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Picketers accuse Willamette Week of promoting racism, sexism and homophobia
rejected the Freedom Socialist Party’s elec
toral petition, citing a statute that gave the
Socialist Party, already on the ballot, exclu
sive use of the word “socialist.” The Socialist
Party strongly supports the Freedom Socialist
Party in the case.
“We are jubilant about this victory,” said
Jordana Sardo, who intends to run for office
on the Freedom Socialist Party slate. “The
ruling is very welcome, especially after the
presidential elections have shown such a
great public need for broader voting choices.”
The Freedom Socialist Ballot Access Case
Defense Committee is urging supporters to contact
Attorney General Hardy Myers and urge him not
to appeal the ruling. Call 503-378-6002, fax
503-378-4017 or send e-mail to
hardy. myers@state .or. us.
BRO P lans L uncheon
asic Rights Oregon recently announced
its eighth annual Oregonians Against
Discrimination Luncheon. The money raised
at the event helps support the work of the
organization and gives business and political
leaders an opportunity to network and show
their support for protecting and advancing
human rights.
The luncheon, scheduled for April 18 at
the downtown Portland Hilton, is one of sev
eral fund-raising events throughout the year
sponsored by Basic Rights Oregon. More than
700 people are expected to attend.
Each year, Basic Rights Oregon honors an
Oregon business that has taken positive steps
to end discrimination in the workplace. Port
land General Electric was honored at the
2000 luncheon. This year’s recipient has not
been announced.
Basic Rights Oregon is the state’s largest
human rights organization for gay and lesbian
people. The organization led the fight last fall
against Measure 9, the anti-gay ballot initia
tive sponsored by the Oregon Citizens
Alliance. It was defeated 53 percent to 47
percent.
The Fair Workplace Project, one of Basic
Rights Oregon’s most successful projects, has
more than 400 businesses as members who
support nondiscrimination policies in the
workplace.
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For more information call 503-222-6151 or
visit the Internet site wtuw.basicrights.org.
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bout a half-dozen protesters picketed
outside the offices of Willamette Week
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Jan. 22 because of a series of controversial
comments printed in the alternative newspa
per. The most recent was by John Callahan,
whose Jan. 17 cartoon depicted a hate crimes
judge telling a lawyer, “No, your client does
not get to spend half his time in jail and half
his time free because he killed a Bi-sexual!”
Among the picketers were bisexual activist
Sven Bonnichsen, feminist activist Jennifer
Laverdure and trans activist Margaret Deirdre
O ’Hartigan. They held signs and distributed
fliers encouraging people to contact advertis
ers and tell them “how much Willamette
Week's hate-mongering offends you.”
The other controversial comments were
made by movie critic David Walker, who
wrote in his Dec. 20 review of the Sandra Bul
lock film Miss Congeniality: “Could someone
please stick something in her mouth to shut
her up? My zipper is stuck.” In the Dec. 27
issue, he joked that Bamboozled director Spike
Lee “should be beaten like a runaway slave.”
“Willamette Week just seems to keep blow
ing off concerns of the community,” Bon
nichsen says. “It was time to up the stakes a
little.”
Bonnichsen says the cartoon, although the
least serious of the controversial comments,
“just sort of pushed us over the edge.... When
I look at it, I think, ‘W hat’s funny about this?’
It’s wrapped in a scenario where people are
being murdered.”
Another demonstration was staged Jan. 29
at Fred Meyer, a major Willamette Week adver
tiser. According to Bonnichsen, the compa
nies contacted by protesters so far have been
“horrified” at the controversial comments.
“Willamette Week wants to think that Port
land is so progressive and hip that this stuff is
OK,” he says, “but 1 don’t think Portland is
where it thinks it is.” j n
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