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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 physically
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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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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 demand was
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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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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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“For the first time ever, the FBI has arrested anarchist violent extremists and charged Antifa-aligned individuals with material support to terrorism.” - FBI Director, Kash Patel
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Young Voices Rise High Schoolers Clap Back at Far Right Bullies On Wednesday, October 15th, I arrived at David Douglas High School to find about 30 people, some waving oversized American flags and rocking Charlie Kirk “freedom” shirts on the sidewalk outside. Before I could even finish the thought of
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Around 4 p.m. on Sunday, I arrived at the ICE field office in Portland to find half a dozen protesters in inflatable animal costumes dancing to the upbeat sounds of the Unpresidented Brass Band, whose members were dressed in banana costumes. By 4:15 p.m., I was filming
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Surveillance technology is helping criminalize resistance. On July 24, a criminal complaint was filed in federal court. Less than 24 hours later, FBI agents raided the defendant’s home in Portland, OR while they had rifles drawn on them and their housemates. By Monday, July 28, the defendant stood in
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Ashland, OR — This morning, Ashland's Fourth of July parade was disrupted by a protest of 30 activists from across the Rogue Valley. Waving banners that read “Stop Celebrating Genocide!” and “From Palestine to Mexico, Abolish Borders.” The demonstrators, dressed as monarch butterflies and holding giant poppy flower puppets,
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PSU students pushed back against Riley Gaines and transphobia on campus. Despite arrests, some say the biggest obstacle wasn’t the police, but a lack of willingness to take risks.
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June 7, 2024 by Alissa Azar, originally published on Left Coast Right Watch. On the morning of April 1st, forest defenders launched a tree-sit to stop the logging and sale of mature and old growth trees. The occupation of the forest in Josephine County, just outside of Wolf Creek in