I’m guessing Occupy Oakland is largely composed of Berkeley residents. There are a lot of anarchists there.

It is a quandary. Certainly the goal of things like general strikes is to hurt the economy of the city in order to force government officials to act. That doesn’t mean a lot of little guys don’t get hurt along the way. It really is something of a quandary.

I’m by no means opposed to the occupy movement and spent a day on legislative plaza with the Occupy Nashville folks.

I’ve read that OWS has so much money and material aid coming in they are not even soliciting donations. If they have that much cash, maybe they could compensate small business owners who are immediately affected.