Posts tagged general strike
I want to create my own on-the-go amplification system. This guy had an awesome set-up. Where does one even get a three-way megaphone-thingie like that?
Besides being on an exceptionally cute dog, I like that this sign doesn’t purport to know this pooch’s political beliefs, as so many of these placard-on-baby-or-dog protest signs do.
“Justice is what love looks like in public”
Anarchist medic, Occupy Oakland General Strike on May Day.
Justice is blind.
Hey extroverts, next time you’re thinking of attending a protest, buy a megaphone. These three protesters were having a blast, calling back and forth with their megaphones. Marches are a lot more fun if you have a way to amplify your voice, but I’d never seen three people trading off like this. Usually one person trades it around until they get tired, or get too nervous about whether or not the crowd will respond. But these three showed that more megaphones = more fun, as their calls felt as much like a jam session as a call to action.
Another photo of the Occupy Oakland general strike, here they are approaching Chinatown.
I never thought to take a drum to a protest, even though they’re an essential element in keeping spirits high. Wouldn’t be that hard to make one, I imagine. Next protest, maybe turn over one of those empty paint buckets and see how it sounds.
Random sign in support of the May Day protest was left outside an apartment building in East Oakland.
Hey drummer, nice sign. At the general strike march, Occupy Oakland, May Day.
These photos are to give you an idea of the number of people there. I don’t think there were as many as at the port shutdown, but still an impressive crowd. There were enough people that standing at the top of a hill and seeing for several city-blocks I still couldn’t quite see the end of it. Is this the return of Occupy? I suppose that will depend on if the media gives it any coverage.
