The Stryker Blockade
10 Days That Shook Olympia
For 10 days, anti-war activists in Olympia, Washington have slowed down and for two different periods of 12 hours or more, stopped the flow of military weapons and military cargo that were unloaded from a Navy ship that had returned from Iraq. For 24 hours a day, we have used a variety of tactics and actions. They have included sitting in front of trucks carrying Stryker vehicles and other military equipment from leaving the Port of Olympia, building barricades on the roads where these military vehicles were traveling, anti-war demonstrations through the streets of Olympia and vigils, downtown. A hearing was held at City Hall, last Sunday, November 11th, 2007 to document the excessive police force used against people who participated in these actions. We testified at the Olympia City Council and at a hearing of the elected Port Commissioners demanding that they take a stand opposing the U.S. war against Iraq by not letting our Port be used to transport war supplies. About 500 people have taken part in some or all of these protests.
From http://www.counterpunch.com/bohmer11152007.html
Peter Bohmer has been opposing the imperial actions of the United States since the 1960s. He is a longtime member of the faculty at The Evergreen state College in Olympia, WA
Read the rest to see the youtube links!
Olympia Movement for Peace & Justice
http://www.omjp.org/Port2007.html
OlyBlog updates
http://www.olyblog.net/newsflash-port
Port Militarization Resistance background
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Militarization_Resistance
Other videos from this week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEmQDrKGXBA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM2tNL_roBY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOkn2Fg7R8w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgi5ESpueX8
Music video on past port protests
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlndgiBhNQQ
