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the 99%: a teach-in on occupy portland

The Dill Pickle Club proudly presents The 99%: A teach-in about Occupy Portland. The forum will consist of short presentations to objectively bring together various perspectives on the current occupations movement. The event will focus on the economic, political and social factors that have led to the emergence of occupations throughout the country, and more [...]

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a great loss

On Sunday, May 2, Great Northwest Books, a regional institution, went up in flames. Proprietor Phil Wikelund lost virtually everything in the blaze—the currently uninsured building that he owned and his entire inventory of books and one-of-a-kind papers. Portland’s Unofficial Poet Laureate Walt Curtis, author of Mala Noche among many works, was living in the [...]

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