"Occupy" General Strike set for tomorrow, activist film premiere planned for tonight
by Politics

In advance of tomorrow's May Day Occupy Protests, filmmaker Emily James will be screening her controversial film, Just Do It, which looks at lawbreakers who engage in Direct Action in the UK. James follows a group of non-violent UK activisits who shut down airpots, stormed coal power stations and super-glued themselves to bank trading floors despite frequent arrests.

The film will be available to watch beginning at 5:30pm EST tonight on Occupy.com for 24 hours via this page.

Activists are aiming to make May Day or May 1st, a "general strike," and are urging supporters to skip out on school, work, banking, trading and shopping.

The "Occupy Wall Street" movement which began in September 2011 has had tremendous resonance with punk and hardcore musicians with a huge number coming out to protests around the world. Notable participants, performers and activists include: Titus Andronicus, Ted Leo, NOFX, Anti-Flag, Big D and the Kids Table, Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys, Fat Mike, Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine, Devo, Yo La Tengo, Ian MacKaye, Thurston Moore, Tom Morello, Guy Picciotto, Lou Reed, and many more.

Do you plan to join the protests tomorrow?