 Call to Action: Oppose First Public Meeting of Anti-Gay Mars Hill Church 10 AM this Sunday, October 16th, 2011 at 3210 SE Taylor Last month Mars Hill--an evangelical megachurch with nine branches in Washington and one in New Mexico--postponed its first public meeting after a dance-in and kiss-in was organized by LGBTQ folks in Portland to protest the church’s hateful message equating homosexuality with cancer. Mars Hill claimed the postponement was a result of parking concerns due to the Belmont Street Fair scheduled to take place the same day. In an effort to save face, Mars Hill Pastor Tim Smith and a colleague met with the Q Center’s Executive Director Barbara McCullough-Jones and Operations Manager Paul Fukui, and waited for the controversy to blow over. We are not satisfied with this empty gesture that fails to address Mars Hill’s active promotion of bigotry and dehumanization of LGBTQ people, women, yoga practitioners, and others. The church has announced plans to open its doors to the public for the first time at 10 AM this Sunday, October 16th, 2011 at 3210 SE Taylor. We urge active opposition to the scheduled opening. Let’s show Mars Hill that organizing against LGBTQ people will not fly in the Rose City! Add Comment  BOOT DAVID IRVING OUT OF TOWN!
David Irving’s last anti-Semitic speaking engagement in Portland was met with resistance from local anti-racist and antifascist groups. This time, we intend to shut him down. Irving’s speaking tour serves as a platform for spreading lies and hate, and as a source of income for Irving. Will we allow a fascist to financially gain from spreading racist propaganda without opposition in the Rose City? Not a chance. Please join Rose City Antifascists in letting David Irving know that racism in any form is not welcome in Portland. Continue checking our blog for opportunities to get involved. For more information on David Irving, please refer to our 2009 Portland Indymedia release here, and South Side Chicago ARA's release below the cut. As always, if you have information or tips about racist or fascist organizing in Portland, please contact us at fight_them_back [at] riseup [dot] net or call our voicemail tip line at 971-533-7832.  On Saturday, July 31 at 2:00 p.m., community members will rally in the North Park Blocks at the corner of NW Burnside and NW Park for the national Day of Action Against Racism and Fascism. This event is being sponsored locally by Rose City Anti-fascists, Sisters of the Road, Rose City Copwatch, and Bring the Ruckus, and nationally by over 20 organizations. Over 150 community members will come together for this day of action in direct response to recent racist and fascist activity in Portland, Oregon. During the early morning hours of March 27, a Portland anti-racist activist was shot in what appears to be a well orchestrated attack. The attackers were members of the neo-Nazi movement. The police have responded by investigating antiracist activists while the would-be killers roam free. The March 27 shooting occurred within a context of increasing Right wing racist, homophobic, and fascist organizing and activity. The current economic conditions have created a situation in which overt racists and white supremacists have felt emboldened to act publicly, attacking communities of color and other perceived enemies. From self-proclaimed Nazis patrolling the US border to Tea Party activists who have repeatedly expressed racist views, it is clear that community members must push back directly and strongly against any forms of racism or fascism in our communities. This Saturday will be a time for the people of Portland to rally against racism and fascism in our community. July 31 Call to Action website: july31antifa.blogspot.com Portland ARA presents... 04/17/2010
The White Power Movement on the West Coast What It Is, And How We Can Respond Saturday, April 24, 7PM-9PM First Unitarian Church, Buchan Reception Hall 1226 SW Salmon Street, Portland FREE educational event (donations accepted) In Portland, a long-time anti-racist is targeted for assassination in the downtown area. In Vancouver, BC, an anti-fascist activist’s house is bombed. In Los Angeles, the National Socialist Movement rallies and is opposed by hundreds. In the Northwest, the Aryan Nations faces resistance as it searches for a community to base its new compound.
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