If you missed the Inauguration Protest, check out our recap here. Portland also SHOWED UP to the massive Women’s March on Saturday that almost broke Trimet. Reporter Megan Burbank talks about what it was like to be there and provides some follow up on what you can do now that you’ve marched to keep that […]
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Trump Pushes Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines Forward; What You Can Do to Resist
An activist locked to Dakota Access pipeline construction equipment in early September. Sydney Brownstone While it should not come as a shock to anyone, this is some bullshit: Donald Trump, who lost the popular vote by 2,864,974 votes, has signed orders to revive the Keystone XL pipeline and to push forward the Dakota Access pipeline […]
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Women’s March Participants: Today, the Real Work Begins
On Saturday, I saw the America I want to live in. Doug Brown Here’s how the Assaulter in Chief responded to the huge, inspiring, intersectional marches that took place throughout the country this weekend: He mocked participants by saying they didn’t vote, and today reinstated the global gag rule via executive order, pulling US aid […]
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Women’s March on Portland: “You People… Give Me Hope!”
If you attended today’s Women’s March on Portland, please join me in shouting out the old man at the turn at Jefferson and Fourth who yelled gruffly from the sidelines, “YOU PEOPLE… GIVE ME HOPE!” That opener had me ready to tune out a lone Trump voter, and that beautiful segue was like praise from […]
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Photos from Portland’s MASSIVE Women’s March
Hey! I think I saw you today at Portland’s Women’s March… all 100,000 of you! It was super fun, inspiring, and if you saw Trump’s press secretary’s terrified speech, you KNOW it drove the predator-in-chief crazy. NICE WORK TEAM, let’s keep up the pressure until he’s impeached! Let’s take a peek at some of the […]
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The Women’s March on Portland is Massive, Jubilant, and Lit
It’s hard to think some record isn’t being broken today, as tens of thousands of people have converged in a crush of wet, jubilant, Trump-hating humanity in McCall Waterfront Park for the Women’s March on Portland. As we write this, the massive demonstration is still singing, chanting, and cursing its way through the streets of […]
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Today’s Portland Protest Schedule: Saturday, Jan 21 (Starring the Women’s March!)
If you missed last night’s Inauguration Protest, check out our recap here. It was… exciting and pretty infuriating. Expect today’s Women’s March to be calmer, but all bets are off for whatever goes down tonight. Here are some resistance and solidarity events to attend today. United Front Against the Trump AgendaSouth Park Blocks, 10 amA […]
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The Mercury’s Live Updates: Downtown Protest Scatters When Police Fire Flashbangs and Gas Grenades
UPDATE 9:30 PMBy and large it looks like tonight’s protest is over, thanks to the rain and what appeared to be an overzealous reaction by the PPB to what seemed to be overall a peaceful protest. We’ll be checking back in tonight sporadically to see if anything new develops. Otherwise we’ll see you all for […]
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Women’s March Organizer Margaret Jacobsen: “Marching Isn’t Comfortable. It’s So Much More Than That.”
Doug Brown Portland writer and photographer Margaret Jacobsen is one of the organizers of tomorrow’s Women’s March on Portland, the local sister march to the national Women’s March on Washington. Jacobsen spoke with me this week about the intersectional mission of the march, final logistics for a march of this size (it’ll likely be one […]
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Today’s Portland Protest Schedule: Friday, Jan 20
Doug Brown It’s Inauguration Day—which means lots and lots of people are going to have lots and lots to say about that. If you’re marching or just working downtown, you’ll want to keep the following in mind: Here’s how to be prepared (and not get arrested) if you’re marching.New Mayor Ted Wheeler has laid down […]
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Live from the Downtown “Anti-Betsy DeVos Walkout” Protest
UPDATE: MORE PICTURES Pioneer Courthouse Square Doug Brown Students speaking out about education secretary Betsy DeVos Doug Brown Doug Brown Students Doug Brown Doug Brown A Portland teacher Doug Brown Wilson High School teacher Hyung Nam Doug Brown Doug Brown Students Doug Brown Marching through downtown Doug Brown Doug Brown Marching through downtown Doug Brown […]