By Chris Petchonka, Photos by Ben Latterell Portland’s encampment was evicted Sunday, Wall Street’s encampment Monday, and other big camps were broken up this past weekend in Oakland and other cities. The show of force by police on November 17 was massive. The mayors are conspiring with each other in a coordinated effort to put…
Month: November 2011
Elders Have Spoken With Their Bodies
By an Old Woman Who Votes The average age of the 25 people arrested this morning for demonstrating Civil Disobedience on the Steel Bridge is fifty. Eight (corrected, not nine) were over sixty years old. It’s time for the spin masters at Portland’s City Hall to stop characterizing Occupy Portland as young and unrealistic. Some…
Recap of Protest at Wells Fargo In Downtown Portland (photos & videos)
Once the protest arrived at Wells Fargo demonstrators outline the main criminal issues Wells Fargo is guilty of. Watch the video of Occupiers reading aloud these crimes against people inside the bank. Wells Fargo n17 Protest, Portland, OR and here some photos what was going on outside of the downtown Portland Wells Fargo branch while demonstrators…
Courageous Protestors Have Occupied Wells Fargo
Courageous #n17 protestors Have Occupied Wells Fargo, effectively shutting it down! Police are arresting people en masse who have decided to enter the bank! The crowd is alive and passionate and peaceful!!1! On the news they say we are “a bunch of anarchists, losers, and scum” Does this old man and…
The Protest Has Left the Waterfront is Marching Peacefully
Demonstrators of Occupy Portland are marching through the streets en route to a Wells Fargo. We are being peaceful and organized. Meanwhile the Portland Police are eating VooDoo Donuts… our tax dollars taste good I bet. Our freedom of speech sounds good too. Please allow us to exercise it!
#N17 PDX LiveBlogging by the Occupy Portland News Team
11:12 AM Our first victory!
An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Police Arrest Peaceful Protesters
Police Block Peaceful March for N17
Occupy Evictions and our Government’s Misguided Priorities
Photo by tysonwilliams.com By Sharon Pio This morning I woke and heard the news on the radio. The US military is worried that Iran will send militants into Iraq as soon as US forces leave to destabilize the country and undo all the work of the last decade. I think of the lives lost, the…
