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From the Occupy Labor Solidarity Committee MEDIA CONTACT: Bruce Scherer, Oregon Education Association 503-351-3181, bruce.scherer@oregoned.org PRESS RELEASE – April 11, 2012 Parkrose and Gresham-Barlow Educators Vote to Authorize Strikes At separate meetings, members of the Parkrose Faculty Association (PFA) and the Gresham-Barlow Education Association (GBEA) voted in overwhelming majorities to authorize their respective bargaining...
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The movie based on the book, THE SHOCK DOCTRINE, where Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades, The Shock Doctrine is the gripping story of how America’s “free...
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***UPDATE: 9:55 AM – Mayor Adams has pulled this item from the agenda and will be re-submitting it later*** Friends of Portland Copwatch (and Occupy Portland): On Wednesday, the City Council is slated to renew a contract with the Portland Business Alliance (PBA) for five years which allows PBA to pay the salaries of...
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https://www.facebook.com/events/313359982057609/ An inspiring evening discussing the issues and solutions, and how you can get involved.  At the event theology Professor Rene Sanchez of the University of Portland will frame the moral and community issues involved. Professor Elliott Young of Lewis and Clark (author of “Catarino Garza’s Revolution on the Mexican Border”) will discuss the...
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And don’t forget to take 5-minute survey to tell Multnomah County officials how to spend your tax dollars: http://www.multco.us/news/we-want-your-suggestions-how-spend-your-tax-dollars-wisely-next-year-take-5-minute-survey-give-
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Tonight, Ahjamu Umi and Cameron Whitten WHERE: Kennedy School – Gymnasium, 5736 N.E. 33rd Ave. Portland, OR 97211 WHEN: Doors at 6pm, Starting at 7pm Presentations by Ahjamu Umi, Activist, world-wide organizer for peace and justice, writer; and Cameron Whitten, Student, co-founder Occupy Portland movement, Occupy Portland Mayoral Candidate. Following the presentation, the audience will break into...
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The nuclear dump site at Hanford affects all Cascadians; the storing of nuclear waste’s proximity of deadly radiation to our life-giving waters, the moving of nuclear waste on our highways. Imagine if one of those trucks was to overturn into a tributary of the Columbia River. The need to protect the health of our...
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History of Social Justice Organizing presents The Oregon Farmworker Movement featuring Abel Valladares & Larry Kleinman Tuesday, April 24, 7pm Peace House, 2116 NE 18th Ave. Lecture, Q & A discussion, Free Based in Woodburn, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) is Oregon’s farmworker union and the cornerstone of a broader movement for...
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“Boys in Blue” is a song by Justin James Bridges about his experience of police brutality at the eviction of Occupy Portland on 11/13/11. As a result of the attack, he is in a wheelchair and does not have full feeling or movement in his right hand or right leg. On Christmas Eve, he...
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Add your message to Occupy Portland below. All posts are welcome but please don’t turn this into a back and forth arguing match. That’s what Facebook is for Don’t forget about the BBQ! When: Friday, Apr 6, 2012 Gathering: 5:30pm /  Barbecue party: 7pm Where: Colonel Summers Park SE 20th and Belmont (map) Weather: Partly...
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