The October 2015 Portland Alliance!

Vol. XXXIV, Number 10 October 2015
http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2015/October

From 2:08 a.m. until 3:15 a.m. on Saturday, October 3, the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, was hit by a series of aerial bombing raids at approximately 15-minute intervals. The main hospital building, which housed the intensive care unit, emergency rooms, and physiotherapy ward, was hit with precision, repeatedly, during each aerial raid, while surrounding buildings were left mostly untouched.

Update, October 7, 2015

“We received President Obama’s apology today for the attack against our trauma hospital in Afghanistan. However, we reiterate our ask that the US government consent to an independent investigation led by the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission to establish what happened in Kunduz, how it happened, and why it happened.”
More about this tragedy:

Alliance Portal to Doctors Without Borders
http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/DWB

OCTOBER 11

Call Out for Justice: End the Wars!
Shemanski Park

1010 SW Park Ave, Portland, Oregon 97205

Rally at 1 p.m. March at 1:45 p.m.

Sunday, October 11 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Call Out for Justice: End the Wars!

Viva La Revolution! find out more at The Peace Portal

http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/peace

Editors’ note: Last Month we featured some pictures from the Labor Day event at Oaks Park Picnic Grounds. Here is a first-person story about that day. The story provides important perspectives about the struggle for justice…

Labor Day Experience

by Herschel Soles

Shortly after 9:30 AM, my sign ( Democratic Party Supports Israeli Genocide in Gaza)
and I entered the Oaks Park picnic grounds via the South central walk way. Jim Robison, former Multnomah County Democratic (MDC) Chair , environmental activist, and strong advocate for Single Payer Healthcare, gave me a smile as I walked down the pathway from the Southern entrance to the North West entrance.

http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/laborday

World Homeless Action Day 10-10-2015, Portland, Oregon
Saturday October 10th, 2pm
NW 8th Ave & West Burnside St, Portland, Oregon 97209
(Meet-up in Portland, Oregon’s living room: Pioneer Square)