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Human & Civil Rights
Dissenting, living wage, bill of rights, police harassment and brutality, hunger, violence
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"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom." (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
UPSET Uprising -- Occupy Education Funding! (UPSET = Underfunded Parents, Students, Educators, Together!) Friday, May 11 (TOMORROW!) 3:30 p.m. -- March from Rose Quarter to Pioneer Courthouse Square 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. -- Pre-event activities at Pioneer Courthouse Square 4:30 p.m. -- Rally with speakers and performances at Pioneer Courthouse Square Spearheaded by a teacher and students at Grant High School, this is a mass demonstration and rally against education budget cuts which impact the future of our youth who are our future. Gather at the Rose Quarter shortly before 3:30 p.m. for a march that begins at 3:30 p.m. The march will be across the Broadway Bridge, down Broadway to Pioneer Courthouse Square. If you cannot march at 3:30 p.m. -- due to school, work, mobility or other life commitments -- please head directly to Pioneer Courthouse Square. Pre-event activities will take place between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. when the rally starts.
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Keaton Otis Vigil 4.12.12
((( i ))) - a video report back from the vigil that is held monthly on NE 7th street first part: Fred and the corporate news - audio quality is low at some points in video second part: Dave talking with folks at the vigil  http://youtu.be/0RlRl79YGz0 (12 min video)
Original PIMC post w/ cell phone video clip of the police shooting Keaton: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2012/04/414958.shtml
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MAYDAY 2012: The Light of Hope March & Rally with an important announcement about Driver's Licence Access Restoration
Speaker: Governor John Kitzhaber Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Rally: 6 p.m. | March: 7 p.m. Location: Oregon State Capitol 900 Court St. NE Salem, Oregon FLYERS: in english: http://causaoregon.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/May-Day-2012-POSTER-ENG.pdf
en espanol: http://causaoregon.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/May-Day-2012-POSTER-ESP.pdf
homepage: http://oregonmayday.com
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Portland, OR, 2/27/2012 --- Watch what you say at OHSU or you might get punched. Or tased. Or choked. September 8, 2011, Monica Taylor was denied medical treatment, beaten, tased and arrested at OHSU. Ms. Taylor is currently preparing a lawsuit against OHSU.
On her doctor's referral, Monica Taylor went to OHSU to be seen by a neurologist for her rapidly declining mobility and health concerns. At the time, she was using a cane to walk. She was quickly dismissed by the OHSU neurologist and denied an MRI. Upset, scared and angry, Monica became increasingly agitated, yelled at personnel that she needed an MRI and eventually collapsed in the lobby in tears. OHSU staff asked her to leave the building. Outside the lobby door, she called her doctor to get a second referral. Next thing Ms. Taylor knows, a security guard is standing over her demanding she leaves. Ms. Taylor stated she would leave after her phone call to her doctor. Officer Townsend responded by grabbing her neck and slamming her face into the ground. Officer Townsend proceeded to tase Monica 8 times in the back, leaving permanent scars. The cops were called, and Monica was handcuffed, put in a wheelchair and taken to jail. Ms. Taylor was charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, attempted assault and assault of an officer.
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The events of the Arab Spring have been awesome and inspiring, opening up the possibility of a regional landscape that is almost unfathomably different from what would have ...been predicted just one year ago. Students United For Palestinian Equal Rights (SUPER, of Portland State University) has organized a wide-ranging conference that is designed to analyze the events of the Arab Spring, its regional and international implications, and its effects on the future of Palestine.
Saturday, February 25, 2012.10:00am until 10:00pm.. Portland State University SMSU Rooms 296, 294, 238 THE ARAB SPRING CONFERENCE — Description & Schedule
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The Trans-Pacific FTA is being negotiated behind closed doors between a dozen countries throughout the Pacific Rim. Journalists, most Members of Congress and the people most likely to be impacted by these negotiations are barred from reviewing the U.S. proposals, but approximately 600 corporate lobbyists certified as official "citizen advisers" have regular access to both the negotiating documents and the negotiators. Join us as we learn more about this pact; about the impact of past trade deals on our communities; and to send a message to Senator Ron Wyden and other elected officials that we will not accept another business-as-usual trade pact that offshores jobs, reduces the tax base and puts a downward pressure on the wages and benefits of jobs that are left.
Sunday, 2/12 * 3:00 - 4:30pm Redmond, OR Monday, 2/13 * 6:30 - 8:00pm Eugene, OR Wednesday, 2/15 * 6:30 - 8:00pm Ashland, OR Wednesday, 2/22 * 6:00 - 7:30pm Portland, OR Thursday, 2/23 * 3:00 - 4:00pm Monmouth, OR Thursday, 2/23 * 6:30 - 8:00pm Salem, OR Help us promote these events on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/213487345409982/
http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/oregon/fair-trade-events/
phone: 503) 736-9777
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We strongly encourage you all, especially those involved with Occupy Portland who tried telling their stories to City Council but were gavelled down by the Mayor, to turn out next Thursday, the 26th, at the East Portland Community Center to go on record with CRC with your concerns. It would probably be helpful even if you are relating a personal story of misconduct to articulate how you think things could be made better... no police horses or pepper spray at protests? Investigations into misconduct done by independent civilians, not police Internal Affairs? You decide. WHAT: Community Public Forum on Police Accountability WHEN: Thursday, January 26, 2012 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. WHERE: East Portland Community Center 740 SE 106th Ave, Portland 97216 Related Post on Police violence and Portland Occupy: Breaking News 6:30 -10:30 J25 Egypt Solidarity Reportback Video of Police Accountability Meeting Video: Citizen Police Accountability Meeting - Occupy Portland Jan 26 2012
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There are a number of events celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birthday is being celebrated this Monday, January 16.
SISTERS OF THE ROAD 19th MLK MARCH AND RALLY OCCUPY THE DREAM! 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. March starts at noon. http://www.sistersoftheroad.org
KEEP ALIVE THE DREAM! 27th Anniversary Tribute 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Highland Christian Center, 7600 N.E. Glisan, Portland Aired live on KBOO 90.7 FM. OCCUPY JUSTICE: A Morale Booster for the Occupy Movement 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. The Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 N.E. Alberta Street, Portland http://www.occupyportland.org
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Bare foot entry barred in the Cottage Grove public library. why is this, and so many other places? It seems nothing more than a prejudice, or fear of a liability. The bare foot is typically cleaner than a shoe; for a lot of people this is a serious health and comfort issue. We have been stonewalled and threatened with police action. To people who habitually walk barefoot though, the most compelling reason to change this policy is that wearing shoes temporarily seriously affects skin and causes cracking to the otherwise impervious toughened soul. For these reasons, we are walking peacefully to make conference with those in charge. This issue, trivial to some, represents freedom to us.
[Followup: The 'principle agitator' chose the route of civil disobedience, refused to put on his shoes. Cops were called, arrested him and charged him with trespassing! $5000 in potential fine and they say they are going to keep him until court (arraignment or trial, not sure)... Other barefoot people, having dealt with this? There is no health code to claim ground of course, but they are apparently allowed to make policy unilaterally. Question is, can they enforce this policy legally? ] "barefooters.org" - letters written to/from health departments in the U.S. confirming that being barefoot does not violate health and safety codes in many U.S. states
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Our insanity continues. Roberto and I were out among the people who try to do some good for others, working for justice or just letting people know that the wars are still going on in the Middle East [...] We were on the Hawthorne Bridge about 4:00 PM [...] About 11 in the morning we were at the Governor Hotel over on 11th Avenue to protest the exclusion of all candidates [...] The other meeting we went to was a Labor Committee that is attempting to submit a people's budget to the City Council [...] Almost forgot, went to a council meeting [...] [Related: Lone Vet New / Old Year's Rant ]
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Wednesday, January 4th, join the Alliance for Democracy and Move to Amend Portland chapter and our allies as we rally outside City Hall to support and strengthen the proposed city resolution supporting a federal constitutional amendment to End Corporate Personhood. In addition to supporting the revised resolution, we will also call on the city council to refer to Portland's voters a ballot measure, so we can all give voice to our desire that the constitution must be amended to end corporate personhood and the money is not speech. We want them to refer to the voters language very similar to that which was presented to the voters in Madison, WI, and Boulder CO and Missoula MT and approved in all three overwhelmingly. If you can't be at City Hall on Jan 4, you can still join us via an on-line petition Rally/Hearing details: Move To Amend | Alliance For Democracy | Sign the online petition [ Reportback: Video of Jan 4th Rally Supporting Portland City Council Resolution to End Corporate Personhood ]
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Portland Copwatch asks City Council to improve oversight and policies of the Portland Police Hearing today at 2pm at City Hallsummary of the show that is on now is at: http://kboo.fm/node/32101#comments Dan Handleman's opinion of how this has been going is at: www.theskanner.com [The KBOO Audio Recording of this is now available here]
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In one of the largest protests in Portland in years, thousands of demonstrators converged on Water Front Park in sympathy with the Occupy Wall Street movement. In one of the largest protests in Portland in years, thousands of demonstrators converged on Water Front Park in sympathy with the Occupy Wall Street movement.
With estimates of participants ranging from 10,000 reported on The Oregonian to 5,000 by the Portland Police Department, demonstrators wound their way through downtown streets to Pioneer Square, which became so congested that about a thousand people were unable to enter the square. Though most protesters were youth, large numbers of families and older workers also attended, with many expressing the same sentiment that one worker told the WSWS: "This is long overdue." The issues raised by the Wall Street protests pose the necessity of a struggle against the capitalist system. Above all, this requires a turn to the working class and the mobilization of its independent strength against the financial parasites who have looted the whole of society. It means building new organizations of struggle in the workplaces, neighborhoods and schools... The right to a livable income, high quality health care and education, decent and affordable housing and other social necessities must be guaranteed for all through a fundamental reorganization of society and redistribution of wealth. homepage: http://www.wsws.org |
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