August 2026
disabled love – addiction is human
content warning: addiction and overdose My faerie friend mentioned how addiction is natural, part of the human experience. Absolutely it is. We both love men who we lost to overdose. “Civilization always follows the grape,” he saw on the wall of a...
Riding the Waves of Repression
“Trust your instincts. To all people, and across all civilizations, you know what ‘normal’ is. You know what ‘beautiful’ is. You know what ‘good’ is. You know that families are right. You know that children are precious and beautiful and must be protected. You know...
Jail Sit Vignette
Eugene Jail Sit started after people participating in an action in defense of Palestine on April 15th 2024 were held in the Eugene jail. When they were released, supporters were waiting to welcome them with snacks, coffee, and cigarettes and solidarity. They and other...
Reportback from the Lochiel Tree Sit
By: Poppy The nearly 2,000 mile long border dividing the U.S. and Mexico begins at the Pacific Ocean, cuts through the Sonoran Desert, then the Chihuahuan, and eventually meets the Rio Grande river snaking it's way to the Gulf of Mexico. The "Wall" which has divided...
Local Opposition to Data Centers and How Artificial Intelligence, Military, and Global Exploitation are Entwined
by Paprika In local news, residents of Salem are actively resisting the proposed construction of the Verrus AI data center. Verrus is backed by Alphabet, the parent company of Google. The city of Salem signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) in March 2025, which ended...
Walking in the Shadows of Giants: A People’s Guide to the University of Oregon
With the help of research collaborators combined with his tireless curiosity on the topic, recent University of Oregon alum and community organizer Valentine Bentz has published the university’s very own People’s Guide to the University of Oregon. A People’s Guide to...
Forgetting the Revolution
I love it when the children laugh at me. They think I'm silly. Sometimes I forget where we are and ask about something from the past like prisons or police, and the children laugh and say "Silly grandpa" (everyone with grey hair is a grandparent to them). "We learned...
Poetry: What You’re Here For
A few weeks ago my friend of 35 years took his own life. In my aching to understand his final act in the context of the society and system in which we exist, I had to ask myself, how much of his decision was tainted by capitalism? What if he had universal healthcare?...
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