COP 28 or COOPTED28?
Some are calling it COPOUT28 and others COOPTED28. Although it started out with finally setting up a Loss and Damages fund, less than .2% of what is needed every year has thus far been pledged … Read more
Diana Meisenhelter
APEC Report
Members from XRPDX went up to Seattle in September to protest some of the working sessions of the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation—a horrific lineup of governments and corporations working behind closed doors to weaken environmental … Read more
Metro’s Regional Transportation Plan
Metro’s next Regional Transportation Plan should be setting us up for a safer, habitable future. Instead, it doubles down on cars by doubling our new roadway spending and cutting transit investment to a third of … Read more
Hold City Hall Accountable on Police Oversight
In 2020, Portland voters approved Measure 26-217, by an overwhelming vote of 82%, establishing a Police Accountability Commission to create a police accountability oversight system. The Police Accountability Commission created an independent investigative body called … Read more
Prevent the Weakening of Environmental & Labor Laws in Asia
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) is coming to San Francisco, November 11-19 to establish major international trade deals. The ministers and businesses involved prioritize corporate profits over people’s needs while crafting agreements that will impact … Read more
Push back on Metro’s Regional Transportation Plan
XRPDX is working with Portland’s Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and others on protesting Metro’s proposed Regional Transportation Plan. The Regional Transportation Plan, or RTP, is a comprehensive document describing all of the planned improvements on public roads … Read more
Call for a Ceasefire in Israel and Gaza
The linkage between war and the ecological climate crisis we are witnessing is undeniable. Being an environmental activist means being a peace builder; it means standing for all living beings. In the struggle between Palestinians … Read more
Global Action to End Fossil Fuels
September 15 & 17 Fridays for the Future is calling for a global climate strike September 15th and a national coalition (including XRUS members) is organizing a massive march in NYC on September 17th to highlight the climate crisis … Read more
Summit and Mass Mobilization against APEC in Seattle
Led by PNW-People over Profit, nearly 500 folks (including a large contingent organized by Kalikisan from Portland with a cohort of XRPDX members) attended a day long series of educational workshops on 7/29 and then … Read more
Anti-APEC Peoples’ Summit and Mobilization in Seattle July 29 and 30
Register before Friday, July 14 for APEC actions. XRPDX has been working in solidarity with the Pacific Northwest People Over Profit coalition to make plans for a Portland contingent to the preliminary sessions of the Asian … Read more