Student strike in response to budget cuts and school closures.
Morning: Woodlawn Park, NE 9th Avenue & Dekum Street, 9 a.m.
Liberate May Day with the Portland Liberation Organizing Council (PLOC); “reclaiming” of land and block party to follow a march from the park.
Afternoon: Under east end of the Burnside Bridge, entry via SW Ankeny Street at MLK Blvd,
Unpermitted (with “unfriendly tactics”) General Strike Rally (11:30 a.m.) and March (12:30 p.m.).
Afternoon: Shemansky Park (South Park Blocks), SW Salmon Street & SW Park Avenue, 2 p.m.
Permitted rally and march (4:30-6 p.m.) organized by the May Day Coalition.
Evening: Oregon State Capitol, Salem, 6 p.m.
Causa and PCUN’s “The Light of Hope” march and rally with featured speaker Gov. John Kitzhaber, M.D., with announcements on the drivers’ license restoration. Chartered bus from Portland provided by Causa.
Also: Occupy Gresham has endorsed the May Day General Strike and an action is being planned. See http://www.occupygresham.org for any new development.
Hashtags: #M1GS and #M1PDX, in addition to #OPDX, #OPDXalert, etc.
- Republicans: Let's pass a constitutional amendment to keep gays from marrying the people they love
- Republicans: And let's make it as hard as possible for women (and other people who can get pregnant) to get abortions
- Republicans: And let's make it harder for the poor, the elderly and minorities to vote
- Republicans: And let's make it so that the police can stop brown people randomly to ask for their papers
- Republicans: Because we believe in freedom
LEGALIZE FREEDOM
LEAKED NYPD memo about #M1GS
inserrection: Free University of New York City
TUESDAY May 1, 2012 — MAY DAY
A public experiment in education — 10am to 3pm
Convergence of students, teachers, and the public
demanding free education for all — 3pmMadison Square Park, 23rd St./5th Ave./Broadway
Subway: N/R to 23rd St. / 6 to 23rd, and 1 block west / F/M to 23rd St.,…
May Day events information
Morning: Portland Public Schools Headquarters, 501 N Dixon St, 7:30 a.m.
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