by members of the Livestream Team This week, Occupy Portland’s General Assembly passed a proposal implementing an online system for chat-room participants of the OPDX Livestream channel to voice consensus. The passing of this proposal is an innovative and positive advancement for the greater Occupy Portland community, overcoming fears and objections through working together and…
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Kick Out the Anarchists: 11/07/11
“Kick Out the Anarchists” is a new semi-regular column, designed to demystify and explain the curiously common political philosophy known as anarchism, rather than perpetuate the myths. Hello, my name is Adam Rothstein, and I’m an anarchist. It still kind of freaks me out to say or type that out loud. Not that I’m ashamed…
Responding to the Media – 1
I just sent this to Joel Iwanaga of Koin fame after he interviewed some people calling themselves “the REAL Occupiers” that said we’d “lost our way.” No one person can claim to be the real ANYTHING in this movement. We have no leaders, no official spokespersons, no one face that represents us. The varied issues…
