THOUSANDS of people took to the streets of Portland, Oregon, USA, over Saturday night to resist eviction of the Occupy protest camp in the city centre.

At the time of writing, four hours had elapsed since the police's midnight deadline and the protesters were still standing firm.

As this recorded video shows (see  http://vastminority.blogspot.com/2011/11/portland-resists-eviction-police.html), riot police lines actually retreated in the face of mass defiance.

Live streaming was being provided at  http://occupyportland.org/ and  http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution