{"id":2623,"date":"2011-11-21T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T23:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lavozlit.com\/?p=2623"},"modified":"2011-11-21T17:18:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T23:18:00","slug":"occupycal-fights-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/2011\/11\/21\/occupycal-fights-back\/","title":{"rendered":"OccupyCal Fights Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by La Voz de los Trabajadores<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Friday, 18 November 2011 02:34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"The occupy movement has been fiercely attacked and raided these past two months. First, the Occupy Oakland encampment on October 25th and now on Nov 14, then Occupy Cal on Nov 9th and now Occupy WallSt last night. City and federal administrations have ordered the encam\u00adpments to be destroyed and have brutalized the occupiers along with their allies.
\nThis attack on our free speech comes after some of the biggest Occupy mobilizations of the year. First, the November 2nd \u201cGeneral Strike\u201d that brought out more than 30,000 youth and workers and paralyzed the Oakland City Port. Second, the OccupyCal Nov 9th protest of 3000 students and workers and encampment, and what is to be the third, the planned Nov 17th mass mobilization to shut down the New York Stock Exchange.
\nThis offensive by the 1% shows that they are terrified of our mass mobilizations and are resorting to beating our bodies and destroying our encampments.
\n\u00b7 \u00a0We must not let these attacks deter us from organi\u00adzing our power;
\n\u00b7 \u00a0We must mobilize a fight-back to show them that we will not stop;
\n\u00b7 \u00a0We will regroup and respond through larger mass actions;
\nAs we regroup, we have the opportunity to make our demands clearer, our organizing methods stronger and take advantage of the support we are now receiving to mobilize more workers and oppressed communities (i.e. Blacks, Latinos, women, immigrants, LGBTQI).
\nThe occupy movement needs to continue consoli\u00addating its bases of power. We can do this by forming base committees in all schools and workplaces to discuss our current problems and demands, and bring them to the Occupy general assemblies.
\nPlan of Action for the Next Period
\nThe UC Regents postponed their November 16-17th meeting because they feared that our protest will mobili\u00adze thousands. The cancellation of the regents meeting is a victory for the public education movement! However, this is only the start of our fight-back.
\nThis week of action, including UC Berkeley\u2019s Nov 15th Strike and Day of Action and the statewide Nov 16th Day of Action, will be our immediate response to the repres\u00adsion of our movement. But we must also plan for the long term. We should build the forthcoming actions planned by OccupyCal\u2019s General Assembly, including a public debate this December inviting UC Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau, the UC Regents, UC President Mark Yudof and California Governor Jerry Brown to pressure them to support our movement. This will be an opportunity for students, workers and the community to see that they are not on our side and we must fight the austerity measures that they all are imposing.
\nWe must also start mobilizing future waves of actions and strikes early next semester, as the Occupy Cal Gene\u00adral Assembly is proposing. We need to call on state and public education officials to meet our demands for free and fully-funded public education, free speech and for in\u00adcreased access to public education for under-represented communities of color.
\nWe must continue posing demands that unite the whole 99% around our needs and target the core interests of the 1%. This will prevent the co-optation of our move\u00adment by the ones in power.
\n\u00b7 End police brutality in our communities!
\n\u00b7 No to school and library closures!
\n\u00b7 Reverse fee hikes, cuts and layoffs in public education!
\n\u00b7 Tax the Rich! Fully funded and free public education and health care for all!
\n\u00b7 Nationalization of the banks that were bailed out with public money under workers\u2019 control.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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