"May Day General Strike" photos from Reuters prove event was NOT "a dud" as reported earlier

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11. My photos from Occupy L.A. May 1st General Strike (M1GS)...

Thanks for the thread, AV.

My photo album from Occupy L.A. M1GS (May 1st General Strike):
I put 68 photos in this album. It was a long day, and I'm too wiped out to post more. Feel free to repost the link, or to post the photos themselves, to support the Occupy movement. I'd score this as a huge success. But one of the best parts, personally, was joining up in this action to march with DUers Fire Walk With Me, U4iklefty, and coalition unwilling and his wife.

MY ALBUM:
http://s948.photobucket.com/albums/ad321/pinboy3niner/M1GS%20Occupy%20Mayday%20General%20Strike%202012/?albumview=slideshow

I posted a brief report in sabrina's thread:

Thousands of marchers converged in downtown, coming from the four cardinal compass directions. In addition to these four 'Winds,' picketing union workers at LAX formed a fifth Wind.

It was hard to get an accurate picture of the size of the event, as there were concurrent marches and rallies throughout the day. I estimate that there were easily more than 2,000 strung out for what seemed to be a half mile in one Occupy L.A. M1GS march alone, while one of the immigrants' rights marches moved in parallel a block over and police prevented the two from merging. (VERY heavy police presence, including six helicopters hovering overhead at one point.)

I met coalition unwilling and his wife for the first time, approaching them because I recognized the style of their signs from posts here. U4iklefty soon joined us before the main march kicked off. Later, Lefty and I joined Fire Walk With Me and we took a break to share some coffee and cookies. (That turned into a long walk, as most of the businesses in the area had closed.)

There also was a series of actions in the financial district, where the local HQ buildings of major banks were cordoned by police in riot gear. (The BofA building also was protected by a long line of metal barricades.)

Have to finish uploading my pics. Normally I take about 30 at an Occupy event, but this time I ended up with about 80.

This turned out to be a very exciting day--for a 'flop.'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=635195

I should do an OP in the Occupy Underground Group, but I'm too wiped out now after a long day. For now, the album photos don't really need much explanation.

Here at Occupy L.A., M1GS was HARDLY a 'dud' or a 'flop.'