Snowballing Building in Size Slowly :Protests and their Level of Violence in the U.S.; Are we Headed Toward the Same Protesting Scene that the UK and Greece have Undergone this Past Year? Oakland, California and what Happens Next...

Oakland, California, the '5th largest port', was picked, as the site for protests.  Are these protests really limited to shortcomings in that region, or is it a statement to what is going on, on a nationwide level.

Is it a phase in a slowly building process of protests that become increasingly violent?

Re-cap on where these protests might be headed in terms of what they could look like [unless solutions occur]--

• There was a fiery protest in Greece

• The United Kingdom underwent protests in reply to what the protestors say was lack of jobs and so on.  Reference August 2011, one story: 'Britain Burns: Riots Spread Through UK Cities' http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/EU-Britain-Riot/2011/08/08/id/406581

Encapsulated, to some and their interpretations, the protests were release of tension about economic conditions.

Pro tempore, 'another' protest is planned for Oakland, the buzz word, Occupy Wall Street Movement.  People did get hurt in the last one.

Remember, Wall Street in New York was named after Mr. Wall, -- not it is a brick wall of economic decision making headed on a one way direction, so call it a street.
Rebut by some might be, that is not the point.  The underpinning and history, if you know it well, will show there are many other things going on outside of Wall Street which seep to adding to the confusion, which are the fugue of a saddening economic conditions.

AP has got the story. 'Oakland prepares to be Occupy movement epicenter'
Here are fact excerpts:

"Demonstrators in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia said they planned to hold solidarity actions Wednesday. The day's events in Oakland are expected to begin at 9 a.m., when the first of three rallies scheduled by strike organizers is supposed to kick off downtown. The activities are expected to culminate with a march to the Port of Oakland, where local protesters said the goal would be to stop work there in time for the 7 p.m. evening shift.
In between, other demonstrators, some affiliated with established community groups, said they planned to target banks that do not close for the day..."

"Occupy LA, a monthlong 475-tent encampment around Los Angeles City Hall, is planning a 5:30 p.m. march and rally through downtown LA's financial district to express solidarity with the Oakland general strike and to protest police brutality."
 
"In San Francisco, the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed a resolution calling on Mayor Ed Lee to allow the Occupy Wall Street protesters to remain in a tent city near the historic ferry terminal, an area frequented by commuters and tourists."

Post-event comments
There were not very many tumultuous incidents, however, reflection, there was at least one episode 'unrelated unrelated'.