Vol. XXXVI, Number 2 The PortlandAlliance: Feb. 2016 http://www. ThePortlandAlliance.org/2016/February

Vol. XXXVI, Number 2   February 2016 http://www. ThePortlandAlliance.org/2016/February Speaking Truth to Power Since 1981

Does Bernie Sanders' Imperialism Matter? by Shamus Cooke   Critiquing Bernie Sanders from the left can be a lonely project. There is a "hope"-powered hysteria surrounding his campaign, and bursting the "hope" bubble can produce a fierce backlash. The Sanders "hope" explosion is so fierce because capitalism has become a hopeless place.

Visit Our Website http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2016/February

Jobs with Justice Update! Event Calendar Thursday, February 18   OregonSOS - Fight High Rents & Low Wages   Oregon State Capitol 900 Court St NE, Salem, Oregon 97301 #OregonSOS Oregonians are sinking, and it's time to do something about it! Join us as we build a tent city on the steps of the capitol building to highlight and call for a housing state of emergency in Oregon. Demand solutions to this state of emergency such as rent control and a moritorium on no-cause evictions, a statewide $15 and local control of minimum wage laws, and an end to ODOT sweeps of houseless camps. Sponsored by Right to Survive, Right 2 Dream Too, 15 Now PDX, Don't Shoot PDX, Portland Rising Tide, Jobs with Justice, PSUSU, Hazelnut Grove, International Socialist Organization, and more. Endorsed by NW Alliance for Alternative Media and Education, The Portand Alliance, The Peaceresource and The Wordsmith Collection and others... more ______________________________________________________________ Monthly Steering Committee Meeting Monday, March 7, 2016 at 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm 1500 NE Irving Street, Suite 585 Portland, OR 97232                             First Monday of the Month Unless    info:  http://www.theportlandalliance.org/jwjupdates

Contact DEQ and Bullseye regarding carcinogenic and neurotoxic emissions W ednesday, The Portland Mercury reported that Bullseye Glass, located at 3722 SE 21st St, has been emitting "a monthly a verage of 49 times the state air-safety benchmark level for the neurotoxin and carcinogen cadmium, and 159 times the air-safety goal for the carcinogen arsenic." The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) plan to announce specifics of their collected data on Bullseye's toxic emissions recorded at nearby measuring stations. Also nearby are schools and a children's daycare located at Fred Meyer's headquarters, KinderCare Education LLC. rest of story:  http://www.theportlandalliance.org/breakingnews

 

Be sure to check out this issue!

http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2016/February

And please send articles, essays, events, meetings, rallies and actions for March no later than February 21.  And thanks for all you do.  editor@theportandaliance.org.

The Occupation Stands United

The right wing press is delusional.
The Occupation is organized, funded, supported, and in charge
of its destiny and our own.  Democracy at its best. Get used to it.

The Occupation is endorsed by The Portland Alliance, KBOO,
Jobs with Justice, and every peace, justice, & freedom organization
on the planet. Unions stand in solidarity.  Public employees are
on board.  Most police and fire departments are in sympathy.
Teachers, universities, and schools are stepping up in support.
Mayors, governors, and national leaders have been tolerant
or supportive of this grassroots uprising.  

Our military personnel are tired, bruised, and must no longer be
misused and abused in corporate ambitions abroad when we have
chaos, foreclosure, job losses, homelessness, failing schools, and
skyrocketing health care costs at home.  Our military services
stand in fidelity with the people.  

Most everybody (99%) stands with Occupy Wall Street, Portland,
and the globe.   The 1% are going to have to face facts.

This does not stop or begin with America. This started in Spain,
spread to greater Europe and has crossed every continental divide. 

Corporate transnationals who sold out this nation and bought our
government have had their bought-and-paid-for legislators and
leaders give them "bail-out" corporate welfare. This allowed them
to export American jobs while stealing our homes and retirement
funds.  Endless corporate welfare for insurance cartels, munitions
firms, body bags, blood, and bombs is no longer an option.

Everyday people decided to rebuild this nation from the ground up.
Cities and communities of people have spoken. 

Profiteers, thieves, and con-men will have to reinvest, regroup, and
reform, pay reparations, or go to jail. This populist occupation
movement is peaceful, orderly, and determined. As Eisenhower
(a warrior-peacemaker who warned us about the military industrial
complex) reminded us:

"I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it."

~Dwight David Eisenhower~

Update on the Alliance Underground!

Hello Everyone! 

Breaking News!

The Portland Alliance and KBOO are sponsoring  VOICES IN ACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS ON FILM NWFILM.ORG Checkout or download a Poster!    See or download the Schedule!

On Nov. 12 The Alliance brings you Greg Palast at the Bagdad Theatre: 702 SE Hawthorne Boulevard

       

TPA Community Meetings:

Wednesday October 5th:  Writers Workshop

Feedback on current work: novels, writing, essays, poetry, stories, & other...
7-9 or so pm at 5926 N Albina

Tuesday TPA Board Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday, October 11th
at June Key Delta Community Center
from 7-9 pm at 5940 Albina.

Sunday, October 16:   Standing Editorial Committee:

Writers Meeting & BBQ... Out back!
2-8 pm at 5926 N. Albina 

Monday October 24th:  Copy Editing Party

For November Issue 7pm -? pm
at 5926 North Albina

There will be food, bring some to share!

The Portland Alliance: http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org
"Distressing Portland's Elite Since 1981"
TPA/NAAME:  A 501C3 Oregon nonprofit
Box 14162 / Portland, OR / zip 97293-0162
Production Office:  5926 North Ålbina  Åve.
         Portland, Oregon   97217-2210
Phone (503)-327-8377 Fax (503)-327-8949

Donate, Subscribe, and/or Place Ads:
https://sites.google.com/site/theportlandalliance/
Or place ads via Paypal link at:
http://www.theportlandalliance.org/
FaceBook: www.facebook.com/theportlandalliance
Twitter http://twitter.com/pdxalliance
Blog:  http://portlandalliancenews.blogspot.com

The 2011 TPA Summertime Blues Part One is coming!

The Portland Alliance (TPA) has been speaking Truth to Power since 1981."  Beginning as a radical underground newspaper at Reed College in 1968, the Willamette Bridge was transformed into the Portland Scribe, an underground counter-culture  resource, and reinvented as the Alliance in 1981.  The Alliance underground still struggles to survive, published by dedicated organizers, activists, artists, and everyday people who walk in off the streets.  Real news for real people.  Welcome!

The Next Alliance is coming!



Featuring Deborah Z. Lee, William Read, Tom Engelhardt, William Seaman, Elizabeth Rathbun, Walida Imarisha, Michael Munk, Rachael Kennedy, Robin Bloomgarden, Yugen Fardan Rashad, Glen Andresen, Mary Otte, Norman Solomon, Bette Lee, Peter C. Little, Shannon Wheeler, Clyde List, John Laforge, Andrew
Bacevich, William Katz, Kathy Kelly, Winslow Meyers, Mike Klepfer,  and others! 
Enjoy. ~OO~ Peace, Tim

PS... (Deadline for the September Print Issue is August 15th.

Please send submissions, photos, and money!Or volunteer your time.  ;-) http://www.theportlandalliance.org/ 
Thanks for all you do! 

Stop the attacks on the working class! Protect and secure the most vulnerable.
Donate, Subscribe, Buy Ads, Directory Listings, or Classifieds in the Alliance Underground...
From as little as $7 per issues.  Free Classifieds to give away older  stuff. 
https://sites.google.com/site/theportlandalliance/