I Will Survive Capitalism at Oakland General Strike

On November 2nd, Oakland CA held a general strike that gathered more than 20,000 supporters; among them, teachers, students, families, and local labor unions. Before marching on the banks and shutting down our city's port, we danced in the street.

Brought to you by LeftBay99, a group for and of those hit first, worst, and longest by an economic system built on inequality and corporate power.

Video produced by Making Change Media with the LeftBay99 Media Team

Camera: Skye Bender-deMoll, Regan Brashear, Emily Calhoun, Joe Feria-Galicia, Cassidy Friedman, & Jamie LeJeune

LYRICS:

At first I was afraid
I was petrified
Thinking I could never live
Without dollars by my side
But then I spent so many nights
Thinking how you did us wrong
I grew strong
I learned how to take action
'cause we got jacked!
In your rat race
You rigged the game to profiteer
Off climate change and toxic waste
You gamble lives to push your stocks
And so we're leaving finally
We're composting capitalism
Together collectively!

Go on now go
Walk out the door
Just turn around now
Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one percent who hurt me with your lies
You think I'd crumble
You think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
Oh, As long as I know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
I will survive

It took all the strength you had
To tear us apart
We fight each other
With the pieces of our broken hearts
We're the 99 percent
United in dissent
We used to cry
But now we hold our heads up high
And you see us
We're feeling new!
We're not that chained up little shopper
Still in love with you
Got us working to the bone
But today we're breaking free
Now we're saving all our loving
For our community!"

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• flash mob
• dance
• Oakland
• I Will Survive
• strike
• protest
• occupy

[bulletproof2353]

0:51 really ? composting capitalism? WHAT CAPITALISM? this is not a free market , this problem was not caused by free markets, it was caused by FASCISM , good to see there at least now tryong to occupy the city hall and are occupying DC too, the problem is washington as much as it is wall st, we need to bring back trye free market not compost it, we need to end fascism , we need to have strict regulation for huge multinationals and NONE for small business and main street

[geoffmanning1]

because hitler used deceit, that means that community, together, and oneness is always just terms thrown out to be used for deceit? it doesn't make sense. Who then, is the evil dictator that will be doing dirty deeds? Hitler lied to the people. We ARE the people. If you're going to point fingers at anyone, please at least make some kind of logical sense.

[cellardoorstop]

Hey, if you're going to survive, go do that, instead of wasting your time singing songs in the street.

[DonYelton]

Community, together, oneness, just listen and understand that this is exactly how hitler did his dirty deeds. The problem is us not them.

[franzfaramir]

Yes, do hold your heads up! Together you've already achieved more in these few months than all your critics will ever hope to achieve in their entire lifetime!

[AnotherCuppaCoffee]

This is the way to go!

[TheNinjaabarbie]

lol kimberly <3

[InTheCity3D]

They should be protesting at the big banks in SF, there's really nothing to occupy in Oakland.

[AlexandreSchwarz]

Awesome!

[Aiden057]

Great job!