On Jan. 8, just over a year after the Jan. 6 Insurrection, a far-right “Never Stop Fighting” rally was held at the Oregon State Capitol. Scheduled for 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., […]
Proud Boys Attend “Never Stop Fighting” Rally at the Oregon State Capitol
PHOTOS: Eugene Comes Together for “National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day”
On Dec. 21, the Eugene community came together at the city’s East Park Blocks for a vigil on National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day.
PHOTOS: 350 Eugene Protests Eugene YMCA, Kid Sports, and 4J School District’s Planned Methane Use
On Dec. 15, members of 350 Eugene held a demonstration outside of the Eugene Family YMCA in protest of their planned methane use along with Kidsports and the 4J School District.
The Community Stands Against Racism and Hate at North and South Eugene High Schools
In 2007, the Oregon School Activities Association commissioned an independent investigation into accusations of racism and hate occurring during the previous year’s state basketball tournament at the University of Oregon. The investigation […]
PHOTOS: Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted, Portland Antifascists Hit the Streets
On Nov. 19, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of charges stemming from his Aug. 25, 2020 killing of two antifascist protesters and severely wounding another during a protest for Jacob Blake in Kenosha, […]
PHOTOS: Community Comes Together at Anti-Houseless Sweep Sit-In
Beginning at 2 p.m. on Dec. 2, approximately fifty community members began a sit-in outside in front of the Atrium Building in protest of Eugene’s continuous housless sweeps. The sit-in—titled “The City […]
Cascadia Forest Defenders Begin Occupation in Willamette National Forest and Join Demonstration on University Campus
Beginning on Nov. 16, community members with Cascadia Forest Defenders began “occupying a road leading to public forest slated for clear-cutting in the Willamette National Forest” — a part of the Breitenbush […]
Oakland, California’s POOR Magazine Hosts ‘Homefulness’ Workshop, Member of Stop The Sweeps Arrested
On Nov. 15, POOR Magazine—a California-based indigenous, working-class, and “people-led” media collective—held workshops at two of Eugene’s houseless camps. The workshops centered around “homefulness,” or “the homeless solution to homelessness,” as said […]
“Friends don’t let friends become cops” — GTFF 3544 holds anti-CIA teach-in
On Nov. 10, members of the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation 3544 led an anti-Central Intelligence Agency teach-in behind Tykeson Hall on the University of Oregon campus. According to organizers, the event was […]
PHOTOS: ASFCME Local 1724 Rally at Kesey Square
On Nov. 8, members of ASFCME Local 1724 and their allies held a rally at Kesey Square over unfair wages and job security. Management is expected to receive a 5.6% wage increase […]