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 that local action, or lack thereof, has abroad. Continue reading “Call for submissions to Rose City Radical issue #6”
Machines burned at Urban Alchemy construction site in north Portland
We burned bulldozers and excavators being used to build another Urban Alchemy site in North Portland, where homeless Portlanders will be sent to live behind chainlink fencing and barbed wire under threat of violence and sweeps. Continue reading “Machines burned at Urban Alchemy construction site in north Portland”
Anarchists claim responsibility for torching local politician’s car
On the first new moon of 2024, some anarchists torched a car in front of portland city commissioner rene gonzalez’s house. This was accomplished with a fire starter, which can be found in the outdoors section of any big box store.
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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 other into setting up half-hearted holiday displays for decades for the enjoyment of yuppies, many of whom travel in from the suburbs. Continue reading “Christmas Is Cancelled Due To Genocide”
Claim of responsibility for arson at Mercedes-Benz of Portland
After weeks of indiscriminate bombing and a ground military invasion of Gaza, leveling homes, hospitals, and schools, the cost to human life has been over 18,800 deaths — 8000 of which are children — and over 51,000 injured. The bombings along with the ongoing Israeli blockage has created a humanitarian catastrophe leaving hundreds of thousands of Gazans displaced with little to no access to food, clean water or medical care. This genocidal assault has also taken the form of intensified repression against Palestinians in both Gaza and the West Bank — mass arrests, targeted military raids, and an escalation of settler violence. We are all too aware that this war waged by Israel is made possible in large part by weapons and equipment supplied by the United States and their allies. As anarchists living behind enemy lines, we refuse to sit by and watch yet another genocide unfold before our eyes.
So, in the early morning hours of 12/11, a fire was started at the Mercedes-Benz dealership in downtown Portland. The blaze destroyed a delivery van and burned out the exterior of their ‘wholesale parts’ garage on SW Market St. This was done as an act of economic sabotage against a corporation that develops military vehicles for the Israel Defense Forces and profits from the dispossession and occupation of Palestinians.
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US BANK VANDALIZED
We smashed up 2 ATMs and the service window of the US Bank in the sellwood neighborhood of Portland Oregon.
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Please Log Off – a reflection
It’s hopelessly incompetent that this arguing is happening in public channels y’all. But here we are. Nothing is real to this kind of activist unless they can get engagement on twitter. A space for local anarchists to hang out, eat, and exchange ideas is clearly secondary when a single zine and some opinions held by its organizers apparently! threatens their whole existence. You thought you were providing community but these smart cookies were there to let you know that you’re actually doing genocide. Friends, the people who engage in pouring SHIT in an area CHILDREN play in aren’t the type to be grounded in perspective or taken at face value. And doing this because some people weren’t wearing a mask at an outdoor fair and comparing their behavior to rape apologia is wild. It’s offensive. It doesn’t matter how many loaded terms you tack onto whatever the hell this was supposed to be, the call is literally coming from inside the house. Continue reading “Please Log Off – a reflection”
Newly formatted zines
Hi!
Just wanted to share some newly formatted content related to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and anarchist responses to it. We didn’t write the content, but we formatted it for print so that it can be more easily shared.
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Expectations vs. Reality – A personal reflection and response to a recent post
If the authors of this piece were so concerned the anarchist fair held this weekend was “organized by anti maskers”, I think that actually seeing the event, even just for a bit, would’ve alleviated their fears.
I was there for a lot of the event, mostly in a mask, and experienced no anti-mask sentiment. Throughout the event, some people wore masks, including people tabling and leading workshops, while others were unmasked, depending on their individual circumstances, or what they were doing in the moment, etc. To me, this made sense for an open outdoors event where people had food and hot drinks throughout. Someone brought a whole table full of stuffies dressed up in little black masks to give out, and someone else had some n95s available for those who wanted. Continue reading “Expectations vs. Reality – A personal reflection and response to a recent post”
Soldier statue torn down Thanksgiving night
After the sun set on Thanksgiving, we tore down a memorial to the US soldiers of the Spanish-American War in Riverview cemetery. The Spanish-American war, overseen by President William Mckinley, marked a turning point in American Imperialism, resulting in the annexation of Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba and the Phillipines and creating new norms for overseas military intervention and territorial control by the United States. The monument bears a plaque dedicated to the US soldiers who killed to assert control over the Phillipines. Through action, we call to life the memories of the Phillipine Insurrection against American rule and anarchist Leon Czolgosz, who assassinated President McKinley in New York while revolt continued on the islands. Continue reading “Soldier statue torn down Thanksgiving night”