Category: News & Current Events
M1 Liveblog: May Day
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This story is part of our feature about the many protest events on May 1, 2012. Visit the feature page to see more. [View the story “May Day: Live Blog” on Storify] May Day: Live Blog Live reporting of events for May Day actions in Portland, Oregon, and beyond. Storified by Adam Rothstein · Mon,…
May Day Land Action Aims For Community Liberation; Three Local Groups Stand in Solidarity
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by Adam Rothstein Spokespeople from three Portland coalitions gathered together in front of a decrepit, bank-owned property today, April 26, to announce that they would be organizing a community-based takeover of property on May 1, as a first action in a series of efforts to liberate property for the use of those who reside in…
Surprise! Occupy Portland Celebrates Manning, Shuts Down Recruiters
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by Pete Shaw, K. Kendall, and Elona Trogub The US government considers Army private first class Bradley Manning a threat. Such a threat, in fact, that he was held in military prison for over one and a half years–including 10 months in virtual solitary confinement–before being arraigned. Chanting “Free Bradley Manning!” and urging potential enlistees…
UPDATED: East County Teachers Back to Work
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UPDATED at 10:10 a.m. According to a report from Occupy Portland Labor Solidarity committee, teachers and the school district have reached a tentative agreement and are going back to work at 10 a.m. this morning. By Emily Crum and Adam Sanchez After months at the negotiating table with intransigent school boards, 550 teachers from the…
Liveblog: A24 Bradley Manning Day
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No War on Iran: Occupy AIPAC
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by Jamie Partridge A coalition of peace, human rights, and Palestine solidarity organizations will hold a demonstration outside the annual Oregon fund-raising dinner of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Sunday, April 29. The demonstration will protest AIPAC’s role in promoting a military attack on Iran’s nuclear energy facilities. The protest is also…
Everything for Everyone
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by Blake Pendergrass Organizers in Seattle have announced a free political and cultural gathering scheduled for August 11-12. The Everything for Everyone Festival (e4e) will be an outdoor event featuring music, arts, workshops, debates and actions to “continue the spirit of resistance of 2011, and to develop it in new and meaningful ways,” according to…
Video: Anti-Nuclear Advocate Dr. Helen Caldicott At Occupy Hanford, Part 2 of 2
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Occupy Portland held a rally against the Hanford Nuclear Site on April 15, at John Dam Park in downtown Richland, Washington. This video is the second of two parts and features the keynote speech by well-known anti-nuclear advocate Dr. Helen Caldicott, as well as an interview Occupy Portland Media did with Dr. Caldicott right after the speech. The first part ran yesterday.
An EPIC Lawsuit to Protect Education Privacy
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by Kris Alman The sub-title of an article in the current issue of the Atlantic Monthly, The Data-Driven Parent, asks, “Will statistical analytics make for healthier, happier babies—or more anxious adults?” I think it’s only a matter of time before the Diagnostic Statistical Manual, the bible for psychiatrists, includes data-driven madness. But before that, the…
