Occupy Portland

Don't worry, this post isn't a political stance. We all know that I can go off for a few days on my feelings about the Occupy movement, but for the blog's purposes, I won't. Since my audience is few, I will not divert anyone away. However, no matter where you lie on the spectrum of politics, you cannot deny that this is a powerful movement. Tens of thousands of people from all over the country have come together for one purpose. They are in different cities, but stand united to have their voices heard. They may be a little unorganized, and kinda smelly (it has been three weeks of camping in the park). Last week I ventured downtown to check out the happenings.

This post is simply a window to view a piece of the movement, Occupy Portland. The first group of photos are from the park camp ground. The next are from one of the rallies downtown.

The entrance to the park.

The outside of the park. 

They have an entire community; a first aid tent, a wellness center, a community garden, etc.

The community theater

I have to be honest, going through the camp was a little... interesting. There seemed to be a limited assortment of people. Tents and free food seemed to attract quite a big homeless group. The rally had a much wider range of people.

The beginning of the rally. People are greater than money.

There was quite a few labor and union groups at this rally.

"A CEO makes more money in 3 hours than I do in a Year... I'm the 99%"

V for Vendetta

A few people got together to donate money to make enough signs for the group, all 7,000 of them. This was one of the signs.

This is the line of police bicycles at the end of the rally. Just in case.

...until next time.