Video: Chris Herdges in Eugene, 1 hr 24 min (tags)
"Weapons that don't work - against enemies that don't exist - with money we don't have" (Joseph Stiglitz)
Eugene council OKs "Dusk to Dawn" pilot program for homeless people (tags)
In a temporary emergency measure, the Eugene city council is allowing homeless persons to camp "dusk to dawn" on city property until March 31, 2016. The strength of a society is measured in how it treats the weakest. LA, Portland and the rest of the US could learn from Eugene!
VIDEO: Opportunity Village Eugene, 5 min (tags)
Opportunity Village turns 1 year old—and looks forward to the next! Opportunity Village turned one year old at the end of August! The micro-housing community has provided a home to more than 60 people for various lengths of time since opening.
100 Mayors Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline (tags)
20% of the earth's people are using up 80% of the earth's resources. Time for resource-sparing lifestyles and work sharing! Will the US make the transition from empire to republic and from excess to access? Like capitalism, the Keystone XL pipeline is full of contradictions.
Hope after Citizens United: Russ Feingold speaking in Eugene on Monday Nov 7 (tags)
Corporations, legal fictions, run your lives and your government thanks to the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision. With Reagan, taxation shifted from corporate to individual. Russ Feingold will be speaking at EMU in Eugene at 4 PM on Nov7
Noam Chomsky in Eugene, April 20, 2011 (tags)
The religious faith that markets will sort everything out and are efficient (cf. Joseph Stiglitz) is overthrown.Like propaganda and public relations, business does not seek enlightened consumers making rational choices but unenlightened consumers making irrational choices.
The Hemperor Jack Herer Dies At 70 (tags)
RIP Jack.
MMJ Patients are not narcotics offenders! (tags)
After having charges of possession of 98 plants and 1.72 lbs of processed marijuana reversed, Mr. Archer requested that he not be ordered to register under 11590 was granted.
The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) is a newly formed working class party founded to promote the movement for revolutionary change and to fight for socialism. The PSL will be fielding a slate of candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections.
June 9, 2007 Day of Solidarity with Jeffrey “Free” Luers (tags)
The 7th anniversary of Jeffrey Luers imprisonment is fast arriving, and to mark this date we are encouraging everyone to participate in a Day of Solidarity. This year we are asking people to hold demonstrations to demand change, not just for Jeff's case but for the world. Please plan an event in your community and inform us of the details so we can help you publicize it. For information from previous years events, see http://freefreenow.org/solidarity.html
Media Release: Former ELF Spokesperson Subpoenaed to Grand Jury:Protest Set (tags)
The "Green Scare" Continues...
U.S. indicts 11 suspected of ecoterrorism (tags)
Eleven people were indicted in a series of arsons, claimed by the radical groups Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front, in five Western states, the Justice Department said Friday.
Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy, 89, Dies (tags)
ormer Minnesota Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, whose insurgent campaign toppled a sitting president in 1968 and forced the Democratic Party to take seriously his message against the Vietnam War, died Saturday. He was 89.
June 10-12 weekend of resistance for Jeff "Free" Luers (tags)
June 2005 marks the five-year anniversary of the imprisonment of our friend and comrade: Oregon environmental political prisoner, Jeff “Free” Luers. Jeff was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison for burning three Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) at a car dealership in Eugene, Oregon
June 10-12 Weekend of Resistance for Jeff "Free" Luers (tags)
June 2005 marks the five-year anniversary of the imprisonment of our friend and comrade: Oregon environmental political prisoner, Jeff “Free” Luers. Jeff was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison for burning three Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) at a car dealership in Eugene, Oregon, and on trumped up attempted arson charges. Jeff set fire to SUVs to call attention to climate change and to protest oil wars and environmental destruction. Jeff was motivated by compassion and a desire to protect life, not to harm it, despite what some might think of his tactics. Prior to his arrest, Jeff was a popular community activist in Eugene. He was well-known to law enforcement because of his involvement with national forest protection (starting an occupation of a controversial old-growth timber sale in 1998), anti-police brutality activism(documenting rampant police abuse in Eugene), free food programs in a local park and his teaching of self-defense to women. Since his imprisonment, Jeff has continued to be extremely active in prison and fight oppression with his words and inspiration.
International Day of Action & Solidarity with Jeff 'Free' Luers 6/12 (tags)
International Day of Action & Solidarity with Jeff 'Free' Luers June 12, 2004
Break the Chains Conference Housing / Ride Share Boards (tags)
The Break the Chains Conference will be held at the University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) from August 8 - 10. Conference organizers have now created two web boards to facilitate information-sharing around housing and transportation issues.
'Let's get Free'-writings by anarchist prisoner Jeff 'Free' Luers available (tags)
read on
A Week of Dissent Around 9-11 (tags)
They use our fear to keep us silent. It's time to speak up and listen to each other!
June 17th in Eugene, Oregon (tags)
see below
FREE POLITICAL PRISONER ROBERT THAXTON (tags)
Robert Thaxton was unjustifiably given a harsh 5 or 6 year sentence when he was a part of the whole beginning of this movement in Eugene Oregon on June 18th 1999.