Occupy Eugene Tent Monsters singing anti-capitalism Christmas carols.
Occupy Eugene Tent Monsters infesting George Poling
An Occupy Eugene Tent Monster is captured by Eugene police.
Occupy Eugene Tent Monsters Infest George Poling’s Lawn
Category Archives: Demonstration
12.12 Support Occupy Eugene Monday!
The Eugene City Council is being asked to support an extension of Occupy Eugene’s exemption to the no camping ordinance so the occupation can legally remain at Washington/Jefferson Park. The present exemption expires December 15 and the City council will meet to decide our fate this Monday, December 12th. Please join us to express your support for Occupy Eugene’s right to remain in Washington/Jefferson Park so OE can continue to provide a home for many of Eugene’s unhoused residents and to advocate for economic and social justice.
Candlelight vigil
4:15pm-10pm, City Hall
The Candlelight vigil will commence in time for the City Council work session and extend until after the 7:30pm City Council meeting and council vote. There will be a scheduled program of music and activities! Please bring candles, lighters, and cups to hold candles.
Council Work Session/Public Hearing
5:30-7 pm, McNutt Rm
Eugene City Council Meeting
7:30pm-10:00pm, Council Chambers 777 Pearl St.
Help us fill the Council chambers at 7:30pm as we support those testifying in favor of Occupy Eugene’s right to remain in
Washington/Jefferson Park.
In addition, contact your City Councilor and ask him/her to allow the occupation to remain at the Park. If you don’t know who your councilor is,go to the Mayor/City Council page of the city of Eugene website and go to the “My Ward & Neighborhood Association” box at the bottom left hand corner of the page and enter your address.
12.12 OCCUPY YOUR HEART – Candlelight Vigil
A candlelight vigil will commence at 4:15 PM at City Hall in time for the city council working session (5:30pm) and extending until after the 7:30 pm City Council meeting and Council Vote. There will be a scheduled program of music and activities!Please Bring Candles, Lighters, and Cups to Hold Candles.
We would love to have a calm gathering of folks “holding” city council, city officials and EPD in our hearts and creating a collective intention of compassion as Council considers their decision to extend Occupy Eugene’s exemption to allow OE to continue camping.
Both for the sake of the Occupy movement and for fellow citizens who live without housing and who have become integral to our local Occupy movement. Occupy Eugene’s occupation site is located at the South End of Washington/Jefferson Park between 6th and 7th Ave.
Occupy Eugene a Stop on Last Friday Art Walk
Occupy Eugene is part of this month’s Last Friday Art Walk! So from 6-9 on November 25th (Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving) we will be an Art Walk stop with live music and arts galore at camp in Washington Jefferson Park.
If you would like to contribute art to the cause, please contact Dani: hendrickson.dani [at] gmail.com or Daniel: droque99 [at] gmail.com.
The event will be part of a larger campaign this Black Friday to break the chains of consumerism. The Art Walk stop will take place along with “Buy Nothing Day” and Occupy the Mall on Black Friday.
In line with Buy Nothing Day Occupy Eugene is calling any artist to facilitate play-shops (workshops) during the day to give people an opportunity to make art with their family instead of taking part in mass consumption.
If interested, determine a time and place (either on the occupation site, or off the occupation site) to host a playshop.
We can help promote your play-shop (althoughhttp://occupyeugenemedia.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=7096&action=edit you should also self-promote to your web of family and friends). If you would like help with promoting the event, contact plaedo7 [at] gmail.com.
Check out Occupy Eugene highlighted in Eugene Last Friday ArtWalk
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- Sam Bond’s Garage
407 Blair Blvd.
Assorted Acrylic paintings by local muralist Kari Johnson. - Michael DiBitetto
201 Blair Blvd.
Not Showing this month. - Ninkasi Brewery (Minors until 8 P.M.)
272 Van Buren
“A Bee’s Eye View” and attempts to capture the fantastic array of colors and shapes in Nature. Photography by Geoffrey May - The Hot Shop Art Glass Studio
1093 W. 1st (red door on Van Buren)
Holiday Show and Sale. Come warm up with glass blowing demonstrations, hot cocoa and get all of your holiday shopping done. - Territorial Vineyards
Third and Adams
“Something old something new”. Paintings by
Richard Quigley. MANOUCHE NOIR (gypsy jazz) will be playing 7-10 P.M. - Wandering Goat Coffee
268 Madison St.
“Post-Humous Publication”. Mixed media by
Jacqueline Petosa and Noah Crabtree. - Jawbreaker Gallery
796 West Fourth
“Pencil drawings” by Kavika. - Pizza Research Institute
530 Blair Blvd.
“Something Old, Something New”. Acrylics, watercolors, and
drawings by Richard Quigley. - New Frontier Market
1101 West 8th Ave.
Healthy, fun, and Nutritious local art. - Occupy Eugene
Washington Jefferson Park between 6th and 7th
“Signs of Protest”. Mixed media and Music by Occupiers. By creating art, we express ourselves and the politics we embody, and are able to communicate our messages in an entertaining manner. This is art made by the people and for the people, both personal and political; art that wants to make the world a better place. - Museum of Unfine Art
537 Willamette St.
Jeff Faulk, Katy Flanagan, Victor Brinkley,
Caroline Louise McNabb. - Buy Nothing But Art Day
Everywhere
Let your lack of a voice be heard.
Occupy the Mall on Buy Nothing Day
For every dollar or credit spent on gifts, we sacrifice time, giving something material in exchange for providing our friends and family with the gift of ourselves.
We remain deprived of connection with those around us, and struggle to fill this emptiness with commodities that we do not need. In reality, all we need is one another. BUY NOTHING.
On Buy Nothing Day, “the goal is to give presence, not presents,” says Kristen Carpenter, a member of the Occupy Eugene Actions committee. “The only gifts to give are those that can be measured in heart. Break the chains of consumerism, give your family the gift of time.”
In celebration of Buy Nothing Day, this Nov. 24th (Thanksgiving) at 11:45pm until 9:00 pm, Nov. 25th (Black Friday) there will be a midnight madness flash mob, “Occupy the Mall” at the Valley River Center in Eugene, OR.
You’ve probably seen other flash mobs, where unsuspecting strangers in a public space were suddenly treated a visual and audio feast of music, signing and dancing. Word is that this event will be “EPIC”!
For More Info: Text @oe_actions to 23559 to sign up for flashmob text alert system/instructions and actions alerts.
Form an affinity group and make it a party! Contact Kristen at delta32 [at] mac.com for affinity group instructions.
Download the flyer and pass it around.
Alternate flyer for this event http://i40.tinypic.com/35lc01u.jpg
Quotes
“You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.” ~Vernon Howard
“Business is the art of extracting money from another man’s pocket without resorting to violence.” ~Max Amsterdam
Thursday, Nov 17th is International Day of Action
This Thursday, November 17th, Occupy Wall Street (OWS) has called for an International Day of Action. In solidarity with OWS, Occupy Eugene is encouraging everyone to participate in this day of non-violent and direct action.
March With Us from Wake the Beast on Vimeo.
There will be a march on the banks starting at the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza – 8th & Oak at 12:00pm. We will march against the banks along with the Eugene Springfield Solidarity Network and the Industrial Workers of the World.
The march will be focusing on direct action and civil disobedience against big banks and corporate influence in the U.S. government. The march will convene at noon in the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza and march to several national bank branches downtown. A stop will be made at the U.S. Bank branch to protest the State of Oregon’s contract with them for the “ReliaCard,” which is used to issue unemployment benefits.
The National Consumer Law Center recently released a report on unemployment benefit cards, in which Oregon received a “thumbs down” ranking for the overdraft fees associated with the U.S. Bank-issued ReliaCard.
According to FairEconomyOregon.org, Richard Davis, head of U.S. Bank, says the company expects to recoup about half of potential lost profits from swipe fee reform by nickel and diming the unemployed through prepaid cards and related products.
Nov. 17th marks the two month anniversary of several hundred courageous individuals who began occupying Liberty Square (Zuccotti Park). Since then their actions have given birth to the 99% movement that has spread across the country and around the world.
Last night OWS was evicted by New York Police. As of this writing OWS is still fighting for a place to occupy so that their voices can continue to be heard.
Let’s come together this Thursday to celebrate the accomplishments of OWS and tell the world that we will not give up easily.
Participate in a national day of direct non-violent action and celebration!
National Day of Action Against Banks Flyer | Umpqua Bank Flyer Quarter Sheets | National Day of Action Against Banks Quarter Sheets
High-quality, print-ready versions (11×17, 15×24, 23×36) are available as a freely downloadable .zip file.
Let’s get these posters everywhere! The artist’s only stipulation is that they cannot be sold, only given away.
Props to r.black for his amazing work!
*** Please support our 17 comrades who were arrested on this day.
*Fifteen of the Eugene 17 (arrested outside Bank of America and Chase on 11/17) have their court date Dec. 8 at 1 p.m. at 777 Pearl St. Rm. 104. Show up to support them!
*Dusk Winston’s court date is 12/7 at 9 a.m. MUNICIPAL COURT 777 PEARL ST. RM. 104
*Jacob Keeton’s court date is 12/9 at 9 a.m. MUNICIPAL COURT 777 PEARL RM 104
Defend the Egyptian Revolution – End Military Trials for Civilians
Occupy Eugene will have a day of action on Saturday, November 12, beginning at 12:00pm. We will meet at Free Speech plaza, march at noon to the Federal Building (as it is the most visible representation of the US Government in Eugene), and then march to the occupation site at 6th & Washington.
Once at the park, we will have a Middle-Eastern Community potluck at 1:30pm, show educational videos about the Egyptian Revolution, and have a videoconference with our fellow activists in Egypt. Our goal is to highlight the ongoing struggle of the Egyptian Revolution and the difficulties they face as they try to press forward and create a truly democratic society. In aligning with the struggles of other resistance movements across the globe, we strengthen our resolve and edge closer to achieving the liberation of the 99%.
Occupy Eugene wishes to express its solidarity with the ongoing Egyptian Revolution. In light of the email the Occupy movement has received from Egyptian activists, Occupy Eugene has agreed to the following statements:
We applaud the brave efforts of our sisters and brothers in Egypt that resulted in the overthrow of Mubarak on February 11, 2011
- We recognize that Mubarak’s removal was only the first stage in the Egyptian Revolution, since his apparatus of power remains
- We oppose the use of military tribunals against civilians, adult sentences for minors, the rampant use of torture, and sexual assault of female prisoners
- We condemn our government’s continued provision of “military aid” and “development loans” to the Egyptian military government. The US provides $1.3 billion in aid each year to the Egyptian military. The tear gas, guns, and other weapons we provide are being used to suppress Egyptians’ human right to free speech and assembly, and “development” has only meant lower wages, less job security, and more privatization of essential social services
- We agree that elections cannot provide a “transition to democracy” in a government that is dominated by “a junta that holds legislative, executive, and judicial authority” (as quoted in the email from Egyptian activists). The Egyptian government shows its true face, the real meaning of its commitment to democracy, when it systematically targets those who speak out against them
- Finally, we recognize the shared nature of our struggles — we acknowledge that economic and political democracy in the United States is impossible while the 1% continue to practice economic devastation and political repression abroad. Occupy Eugene expresses our solidarity with our sisters and brothers as they defend the Egyptian Revolution
In Solidarity,
Occupy Eugene
Support Bank Transfer Day
Remember, remember the 5th of November! Occupy Eugene encourages everyone to close your account in a corporate bank by November 5th and deposit your money in a local credit union or community bank.
Join us this Saturday for a rally at 11:00am in the Free Speech Plaza (8th & Oak) and then for a March at 12:00pm visiting the local large corporate financial institutions.
Local Credit Unions have already reported a surge in new accounts as a result of the anti-corporate bank movement associated with Occupy Wall Street movements around the country. Occupy Eugene and other groups such as SEIU Local 503 and ESSN have been holding regular protests at corporate banks in Eugene, such as Bank of America, Chase, US Bank, and Wells Fargo.
“People are fed up with the excessive fees these banks are charging, and their unethical practices and profiteering,” said one local Occupy Eugene activist. “If you leave your money and your business in these banks, your money is telling them their practices are acceptable. They are not.”
The ten largest banks in the U.S. now own 80% of banking assets. Community banks and credit unions own the remainder of these assets and generally provide small business loans, home mortgages, and other similar accounts.
Bank of America, in addition to other corporate banks is now charging its customers a $5.00 per month fee on debit cards if an account has less than $20,000 on deposit, disproportionately impacting lower-income customers. Given the million-dollar bonuses paid to big bank executives after taxpayers bailed them out in 2008, the high rate of home foreclosures resulting from predatory loan practices, the admissions that many of these banks lied to investors to increase their gigantic profits, it isn’t difficult to figure out that ‘we the people’ should not be rewarding these unscrupulous business practices.
You can use this contact sheet to find options for Oregon credit unions or better yet, start a discussion with friends and family by asking them if they know of any local credit unions.
Local Credit Unions & Community Banks | Fact Sheet on Why You Should Move Your Money | Flyer
Halloween Zombie March
Come join us for our Halloween Zombie March on Oct. 31st at Riverfront Research Park (located on the corner of Franklin and Onyx). There will be two marches, one at 12:00pm and one at 4:30pm. Show up an hour before the march for zombification! You may not have realized, but there are significant advantages to zombification; as well, costumes can be very political and sometimes tragic.
Community, Solidarity, Protest: March to help defend the free speech rights of the occupy protesters!
This afternoon, October 21, 2011, Occupy Eugene will vacate the downtown park blocks as planned, allowing Saturday Market to operate without interference, and then march to a new occupation site. Occupy Eugene is asking community members to meet at the present occupation site at the corner of 8th & Oak Street at 5 p.m. in order to march in solidarity with them to the new site.
On Thursday afternoon, in a seemingly-sudden departure from their previously cooperative stance, City Manager John Ruiz and Eugene Police told Occupy Eugene that protesters will be cited for ANY camping at ANY location in the city. Police have threatened a “no tolerance” stance should Occupy Eugene set up in another location. The no tolerance policy includes possible arrests.
Negotiations are ongoing with the City Manager and Police, but as this is being written the no tolerance stance still stands. Mayor Kitty Piercy, in response to a flood of concerns regarding the no tolerance stance, took to Facebook to reassure anxious citizens and Occupy Eugene supporters: “Solutions are possible. Patience, please.”
All individuals and union members are invited to stand with us and march. Unions already contacted include: Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF), SEIU Local 503, and a broad range of other unions via the Eugene Springfield Solidarity Network (ESSN).