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.
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.
Endless corporate-American wars are not working
“Obama, a criminal and has spent trillions killing millions. He did it on our dime and without the approval or oversight of congress.” And so far we let him get away with rank treason. Revolution is a solution.
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
The September 2015 Portland Alliance: Speaking Truth to Power
The Portland Alliance
Vol. XXXIV, Number 9 September 2015
Of, by and for the people
Young Greens Rising
If you are tired of wage theft, slave labor and working poverty… abandon the corporate Republicans and Democrats. We need a Green New Deal!
The Fix is In… PDX Cops not required to obey the law.
PDX Police Bureau now dictates policy to PDX City Council and the Mayor is refusing to do his job as Police Commissioner
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”
RevolutionResource.org 