December 2015 Portland Alliance
Speaking Truth to Power Since 1981
Tamir Rice report: Tamir was unarmed; officers shot twice, no warning.
Two experts in police use of force commissioned by the Rice family found “the shooting was unjustified.” Those experts, Roger Clark and Jeffrey J. Noble, also found that the prosecutors reports “contradicted one another, made unfounded assumptions and ignored principles of police training.”
US Cops Kill 1000+ people in 2015
An analysis of the statistics collected so far found the rate of deaths currently stands at 3.1 per day. This rate has remained relatively steady throughout the year, peaking through the month of March to a daily rate of almost four and dipping to an average of 2.6 through June.
Halloween Rally in the ‘Spirit of Unity’
Saturday, October 31 at 11:00am – 2:00pm Today, Halloween… at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Just south of the Hawthorne Bridge https://www.facebook.com/events/1464581957203740 Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Just south of the Hawthorne … Continue reading
Union
“Although it is true that only about 20 percent of American workers are in unions, that 20 percent sets the standards across the board in salaries, benefits and working conditions.”
~Molly Ivins
Tom Engelhardt cuts to the chase: Corporate Press=Disinformation
Do not believe the corporate cons. They own the media who publish their lies.
Oregonians for 15
“Sign The Petition and Make a Donation to Put a $15 Minimum Wage on Oregon’s Ballot!”
Transmit Culture: Women in Writing and Publishing
Transmit Culture: A Series of Conversations about Publishing is hosted by the Master’s program in Publishing at Portland State University and Ooligan Press, a nonprofit trade publishing house staffed by students in the graduate program.
William Faulkner and life, writing, wilderness and creative arts
“I’ve heard people say, ‘If I could just stop doing this, I would be a writer.’ I don’t believe that. I think if you’re going to write you’re going to write, and nothing will stop you.”
~William Faulkner
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.”
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