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We invite all members of our Portland metro area communities for a film showing and interactive discussion of Canadian director Velcrow Ripper’s powerful documentary Occupy Love to commemorate our now 2nd year anniversary. Occupy Love explores the growing realization that the dominant system of power is failing to provide us with health, happiness or meaning. The...
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Strike Debt (http://strikedebt.org/), from Occupy Wall St. in New York, is creating a debtors’ movement with education, networking and debtors’ assemblies resisting the finance industry’s main form of dominance. Rolling Jubilee (http://rollingjubilee.org/), from Strike Debt, intercepts the “debt marketplace” created by financial institutions selling old debt for pennies on the dollar to collection agencies,...
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We are approaching an exciting theme in our General Assemblies, one that is central for our survival and solidarity as a local movement. That is the idea of CORE VALUES – creating a solid set of ideals and principles that will guide and unite us. Born from the activities in our Summer Capacity-Building Conference...
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On Thursday, Sept. 5th, during our first fall 2013 General Assembly, an open-ended discussion was held about the possibility of Occupy Portland adopting “Accreditation ID” Cards for all Occupy-affiliated organizers and activists. Originally labeled “Membership ID’s” but changed to be more inclusive, this was an extension of the already-initiated Vigil Membership ID Cards for homeless protesters...
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Last Thursday, Aug. 29, an Emergency General Assembly was made at Lawnsdale Square, downtown, in concerns with the now-deposed City Hall Vigil. This summer has been incredibly difficult for our Vigilantes, risking legal and even physical harm while forbearing the violence, hard drug use, and other community-destroying behavior by a small and select few...
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This Saturday, August 31, a national day of action is planned to protest the federal government’s plans to invade Syria. This would be the NINTH Arabic country the US would attack this decade. This is a diverse group of Americans who all oppose the war or any further talk of war with Syria. We are...
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We want to wish all Occupiers and attendees in the Pacific Northwest and everywhere a safe, happy, and revolutionary time at the 2nd Annual Occupy Wall Street (Inter) National Gathering in Kalamazoo, MI.; August 21 ~ 25! May you bring back ideas for personal, local and global CHANGE to decolonize the 99%! While we’ll...
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FRIDAY, AUG. 16: 7 pm. ~ 9 pm. / SATURDAY, AUG. 17: 11 am. ~ 6 pm. St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Portland, OR For logistical purposes, registration through Brown Paper Tickets are now closed. But you can still register by signing up a volunteer shift! From the Conference Coordinator:   Twenty-three months ago Occupy Wall...
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Last Tuesday, July 23, Portland City Hall issued an eviction order for our City Hall Prayer Vigil against the “Camping” Ban, then on its 600th day from Dec. 1, 2011. It is yet another attempt by the City to take a uncompromising “out of sight, out of mind” approach to systemic issues and cross...
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Our friends at Portland Copwatch (a local watchdog group documenting police brutality, misconduct and collusion with City government) sent a heated letter yesterday to Mayor Charlie Hales and City Commissioners questioning the constitutionality and rash procedure in evicting our City Hall Vigil against the “Camping” Ban of over 19 months. They were on-site of...
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