Olympia Port Militarization Resistance
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Olympia Port Militarization Resistance (OlyPMR) is a nonviolent[1] activist group founded in Olympia, Washington in 2006 to oppose the use of the publicly funded Port of Olympia in the transport of military goods for use in the Iraq War. OlyPMR is best known for staging a series of demonstrations and direct actions in November, 2007 at the Port of Olympia.
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