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Commentary: Using Police In Oakland to Clear Out Occupy Was a Mistake

By Don Macleay, Berkeley Daily Planet

Using the police to clear out Occupy Oakland was exactly the wrong thing to do.

At the October monthly meeting of the San Fernando Valley Greens, our Valley Green Party leaders formed a solid consensus to support the Occupy Wall Street Movement and Occupy LA.

Green Party members across California are supporting and participating in the occupations of their towns and cities.

Fairfax voters have gone Green in recent elections. Three of the five members on the council belong to the Green Party, a political haven for those who find the Democratic Party too conservative for their tastes. Larry Bragman, Lew Tremaine and Pam Hartwell-Herrero are members of the Marin Green Party's leadership.

Many Obama supporters, notably the millions of young people who gave such vitality to his 2008 campaign, thought they had elected a president who would take the climate change issue seriously and make the tough choices necessary to reduce our national carbon footprint.