As you might already be aware, the city has announced that 12:01 AM on November 13th is the deadline for Occupy Portland to leave its parks, before police action can be expected. The occupiers have been busy since that announcement. Here’s some of the plans and events for tomorrow, leading up to the inevitable confrontation…
Month: November 2011
Occupy the Banks: November 17th
by our own Media Coalition
Mayor Announced Eviction of Occupation and Closure of Parks
In a press conference at this morning at 10 AM, Mayor Sam Adams announced that 12:01 AM on Sunday, November 13th, both Chapman and Lownsdale parks will be cleared of protesters and materials, and closed for repairs. In the mayor’s statement, he said that growing problems of crime and drug use in the parks has…
Cultural Innovation
The struggle between tradition and innovation, which is the principle of internal cultural development in historical societies, can be carried on only through the permanent victory of innovation. Yet cultural innovation is carried by nothing other than the total historical movement which, by becoming conscious of its totality, tends to supersede its own cultural presuppositions…
Question Time: How Important is the Occupation Camp?
In our “Question Time” series, we ask “persons on the street” questions to various people at the Portland Occupation. As always, feel free to chime in the comments and add your own voice to the dialogue. Is the camp important to the occupation? Why or why not? The camp is not necessarily important, but we…
Bank Transfer Day
By Jacob Clary Last Saturday, November 5th, about 300 people marched a circuitous route from Terry Schrunk Plaza to the Northwest Resource Federal Credit Union to open and to support those opening new accounts in celebration of Bank Transfer Day, and in recognition of the absence of interest the larger corporate banks have shown…
Occupiers Respond: Open Letters to Sam Adams
On Monday, November 7th, Mayor Sam Adams wrote an open letter to Occupy Portland, highlighting his concerns about the current unsustainability of the camp. Three Occupiers responded to him with their own open letters. We publish the Mayor’s letter, and these three responses to show that within the diversity of opinion here among the Occupiers,…
American Occupy Movement and the Way Futureward, Part I
Here’s a confession: I am one of those annoying people who discusses politics in mixed company, often with strangers I’ve just met. When I tell people I’m involved with Occupy Portland, the first response I often get is a string of questions—sometimes motivated by honest curiosity, sometimes issued in mocking challenge—that come down to “What’s…
Letter from Illona Trogub
I was drawn to the Occupy Movement because I recognized a revolutionary moment. I’m 27 years old. I’ve been involved with activism in one form or another since I was 13. For the first time in my life, I feel like my sentiment resonates with the majority of people around the world. A huge awakening…
The Brush of History
Detractors have tried to paint the Occupy movement with a narrow brush. The bristles in that brush consisting of dirty, unemployed drugged-out hippies of the modern age. Disaffected youth looking for a handout. Too lazy to work for a living. In truth, the Occupy movement is painted with a brush much more substantial than that.…
