Occupy Oakland

The Occupy Oakland Protest turned violent last night. According to reports, protesters threw concrete chunks, metal pipes, roman candles and molotov cocktails during the unrest. At least 4 protesters were hospitalized and several officers were also injured in the skirmishes. A video of some of the...

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” — Mahatma Gandhi I guess we're on stage three of the Gandhi plan for social justice. His name is Scott Olsen, but in reality, it could have been any of the thousands of protesters who have taken to public streets...

Scott Olsen put his life on the line in Iraq to defend American freedoms. Today, he lies in a hospital bed after cops in Oakland fractured his skull. Olsen, a former Marine who did two tours in Iraq, is a member of Veterans for Peace and a peace activist. He is in serious but stable condition in...

Oakland is lucky that its citizens are more peaceful than its police force. I watched in horror Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning as the peaceful protest movement, Occupy Oakland, was overrun and brutally assaulted by wave after wave of police thugs. By the time the assault was over, dozens...