Category: Portland
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May Day Portland: What Do Anarchists Really Want?
This letter is a response to The Oregonian May 5, 2017 editorial board opinion “Portland Must be Done with Punk Fascists” applauding police action against Portland’s May Day parade and attempts to create a classic ‘good protester’ versus ‘bad protester’ wedge. This letter to the editor response “Here’s What Anarchists Really Want” was published in The Oregonian on May…
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When the Riot Cops Attack: Repression and Solidarity in Portland’s May Day
This on-the-ground account is part of a series related to attacks on the Portland May Day demonstration by the Portland police. For related articles see the links below. Events like May Day are a temperature check for the collective hive mind of the left reflecting on the year behind them. Because it is a tradition that skates…
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Portland Has Erupted in Permanent Resistance To Trump
As each state came in on election maps, a sense of panic flew through many parts of the country. Hillary Clinton made up the mildly liberal side of the same capitalist coin of party politics, one that those of us with an anti-capitalist and anti-state analysis would not be scared into supporting. This did not…
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Hundreds Take the Streets in Portland in Solidarity With Prison Strike
As the largest prison strike in modern history took place, groups from around Portland came together in the September 9th coalitions. Led by the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee and Anarchist Black Cross, Black Rose Portland and a host of other organizations joined together to take on the regional organizing work to coincide with the nationwide…
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In the Streets for the Portland Trans Pride March [VIDEO]
The Gay Pride festival has become a tradition that spans the globe and has helped to push LGBT issues into mainstream acceptance. Even while it challenges the conservative mores of American society, within the culture of Pride there is often a focus on cis-gendered queer issues at the cost of trans visibility. 2016 has had…
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Are Solidarity Networks the Future of Housing Justice?
As we get further away from the shocking chain of foreclosures that marked the 2008 financial crisis, it has become more apparent just how deep the catastrophe hit. The crisis led to 2.9 million foreclosures that year – a level of housing displacement comparable to an active war zone. For those without the means to…
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Standing Up With the Burgerville Workers Union
Dressed in his work uniform, Jordan Vaandering looked like any other fast food employee heading into another long shift. But that day, April 26, was far from ordinary for the 25-year-old Burgerville employee. Since Vaandering makes under $10 per hour working at the drive-through, he had decided to come forward as a voice for a growing…
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Standing Up for Emergency Rent Stabilization in Portland
On Thursday, April 7, 2016, Portland Tenants United (PTU), the Portland, Oregon, based tenants’ union, descended on the Multnomah County building with hundreds of supporters. Since the City of Portland declared a renter state of emergency six months ago, organizers argue that the rental crisis in the hip urban areas of Portland has only gotten…
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Confronting Low Wages and No Renter Protections in Oregon
On Thursday, February 18, minimum wage and housing justice activists in Oregon descended on Salem to protest a weakened wage proposal and delayed renters’ rights legislation. $15Now Oregon – the state wing of the larger Fight for $15 movement sweeping the country – saw opposition over the last several months coming from the much more…
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The Portland Solidarity Network Holds First Picket at Foster Auto Parts
The Portland Solidarity Network recently came on to support Andrew, a former employee at Foster Auto Parts in east Portland. According to Andrew, he was fired after he started to form a union with his co-workers. This came after he was promised a raise for taking on extra tasks, and after he was let go his…