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May 9, 7PM: S. Brian Willson Speaks at Occupy Portland

May 6, 2012
May 9, 7PM: S. Brian Willson Speaks at Occupy Portland

Brian Willson, author of the book Blood on the Tracks, speaks at the St Francis dining hall for this Occupy Portland event.   Willson is a member of Veterans for Peace who lost both legs while trying to block a munitions train in 1987 that was bringing weapons to El Salvador to be used against peasants,...
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NATO PROTESTS: Get on the Bus to Chicago! May 14/15

May 6, 2012
NATO PROTESTS: Get on the Bus to Chicago! May 14/15

NATO – THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION WILL BE MEETING IN CHICAGO ON THE 2oth and 21nd of MAY. THE BUS FROM PORTLAND WILL BE LEAVING EITHER THE 14th or 15th of MAY.  Because understanding NATO is first and foremost, please visit here: natoprotest.org to learn all about this incredibly corrupt alliance that continues...
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Community responds to May Day Police brutality: an attack on one protester is an attack on the movement

May 4, 2012

On Tuesday, May 1st, the Portland Police Bureau violently attacked and arrested more than three dozen May Day organizers and protesters using a level of force that would be best characterized as brutality. The organizations, groups, and coalitions represented below all actively participated in May Day marches, rallies, and liberations. Our members and supporters celebrated...
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May 4, 10:30 AM – PRESS CONFERENCE: MAY DAY POLICE BRUTALITY

May 4, 2012

Immediate Release May 4, 2012 May Day Organizers To Hold Press Conference on Police Brutality Portland – Today, organizers of actions on May Day, members of the legal community and victims of police brutality will speak about the police response. Speakers will include individuals from the Portland Liberation Organizing Council, which liberated a foreclosed home...
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*ON HOLD* Anti-Police Brutality March – May 3 – 8PM Rally at Pioneer Square

May 2, 2012

Update: This event has been postponed. Please stay tuned for more information. Due to yesterday’s excessive police force and brutality against protesters, an impromptu march has been called for by the Occupy Portland Action Committee. During General Strike March and the Dance Dance Revolution, protesters were beaten and arrested for jay-walking.  Please come out to...
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May Day Re-Cap

May 2, 2012
May Day Re-Cap

Thank you to all who came out yesterday to make May Day a spectacular show of love, solidarity and strength from the protesters and a showing of ignorance, hate, and fear from the Portland Police Department. If you captured any footage that could be useful in court, please contact the ELK Legal Krewe at...
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Thurs. May 3rd 12PM- CRC’s Crowd Control Workgroup Meeting

May 2, 2012

A Message from Portland Copwatch Friends It looks as though the Citizen Review Committee is moving quickly to start its new Work Groups; after Tuesday’s Use of Deadly Force work group, then Wednesday’s CRC general meeting (agenda still hasn’t arrived), on Thursday next week they will hold the first meeting of their Crowd Control...
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MAY DAY: 20 Ways to Play Hooky and Join Occupy Portland on the Streets

April 30, 2012

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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Occupation Nation by B Media

April 27, 2012

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...
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The People’s Mail – Music Video

April 27, 2012

From the Occupy Labor Solidarity Committee (Keep on Movin’) The People’s Mail from Peter Parks
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