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  • Port of Oakland Shutdown Smells of Van Jones Protégé (sworn in 12 days prior Occupy Port shut down)

    11/11/2011 7:30:52 AM PST · by opentalk · 19 replies
    American Thinker ^ | November 11, 2011 | M. Catharine Evans
    A Van Jones protege, Jakada Imani, was sworn in as the newest member of the Oakland Port Board of Commissioners Tuesday October 20, a mere twelve days before Occupy Oakland protesters marched to the Port of Oakland and "effectively shut down" the fifth largest containerized port in the U.S..If Imani's anti-capitalism, "dream" talk sounds like Jones it's because the two go way back. The new port commissioner joined the Ella Baker Center in the late 1990's "to organize for peace, justice and opportunity for communities of color and low-income Californians." Imani boasted about his record before his confirmation.: I also...