by our very own Media Coalition
Month: November 2011
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…
Kick Out the Anarchists: 11/07/11
“Kick Out the Anarchists” is a new semi-regular column, designed to demystify and explain the curiously common political philosophy known as anarchism, rather than perpetuate the myths. Hello, my name is Adam Rothstein, and I’m an anarchist. It still kind of freaks me out to say or type that out loud. Not that I’m ashamed…
Letter from Carroll Wikander
Why I support the 99%. The idea of good government is built around a fairly simple premise, to pursue the common good and protect the innocent. This idea evolved because of the tyranny brought on by dictatorship or when governance was used by a few very privileged people to oppress and control the population. The…
Occupy Events: Occupy Bagdad Comedy Show, Auction and Film
Tuesday, November 8, the prestigious Bagdad Theater (3712 SE Hawthorne) is opening it’s doors on behalf of Occupy Portland, presenting a silent auction & winter contribution drive, a world-class occupy-themed political comedy show, and movie to end the night with all proceeds going directly to Occupy Portland. Here’s what is going on. Silent Auction –…
Occupy Portlanders Open Credit Union Accounts for Bank Transfer Day
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The Childrens Hour
On a golden autumn morning last week, I was dropping off a spare comforter to an Overnight Occupier’s tent. The clear skies meant chilly nights for the 500 souls who occupy in Portland. As I picked my way between the tents to the sidewalk, a group of middle school-aged children passed as ducklings with a…
Bank Transfer Day: Live
Welcome to our first experiment liveblogging! Im Adam Rothstein, Thr PoC, and Ill be the main voice today, as I follow the other voices voting with their wallet as they pull their money out of big banks and deposit it in local credit unions. Bare with us as we test our technology; and please excuse…
Letter from Lana Buchanan
Occupy Portland Protest on Wall Street When I headed down to the protest I had no idea what to expect. What I found had a profound effect on me in that I learned I wasn’t alone, there were people there from all walks of life thinking and feeling the same things as I have been…
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…
