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<p><strong>Occupy Portland calls for a national day of <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=65">non-violent
direct action</a> to reclaim our voices and
challenge our society’s obsession with profit and
greed by shutting down the corporations.</strong> 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.</p>
<p>We call on people to target corporations that are part
of the <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=16">American
Legislative Exchange Council</a> 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. <strong>Read
the full <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=21">call
to action</a> here.</strong></p>
<p>If your city or organization is participating please
let us know by filling out this <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=30">form</a>!
We can <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=24">post
contact information</a> for your action so that people
in your area can get involved! <strong><big><big>Already
<a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=24">30+
cities are planning actions</a></big></big>
including</strong> Portland, Riverside, Long Beach,
Santa Cruz, Las Vegas, Buffalo, Crown Heights and
Brooklyn, coordinated cities in Connecticut, Atlanta,
Jacksonville, Tulsa, Richmond, Austin, Phoenix, Provo,
Minneapolis, Dayton, Kansas City, Salt Lake City,
Newark, Salt Lake City, Nashville, Medford, Hampton
Roads, San Diego, Hilo and Eugene! <font
color="#ff0000"><b> [nothing for Boston yet]</b></font><br>
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<p>Check our our <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=65">direct
action resources</a> and information on how <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=78">corporations
that are part of ALEC</a> erode our democracy, <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=134">undermine
workers rights and attack unions</a>, <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=100">destroy
our environment</a>, <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=131">obstruct
efforts to address climate change</a>, <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=108">undermine
public education</a>, <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=102">pursue
destructive agricultural practices</a> and <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=106">fuel
the prison industrial complex</a> (more coming soon).</p>
<p>Our next <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=24">national
coordination conference call</a> Thursday (2/9) 6:00
PM PST/9:00 PM EST. We will be discussing national
coordination, sharing important information and
resources and identifying areas that local actions need
assistance with.<strong></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Join us! Start organizing in your city. Get
your General Assembly to join, your organization to
endorse or otherwise participate in this call to
action.</strong> Any organization or affinity group
interested in this action should join this call. We will
be working to both support and coordinate the action
with conference calls, outreach materials and trainings.
Once you know you will be participating please <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=30">fill
out this form</a> with info about your city or
organization so that we can add the details to the
website and help people plug in locally!</p>
<p><strong></strong>We would also encourage you to check
out our section on <a
href="http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/?page_id=71">organizing
your action with a spokes council and affinity groups</a>.
This is one important and effective way to organize
these types of actions. It also does so in a way that is
consistent with our movement’s value to direct
democracy, participatory decision making, and
non-hierarchical structures. Of course there are many
ways to do this, but we have had enormous success with
this model in Portland. The direct action spokes
council, the <a
href="http://www.portlandactionlab.org/">Portland
Action Lab</a>, which is organizing Portland’s action
used this organizing model on N17 to shut down most of
the major corporate banks in downtown Portland!</p>
<p>Leap into action! Reclaim our future! Shut down the
corporations!</p>
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