Ralph was right twenty years ago… “Tweedledum and Tweedledee”
“When voters decide they will no longer be mistreated and summon candidates to their own citizen-powered debates, the dynamics behind the campaigns will shift toward the citizenry.”
Popular Resistance: Join the Revolution
“when massive transnational corporations ally with government to secretly negotiate trade agreementsn these agreements are not going to be good for the people”
Black Lives Matter…
“Race doesn’t really exist for you because it has never been a barrier. Black folks don’t have that choice.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
4th Annual Solidarity Fair in Corvallis: for Labor and Justice
Celebrate a diverse labor movement & generations of struggles for economic, social, and environmental justice.
When: Saturday, May 30, 2015
Where: Central Park in Corvallis
Time: Noon – 4:30 pm
Logic 101
“It turned out I was pretty good in science. But again, because of the small budget, in science class we couldn’t afford to do experiments in order to prove theories. We just believed everything. Actually, I think that class was called Religion. Religion class was always an easy class. All you had to do was suspend the logic and reasoning you were being taught in all the other classes.”
― George Carlin, Brain Droppings
Wisdom, Love, Joy and Dreams
Hold fast to dreams / For if dreams die / Life is a broken-winged bird / That cannot fly.
Putting teachers back in charge…
instead of starving our schools of critical funding and pushing market-based, test-driven policies that ultimately fail our kids, we should be relying on evidence and input from those closest to the classroom to find solutions that work to reclaim the promise of public education. Those closest to the classrooms are teachers. One of the most effective measures we can take is to put teachers back in charge.
ThePortlandAlliance.org/2014/December Speaking Truth to Power Since 1981
http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2014/December Speaking Truth to Power Since 1981 http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2014/December Find out What’s goin’ on in Portland, Oregon Justice Deferred is Justice Denied A cop just got away with killing another … Continue reading
Kathy Kelly
There are numerous, obvious solutions to problems in Afghanistan which NATO countries could actually consider, or even attempt, if the alliance was actually there to help improve the quality of life for Afghan people.
Seattle city councilmember Sawant arrested during protest
“We’ve made enormous progress in the fight against income inequality and the fight for decent living standards for workers,” Sawant said as she sat in handcuffs on a patrol car. “We’ve got to do this.”
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