Protesters Saturday stood up in the face of raw evil to challenge the latest regime wielding the power of the state as the Commander-in-Thief, pResident Bush visited Portland's areas of economic devastation; areas made so via the policies of his cronies and earlier programs of corporate welfare and greed.

Heavily armored troopers and a military helicopter were present as the only visible sign of terror at the protests, yet the crowd remained undaunted. The highlights of the rallies occurring at Northeast Youth Opportunity Center (YO) and Parkrose High School are given in a detailed account, as called in to Indymedia during the actions.

Many people who were at the day's actions posted their stories to the Open Publishing Newswire:

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PHOTOS:

• "BUSH's visit"
• "finally, Photos..."
• "Good Bush Protest Pics"
• "More Bush Protest Pics"
• "Photos of Portland's Reaction To Bush's Intrusion"
• "Democracy In Portland"
• "Hail to the thief"
• "PDX greets the shrub on 05 Jan 02"
• "More PDX greets the shrub on 05 Jan 02"
• "Photos from NE Portland Bush Visit"

ARTICLES:

• "Billionaires for Bush Seen at Irving Park Anti-Bush Protest "
• "Billionaires for Bush Crash Anti-Bush Protest at Irving Park"
• "The Infernal Noise Brigade Rocks!"
• "'Repugs'??"
• "For Rally Organizers"
• "Thanks and welcome to all of our diverse friends"
• "From KGW News"
• "share some slogans, chants, signs, theater"
• "Analysis of Bush's Visit from Eugene Protest"
• "Infernal Noise Brigade - for the love of country"

Neither George W. nor his father are popular in the Portland area, due to their life-long commitments to war, oil, racism, sexism, homophobia, the destruction of the environment and creeping fascism in general. This visit will cost Portland by adding to the city budget problems and increasing the likelihood of taxes being raised to cover the costs of law enforcement.

[ Cascadia Forest Alliance press release | Original post about visit, with discussion of tactics | How Bush became pResident: stolenvote.com ]