Month: April 2012
Judith Butler: Boycott Politics and Global Responsibility
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This article is from the Occupied News Wire. It was originally published in The Boston Occupier. by Doug Enaa Greene Judith Butler, a professor of Rhetoric and Comparative literature at UC Berkeley discusses the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement in solidarity with the Palestinian community against Israeli occupation, apartheid, and colonialism, as well as…
Bad Romance: Women’s Suffrage
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200,000 Students in Montreal Take to the Streets, Most Media Silent
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By Annelise Grube-Cavers MONTREAL — There are ominous changes underway in governmental policy internationally which have resulted in tax cuts for corporations at the expense of essential public services. In Quebec, one of the focal points of the discussion surrounding the implication of austerity is the future of higher education, which has historically been protected…
Demanding Justice, In The Courtrooms And In The Streets
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By Adam Rothstein, Paul Cone, and K. Kendall On Monday, April 2nd, members of Occupy Portland were once again swarming around the area of Chapman and Lownsdale Squares, bringing their grievances to the courts and City Hall. On this beautiful spring day, folks might have wished to be somewhere else enjoying themselves, but many were…
Reflections on “The New Jim Crow”
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By Kendall These are sound-bites from a discussion among eighteen people who met at Reflections Coffee House and Bookstore on the morning of March 31, for the first of six discussions of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. “I’m appalled that people are appalled about Trayvon Martin and not about Keaton Otis. Everybody’s real concerned…
Portlanders Continue the Call for Justice in Trayvon Martin Killing
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By Mungen Cakes Continuing the nationwide outrage over the killing of Trayvon Martin, an estimated 200 Portlanders took to the streets from Peninsula Park on Saturday. The Trayvon’s Mothers March for Community Unity met for a rally and march at the rose garden gazebo. The organizers and other speakers made it clear during the rally…
DHS and Occupy: All Your Privacy Are Belongs to US
by Adam Rothstein DHS and Occupy: All Your Privacy Belongs to US The Portland Occupier investigated documents released by the Department of Homeland Security under the Freedom of Information Act, and found a sea of holes. Through these holes, can be seen power, privilege, surveillance, investigation, intimidation, and an agency that literally answers to no…
Protestors Gather to Call Attention to Civil Rights Violations Against Houseless
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By Pete Shaw Approximately 60 people gathered at Pioneer Courthouse Square Sunday afternoon as part of a national day of action calling attention to civil rights violations directed against people without housing. Against the backdrop of “Portland’s Living Room”, where members of the public are harassed for sleeping and engaging in other aspects of living,…
Why I Occupy – Jess Hadden
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Every person has a story to tell about what is important to them. A story about decisions they have made and the motivating factors for those decisions, whether it be family, friends, economics, ethics, or some other reason. Every person has a story to tell about an event that changed their life. A turning point…
