Repost from Occupy.com On May 1, the International Worker’s Day holiday, Occupy Wall Street will stage a general strike. Oddly, union workers suffer under the yolk of a piece of 1947 GOP legislation called the Taft-Hartley Act, which requires unions to give 60 days notice for any strike action, and bans a variety of...
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
MAY DAY: 20 Ways to Play Hooky and Join Occupy Portland on the Streets
Occupation Nation by B Media
B Media is part of the Occupy Portland Media Coalition. They’ve been touring around the country with their new episode and now it’s available for you to watch right in your own home. But really, grab a few friends before you do.
Occupation Nation: a remix movie exploring the philosophical roots of the recent movement for the 99%.
Just Do It – Free Online Screening
Constellation and Occupy.com present… A FREE 24-hour ONLINE SCREENING of Just Do It – a tale of modern-day outlaws In celebration of May Day and in honour of the direct action being taken by thousands of people 5:30pm EST Monday 30th April to 5:30pm EST Tuesday 1st May Plus live Q&A with director Emily James at 7pm EST,...
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May Day – What’s Happening?
Twitter – FOLLOW: #M1PDX @LiberateMayDay JOIN THE CEL.LY TEXT LOOP: Type @may1pdx in the body of a text and send that text to 23559 20 excuses to get out of work! Not all of these events have the consensed support of the Occupy Portland General Assembly Press Conference on May Day March and PLOC...
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Friday Night Events
The RACC will attempt to show another movie tonight in our series (Friday 7 PM) if the technology cooperates and Murphy’s Law is suspended. 1 hour documentary on the largest longest squat in modern memory. The autonomous community of Christiania, near Copenhagen, Denmark, which was liberated from an abandoned military base. Christiania, You Have My...
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Help Arrested Occupiers
Read the Full Story of Yesterday’s Events HERE From the Orange Bloc Affinity Group: Our current goal is to raise $1050 to help bail out our comrades who were arrested yesterday during the PFC Manning Surprise Party event out in Beaverton. We believe the amount of police force used to respond to this peaceful...
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US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in Portland Now!
A representative from Veterans for Peace just notified us. “So here is your chance to let one of the master minds behind the bail out of Wall Street and the Banks get a piece of your mind – Geithner is one of the architects of the Bail Outs or rather largest transfer/theft of working folks wealth...
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Bradley Manning Surprise Party Happening Now!
MEDIA CONTACT: Nicole Balmforth - 970-799-6468 WATCH LIVE: opdxlive.org FOLLOW us on Twitter: @A24Portland, #A24 Join us for an unforgettable day of nationwide direct action in support of Bradley Manning as he begins his next series of court hearings… ones that may lead to the Death Penalty for this young man who has been nominated...
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Apr. 24th, 5:30PM – Our Streets: The Police, The Public, and the Law
Polie Chief Mike Reese will be speaking at PSU. Come out and ask the questions that need to be asked! Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 5:30-7:00pm Portland State University Smith Memorial Student Union (SW Park & Harrison), Rm. 296 1.5 General CLE credits For questions, please contact Sarah Radcliffe: sarah.radcliffe@lasoregon.org, 503- 224-4086 Program Topics: · The...
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