November 2nd Oakland General Strike and Mass Day of Action
1946: The Oakland General Strike
Eddie Yuen et al., Confronting Capitalism: Dispatches from a Global Movement Soft Skull Press, 2004
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In 1946 workers struck across Oakland and closed the city down for three days. On November 2nd, a general strike and mass day of action have been called by Occupy Oakland to shut down the wealthiest one percent of the population. Labor historian Gifford Hartman discusses the 1946 -- and 1934 -- general strike, while movement scholars Cynthia Kaufman and Eddie Yuen explore the strengths, weaknesses, and future of the Occupy Wall Street protests.Download program audio (mp3, 48.41 Mbytes)

