Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
The recent resurgence of Zapatista actions and communiques inspire solidarity that transcends physical borders and cultural differences. Two local voices express in different ways and different languages one important message–you are not alone.
The private prison industry grew quickly thanks in no small part to its close ties to politicians and its ability to take advantage of right-wing trends, starting with the privatization wave in the eighties and on to the politics of crime, terrorism and immigration.
How Private Prisons Game the Immigration System Read More »
How a nation uses its power to deny a person’s freedom has always been a critical measure of authoritarian rule. Massive incarceration based on race, ethnic origin or nationality, political beliefs, class, sexual orientation, age or other inherent characteristics is a form of tyranny.
Private Prison Companies Profit Off Laws that Define Immigrants as Criminals Read More »
This green-washing of capitalism is not going to solve the global climate crisis, protect our communities from harm, or manage our common resources. Most importantly though, Rio+20 has made it clear that a Green Economy is not a transitional demand toward systemic environmental change.
In San Marcos Aviles, Chiapas, Mexico, people have stories markedly similar in basic plot to those I heard at Occupy Portland – if far more dire and often far more violent throughout the narrative – and they need listeners.
Occupy Portland and Solidarity with San Marcos Aviles, Chiapas Read More »
The FBI and ICE have a draft agreement that allows them to provide biometric information to a deportee’s country of origin upon repatriation, potentially putting people at risk of ethnic cleansing and discrimination upon returning to an oppressive or violent government.
The Tagging of Our Species Read More »
Tuesday, August 28th, 7-9pm
Friends’ Meeting House – 4312 SE Stark St, Portland, OR
“It started out as an act of solidarity with the Ibero students, but it soon became about much more,”
‘Yo Soy 132’ Mexican student movement looks to the future Read More »
A group of judges from Brazil’s Regional Federal Tribunal (TRF1) upheld an earlier decision that declared the Brazilian Congress’s authorization of the project in 2005 to be illegal.
Belo Monte Dam Suspended by Brazilian Appeals Court Read More »
Mother Nature cares little whether you believe in climate change. The real issue is the fact that climate change is posed as a question in the first place, and its continued questioning comprises a tremendous ongoing victory for the titans of the oil economy. After all, when was the last time someone asked if you believed in gravity?
Whither Blows Change? Community Forum on Climate Justice Read More »