on monday i woke up at 430 am after getting about 3 hours of sleep and waking up at 330 to my roomate and 4 of his drunk friends... anyway at 430 am i was waking up and they were going to sleep. another of my roomates and i then procceded to bike to ashby bart and get a ride to the oakland port for the direct action event we were the first people there. slowly more and more people showed up until eventually there were a reported by the san jose mercury news 700 protesters. we watched the sun come up on what turned out to be a beautiful day walking in a picket circle blocking the entrance to the APL, a major shipper of military cargo which has a longstanding relationship with the defense department.

The line held strong for a couple of hours, at which point the Oakland Police open fire on the protesters with rubber bullets and concussion grenades, bullet type blocks of wood and sand bags.... have ya'll seen the jack ass movie? remember when jonny gets hit with a sand bag? stupid fucking pigs!!! . Up to 50 protesters were injured, some seriously. nine longshoreman who were just standing by there cars waiting to be let into work were also injured. there were three difrent pickets at the port that day.... two diffrent entrences for the apl and one for the ssa. it is important that we hold corporations responsible for their money grubbing actions.

we were compleately peaceful and were not hurting anyone but capitalism that day. the police shouted into their megaphones ... which noone heard. and then when we were trying to shush the crowd so everyone could hear the announcement. the police not only would not repete what they said they just opened fire. the cuncussion bombs were so loud i couldnt hear anything for a while. the police said that they didnt mean to hurt anyone but what the fuck do you expect to do when you fire rubber bullets and other projectiles directly at people? before i was just a bit over the middle of protesting the war.. if you even want to call it that. i mean. we fucking disarmed them and then ATTACK them and then when they fight back we say that we are at WAR. but now that i have expirenced the injustice of our capitalist mockocracy i believe that we need to change and this is the time! revolution! we need to stand up and support our troops by bringing them home.