What has tear gas done to Portland?
Last Friday, OPB published an article asking what many of us have been wondering: What’s all this tear gas going to do to the environment? If you’ve been to Chapman or Lownsdale Square during the … Read more
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Last Friday, OPB published an article asking what many of us have been wondering: What’s all this tear gas going to do to the environment? If you’ve been to Chapman or Lownsdale Square during the … Read more
“Hey Feds! We’re not impressed!No rides, no rest!” About 20 of us XR rebels and friends gathered in front of the Marriott Hotel on Naito Parkway to serve notice to the hotel chain: Feds Go … Read more
This letter was delivered to the Marriott’s management as part of the July 25th action. To: The People In Charge of The Marriott Corporation From: Concerned Portlanders RE: Ending The Support of The Occupation Of … Read more
After nearly two months of telling the Portland Police that Black Lives Matter, the Trump administration came to take a big swing at Portland and missed so hard they hit themselves in the back of … Read more
This speech was delivered at the Theodore Roosevelt Statue, South Park Blocks, Portland, Oregon I’m Janet Weil, representing the Portland local chapter of Extinction Rebellion.The first demand of the international Extinction Rebellion movement is: Tell … Read more
That the Government must tell the truth about the climate and wider ecological emergency, it must reverse all policies not in alignment with that position and must work alongside the media to communicate the urgency … Read more
Last week, XRPDX member Tri Sanger testified to the Portland City Council regarding the Climate Emergency Declaration. Here are their comments. My name is Tri Sanger and I’m testifying on behalf of Extinction Rebellion PDX. … Read more
On a day when the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis published its 500+ page Action Plan, political support for the widening of the I-5 freeway in Northeast Portland completely fell apart, and protesters … Read more
That the Portland City Council has voted unanimously (finally) for a climate emergency resolution is encouraging. The official recognition and declaration of our dire situation is a good place to start. But, will this turn … Read more
This is the fourth in a series about the 4 Demands of the Extinction Rebellion movement. We demand a just transition that prioritizes the most vulnerable people and indigenous sovereignty; establishes reparations and remediation led … Read more