Category Archives: News – Portland

News & Info relevant for the Portland, OR area.

Call to participate in the Olympia Anarchist Convergence

From http://www.olympiaanarchy.noblogs.org In the city of Olympia on April 20th & 21st of 2013 we will be hosting a gathering of anarchy accompanied by presentations, books and conversations! This event will present some of the projects and people that have comprised Olympia’s communities, and the greater Puget Sound … Continue reading

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Cover your forehead! (and other lessons from Pax)

On May 3rd, our friend Pax was arrested on 36 felony charges of criminal mischief and 36 felony charges of conspiracy to commit criminal mischief. This was dropped down to 5 counts of each after their arraignment, and Pax took … Continue reading

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This website isn’t getting updated as frequently as it used to because other things have come up in our lives. Sorry about that. Check out these other websites for relevant anarchist news, some local and some more broad in scope: … Continue reading

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Solidarity rally for grand jury resister Maddy Pfeiffer: Dec. 14

December 14th, 12:30pm Seattle Federal Courthouse, 700 Stewart Street, Seattle, WA Maddy Pfeiffer was served a subpoena in Olympia, WA and appeared before the grand jury on Nov. 7th. At that time they were taken to a contempt hearing but … Continue reading

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NYE jail solidarity noise demo: Seattle

This New Year’s Eve join us for a noise demonstration outside the SeaTac Federal Detention Center. This is in response to the international call-out for noise demos and other actions against prisons, jails, and detention centers on New Year’s Eve. … Continue reading

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An Open Letter to Portland’s High School Rebels

This is a letter of love and admiration for the wild and courageous high school students who battled the Portland Police in the streets on November 3rd. Some of you took pepper spray directly to the face at close range, … Continue reading

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LA Times article: “Anarchist probe: Jailed activists say they won’t talk to feds”

LA Times. Oct 19: SEATTLE—The federal detention center near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is usually home to suspected bank robbers and drug dealers awaiting trial, or perhaps illegal immigrants fighting deportation. These days, though, it’s taken on an air of political … Continue reading

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Leah Released

FreeLeah.tumblr. Oct 19: Leah wanted to communicate just a few statements regarding her release, and otherwise wants space from any contact. The link can be found below. She was in solitary confinement for the duration of her incarceration and is … Continue reading

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Portland: Another Reportback from Grand Jury Resister Solidarity March

PSA. Oct 12: If the Portland Police thought they could stop people from breaking shit by making an example of Pax, they were WRONG! Last night, with only 12 hours notice, a crowd of about 50 people assembled for a … Continue reading

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Portland: “The Story, Last Night, Wasn’t the Broken Windows”

This passerby has awesome interviews.  ########### Facebook Article. Oct 12: By Jess E. Hadden Yesterday afternoon, via Facebook, I heard about a solidarity march, being organized by an autonomous group. The reason: Leah from the Red & Black Cafe was … Continue reading

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Portland: Banks Smashed in Portland March in Solidarity with Leah & Other GJ Resisters

AnarchistNews.org. Oct 12: Last night on 10/11, a march convened in the streets of SE Portland, just a day after a third PNW comrade has been imprisoned by Federal scum for resisting their Grand Jury subpoenas.The Judge, the Feds, and … Continue reading

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Portland: Short Individual Report Back From Portland March In Solidarity With Grand Jury Resisters & Against Prison Society

AnarchistNews.org. Oct 12: This meant as a short overview of the events that transpired during the Oct. 11th solidarity march with grand jury resisters and is not meant to be some in-depth analysis. This is written from my individual perspective … Continue reading

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Portland: March tonight in solidarity with grand jury resisters

No Repression. Oct 12: March tonight in solidarity with Leah, Matt, and KteeO; and against the prison society! Meet up at 8:30pm at SE 35th and Taylor in Portland. Bring friends.

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Portland: Banner Drop in Solidarity with Grand Jury Resisters

PugetSoundAnarchists.org. Oct 11: At the start of rush hour on October 10th, the day of Leah Plante’s grand jury hearing, Portland activists dropped a banner over southbound 405 near the I-5 interchange. The banner reads “END FBI WITCH HUNTS” and … Continue reading

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Salon.com: “Third Northwest activist jailed for staying silent”

Salon.com. Oct 11: Third Northwest activist jailed for staying silent BY NATASHA LENNARD Leah-Lynn Plante (becausewemust.org) “Today is October 10th, 2012, and I am ready to go to prison,” announced 24-year-old Leah-Lynn Plante yesterday. By Thursday morning, the Portland activist … Continue reading

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Seattle Stranger: “And Then There Were Three: Third Grand Jury Refuser Goes to Prison”

Stranger. Oct 11: And Then There Were Three: Third Grand Jury Refuser Goes to Prison BY BRENDAN KILEY Last night, Portland resident Leah-Lynn Plante spent the first of what could be a year and half’s worth of nights in prison … Continue reading

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FreeLeah.org

FreeLeah.org: Hello all. I thought it best to keep a public journal for all to read while I am incarcerated. More things will be added to this website as folks have time to manage it. This website will feature my … Continue reading

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GLITUR: Statement of Solidarity with Bay Area Anti-Colonist Activists

GLITUR. Oct 10: Statement of Solidarity with Bay Area Anti-Colonist Activists On Saturday, October 6th, comrades in the city of San Francisco took to the streets in order to protest the murder of indigenous peoples and the destruction of their … Continue reading

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War on Plants: Drug squad confiscates 1624 daisies in Lethbridge, AB raid

TheIntelHub. Oct 4: Drug Squad Confiscates 1624 Daisies in Suburban Garden Raid As I have explained in many previous articles, the war on drugs is a total fraud and the world would be a lot better off if there were … Continue reading

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Portland: Plaza re-Occupiers faced off with DHS Federal Protective Services

Portland IMC. Oct 7: Portland re-Occupiers face off with DHS Federal Protective Services DHS Federal Protective services moved twenty protesters out of Terry Shrunk plaza before midnight. Riot police were on scene but not employed to make any arrests. FPS … Continue reading

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Portland: Co-op Activist Targeted for Anti-Racist Advocacy

Rose City Antifa. Oct 7: Co-op Activist Targeted for Anti-Racist Advocacy On the early morning of October 6th, a rock was thrown through the home window of a worker at the Red & Black Café who is active in co-op … Continue reading

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Portland: Update on Pax

Portland ABC. Oct 8: Update on Pax From Free Pax:  We would like to say ‘thank you’ to all who have extended solidarity to Pax (Bryan Wiedeman) throughout this situation. We hope that similar solidarity will be displayed in other instances of … Continue reading

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Decolonize Portland: 2 Anti-Columbus films and beads [Oct 7]

PdxABC: Film showing and beads In Solidarity with Indigenous Day, Decolonize Portland invites you to our Anti-Colombus Day Event! Sunday Oct 7th 4-6pm at the Red and Black Cafe 400 SE 12th avenue. We will be screening two documentaries : … Continue reading

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Portland: Occupy-Related F6 Protest Trials End, No Anarchists in Sight

Portland Mercury. Oct 3: Occupy-Related F6 Protest Trials End, No Anarchists in Sight Yesterday, the Multnomah County courtroom of Judge Cheryl Albrecht saw yet another Occupy Portland-related trial. This time for the unpermitted February 6, 2012 anti-police brutality protests. The … Continue reading

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Portland: Pax, After Facing 72 Felonies, Pleads to Three Felonies

FreePax.org. Oct 3: Local Anarchist, After Facing 72 Felonies, Pleads to Three Felonies We would like to say ‘thank you’ to all who have extended solidarity to Pax (Bryan Wiedeman) throughout this situation. We hope that similar solidarity will be displayed … Continue reading

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No Repression: In Regards to Snitchjacketing

No Repression. Oct 2: Snitch Jacketing is a term originally used to describe an FBI tactic for sowing divisions within a target group through spreading suspicion of an informant. It has been used as an interrogation technique as well, feeding … Continue reading

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Portland Action Lab: November 3rd action against Austerity

Portland Action Lab: This a new flyer that the Portland Action-Lab made for the action November 3rd against Austerity, please share it as far as you can! :)

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Portland: Cadillac-Hummer dealership vandalized

Corporate Media. Sept 26: Vandals target Portland car dealership A vandal caused thousands of dollars in damage to cars at a Portland car dealership. According to police, they received a report at 1:08 a.m. on Wednesday of a person spraying … Continue reading

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Volksfront Takes Down Website, Proclaims Organization’s “Dissolution” in the United States

Rose City Antifascists. Sept 26: Volksfront, the white supremacist group which was for many years the dominant neo-Nazi organization in Oregon, and which grew to be a nationwide and then international presence in the bonehead (white power “skinhead”) scene, has … Continue reading

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Oregon: Dozens of Pheasants Liberated; For The Silent Ones.

On PugetSoundAnarchists.org. Sept 24: from Bite Back On the night of September 21, 2012, saboteurs tore open a lone flight pen located at the newly incorporated Primrose Pheasant Farm (27368 S. Primrose Path Canby, Oregon), releasing dozens of slaughter-bound ring-necked … Continue reading

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Vancouver WA: Drive-By Tomato Attacks for Democrats and Smashy-smashy for Republicans

Seattle Times. Sept. 18:  ’Drive-by tomato’ attacks at Wash. buildings Clark County supporters of President Barack Obama and Democrats have been getting tomatoes thrown at them. VANCOUVER, Wash. — Clark County supporters of President Barack Obama and Democrats have been … Continue reading

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Portland Police use deadly force often against mentally ill

  Oregonian. Sept 14: Portland Police used deadly force, often against mentally ill, in 13 cases since 2008 The report by the U.S. Department of Justice notes the Portland Police Bureau used deadly force in 12 incidents in the last … Continue reading

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Combustion Books now free to anarchist prisoners

AnarchistNews.org. Sept 14: Combustion Books, an anarchist-run publisher of genre fiction, is incredibly pleased to announce that we are making everything we publish or distribute available for free to anarchist prisoners in North America for the foreseeable future. We can … Continue reading

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Now is the Time to Attack: Matt Duran imprisoned; Leah Plante released and re-subpoenaed

AnarchistNews.org. Sept 13: “Updates as of 4:40 PM” from Committee Against Political Repression:Around 3:00 PM today, Matt was taken to a contempt of court hearing. The judge decided to make the hearing private instead of public. It is our understanding … Continue reading

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Grand Jury Resistance Rally Daylights Secret Government Tool of Oppression

Portland Occupier. Sept 12: Back in the day, civics class taught us that the grand jury was among the government institutions that made the United States the greatest country on Earth. It was a shining example of our commitment to … Continue reading

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Portland Radicle: Home is Where Our Hearts Are

Portland Radicle. Sept 12: When we engage in revolutionary work, we’re acting from a deep place of caring: caring for ourselves, for our fellow humans, for the planet—sometimes all of these, sometimes just one.  At times, we forget to care … Continue reading

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Portland: {sept 15} Radical Rumble / NW Knockout: benefit for Pax and grand jury resisters

AnarchistNews.org: Radical Rumble / NW Knockout: benefit for Pax and grand jury resisters Martial arts showcase to benefit Pax and grand jury resisters!! Boxing! Muay Thai! Wrestling! Bands! Concessions! Fighting skills showcase starts at 1pm, bands after the showcase. GLOOMWEAVER: … Continue reading

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Portland: “We Are The Working Class” Art Reception {sep 7}

Portland IWW. Sept 6: Friday, September 7th @ 7:00pm Red and Black Cafe 400 SE 12th Ave. 97214 “We Are The Working Class” is a collection of images that are meant to remind us of the broad spectrum of the working class, … Continue reading

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Portland: Grand Jury Resistance & Knowing Your Rights [Sept 6]

  Grand Jury Resistance & Knowing Your Rights A panel discussion about the recent raids and subpoenas targeting activists in the Pacific NW Thursday September 6th 2012 7-9pm Event is free, open to the public and disability affirmative 4312 SE … Continue reading

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Recomposition: At War With Calendula

Recomposition. Aug 29: At War With Calendula by Peter Small businesses are widely believed to be better places to work or better for the planet or both. They’re not. Small businesses are just smaller, less successful versions of large businesses, … Continue reading

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Portland: Volksfront Member Fired After Rose City Antifascists July 31st Day of Action Outing

Rose City Antifascists. Aug 29: Volksfront Member Fired After Rose City Antifascists July 31st Day of Action Outing On July 31, Rose City Antifascists organized an outing of several local Volksfront International members, including Nicholas Cheshire. We are pleased to … Continue reading

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Cascadian Resilience Network – Mission Statement

PDX IMC. Aug 28: The Cascadian Resilience Network is intended to build bioregional self-sufficiency and sustainability among the common people of the Pacific Northwest. We believe tumultuous times are here as a result of the financial crisis, ecological overshoot, the … Continue reading

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“Solidarity is what the state fears” – Leah Lynn Plante

##UPDATE## BecauseWeMust.org. Aug 29: TODAY is a national call-in to support grand jury resisters in the Northwest. Here’s the call-in information, and a wonderful statement from Leah-Lynn Plante about her non-cooperation:  http://nopoliticalrepression.wordpress.com/ Meanwhile, in the Bay area, another grand jury … Continue reading

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Noam Chomsky on the grand juries & “We Will Not Cooperate” zine updated

  PugetSoundAnarchists.org. Aug 21: We Will Not Cooperate Updated The zine that was released upon the world weeks ago entitled “We Will Not Cooperate” has been updated with a more comprehensive list of solidarity statements and attacks. Disseminate wildly. LINK: … Continue reading

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Portland Solidarity gets deposit back from shitty landlord & PDX Solidarity info

Portland Indymedia. Aug 21: Portland Solidarity wins deposit back from Falcon Art Community landlord (see IMC post here.) ### ### ### Portland Solidarity Network. Aug 21: Interested in the Portland Solidarity Network? Our organization embraces the broader struggle for worker … Continue reading

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Portland: Cops release surveillance video of Billy Wayne Simms shooting

Portland Mercury. Aug 20: Cops Release Surveillance Video of Police Shooting of Billy Wayne Simms The Portland Police Bureau has released surveillance video from the St. Johns 7-Eleven parking lot where Officer Justin Clary shot Billy Wayne Simms with his … Continue reading

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Portland: Get to know your local FBI agents

Portland IMC. Aug 13: Getting to know your local FBI agents. An initial list. More to come! Gregory L. Amato Intelligence Analyst FBI Portland Division, Squad 13 Embedded: Squad 10 (DT/WMD) ph 503-460-8527 cell 503-310-6139 fx 503-552-5327 email:  gregory.amato@ic.fbi.gov Michael … Continue reading

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New presentation added to Seattle Anarchist Book Fair: Grand Jury Resistance

FBI REPRESSION AND GRAND JURY RESISTANCE August 25 and 26, presentation happening at 11am both days. On Wednesday, July 26, the FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force raided three houses in Portland, looking for black clothing, electronics, flag-making materials, and … Continue reading

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Portland: The Pink Tape Collective

The Pink Tape Collective: About The Pink tape Collective is a war against rape culture! We are sex positivity soldiers infiltrating society with education and survivor empowerment. We will not stop until everyone is armed everyone to teeth with consent … Continue reading

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Athens, Greece: Stencils and Painted Slogans in Solidarity with Marco Camenisch and PNW Grand Jury Resisters

PSA & Contra info. Aug 15: On Tuesday, August 7th, we painted slogans and stencils as part of the ten days of action against repression. We chose to highlight, as much as possible, two different cases and show our solidarity … Continue reading

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