Protesters associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement are planning to block ports all along the West Coast on Monday – from San Diego to Anchorage – in an attempt to disrupt the supply chain of American commerce. “The Occupy movement is attacking the 1 percent at their point of profit,” said a media liaison for Occupy Oakland.
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