Month: November 2011

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…

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Why to Move Your Money, and Where

Where you bank matters in Portland. You–that’s right, you personally–can create sustainable economic and community well being. This sort of empowerment has so impressed your friends and neighbors here at Occupy Portland that we are going to do something about it. Just last Saturday, October 29, hundreds marched under the Occupy Portland banner to the…

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Question Time: What’s Next?

In a new series, we’re going to ask “persons on the street” questions to various people at the Portland Occupation. “Recently, there’s been a lot of debate about what the Portland Occupation should do next. If it were up to you to decide alone, what should the Occupation do next?” “The city should open up…

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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…

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Welcome to Our New Home!

The new home of The Portland Occupier is live! We home the new site will bring more features, such as liveblogging capacity, a better interface, and more as we can develop and add it. Along with this new site, we also have a Twitter account, that can keep you up to date with the latest…

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