by Shawn Fleek Occupy Portland’s Committee to End Homelessness is holding a meeting at the First United Methodist Church, 1838 SW Jefferson St, on March 21st from 3 to 5 pm. The meeting is open to the public, who are invited to bring ideas about how to solve Portland’s homelessness problem. The city is currently…
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Sustainable Disaster Preparedness
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by Jeremy O’Leary Jeremy O’Leary frequently works with the City of Portland as a volunteer on emergency preparedness, community resilience and long term sustainability issues. He is a permaculture designer, on the steering committee for PREP, chair of CNRG and has completed the Train the Trainer program for the Community Emergency Response Teams. In response…
East County School Teachers Stand Strong Against Cuts to Education
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By Greg Margolis and Adam Rothstein A critical part of the strategy of the corporate campaign to maximize profits has been focused on attacking organized workers and eliminating unions. Over the last forty years this systemic attack on workers has successfully eliminated most unions in the private sector. Today, the emphasis is on public workers.…
Occupy Fashion! The Revolution Will Be Fabulous
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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.…
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…
