We’re finally here, the year 2015! After a quarter century we’ve finally reached the age of Mattel™ hover boards and Mr. Fushion powered flying cars. Thank you, Science! Thank you, Zemeckis! Okay, so maybe anti-gravity and cold fusion was a bit ambitious. The far-off tech of Back to the Future II is sadly nowhere to… Continue reading The Future Is Finally Here: Hoverboards, Mr. Fusion, and Social Justice
Tag: Eric Garner
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 creative acts of traffic blocking, as well as some equally creative remixed Christmas caroling up and down festive Peacock Lane, a wealthy Portland holiday institution. Full… Continue reading Shutting Down Streets to Celebrate a #CopFreeChristmas
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 other major city in the nation. Seemingly every other day there’s been another action here in Portland. What started out as a mix of… Continue reading The Young Revolutionaries of Don’t Shoot PDX
Welcome to the Public/Private Partnership Totalitarian Police State
Weeks ago when the initial uprising in Ferguson was not yet an international news story, a white person whom I follow on Twitter declared that ‘Nothing like Ferguson has ever happened before‘. My response was one of bafflement. I asked how one could say such a thing. The dialog that followed was less than constructive, to say… Continue reading Welcome to the Public/Private Partnership Totalitarian Police State