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RALLY AND PICKET TO CALL OUT THE POSTMASTER GENERAL Aug 21, 2012 07:30 AM Vancouver Hilton 301 W. 6th Street, Vancouver, WA No Closures! No Cuts! Stop Delay of the Mail! The Postmaster General is speaking to mailers inside the Vancouver Hilton. On July 1st the PMG Donahoe began massive closures and cuts to...
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Have you heard? Mayor Sam Adams and commissioners, Randy Leonard and Nick Fish, all support fluoridating our water. Even though this has been put to a vote with the people three times, and has been shot down every time, they plan to still push a plan through to add fluoride to our water. This...
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Just in from the Info Team:
Important update from the City Hall Vigil: Officials have told us that in order for signs to exist on the sidewalks at City Hall, instead of them being hung structures, they need to be carried by people. With this, they are at a urgent need for people to come down to pick up a sign and demonstrate.
Share this info on Facebook and Twitter!
The vigil keepers are calling for donations of balloons and helium gas. As part as a creative message tactic, the vigil keepers want these balloons, with to-the-point messages written by them, to float around the city and be given to passing children and adults to get a change of pace from the typical plasterboard sign.
If you haven’t been by the Vigil recently, they have been doing a great job with their signs and messaging. If you can spare a few hours or at least help get the word out, it would be appreciated. The Vigil’s next planning meeting will take place this Friday, August 17th at 5pm at Terry Schrunk Plaza – at the last meeting on Sunday we had a great turnout and very constructive time – feel free to stop by with your ideas Friday for further planning on next steps!
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Are you ready to chalkupy? Activists all over are learning of the wonders of calcium carbonate and the joys of expressing their creativity by way of chalking. Of course police across the country are responding by cracking down on the dangers posed by hopscotch.
This Friday, August 17th Occupy Portland’s weekly Bank Action is going on a “Chalkupy Bank Tour.” The Bank Actions have been growing every week, so if you haven’t been to one yet, hope to see you at Pioneer Courthouse Square at 2pm Friday!
This Friday, Occupy the Banks will be hosting it’s first Chalkupy Bank Tour! Last week one of our own was almost arrested for chalking on a sidewalk. We will be gathering at Pioneer Square at 2pm and then touring downtown banks to let them know just how we feel. Come on down and let’s bring back that n17 feel!
PDX Occupy the Banks Facebook Page
Police Officer Hassles Chalkupier
Chalk on!
Cascadians Against War have been organizing a big action that will occur this Thursday, August 16th from 10am to 4pm at an Army Recruiting Station near you. Then at 4:30pm everyone will meet up at the Lloyd Center Recruiting Station for the announcement of a big surprise. Here’s the details:
In a coordinated West Coast action demanding the immediate release of PFC Manning, we will once again be shutting down 5 military recruiting locations throughout Portland, Beaverton and Gresham. We’re also demanding an end to the drone wars. Our drones have killed 4,371 people in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia alone. This DOES NOT include Iraq & Afghanistan…
We’re asking supporters to go to any of the 5 Army recruitment locations to help us shut them down again! Show your support for PFC Manning and demand an END TO THE DRONE WARS! Your location choices are as follows:Gresham at 830 NW Eastman Parkway
Beaverton at 2660 SW Cedar Hills Blvd
Eastport Plaza at 4200 SE 82nd Ave Ste 1100
Lloyd Center at 1317 NE Broadway
Battalion Headquarters at 6130 NE 78th Ct
We’ll be shutting down at least these locations from 10am-4pm. Then we’ll meet up at the Lloyd Center recruiting location at 4:30pm and go on a short march to watch and support the surprise!*If you, your group or organization want to be involved, please email Cascadians Against War as pdxcaw@gmail.com
For more information:
Event Facebook Page
PDX Bike Swarm: Swarm the Recruiting Centers (Free Manning, End the Drone Wars)
Bradley Manning Support Network
Courage to Resist
This should be a fun event! It’s happening this upcoming Saturday. From PDX Bike Swarm:
Medical Fundraiser Party! Help us raise some funds for a core member of the Bike Swarm that took a serious spill and needs to make up some medical bills!
Important info: August 11th 6 – 10pm
Musician’s Union Hall at 325 NE 2oth Ave
Enjoy music, bike repair stations, new stickers, a raffle and more! Bring your friends! BYOB!
To learn more about the good folks at PDX Bike Swarm visit these nifty links:
PDX Bike Swarm
Bike Swarm on Facebook
Bike Swarm on Twitter
Update: Here’s the Facebook event page with more information – suggested donation is whatever you can throw down.
From the Anti-Austerity Study Group:
Join us for the second in a series of discussions about how people locally and around the world are resisting austerity and building strong coalitions to protect public services, education, and the safety net. Our goals are to educate ourselves, strengthen our relationships, and develop a shared analysis of austerity and a shared orientation to strategies that work.
We will start out with a potluck brunch and spend time getting to know each other. We’ll have some discussion in the large group and then break into small groups for more in-depth conversations using the discussion questions provided as a starting point.
The meeting will take place at 10am on Saturday, August 11th @ NE MLK and Thompson (214 NE Thompson St). For more information check out the event page.
A big event is being planned at Alicia Jackson‘s house, 500 block of N.E. Bryant Street, this upcoming Sunday, August 5th. Bring a BBQ side dish and come on down to the event starting at 11 am! Event organizers will be making a major announcement at the event. RSVP and more information here.
On Friday, August 3rd starting at 6pm a rally is being planned to take place at Plaza del Sol, SE 187th / SE Stark Street to express solidarity for the recent victims of violence in Anaheim. More info this Friday’s rally in Portland from the event organizers’ Facebook page for the event:
In solidarity with the rally in Anaheim, the people of Portland will stand with the victims of police brutality in Anaheim, Portland and all over the world.
Bring music, signs, sidewalk chalk and megaphones. Let the people speak out about what police brutality does to their community!
*Any violence and vandalism by an individual is solely that individual’s choice and is not a part of this event planning.Este es un evento en solidaridad con la comunidad de Anaheim, y tambien con la comunidad de Gresham y Portland que han sido victimas del abuso policial. Este evento es para toda la gente, pero en especial para la gente de color que ha sido, acosada, descriminida, golpeada, y victima de violencia de parte de la policia.Tendremos un mitin alas 6:00, donde gente que ha sido abusada por la policia dara su testimonio. Alas 6:30 marcharemos por la colonia.Esto sera en plaza del Sol en la 187ave entre la start y la burside.
No podemos dejar que nos sigan acosando solo por que somos latinos. YA BASTA! No mas injusticias y muertes a nuertra raza!
El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido!
UNIDOS VENCEREMOS!
Si la justicia existe, tiene que ser para todos; nadie puede quedar excluido, de lo contrario ya no sería justícia. (Paul Auster)
“Sean capaces siempre de sentir, en lo más hondo, cualquier injusticia realizada contra cualquiera, en cualquier parte del mundo. Es la cualidad más linda del revolucionario.” (Ernesto Che Guevara)
On the first Thursday of every month, Occupy Portland does an all committee report back at the weekly Spokes Council. This Thursday, August 2nd, at 7pm at St. Francis will be time for another Committee Report Back! Working groups and committees will report back on what they have done the past month and what they are working on in the future. This is a great opportunity for all to plug in and create a stronger movement.