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BY VICTORIA CRAIG

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Just when you thought they were running out of steam, the Occupy Wall Street movement is at it again. But this time, with a little twist. CNN explains what the protesters hope to accomplish this time around.

“And from San Diego to Alaska, at least 25 Occupy Wall Street groups plan to block ports up and down the west coast today. Their goal? Shutting down global commerce.”

It’s a little more focused than that...the organizers hope to draw thousands to the protests along the west coast, saying they want to stand with longshoreman and truckers who are being exploited. The Los Angeles Times explains.

“Protesters say SSA Marine has engaged in unfair labor practices and pursued objectionable environmental policies. Their other complaints include the company's role as a military contractor during the Iraq war and its connection to Goldman Sachs, an investor in SSA Marine.”

But there’s one problem for protesters: As San Francisco’s KGO explains, the same longshoreman and truckers the occupiers say they want to help have distanced themselves from the protests.

“You should know that many truckers say they don’t support this because they say this action would only hurt the people that occupy say they want to support.”

And an op-ed writer for the San Diego Union Tribune says at this point, the Occupy movement is incoherent. And this time, its message doesn’t match its actions.

“...the San Diego Unified Port District...is a big provider of good employment in the region, responsible directly and indirectly for 47,000 mostly middle-class jobs. These men and women do not deserve to be hassled on their way to or from work or at work by a movement that claims to look out for them.”

And early Monday, the protesters hit another snag with a heavy police and coast guard presence in Long Beach. As one reporter for Los Angeles’ KTTV explains, the movement might have bitten off more than it can chew.

“But any attempts or intentions of trying to shut down operations here, I don’t think it’s going to happen. Perhaps, they may be able to disrupt some of the traffic that’s coming through here, but very heavy security going into and out of the ports here. There was, on November the second, Occupy Oakland protesters were able to shut down parts of that port. But here, we’re talking about 42 miles of territory that they really need to cover.”

Though the protesters hope to shut down west coast ports, they say their action is aimed only at commercial shipping, and not commuter passenger ferries used by the 99%.