals and threats to walk away from negotiations.)

*Join the Occupy the DOE Committee this Wednesday in support of Occupy Oakland!*
The Oakland General Assembly has called for a general strike on November 2nd. In response to this call and the national call for solidarity actions on that day (see below), Occupy Wall Street is organizing solidarity action
here in NYC. Since the brutal attack on Oakland, there have been several other police attacks on occupations, including in Denver, Nashville, Austin and Rochester. Stand together with Oakland the Occupy Movement across the
country to say that our voices will not be silenced!
*4pm: Student Convergence at Washington Square Park - will then march to meet the rest of the demonstration*
*5pm - 6pm: Gather at Zucotti Park (Liberty Plaza at Broadway and Liberty)*
*5pm: March from Zucotti past City Hall to One Police Plaza*
*November 2nd: **National Day of Action in Solidarity with Occupy Oakland and in Defense of the Occupy Movement Nationally*
On October 25th, Occupy Oakland was brutally attacked by riot police. One protestor, Iraq veteran Scott Olson, remains in critical condition. But on Wednesday, thousands of protestors re-occupied Oscar Grant Plaza in
courageous defiance of this attempt at repression. 
The Oakland General Assembly has called for a general strike on Wednesday, November 2nd. Given
this call, and given the national attempt by mayors and police to repress and silence our movement, the Labor Outreach Committee of Occupy Wall Street is calling for a national day of action on November 2nd in solidarity with Occupy Oakland and in defense of the Occupy movement nationally. We urge students, labor, the unemployed and all members of the 99% to take action on that day to send a message that our movement will not be silenced.
To endorse, email november2endorse@gmail.com.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175965405823878

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