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Stein is endorsed for President by Noam Chomsky, a linguist, author and activist, and by Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and war correspondent, among others. There are good reasons why the best and brightest support Dr. Stein. She asks the right questions, knows the answers and is willing to risk challenging the war machine. We should have her back.
Celebrate May Day!
International Workers’ Day.
Human Rights are Civil Rights
http://www.theportlandalliance.org/mayday
In March 2011, Clinton supported the NATO attacks on Libya, which led to Libya becoming the failed state that it is today.
“Hillary supports unending wars of choice and would continue the Bush-Obama-Clinton-Trump agenda. More war, munitions, bodies, and coffins… from across the globe, for the corporate bottom line and on our dime.”
Historically, as the full weight of austerity measures are applied, the public eventually reaches a tipping point where it mobilizes towards resistance, thereby, necessitating the need for the militarized, police state to step in to suppress dissent.
” attacks on hospitals are prohibited by the Geneva Convention.”
A.P. Scandal Raises Spectre of Big Brother BY JOHN CASSIDY If the three-strikes rule were in effect, President Obama would … More
We CAN all get along…
peace, Tim ~OO~
“A flower blossoms
for its own joy.”
― Oscar Wilde
https://thewordsmithcollection.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/life-is-fine-enjoy-not-to-worry/
“ISIS was created by the very forces that are fighting it.”
“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…”
Vol. XXXV, #2 Feb. 2015
http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2015/February
Speaking Truth to Power Since 1981
Of, by and for the people
“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.”
“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
“Hold fast to dreams /
For if dreams die / Life is a broken-winged bird /
That cannot fly.”
― Langston Hughes
The Portland Alliance
Speaking Truth to Power
Vol. XXXV, Number 1
January 2015 or http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2015/January
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. ”
―Martin Luther King, Jr.
“But, even ignoring international law and that Gaza is under illegal Israeli occupation, Gaza did not initiate this current round of violence; Israel did: …On May 20th, the Israeli government murdered 2 unarmed Palestinian teens, one on video, and wounded a third. The firing of pathetic scrap metal rockets from impoverished Gaza, which have killed no one, were in fact launched in response to earlier Israeli bombings, killings, assassinations, and arrests of Palestinians, including children.”
https://thepeaceresource.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/endgazawarcrimes/
Macroeconomics, deep-pocket geopolitical actors, and economic warfare wrapped in jingoism will bankrupt America and cripple the planet. Word.
“Find out more about Illegal Drone Warfare: How many innocent victims, including children sleeping in their beds, have died because of these unprincipled attacks:”
http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/drones
NO TO WAR IN SYRIA! Bombing the victims is wrong….. The American people do not want the United States to … More
