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.”

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In other Occupy related news, it seems that groups of people in Portland might be planning to occupy foreclosed homes. A website for Unsettle Portland is now up and running, aiming to “support the effort of those who may be currently preparing to inhabit foreclosed homes.”

Two Fridays ago, I heard a rumor that the police were kicking some Occupiers out of a foreclosed home on NE Roselawn. I was familiar with the house in question (it was the old home of Bike Farm, now owned by Bank of America) so I hightailed it up there in time to find the door shut with a police lock and to meet two people who said they’d been living in the house for over a week with about 10 people. Someone people who had lived in the house before the foreclosure still had a key, so the group had simply opened the front door and taken up residence. Police responded to neighbor complaints about the building and arrested two people for trespass on November 18th. While Occupy groups nationwide have occupied abandoned and foreclosed homes, none of the Occupy Portland organizers knew about the Roselawn house and it clearly wasn’t a public protest. My read of the situation was that these people were squatting in the house not so much as part of the Occupy movement, but because they had access to the house and really needed a place to stay.

This is where the protest gets fuzzy. Since the movement has no leaders, can anyone declare their actions part of Occupy and get free speech protection for things they would be doing anyway—like camping in a park or squatting in a house? I’m surprised we haven’t seen more actions done in the name of Occupy that most of the people involved with Occupy Portland know nothing about.

Update: KGW has a story up about police “raiding a home taken over by anarchists” who had “bucket of projectiles: broken up concrete, rock.” That’s, uh, another way to frame this story, I guess.

Sarah Shay Mirk reported on transportation, sex and gender issues, and politics at the Mercury from 2008-2013. They have gone on to make many things, including countless comics and several books.

9 replies on “Anyone Want An Official $46 Occupy Fleece Hoodie?”

  2. ‘I’m surprised we haven’t seen more actions done in the name of Occupy that most of the people involved with Occupy Portland know nothing about.’

    Anyone who claims to be associated with ‘Occupy’ – is.

    Now if they’d only realize what they want is in line with free-market capitalists we may start getting somewhere.

  3. Yeah, no.

    There is no “first amendment” defense to a trespass charge (well, maybe if the property was government property and you were arguing that closing the property to the public was an unreasonable time/place/manner restriction, but just maybe).

    And if folks want to challenge prohibitions on camping overnight in a public park as unreasonable time/place/manner restriction, good luck with that. Hope you / your lawyer likes losing in court.

  4. There is gonna be an ‘occupy’ album out too.
    What else are they gonna hock?
    It’d be funny to see the same folks that protested at the Lloyd Center line up to buy ‘occupy’ gifts for X-Mas.

  5. Say, how about an OFFICIAL OCCUPY TENT? You can call it the 420, as it has special pockets so you don’t lose your uh… belongings.
    OCCUPY HANDWARMERS – for those cold days out there sticking it to the man.
    Think of the possibilities.

  7. I think anyone anywhere in Portland, if doing a political action aligning with the message of the movement (non-violent, targeting the 1%), is a part of Occupy Portland and has every right to do so.

  8. Bring back the ELF! Also buy nothing unless it’s overpriced crap produced by people “associated” with the movement. This gets worse and worse.

  9. They should call them Occupy Fleeced Hoodies.
    Cost for the charcoal color is $46.00, shipping $6.00
    Other colors are only $42.00. A mistake in pricing?
    Shipping for $15 gloves? $5 shipping.
    A $20 hat? $5.45 shipping.
    $20 socks? $5.45 shipping.
    $30 blanket? $6.00 shipping.

    So if this to price you pay for the union label?
    If you order a 100 blankets, get ready to pay $600 in shipping with no discounts.
    Looks like a lot of profit?
    People over profits, right???

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