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New Site Tracks Oregon Corporate Ties to Federal Immigration Enforcement
A new website exposes Oregon businesses who have official government contracts with ICE and CBP
Alissa Azar
Independent journalist in the Pacific Northwest covering antifascism, community defense, and exposing the far right - on the ground unfiltered reporting
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Students Walk Out Against ICE, Counselor Seizes Student’s Sign Off Campus
As student walkouts against ICE spread nationwide, tensions are rising between young protesters and school administrators. In Portland, one family says a counselor crossed a constitutional line when she confiscated their daughter’s protest sign off campus.
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Portland’s Labor Against ICE March Faces Brutal Federal Response
A peaceful rally was met with violence when federal agents unleashed tear gas, rubber bullets, and other munitions on Portlanders, including young children, highlighting the deepening militarization of law enforcement and the community’s unwavering resistance.
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Autonomy in Practice: Permanent Vigil’s and Sacred Fires
On the same day community members gathered to grieve the killing of Renee Good at the hands of an ICE agent in Minneapolis, something shifted in downtown Portland, Oregon. What began as a vigil and flag burning across from the federal courthouse transformed, almost organically, into an autonomous zone that
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Chef and Kitchen Staff Fired After Walkout
On a packed Friday night in December, the kitchen collapsed in real time at a high-end restaurant as diners at Bar Casa Vale watched racialized violence unfold before their eyes. At around 8 p.m., with the dining room full and tickets still coming in, executive chef Jahquari was
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Jury Acquits Indigenous Activist of All Charges in Politically Charged Chalk Trial
A Portland jury acquitted Indigenous community member Tracy Molina, also known as Cozca, of every charge submitted to them after a two-day trial centered on washable chalk messages written on a police precinct window, and police testimony the jury ultimately rejected.
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Beaverton Students Stage Largest Walkout in Years Amid Silence and Inaction from District
By late morning on December 8th, the rain in Beaverton, Oregon was coming down hard, flood-warning hard. But at 10 a.m., students poured out from their classrooms anyway, chanting through the wind and cold as they led the largest district-wide walkout Beaverton has seen in years. Their
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Abolition, Not Fines for Fascism
Portlanders have repeatedly shown up to City Hall with one message: We refuse to negotiate the terms of our own oppression. People weren’t there for symbolic accountability, or for another round of policy cosplay. They came to demand the obvious: Shut the ICE facility down. Completely and permanently. To
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Tag a TERF Day: Hate Rally Fails After Confrontation
Two years ago today, Portland shut down a TERF hate event in under 30 minutes. Over 100 neighbors showed up, sent the bigots packing, and proved that community care beats conspiratorial pseudofeminism every time, sometimes with nothing more than soup and solidarity.
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Portland ICE Facility
Read more about the Labor Against ICE rally here: Portland Labor Against ICE March Faces Brutal Fed ResponseA peaceful rally was met with violence when federal agents unleashed tear gas, rubber bullets, and other munitions on Portlanders, including young children, highlighting the deepening militarization of law enforcement and the community’
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An assortment of photos from various protests and movements throughout the years More on the Permanent Vigil here: Autonomy in Practice: Permanent Vigil’s and Sacred FiresOn the same day community members gathered to grieve the killing of Renee Good at the hands of an ICE agent in Minneapolis, something
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No Kings Day
Portland, Or - 10/18/25 No Kings Day - 2/17/25