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
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
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
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February 26, 2024 by Alissa Azar, originally published on Left Coast Right Watch From February 2nd through February 4th, hundreds of Trump supporters, Christian nationalists, and people associated with neo-Nazi active clubs and other fascist groups made their way down to Quemado, Texas. They attended to show their support for