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Social Justice

Regarding posts about social justice movements.

Get Ready to Fight Line 3!

January 14, 2021 by XRPDX
A person's back with large patch on their jacket that says, "Together we will stop line 3 (Kill the black snake)."

Indigenous leaders fighting the Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota have put out a call asking folks to come in support of their work on the frontlines trying to stop Enbridge’s construction of this tar sands … Read more

Tags Enbridge, Line 3, pipelines

JANUARY 20th: Inaugurate Justice!

January 14, 2021 by XRPDX

On Inauguration Day, January 20th, 2021, J.U.I.C.E., Defend Democracy Coalition, DSA, Jobs with Justice, XRPDX and more will Inaugurate Justice with a march and rally from 4pm to 7pm starting at Irving Park (707 NE … Read more

Tags Defend Democracy Coalition, DSA, Green New Deal, J.U.I.C.E., Jobs with Justice

Our Favorite Pieces from 2020

January 7, 2021December 31, 2020 by XRPDX
Photo of downtown Portland and Mt Hood

With commentary from Your Faithful Editor, Austen Lethbridge-Scarl June 1st: George Floyd and the Unheard June 29th: The Fourth Demand July 6th: Reflections on the Climate Emergency Declaration August 17th: What will tear gas do … Read more

Tags Best of XRPDX, Climate Emergency Declaration, Portland Protests, tear gas

Stop the Pipeline: More on Line 3

December 21, 2020 by XRPDX

This is a critical time to try to stop Enbridge from moving forward on Line 3, the destructive Minnesota tar sands pipeline. Indigenous women have been leading the struggle against the pipeline for years and … Read more

Tags Indigenous solidarity, Line 3, pipelines, Stop the Money Pipeline

Action Report: Stop Chase-ing Tar Sands Money!

December 15, 2020December 14, 2020 by Lynn Spitaleri Handlin
A member of XRPDX giving a thumbs down outside the front entrance of a Chase Bank on December 11th, 2020

On Friday, December 11th, XRPDX joined forces with other local activists as part of the Stop The Money Pipeline coalition to hand deliver a letter to Chase Bank branches all over the Portland area.

Tags Chase Bank, Enbridge, Line 3, Stop the Money Pipeline, Wells Fargo

ACTION: Stop the Red House eviction!

December 14, 2020 by XRPDX

As part of our commitment to supporting XR’s Fourth Demand, many of us have been supporting the efforts to prevent an Afro-Indigenous family from losing their ancestral home of six decades: the Red House. It’s … Read more

Tags City of Portland

Insurers Ditch Communities Destroyed by Climate Chaos as They Profit from Fossil Fuels

December 7, 2020 by Diana Meisenhelter

After two years of unprecedented wildfire seasons, insurers are pulling out of parts of California and southern Oregon—sending “non-renewal” letters to thousands of homeowners, raising rates, or not writing policies at all in some areas … Read more

Tags COVID-19, insurance, Insure our Future, Keystone XL, Line 3, Transnational Pipeline, Wet'suwet'en

Action Report: Black Friday at Liberty Mutual

December 6, 2020November 30, 2020 by XRPDX

On Friday, November 27th, members of XR answered the call of Indigenous leaders, standing in solidarity with water and land protectors to call for Indigenous Sovereignty in the fight against fossil fuel pipelines. A small … Read more

Tags Action Report, Liberty Mutual

Defending Democracy

December 6, 2020November 9, 2020 by Margaret Butler

On Wednesday, November 4th, the Defend Democracy Coalition marched for Black Lives and Counting Every Vote. As hundreds gathered at Revolution Hall, the sun peeked out and lit up signs and banners. I woke up … Read more

Tags Defend Democracy Coalition, J.U.I.C.E., Sunrise Movement

Smoke Grenades: Somehow Even More Toxic than Expected

December 6, 2020October 5, 2020 by Austen Lethbridge-Scarl

Portland’s Chemical Weapons Research Consortium, led by Dr. Juniper L. Simonis, has been studying the use of chemical weapons on Portlanders by Portland Police and federal agents since early in Portland’s Black Lives Matter uprising, … Read more

Tags Portland Protests, tear gas
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XRPDX is a non-profit organization with a mission of direct action, public education and truth-telling about the climate emergency.
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