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It’s now Day 41 and Cameron Whitten is continuing the Hunger Strike for Housing Justice despite local corporate “media” preferring to talk about rats at City Hall and play along with the Portland Police Bureau trying to work the booga booga factor in its supposed Federal approval-seeking for its search of Portland’s China Town for methamphetamines as it continues to play its part in the global War on Drugs. So, should the City of Portland and your city continue as cash cows for the “creative destruction” process that benefits private coffers or should they actually do their job to fix the problems right in front of all our faces? Do drop by in the comments to speak your mind.
If you are new to this topic, see “41 4̶0̶ 3̶9̶ 3̶8̶ 3̶7̶ Days: Portland’s Cameron Whitten on Hunger Strike for Housing Justice” for background.
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Good morrrrrrning, Portland!
Oooh! Could Portland do similarly? It apparently still has an account with Wells Fargo whose progeny CCA and GEO are apparently co-conspirators to attack Canada as part of “Some kind of weird partial neo-Anschluß” (Jacob Appelbaum) underway.
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I have explicit permission from the author to share this letter:
Does your city work for you or is it just a ca$h cow for bankstas?
New York, New York:
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Johannesburg, South Africa:
Our taxes need to be spent on Housing Justice, not raining death from the sky and the oceans with flying, swimming killer robots pounding the Middle East and spreading like a plague across the globe:
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Oh dawG, here’s the problem! /s
[Video] The Godawful Particle
Salaam @BillMoyers and @MarkFiore ❣ What a winning combination ❣❣
mzchief: Please don’t stop the good reporting. I care deeply about what is happening in Portland. I’m just a bit overtaken by all this dragon-breath fire swirling around my head right now. I’ll get back to this thread as soon as I can – for now, please tell Cameron that I care and I’m watching.
No problem and will do!
It’s Day 41 of a Hunger Strike and this bright young man can still ham it up for Housing Justice if that’s what it takes to get human beings off the streets of Portland, OR:
He’s burning himself up for you to care. Please care and act! Spread the word!!
Thank you, mzchief. I saw a photo this morning of a group of activists in which one woman held a sign saying:
HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT
In a better world, it must be so.
Thank you for dropping by wendydavis. If you happen to know the link for that photo, that would be great!
Some Day 42 updates:
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Hi, All: http://www.theskanner.com (sorry for not linking) reports that a rally is planned July 20 outside of Portland City Hall to mark 50 days of Cameron Whitten’s fast. I’ll do my best to follow this, but honestly, things are sort of dicey for me right now. Meanwhile, I’ll pray for a positive outcome for Whitten and, in turn, for Portland.
Thanks for the heads-up, timestickingaway!
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[Video] “If Not Now” – Tracy Chapman
Day 43 Updates:
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