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Oregonians across the state “Occupy” Congressional District 2 to demand People’s Town Halls with Rep. Walden

In the largest, unified public demonstration to address a specific member of Congress in recent history, the Occupy movement will convene throughout Congressional District 2 in eastern Oregon Monday, December 5, to demand [...]

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Occupy Portland’s Action Committee has issued a call for decentralized-yet-coordinated nonviolent civil disobedience against big banks.  Let’s shut them down!

We invite everyone to join the public march on the morning of Thursday November 17th.

The action starts @ 8am on the East Side of

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As we’ve reported yesterday, Portland’s Mayor Sam Adams, has given OccupyPortland until midnight tonight to leave their encampment.  After 12:01, who knows what will happen and I would assume (although I really, really hope not), we may see a repeat of what happened at Occupy Oakland about a week or so again.  Like I [...]

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The US forces, along with the South Vietnamese Army, and Australian allies, were forced to fight a war that they were not allowed to win.

Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, famous for defeating Napoleon’s Grande Armee at Waterloo, once said “I’ve spent my [...]

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November 5th marks Occupy Medford’s 4th week in Alba Park. Over the course of these 4 weeks, we have had many great discussions, planned about 9 events outside of GA meetings, and made many friends. We have attracted roughly 3-4 new people  each meeting, and our core number has steadily grown, albeit slowly.
 
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“Since the formal mechanisms of power refuse to restore the rule of law, then we, the 99 percent, will have to see that justice is done.”

Chris Hedges made this statement in New York City’s Zuccotti Park on Thursday morning [...]

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Reports from the Frontlines
As the Occupy Wall Street Movement ends its third week, occupations have sprung up around the country, and with the growing media coverage, the word is spreading fast. Citizen occupations are now taking place in New York, Atlanta, LA, Chicago and nationwide.

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Bank Transfer Day – Copyright © 2011 : NBC Medford KBOI-TV

The official Bank Transfer Day came and went on Saturday, and by now the dust has settled and tallies have been taken of how many consumers switched from being bank customers to [...]

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America’s top central banker “sympathizes” with the Occupy Wall Street protesters and thinks many of their frustrations with the sluggish economy are “understandable.” But there’s one complaint Ben Bernanke does take issue with: the backlash against the Federal Reserve. “I [...]

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In a national effort to make the so-called one per cent listen, hundreds of thousands of people have withdrawn money from leading banks in the United States. National Bank Transfer Day may be a grassroots movement –but it’s definitely making a move.

The idea behind the movement [...]

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The Occupy Wall Street Movement that began on September 17th of this year, has been spreading like wildfire across the globe, though curiously it remains a mystery to some. To give you an idea of the growth of the Wall Street Occupation, this Infograph was created and submitted by economist and language major, Muhammad Saleem and [...]

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Move Your Money : Friday, November 4th at 1:00 PM (Today!)

Oregon Action & Occupy Medford and All Who Support the Occupy Wall Street Movement will be Meeting on the Corners of Crater Lake Avenue & Stevens Street near Read More >>

Meet the Anthropologist, Activist, and Anarchist Who Helped Transform a Hapless Rally into a Global Protest Movement, David Graeber

David Graeber likes to say that he had three goals for the year: promote his book, learn to drive, and launch a worldwide revolution. The first is going well, [...]

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Huge, enthusiastic, crowds swarmed through downtown Oakland with half a dozen major marches on banks and corporations that shut down Wells Fargo, Chase, Citibank, Bank of America and many others.  Police stayed clear of the strikers who ranged freely, from Broadway to Grand Avenue and around the Lake.  By late afternoon the crowds had swelled [...]

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Posted on Activist Post by Madison Ruppert on October 31st, 2011

As I covered on October 28th, the crackdown on Occupations across America have begun in full force. Some of these incidents, like the attack on protesters in

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