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James Belcher

@jamesbelcher.bsky.social

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Focused on energy and the just transition. Open to Work: linkedin.com/in/jameslbelcher jamesbelcher.substack.com [I'm looking for an alternative.] Portland, Oregon

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · Nov 19

"If you're just doing this to get back to voting every two years, but that vote still enables NATO or a genocide, I ain't with that. [At that point,] you might as well go side with the fascists, because that's what you're ultimately enabling."

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Where Do We Go From Here? Featuring Kali Akuno (Audio/podcast version)

YouTube video by Millennials Are Killing Capitalism Live!

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 15m

I'm making chili and working. How's your Saturday going?

The Best Vegetarian Chili in the World

This vegetarian chili is packed with beans, corn, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Jalapeños, green chiles, and chili powder kick things up a notch!

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 2h

"They appointed Bari Weiss – an outspoken supporter of Israel – as the network’s editor-in-chief. The moves by the Ellisons are not just about growing their media empire, but about shaping the narrative around Israel in the US, where public support continues to decline."

Bari Weiss and the Israel narrative in the US

A relentless push to control how Israel is seen in US media - led by the billionaire Ellison family.

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 2h

"Participants of the annual World Naked Bike Ride don't always know that the massive summer event, which draws thousands, is a protest about body positivity. the 'vulnerability of cyclists, skaters, and pedestrians,' and discouraging dependence on oil."

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 21h

World Naked Bike Ride organizers and other local groups are getting on bikes in the buff to protest the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in South Portland. The demonstration is planned for Sunday Oct 12 at 2:30 pm; now we know the starting spot is Oregon Convention Center Plaza.

Portland's Emergency World Naked Bike Ride Organizers Confirm Time and Location

Suzette Smith

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OPB @opb.org · 1d

It’s been three years since Oregon legislators passed a law requiring employers pay overtime to agricultural workers. But some farmworkers say they’re making less money, not more. And growers say they can’t afford to pay the overtime.

These farmworkers say Oregon’s overtime law isn’t working. Farmers say they can’t afford it

Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, agricultural workers and domestic workers were excluded from receiving time-and-a-half pay after having worked 40 hours a week. It was a Jim Crow-era compromise to keep cheap farm labor in the South.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3h

I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.

Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods

This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 14h

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Jubilee School Courses

Debt Collective Jubilee School Course Offerings – always free and open to the public

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 21h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 18h

City councilors look to administrative tweaks to ‘protect Portland’ from federal actions

Several council members are working on the “Protect Portland Initiative,” a resolution urging the city’s administrative offices to take action against federal agents.

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 19h

As would've Mugler.

James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 20h

PORTLAND, OR: Please read and share. You can also sign up now to provide testimony supporting it next Wednesday the 15th.

Immense thanks to @counciloravalos.bsky.social, @councilorepg.bsky.social, and @councilorclark.bsky.social for their work on this.

READ: www.portland.gov/council/docu...

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"Denounce any attempts to deploy the United States Armed Forces, the National Guard, or militarized Federal Immigration Enforcement in Portland and establish the Protect Portland Initiative"

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 21h

The Skanner is based in Portland, Oregon, and has advanced the cause of the Black Press since 1975.

Analysis Led by Susan G. Komen Shows Fewer Black Women Dying From Breast Cancer in Nine Major U.S. Metro Areas

New data confirms progress is possible in reducing the disparity in mortality between Black and white patients

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Jenn Chávez @jennchavez.bsky.social · 21h

With beloved Portland frogs currently winning the hearts & minds of the American public, perhaps you'd care to learn from @opb.org about their siblings & the help they get avoiding the fate of Frogger from Portland's volunteer-run frog taxi, which helps Northern red-legged frogs cross the road 🐸🚕

‘The Evergreen’: Portland’s ‘frog taxi’ helps amphibians cross the road

Teams of dedicated volunteers are on-call from late winter to early spring to help Northern red-legged frogs safely cross Highway 30 to get from Forest Park to the Harborton wetland, where they breed.

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 21h

Saturdays with Renee, 11am Eastern

Colonialism and Psychology with Dr. Lara Sheehi

YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 21h

It is what it is. I have the same concerns about (e.g.) Indivisible. If mass protests ultimately just shore up the Democratic Party and shield it from reform, it's a problem.

That said, I'm grateful to everyone doing what they can, where they can.

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BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 5d

Being organized by the group that created a second naked bike ride in 2024 when Portland's original version took the year off.

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Naked bike ride to protest Trump's invasion set for Sunday

The start location of the ride has not been announced but is expected Friday.

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PopMob PDX @popmobpdx.bsky.social · 3d

We know Portland has the spectacular style needed to take padded fashion to the next level.

Let’s show the world! In Oregon our capacity to get weird with it VASTLY outpaces your ability to look cool hurting us.

A banana marching band! Banner reads Unpresidented Brass Band

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1d

Portland frogs remind me of "everyday antifascist" tactics from a few years ago, when activists dressed as unicorns & poop emojis & bananas, dancing to a brass band during a Portland Proud Boys rally. All meant to disrupt the group's “toxic masculinity riot porn” www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-...

Proud Boys, Outnumbered By Anti-fascists, Get Police Escort After 30-Minute Rally

Many had feared the rally in Portland would be the most violent fascist rally of the Trump era.

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 23h

“It’s outrageous, but not surprising, that DEQ failed to protect our communities from a notoriously dishonest company’s plan to increase air pollution in Portland."

— Kate Murphy, community organizer with Columbia Riverkeeper

James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 23h

Politics Now Live: President Trump's push for the military in US cities ramps up in courts, streets

YouTube video by Oregon Public Broadcasting

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 23h

"The Hamptons are not a defensible position. The Hamptons are on a low-lying beach. Eventually the people will come for you."

Mark Blyth on the Brexit vote

YouTube video by AthensLive GR

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 1d

Leonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 1d

What do you like most about her? Her virulent anticommunism, her desire to return her country to petro-oligarchs, her support of the Trump administration, her celebration of the bombing of fishing boats by the US military, her cooperation with right-wing insurrection, or her support of Israel?

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Tens of thousands of Palestinians are walking back to Gaza City as the Israeli military begins its withdrawal from the area following the ceasefire agreement.

Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum is there, watching what he described as ‘an endless tide of humans’.

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 1d

Please read and share this post published today by Les Leopold of The Labor Institute.

Why Not Take Over the Hollowed-Out Democratic Party?

At a recent conference at Oberlin College, I tried to make the case that the Democratic brand is so tarnished that the only option left is to build a new formation —which I have been calling the Indep...

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 1d

"Taking over the hollowed-out Democratic Party is a bit like elbowing your way into a crowded subway car. You’ve got a lot of company, and it will be very difficult if not impossible to find a seat."

Why Not Take Over the Hollowed-Out Democratic Party?

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James Belcher @jamesbelcher.bsky.social · 1d

I remain skeptical that our institutions will save us, and grateful to everyone building truly democratic power outside of them. It'll take mass movements and people power to fix ::all this::.

Codicil: Until the Democratic Party ditches big donors, it's not part of the solution.

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