I mean if you take a really high gloss over dialectical materialism in general this could be one way of thinking about it. capitalism, through industrialization, provides the material conditions for socialist abundance - the only barrier is the property relations
Omar Assad, an elderly Palestinian-American, died of a stress-induced heart attack after being gagged, blindfolded, bound and left on the ground by IDF soldiers. Khamis al-Ayyada, 40, died of smoke inhalation in August after a fire was set by Israeli settlers in his village.
The nine dead span a range of ages and circumstances. Shireen Abu Akleh, renowned Palestinian American journalist, was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier in 2022 while clearly identified as press. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, from Seattle, was also shot in the head during a West Bank protest in 2024.
It is the second such letter Van Hollen has sent the Trump administration in less than eight months. In July 2025, he led nearly 30 colleagues in demanding answers over the killing of Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old from Florida who was beaten to death by settlers.
Members of the Oregon Education Association met Friday and Saturday for our PAC Convention and 75% of participants voted not to endorse a gubernatorial candidate. We are sending a message to our electeds and candidates: no longer will you be able to do the bare minimum and get our support.
Olivia is an incredible organizer who unionized the preschool she worked at. Let's help her get some new lungs!
gofund.me/acc8ab045
Next Portland DSA ballot measure campaign should be to put fluoride in the water
Area man making $333k a year says taking away preschool is the best thing for the future of all children in Multnomah County
I think Portland, Oregon is the best city in the country
Now that Trump has passed a bill that provides massive tax cuts for the upper end of income distribution, while cutting critical services that help the poor, I hope everyone understands that local efforts directed at the same is basically a statement that the Trump don’t go far enough.
I also think the framing of DSA vs the Democrats, while welcome, is not quite right here. It should really be DSA vs Metro Chamber, who are quoted like 10 times and have had a stranglehold on Portland city hall forever, so much so that they effectively control the city’s economic development agency
The Willamette Week interview was interesting because I think the undercurrent of the whole thing is a fundamental misunderstanding or willfully narrow view of DSA as a left wing policy/lobbying organization, not a member driven socialist organization
The adopted PSR Resolution:
💚 Establishes PSR as a Co-Equal Branch
⌚ Commits to Expanding PSR 24/7
🔍 Establishes Community Committee
💙 Re-establishes Access to Supplies
📞 Expands Exploration of Call Types
❌ Ensures PSR is Not Used in Enforcement Activities
📈 Re-establishes Independent Evaluation
Cc: @tinakotek.bsky.social
Preschool for All supporters are holding a press conference outside a Portland preschool to “send a clear message to the Oregon legislature and Governor…hands off Preschool for All.”
URGENT for Oregonians! Please take two seconds to do this quick email campaign to the Senate Finance Committee and the State Leg and tell them not to kill Preschool for All!!!!!! actionnetwork.org/letters/no-o...
58,422 people voted for senator Taylor.
286,068 people voted for Preschool For All
Dept. of Early Learning and Care Standards: part-time/part-year, tiny programs, poverty wages & long waiting lists. By Fall 2025 in Mult Co, Preschool for All will serve more kids, pay nearly $5/hr more, have more variety of programs and $$ coming in to expand to all kids by Fall 2030.
Seems to me that the worst possible time to shy away from building a strong social safety net based upon local progressive taxation is when the federal government is doing fascism.
My office has produced a brief report that addresses the tax burden myths that are driving the current push to halt the Preschool for All revenue collection. Credit goes to my Senior Policy Advisor and Chief Economist Dr. Erik Dean. Bottom line: taxes are not driving people out of the county 🧵
Boosting for the morning crowd since we finished this at midnight. Share and contact your reps telling them to oppose SB 106
These people aren’t afraid Mamdani would be a bad mayor. We have a ridiculous, corrupt, incompetent mayor right now and the city is hanging in OK. They’re declaring all-out war because they’re afraid Mamdani (or Lander) might be a good mayor.
I'll have more to say tomorrow, but I'll note that we observe an increasing share of higher income earners in the county - a class who is often referred to as our tax base, and who is apparently fleeing due to this tax.
Chart by economist Mary King.
🎉 Great news! Portland Housing Bureau is investing $26M to acquire 3 apartment buildings, creating 226 affordable homes. Smart use of market conditions to bring housing online faster than new construction serving families who need it most! #AffordableHousing
www.portland.gov/phb/news/202...
I guess I made the hat on purpose. The accident is that it is gnome hat shaped
accidentally made a gnome hat
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Note Kanal 10 was about whether PPB should prioritize community needs, incl. human trafficking, stolen vehicle operations, etc., or continue to prioritize OT hours on community presence & large responses to peaceful demonstrations.
I'm grateful it passed, & surprised it wasn't 12-0 (read it!).
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Sycophant shit honestly. All the chatter from the conservative side of Portland has been nominally about those core services. Apparently that was all a lie and their priority is not actually “crime” and “public safety” broadly. Their priority is preventing protests. What a waste
Notable that the centrist/conservative side of city council voted against the budget note to have PPB prioritize standard police services (retail theft, gun violence, other stuff) instead of what they originally decided to prioritize (protest policing)
