An amazing coincidental meeting at Occupy Portland. Former enemies in the battlefield of Iraq now united for peace at the occupation of Portland.
An Occupy Portland Video Collective collaboration in Peaceful Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street.
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SOPA Bill to be Voted on in the US House
by Adam Rothstein SOPA is a bill to create a nation-wide Internet Black List. Ostensibly meant to fight piracy, it will allow the government to create procedures for DNS blocking, which basically keeps a web site from showing up on the Internet. Free speech is not only a part of the Bill of Rights, but…
Ten Things I Love about Occupy Portland
By Deborah Rodney THE INCLUSIVENESS. In our mix there are a lot of differences– from the driven middle class professional to the self-medicated person numbing the effects of their homelessness through addiction. There are extreme liberals and a few tea partiers. There are differences in political priorities ranging from the desire to fix the system…
Elsewhere in Occupy for December 11th through December 13th
Here’s what The Occupier thinks you should be reading: How Goldman Sachs and Other Companies Exploit Port Truck Drivers — Occupy Protesters Plan to Shut Down West Coast Ports in Protest | Economy | AlterNet – December 12th Shutdown of the Port of Oakland in Photos | Excremental Virtue – Daily Occupations Report Dec. 9,…
War on Terror: A Radical Veterans Story
I joined the United States Marine Corps at the age of seventeen. Like many other disenfranchised American youth, I found the promise of a university education, in addition to full health and dental coverage, appealing enough to make the decision to join. I promptly joined in March of 2oo1 and left for recruit training in…
Liveblog: D12
Welcome to the liveblog for D12, the coordinated Port Shutdown on the West Coast. I’m Adam Rothstein, and I’ll be chairing the liveblog today, along with all of our lovely correspondents and camera-people out there. For the latest, you can follow @occupy_thyself, @occupyoregon, or #D12PDX on Twitter. 8:00 PM – Here’s what’s happening. We are…
The Hydra of Justice
The port of Portland has been shut down. Now old news if you have been following the live blog or any of the local news stations. Once again the Occupy movement has been successful in achieving the goals it has set out to achieve. Resistance is not futile. The primary opposition that I have heard…
D12: Occupying in the Land of Ports
By: illona trogub Portland, OR Dec. 12, 2011 The global revolution continues today as Occupations across the the world coordinate efforts to clog a vein of the 1%, if even a day. In Portland, several weeks of organization and three meetings with attendance hovering around one hundred planners led up to today’s actions. While the…
D12 Begins
Dateline Portland Oregon 6:00 am assembly at Kelley Point park adjacent to the port of Portland. Police were waiting at various points along the adjacent roads. Even before I reached the port area two motorcycle police pulled out in front of me providing me with an unintended escort . As we passed the T5 terminal…
Answer the Call! Shut Down the Port!
Occupy Portland has called for a community picket to commence at 6 a.m. on Monday December 12th to shut down the Port of Portland. The action stems from a November 22nd call from Occupy Oakland to shut down all West coast ports as a mean to stand in solidarity. As the initial call stated, “Together…
