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Corporate Constitutional Rights Challenged in Portland

January 12, 2012

City Hall has just approved a Resolution to Abolish Corporate Constitutional Rights with the Occupy Portland Solutions Committee’s recommended changes. Next step – Occupy the Courts Jan. 20th! CONTACT: Erin Madden, Occupy Portland 503-753-1310 erin.madden@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCCUPY PORTLAND FLEXES ITS MUSCLE TO INFLUENCE CITY RESOLUTION TO ABOLISH CORPORATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS Portland, OR...
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Press Release: Retired Parks Employee Defends Occupiers from City’s Claims, Damage to Chapman/Lownsdale Issue of Deferred Maintenance

December 23, 2011
Press Release: Retired Parks Employee Defends Occupiers from City’s Claims, Damage to Chapman/Lownsdale Issue of Deferred Maintenance


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Press Release: Occupy Portland Community Picket Shuts Down Terminal 5 and 6

December 12, 2011

December 12, 2011 Contact: Kari Koch, media@shutdowntheport.com, 503-567-8694 Over 500 Portlanders Join Historic West Coast Pork Blockade PORTLAND, Ore. – Today over 500 rank and file union members, non-union workers, unemployed, retired, veterans, and other members of the 99% march on,”Wall Street on the Waterfront” at the Port of Portland. Portlanders rallied at Kelly...
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Press Release: Occupy Portland Community Picket – Shut Down the Port on Dec. 12

December 11, 2011

December 12, 2011 Contact: Kari Koch, mediaATshutdowntheport.com, 503-567-8694 Occupy Portland Community Picket Shut Down the Port on December 12 More than 30 West Coast Occupations target Wall Street on the Waterfront
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Iraq War Vet Scott Olsen to Longshoremen: Please Honor Picket Line

December 8, 2011
Iraq War Vet Scott Olsen to Longshoremen: Please Honor Picket Line

For more information on the Dec. 12th Shut Down the Ports action, see: https://occupyportland.org/2011/12/07/99-shut-west-coast-ports-dec-12th/ 
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Press Release: Portland Public Schools shut down Occupy Portland Panel

December 7, 2011

12/07/11 PRESS RELEASE Contact: press@occupyportland.org PORTLAND, ORE — The Occupy Portland Panel, invited as guests to a 6th grade current events class at the Astor School, were interrupted Wednesday afternoon just as students began naming off important world issues. The guests were told by the teacher, “The school district is not comfortable with us...
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Occupy Our Homes!

December 6, 2011
Occupy Our Homes!

Several weeks ago, Occupy Wall St. requested a national day of action to start working together against foreclosure. Today, Occupations across America went home. They went to the homes of many affected by the greed of the 1%. Predatory lending practices led to the current housing bubble bursting. This American Life, an NPR radio show,...
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Requesting: Holiday Media

November 21, 2011
Requesting: Holiday Media

The following is a message from the Occupy Portland Education Committee: Calling all artists! Occupy Portland is looking for fliers and films for this Black Friday (November 25th). A series of direct actions will be aided by a media rich campaign of independent fliers and super-short films. What we’re looking for Material that will make...
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Many Doctors and No Cops

November 19, 2011
Many Doctors and No Cops

From the Portland Occupier… According to Dr. Paul N. Gorman, specialist in geriatric and internal medicine, who was one of the speakers at today’s march, “It’s time to get the 1% out of the way so that we can have the health care that every Oregonian deserves.” Gorman continues, “We’ve been told no one is...
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Press Release: Police Use Violence on Peaceful N17 Demonstrators

November 18, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 18, 2011 N17 Media Point of Contact: David Osborn phone: (503) 516-8932 email: media@n17pdx.org Police Use Violence on Peaceful N17 Demonstrators Protesters beaten, injured and sprayed with chemical weapons by police
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