https://twitter.com/gravemorgan/status/1336385645246181376
portland has really been punching above its weight class this summer considering it's only a city of 650k
Portland is so fascinating. It's a city of hyper liberals, and full on praxis.
It’s cause we are surrounded on all sides by white Supremacists and reactionaries
Not fun fact: Oregon was originally founded as a state where it was literally illegal to be black and exist in the state.
idk if you're just memeing but there were actually people like this in the early united states, they were so racist they wanted to abolish slavery so they could deport all non-white people.
I was a lib in Portland, their DSA is extremely active and aggressive. The one meeting I ended up going to is what finally radicalized me.
i think it's cuz it is one of the few cities on the west coast where you can still get by on a basic service industry wage; it still has a radical working class
Really? That's really fascinating. I was expecting it to be like Austin and super expensive.
It’s quite expensive, comparable to Seattle. Not sure what this comment is talking about.
having lived in many west coast metro areas, portland is still very affordable in comparison
Unless things have changed dramatically in the past few years Portland is significantly cheaper to live in than Seattle.
portland has a history of deep rooted community groups building solidarity with each other, something a lot of other cities are missing
yeah, all those antifas from Beaverton showing up to Mississippi i'm sure
unironically i know some that do. Public transit is actually good here.
also city lines are a spook anyway
Can you imagine a suburb full of working class people pushed out of the metro area? I can't. It's still the 60s and suburbs are exclusively white and affluent, right?
Really liking how clear cut the "Government vs. Actual People" dynamic is these days.
Remember, we have to serve the people to win them over. Even if this is futile, it's still something.
https://twitter.com/AlexMilanTracy/status/1336379378075234304
https://twitter.com/gravemorgan/status/1336374447616393217
I like the "local access only" sign as they push back cops that probably don't live anywhere nearby.
stop, local access only, trespassers will be shot, dead end
sign, sign, everywhere a sign
blocking out police, saving my mind
do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?~🎶
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Wheeler just sent the cops to break up the occupation
https://twitter.com/tedwheeler/status/1336490851178930176
