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Tuesday, October 2nd: Eastside Coal Hard Truth Forum

September 30, 2012
Tuesday, October 2nd: Eastside Coal Hard Truth Forum

When: Tuesday, October 2nd from 7-8:30pm Where: Rose City Park United Methodist Church 5830 NE Alameda Street 97217 What are the risks if the largest coal companies in the world transformed the Northwest into a dirty energy corridor to supply US coal to Asian markets? Coal companies propose to bring over 150 million tons of...
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Monday: S17 March in Solidarity with Columbian Workers

September 15, 2012
Monday: S17 March in Solidarity with Columbian Workers

General Motors in Detroit refuses to sit down and talk with injured workers, and its subsidiary failed to resolve the situation. Left without other options, workers who have been enduring an economically desperate situation since being fired for injuries developed at the plant, restitched their lips and restarted the hunger strike on Monday, September...
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All Roads Lead To Wall Street – An Occupy Portland Open House

September 13, 2012
All Roads Lead To Wall Street – An Occupy Portland Open House

Happening today!! Friday, September 14th, join us at St. Francis (SE 12th and Oak St.) for a night of community building and networking. The activities start at 5pm in the park with refreshments and games, then at 7pm, we move into the dining hall, where 40 groups and organizations will be tabling, cake and...
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Occupy History! Why No Revolution? – 2-Part Program – Sep. 27/Oct. 18

September 1, 2012

Why No Revolution? A Short History of American Left Movements featuring Joe Uris will be History of Social Justice Organizing’s first fall program Since the early1800s, there have been labor struggles, struggles against slavery and struggles for a more equitable distribution of wealth in the United States. Uris will briefly examine some of that...
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This Week in Inter-Occupy

August 22, 2012
This Week in Inter-Occupy

Welcome to the InterOccupy newsletter for the week of August 20th, 2012.  If you are in the midwest, come to Detroit this week for the second ever Occupy the Midwest conference, August 23-26.  And, we are all gearing up for the one year anniversary of Occupy.  The S17 Planning Group has requested that you register to...
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Occupy Your Friday!

July 19, 2012

Oh goodness, lots going on this Friday! A list of some of the day’s happenings:

  • It’s Bank Action Day! This week’s bank action will be occurring at Chase Bank at 4700 SE Woodstock Blvd. The action will start at Noon and end at 4pm to give people a chance to make it to the EPIC Housing Justice Rally.  Learn more here.
  • PDX Bike Swarm will be gearing up early for the Rally.  At 2:30pm ride your bike down to Holladay Park as Bike Swarm prepares a ride in solidarity for housing justice before the Rally begins at Terry Schrunk Plaza.
  • At 4:30pm the Rally for Housing Justice will begin at Terry Schrunk with speakers, followed by a linking of arms around City Hall at 5:30pm.

Download “JUST DO IT!” Direct Action Documentary

June 27, 2012

From the “Just Do It” Team

Many of you will already have heard about Just Do It – the direct action documentary from the UK that goes behind the scenes to reveal the planning, plotting and passion of those taking direct action to effect real change.

We’re very excited to announce that as of TODAY Just Do It is available for FREE online! We’ve been itching to release the Creative Commons version of the film for a very long time and now, at long last, you can download your very own copy via bittorrent completely FREE.

Please spread the word, share the news and let everyone know that it’s now easier than ever to watch the film!

Just Do It – a tale of modern-day outlaws
a film by Emily James
GET YOUR FREE COPY NOW!
You can also download or stream the film direct from the Just Do It website

Happy watching!

The Just Do It team x

Just Do It – a tale of modern-day outlaws
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This film was made possible thanks to the support of The Bertha Foundation, Cinereach, the BFI, Artists Project Earth, the Lipman Milliband Trust, 447 crowd funders and lots of volunteers.
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June 30th: Know Drones? Author and Peace Activist Medea Benjamin Explains It All

June 26, 2012
June 30th: Know Drones? Author and Peace Activist Medea Benjamin Explains It All

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June 20th – Interdependence Day Celebration on Solstice

June 16, 2012
June 20th – Interdependence Day Celebration on Solstice

On June 20th, the Summer Solstice and longest day of the year, Community Supported Everything is declaring Interdependence Day. We believe we can all benefit from celebrating the potential of our collaboration in between resisting and protesting. At 11:45am we will gather at the northeast corner of Pioneer Square in preparation for our Global...
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#reOccuPizzy at Director Park Sunday

June 16, 2012

On Friday the Portland Parks and Recreation sent an email to Occupy Portland stating the General Assembly meetings at Director Park are no longer allowed to take place.  While the GA is still scheduled to occur at its usual time and place,  a #reOccuPizzy will also happen at Director Park this Sunday. Haven’t heard...
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