Truth To Power News talks to a retired police captain about the significance of the year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street
Truth To Power News Talks to Retired Police Captain About Occupy
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Occupy Wall Street Anniversary #S16 Day of Celebration
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September 16th, 2012 is a day of celebration on the eve of Occupy Wall Street’s one year anniversary. Truth To Power News and B Media Collective bring you a round up of the days events as people prepare for the blockade of Wall Street on September 17th.
Occupy Wall Street Anniversary #S15 Truth to Power News
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Truth to Power News covers events at Occupy Wall Street September 15th day of action and education. Thousands gather throughout the day to participate in workshops, teachins and assemblies in preparation for the September 17th anniversary of the Occupy movement. For more coverage of Occupy Wall St. events, including day of news reports, interviews and…
Grand Jury Resisters Boosted By Courthouse Rally
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Story and photos by Pete Shaw As 45 people rallied and educated passersby outside the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on SW 3rd Avenue last Thursday, Leah-Lynn Plante was readying to refuse to cooperate with the special grand jury in Seattle investigating the anarchist movement. The crowd had gathered to support Plante and other…
U.S. Department of Justice Finds Portland Police Guilty of Using Excessive Force Against People With Mental Illness
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Chief Reese Deletes “I disagree with the Department of Justice’s findings” From His Online Statement Story by Pete Shaw At a crowded press conference on the 14th floor of the Portland Justice Center on Thursday, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its findings of an investigation, launched on June 8, 2011. The…
Code Pink Sending U.S. Peace Goodwill Delegation To Pakistan
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By Trudy Cooper The U.S. is not at war with Pakistan. Yet U.S. drones hover overhead in the tribal regions of North and South Waziristan. Almost daily, there are strikes. Since 2004, these drones have killed as many as 3,000 people in Pakistan. Hundreds more are wounded. Nearly all of them are civilians. These civilian…
GM Workers In Columbia Continue Their Hunger Strike Against Deplorable Working Conditions
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Story and photos by Pete Shaw Lunch time in the Summer is usually a festive occasion at Pioneer Square. People take to the tables or bricks with their brown bags or a hot dog bought at a nearby cart and there is often some kind of music scene going down. Wednesday August 15th was no…
Grand Jury Resistance Rally Daylights Secret Government Tool of Oppression
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Story and photos by Pete Shaw Back in the day, civics class taught us that the grand jury was among the government institutions that made the United States the greatest country on Earth. It was a shining example of our commitment to justice – a body that ensured you could not be accused of a…
Citizen Support Cracks Bureaucratic Inhumanity Against Homeowner
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Story and photos by Pete Shaw The notice on the door of Room 3000 at 1900 SW 4th Avenue — home of Portland’s Bureau of Development Services (BDS) — listed the various administrative hearings that would be taking place on September 6, 2012. I was present because I expected a 9 a.m. hearing between the…
Supporters Rally Around Chicago Teachers Union as Ten-Day Strike Notice Issued
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This story originally appeared at the Occupied Chicago Tribune. By Nick Burt News of the Chicago Teachers Union’s declaration of a ten-day strike notice spread across the city’s evening news broadcasts Wednesday. As Chicagoans prepared for the first schools shutdown in twenty-five years, hundreds rallied at the downtown Chicago Temple to build community support for the prospective teacher…
