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Work Ethic
Protests Heat up at Day-Labor Site
Anti-immigration protesters up the ante at Portland’s day-labor site.
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Troubled Water
Environmental Activists Target the Columbia River Crossing with Civil Disobedience
Environmental activists climb the Morrison Bridge to protest another bridge project—the Columbia River Crossing freeway expansion.
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In Other News
Portland’s anti-war “Raging Grannies” had the case against them dismissed in court on Monday, June 9, after prosecutors were too unorganized to get cops to show up on the right day. Sara Graham and Bonnie Tinker were arrested at last year’s Rose Parade for sitting down in front of a tank. At first they were […]
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Rules of the Game
Homeless Protest Stretches On
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, May 13, with the homeless protesters in front of city hall facing enforcement of the city’s camping ordinance, five representatives sat down with Mayor Tom Potter. The meeting did not go so well. Potter didn’t let the protesters record the conversation. Afterward, protest organizer Arthur Rios Sr. waved the mayor’s prepared statement, and […]
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Unhappy Campers
Homeless Protest Continues, Politicos Take Notice
OVER THE PAST two weeks, a makeshift homeless encampment has been growing in front of city hall. Kicking off on Friday, April 25, a few men and women who’d been “swept” out from under the Burnside Bridge—where they usually slept—set up camp on the sidewalk, against city hall’s cement balustrade. They gathered there to protest […]