When the Oregon
Legislature adjourned two years ago,
health
care advocates could only stand back and count their
losses. ... Times have certainly changed!
open discussion On Sunday, March 18, 2007, Cheney, Bush, &
Gonzales were reminded they cannot ignore the will of the people. But
this administration has chosen to abandon our troops. Our president
still ignores our people, the Iraq Study Group, and commanders in the
field. This studious ignorance is tantamount to treason. .
The final day of the current Oregon legislative
session is slated for June 29--just 11 days from
now--and it may come even sooner. Based on what
they've accomplished so far, lawmakers would
probably earn about a B: they pushed through an
amendment to the Bottle Bill, an important domestic
partnership law, school funding, but failed to
strike a deal on Measure 37 or raise the corporate
minimum tax.
The Salem StatesmanJournal has a roundup
of current bills under consideration and the
likelihood of their passage. Some of the
highlights include:
Raising the corporate minimum tax above $10.
Status: dead; could be referred to the
ballot.
Healthy kids proposal/cigarette tax
increase. Status: headed to the
ballot.
Ethics reform. Status: likely to
pass.
Earned Income Tax Credit for the working
poor, with a probable offset of tax increases on
the wealthy. Status: unlikely to pass.
Funding increases for: DHS (likely), school
buildings (likely), judges' salaries (possible),
and state troopers (unlikely).
What do you think is the most important work they
need to get done to move that grade higher? Is this
just mop-up or are some of these critical before
reaching sine die?
Call Senator Smith
Tomorrow, July 18th,
the Senate will hold its first up-or-down vote on restoring
habeas corpus. Call Senator Smith today at 202-224-3753
and ask for a "yes" vote on the Specter-Leahy amendment to the
Department of Defense Authorization bill. If you're a Working Assets customer, the call's free.
Description: The
Portland event combines Human Rights Day with anti-WTO themes. The March
starts at the offices of Senator Smith's office.
Three speakers will address the impact of the WTO on Oregon and the
workers right to organize.
The March ends at Portland City Hall, where speakers will address
the right to organize.
International Human Rights Day commemorates the anniversary of
the ratification of the U.N. s Universal Declaration of Human Rights in
1948, which established the right of people in every nation to come
together into unions and bargain contracts.
The U.S. government had recognized those rights 13 years earlier with
the National Labor Relations Act. But today, many workers say those
rights exist only on paper. Workers may have the legal right to form
unions to negotiate for better benefits, pay and safety standards but
employers across the country routinely block their efforts with threats,
coercion and intimidation.
To strengthen protections for workers freedom to choose a union, the
union movement worked with a bipartisan coalition in creating the
historic
Employee Free Choice Act. Introduced into Congress in April 2005,
the act (S. 842 and H.R. 1696) would require employers to recognize a
union after a majority of workers signs cards authorizing union
representation. It also would provide for mediation and arbitration of
first-contract disputes and authorize stronger penalties for violation
of the law when workers seek to form a union.
In 2003, nearly 38,000 workers, joined by nearly 140 allied groups, took
part in 97 Dec. 10 actions in 72 cities. This year, U.S. unions and
their members will be joined by brothers and sisters throughout the
international trade union movement, as workers on six continents take
action to support the freedom to form unions.
Stop back often to check for events in your area and get more tools for
making this Dec. 10 the largest-ever mobilization for a
Voice@Work.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two Presbyterian ministers were among 71 people
arrested during a series of peaceful protests against the Iraq war Tuesday,
said a spokeswoman for a group participating in the protests. Demonstrators
held sit-ins, prayer services and sing-alongs at four locations in the
Capitol complex, including the central atrium of the Senate Hart Office
Building. The demonstrations were reminiscent of the Vietnam era, with
protesters strumming guitars, singing peace songs, holding flowers and
wearing hats made of balloons. (Watch
war protesters face the music -- 1:28) Senate staffers watched the
demonstrators from their offices. Protesters said that several workers gave
them a thumbs-up or other signs of approval. (Watch
how the protests are part of a highly charged day in Washington -- 2:23)
Click here to commenthttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/26/dc.protests/index.html
"Last month, however, a House committee voted to eliminate the
$50 million that lawmakers had supported to fund the mission, including
ammunition, fuel, helicopters and other supplies that African Union officers
say are essential to monitoring the violence in a vast, mountainous desert."
"I knew this war was
wrong, I knew the invasion of Iraq was wrong ... but I didn't do anything
about it and I'm going to regret that for the rest of my life," Sheehan
said.
On
Veterans Day, President Bush chose to forgo the traditional Veterans Day
activities and instead "
hit back" against his critics – those calling for a strategy for
success in Iraq. President Bush was joined in his offensive over the
weekend with remarks by National Security Adviser
Stephen Hadleyand RNC Chairman
Ken
Mehlman. Bush’s latest case is based on three flawed points: 1) that
Congress had the same pre-war intelligence as the White House; 2) that
the Senate investigation found no administration manipulation of the
intelligence; and 3) that world intelligence agencies agreed with the
administration’s assessment of the Iraqi threat. While President Bush is
entitled to try to defend his record, he is not entitled to his own
facts.
The Senate Intelligence Report showed that there was
manipulation of the evidence. President Bush claimed that "a
bipartisan
Senate investigation found no evidence of political pressure to
change the intelligence community's judgments related to Iraq's
weapons programs." This claim is wrong on two counts. First, the
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence “
has not yet done its inquiry into whether officials
mischaracterized intelligence by omitting caveats and dissenting
opinions.” Second, the Senate Intelligence Committee's Phase I
report found, according to the LA Times (7/10/04), that the
unclassified public version of the National Intelligence Estimate
(NIE) was manipulated. "[
C]arefully qualified conclusions [in the classified NIE] were turned
into blunt assertions of fact. "
The entire world was not in agreement with the Bush
administration. Bush defenders all say that other intelligence
agencies agreed with the administration’s findings. "Every
intelligence agency in the world, including the Russians, the French
...
all reached the same conclusion," Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said
on CBS' "Face the Nation." The truth is many of our friends and
allies believed that, based on the intelligence they had, the threat
of Iraq did not rise to the level of justifying immediate force.
France, Germany and Russia all believed that the evidence presented
did not justify utilizing their last resort – declaring war.
n remembrance, let's pledge peace
Toronto Sun - Canada
We must make a firm resolve to act. We cannot be
peacemakers around the world unless we seek to protect the lives and
dignity of the most vulnerable in our midst here at home. We must stand
up for human life wherever it is threatened. This is the essence of a
consistent ethic of life that must be at the heart of everyone who
considers himself or herself to be "pro-life" and against war. This is
the starting point for genuine peacemaking.
Let us recommit ourselves today to build a culture of peace and
encourage a thirst for freedom amoung all peoples. The culture of peace
does not accept a utilitarian philosophy that allows any means to be
used, or ignores the intrinsic worth of human beings. The culture of
peace disdains the unexamined life and invites the international
community to probe questions such as the distribution of resources,
human solidarity, and the vision that underlies political programs and
policies.
All modern wars have left behind generations of soldiers whose peace
of mind is forever lost to the nightmare memories of what they were
required to do in the name of their cause or country. The essential role
of culture is to educate, to bring about a peace of mind and heart,
enabling us to be more and not just to have more. The task in a culture
of peace is both to moderate and regulate all that would debase human
nature.
True peacemaking can be a matter of policy only if it is first a
matter of the heart. In the absence of repentance and forgiveness, no
peace can endure; without a spirit of courageous charity, justice cannot
be won.
U.S. Reports Iraqi Civilian Casualties in
Anti-Insurgent Sweep By KIRK SEMPLE and
SABRINA TAVERNISE
The American military command revealed Wednesday that civilians had been
killed and wounded in heavy fighting in western Iraq in the past few
days.
....again....
House Shelves Alaska Drilling in Budget Fight
By CARL HULSE
Republican leaders had to jettison the drilling plan in order to save a
sweeping spending bill, a concession that came one day after the party
suffered significant election losses. The right-wing extremist
wing is out of the mainstream. This is a lame-duck
administration..
In The Mix:
Posts by Rachel Neumann Rachel Neumann is
Rights & Liberties
Editor at AlterNet.
THROUGH THE BACK DOOR
Molly M. Ginty, Women's eNews While the FDA delays
over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception, eight states are
taking matters into their own hands.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/28107/
October
17th is the deadline to get your
Voter Registration cards
turned in. If you care about democracy and how Portland, much less
Oregon is going to be run in the next few years,
Register to Vote
Oct 17 Watch the Kulongoski Debate at Campaign Headquarters -
Portland Campaign Event 6:30 pm Kulongoski HQ
128 NE 7th Portland, OR Join Ted's corner as we
watch the dbate live from our office. a fun-filled evening of free beer,
free pizza, and free thinking!
October 30, Monday 6-7PM KBOO
Labor Radio 90.7FM on your dial! Fifth
Monday Labor Radio Show:
October 30th, 2006!
Tune in for Progressive
Perspectives on Social change, Civic Commitment, & Union Solidarity. Our
topic will be: "Election 2006:
Critical Issues"
co-hosted by Lane Poncy and Tim Flanagan. Tom
Chamberlain, *Leslie Frane, & Michael Morrow will join us in the studio
to discuss the upcoming election. Also, a representative for the
Oregon
Bus Project will provide an update.
Peace and Justice Works
[PJW], formerly known as
Portland
Peaceworks, is an Oregon
non- profit corporation whose
main purpose is to educate the
general ...
www.rdrop.com/~pjw/
Portland, Oregon Code
Pink - Women's Pre-emptive Strike
for Peace... Eman
Ahmed Khamas: Iraqi Activist
Comes to Portland · Ongoing
Peace Events ...
codepinkportland.org/
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Box 12471 Portland, Oregon
97212 503 249-1957 ...
Reading one of the passages will be
local peace activist, Joy
Ellison. ...
auphr.org/webcal/week.php
This site
includes women's support services, a library
resource,
art, discussions, essays, chat rooms, and much
more.
We work for peace,
community, justice, freedom, equity,
and human dignity. Liberal
activism is the heart of freedom.
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The ACLU’s Keep America Safe and Free
Organizer Tool Kit gives you the
resources you'll need to start a
conversation with your friends, family,
co-workers and neighbors about the threats
to civil liberties in your own community:
postcards, wallet cards, sign-in forms and
more. Get involved and spread the word!
Toward Death Penalty Reform
Even as Congress was advancing long-delayed
death penalty reforms last week,
the Supreme Court was moving in the opposite
direction.
Returned to Life
By BOB HERBERT
Using the techniques of investigative
journalism, David Protess and his
students address the enormous problem of
wrongful convictions.
" I asked if he thought any innocent
people had actually been executed.
"Oh, absolutely," he said. "There's just no
question."
The
Middle East Peace Process...
Sharon'spopularity dips to all-time low: Poll
Hindustan Times, India - 16
hours ago
Ariel Sharon's
popularity further declined to reach its
lowest point since he became Israel's prime minister in March 2001,
said an opinion poll published on ...
By GREG MYRE
Israel's top-ranking soldier said
Sharon's hard-line policies are against
Israel's "strategic interest."
SO LONG, MIDDLE EAST ROAD MAP
Ian Williams, AlterNet
The Bush administration's support of the Israeli
attacks on
Syria spells the end to any pretense of a
balanced U.S.
Middle East policy.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16922
NEWS ANALYSIS
New Rules for
Israel and Syria
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
The Israeli air raid inside Syria last week
undermined a key convention of the Arab-Israeli
conflict: indirect attacks.OP-ED
COLUMNIST
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
A group of social scientists is fighting the war
of ideas for the Arab future by detailing just
how far the Arab world has fallen behind.
Bush and Jordanian
King Confer on Palestinian Plan
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN * The plan calls for
Israel to
refrain from killing terrorist suspects and stop
construction
of the wall, in return for a cease-fire.
"They that can give up essential
liberty
to obtain a little temporary safety,
deserve neither liberty nor safety"
... Benjamin Franklin
Editorials and commentary...enjoy! ~OO~
U.S. to appeal 'enemy
combatant' ruling
Thursday, January 08
The Justice Department told the U.S. Supreme
Court
Wednesday it will ask to review this nonsense
Click Here To
Read More...
The Oregonian: Arrogance, hubris,
and
meltdown...outrageous!
In the beginning, we were merely embarrassed
by George W. Bush and his arrogance.
But lately his actions are outrageous. He
squandered the goodwill we inherited with Sept.
11,
emptied our treasury with ill-advised tax
giveaways and now leaves our soldiers in harm's
way
while cutting their benefits trying to fight a
war on the cheap. This would-be king told the
international
community at the United Nations that he was
"right" to ignore them and their concerns when
invading Iraq.
He will "acknowledge no mistakes" in the chaos
of the postwar meltdown. After these ingenuous
and ignoble
contradictions, our feckless leader has the gall
to ask the same nations he deemed irrelevant
before his war
to clean up the mess he created by his
intransigence.
As he stands before this international forum
begging for money, his occupation coordinator
has begun to sell
off the Iraqi national resources to the highest
bidder, while clinging to the oil rights as if
we owned them.
As Bush turns and leaves the podium, we are left
to ponder deficit spending and body bags. We
deserve better.
Is it fair or reasonable for individual
taxpayers and the American middle class to foot
the entire bill for our
national economic infrastructure, ...or should
corporate interests who use that infrastructure
pay their fair share. Could modest reductions
in corporate entitlements restore our weakened
human services net and eliminate crippling
interest payments? Is it productive or
useful to remove vast sums from our economy for
corporate deposits offshore? We hear one
side in the national media, but what's the rest
of the story? ~OO~ WRITE
YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TODAY!
The US occupation in Iraq has left American
soldiers unprepared and vulnerable, the country
degenerating into chaos, and the Iraqi people
embittered and hostile. Now the President is
asking Congress for a staggering $87 billion
blank check to fund more of the same. Until he
takes strong steps to correct this failure,
Congress shouldn't give him a cent. President
Bush needs to fire the team responsible --
starting with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
-- and transfer authority to the United Nations.
Please join us in telling Congress to hold on to
our money until President Bush changes his team
and changes his course in Iraq. You can send an
email to your Member of Congress and sign our
petition at:
http://www.moveon.org/firerumsfeld/
"Why can this President not seem to see
that America's true power lies not in its
will to intimidate, but in its ability to
inspire? "
~~~ Senator Robert Byrd
White House reaction...
to this progressive site!
Contact your legislators and let them know
that
this situation cannot stand. War
profiteering and
colonialism were not on the agenda when George
was running for office...and the Iraqi people
are
tired of the occupation:
Roadblocks Await Plans For Iraqi Self-rule
problem
DIVVYING UP THE IRAQ PIE:
Money for nothing... We are selling
off Iraqi national resources (except for
the oil) as if
we own them. This will only create
divisions and
recrimination in Iraq. Halliburton's share of
Iraq
reconstruction contracts is but a slice of a
multi-
billion dollar pie, and here they are:
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16901
America must allow Iraq to
Rebuild Itself
By ILAD ALAWI
Solutions in Iraq are available. Ultimately,
only
Iraqis themselves can restore security, rebuild
national institutions, enact a constitution and
elect
a democratic government. Bush needs to learn to
get
along with others, so that he can begin to work
with
our allies and friends once more.
Donald Rumsfeld Should Go
Donald Rumsfeld has
morphed, over the last four
years, from a man of supreme confidence to
arrogance, and almost willful blindness.
The Military Archipelago
The
road to Abu Ghraib began in 2002 at
Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where a military detention
system was built in a location sheltered from
public
visibility and judicial review.
Time to focus on Priorities!
Jobs:
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1153055&l=14378
Americans may lose Overtime Pay! AFL-CIO President John
J. Sweeney"
America’s workers and their families
hope the president is listening.”
Need choices in your
workplace? Contact the union:
Portland Community College
Faculty Federation & Links...
~~~Health:
BUSH CUTS CHILDREN'S HEALTH
BUT REWARDS HMO'S http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1153055&l=37840Major 'regulatory
changes' in environmental standards. Kicking
Tongass, Taking Names
Amanda Griscom, Grist Magazine
~~~Human Services:
~~~Intact Infrastructure:
~~~Effective Schools::
BUSH GIVES LIPSERVICE TO SCHOOLS
In his most recent budget, Bush
proposed to
freeze Teacher Quality State Grants - cutting
off
training for about 30,000 teachers, and leaving
92,000 less teachers trained than called for in
"No Child Left Behind."
Bush also said, "Schools need mentors."
But
his budget proposed to eliminate all $48 million
for
Youth Opportunities Grants - the Department of
Labor's
major program to "provide youth seeking
assistance in
achieving academic and employment success."
We cannot afford these regressive policies.
This
administration, between unfunded mandates and
cuts,
is driving away our best and brightest
teachers...
undermining our schools with a brain drain
abroad.
This national security issue hurts our nation &
our children.
~~~Real Security: BUSH POLICIES KEEP NATION IN DEBT
U.S. Comptroller General David Walker,
the nation's chief fiscal officer,
diputes's Bush's
rosy claims. "The idea that this is manageable
or that we are going to grow our way out of the
problem is just flat false," Walker
said. the story-->
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1153055&l=6213
Unleashing a Multiplicity
of Civil Wars, is only
one of many dangers that Bush ignored..
State Dept. Study Foresaw
Trouble Now Plaguing Iraq
By ERIC
SCHMITT and JOEL BRINKLEY
Several officials said the study's warnings on
security, utilities and civilian rule were
ignored
by the Pentagon until recently.
A President Beyond the Law
By ANTHONY LEWIS
President Bush has made it clear, time and
again,
that law must bend to what he regards as
necessity.
This poor example has led to the disaster
we face in Iraq.
Robert Byrd's chillingly accurate speech.... Today,
I Weep for My Country...
By Sen. Robert Byrd
March 20, 2003: From the Senate
floor Wednesday, Sen. Byrd (D-W.Va.) asks, "Why
can this President not seem to see that
America's true power lies not in its will to
intimidate, but in its ability to inspire?"
This speech was a warning...Our civil
liberties are at risk. The current
administration is playing fast and loose with
our freedom and we must take our country
back... This act is unpatriotic and borders on
treason.
IF WE LOSE THE CONSTITUTION, WHO WINS THEN?
Rachel Neumann, AlterNet
An interview with author, columnist and Bill of
Rights
defender Nat Hentoff on the publication of his
new book
"The War on the Bill of Rights and the Gathering
Resistance."
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16789
More than two years have passed since the USA
PATRIOT Act was signed into law. Considered in
its totality,
this legislation represents a perverse inversion
of the principle on which America’s justice
system is based:
innocent until proven guilty.
Here are some dangerous realities about the
so-called "Patriot Act."
Introducing
a useful resource...
Cities for Peace
A national coalition of local
officials and concerned citizens working to express the will of their
communities
through civic resolutions regarding the war in Iraq.
Send To A Friend 311 N. Ivy St. between
Gantenbein and Commercial Avenues
First Monday: July 2ndLabor Radio Forum for Union Issues: Monday 6-7pm 90.7fm
Bill
Zimmerman,
president of
Teamsters Local 206, is
the
regular host. Since Bill is out of town,
Lane Poncy will
host! Her guests will include
Michael
Morrow,
and program coordinator at Portland
Community College and Vice President of the Committee on Political
Education for the Faculty Federation. (PCCFF) and Michael
Canarella, AFT-Oregon
Labor Relations Specialist
for the two Federations at PCC. Michael Canarella is now a member
of the
Oregon Educators Benefits Board, (created
by senate bill 426) He will let our brothers and sisters know
what this board is and what it does! Michael Morrow will clue us
into legislative issues and political concerns for working families.
There will be a caller from Jobs with Justice to provide listeners with
the July Activism Schedule of Events!
Call in and join the
conversation! Studio
Line
(503) 231-8187
Please join us for a roundtable discussion of current events
of interest to progressive Democrats. Since resuming this
group we have had 3 meetings on the 1st Wednesday of each month
and a good time has been had by all. We hope to see you @7PM at
the Silver Palace, 14455 SW Pacific Hwy. in Tigard.
Event Date: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 Event
Time: 7:00 PM
PCCFF Executive Council will be
at 2:00 PM, Friday, July 13th,
at Sylvania in the Spruce Room (in the Cafeteria)
Start: 5:30 pm End: 7:30 pm The PDX Peace
coalition action group "Defund the War/ Cost of War" is meeting Tuesday,
July 3 5:30-7:30 pm at the American Friends Service Committee office
(2249 E. Burnside) to continue planning our joint campaigns and
activites.
June 18thOrganizing:
Kevin Card,
legislative liaison of the National
Association of Letter Carriers (NALC),
will host.
Monday 6-7pm 90.7fm KBOO Labor Radio
Call in and join the
conversation! Studio
Line
(503) 231-8187
Monday, June 4th "OK, it is, as they say, crunch time for the Community College budget.
...things are definitely moving in the right direction.
This week the Ways and Means Education subcommittee
is having its
final meetings on the CC budget, starting late this afternoon. ... Your call(s)should go to one or
more of the subcommittee members" ... Michael Dembrow
Here is a complete list and guidelines
The Faculty Federation has scheduled
campus meetings for this term. Please come on by and get the latest
information on the outlook for this year's for pay and benefits negotiations,
the proposal for part-time faculty health insurance, our efforts to get decent
funding and to increase the community college budget to $529 million, other
legislation affecting community colleges and educators, the reduction in funding
for the Workforce Training Centers, and anything else you'd like to bring up.
Food and beverages will be provided, so please drop by.
Southeast Center: Tabor, Room 142, Tuesday, June 5, 12:00 Noon-1:30 PM
Strike
Rally Tuesday June 5th, Gabriel Park,
1pm.
45th and Southwest Vermont / Stand in Solidarity and learn
what's going on. BBQ & drinks (no alcohol in partk)
Rally at Sen. Smith's
Office,
June 6, 2007 5 pm,
121 SW Salmon (corner of
SW 1st and Salmon)
Alchemy magazine of art and
literature presents a reading of poetry and
prose: Thursday, June 7th
12:00 to 12:50 in the Writing Center, CT
239, at Portland Community College Sylvania
More info
Wednesday and Thursday,
May 23 and 24 Rally:Demand Action: Protect Workers, Families, and
Citizenship
5 pm Senator
Smith's office, 121 SW Salmon (corner of SW 1st and
Salmon)
Call-in numbers:
1-800-417-7666 (for instructions in Spanish
call 1-800-882-2005)
Spring
Fling for Part-Time Faculty
Sylvania Campus: Food,
Drink, Prizes,
a drawing, answers to questions,
networking, planning for negotiations...
Thursday, May 24th,
12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
The Sylvania Women's
Resource Center is cosponsoring this year's
Take Back the Night Rally
with the PSU Women?s Center. Take Back the Night is an annual
rally to raise our voices against sexual and domestic violence.
Talk to Jennifer Walker in the WRC CC 273 about
participating in a speak out at the rally. This year's
rally will spotlight local musicians, speakers, and theater. Thursday, May 24
starting at 7pm in the PSU park blocks (SW Park &
Montgomery).
General Archives...
Just as Martin Luther King took on tough issues of social
justice, union members attending the AFL-CIO
Martin Luther King Day celebration
Friday afternoon in Houston took on the controversial question of
immigration and its impact on unions and minority workers.
the
day before May day! We will feature a celebration of the labor
movement.
Mayday, Mayday.... calling all Activists!May 1Immigrants and Workers Rally in Portland, 4pm
at SW Park Avenue and SW Salmon St. Join others seeking just and
comprehensive immigration reform at an International Workers Day
MayDay Celebration! Participants should bring food, water, and
a red, white or blue T-shirt. For more information call VOZ
503-233-6787 / AFSC 503-230-9427 / Jobs With
Justice at 503-236-5573, or PCASC 503-236-7916 May Day: International
Workers Day
Announcement:
May Day 2007
National Mobilization to Support Immigrant Workers Rights!
www.immigrantsolidarity.org/
http://www.MayDay2007.org
Wed, May
2, 10:30-2:30. TLC Lounge. Staff and Faculty Art Show
Come by
the TLC and enjoy the talents of your colleagues. This popular
event will feature such art as paintings, photography, quilts, ceramics,
and more. Come be inspired and get ready for our 20th anniversary
of Art Beat!
Thursday May 3rd, 2007 Sylvania
Campus of Portland Community College AP Gathering in the Pine Room.
Learn about contract issues. Meet other PCC AP's. Let your
voice be heard! 12-1pm.
Event: Public Lecture by Jeff Halper,
director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.
Date: Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Congregation Neveh Shalom Sanctuary, 2900 SW Peaceful Lane,
Portland, Oregon (call 503-344-5078 for directions).
Contact: (503) 344-5078 (Portland Peaceful Response Coalition)
More Info at
May 4-5, 2007
Pacific Northwest Labor History Conference: “A New
Look at Solidarity - International Connections”
IBEW Local 48, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland
OR more information visit
www.pnlha.org
Friday, April 27, 7 pm An
Evening to Remember Ben Linder And Learn How His Work Continues
This event is to remember Ben Linder, the Portland engineer murdered by
U.S.-backed "contras," and to learn how the rural development project he
helped launch in northern Nicaragua continues today. Ben Linder, a
mechanical engineer from Portland, was murdered 20 years ago in the
remote mountains of northern Nicaragua. He was one U.S. citizen among
thousands of Nicaraguans killed by the "contras," a guerrilla force
armed and directed by the U.S. government in its effort to overturn
Nicaragua's Sandinista revolution. The story of this gentle engineer,
who also used his skills as a juggler and unicyclist to promote health
care campaigns, reached millions of Americans, allowing them to better
understand the enormous suffering caused by Washington's terrorist war.
First United Methodist Church, SW 18th & Jefferson, For more information
call John Linder, 503-777-6513, or Green Empowerment 503-284-5774.
Justices Raise Doubts on Campaign FinanceBy LINDA GREENHOUSE A spirited argument suggested
that the Supreme Court could soon open a significant loophole in the
McCain-Feingold law.
War Bill Passes House, Requiring an Iraq PulloutBy CARL HULSE and JEFF ZELENY
The narrow approval of the measure sets the stage for the first veto
fight between President Bush and majority Democrats.
President Bush has reneged on
his promises to Katrina’s victims.
Shamefully, the president has chosen the
interests of bureaucracy over those of American
towns on the brink of failure.
Over a year and a half later, there are 64,000
people still sleeping in trailers in Louisiana
and far too many communities without schools,
hospitals and other basics. These are
unacceptable failures. At least part of the
problem is a law that requires states to
contribute 10 percent of the cost of most
federally financed reconstruction projects. Mr.
Bush waived that requirement after the Sept. 11
attacks (as his father did after Hurricanes
Andrew and Iniki) but he refuses to do so for
the Gulf Coast.
Broken Promises to a
Broken Gulf
The president has chosen the interests of
bureaucracy over those of American towns on the
brink of failure after Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/opinion/17tue2.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
Monday, March 26,
2007
ANNA GRIFFIN
...
Union leaders prefer the current form of government because it gives taxpayers five people to call -- and hold directly accountable come re-election time -- for complaints about city services. Good, creative ideas for Portland's future, such as the streetcar and Pioneer Courthouse Square, are more likely to rise, they say, when you have five people crafting policy.
...Labor unions now have
three good friends on the City Council:
Commissioner Erik Sten has pushed a kinder,
more cooperative approach to contract
negotiations with Portland firefighters;
Commissioner Sam Adams has pledged to block
another Wal-Mart from Portland, in part,
because of the retailing giant's anti-union
practices; and Commissioner Randy Leonard
worked as a union negotiator before his
political career.
"If this system was run by
a professional manager, labor's political
clout would disappear," said Scott Andrews,
president of Melvin Mark Properties and a
former chairman of the Portland Business
Alliance. "They would be the major losers."
It's
unions vs. business in heavyweight
city charter election boutLabor unions
now have three good friends on the City
Council: ...www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1174872303280910.xml&coll=7&thispage=2
Industrial Workers of
the World (Portland GMB)
are in solidarity with
striking IWW members in
New York City. The
workers
employed in produce and
food distribution
companies who have
recently been on strike
in Brooklyn, NYC.
For more information,
please contact the IWW
at 503-231-5488.
IWW members in New York
City have faced firings and
threats of immigration
status exposure in their
efforts to unionize their
workplaces. The N.Y.C.
IWW has been helping workers
organize in the produce and
food distribution facilities
of Brooklyn for over a year
now. Previously, many
workers in these warehouse
were paid below the federal
minimum wage while regularly
working 60+ hour weeks.
N.Y.C. Wobblies have made
gains in insuring that wage
and hour laws are enforced,
and have courageously stood
together in the face of
intimidation tactics by the
bosses.
For history on the
industrial organizing taking
place in N.Y.C., please
visit
www.wobblycity.org.
Our next Fifth Monday Labor Radio
show is
...the day before Mayday!
Call in and join the
conversation! Studio
Line
(503) 231-8187
We will feature a celebration of the labor movement.
Our studio guests will include Dawn Jones, an Instructor for Trades and Apprenticeship Career Class
at Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.,
Donna
Hammond, Journey Level Electrician, International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, IBEW,
Suzanne Scheans,
Journey Level Steamfitter, United Association of Journeymen and
Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United
States and Canada, UA Local 290, Amy Sprengelmeyer, a sheetmetal classified worker and Chelsee
Layton, a graduate of the program and an apprentice carpenter.
Chelsee & Amy
will speak about the
Oregon Tradeswomen
Leadership Institute. Donna & Suzanne are interested in
becoming KBOO hosts, and they will share their views and ideas with our
listeners. Dawn will talk about the
Women in Trades Career Fair
coming up in May.
Dagoberto Flores with the Comite Latino of the
PCASC (Portland Central
America Solidarity Committee)
and
Romeo Sosa will be in the studio to
to let our listeners know what is happening on Mayday!
2007 Women in Trades Career FairSchool
Days - Thursday May 3 & Friday May 4 Open to
the Public- Saturday May 5 Located
at the NECA/IBEW Electrical TrainingCenter at
16021 NE Airport Way,
Portland, OR97230 Sponsor *
Exhibit * Lead a Workshop * Volunteer * Attend
http://www.tradeswomen.net/fair2006intro.php
April 2nd
Labor Radio Forum for Union Issues: Monday 6-7pm
90.7fm Bill Zimmerman hosts.
BillZimmerman is
president of
Teamsters Local 206
April
9th Immigrant Workers:Local,
National, and International News!
Monday 6-7pm 90.7fmDeborah Schwartz is the coordinator of the Portland
Sweatfree Campaign with Global Exchange.
Dan Denvir is an organizer for the
Portland
Central America Solidarity Committee
(PCASC). Interim
co-hosting
with Bill Zimmerman. Check out introduction to new hosts and
show guide.
April 16th Organizing:
Kevin Card,
legislative liaison of the National
Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), will host a discussion.
Monday 6-7pm 90.7fm
April 23rd Union
Issues and Concerns Monday 6-7pm 90.7fm
Maribeth and Ken host Ken Allen, executive director of
AFSCME Council 75 -- Maribeth
Healey executive director of Oregonians for Health
Security
Chris Ferlazzo, (see below) an organizer with Jobs with
Justice-a national campaign for workers' rights, is here with us in
the studio.
Laurie King (retired JWJ director) , from
Jobs With Justice
will also join us.
Beth Myers, (see below) the Executive
director of
STITCH: Women Organizing for Worker
Justice , will be calling in
from Washington.
Daniel
Denvir from
did not make it to the studio, but we did have some listeners join
in the discussion.
"Not
only is the Republican party wrong about the meaning of the 14th
Amendment, they are wrong about the benefits of immigration."
Chris Ferlazzo is with
Jobs With Justice,
a coalition of more than 80 labor and immigrant rights groups that
supports immigrant causes.
Beth Myers, Executive Director of Stitch
(Email
stitch@stitchonline.org)
...will talk about
their new state-side involvement
in issues surrounding the immigration
movement STITCH
a network of US women unionists, organizers, and activists: Central
American and US women organizing for economic justice ... www.stitchonline.org/
www.stitchonline.org/contact.asp
Beth called in and provided useful information.
Discussion
Immigration is a complex collection of issues....
It can be most productively discussed
in conjunction with immigration reform, NAFTA reform, the logistics of freedom and trade, fair trade,
national security, and corporate malfeasance. NAFTAImmigration
Immigration Elephant: NAFTA
Even More Discussion... The essential questions remain. Do we want a free-for-all, or fair and responsible trade policies. And should we build walls or bridges? We
can build walls to insulate us in a past that never was, or we can build bridges to the
future by acknowledging globally-interconnected
economic realities... and reforming our
immigration and trade policies
so that they work for the American people, rather than working only for
transnational economic cartels.
Despite claims by some groups that
immigrant workers
take jobs from minorities, the fact is that if employers are
allowed to discriminate and exploit immigrants, all workers will
suffer, said James Andrews, president of the
North Carolina State AFL-CIO:
Being African American, having been born and raised
in the South, I witnessed the civil rights movement where blacks and
browns and whites all came together to help those with the least.
Now we need to come together to help this newest group of those in
need. We have to educate our members that immigration is not just
about immigrant workers; it’s about all workers. When employers
deliberately exploit and discriminate against immigrant workers,
they pull down all workers.
http://blog.aflcio.org/?tag=Martin%20Luther%20King
February 5 Labor
Radio Forum for Union Issues: Bill
Zimmerman hosts.
February 12 Union Issues for Working
People Interim hosting by Mark
Schwebke
and Bill Zimmerman, who will delve into bills the new
Democratic majority are
working up in Salem. (And other current labor
issues of import)
February 19
Hotel Organizing:
Kevin Card will host
a discussion of the
dynamics of hotel organizing, with new UNITE HERE
Local 9 leadership
“We the People”
as the authors
of the
progressive
story that is
America, will
gather under the
mandate to
“create a more
perfect union”
and chart an
aspirational
course towards
greater justice,
domestic
tranquility, the
common defense,
and liberty for
all.
March 4, 1789,
was the day that
the US
Constitution
went into
effect.
March
29th! On March 29th, 2007 get active!
Thursday Night at 6:45-7:45pm,
at Beaverton Library upstairs in the Historic Collections Room.
The Wordsmith Collection,
Inc. &
ActiveResource.org will sponsor a meeting for
Volunteers(and paid interns) who are
interested in civic engagement!
We will be getting together for snacks, conversation, editing assignments,
computer server committees, and
the initiation of the bookmobile art project.
Come join us Thursday, March 29th,
There will be food!
Ongoing: Strike Support for IAM
Workers on a ULP Strike at Cummins Northwest since
July 6.
Stop by any time from 7am to 5pm, Swan Island at corner of Channel & Basin,
across from McDonalds. IAM Hotline: 503-239-4800
Action Alert! Immigrant Rights March
September 3rd - Portland Join immigrant, labor and faith
communities in a solidarity march for Immigrant Rights. This Labor
Day weekend, celebrate the contributions of all of Oregon's work
force and tell Congress it's time to fix our broken immigration
system.
[Flyer
for march]
[Volante en espanol] Sunday Sept. 3, 2:00 pm
South Park Blocks, Portland (SW Salmon & Park) Labor Day Weekend
Download a Flyer in English
Download a Flyer in Span
Thursday, April 26th
Health Care Lobby Day in Salem –
Raise your voice and tell legislators why you and all Oregonians need health
care coverage now! For more information call 503-236-5573Jobs With Justice (JWJ) Updates and Alerts
Description:
This startup meeting for Action Without Borders Idealist.org is intended
to help organize community members for civic-engagement & social
interaction. Ordinary people can come together and discover how to be
more effective agents for change ..
April 16th
Organizing:
Kevin Card,
legislative liaison of the National
Association of Letter Carriers (NALC),
will host
a discussion.
Monday 6-7pm 90.7fm ON
KBOO Labor Radio 90.7fm
18 DAYS
left to win back Congress.
Skip work on Election
Day. Our plan to win the election depends on tons of volunteers on
Tuesday, November 7th. Sign up to call voters from a local
phone party or from your own home.
We're aiming to sign up 50,000 volunteers to
pledge 1 hour or more help with Call for Change—our secret weapon to win
the election. There are lots of ways to help, including:
Calling voters Recruiting friends Going to
house parties Helping out online Other ways....
Even if you only have a few minutes at a time, please sign the volunteer
pledge so we can count on you.
Arizona just passed a law requiring a
paper trail on every voting machine in time for the November election.
Arizona is the 27th state to require a paper trail, adding to the growing
public demand for paper trails nationwide.
The law also requires a random audit to detect any discrepancies in the vote
count.
Republicans have been caught "red-handed"
taking millions from Big Oil and giving the industry billions in subsidies.
Check out this clip from a rally in Texas:
http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/3248071.html
Order a free bumper sticker (one per
member, no strings) to keep our message in front of voters all summer long.
his Sunday, the 11th,
we’re having a phone banking party, would you be able to
come help!?!?
We'll be calling our co-sponsors' membership lists and the
members of other friendly organizations to remind people to
come down to the Action Camp and Rally on March 18!! This is
a really great way to get LOTS of people out in the streets
to say STOP THE WAR!! We’ll have free snacks and you’ll get
to enjoy the entertaining companionship of a room full of
activists!
Here are the
details: Sunday, March 11th
6:00pm to
9:00pm SEIU Local 503 6401 SE Foster, Portland,
OR
If you can come help us call on Sunday, RSVP to march18@pdxpeace.org
Sunday, the 11th
6:00pm
to 9:00pm SEIU Local 503 6401 SE Foster, Portland, OR
Cities
for Peace Portal!
If you can come help us call on Sunday, RSVP to march18@pdxpeace.org
a phone banking party!
March
12 Immigrant Workers: Local, National, and
International
News!
Deborah Schwartz is the coordinator of the Portland Sweatfree
Campaign with Global Exchange.
Dan Denvir
is an organizer for the
Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
(PCASC). Interim
co-hosting with Bill Zimmerman.
Check out this introduction to our new hosts and their
show guide.
Tues, Mar 13, 3:00-4:30
Our corporate press has bombarded us with diatribes
about
Iran
and
Plans to attack Iran...
You can find useful insights if you listen to Reza Kamali, retired
PCC dean and instructor. He provides rich cultural and
personal insights on the history and current conditions in Iran.
Reza will be in the TLC Lounge at Portland Community College. ~~His
observations will provide a useful counterpoint to the war-mongering
we have recently seen in the corporate press. Should we attack?
http://www.WritingResource.org/iranattack.html
Iranian realities:
http://www.WritingResource.org/iran.html
A wakeup call....
http://www.WritingResource.org/wakeup.html
March 16: Christian Peace Witness
for Iraq: Worship at the National Cathedral; Candlelight procession
to the White House; Prayer vigil and witness for peace in Iraq;
Pre-witness workshops and training; Post-witness organizing and
strategizing.
http://www.christianpeacewitness.org
3 DAYS OF ACTION TO END THE WAR March 17-19, 2007
3 DAYS OF ACTION TO END THE WAR
Cities for Peace (Ongoing) March 17-19: Peace Demonstrations
everywhere to mark four years of Iraq War
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/march17
Permits secured for the March on the
Pentagon! Nearly 100 transportation centers bringing
people to Washington, D.C. on
Saturday, March 17.
March 19
Organizing:
Kevin Card, legislative
liaison of the National
Association of Letter Carriers
(NALC),
will host a discussion.
Friday, April 13, 2007 11:15 am - 12:15 am
Outside a City Club luncheon on the Korea FTA The Governor Hotel
614 SW 11th Ave, Portland
Jobs With Justice (JWJ) Updates and Alerts
Portland, OR April 14, 2007
01:00PM to 03:00PM
Large Rally Downtown:
Face it. We are the Solution to Global War
Event Description: Large
rally in Terry Schrunk Plaza in downtown Portland from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday,
April 14th. Speakers, music, and opportunities for making your voice heard
to the legislature, including personal video messages, postcards, and other
fun events. For more information, go to
www.faceitoregon.org. Location: Terry Schrunk
Plaza, SW Madison St. between 3rd and 4th Avenues.
Directions: Terry Schrunk
Plaza is downtown, across from the Federal Building on SW. Madison St,
between Third and Fourth Avenues.
Questions? Email the Host
This coming Saturday, April 14th, peace and
justice activists have an opportunity to join with tens of thousands of
people throughout the United States who will be participating in
Step It Up (www.stepitup2007.org),
an exciting national day of action against climate change. The demand: Step
it Up Congress! Cut carbon 80% by 2050. We believe it’s time for the peace
and justice movements to lend their support to these efforts! Please
join United for Peace and Justice, and many UFPJ member groups including
ActiveResource.org Peace Action, CODEPINK, Global Exchange, Climate Crisis
Coalition, Jobs With Justice, and others by participating in local actions
on April 14th to say NO WAR, NO WARMING! Send the message "Fight
Climate Change, Not Wars for Oil."
Carpenters Rally,
Sunday April 15,
2007 12:00 PM, Convention Center -
Come join with Carpenters from Oregon and Washington as they insure a
strong contract and a strong union.
Jobs With Justice (JWJ) Updates and Alerts
April 9th
Immigrant Workers:Local,
National, and International News!
Monday 6-7pm 90.7fmDeborah
Schwartz is the coordinator of the Portland Sweatfree Campaign with
Global Exchange.
Dan
Denvir is an organizer for the
Portland Central
America Solidarity Committee
(PCASC). Interim co-hosting
with Bill Zimmerman. Check out introduction to new hosts and show
guide.
Stop Tearing Apart Families!
Stop the Raids! Stop Deportations!
Pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform,
Now!! On April
10th
demonstrators will gather at Smith's offices in Bend, Eugene, Medford,
Pendleton, and Portland. The Portland rally will be at 12:00 noon
at the World Trade Center, 121 SW Salmon Street. People planning
to offer civil resistance and risk being arrested, will meet under the
Hawthorne Bridge at 10:30 am. Those with questions are urged to
contact Horton at
troyhorton@centurytel.net or
888-435-8173. Specific plans for other offices can be found at
PeaceResource Portal for Activism
Wednesday April 11th
at 6 pm at AFSCME. JWJ Right to Organize Committee
Meeting:
This Sunday, the 11th,
we’re having a phone banking party, would you be able to
come help!?!?
We'll be calling our co-sponsors' membership lists and the
members of other friendly organizations to remind people to
come down to the Action Camp and Rally on March 18!! This is
a really great way to get LOTS of people out in the streets
to say STOP THE WAR!! We’ll have free snacks and you’ll get
to enjoy the entertaining companionship of a room full of
activists!
Here are the
details: Sunday, March 11th
6:00pm to 9:00pm
SEIU Local 503 6401 SE Foster, Portland, OR
If you can come help us call on
Sunday, RSVP to march18@pdxpeace.org
703-859-0038 Stop the War! Bring the Troops Home Now!
**NEW LOCATION** March 18, 2007 - SOUTH PARK BLOCKS -
Action Camp 12pm - Rally 1:30pm
(SW Park & SW Madison)
Trading on terror
to profit a few: Call on
Wyden/Smith to stop the U.S. Oman Free Trade Agreement.
|| Senator Ron Wyden: (202) 224-5244 || Senator Gordon Smith:
(202) 224 -3753 ||
At a moment when people across the Middle East reveal in poll after
poll a deep distrust of the United States, and particularly of its
actions in the region, it seems ill-advised to advance trade
agreements that provide clear rewards to a handful of U.S.
corporations but few discernible benefits to either the people of
the Middle East or the people of the United States.
Michael Geoghegan
Oregon Fair
Trade Coalition
310 SW 4th Ave., Suite 436 Portland, OR 97204
503-736-9777 Affliate of Citizens Trade Campaign www.citizenstrade.org
This message was prepared for the PPRC General Meeting by William
Seaman.
Saturday, April 7th At Ash
Grove Cement, 3737 North Port Center Way on Swan Island. Local 8 is
meeting at the McDonald's parking lot (3110 N Going St.--click
here for a map) near the facility at 6:30 PM, and will march to the
site of the picket when the ship comes in to unload.
More
Details
Candlelight Vigil for Fairness at Providence--help with sign-ins!
Wednesday, March 21st, 6pm 47th and NE Glisan please
email or call
chris@jwjpdx.org if you can help with sign-ins and pledge cards
Thanks for helping out! -- Portland Jobs with Justice
503-236-5573
www.jwjpdx.org
ACTIONS MARKING THE 4TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE US WAR AND OCCUPATION IN IRAQ
1. Monday, March 19th, 2007, Terry Schrunk Plaza, SW 3rd & Madison, downtown
Portland, 12:00 NOON to 2:00PM, AND 4:00-6:30PM (details below).
2. Sunday, March 18th, 2007, South Park Blocks, Noon to 5:00PM, Rally & March
1:30PM (details below).
1. "No More Invasions, No More Wars"
=====================================
"No More Invasions, No More Wars: The Occupation of Iraq, Four Years
Later"
Monday, March 19, 2007
Terry Schrunk Plaza, SW 3rd and Madison, Portland
Dual-opportunity action:
>> 12:00 noon-2 PM: Lunchtime Demonstration
>> 4 PM-6:30 PM: Evening Visibility Action and Message to the Iraqi
People
Peace and Justice Works 503-236-3065
Portlanders will gather to show their opposition to US policy and
send a giant message to the Iraqi people on Monday, March 19, 2007,
exactly 4 years after the US invasion of Iraq. Two actions will take
place that day at Terry Schrunk Plaza, SW 3rd and Madison. The first
will go from 12 noon to 2 PM to gather the lunchtime crowds
together. The evening event will run from 4 PM to 6:30 PM and will
culminate with an oversize message to be transmitted to the Iraqi
people. The day is being titled "No More Invasions, No More Wars:
The Occupation of Iraq, Four Years Later" and is being coordinated
by the Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group.
The Message to the Iraqi People will be organized with several dozen
volunteers between 6:15 and 6:35 PM and should be visible from the
ground and from the air.
The noon demonstration will feature speakers connecting the
occupation to the various US foreign and domestic policies reflected
in the subthemes of the day's events, such as spending money for
human needs, not war, and restoring civil liberties. Speakers will
include a military family, a lawyer who recently returned from
visiting a client he is defending from the Guantanamo Bay detention
facility, and a member of the American Iranian Friendship Council.
The evening event will feature representatives from about a dozen
ongoing peace actions in the greater Portland area who will talk
about their actions to end the war and occupation in Iraq. There
will also be music at both events and a handful of literature tables
from peace and social justice groups organizing the event.
The subthemes for the Monday, March 19 events are:
--Bring all the troops home now!
--Money for jobs, health care, education, housing and the
environment--not war
--End the US occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and the
US-supported Israeli occupations of the West Bank and Gaza
--Reject the "Long War on Terror" and say no to military action in
Iran, Syria, North Korea, Somalia, or anywhere else under that
banner
--Close the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and end the assault on
civil liberties at home
For more information contact the PJW Iraq Affinity Group at
503-236-3065 or iraq@pjw.info.
These events are cosponsored by KBOO 90.7 FM, Women in Black,
Families for Peace, American Iranian Friendship Council, Portland
Peaceful Response Coalition, Women's International League for Peace
and Freedom/Portland, Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights,
Veterans for Peace Chapter 72, Oregonians Against the War, Oregon
Physicians for Social Responsibility, Metanoia Peace Community, and
others. It is endorsed by Northwest Veterans for Peace, East Timor
Action Network/Portland, Portland Jobs with Justice, Back 2 the
WALL, Oregon Wildlife Federation, Friends of Sabeel-North America,
War Resisters League-Portland, No War Drum Corps, Portland Central
America Solidarity Committee, Northwest Jews for a Just Peace, and
others.
Check the Peace and Justice Works website for updates on planned
activities for the 19th, cosponsors and endorsers, a downloadable
flyer, and other information at
http://www.pjw.info/march1907annct.html .
2. Take Action for Peace this Sunday 12:00 PM, South
Park Blocks, Portland
Come to the action camp, march and rally at South Park Blocks and
act to end the war and bring the troops home now! We have an
exciting line up of speakers and performances plus a variety of ways
you can act for peace.
Speakers include:
Raed Jarrar, an Iraqi-Palestinian blogger and activist featured in
the current Willamette Week.
Tina and Robert Bean, Portland chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the
War
Maggie Pondolfino of Military Families Speak Out whose son is
currently serving in Iraq
Jackie Spurlock of the American Iranian Friendship Council which has
a resolution before city council next week
Rev. Lynn Smouse L?pez of Ainsworth United Church of Christ who will
be joined by other area faith leaders
Congressman Earl Blumenauer, author of legislation to get out of
Iraq, plus appearances by Mayor Tom Potter and other Oregon elected
officials that are working to end the war in Iraq.
Our program will be hosted by Cristina Perry Gonzales, American
Friends Service Committee and Geri Washington, Oregon Action.
Performances by:
The Radical Cheerleaders, Camp Casey songwriter Jesse Dyen,
conscious hip-hop and soul Hungry Mob, vocal jazz artist Marilyn
Keller, pop indie rock with Ross Beach and the Hellpets, group
singing and folk with Kate Power & Steve Einhorn, Mo Mack and the
Peace Singers, plus Dr. Atomic's "Iraqi Horror Picture Show," and
more!
Get there early for the youth rally and action camp!
12:00 PM, ?If This Is Our Future, We Want A Voice!? - Youth Stage
Youth Rally kicks off at 12:00 on the youth stage.
Youth stage will include speakers, music, graffitti art, DJ?s,
breakdancing, performance art, and local MC?s from area high schools
and colleges.
Action Camp Begins at Noon!
Create Art for Peace
Children and adults can create their own individualized peace
buttons, colorful peace flags and signs plus children's face
painting for peace. Make your own sign for the march, or for your
yard.
Tell Congress What You Think
Find out about current bills in Congress to end the war and bring
the troops home. Write a personal letter to your elected officials.
Staff from Representative Earl Blumenauer's office will be on hand
to give tips on lobbying. Sign up to be part of group lobbying
visits the following week where the letters will be hand-delivered.
Stand Up! Sit-In! Act Out!
Learn more about how to dramatically influence public policy in the
tradition of Gandhi and Dr. King. Participate in nonviolence role
plays, hear presentations on nonviolent communication and personal
experience with civil disobedience, get legal advice and find out
about ongoing Portland actions you can join. Sign up for future
trainings and actions.
Plus Information and merchandise tables from dozens of area peace
and justice organizations.
...And Stay Late for the After-Party for Peace
Sunday, March 18, THE GOODFOOT LOUNGE, SE 28th Ave & SE Stark St.
Music by Jesse Dyen, Mic Crenshaw, Escape from Keyboard Island and
more.
Doors open at 7:00 pm. Suggested donation at the door: $5 - $20
Join Nationwide
Organizing Efforts Against the 1,000th Execution
The United States is rapidly approaching the 1,000th
execution since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death
penalty in 1976. Please join our organizing efforts to say
“Enough Already…Abolish the Death Penalty.” To learn more, plan
a vigil, write appeals, add your face to our photo petition, and
more please visit 1000executions.org. » Learn more
Killing
possibility: The imminent execution of Stanley Williams in
California
Stanley "Tookie" Williams, co-founder of the notorious
"Crips" street gang in Los Angeles, CA, has been on death row
for 24 years. His execution has now been set for December 13,
2005 despite a "redemptive transition." Learn more about
Williams' case, his rehabilitation, and his efforts toward
changing the violent conduct of others. » Read more
Spring
Fling for Part-Time Faculty 
Code
Pink on First Tuesdays
Counter-Recruitment
Vigil for Peace
April 23rd Union
Issues and Concerns Monday 6-7pm 9
"Not
only is the Republican party wrong about the meaning of the 14th
Amendment, they are wrong about the benefits of immigration."
