by Alex Pio Over the past few months several of Occupy Portland’s committees have been busy working on legislative items to enact far-reaching social and political changes. These groups are now emerging from the background in the New Year with a number of events and initiatives to advocate large-scale change for the 99%. Back in…
Category: News & Current Events
This Week in Banking News, Saturday, December 31.
If nothing else, it should probably at least be free to be poor A California resident has recently filed a lawsuit against Umpqua Bank over its assessment of overdraft fees. The lawsuit claims that the practice violates the contract between the bank and its customers. It alleges that the bank reordered debits to the plaintiff’s account,…
An Ordinary Injustice (Averted)
by Nicholas Caleb Every once in a while, you get to witness firsthand the sterilized, mechanical, inhuman, and ultimately ordinary injustices of our system’s procedures. On Friday, December 23rd, I received my latest exposure to this melancholy-inspiring fact of life by way of a trip to a property auction. Every weekday at 10 and 11…
This Week In Occupy: December 12th West Coast Port Shutdown
This Week in Banking News, Friday, December 23rd.
Paul Volcker, the economist after whom the rule is named. This is a new weekly feature by Occupier staff. Bank of America paying for the sins of its subsidiary: The largest fair practice settlement in history is still too small if it doesn’t come with a formal admission of wrongdoing. Bank…
Liveblog: LIVE FROM EUGENE on Anti-Eviction Action Night
Hey everybody – Illona here. The Portland Occupier is branching out to support our sister occupations in Cascadia. Tonight, I’ll be reporting from Occupy Eugene on their anti-eviction action night. There isn’t a set deadline for the eviction, as reported in the Register Guard, Eugene police said they have no firm deadline for campers’ departure.…
The Die Is Cast
Last month we published an article concerning the most recent downgrade of the Bank of America Corporation, or BAC, by the credit rating agency Moody’s. The downgrade had triggered a demand for further collateral by the bank’s counterparties–that is, security for those with something to lose should the bank go under. The collateral offered was…
Witnesses: Injured Man Went Unattended For Half an Hour Because the Police Cancelled the Emergency Call
Left: Justin, right, Charles NB: I removed this article the day after posting it (December 15th) in response to a witness of the events and friend of Justin James Bridges contacting me, concerned that Larry Thompson and John Swilley (whose last name I spelled wrong in the original article) had in fact witnessed another man,…
Park Work “Re-Occupies” Chapman and Lownsdale Parks
by Jennifer Alexander On Wednesday, December 14, Occupy Portland protestors were allowed to ‘occupy’ Chapman and Lownsdale parks once again. For this occupation, however, protestors came armed with workgloves and rakes, instead of tents and protest signs. When Steve Pixley of the Portland Parks and Recreation Department put out a call for volunteers to help…
The Diversity of the Movement
by Adam Rothstein It’s been said for weeks that once the Occupations are out of the parks, they will diversify, de-centralize, and take as many creative forms as there are people and groups to organize this movement. Today, December 17th, is seeing a re-occupation in New York City, solidarity protests with Bradley Manning in Virginia…
