Occupy Portland is a group of protesters in Portland, Oregon, stationed in Chapman Square. The group is a satellite of the Occupy Wall Street protest. In addition to their tent-village occupation in the park, they have been marching through Portland every few days. They intend to protest indefinitely.
Here are many of their messages.
Welcome
Chants
This is a list of chants used during marches and along the street at Occupy Portland.
Most of them are call and response.
"Show me what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like!"
"Whose street? Our street!"
"We are the 99%!"
"They got bailed out! We got sold out!"
"Human beings! Not corporate greed!"
Signs and Banners
This is a list of signs and banners displayed by Occupy Portland.
Many have been used in marches, but some are only on display at the camp.
"OCCUPY AMERICA"
"WE ARE THE 99%"
"TAX THE WEALTHY 1%"
"99% HUMANITY > 1% TYRANNY"
"LESS DESPOTISM - MORE DEMOCRACY"
"THIS IS THE ONE TIME I'VE FELT HOPEFUL IN A VERY LONG TIME"
"STOP THE WAR ON WORKING PEOPLE"
"CORPORATIONS SHOULD NOT = GOVERNMENT"
"WE ARE NOT A LOAN"
"YOUR ETHICS COUNT"
"IT'S ALL CONNECTED"
"HEY JOB CREATORS: YOU'RE FIRED!"
"THIS IS A NO GREED ZONE"
"CORPORATE GREED IS NOT HIRING ON PURPOSE"
"HEY STOCKHOLDERS - WHAT R U INVESTED IN???
BOMBS? OIL? GMO's? - MOVE YOUR MONEY!"
"FEED POOR - EAT RICH"
"CAPITALISM VS. HUMANITY - WHATS YOUR WORTH"
"HONK if you LOVE FREEDOM!"
"FIGHT GREED"
"WAKE UP AMERICA!!! YOU ARE BEING USED!
CORPORATE TAX CUTS/BAILOUTS [does not equal] MORE JOBS"
"PROSECUTE PREDATORY PAPER PUSHERS"
"Govt. Abuse IS Child Abuse"
"HONK if you're HUMAN!"
"Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to the world."
"CUT THE CRAP - NOT THE TAX!"
"H.R. 676 - JOBS WITH JUSTICE"
"EAT THE RICH"
"GREED = EVIL
WALL ST. BANKS BOUGHT GOVERNMENT
GET THEM OUT!"
"BOYCOTT EVIL CORPORATIONS don't be nice"
"GOLDMAN SUCKS (LOCK 'EM UP!)"
"POLITICIANS ARE YOUR ENEMY"
"a MOM'S AGENDA:
-Medicare for ALL
-Lift cap on Social Sec.
-Equal Education
-Collective Bargaining"
"I AM HERE FOR YOU"
"I SERVED MY GOVERNMENT HONORABLY.
WHEN WILL MY GOVERNMENT SERVE ME HONORABLY?
USMC VETERANS
WE ARE THE 99%"
"HONK 4 the 100%"
"JOIN US"
"REBELS with a CAUSE"
"OCCUPY the LAND of the FREE and HOME of the BRAVE"
"END WAR"
"I LOVE YOU"
"UPGRADE YOUR GREY MATTER - ONE DAY IT MAY MATTER"
"JAIL TIME FOR CORPORATE CROOKS"
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
"ONE DAY THE POOR WILL HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO EAT BUT THE RICH"
"This is just the beginning"
"MAKE JOBS - NOT WAR"
"AL-QAEDA IS CIA"
"If Corporations are "People" arrest them for FRAUD"
"SACRIFICE THE RICH"
"ROAR! If you want your country back
REINSTATE GLASS-STEAGALL
OVERHAUL CORPORATE TAX CODE
AUDIT THE FED
R____SE FEC vs. CITIZENS UNITED - ___Y CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT"
"'LET THEM EAT CAKE'
IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS, READ A BOOK"
"WE PROTEST GREED WHICH STEMS FROM A CULTURE OF FEAR & ISOLATION.
I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
AS A LIVING PIECE OF CULTURE
TO BE THE OPPOSITE"
"I DIDN'T KNOW YOU CARE"
"STOP Letting Corporations RAPE Our Planet & Our People"
"I BELIEVE IN OUR COLLECTIVE WISDOM, POWER, & CREATIVITY"
"NO WAR BUT CLASS WAR - 99% RISE UP!"
"WE DO NOT FORGIVE! WE DO NOT FORGET! WE ARE A LEGION! YOU ARE ANONYMOUS! [drawing of a man in a suit with a question mark over his face]"
"Those who make Peaceful Revolution Impossible
Make Violent Revolution Inevitable"
"FOR THE PEOPLE - BY THE PEOPLE"
"END CLASS WARFARE - TAX THE RICH!"
"THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED!
FIGHT CENSORSHIP!
FIGHT FINANCIAL TERRORI$M!"
"CITIZENS UNITED - REVOKE CORPORATE PERSONHOOD
movetoammend.org"
"BE"
"LABOR CREATES ALL WEALTH"
"JAIL the Banksters NOW"
"END THE FED"
"TAXATION IS THEFT"
"[sign on woman's back] Temporarily disabled and fired for it 4 weeks ago.
The OLD America is dead! Wake up!
"WELCOME 2 THE MOVIE - ii. "preface" NOW! MORE ARE"
"DEEP BREATHS...[OM symbol]"
"WE DEMAND JOBS with JUSTICE"
"Balance the Budget, tax the Rich not the Poor!"
"MAKE THEM PAY! WE ARE THE 99%!"
DON'T LET THIS BE A MOMENT IN TIME BUT A MOMENT THAT CHANGES TIME"
"TAXES ARE COLLECTING FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE, NOT THE GOOD OF CORPORATIONS"
"Let's be honest, if we had a Billion dollars we would hoard it, too. $ is Evil. Get real portland.com ['NOT TRUE' written in response on the sign]"
"I'd be HOME if I still have one"
"FREE TRADE = American Jobs Lost - ROVER/Corporations will send 250 million to Defeat Obama Money out of Politics - NOW! TAX The RICH - We are the 99%"
"People BEFORE PROFIT"
"FOX IS NOT NEWS"
"Middle Class - Not corporate Jet Owner's - Close Loopholes"
"NOT BAILOUT"
"LEAVE YOUR FEARS & LABELS at home... JOIN THE REVOLUTION"
"FREE INVESTMENT ADVICE! INVEST IN PUBLIC EDUCATION"
"JOBS R.I.P. - 99% HERE TO STAY!"
"Halt Foreclosures Now"
"STOP THE ABUSE OF POWER"
"ITTY BITTY PROTEST COMMITTEE"
"GET MONEY OUT.com - IT STARTS HERE"
"I FIND YOUR LACK OF FAITH IN OUR FORCE DISTURBING"
"Power To The PEACEFUL - NOT THE CORRUPT"
"The GOP Has KOCH Addiction"
"UNITED WE STAND"
"THIS IS OUR VOICE, THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE"
"STOP FORECLOSURES"
"I’M JUST HERE FOR RADIOHEAD"
"REVOLUTION"
"WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON? THE RICH, OR THE REST OF US?"
"WE THE PEOPLE; TOO BIG TO FAIL"
"AMERICA, STOP PAYING CRIMINALS TO STEAL FROM YOU"
"CAPITALISM IS A PYRAMID SCHEME"
"GREED RULES A NATION OF FOOLS!"
"THE JERK STORE CALLED; THEY’RE OUT OF CEO’S"
"THEY TOOK OUR JERBS"
"STOP THE WAR ON WORKING PEOPLE"
"DEBT IS SLAVERY"
"WALL STREET GAMBLERS CRASHED THE ECONOMY, NOT AMERICAN WORKERS"
"YOU’RE AFTER THE WRONG GOLD"
"STOP FUNDING ISREALI APARTHEID"
"END THE OLIGARCHY"
"HOLD WALL STREET RESPONSIBLE"
"UNF-CK AMERICA"
"WPA NOW! REAL REFORM"
"IF THE SYSTEM IS ONLY WORKING FOR 1%, THE SYSTEM ISN’T WORKING"
"BAIL OUT THE PEOPLE"
"END CORPORATE WELFARE"
"THE 1% CREATED THE PROBLEMS, THE 99% WILL CREATE THE SOLUTIONS"
"WAGE PEACE"
"RISE UP"
"NO BORDERS, NO STATES, NO WARS, NO BANKS, NO DEBT, ANARCHY"
"TRABAJOS CON JUSTICA"
"EAT VEGGIES LIVE LONGER"
"REMOVE THE CORPORATE REGIME"
"HEALTH CARE IS A RIGHT"
"REMEMBER MARIE ANTOINETTE?"
"LET JUSTICE ROLL DOWN LIKE WATERS"
"KNOW YOUR FOUNDING FATHERS; THEY SAW THIS COMING"
"DELETE THE ELITE"
"THE SKY IS FALLING"
"WORKING FAMILIES. I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK"
"TYRANNY ROBBED US OF OUR FUTURE"
"NEVER GIVE UP"
"GET $$ OUT OF POLITICS"
"JOB CREATOR"
"THE POLICE ARE PART OF US 99%"
"99% SOYLENT GREEN"
"CAN ORDINARY PEOPLE REALLY CHANGE A GOVERNMENT?"
"POVERTY MUST NOT BE A BAR TO LEARNING; LEARNING MUST OFFER AN ESCAPE FROM POVERTY"
"TO PRESERVE INDEPENDENCE, WE MUST NOT LET OUR RULERS LOAD US WITH PERPETUAL DEBT; I AM FOR A GOVERNMENT RIGOROUSLY FRUGAL AND SIMPLE"
"OUR LIVES BEGIN TO END THE DAY WE BECOME SILENT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MATTER ~MLK"
"CLEARLY YOU CAN’T HEAR US, CONGRESS, SO WE CONTINUE TO RISE & UNITE"
"END FRACTIONAL RESERVE BANKING WITHOUT THE GOLD STANDARD, END THE FED, ESTABLISH FULL RESERVE BANKING OR ENABLE A GOLD STANDARD, CREATE AN HONEST MONEY SYSTEM"
"WE EVOLVE W/ THE HELP OF CRISIS"
Written Statements
This is a collection of various written statements on display around the park. These statements were not made as a group. Like the signs and banners, they reflect the opinions of individuals.
"List of Proposed Demands
1. Congress pass HR 1489 “Return to prudent banking act”
2. Use congressional authority and oversight to investigate and prosecute Wall St. criminals.
3. Enact legislation to protect our democracy by reversing the effects of the supreme court decision which essentially said corporations can spend as much as the want on elections.
4. Pass the Buffet Rule on fair taxation so the rich and corporations pay their fair share and close corporate tax loopholes and enact a prohibition against hiding funds off shore.
5. Completely revamp the Securities and Exchange Commission and staff it at all levels with proven professionals who protect the integrity of the marketplace so citizens and investors are protected.
6. Pass specific and effective laws limiting the influence of lobbyists.
7. Pass “Revolving Door Legislation” eliminating the ability of former government regulators going to work for companies they regulated.
8. Eliminate “Personhood” legal status for corporations."
"The modern unemployment line, full of seasoned, educated and skilled workers, points out that the individual is no longer able to secure a job alone.
Automation, globalization, outsourcing, etc. has created the possibility that full employment may not be possible in the future.
Employers seek to eliminate jobs and drive down the cost of employees. Unions and laws are the only forces working for better jobs, job sharing, and safety nets for those left behind.
Workers competing with each other only drives down wages and eliminates jobs.
Working together to make jobs a right, and an economy that includes everyone, is the only way to create security and justice in the workplace.
This coalition will help workers get through this crisis and work for change, job sharing, and a minimal subsidy for those for whom a job can’t be found."
"THE WHY?
It is a protest against corporate greed. The one percent who have are keeping the other 99% of us down. That 99% will no longer tolerate being kept down. The 1% are not being held accountable. There is a militarism that has taken over Washington D.C.
The execution of Troy Davis who was convicted of killing an off-duty police officer is symbolic of the power of an unforgiving government over the poor.
There is a frustration with the hope inspired by the election of Barack Obama and the disappointment of his administration."
"Assertion of Rights
Officer please understand:
I have the right to have an attorney present if you want to question me or conduct any search of my body or personal effects. I am not giving my consent to any type of search.
If I am under arrest, I wish to invoke and exercise my Miranda Rights. I want to speak to an attorney now. I do not want my personal property impounded, nor do I consent to any impoundment. I request the opportunity to secure my personal effects.
If I am not under arrest, please tell me immediately so that I may leave."
General Assembly Notes
The General Assembly is the main decision making meeting of the occupation. Decisions made at the General Assembly meetings are made by consensus or near consensus, as opposed to a majority-wins vote.
"G.A. Occupy Portland 10/7/11 7pm
-Stack - eye contact, given # 1-5
-Proposal - Regarding facilitation selection and well-being. Seconded - added to agenda.
-Decision making - Practical consensus. Not ideal - proposal from group.
-Mic check - short phrase's
-Point of process - has been abused. Must be about process.
-Any other proposals?
-Logistics and safety meeting 5pm everyday behind elk statue.
-Organize daily marches.
-G.A. address finance committee - needs to be developed!! What to do with the money.
-Tent vs. Tarp issue? Needs to be discussed tonight!
-Smoking area? NW area of this park.
-Quiet hours at 11pm and area designated for playing music.
-Use Roberts Rule of Order and have a proper secretary.
-Sanitation regarding dog shit, one toilet, and impact on occupation during the lockdown.
-G.A. emergency meeting system and logistics.
-Call for a bill/declaration informing U.S. of our reform.
-5pm committees and groups meet to discuss work and get help.
-Camp security - meet with peacekeeping and safety committee. Decision at 3rd G.A on Tuesday.
-No alcohol and drugs, but is individual decision. We are all living together. Concern for children and personal safety. Volunteers are invited to discuss camp safety. Info at Info table.
-Need arrest plan, need arrest training. We propose to train the trainers. Train the trainers meeting 6:45 am behind elk.
-Wash your hands!! Drink! Eat! Layer your clothing! Stay warm! Aid station at southern end of park.
-Bring your own bowl, two containers, two utensils, two drinking mugs. Food donations go behind statue.
-In there a plan for smoking during the lockdown? Corner of our occupation prop?
-Sexual assault and safety - safe space at south end of park. Meet behind elk after assembly.
-Should the 66%, 75%, 90%, 100% be considered as a group as a whole.
-Proposals are presented, concerns are heard, blocks are asked for, block is addressed, proposal is tabled or consensus is reached.
-Outline what they are (90% and 100% model) implicitly.
-How are we making decision without a decision for making?
-12 noon decision making meeting. North corner of Park.
-Time checks and time for topics.
Marathon
-Practical consensus to move to south. Block and formed committee to talk with PMC
-Gambit initiates progressive stacking.
-Do we stay or do we go?
-Go into the race community.
-Not a disagreement, but logistics of two events. Continue movement with weekend people. We need the freedom to do what's best for Occupy Portland, not occupy this park. Leave a skeleton occupation in the park.
-It was mentioned that to get food we could go in and out. Escorts will bring food in.
-Being locked in will be logistical nightmare. We should be in a space we can grow and move freely.
-Bathrooms during lockdown?
-Is there a space outside the lockdown people can gather?
-Propose 100 people in park, rest in North park blocks.
-Division is error, fighting people on our side is futile.
-Three options: stay, go, leave skeleton crew. Leave skeleton crew.
-When locating new space, must check schedule of new location.
-Should move to larger space to accommodate more people - waterfront park?
-Power in lockdown - use time to bond and strategize.
-Park is tactically flaccid, jail next door.
-No consensus on staying.
-Next option. Some stay some go. If supported, we will explore where we will go.
-Does it benefit us to stay in a black fence even if we can't come and go?
-This movement is in our mind, we cannot be divided.
-This park isn't big enough for growth.
-We need to flier, go to our unions and grow.
-Point of process - decide to stay and go.
-Call for locations: PSU park blocks (supported by second stack), waterfront, Pioneer Square, March*, marathon route.
-Must be prepared to move to new location. Small working group get together, research locations.
-Workgroups to develop skeleton crew, and find new pace."
Bulletins
This is a list of announcements on the bulletin board at the library in Occupy Portland
"If you are in contact with anyone in other Occupy-participating cities, please contact Lena at 541-848-7309. Let's talk to each other! Thanks! -Lena"
"Are you a writer, poet, photographer, philosopher, artist of any form? Then I need your help! I want to start a publication of our experiences. Contact Nightwingdancer@hotmail.com"
"In preparation for COLUMBUS DAY! A decolonization workshop! For Monday 11AM. Looking for instructors. Contact Illona 503-875-6444. Let's DECOLONIZE OUR MINDS TOGETHER."
"DONATION-BASED CHILDCARE
Krista would like to set up a tent/area w/ other volunteers
Ask at info (for Krista's # or put name on volunteer list)"
"Missing Sister!!
Maggie Porte
5'11" Blk Hair
180 lbs brw eyes
If you have ANY info, please call me "J"
503-206-2376 Jai
Please Help :("
"Any info on HB 3510
email me @ bobk48@gmail.com
Thanx!"
"If you need a handyman...
Contact TADD 360-473-8741"
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