Occupy Portland, October 6, 2011 ... + False Press Release sent to Police +

[L. Coyote]

ABOUT OCCUPY PORTLAND, OR
September 26th, 2011 · occupyportland · March Preparation 70 comments

Occupy Portland is a nonviolent movement for accountability in the United States government. At 12PM on October 6th, 2011 we will assemble at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, North Waterfront Park and Ankeny Plaza, at The Pavilion in Portland, OR where Saturday Market touches the river, just south of the Burnside Bridge. If you are coming from the MAX, get off at Skidmore fountain and walk east to the Waterfront. We will be near the fountain.

We will gather in solidarity with the ongoing protest in New York City, Occupy Wall Street, and the growing number of cities whose people will no longer sit back watching corporate and special interests run their government. We are citizens of the United States, and this country is ours. We will take it back.

It is no longer enough to vote and to participate in the political system because our political system has been altered drastically from its intended and proper function. Currently, we are allowed to pick from a few candidates whose campaigns are funded more and more by large organizations, corporations, and special interests. The success of their campaigns depends largely on how the corporate mass media presents them. When our elected officials enter office they then pander to the small groups responsible for their election. Even good men and women cannot make real improvements that benefit the American people.

We are one city in a growing national movement of people who no longer feel that their government works in their best interest. We will assemble on October 6th to demonstrate peaceful, substantive democracy and work for real change.

Our government is divided. We, the people, are united.

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FALSE PRESS RELEASE
October 5th, 2011 · occupyportland · March Preparation 4 comments

Its come to our attention that a false and misleading press release was faxed to the Portland Public Police department. Any and all press releases will be issued directly through this website as it is our main hub for disseminating information. We would kindly ask that professional organizations such as the PPD verify their sources before issuing their own public response as we live in the digital age and it is very easy for someone to copy one of our fliers and present false information to the public in-hopes of undermining our credibility.

The False Press release seen here: http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2011-10/3056/48245/Occupy_Portland_FAX.pdf

Fax number 1-877-233-3839 traces back to:
Vannet Technology
PO Box 28595
4050 Hastings Street
Burnaby, BC
Canada V5C 6J4

[ZombieHorde]

1. Recommended. nt

[MADem]

2. This is why it's helpful to have someone with a name and a phone number

that the police/media can contact.

I mean, really--who is "we?" Why does one flyer have more "authority" than another? If this thing is leaderless, what is true, and what is false?

Websites can be hacked, too, as we well know. The Radiohead hoax happened just a few days ago. Wonder if that originated in the same place?

[mercuryblues]

3. The number looks like a fax service provider

http://www.gotfreefax.com/terms.aspx