This Sunday, April 13, at 6PM (Pacific), I will be speaking at an event hosted by the Portland chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, discussing the history of the Portland Police Association, the role and character of police unions more generally, and the PPA’s bid to join the Northwest Oregon Labor Council. The event is online; register here.
Now at The Comics Journal, a new review of an old volume, recently reprinted: an underground comix take on the American Revolution, Give Me Liberty!
KBOO’s Labor Radio interviewed me about the history of police unions, and the Portland Police Association in particular. In the background is a bid by the PPA to join the Central Labor Council. You can see why they would want in: The labor movement is more popular than it has been in half a century, while the PPA is widely reviled. In 2020, their headquarters were set on fire so often it eventually forced them to relocate to the suburbs.
Two new items in print:
I have a review in the longstanding anarchist magazine Fifth Estate, considering Alan Moore and Steve Moore’s Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic.
I also have an essay on Orwell and justice in The Oxford Handbook of George Orwell.
Neither are available online, unfortunately, but I’m sure you can find them wherever fine books are stolen.(The Orwell costs more than $200!)