Occupy Oakland - October 15, 2011

October 19, 2011 from Link TV

Thousands marched through Downtown Oakland to Frank Ogawa Plaza, renamed Oscar Grant Plaza by protesters, on Saturday, where an encampment has been set up in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests. Link TV spoke with activist and filmmaker Danny Glover, Iraq Veterans Against the War, National Nurses United, and more.

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Downtown Oakland

Downtown Oakland is the central business district of Oakland, California; roughly bounded by 6th Street or the Oakland Estuary on the southwest, Interstate 980 on the northwest, Grand Avenue on the northeast, and Lake Merritt on the east. The Downtown area is sometimes expande... Explore this topic

Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street was the name given to a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district. The Canadian group and magazine Adbusters initiated the call for protest with assistance from the Manhatta... Explore this topic

Danny Glover

Danny Glover is a film producer and an actor. Explore this topic

Protest

An act of defiance or objection by an individual or group of people. Protests can take many forms: peaceful or violent, direct or indirect, large or small. Protests in the news are often political in nature, as groups of citizens voice their disagreement or dissatisfaction. Pr... Explore this topic

Oakland

Oakland, located in the U.S. state of California, is a major West Coast port city and the busiest port for San Francisco Bay and all Northern California. It is the third largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, the eighth-largest city in the state, and the 47th-largest city... Explore this topic

National Nurses United

National Nurses United -- with more than 150,000 members from across the country—is the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in America. Founded in December 2009, NNU brought together the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Commi... Explore this topic

Iraq Veterans Against the War

Iraq Veterans Against the War is an advocacy group of active-duty United States military personnel, Iraq War veterans, Afghanistan War veterans, and other veterans who have served since the September 11, 2001 attacks who are opposed to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. The organiza... Explore this topic

Global financial system

A brief definition of the global financial system is: The financial system consisting of institutions, their customers, and financial regulators that act on a global level. The WHO defines it as "...various official and legal arrangements that govern international financial fl... Explore this topic

Global Financial Crisis

The financial crisis of 2007–2008, also known as the Global Financial Crisis and 2008 financial crisis, is considered by many economists to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It resulted in the threat of total collapse of large financial ins... Explore this topic

Wall Street

Wall Street is the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long, 0.7 miles long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the... Explore this topic

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