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According to news reports and LiveStream, an impromptu march by the Occupy Atlanta movement was stopped by police*. We are still working on understanding the details, but Occupy Portland sends it’s support to our Occupy family in Atlanta and our solidarity with their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and assembly. Occupy Portland also...
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What: A meeting today at 10:30am, occurred between Portland Police Chief Reese, Commander Day, several other officers, as well a point of contact for Peace & Safety (Gina R.), a point of contact for Information (Arahia) , two PR reps (John & Paul) and Tad from Engineering. Teresa from PR was invited as well, but due...
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This statement was drafted by members of the Media Committee in response to the recent news of yet another veteran in critical condition as a result of police brutality. Police in Oakland have sent yet another veteran to intensive care after attempts at crowd control on Wednesday night—this time as a result of a...
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On November 2nd, Occupy Portland participated with several other groups and organizations including Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War, on a march through Portland in solidarity with the Oakland California general strike and in support of Marine Corps Veteran Scott Olsen who was critically injured when he was hit in the head with a...
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The following information was announced as part of the All Committees Meeting that merged with the Finance/Spending Committee meeting at the same time. The next meeting to help form the Spending Committee is at 6:00 pm on Monday October 31 at Terry Schrunk Plaza At the time of this posting, we do not have...
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***Update*** The following press release went out at approximately 2 pm PST today to address several issues that have occurred in the past 48 hours. Since it’s release, the individual mentioned that had taken over the occupyportland.org domain name has graciously returned it to the control of the Occupy Portland Web Team. We thank...
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We are publishing the full notes. PDF and Text versions can be found here. Please refer to the Live Stream for specific information that may not have been captured in the notes. Note-taking is a best-effort undertaking. Please direct all discussion to the new forums. Outline of resolutions and announcements: Proposal 1: Reconstruction of the finance committee. Finance be formed...
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This article is presented by the Occupy Portland News Team in association with the Action Committee. This is the first of several articles leading up to “Greed Week” and Bank Transfer Day on November 5th. Last month, the Bank of America Corporation received the latest in a series of credit downgrades. Those who...
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At Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland’s “Living Room”, Friday at Noon, October 28 (12 PM to 1:30 PM) You are cordially invited to a free concert/super-rally/community sing-a-long extravaganza in Pioneer Courthouse Square on Friday, Oct. 28th at noon. Pink Martini presents “This Land Is Our Land”, in solidarity with the Occupy Movement, with the purpose...
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Our Occupy Oakland family was attacked this morning. From their frontpage, This morning at 5am over 500 police in riot gear from cities all over central California brutally attacked the Occupy Oakland encampment at 14th & Broadway. The police attacked the peaceful protest with flash grenades, tear gas, and rubber bullets after moving in...
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