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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>
              <p><strong>———-</strong></p>
              <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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