by Lester Macgurdy I’ve made a point to ask Cccupy Portland members this titular question and most of the time the person asked had no idea. On the other hand, regardless of what was usually a complete lack of understanding, a great reliance and support of non-violence was still professed. This is the “I know…
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Horton Hears an Occupation
by Zach Bosart When I was a child, my favorite Dr. Seuss book was Horton Hears a Who! For those unfamiliar with the plot, the story revolves around the elephant protagonist Horton, who hears a speck of dust speaking to him. The dust, actually a tiny planet, is home to a group of people called Whos.…
Occupy Congress: The Journey Begins
by Adam Rothstein There’s a familiar feeling of doom as one leaves the Northwest behind when departing on a road trip. As you strap yourself in to an eighty mile-per-hour meteor of alloyed aluminum and high-impact plastic, securing tanks of liquid fuel both hydrocarbon derived and caffeinated, there is a feeling not unlike that of…
N12-13 Live Blog
Welcome to the live blog! Adam Rothstein will be posting info here as it comes in from our many correspondents. Want to help? Email your photos and CONFIRMED info to [email protected], or send a tweet to @PDXoccupier. Well be tweeting updates there as well. Our friends in the Media Coalition will be running the Livestream…
Elsewhere in Occupied Media: 11/07/11
– Jonathan Lethem visits the open mic at Occupy Wall Street – Susie Cagle, a member of the press, writes about her experience being arrested while reporting Occupy Oakland, and of misleading information given by the police, and of outrageous sexism and sexual harassment on the part of her jailers. http://www.alternet.org/story/152990/police_state_in_oakland_one_reporter%27s_arrest_contradicts_official_story/?page=entire – A video from…
Responding to the Media – 1
I just sent this to Joel Iwanaga of Koin fame after he interviewed some people calling themselves “the REAL Occupiers” that said we’d “lost our way.” No one person can claim to be the real ANYTHING in this movement. We have no leaders, no official spokespersons, no one face that represents us. The varied issues…
Elsewhere in Occupied Media: 11/04/11
General Strike – Oakland from brandonhill on Vimeo. – Brandonhill’s video from the Oakland General Strike on November 2nd. Featured on The Atlantic. http://vimeo.com/31571701 – Occupy’s Asshole Problem: Flashbacks from An Old Hippie, by Sara Robinson. Got people at your occupation that you don’t like? Well, consensus can deal with that. http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5181 – Another vet…
Elsewhere in Occupied Media: 11/03/11
David Cagle, father of Susie Cagle, comments on his daughter’s arrest at Occupy Oakland last night, as she covered the event with a press badge. http://blog.cagle.com/2011/11/my-daughter-arrested-during-occupy-oakland-crackdown/ Aaron Bady, (aka zunguzungu)’s long and thoughtful narrative, with photos, of the Oakland General Strike’s occupation of the Port of Oakland and a building, yesterday. http://zunguzungu.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/occupy-oaklands-port-action-and-after/ Also check out…
