By Rochelle Saliba If you showed up at a seminal Occupy Portland moment—eviction day, Shemanski, Jamison—you either were a witness to, or the victim of, tactics currently being deployed by our local police state. Some people bristle at the notion that Portland does indeed constitute a police state. Portlanders, like most Americans, are understandably shaky…
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Black Bloc: Diversity of Tactics
Had enough of discussions about Black Bloc? No? Good! Because we’re running a three-day series on Black Bloc tactics. Click the Black Bloc Series tag to read the other articles, delving into the controversy currently sparking throughout the Occupy movement and beyond.
by Harsha Walia
Diversity of Tactics – 3 – Harsha Walia from working TV on Vimeo.
Portland Charter Review Commission to Take Up Police Brutality Issues
by Mungen Cakes Regardless which way your pleasure tends on the question of police accountability (FTP vs Peace and Love, man) if you had the chance to take weapons out of po-po hands would you take it? If you had the chance to ensure your friends, your brothers, your sisters, were never sprayed with chemical…
Occupy and ILWU Declare Victory as Contract Finalized with EGT
by Cate Patricolo After tense months of speculation, Occupy organizers finally declare victory, as the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Export Grain Terminal (EGT) operating at Local Port 21 in Longview, WA have finalized a collective bargaining contract. The contract was signed by representatives of both parties on February 10, 2012, and…
What’s Wrong with ALEC? Lauren Regan tells you.
Video by B Media Collective
Video: Get Smart About ALEC
Video by B Media Collective & Occupy Portland Video Collective
Occupy Portland Marches Against War
by Adam Rothstein On February 12th, Occupy Portland and allies came together to protest the next war, before it even started. The event was billed as “March and Rally to Stop the War of the 1%”. In recent months the rhetoric of aggression towards Iran by the United States has stepped up, with military exercises…
No War Against Iran! Anti-War March, February 12
Video by RenegadePDX.
The Portland Occupier will be reporting live from this event tomorrow, Sunday, February 12th, starting at 3 PM.
Portland Police Prove the Point of Anti-Police Brutality March
by Nicholas Caleb and Adam Rothstein When the Portland Police tell you that your language is “hostile and escalating,” it is probably a cause for concern. This is what happened on the evening of February 6th, when many people from Occupy Portland first found out about an Anti-Police Brutality March via a Porland Police Bureau…
Occupy the Legislature
By Adam Rothstein On Wednesday, February 1st, Occupiers from across Oregon gathered at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, to greet the legislators on the first day of the new session, and to make their case against corporate influence in the legislature known. The tone of the rally and lobbying session represented the diversity of…
