Category: joy

Obamacare is not Sustainable… the Sky is the Limit

The math for Single Payer is not complex. Instead of doling out corporate welfare to insurance firms, we pay that money to deliver actual health care. As health improves, costs go down.

“Scatter joy!” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Scatter joy!” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson.

“Scatter joy!” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“let joy be unconfined…” ― George Gordon Byron

Spiritual and Religious ideas…

“The blessings we bestow upon one another, a nod, wink, hug, or touch, are more important than prayer and more essential than worship. The rest is commentary, art, science or fiction…”

www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2015/February Speaking Truth to Power

Vol. XXXV, #2 Feb. 2015
http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2015/February
Speaking Truth to Power Since 1981
Of, by and for the people

That’s Not Love, courage or justice…

“The evidence will show in this case that this did not happen as the deputies described it,” said Cameron Sehat, attorney for Parker’s family. “Dante was not resisting and was not combative. The evidence will further show that the amount of force, specifically the application of the Taser, in the manner in which Dante was restrained was unnecessary, unreasonable and excessive.”

Courage

“What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.”

― Thomas Merton

Dreams, dreamers and dreaming

“Hold fast to dreams /
For if dreams die / Life is a broken-winged bird /
That cannot fly.”

― Langston Hughes

Love

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. ”
―Martin Luther King, Jr.

Cascade Media Convergence!

“In Portland, Oregon on September 19th-21st, 2014.
The CMC will be a series of workshops, open-themed strategy sessions, and public events aimed at bringing together alternative and community media organizations, independent journalists and creative artists…”

More than 500 children murdered in 50 days. For What?

After 50 days of the Gaza conflict, more than 2,100 people were killed, most of them civilians, including about 500 children.

See This!

“But we do outnumber the billionaires by about 300 million people strong.”

Does that give you any ideas?

November 2014 is an important date.

Where do we go from here? ~OO~

“America is not any sort of democracy, she’s a socio-capitalist oligarchy and republic. This nation is bought and paid for, tricked and trickled-on, sold out, betrayed and sinking fast. “

Portland March: Ending the Gaza Assault

Around 1250 were rallying and marching through the streets of downtown Portland on Thursday, July 24 to “End the Assault on Gaza”. Until now, Israel has killed more than 1200 civilians, most of them are children and women. These are war crimes.  These murders must end.

July Issue: The Portland Alliance!

“Unless and until the Obama administration decides to end its unconditional backing for Israel’s right-wing government and instead support Israeli and Palestinian moderates, there will be no hope for peace.”

The Portland Alliance: June 2014

“Our Food, Our Choice:
We have the right to know what’s in our food.”

The US Post Office Is Not Broke!

The Postal Service is NOT broke. Indeed, in those four years of loudly deplored “losses,” the service actually produced a … More

Emma Goldman, a woman ahead of her time…

“The most violent element in society is ignorance. ”
― Emma Goldman

Standing up and fighting back

“We need independent, intelligent leaders with courage, vision, and values. “

Mayday 2016 in Portland Oregon!

Civil Rights are Human Rights!
Here’s the Newest Portland Alliance!
http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2014/May