Showdown.
LONG BEACH (KTLA) — Two weeks after their central command post at City Hall was dismantled by police, Occupy L.A. protesters are setting their sights on a new mission — shutting down the Port of Los Angeles.
Protesters will be gathering at Harry Bridges Park in San Pedro starting at 5 a.m. Monday, according to an announcement posted on Occupy L.A.’s website Sunday.
Activists will then march to the gate of the SSA terminal, all in the early, and most heavily trafficked, hours of the port’s morning.
Occupy L.A. organizers say Monday’s event will specifically target Goldman Sachs, partial owner of shipping agent SSA Marine, which has 5 terminals and a warehouse in the Harbor area.
“SSA/Goldman Sachs symbolize the ruin that corporate greed has brought into our lives,” the statement said.
“The 1% are depriving port truck drivers and other workers of decent pay, working conditions and the right to organize, even while the port of LA/LB is the largest in the US and a huge engine of profits for the 1%.”