April 29th: Reflections on the beginning of the Portland State University library occupation

The spirit of the Intifada swarmed through the Portland State University (PSU) library as a whirlwind. Computers, printers, and televisions made with Coltan, a mineral extracted via slave labor in the Congo, had been smashed throughout the first floor. Commodified food and drinks were transformed into becoming free stuff that anyone can take to consume …

Machines burned at highway construction site in NW Portland

On Tuesday morning I burned three large machines at an Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) construction site in Portland. They were destroying the forest hillside on the south side of the st. johns bridge to protect highway infrastructure. ODOT construction sites, and highway construction in general, often leave expensive (and highly flammable!) specialized equipment unattended …

Regional Call Out for March 15th International Day Against Police

Manuel Ellis Timothy Green Charleena Lyles Korryn Gaines Breonna Taylor George Floyd Michael Brown Oscar Grant And On, and on, and on. We haven’t forgotten, nor do we forgive. Justice is a dead word forced down our throats at gun point. Vengeance is truly of our own making. We are calling for anarchists throughout the …

Call for submissions to Rose City Radical issue #6

For our 6th issue, “Solidarity Across Borders,” we are looking for pieces that address international solidarity from a local lens. From struggles at the U.S. border to struggles in Palestine, the place we know as “Portland” is not in a vacuum. Local places are shaped through global connections, just as we can’t ignore the effects …

Christmas Is Cancelled Due To Genocide

Anarchists and their friends responded to the call by Palestinians to not stay silent about the ongoing genocide in Gaza by disrupting the obscene spectacle that is Peacock Lane in so-called Portland, OR on Friday, 12/22. For the unfamiliar, Peacock Lane is a single street in an upscale neighborhood where neighbors have been coercing each …