houselessness

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Right 2 Dream Too: A New Hope?

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by Andrew Lee On October 3, Portland City Hall decided to postpone a vote on homeless rest area Right 2 Dream Too’s proposed move from Fourth and Burnside to the affluent Pearl District. At a public hearing, scores of R2DToo supporters as well as Pearl residents and business representatives contended in front of City Council. … Continue reading →

Hales, PBA, Pigs: Fuck the Poor

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by Mike Klepfer On July 22, Mayor Charlie Hales announced that the long-standing houseless vigil in front of City Hall would be moved. The vigil, which began as a protest against the city’s camping ban, which is routinely used to target houseless people, has seen the most impoverished people in the city occupy the sidewalk … Continue reading →

Tuesday News: June 11, 2013

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Today is an international day of solidarity with long-term anarchist prisoners. Let them know they’re not forgotten today! In Olympia, Washington, locks were glued shut at the west side police substation to mark June 11. Yesterday, a statement also said that an Olympia Mormon church was attacked in solidarity with grand jury resisters. Tomorrow supporters … Continue reading →

Tuesday News Round-up: April 9, 2013

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A call-out is issued for actions on June 11, as part of an international day of solidarity with long-term anarchist prisoners Marie Mason and Eric McDavid. We’re approaching a week of action called for in solidarity with grand jury resisters, April 24-May 1. Nadezhda “Nadya” Tolokonnikova, of Russian punk-protest group Pussy Riot, gives her first … Continue reading →