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 … Continue reading
Trusting a Rat, by Don Dupay
Magistrates routinely rubber stamp search warrants and are thus entirely complicit in subsequent police wrong-doing that occurs after the fact. It is indeed time to closely scrutinize the police, and the proper use of informants, along with the judges who are ultimately responsible for what happens when phony search warrants are made up and issued against innocent people.
Bernie Sanders: Conservative clings to endless wars for profit
“Unwillingness to challenge the madness of militarism is thinking small.”
Sanders is a Conservative Invested in the Corporate Bottom Line
“… the real record of the Vermont senator is no laughing matter. As a “critical” voice of support to U.S. imperialism, Sanders is an enemy of workers and the oppressed world-wide.”
Mother Refusing To Stay Silent In Lawsuit Against Cops
An autopsy report later found that Hunt died from six gunshot wounds, with at least four entering his body from behind.
The (Union) struggle continues…
“Unions can’t fix every social problem, and ought not be expected to do so, but to win the loyalty and trust of working people, labor has to embrace and act on the principle that if it’s a social justice problem, it’s a labor issue.”
Life, liberty, food, education, healthcare and affordable housing
“Some people are so afraid they cannot find the courage to debunk the junk and face facts. And increasing numbers don’t want to know truths which may be too terrible to bear.”
Peace Festival in PDX this Sunday!
When: Sunday, August 23rd, 2015
2015 Peace Festival
Time: 3:00 PM
Where: Benson Polytechnic High School
The Proof is in the Puddin’
“Bernie has baggage. He supports a trillion dollar boondoggle, the F-35 fighter/bomber, which cannot even match the performance of the previous bomber costing 80% less. (The definition of profiteering.) He is also supportive of drone strikes which are known to kill an average of fifty innocents per strike. He condones illegal settlement-building and attacks on Gaza by the IDF.”
Cops Refuse to Stop Chase: Multiple Children Killed during Pursuit
“[The police] were right on their rear, the police car bumped their tail a little bit, and the car flew up in the air,” the friend said. “There was no need for the police to be that close. I yelled ‘WATCH OUT’ but it was too late. When the car hit them, both of them just looked at me. They screamed. It just keeps re-playing in my head. … I ran down there, I yelled out their names, but they were gone. Makiah’s eyes were wide open, they died on impact.”