Naomi Klein on climate & the economy
What is the relationship between climate and capitalism? Naomi Klein puts the pieces together. Continue reading
Ted Taylor
Author: Ted Taylor
Can you get buzzed on black truffles?
A BBC story online says black truffles have an active ingredient to that found in cannabis plants. See http://wkly.ws/1v2 Continue reading
What will be the future of MUPTE?
A decision on the future of Eugene’s Multiple-Unit Property Tax Exemption (MUPTE) program has been delayed by the Eugene City Council until Jan. 26, since Councilor Claire Syrett could not make the Dec. 8 meeting. MUPTE has come under heavy criticism by citizens and some council members for giving big tax breaks to out-of-state developers for housing projects that might have been built even without the subsidies. The latest council action regarding MUPTE will focus on creating a review process. Continue reading
Cleaning up a hazardous campsite
To some river-lovers it’s the scariest place in Eugene: a longtime homeless camp along the Willamette River strewn with soggy mattresses and moldy rugs, used needles, bike parts, food packaging, wet books, even an old TV set. Trash and worse from campers have been collecting for years between the railroad tracks and the river, and a cleanup project is about to begin now that the camp has been abandoned (see photos on our website). Continue reading
Noted Native Activist Al Smith Remembered
Longtime Native American rights advocate Alfred Leo Smith died Nov. 19. Smith was from Chiloquin, was a member of the Klamath Tribe and was known in Native communities throughout the Northwest. He died shortly after celebrating his 95th birthday in Eugene. He’s remembered as a “loving husband, friend, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and fearless warrior,” says his wife of 34 years, Jane Farrell, in a statement sent to his supporters. “He will be missed and remembered for generations to come.” Continue reading
Wyden’s testimony on CIA torture
Sen. Ron Wyden speaks out on the ethics and effectiveness of coercive torture. Wyden disputes the CIA's claims of the usefulness of enhanced interrogation techniques. Continue reading
Elliott forest sale plan shelved
This just in from Cascade Wildlands regarding a public hearing today. Continue reading
Remembering Al Smith
Local longtime Native American activist Alfred Leo Smith died Nov. 19 two weeks after his 95th birthday. Smith was an influential voice in society and in the courts in support of Native American religious rites, such as peyote ceremonies. This video tells part of his remarkable life story. See also http://wkly.ws/1up Continue reading
GTFs make their case
Graduate teaching fellows and their faculty supporters put out this statement today regarding their stalemate and strike with the UO administration. At the bottom is a list of signers. To the University of Oregon Administration: A Call for Ethical Discourse An open letter by instructors in the University of Oregon Composition Program Continue reading
Frank Zappa and the Watts riots
Violence in Ferguson stirs memories of the Watts riots in Los Angeles in 1965. Continue reading