BBC, “Proud Boys and antifa: When a right-wing activist met a left-wing anti-fascist”
Since the election of Donald Trump, extreme right-wing groups and left-wing activists have battled on American streets. It’s happened in New York, Berkeley, Charlottesville and elsewhere. But one liberal enclave might be the epicentre of the fighting: Portland, Oregon, a progressive city in the Pacific north-west. Two activists who have been on opposite sides in […]
Shane Burley: Fractured Far Right Escalates Harassment Against Left in Portland
On the evening of January 17, members of the far-right groups Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer surrounded a small house-turned-office on the busy East Burnside Street in Portland, Oregon. The building houses a rotating door of nonprofits and community organizations, each renting small office space, anchored by the Portland Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). […]
The Washington Post, “Protests again convulse Portland, Ore., as groups on the right and left face off”
PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds of protesters from the right and left faced off on downtown streets here Saturday, with police declaring an increasingly tense situation several hours in to be a “civil disturbance” and trying to disperse the crowd through the use of flash grenades and pepper spray. On a sun-drenched afternoon, the confrontation was just […]
The Daily Beast, “Proud Boys, the Infamous Right-Wing Brawlers, Head to the Heart of Antifa Country”
It was the punch heard round the pro-Trump internet. In a June melee in Portland between right-wing groups and “anti-fascist” counter-protesters, a black-clad antifa activist swung a baton at 28-year-old Ethan Nordean. Dressed in the black-and-yellow polo shirt uniform of the Proud Boys, a group of self-described “Western chauvinists” who regularly engage in street brawls, […]
Mel Magazine, “Anarchy in the U-S-A”
Last year, squads of young men and women in black clothes, masks and bandanas crept out to the streets of Portland, Oregon, with bags of asphalt in hand. This wasn’t about Neo-Nazis, law enforcement, immigration rights or other prickly issues millennials have demonstrated a passion for. They took to the streets for one purpose only: […]
Haaretz, “In Portland, I Witnessed the Violence of White Pride in Trump’s America”
Portland, once known as America’s far-right skinhead capital, was the scene of a hate crime 30 years ago that galvanized action against white supremacist gangs. This Saturday, with a tailwind from the Trump White House, far-right political violence returned to its street. On Saturday, June 30, Portland, Oregon experienced perhaps its worst scene of open […]
The Guardian, “Riot in Portland as far-right marchers clash with anti-fascists”
A riot was declared in downtown Portland, Oregon on Saturday evening as the city exploded into its worst protest violence of the Trump era. More than 150 supporters of the far-right Patriot Prayer group fought pitched street battles with scores of anti-fascist protesters. In total, nine people were arrested. The far-right march had started near […]
Daily Beast, “Occupy Protests Freeze ICE Operations From Oregon to Manhattan”
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has put some New York City operations on hold while a protest outside Manhattan’s main ICE facility stretched into its fifth day. On Thursday, demonstrators set up camp outside a downtown ICE processing center that houses an immigration court and a temporary immigrant detention facility. By Friday, ICE was smuggling detainees […]
Willamette Week, “Domino’s Pizza Ripped Off Portland Anarchists’ Scheme to Fill Potholes. The Anarchists Aren’t Impressed.”
A corporate branding campaign is the sincerest form of flattery. Earlier this week, Domino’s Pizza announced its plans to help improve the nation’s infrastructure by filling in potholes. The company’s Paving for Pizza grants are currently being doled out to various U.S. cities as a way to “save your good pizza from these bad roads.” […]
The Oregonian, “Antifa and Patriot Prayer demonstrators clash in downtown Portland; 4 arrested”
Dueling demonstrations faced off Sunday in downtown Portland, marking the first large street protest of the spring. The rallies drew hundreds to a pair of parks near City Hall, including right-wing Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson of Vancouver, his supporters and counter-protesters, including black-clad antifascists, known as antifa. The rallies began peacefully and escalated with shoving, […]