Tag: Tax The Rich
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Brian Owendoff’s One Big Club (You Ain’t In It)
Brian Owendoff sent racist text messages about Portland City Councilors to a group chat of local pro-corporate political agitators. Our research reveals he’s just one node in a network of powerful people trying to cut taxes for the rich, balloon the police budget, and make it harder for Portlanders to survive. Brian Owendoff, the commercial read more
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Portland DSA Endorses Parks Levy, Calls for More Ambitious Public Investment
The Nov. 4 Parks Levy effort becomes part of the Chapter’s emerging Family Agenda. On September 14, members of the Portland chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America voted to endorse the upcoming Portland Parks and Recreation Levy 2025 Ballot Initiative as part of its Family Agenda campaign, and is training members to canvass Portland read more
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Portland Democratic Socialists support Councilor Novick’s Park Plan
Increasing the existing CEO surcharge Novick championed in 2016 equitable move to fund parks The Portland Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America supports Councilor Novick’s move to increase the surcharge on companies with highly skewed ratios of CEO to worker pay. Portland DSA recently launched a new campaign for a Family Agenda for Portland, to read more
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RALLY TO DEMAND SAFETY AND EQUITY IN OUR SCHOOLS
Contact: Laura Wadlin, 503–332–7236Location: Beaverton City Library, 12375 SW 5th St, Beaverton, OR 97005Time: Monday August 3, 6:30pm [Beaverton, OR, August 3, 2020] Portland DSA will demonstrate alongside students, parents, educators, and union members across the country on August 3rd, 2020, demanding a safe, scientific, racially just and publicly-funded approach to supporting our schools and read more