{"article":{"id":257190,"heading":"Occupy Long Beach Strikes at Walmart on Black Friday, November 23, 2012","author":"Natasha Petrosova","created":"2012-11-25 19:39:23","modified":"2012-11-29 21:31:11","last_modified":"Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:31:11","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>On Friday, November 23, Occupy Long Beach protests in front of the Walmart store located in Down Town Long Beach in support of Walmart employees.  The protestors demand higher wages, health care benefits, better hours for Walmart employees.  The demonstration began with peaceful meditation and sign making.    None of the Walmart employees joined the strike and  couple workers reported that they were threatened to be fired on the spot if they joined the strike or engaged in a conversation with any  members of the Occupy group.  The demonstration was peaceful until the  police saw nineteen year old  Honor O'Kane drawing on the cement.  O'Kane was taking aside while the members of Occupy group were trying to persuade  the police that drawing on the ground with a chalk was not illegal and can not be confused with a graffiti created by spray paint.   As a result, Vivian Price, a professor of labor studies at CSUDH was arrested on a charge  resisting arrest and  obstruction of justice.  Price was handcuffed and taken to the Long Beach Police Department.   <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"petrosova.natasha@yahoo.com","link":"http:\/\/natashapetrosova.blogspot.com\/","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Occupy Long Beach Strikes at Walmart in Down town Long beach in solidarity with Walmart employees.  The protest ended in two arrests.","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms11.jpg","filesize":"890.0 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2012\/11\/257190.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms11.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms11.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms11.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[{"id":257191,"heading":"Black Friday Strike started with peaceful meditation","article":"","author":"Natasha Petrosova","parent_id":257190,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2012-11-25 19:39:25","modified":"2012-11-25 19:39:25","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms2.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms2.jpg"}},{"id":257192,"heading":"Activists make signs prior to protest","article":"","author":"Natasha Petrosova","parent_id":257190,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2012-11-25 19:39:26","modified":"2012-11-25 19:39:26","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms4.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms4.jpg"}},{"id":257193,"heading":"activists march and chant during the protest","article":"","author":"Natasha Petrosova","parent_id":257190,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2012-11-25 19:39:26","modified":"2012-11-25 19:39:26","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms25.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms25.jpg"}},{"id":257194,"heading":"Activists demand to rebuild America","article":"","author":"Natasha Petrosova","parent_id":257190,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2012-11-25 19:39:26","modified":"2012-11-25 19:39:26","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms19.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms19.jpg"}},{"id":257195,"heading":"Activists chant in front of the Walmart store","article":"","author":"Natasha Petrosova","parent_id":257190,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2012-11-25 19:39:26","modified":"2012-11-28 08:48:32","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms30.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms30.jpg"}},{"id":257196,"heading":"Honor O'Kane approached by the police while drawing on the ground","article":"","author":"Natasha Petrosova","parent_id":257190,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2012-11-25 19:39:26","modified":"2012-11-28 08:44:32","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms37.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms37.jpg"}},{"id":257197,"heading":"Honor O'Kane gets arrested","article":"O'Kane was taking to the police and released shortly with warning and a ticket.  O'Kane has to show up in court in front of judge on February 29, 2013","author":"Natasha Petrosova","parent_id":257190,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2012-11-25 19:39:26","modified":"2012-11-28 07:48:18","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms38.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms38.jpg"}},{"id":257198,"heading":"Vivian gets dragged from the crowed by the police officers","article":"","author":"Natasha Petrosova","parent_id":257190,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2012-11-25 19:39:26","modified":"2012-11-28 07:44:24","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms42.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms42.jpg"}},{"id":257199,"heading":"Vivian Price is gets arrested","article":"Vivian Price was arrested and charged of resistance arrest and abstraction of justice with a bali of $10.000.","author":"Natasha Petrosova","parent_id":257190,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2012-11-25 19:39:26","modified":"2012-11-28 07:45:41","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms49.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wms49.jpg"}}],"comments":[{"id":257266,"heading":"If Wal Mart is so Unfair","article":"You would think that if the workers thought that Wal Mart was unfair that they would be the ones on the picket, not radical unionistas like Price and the other stooges at this event.  The truth is that Wal Mart treats their workers with respect and consideration, and pay them above minimum wage just to start.  The workers don't want or in any way need, your support. \r\n\r\nWorkers don't benefit from a union that exists solely to bring strife between management and staff and to funnel money to the fucking democrap party.   FAIL is the operative word for this protest.","author":"Molly Bennett","parent_id":257190,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2012-11-29 18:15:20","modified":"2012-11-29 18:15:20","fileurl":""},{"id":257269,"heading":"just the beginning","article":"this unprecedented nationwide protest against Wank Mart is just the tip of the iceberg. as soon as the start a &quot; black Thanksgiving&quot; sale all Hell will break loose !!!","author":"WalMart has no heart","parent_id":257190,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2012-11-29 21:31:11","modified":"2012-11-29 21:31:11","fileurl":""}]}