MidnightAnother strange turn of events: For about half an hour, the re-occupiers danced in the South Park Blocks, chanting and basically waiting to see what the police would do. The police did exactly what you’d expect: Amassed a large number of riot police near the park and appeared ready to move in to clear the […]
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Republicans Coached to Use Occupy’s Language
The Occupy movement is having at least one clear impact: Changing Republicans’ language. Yahoo News reported yesterday on a workshop Republican bigwig political strategist Frank Luntz led for Republican governors meeting in Florida. Luntz cautioned the governors to steer clear of words that might upset people who have recently become aware of economic inequality issues […]
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Occupy Portland Plans Two-Week Long “Reoccupation”—Starting Tomorrow
s.mirk Occupy Portland’s media team held a brief press conference this morning about the plans for tomorrow’s rally and march to a new Occupy tent city location. Here’s the basic idea: People will meet at Salmon Springs Fountain on the Waterfront at 2pm, hold an open forum (twinkles!) till 3pm, then march to the undisclosed […]
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Occupy Portland Raising Cash for an Ad Campaign
Watch this video. It’s short. So that was a glimpse of one of the more interesting facets of Occupy Portland’s future. The movement’s Media Collective is hoping to raise $2,000 in hopes of fueling an ad campaign, based around that video, “to take our message to audiences in a more direct and proactive fashion” and […]
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Occupy Republican Nightmares
As Denis briefly mentioned in Good Morning News, Frank Luntz, the Republican pollster and framing guru responsible for such Orwellian phrases as “death tax” and “Contract with America,” admits to being spooked by the success of the Occupy movement: “I’m so scared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I’m frightened to death,” Luntz said. “They’re having […]
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Parks Bureau Announces Occupy Portland Cleanup Tab: $85,850
Portland’s parks bureau has finally refined its last estimate for what it will cost to spruce up Chapman and Lownsdale Squares—home, for nearly six weeks, to Occupy Portland’s Alpha and Beta Camps. The current tally? An oddly symmetrical $85,850. (And, says spokesman Mark Ross in a statement, that doesn’t include some $45,000 in staff and […]
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So… Saturday Should Be Interesting for Occupy Portland
People keep insisting Occupy Portland is running out of gas. Occupy Portland—and others will disagree whether this a good or a bad thing—keeps proving those people wrong. Saturday, December 3, is looking like another Big Day for the movement. Occupiers on Monday night voted to hold a massive rally that afternoon at the Salmon Springs […]
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The Story Behind Occupy Portland’s Bat Signal
So you all saw this post last night, right? The Occupy Portland bat signal went live for the second time last night—the first was a brief attempt to project on the Justice Center on Black Friday—shining a reel of 99% messages onto the side of an apartment building on SW 4th and Columbia. Thanks to […]
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The Occupy Portland Bat Signal Is Real
This just happened a few minutes ago. Jacob Clary Now, presumably, Adam West has pressed the button hidden on the neck of the bust on his desk, and he and Burt Ward have descended down two poles behind a book shelf and emerged into the BatCave in full riot cop regalia.
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Occupy Portland Campers Erect Tents on Gateway Green
Denis C. Theriault Twitter is calling it another Occupy Portland reoccupation, a la the PSU park blocks incursion the weekend before last. But my eyes—after a visit to a chilly Gateway Green vale where nine or so people had gathered around three tents and a modest campfire—tell me it’s not quite there yet. But the […]
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Anyone Want An Official $46 Occupy Fleece Hoodie?
Hey, where can you get cozy clothes in time for Christmas AND show off your support of Occupy? Why, it’s the new Occupy Supply store, run by members of the website Firedoglake. You can buy one American-made Occupy fleece hoodie or hat, and they’ll donate another to an “Occupy in need.” In other Occupy related […]
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Buy More Stuff! Occupy Portland Marches Through Mall for Black Friday
A group of about 150 Occupy supporters marched through the hectic Lloyd Center (which was, remember, once the largest mall in America), chanting, “Don’t buy! Occupy!” amid confused, bemused, and apathetic Black Friday shoppers. A farcical second protest involving five people dressed like billionaires also occupied Lloyd Center mall at the same time, cajoling shoppers […]