I cried this morning upon hearing the OPB radio story of Jamison Park last night. I still well up thinking about it. I am so proud of the people that stood for the rights of my grandchildren, their generation, and myself last night. How can I ever repay that? I wonder, too, how can we…
Month: November 2011
Move Your Money Before the Big Banks Lose It
Last month, the Bank of America Corporation received the latest in a series of credit downgrades. Those who had derivatives deals with BAC’s subsidiary, Merrill Lynch, became understandably worried about the health of the company, and began to demand additional collateral from Merrill Lynch as insurance against the possible failure of their deals. Fortunately for…
Occupy Portland Marches with Thousands of Labor Supporters
Video by our very own Occupy Portland Media Coalition
Art & Greed
Networks of promotion/control slide imperceptibly into networks of surveillance/disinformation. Formerly one only conspired against an established order. Today, conspiring in its favour is a new and flourishing profession. Under spectacular domination people conspire to maintain it, and to guarantee what it along would call its well-being. This conspiracy is a part of its very functioning.…
Jobs for Justice March
A coalition of occupiers and trade unionists gathered October 22nd to march across the Columbia River and join activists from Occupy Vancouver. Labor campaign veterans from many trade unions including communications workers, longeshoreman, and plumbers demonstrated in solidarity with workers fighting for their rights at the Vancouver Hilton Hotel. About 300 people, including a school…
Fairness Discussed Over Food
If you ask a number of people what is fair for a particular situation, you’ll probably get just as many answers. Luckily, at the Portland Occupation, collecting potential answers to hard questions is what we’re all about. We have many things in large supply in the occupied parks of downtown Portland. We have a good…
Letter from the POC
My name is Adam Rothstein, and I’m something of the Point of Contact for The Portland Occupier, a new original content channel. The Portland Occupier was dreamed up by the Media Committee and the Occupation PR group as a way of putting out many of the positive stories we’d like to tell about what is…
