By Meredith Reese, with reporting by K. Kendall “Shame on you!” demonstrators chanted, as the Parkrose School District, led by Superintendent Karen Fischer Gray, said NO to teachers. A supportive community of some fifty people, including representatives of Occupy Portland and Jobs With Justice, expressed support for teachers who say they will strike as a…
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Occupy Sports: Corporate Tax Dodgerball
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By Pete Shaw Armed solely with their cunning, chicanery, deceit, campaign donations/bribes, lobbyists, owned representatives at various levels of government, and general sociopathy, a group of corporate CEOs nearly ran the table in the Tax Day Dodgerball Competition this afternoon at Terry Schrunk Plaza. With a deft display of the peculiar brand of socialism…
First Occupy Portland-Related Trial Presents A Unique Challenge For The State
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By Adam Rothstein At 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 17, Jonathan Zook sat down in the courtroom of Judge Karin Immergut, to witness the selection of a jury of his peers–the first jury for an Occupy-related court case in Portland. Zook is charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct in the second degree, interfering with an…
Patient/Physician Cooperative Offers Low Cost Healthcare Alternative
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Photo by Paul By Pete Shaw “When’s the last time you had burgers and beer with your health insurance company?” Morgan Butler, just finishing his afternoon workout at the gym, asks me that question while nursing some drink whose primary component appears to be cranberry juice. He’s not eating a hamburger, but even had he…
Crushing Dissent: Using Ozzie Guillén to Discredit the Cuban Revolution
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By Ahjamu Umi Miami Marlins Baseball manager Ozzie Guillén has a history of expressing his opinions on a variety of subjects ranging from racism to the Gay and Lesbian community. He was always quick to express his opinions as a player and equally willing to do the same while managing the Chicago White Sox. This…
Police Violence Against Occupy Comes to the Midwest
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This story is from the Occupied News Wire. It was originally published in the Occupied Chicago Tribune. by Blaise Sewell Just a few months before the NATO summit in Chicago, police clashed with protesters at the Occupy the Midwest conference held in St. Louis in mid-March. The excessive force used against Occupy demonstrators echoed the…
Video: Portland Mayoral Candidate Eileen Brady Thinks Beating Citizens is the “Best of Portland”
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Video by Occupy Portland Media Coalition
Liveblog: A15, Rally Against Hanford Nuclear Site
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[View the story “Hanford: North America’s Fukushima” on Storify]
The Battle to Re-Occupy Minneapolis
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This article is from the Occupied News Wire. It was originally published on Occupied Stories. By Osha Karow MINNEAPOLIS, MN – As planned, groups met Saturday, April 7th in both Loring Park and Peavey Plaza at 12-noon. Around 2:00pm Minneapolis Police officers came to Peavey Plaza to state to us that we were in violation…
Grow Your Awareness of The Oregon Farmworker Movement
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by Sandy Polishuk Want to expand your understanding about an important and under-served segment of our state population? Come to the Peace House on Tuesday, April 24, at 7 pm for a presentation on The Oregon Farmworker Movement, part of the History of Social Justice Organizing program. Abel Valladares & Larry Kleinman will talk about…
