Occupy Portland People Power photo essay

It was eviction night for Occupy Portland. Thousands of Portlanders turned out to protect the occupation with "people power."







One of the occupation's core facilitators speaks to the crowd just before the midnight eviction order went into effect.

I see a lot of nasty comments being made about the Portland occupiers in the comments beneath the local mainstream media news articles. The nicest comments are of this sort, "why don't they get a job? -- I hear they're hiring at McDonald's" The key facilitator of Occupy Portland shown above facilitated before and after her 9-5 job. There was a reason why those general assemblies were held in the winter darkness of 7:00am & 7:00pm.




From noon to dawn (with a long dinner break) it was my longest photo shoot. The entire photo essay is at:

http://www.pileofprints.com/PhotoEssays/

Click on the photo essay entitled, "OccuParty" or, to see the beginning of the Occupation click on "Occupy Portland"

Brian

thanks for posting them.

thanks for sharing those -- the lighted faces of young patriots are inspiring.