An Open Letter to the People of Portland: On November 13th, the City of Portland and the Portland Police carried out an eviction of Occupy Portland in the Lownsdale and Chapman Squares. As the clock struck midnight, thousands of you supported us peacefully protesting the eviction. By dawn the police requested for us to...
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An Open Letter to the People of Portland:
Nov. 15 Open Letter to Mayor Sam Adams from Liaison Team
15 November 2011 An Open Letter to Mayor Sam Adams: We, as members of the Occupy Portland Liaison Team, are officially resigning from our roles as city and police liaisons for the Occupy Portland movement. This is in direct response to the deplorable police actions of this past weekend and your refusal to communicate...
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11/15 7PM Spokes Council Meeting
We have an indoor location for the Spokes Council tomorrow night. It will be at 7:00 PM at the First Congregational Church (1126 SW Park Ave). This will be a very important meeting for the committees, working groups and caucuses to re-connect and begin thinking about the next steps for our movement. Please spread...
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RAIDED: Solidarity with Occupy Wall St
***Update 11/15 2:36pm***From Occupywallst.org: Judge REJECTS temporary restraining order to allow Liberty Square reoccupation. ***Update 11/15 11am*** From the NYC’s NLG website: For Immediate Release: November 15, 2011 Contact: Yetta Kurland – 917-701-9590 Daniel Alterman – 917-945-2599 Gideon Oliver – 646-263-3495 Margaret Kunstler – 917-331-8012 New York, NY: At around 6 AM on November 15,...
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Monday, November 14 General Assembly
The following is a message from the Occupy Portland Information Committee: GA at 7:00pm in Pioneer Square There’s a nice tree and some festive lights… Point of Process! I’m hungry! Yes, we know. We’ll be feeding humans at 6:00pm, but we don’t have mess kits. Bring an fancy eating utensil and something to put...
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Day 39 – Eviction Night
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What you missed…
The following is a message not from the Occupy Portland General Assembly, but rather is what has been reported to the Occupy Portland Web Team: Police said no officers or people arrested were injured during the park clearance. What the police didn’t publicize is that they trashed Occupy Portland’s American Sign Language interpreter, Justin,...
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We’re still here!
The following is a message from the information and media committees: A group of more than a dozen protesters continues to march around Lownsdale and Chapman Squares, which are now fenced off. While most demonstrators are off taking a well deserved nap, some are still getting joyful honks from passing cars. They report that...
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Come to Chapman and Lownsdale Now! Police Clearing the parks (9:30 am)
(9:30 am) The Occupy Portland encampment is presently being cleared by Portland police. Come show your solidarity ASAP! More details as available
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Day 38 – Thousands of Portlanders Protect Occupy Portland
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