12/12 update at 8pmish EST:
About 2,000 occupiers march in Portland
Live Updates at Mercury News: here.
12/12 Late afternoon update:
Ports shut down from California, USA to Vancouver, Canada.
Story at Boston.com/AP: here.
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Houston, Texas at about 4pm EST:
Stuff is happening at Occupy Houston. I believe that the police have used tents to hide their actions while arresting. Please consider being an eye-witness. Live Streaming of Texas (in solidarity) at an NYC Livestream: WATCH HOUSTON – here.
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Occupy Portland
The initiating group for the Coordinated West Coast Port Shut Down today was Occupy Portland.
Occupy Portland (Oregon) Live Blog:
www.portlandoccupier.org
Live Streaming at Portland:
www.livestream.com/occupyptown
Monitoring police movements towards demonstrators and…
Song, “Dashing Through The Snow” as a “Capitalist Carol” — “Let’s make sure that Christmas is a business like affair”
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Long Beach
Rumor on the LiveStreams that the port in Long Beach (Los Angeles, CA) has been shut down.
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New York City: Squidding Goldman Sachs
New York City: LIVE
Goldman Sachs Squidding demo, police interactions, on LiveStream now:
http://www.livestream.com/occupynyc
PADDY WAGON REPORT 11:59am – LOL! Some people were livestreaming, with their plastic handcuffs on, from inside an NYPD Paddy Wagon! I think they got stopped now. But, they are showing clips from the coverage. It was great! They were mic checking in solidarity: http://www.livestream.com/occupynyc
Several people were arrested, including many media-related people.
In NYC, several hundred Occupy Wall Street protesters are outside Goldman Sachs “squidding”. Story at Gothamist: here.
Someone writes on the Live Stream comments that they are at the World Financial Center in NYC (not a direct Goldman Sachs building).
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More info and links on Goldman Sachs, and on “squidding”:
Wilderside post: Goldman Sachs Rules The World (3 stories)
Occupy Post about squidding event, with background: here.
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Occupy Oakland
an Occupy Oakland Live Stream
recommended at The Guardian UK
http://www.ustream.tv/occupyoakland
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Miscellaneous
Early in the day news story with list of key ports at RT: here.
12/12 12:20 EST update at MSBNC: here – Success shutting down and slowing down ports!
The occupy protesters message to police, as conveyed in the AP story:
“Protesters said police crackdowns in any city will trigger an extension of blockades in other cities as a show of resolve.” – Boston.com/AP
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