The view (and sounds) from my classroom across the street from the Oregon Capitol. Hundreds of trucks have come to town to jam up traffic to show their opposition to Oregon’s climate bill.
I may not be able to hold class today because it's unclear if we'll be able to hear each other. Ironically, the readings we're talking about in History of Conservatism cover Calhoun's anti-democratic, nullifying obstructionism designed to protect the economic elite's privilege!
Update. It’s gotten even louder. Chant with me now “This is what anti-democratic obstructionism looks like.”
I've worked here for 20 years. This is the only time my students' learning environment has been disrupted by a protest at the Capitol. These folks are breaking state law (apparently with impunity) by doing this.
And to be clear...this is far from the largest protest I've seen here in terms of the number of people. It's just the most obnoxious because of the logging trucks.
Such a lucky coincidence for all of these logging truck drivers that they were able to get the day off today, and also, for those who don't own their own trucks, get access to company trucks!
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