58% of U. S. prisoners are in jail for nonviolent, victemless crimes. Sometimes for Life!
…I asked Jeff about his future. He told me calmly that all of his appeal options have been exhausted. Unless the Governor of Missouri grants Jeff clemency and sets him free, he will likely die there.
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.
Resist Bad cops in PDX-Ferguson-NYC-Berkeley-Cleveland-Utah-NC, etc. Join us!
Call about bat cops
US Department of Justice, Criminal Investigations Unit, 202-514-2000
“America is the first country… that can actually have a bloodless revolution.” ~Malcolm X
“The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.”
~Huey Newton
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.”
Reforming Immigration: Build Bridges, not Walls
“I take issue with many people’s description of people being “Illegal” Immigrants. There aren’t any illegal Human Beings as far as I’m concerned.”
― Dennis Kucinic
Three eyewitnesses to Mike Brown murder stand by original accounts of his surrender
Tiffany Mitchell, Piaget Crenshaw, and Dorian
Johnson have each stated since the day Mike Brown was killed that they saw him surrender to Darren Wilson with his hands in the air.
America’s 53 simultaneous wars… became 56
America is fighting at least 50 unprovoked and avoidable corporate-American wars (economic and military aggression ranging from sanctions to contractors, mercenaries, troops and bombs) in Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gaza, Gulf of Guinea, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Lesotho,
Liberia, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, the West Bank, Yemen and Zimbabwe.



