By Marniepdx On January 12, 2012 the Portland City Council adopted an historic resolution supporting an amendment to the US Constitution affirming that corporations are not people and money is not speech. The resolution was supported by the Occupy Portland Solutions Committee, that organized a major outreach campaign to strengthen the resolution’s language before the…
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#Revolution – Social Media and SOPA
#Revolution from Deborah Bloom on Vimeo.
How social media has changed the face of protesting and how the US government intends to stop it: a short documentary by local film-maker Deborah Bloom.
Occupy Congress: Why Congress?
by Adam Rothstein Why Congress? Why would a movement that has found its strength in direct democracy sudden show up on Congress’ door step? Why would people, finding their voices in their own communities after never having heard it before through the national media and political structure, suddenly come to the United States’ capital city?…
Occupy Congress: Live Blog
Adam Rothstein here, in DC for Occupy Congress, and reporting on our live blog. No media van this trip, but we’ve got hotspots! Also be sure to check @PDXoccupier for live updates, and check in with our Livestream team. Also, DC media is running their own livestream page, at www.j17live.org. Their main Twitter account is…
MLK Day March
By Sarah Gallegos An estimated 500 people marched through downtown Portland today in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Several unions, non-profits, civil right’s movements and organizations joined forces to voice their grievances against poverty. Those present included: Sisters of the Road, Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters, The International Socialist Organization of Oregon,…
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…
Occupy As the Name – What’s the Big Deal?
By Ahjamu Umi I’m an Occupy Portland organizer and I’m an African (Black) man. Some people would call that a paradox. It is a fact that the numbers of African people, and other people of color, are very small in the Portland Occupy movement. It is also truth that the numbers of people of color…
Solutions Forum: Post-Event Report
by Alex Pio Occupy Portland held its first Legislative Action Forum on Sunday, January 8th. 67 Portlanders joined with Occupy members to identify government policies adversely affecting people and ways the movement can change them. The Forum was organized by the Solutions Committee of Occupy Portland, one of the many action groups formed to continue…
Occupy Open House
On Friday the 13th, it was a lucky day for Occupy Portland as old friends, long-time neighbors, and the newly curious flooded the St. Francis working space for the Occupy Open House. The Portland Occupation has been indoors in the space for several weeks now, but this event was specifically designed for throwing open the…
Theory and Practice in Occupy
by Shamus Cooke For a movement that started with one strategy and a couple of slogans, Occupy has preformed brilliantly. Having based itself on the examples of Egypt and Wisconsin, the Occupy Movement has raised the political consciousness of millions and created a large layer of new activists. But the uninterrupted string of successes of…
