Cascadia Action Lab Presents – Derail ALEC!When: Wednesday, February 29, 9 am – 5:30 pm.We will be meeting at the Growers Market (454 Willamette St.). From there we will carpool to the target!We will be participating in Occupy Portland’s call for a national day of action against the Corporations who are members of the ( American Legislative Exchange Council ) or ALEC for short. This will be a day of Direct Action and Civil Disobedience! For the latest information Check out http://www.facebook.com/events/238565372897613/ and http://occupyeugenemedia.org/for details.
We will release the time and location of the rally closer to the event date!
In order to be effective you need to be informed so here are some helpful links and PDF’s you should probably check out!
Civilian’s Guide to Direct Action
http://crimethinc.com/tools/downloads/pdfs/direct_action_guide.pdf
Affinity Groups
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinity_group
Know Your Rights Materials http://www.midnightspecial.net/materials/kyr.html
Blockading For Beginners http://occupywallst.org/media/pdf/blockadingforbegineers.pdf
Creative Direct Action Visuals Manual
http://ruckus.org/article.php?id=305
Ruckus Scouting Manual
http://ruckus.org/article.php?id=676
Security Culture for Activists
http://ruckus.org/article.php?id=789
Ruckus Media Manual
http://bit.ly/q4pNLv
Balloon Banner Manual
http://ruckus.org/article.php?id=364
Occupy Portland calls for a national day of non-violent civil disobedience targeting corporations who are members of ALEC, one of the most successful mechanisms that the 1% uses to control legislation. We are asking people around the country to choose members of ALEC in their home towns and SHUT DOWN BUSINESS AS USUAL.
Occupy Portland calls for a 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 the Occupy Movement and everyone seeking freedom and justice to join us in this day of action.
There has been a theft by the 1% of our democratic ability to shape and form the society in which we live and our society is steered toward the destructive pursuit of consumption, profit and greed at the expense of all else.
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 these corporate laws around the country.
In doing this we begin to recreate our democracy. In doing this we begin to create a society that is organized to meet human needs and sustain life.
On February 29th, we will reclaim our future from the 1%. We will shut down the corporations and recreate our democracy.
Join Us! Leap into action! Reclaim our future! Shut down the corporations!
Occupy Portland calls for a 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 the Occupy Movement and everyone seeking freedom and justice to join us in this day of action.
There has been a theft by the 1% of our democratic ability to shape and form the society in which we live and our society is steered toward the destructive pursuit of consumption, profit and greed at the expense of all else.
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 these corporate laws around the country.
In doing this we begin to recreate our democracy. In doing this we begin to create a society that is organized to meet human needs and sustain life.
On February 29th, we will reclaim our future from the 1%. We will shut down the corporations and recreate our democracy.
Join Us! Leap into action! Reclaim our future! Shut down the corporations!
