Portland from the Left

Portland from the Left

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  • Campaign Finance in Portland, Multnomah County, and Oregon (Part 2)

    The second part of Piper and Josh's chat with Thursday from pdx.vote talking at length about campaign finance.

    Support Thursday's work by subscribing to pdx.vote for $10 / month

    Vocabulary #
    • Shemia Fagan is the current Oregon Secretary of State (in charge of lots of elections stuff).
    • ORESTAR is the campaign finance website where entities report their spending.

      • Transcript of both campaign epsiodes combined

      Content Warning: This episode is explicit

      45 min
    • Campaign Finance in Portland, Multnomah County, and Oregon

      Piper and Josh chat at length with Thursday from pdx.vote in the first part of a two part series on campaign finance.

      Support Thursday's work by subscribing to pdx.vote for $10 / month

      Vocabulary #
      • Shemia Fagan is the current Oregon Secretary of State (in charge of lots of elections stuff).
      • ORESTAR is the campaign finance website where entities report their spending.

        • Transcript of both campaign epsiodes combined

        Content Warning: This episode is explicit

        45 min
      • Media Response to the Normandale Park Mass Shooting

        Piper and Josh talk about the media’s response and coverage of the mass shooting that happened at Normandale Park on February 19th, 2022.

        • GoFundMe for the victims of the shooting

        • GoFundMe for the protestor who stopped the mass shooting

        • Thread from a victim of the shooting talking about their experience

        • Survivors of a Deadly Attack on a Portland Protest Were Victimized Twice: First by the Gunman, Then by the Police - The Intercept

        • Portland police: clash between armed homeowner and protesters sparked shooting - Reuters

        • Alleged killer in Portland’s Normandale Park protest shooting identified - OPB

        • One Dead in Shooting at Portland Protest Against Police Violence - NYTimes

        • @JohnnTheLefty’s thread revealing the shooter’s ID

          Transcription of this episode

          Content Warning: This episode is explicit and talks about a mass shooting at a protest

          44 min
        • PPB Training Material Cover-up

          Piper and Josh talk through the recently revealed Portland Police Bureau protest training material, the cover-up, and the connections to neo-nazis and the far-right.

          • The Oregonian’s article on this situation
          • The Mercury’s article
          • Portland Police Bureau Rapid Response Team Protest Training File

            • We recorded this episode on Sunday 1/16/2022 and the story continues to break including a statement from the Department of Justice (they aren't happy).

            Transcription of this episode

            Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

            41 min
          • Holiday Special

            We take a break and a step back for an extra special holiday episode to talk about ourselves, the podcast, and what we're trying to do here.

            Transcription of this episode

            Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

            35 min
          • An Introduction to School Boards

            A guest joins the show to give us an introduction to the layer conflicts currently happening in local public school systems. Follow their work @SchoolBoardBloc

            Transcription of this episode

            Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

            18 min
          • Enhanced Services Districts

            Kaitlyn joins Piper and Josh to talk through the ins and outs of Enhanced Services Districts in Portland like Clean and Safe.

            • End Clean & Safe Website

            • WRAP has a lot of good resources on their website dedicated to BIDs

            • WRAP's position paper on sanctioned campsites

              Transcription of this episode

              Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

              1 hr 23 min
            • The Charter Review Part 2

              Thursday joins Piper and Josh to talk about Portland's city charter and the currently underway charter review process.

              • From Thurday: The Portland Charter Review Process: A Resource Roundup'

              • Charter Review on the city's website.

              • Charter Review Public Comment From

              • Charter Review Commission listening sessions on Nov 13 and Nov 16

              • Introductory article on Mingus Mapp's PAC named Ulysses from The Oregonian

                Transcription of this episode

                Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

                47 min
              • The Charter Review Part 1

                Thursday joins Piper and Josh to talk about Portland's city charter and the currently underway charter review process.

                • From Thurday: The Portland Charter Review Process: A Resource Roundup'

                • Charter Review on the city's website.

                • Charter Review Public Comment From

                • Charter Review Commission listening sessions on Nov 13 and Nov 16

                • Introductory article on Mingus Mapp's PAC named Ulysses from The Oregonian

                  Transcription of this episode

                  Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

                  42 min
                • The City Council

                  Piper and Josh go long on the four non-mayoral city commissioners in Portland. Hardesty, Ryan, Mapps and Rubio all get a turn.

                  • Portland Street Reponse 6 Month Report

                  • Javiar addresses the Forum on Preventing Vandalism

                    Transcription of this episode

                    Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

                    52 min

                  About Portland from the Left

                  From the publisher's feed

                  Part historical document and part call to action, we’re talking about Portland, Oregon from a leftist perspective to try and provide some additional context to the ongoing struggle against capital and…