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The very beginning of our Portland Occupation, showing a bit of the size of the crowd, some more creative signage from fellow Occupiers, and the protective cordon Public Works installed to protect Portland’s just-grown-in Waterfront lawns.
(Please also see Cocktailhag’s great diary here. On any photo, click to embiggen)
Welcome to #OccupyPortland!
Taken from the Burnside Bridge Approach: The Occupiers Gather
Crowding in along the waterfront
Friend of FDL, and fellow PDXer, Cocktailhag, brings the Koch
Sums up the day very well.
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Ah, such a flattering picture. Thanks for posting it.
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded today showed solidarity with the Occupy movement:
http://my.firedoglake.com/normanb/2011/10/07/nobel-peace-prize-to-tawakkul-karman-for-resisting-obama-saleh-massacres-of-peaceful-protesters-premeditated-murders-democracy-suppression/
Portland’s occupy protest is larger than any of the tea party rallies i saw every night on the network news.
New lawns?
“Keep off the grass, ya DFH’s!”
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Great pics, thanks Teddy P . . .