By Illona Trogub Sitting on a bench in Chapman Square, Maxwell Hunter stuck out at Occupy Portland. In freshly pressed suit and tie with a laptop perching on his lap, he could have been a normal sight in any downtown park. But he chose our park with the ambiance of chaotic revolution to surround him.…
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Occupy Miami Held at Gunpoint
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This story is from the Occupied News Wire. This story originally appeared at the Occupied Wall Street Journal and on Occupied Stories. The call had been issued by Occupy Atlanta, Occupy Glen Iris and Take Back The Block to occupy Chase Bank and shut it down. Occupy Miami had been in a dormant yet turbulent state for a while. We hadn’t organized any…
Birthplace of the Occupy Movement Raided, Barricaded on 6-Month Anniversary
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This story is from the Occupied News Wire. It was originally published in the Occupied Wall Street Journal. by Jennifer Sacks and Jed Brandt Once again, police brought violence to a peaceful, joyous gathering, arresting demonstrators after they massed in Liberty Square on the six-month anniversary of the founding of Occupy Wall Street. People began…
Ron Wyden Challenges Obama on Surveillance
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Wired’s Threat-Level blog reported on Thursday, March 15 on the efforts of Oregon Senator Ron Wyden and Colorado Senator Mark Udall to urge President Obama to release information about Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court (FISA), which they say has over-interpreted the Patriot Act, creating the most expansive surveillance powers for the Federal government yet. The…
Jury Finds Occupy Seattle Protesters Not Guilty of Locking Down Chase Bank
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By Occupy Seattle Media On Thursday, March 15th, five Occupiers who shut down a Chase Bank in the city of Seattle on November 2nd of 2011 heard their verdict: not guilty. When the unanimous decision by the jury of six was announced today the shock and elation, of the five occupiers and their supporters swept…
Portland Police Under Scrutiny
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A Full House Greets Author Kristian Williams By Lauren Paulson Just how dangerous it is in Portland for citizen protesters and the police was squarely addressed by author Kristian Williams at the Unitarian Church this past Saturday. We learned that Mr. Williams isn’t just any author; it turns out he has ‘Street Cred(ability)’. While participating…
Occupy Boston Calls For A National Day of Action for Public Transportation
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This story is from the Occupied News Wire. It was originally published in the Boston Occupier. By Dan Schneider On March 3rd, 2012, the General Assembly of Occupy Boston passed a resolution which calls on Occupy groups in the United States to stage protests in support of public transportation services. The national day of action…
For How Long Will Portlanders Allow Big Corporations to Squash Small Businesses?
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by mycelium Local businesses exist not as isolated independent entities but as a constantly shifting balance of supply and demand, with mutual benefits. When one business does well, businesses around it tend to do well if they’re not competing for the same market. There’s a coffee shop named Speedboat Coffee down in the Foster-Powell neighborhood,…
Multnomah County to Chill ICE
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The Portland Mercury is reporting that Multnomah County is working to regain independence from the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency in federal efforts to deport undocumented immigrants. According to their story, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners on March 1st “unanimously approved a first-in-Oregon resolution that calls for negotiations with the feds and lays…
Charges Against Siddharta Fisher Dropped
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By K. Kendall At a rally on his 34th birthday on February 28, in front of the Clark County Courthouse, Cindi Fisher announced that all criminal charges against her son Siddharta Fisher were dropped. He had been charged with spitting on a policeman and trespassing (see the earlier Occupier story for background). “We had your…
