by Joel Sjerven Erick Stakelbeck had gained much controversy before coming to speak at Portland State University on Monday, May 14. The week prior to his arrival Students United for Palestinian Rights (SUPER) had put out a call for “all students, faculty, staff, and members of the broader community to join us for a silent…
Month: May 2012
Occupy Journalists Stopped, Searched, Handcuffed & Interrogated at Gunpoint
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This article is from the Occupied News Wire. It was originally published by Occupy Los Angeles News. by Kevin Gosztola Under cover of the night around twelve police cars stopped five journalists when they were heading back to where they are staying in Chicago during the NATO summit. All five have been covering protests against…
Portland Group CommunityRightsPDX Begins Local Ordinance Campaign
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By Susan Rankin and Jocelyn Moore What would you do if your Portland neighborhood was faced with a new industry that would unleash untold environmental, social, and physical damages? Write your legislators? Plead with regulators? Sign petitions? Attend council meetings? Protest? Sadly, time and again, these avenues almost always fail. Established law permits some level…
10 Things Everyone Should Know About the Quebec Student Movement
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by Andrew Gavin Marshall The student strikes in Quebec, which began in February and have lasted for three months, involving roughly 175,000 students in the mostly French-speaking Canadian province, have been subjected to a massive provincial and national media propaganda campaign to demonize and dismiss the students and their struggle. The following is a list…
Oregon’s Anti-Teacher Offensive
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by Adam Sanchez. Nicole Bowmer contributed to this article. Oregon teachers are valiantly resisting an unprecedented attack on their schools and unions. Over the last month, teachers in four Oregon school districts have voted to go on strike, while other locals face painful budget cuts that will have a devastating effect on our schools. As…
NATO Invades: We Can’t Feed The Poor, But We Can Fund Wars?
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This article is from the Occupied News Wire. It was originally published in the Occupied Chicago Tribune. by Occupied Chicago Tribune Staff When NATO released a video earlier this month introducing Chicago to the visiting heads of state, it was full of so many errors and missteps—that the city is the capital of Illinois, that…
Quebec Steps Closer to Martial Law to Repress Student Movement
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Originally Published at: The Media Co-Op by Andrew Gavin Marshall On Friday, May 18, the Québec legislature signed a special “emergency law” to “restore order” in the province following three months of student protests in a strike against the government’s proposed 80% increase in the cost of tuition. A legislative debate lasted all night and resulted…
National Lawyers Guild Reports Warrantless Detention of Activists at Chicago NATO Protests
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by Adam Rothstein From a press release by the National Lawyers Guild: Chicago, IL — The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) condemns a preemptive police raid that took place at approximately 11:30pm Wednesday in the Bridgeport neighborhood, and instances of harassment on the street, in which Chicago police are unlawfully detaining, searching, and questioning NATO protesters.…
Post-Arrest FAQ: Know the Courts, Occupy the Courts
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by Chris O’Connor and Stu Sugarman Many resources are available to explain your constitutional rights when you are facing arrest. But what happens after you have been arrested? The Occupier recently asked lawyers Chris O’Connor and Stu Sugarman to answer some “Frequently Asked Questions”. Arraign-what? An arraignment is the first hearing in many criminal and…
Reading Now to Dismantle Police State Sooner
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by Kendall Sometimes the right book can set a city on fire. The right book at the right time can fuel action that isn’t just politically-correct lip-service, but action that makes change happen. A group of about 30 people spent the last six weeks reading and discussing Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration…
