Excerpt: "Organizers of the port blockade see the actions planned for next Monday as an important next step for Occupy. In recent weeks, Occupy activists across the country have expanded far beyond encampments and are now targeting large financial institutions, fighting foreclosures, reclaiming public space, and marching on valuable sources of profit for the 1%."

Occupy Oakland protesters stand atop a railroad scaffold at the Port of Oakland, 11/02/11. (photo: Noah Berger/AP)