This article provides a brief overview of some criminal cases from the Portland 2020 uprising, and discusses some lessons that can be learned from them. We try to identify and name snitches, including informants and journalists whose work has helped the state, and describe the tactics used by law enforcement, especially undercover agents. This article …
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Tonight, Feb 4, we stuck it to PPB by… yelling at them for a couple hours. And making them take their squad cars into the IJC basement parking from the street. Impressive. Why are we still doing this? Because it was effective in June of 2020? Was it even effective then or did it just feel …
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Published anonymously by Ill Will Editions, October 14th
New zine: Who Are You Streaming For? —three criticisms of livestreaming Who Are You Streaming For? is a collection of three critiques of livestreaming at protests. These three have previously been published separately, but in the context of the 2020 uprising are definitely worth returning to.
Acrid vol. 1 — Trajectory of an Uprising is a zine analysis of the uprising in Portland this year that began late May 2020. Part 1 breaks down and analyses the trajectory of recent revolt in Portland, and Part 2 proposes an alternative approach to break free from that path.
