another world is possible by JudyGr on Flickr.
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Tent Cities Still Spreading Across the #US - #Portland
Here in Portland we’ve had a squatter settlement called Dignity Village since long before the financial crisis in 2008. It was joined by a new downtown settlement last year. But I haven’t been hearing much about the tent cities that have sprung up in Sacramento and elsewhere since 2008.
The BBC confirms that not only have these not gone away, but they have actually been growing:
Tent cities have sprung up in and around at least 55 American cities - they represent the bleak reality of America’s poverty crisis.
According to census data, 47 million Americans now live below the poverty line - the most in half a century - fuelled by several years of high unemployment.
One of the largest tented camps is in Florida and is now home to around 300 people. Others have sprung up in New Jersey and Portland.
BBC: America’s homeless resort to tent cities
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Get smart about #ALEC #F29 (by bmediacollective) #A99 #OpESR #OWS #OccupyTogether #GlobalRevolution
On February 29th, Occupy Portland calls for a national day of non-violent direct action to reclaim our voices and challenge our society?s obsession with profit and greed by shutting down the corporations. We are rejecting a society that does not allow us control of our future. We will reclaim our ability to shape our world in a democratic, cooperative, just and sustainable direction.
We call on people to target corporations that are part of the American Legislative Exchange Council which is a prime example of the way corporations buy off legislators and craft legislation that serves the interests of corporations and not people. They used it to create the anti-labor legislation in Wisconsin and the racist bill SB 1070 in Arizona among so many others. They use ALEC to spread pro big business laws around the country.
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#HistoryLesson ->The Grandparents of the 99% <- #A99 #OpESR -> #OWS #OccupyTogether #GlobalRevolution
Collected by Bill Schechter of Brookline MA. “The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.” Harry Truman ****** “There are ninety and nine who live and die -Farmers Alliance, 1889 “1. My country, ’tis of Thee, Land of lost Liberty, 2. Land once of noble braves,? 3. Land where the wealthy few 4. Land where a rogue is raised 5. My country, ’tis of Thee,? Betrayed by bribery,? -From the Great Depression of the 1890s
In want hunger and cold
That one may live in luxury
And be wrapped in a silken fold
The ninety and nine in hovels bare
The one in a palace with riches rare
And the one owns cities and houses and lands
And the ninety and nine have empty hands.”
?Of Thee we sing.?
Land which the Millionaires,?
Who govern our affairs,?
Own for themselves and heirs, ?
Hail, to thy King.
But now of wretched slaves,?
Alas! Too late! ?We saw sweet Freedom die,?
From letting bribers, high,?
Our unpriced suffrage buy, ?
And mourn thy fate.
?Their royal will, ?And tax for selfish greed?
The toilers till they bleed;?
And those, not yet weak-kneed,?
Crush down and kill.
On high, and loudly praised
For worst of crimes;
Of which the end must be
A hell of cruelty, ?
As proved by history ?
Of ancient times.
Of Thee we sing.?
We might have saved Thee long?
Had we, when proud and strong,?
Put down the cursed wrong?
That makes a king.
#NP : #Occupy Movie - #OWS - #OpESR - #OccupyTogether - #OccupyWallSt #GlobalChange - #A99
This inspiring documentary highlights the unified voices of Occupy movement participants. This compelling look into the perspectives of citizens rallying for change sits in stark contrast to the out of context portrayal of the Occupy movement falsely created by media corporations.
Occupy Movie has been released as a social film experience! You can now INTERACT with each of the speakers in the film.
To learn more about Occupy Movie and social filmmaking, please visit:
http://www.OccupyMovie.com
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#OWS - #OpESR - #A99 - #Hiphop - #Realness - #REVOLUTION
“We are not affiliated with either wing of the United Federation of Planets.”http://www.fss34.com/ via @FSS34 *also see: http://st4r-b.tumblr.com/post/13317635004/words-of-wisdom-opesr
#OPDX - #OccupyPortland Prepares for Eviction Deadline (by #OccupyPDX)
Volunteers from Occupy Portland react to Mayor Adam’s announcement to shut Chapman and Lownsdale squares in downtown Portland.
A diversity of non-violent tactics are agreed upon by consensus in peaceful solidarity with Occupy Wall Street.
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#OccupyPortland -ers Open Credit Union Accounts for Bank Transfer Day (by #OccupyPDX)
Occupy Portland celebrates Bank Transfer Day by serving arrest warrants at corporate banks for their role in the collapsing economy and marching to Northwest Resource Federal Credit Union for an “open an account” party.
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#OPCASHBACK - Occupy Portlanders Cancel their Bank Accounts for Bank Transfer Day (November 5th) ( by #OccupyPDX ) #OpESR #OWS #OccupyTogether
We went with members of Occupy Portland to transfer their corporate bank accounts to local Credit Unions and met with a local labor union divesting their collective funds from Bank of America.
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Your Legend, Your Legacy - #SpreadThis #Realness #OWS #OccupyTogether
Filmed at St Paul’s Occupy gathering , JJ shares one of his poems. He has been living there since the start.
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