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To the Cop Who Nearly Ran Me Off the Road: Fuck You
Cops suck. It’s a fact. They’re armed, trained to use lethal force, and can almost never be punished for crimes they commit. They protect the wealthy and their private property while enforcing a class...
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Portland Police Proudly Display Support for Child-Murderer
In March 1981, Portland police officers grotesquely killed several possums, then threw their dead bodies at a black-owned restaurant in North Portland in a sickening display of violence meant to...
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1,000 Mike Browns Take Over Portland’s Downtown: PHOTO ESSAY
Last night saw an amazing local achievement within the justice movement for Ferguson and the supporters of Mike Brown, as well as opponents of police violence and institutionalized racism at large....
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Charlie Hales Propane Scheme Contradicts Portland’s Climate Action Plan
This article was originally published on Blue Oregon. This September, a few noteworthy news stories broke that seemed to escape public consciousness. One was on Portland winning global honors for it’s...
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The Young Revolutionaries of Don’t Shoot PDX
These last three weeks have been something else. Since the night it was announced Michael Brown’s killer would walk free without indictment, Portland has seen mass protests along with virtually every...
View ArticlePSU Board of Trustees Votes to Weaponize Campus Security
Earlier today at packed hearing at the University Place Hotel, the fledgling Portland State University board of trustees voted to authorize weaponizing its existing campus security force. This action...
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Smart Growth Is Killing Us, Bring On the Smart Decline
We’ve been in ecological debt for over a century. We’re exponentially increasing the human population while per capita consumption of the Earth’s resources also rises. Biodiversity is in free-fall as...
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The Life and Times of Clinton Street’s Guerrilla Diverters
Tactical urbanism, also known as guerrilla urbanism, is a practice that’s garnered increasing interest in recent years. Most of us are so used to authorities shaping the physical space in which we...
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Shutting Down Streets to Celebrate a #CopFreeChristmas
Last Saturday, dozens of Portlanders took to the streets in opposition to police violence, and in opposition to the idea of police all together. Titled ‘A Cop-Free Christmas’ the event included...
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The Covert Violence of Gentrification
Progressive movements are experts at policing their own behavior. Vast amounts of energy are spent reminding each other to stay peaceful and nonviolent in the face of state violence inflicted by...
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Are Cabbies the Greatest Threat to Cyclists?
Last Friday, November 7th, famed cycling filmmaker Lucas Brunelle was attacked and deliberately rammed by a Boston cabbie. The driver, Sam Chandler, fled the scene after repeatedly punching and...
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Fluoride Lobby Fumbles at Public Debate
Note: this article was originally published on April 11, 2013 as the second installment of my six part series for Mismanaging Perception on the unsuccessful campaign to fluoridate Portland’s water...
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Which City Will Hillary Clinton Bomb First?
Barring some personal or political tragedy, Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United States. She will be the first female commander in chief of the world’s most violent and active...
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Slow Rolling In the Motor City: PHOTO ESSAY
On a recent visit to my home state of Michigan, I was lucky enough to be able to check out Detroit’s ‘Slow Roll‘ mass ride. Started five years ago by two friends, Slow Roll has turned into a...
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Walmart Stores Closing Due to Pipes Full of Lies
File this one under: ‘not buying it’. This week it was reported that five Walmart locations across the US are closing for up to six months due to “plumbing problems“. Some 2,200 employees were fired in...
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Marching Fourth for Clean Water In Portland
Note: this article was originally published on April 26, 2013 as the third installment of my six part series for Mismanaging Perception on the unsuccessful campaign to fluoridate Portland’s water...
View ArticleJustified Rage In the Streets of Baltimore
Watching the local corporate news feeds and listening to the paid talking heads covering the protests in Baltimore on Saturday, one might be forgiven for thinking blocking traffic and smashing windows...
View ArticleDid Oregon Democrats Roll on GMO Labeling for Hillary Clinton?
Last week, it was reported that one Sonny Mehta of Eugene had been called upon to helm the “grassroots” organizing for Hillary Clinton’s local presidential aspirations. Mehta is a legislative aid and...
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Bikes In the Battle of Baltimore
Last week saw much civil and not so civil unrest across the nation as May Day 2015 served the duel role of being an International Workers Holiday and mass protest against the lethal police brutality...
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Combating Obama’s Climate Change Cowardice In Two Simple Steps
Another week of climate change nightmares, another week of sell-out Democrats enabling the fossil fuel industry. It was announced Planet Earth’s atmosphere held strong at 400 PPM of Co2 for an entire...
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