Facebook: Occupy Transportation to OWS NW S17

Confirmed information as posted on the facebook page:

• Bus is not guaranteed.

If bus does happen…..

• Bus trip will a number of days, round trip estimated from previous experience with NU providing buses is around 5 days there 5 back, being at OWS for 4 to 5 days. NU will let us know after we secure the numbers going.
• We need to have a very accurate count of those than can surely attend because of the cost, paid for by the Nurses Union. Their concern is because Nato cost 100K and some seat were not filled from west coast.
• We all may have to help convince the Nurses union that we mean to go by giving a 5 dollar donation to secure a seat (If you can’t find 5 dollars to get a round trip ride across country then…) I will help anyone figure out how to raise money if need be.

So if you cannot go please let Jessica or me know and we will remove you from page, for a few days so we can have an accurate count, you can rejoin after we figure who is going and when, if we can convince NU that we know who is going and will not change their mind. Smile.
Also for those interested in going, OWS has created this handy guide:

http://s17nyc.org/support/join-us-in-nyc/

Twitter – FOLLOW: #M1PDX @LiberateMayDay

JOIN THE CEL.LY TEXT LOOP: Type @may1pdx in the body of a text and send that text to 23559

20 excuses to get out of work!

Not all of these events have the consensed support of the Occupy Portland General Assembly

Press Conference on May Day March and PLOC Action

PRE-MAY DAY

ON MAY DAY

7:30AM

STUDENT STRIKE
501 North Dixon Street (PPS Headquarters)

Students on Strike is the beginning of a student led campaign against budget cuts and the falling quality of our schools. Rally at PPS Headquarters and nonviolently shutdown work; this action is building towards the May 11th mass demonstration at Pioneer Square currently being organized by Teachers, Parents and Students.
facebook.com/events/409741142371139/

http://shutdownppsmay1st.wordpress.com/

9 AM

LAND LIBERATION & SPACE RECLAMATION
PORTLAND LIBERATION ORGANIZING COUNCIL (PLOC)
9 a.m. Woodlawn Park (at NE Dekum Street)
Land liberation with PLOC and friends! Show up ready to reclaim land as part of a community resistance event and have fun at a block party. Text @ploc-openrrn to 23559 to join our Rapid Response Network and stay up-to-date on further developments: www.liberatepdx.org

facebook.com/pages/Portland-Liberation-Organizing-Council/410268802335060

11:30AM

MAYDAY GENERAL STRIKE MARCH
An unpermitted event, “Friendly to otherwise unfriendly tactics”

Rally: 11:30-12:30
March: 12:30-?

Assemble under the Westside Burnside Bridge (Saturday market location)
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3:30 PM

PERMITTED MARCH AND RALLY
This will be the traditional large, ‘family-friendly’, permitted and legal event.

2PM Tabling begins for community groups
3:30 Permitted Rally begins.
4:30 Permitted March begins.
6PM March returns to South Park Blocks (estimated).

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6PM

CELEBRATORY DANCE PARTY

Gather at the South Park Blocks for a roaming dance party to celebrate the day’s events and revel in community.

http://www.facebook.com/events/277573998992695/

***CANCELLED***MAYDAY FREEDOM FESTIVAL
Celebrate May Day and liberate a building. Assemble in South Park Blocks immediately following the permitted march, stay in the South Park Blocks to eat together before marching to
liberate a space. Plans are still being discussed.

facebook.com/events/277573998992695/

Where:
The National Monument in Washington DC

Why:
Since the end of the nineteenth century, May 1st (or May Day) has become synonymous with International Worker’s Day or Labour Day in many countries. Historically it has been known as a day of political demonstrations around the world. Just after the start of spring, when the weather begins warming up, we encourage the many that would be reluctant to brave the cold weather and snowy months that DC bares through the winter to Occupy Together through the summer and early fall to petition grievances against a corrupt system of government.

Who:
Members of Occupy Portland, local organizations, and any individual who wishes to voice their grievances relating to greed and corruption to our national government.

What:
Spread the word. Make, print and distribute fliers. Send invites via social media. Create independent media on the subject. Put up posters. Canvass your neighborhood. Endorse it at your local General Assembly. Make it work. Plan a kitchen. Donate Supplies. Donate Food. Transport. Get your local G.A. to raise money for a charter bus. Organize a carpool. Occupy Together.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/OccupyMayDay

Flier: Here

GET INVOLVED: 

We will meet three times this week, on Tuesday (Dec 6), Thursday (Dec 8),  and Sunday (Dec 11).

The details for all three meeting are as follows:

Orientation at 6:30 pm
Meeting at 7:00 pm

SEIU Local 49 Hall
3536 SE 26th (at Powell)

#10 busline from downtown, bus stop one block away from hall.

If you have questions or can’t come to one of these meetings and still want to plug in, email us at info@shutdowntheport.com or call us at503-567-8213.

Occupy Portland has joined with other occupy movements in the largest West Coast port cities to organize mass mobilizations and community pickets to blockade the ports on December 12, 2011. A community blockade at the Port of Portland, publicly-owned space, will disrupt business-as-usual for what organizers have termed “Wall Street on the Waterfront.”

Organizers say the shutdown will focus public attention on how the 1% use the ports, international trade, and even the spirit of Christmas to profit off the 99%.

“One way that the 1% amasses wealth is through the ports. For instance, Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs is a majority share of Stevedore Services of America (SSA), which has terminals & does business at the Port of Portland,” says Kari Koch, one of the organizers, “Shut Down Wall Street on the Waterfront is a coordinated effort from the occupy movement to target the corporations that contribute to the vast inequality of wealth and power in our economic system.”

Portland will shut down the ports to show solidarity with longshore workers facing a vicious union-busting attack by the EGT grain conglomerate in Longview, Washington. Bunge Ltd is the largest partner in ETG and reported $2.5 billion in profit in 2010. The labor dispute in Longview involves EGT violating the union contract and bringing in non-ILWU workers on the ports.

“The rank and file of the labor movement not only supports the occupy movement, but are a part of the occupy movement. Organized and unorganized working people are struggling to keep their homes and their jobs, while the 1% – like EGT – reaps record profits,” says Kathryn Cates, one of the organizers, “Because the holiday season has been exploited by the 1% to make money off working people, December is a peak business time for the ports and the wealthiest corporations. On December 12 we will show that the holidays are about family & community not profits and exploitation.”

The longshoreman’s union, representing many port workers, has historically not crossed picket lines, community or otherwise.

As of December 5th, nine West Coast occupations have responded to the call to shut down Wall Street on the Waterfront, including Occupy LA/Long Beach, Occupy San Diego, Occupy Tacoma, Occupy Seattle, Occupy Anchorage and Occupy Oakland.

More information on Local Action found here: shutdowntheport.com

More information on West Coast Action found here: westcoastportshutdown.org

“We have a plan, we have sustainability, and we have security culture. We just need you!”

We will Occupy to continue to have a dialogue with our friends and neighbors to educate, illuminate and ultimately change the very world we live in to one that champions social and economic justice for everyone; not for for the very wealthy. This means you! Come join us!

TODAY! (Saturday 12/3) We gather at Salmon Spring Fountain on the corner of SW Naito Pkwy and Salmon St. at 2PM. March to the new occupation site begins at 3PM.

Keep it Peaceful. Keep it Fun. Keep it Occupy.

2PM On Saturday, December 3rd join Occupy Portland as we march from the Salmon Springs Fountain to occupy another park!

Why? Because the grievances and injustices within our society have not been redressed. Because we have the right to peacefully assemble on public property to voice those grievances, and we’re not done! Because we stand in solidarity with the Occupy Movement across this entire country that has been pursued, persecuted and brutalized for exercising the very rights our country is supposed to defend! Because it’s about damn time!

Bring your tents, your sleeping bags, and prepare yourself for a night of non-violent protest while we celebrate the reoccupation of another park with live music and a showing of the film Meltdown: The Secret History of the Global Financial Collapse. Bring your own musical instruments, hula hoops, food for the potluck and positive attitudes! We will be having a Reoccupation Open Forum starting at 2PM at Salmon Springs Fountain at the south end of Waterfront Park. THEN WE MARCH, starting at 3PM, to occupy another park! We have our committees, our working groups, and our experience from the previous occupation. We have a plan, we have sustainability, and we have security culture.

We just need you!

This is not a statement agreeing or disagreeing with the laws. This is a statement of fact.

Thank you!

The Entire #OccupyPortland Camp

This is not an official statement by the General Assembly of Occupy Portland.