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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

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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

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Open Letter to Kate Brown about the Continuing Police Violence in Portland

December 6, 2020September 28, 2020 by XRPDX

September 23, 2020 Governor Kate BrownOffice of the Governor900 Court Street NE, Suite 254Salem, OR 97301-4047 RE: Statement on “Unified Law Enforcement Plan” and Portland Protests We, the undersigned, are writing to you with deep … Read more

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Editor’s Preface to the Open Letter to Kate Brown

December 6, 2020September 28, 2020 by XRPDX
A long "BLACK LIVES MATTER" banner hangs in Peninsula Park.

Last week, a coalition of groups including XRPDX sent an open letter to Governor Kate Brown regarding violence from the Portland Police Bureau and her response to the Portland protests. Based on what happened this … Read more

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Update on the Environmental Impacts of Teargas

December 6, 2020September 14, 2020 by XRPDX

Last week we asked everyone to nag Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality and Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services about a request for information regarding the effects of teargas on the environment. A few days ago, … Read more

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What will tear gas do to us? Look to the trees.

November 19, 2020August 17, 2020 by Janet Weil

This is a follow up to Austen’s post, “What has tear gas done to Portland?” I didn’t want to do a follow up on police tear gas poisoning of the Rose City. We rebels in … Read more

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What has tear gas done to Portland?

November 19, 2020August 3, 2020 by Austen Lethbridge-Scarl
Federal cops tear gassing Portland protesters.

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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