willie brown was involved in it and then gutter scum like angela davis and huey newton. and kpfa's news department which never ceased to praise jones because they saw him as a fellow idealogue who professed what they did. so the question i have for you is have you gone to any of these prominent people and asked them how they could justify creating the myth of james jones that led so many people a cropper, including people like ann ha davis who should hang her head in shame? >> well, jones hood winked a lot of people, and as you say, moscone and mil, he got, you know, he got -- the politicians cornered him. they came to people's temple

davis addressing the crowd. she was on a stage at 14th and broadway where the center of the movement is today. expect that intersection to be closed throughout the day. they are going to meet begin -- meet again to rally at noon. in front of city hall rappers in the plaza, informative areas. there's a little of something for everyone. it feels like a festival, the mood is enthusiastic and energetic. there's been a variety of reactions to this. the coffee shop is closed. but the subway sandwich shop across the street is he did odtqu+ clorox corporation on broadway is closed to visitors there are employees there. the city of oakland is reporting 5% of is employees went on strike today to participate. we haven't seen hardly any police officers, maybe one or two. they were ordered to take a hands off approach today, they are doing that. we have not seen a heavy police presence if any at all today. it has been nothing but peaceful. just a lot of people out having fun. getting their word out and participating in a var

davis addressing the crowd. she was on a stage at 14th and broadway where the center of the movement is today. expect that intersection to be closed throughout the day. they are going to meet begin -- meet again to rally at noon. in front of city hall rappers in the plaza, informative areas. there's a little of something for everyone. it feels like a festival, the mood is enthusiastic and energetic. there's been a variety of reactions to this. the coffee shop is closed. but the subway sandwich shop across the street is he did odtqu+ clorox corporation on broadway is closed to visitors there are employees there. the city of oakland is reporting 5% of is employees went on strike today to participate. we haven't seen hardly any police officers, maybe one or two. they were ordered to take a hands off approach today, they are doing that. we have not seen a heavy police presence if any at all today. it has been nothing but peaceful. just a lot of people out having fun. getting their word out and participating in a var

others like angela davis and huey newton and kpfk's news department which never ceased to praise jones because they saw him as a fellow ideologue so the question i have for you is have you gone to these prominent people and asked them how they could justify creating the myth of james jones like so many people including people like angela davis who should hang her head in shame >> well as you say the politicians cornered him and came to the temple because jones had his command 3,000-foot soldiers willing to go out in this neighborhood and people's demonstrations and cross voting districts to get people elected and i found a tape where he's basically saying you helped get me elected therefore i'm going to make to the head of the housing authorities and the obligations of the physical abuse and financial misdeeds that he helped elect the mayor mosconi, the attorney joseph, a council member harvey milk, they turned a blind eye, you are right. of course milken and mosconi were killed about ten days after the massacre happened but you had jane fonda, willie brown, angela davis. on the outsid

you know, there's jane fonda, willie brown, angela davis, and on the outside, people's temper looked good. i talk in the prologue that for me, growing up as i did with a, you know, a black brother and always feeling like a misfit and longing for a place to belong, from the -- if i had come to a temple service on a sunday morning and seen this, i would have definitely had been interested. my brother, david, and i, you know, i would have been interested because of his message of social justice. i would have been interested because there was real love between temple members. i mean, having grown up in the church, a church is so much more than just its leader. it's the relationship you have with the other members and your kids befriending others, and like, for example, a young man like clayton from oakland whose mother didn't give a damn about him and stole feed to get something to eat while his younger brother cried with hunger, the temple offered him a place to sleep. the temple got him out of jail on early release. the temple encouraged him to get his ged. the temple ran all kinds of

but you know, you had jane fonda and willie brown and angela davis. on the outside people's temple looks good. i talk about in the prologue that growing up as i did with a black brother and feeling like a mixture and longing for a place to be long. if i had come to a temple service on a sunday morning and see in this time would have definitely been interested, my brother david and i. i would have been interested because of his message of social justice. i would have been interested because there was a real love between temple members. having grown up in the church. a church is more than its leader. it is the relationship you have with the other congregants. your kids becoming friends with them, for example young man like stanley creighton from oakland whose mother didn't give a damn about him and he was going around stealing from grocery stores to get something to eat while his younger brother was crying with hunger. the temple offered him a place to sleep. the temple got him out of jail on early release. the temple encouraged him to get his g.d.. the

but, you know, you had jane fonda, willie brown, angela davis. you know, on the outside people's temping looked good. and i talk about in in the prologue that for me growing up as i did with a, you know, a black brother and always feeling like a misfit and longing for a place to belong, if i had come to a temple service, say on a sunday morning and seen this, i would have definitely have been interested. my brother david and i, you know, i would have been interested because of his message of social justice, i would have been interested because there was real love between temple members. i mean, having grown up in the church, a church is so much more than just its leader. it's the relationship you have with the other congress regants and those, you know, your kids becoming friends with them. it's, you know, for like, for example, a young man like stanley clayton from oakland whose mother didn't give a damn about him and was stealing from grocery stores to get something to eat while his younger brother was crying with hunger, the temple offered him

davis. she's as lost wages for longshoremen are justified. >> and. this is one day out of the year. it's an extraordinary moment. and, the violence to speak out in support of the occupy in the mid. >> sometimes suffering has to happen for the greater good. >> but the oakland chamber of commerce sometimes backfires. >> did bring 100 jobs at the city of oakland and they backed out exclusively because of the opportunity for occupy protest. >> and more than 200 longshoremen were scheduled to work tonight and all of them were told to go home. it's unclear if they will still to sofia paycheck. and tonight the port officials say the sport which is the largest in the country generates $85 billion that day to the local economy. so you do the math. >> we are a lot sure about although sure, today. >> despite what was going on in the downtown area, it was business as usual across much of oakland today. in many areas of shops and restaurants were not just opened, they were busy. the people we spoke with

davis. she said lost wages are justified. >> the unions can demand they are paid for today. that is -- >> reporter: that doesn't guarantee anything. >> this is a special moment this is one day out of the year. this is an extraordinary moment and people everywhere have expressed the desire to speak out against police violence, in support ofs movement. >> times suffering has to happen. >> reporter: but the chamber of commerce says it's back firing. >> we are aware of several incidents where one employer who will sign a lease and bring in 100 jobs backed out because of the activity around the protesters. >> reporter: 200 did report for work tonight. they were all sent home. the port officials say this shut down will cut deep into the money the port generates. reporting live. cbs5. >> let's do back to downtown oakland this is what happened around 7:45 on the corner of broadway and 11th. cell phone video shows a protester banging on the hood of a silver car in the middle of the intersection. that

some of the people say that angela davis will be here. if you look to the plaza to the left, people are doing exercises. they are also setting up one of the places where people are doing their speeches. there are unknowns about what might happen today. one of those is street protests, when and where that will take place. reporting live in oakland, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. >>> it is four minutes after 8:00. b.a.r.t. is increasing security due to today's plan for a general strike in oakland. there will be extra officers -- officers at oakland b.a.r.t. stations and more officers are riding b.a.r.t. trains across the entire bay area. the group "no justice, no peace" has cancelled planneds to occupy b.a.r.t. stations -- cancelled plans to occupy b.a.r.t. stations today, since many are taking b.a.r.t. today. and the oakland school district plans to keep all schools open today. but the teachers are putting in a day of unpaid leave to show their support for the occupy movement and there will be plenty of substitute t

right now, i'm joined by sam cedar, writer and activist angela davis, former fashion editor. alease jordan a former speech riter for condoleezza rice and "up" veteran john as well as a contributing editor. it's great to have you at the table. thanks for getting up so early. today is officially bank transfer day. it's move your money day. in washington last night, three d.c. protesters protesting an event were hit by a car as they tried to block ak stosz tccess event. they ran toward or jumped in front of the vehicle. three injured protesters were taken to the hospital. the injuries are non-life threatening. the driver first struck two of them, kept going to hit the third. the driver was not charged. >>> another iraq war veteran was sent to the hospital after joining occupy oakland event. he told them he was beaten by police following the general strike there this week, the first in the city since 1946. the strike was called. an iraq war veteran whose skull was fractured last month. they shut down the nation's fifth largest port for most of the day. do we have the photo of the

i brought kanye west and russell brand here and angela davis was here and reverend sharpton -- and the police are really violent in such a peaceful movement. one thing about this, the attack on the park, this park, is that we were being compassionate and feedi ining 40% of the homeless people. gave them beds and food, the only problem with taking care of them, some joined the movement and were insfired and educated, but some were not healthy and we took care of them and the media would come and interview them as if they were the core of the movement, which they were not. >> there has been some criticism for getting kanye west here. some people tallied up the jewelry he was wearing. >> no one's against, maybe some are, are not against business or success. what they're against is not even corporate greed. it's corporate control of our government. to get this country to be ruled by the people as it was intended. that's why we're here. and so, if kanye west or russell brand or anybody that adds voice to our work, then god bless them for being here. >> thomas, there seems to be something ha

. >> reporter: among those at today's rally: former communist and activist angela davis. >> the eyes of the world are on our city. >> reporter: the oakland protest attracted national attention last week, when police swooped in and tore down the campsite and battled the protestors, using tear gas and harsh tactics. oakland's mayor, jean quan, was out of town during the confrontation, but the police action brought criticism of her from parts of the community, and talk of a recall. she has tried to smooth the ruffled feathers, by keeping hands off the protestors, allowing them back on the plaza the very next day, returning and endorsing the general stike, even allowing city workers to participate today. during the early part of the rally, there was not a policeman or woman in sight. protesters directed traffic around the demonstration. for her part, quan urged businesses in downtown oakland to not shut down today, though some of them did. this section of the city is already suffering from high vacancies, and some residents feared the spector of occupiers would hurt an already ailing com

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