Tag Archives: #OWS

We Are Many: Reflections on Movement Strategy from Occupation to Liberation

warmachines.info. Sept 16: New Book Chapter: “Messy Hearts Made of Thunder” Team Colors is pleased to announce that our chapter “Messy Hearts Made of Thunder: Occupy, Struggle, and Radical Community Organizing” has just been released as part of the We … Continue reading

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Press TV video: grand jury house raids, Occupy, Orwell

Press.TV. Aug 14:   ‘Police crackdown cannot deter Occupy protestors’ A US newspaper has revealed that the FBI has been raiding the houses of anti-Wall Street protesters in Oregon and Washington in what the agency describes an “ongoing violent crime … Continue reading

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Seattle: August @ the Wildcat

The Wildcat: Film: The Chicago Conspiracy – Saturday August 11th 6PM STORYLINE: The Chicago Conspiracy is a documentary three years in the making. The project was filmed in Chile, and the story extends into the Mapuche indigenous lands of Wallmapu. … Continue reading

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Portland: The Whole World Stops Watching

via Portland Radicle. June 9: By Mike and Emily Occupy is dead. Its original incarnation has reached its memetic peak, and it cannot re-create a spectacle akin to that of last fall. Mainstream media, crucial to popular awareness of Occupy … Continue reading

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Six Nations: Protesters halt Enbridge pipeline hearing

Warrior Publications. May 23: Six Nations: Protesters halt Enbridge pipeline hearing By JONATHAN SHER, The London Free Press, May 23, 2012 Native and Occupy protester have brought to a halt a hearing by the National Energy Board that environmentalists feared … Continue reading

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Occupy Was A Set Of Tactics That Worked Amazingly Well, But…

### ### ### ### ### via PIMC. Feb 13, 2012: Occupy Was A Set Of Tactics That Worked Amazingly Well, But… The occupy movement surprised me by becoming a great success, even though I initially had no expectation of that. … Continue reading

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The Need For Radicals To Say Goodbye To Occupy

### ### ### ### ### via PIMC. Feb 6, 2012: The Need For Radicals To Say Goodbye To Occupy Tonight’s march and the division that occurred there highlight the fact that the occupy movement, at least in portland but likely … Continue reading

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NATO/G8: Felonies for filming the police in Illinois

via Fire Dog Lake. Feb 1, 2012: Occupy & the Right to Record During the NATO/G8 Protests   This past Sunday Occupy Chicago held a march in solidarity with Occupy Oakland after Oakland police fired various crowd-dispersal weapons at them … Continue reading

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Seattle: Anticapitalist Smackdown Debate (Debating tendencies in the Occupy movement) [Sat. Feb 4.]

From Facebook. Anti-Capitalist Smackdown: A Debate among Tendencies in the Occupy Movement Saturday, February 4, 2012. 3pm – 8pm The W (23rd & Union, Seattle, WA) Several different anti-capitalist tendencies have come together in the Occupy movement. Now is a … Continue reading

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Oakland: Re-occupying & Moving into a building, Jan 28th

From Occupy Oakland Move-in Day: Help Occupy Oakland Get Settled into its New Home on January 28 Like millions of people in this country, Occupy Oakland has no home. On January 28, Move-in Day, we’re going to change that. We’re … Continue reading

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Occupy Portland = most autonomous of the #OWS occupations

From Portland Occupier. Jan 24, 2012: Does Occupy Portland Lead the Occupations in Autonomous Organizing Experience? by Adam Rothstein Living in Portland, one comes to appreciate a certain utopian quality of life. Bike lanes wrap around you like the handknitted … Continue reading

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Anarchists & activists begin Occupy Congress movement in Washington D.C.

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David Graeber in Portland ~ talk: “Debt: The First 5000 Years” [Tu, Jan 24]

From Reading Frenzy. Debt: The First 5000 Years A reading & signing with David Graeber Alberta Rose Theater 3000 NE Alberta St. TUESDAY, JANUARY 24th, 7PM: Reading Frenzy is thrilled to present one of the instigators behind Occupy Wall Street, … Continue reading

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Reflections on Ken Kesey with current crises & Occupy Wall Street

This may read like an interview with author Ken Kesey; it is actually a reflection of the author’s life against the present situation and in light of the #Occupy movement written by a Northwest writer and talks about Northwest forest … Continue reading

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Understanding The Occupy Movement: Some Reflections, Thoughts and Suggestions

This is an interesting analysis that talks about working together with anarchists, the feminist movement, and other movements from an occupier’s perspective. – Anon ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### From Counter Currents … Continue reading

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Writing About Horizontal Structure Becomes “Structureless” When We Write About It – PDX Occupier

From Portland Occupier. Dec 20th: Writing About Horizontal Structure Becomes “Structureless” When We Write About It by Adam Rothstein As a member of the media, as a contributor to the linguistic and philosophical discourse emerging from the Occupations, and as … Continue reading

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Occupy’s future: Will the movement follow in Europe’s footsteps?

From The Oregonian. Dec 17: Occupy’s future: Will the movement follow in Europe’s footsteps? By Garth Massey (guest columnist) As Occupy encampments are being disassembled nationwide, supporters and opponents are asking, what next? One answer: occupy activists are inserting themselves … Continue reading

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Rape and the Occupy Movement, Problems & Solutions

The article below is written with solutions and alternative ideas in mind. From my view as well, in Portland, there is a noticeable lack of solidarity. It’s a problem with ‘rape culture‘ and that doesn’t simply mean that people have … Continue reading

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Charlotte, NC: Democratic National Convention 2012 Host Proposes Law Banning Occupy Wall Street

From Huffington Post. Dec 9: Democratic National Convention Host Charlotte Proposes Law Aimed At Banning Occupy Encampments CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When the Democratic National Committee picked Charlotte to host its September 2012 convention, city leaders saw it as a boost … Continue reading

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L’attention Internationale! Ron & Debbie’s Portland home foreclosure

Unsettle Portland & We Are Oregon‘s home foreclosure press conference at Debbie and Ron Austin’s house is getting international corporate media attention. Well, the French corporate media are paying attention. But so what if they’re French – I’m a Francophile. … Continue reading

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Occupy Eugene: one of largest U.S. camps remaining

From PDX Indymedia. Dec 7: Occupy Eugene: One of Largest Remaining U.S. Sites — Crux Day Dec. 12 City Council Vot Occupy Eugene still housing at Washington Jefferson Park, still providing medical care and marching, still feeding 600 daily. Homeless … Continue reading

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Police include Occupy movement on London ‘terror’ list, NYPD is Bloomberg’s “army”

There are four articles here. (1) Police include Occupy movement on ‘terror’ list. (2) Anarchists should be reported, advises Westminster anti-terror police. (3) Occupy London declared terrorist group in police document. (4) Bloomberg: ‘I have my own army’. From Yahoo! … Continue reading

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Occupy The Foreclosures! – a pdx Anarchist Plague Care Package

From Truthout.org. by Alan Jenkins. Nov 29: The Occupy Movement Forecloses on Foreclosures As the Occupy movement enters its third month, it is moving into a new phase. Colder weather in the north, combined with aggressive push back from city … Continue reading

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“Don’t say capitalism” – How Republicans are being taught to talk about Occupy Wall Street

From Yahoo!News. by Chris Moody. Dec1: ORLANDO, Fla. — The Republican Governors Association met this week in Florida to give GOP state executives a chance to rejuvenate, strategize and team-build. But during a plenary session on Wednesday, one question kept … Continue reading

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Call to National Day of Action – Resist and Reverse Foreclosures (Dec. 6)

From Unsettle Portland. Dec 1: December 6-National Day of Action to Resist and Reverse Foreclosures December 6 will be a day of national action marking the momentum of the last many weeks of the people’s movement as it continues to … Continue reading

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Pre-Occupied: The origins and future of Occupy Wall Street (New Yorker Magazine featuring NYC anarchists)

From New Yorker Magazine. Nov 28. by Mattathias Schwartz. Pre-Occupied: The origins and future of Occupy Wall Street. November 28, 2011 A demonstrator from Occupy Wall Street is arrested in lower Manhattan on November 17th. Photograph by Ashley Gilbertson. Kalle … Continue reading

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Occupy Building 7: on November 19-20 (NYC)

This is likely from the 9/11 Truth movement, a call-out to occupy building 7 at the WTC in NYC. From Occupybuilding7.org. Reported from PDXIndymedia. author: 21st century reichstag. Occupy Building 7 – November 19-20 12PM march from Liberty Plaza to … Continue reading

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