by Colin Donoghue Walking on concrete-covered Earth another emergency vehicle suddenly blared a loud piercing siren which made me jump, and breathe deep on the toxic chemicals that constantly spew from the Oregonian newspaper building. I heard there used to be a 21 acre vegetable garden here, now it’s a place for thousands of people…
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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]
Farewell (But Not Goodbye!) to Occupy Medford
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By Benjamin Playfair The following is an open farewell letter to my local Occupy movement. An open letter to Occupy Medford: Before Occupy, I spent countless hours dreaming of being involved in helping to change our country. At times I thought in extremist absolutes about how to make that happen. At other times, my trains…
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…
Why I Occupy – Diane Emerson
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Every person has a story to tell about what is important to them. A story about decisions they have made and the motivating factors for those decisions, whether it be family, friends, economics, ethics, or some other reason. Every person has a story to tell about an event that changed their life. A turning point…
Two Deaths In Florida, One Outcome Remains Unknown
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by John Wood [Editor’s Note: George Zimmerman was arrested and charged with 2nd degree murder on April 11.] I was saddened by the deaths of two young people in Florida earlier this year, both killed by strangers while walking home. One was the death of my granddaughter, struck and killed by a hit and run…
Love and Revolution on the Brooklyn Bridge
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This story is from the Occupied News Wire. It was originally published on Occupied Stories. by John Dennehy NEW YORK, NY – A few hours before I was arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge, I met Nicole in Zuccotti Park. She wore dark blue jeans that stretched across her legs, a grey sweater and a blue…
