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{{Short description|Protests in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}
{{missing information|most of Portland history|date=October 2021}}
[[File:Women's March on Portland - 07.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Women's March on Portland]], [[Tom McCall Waterfront Park]], 2017]]

[[Portland, Oregon]] has an extended history of street activism and has seen many notable protests.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Mike |title=In Portland, Milkshakes, a Punch and #HimToo Refresh Police Criticism |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/us/portland-protests-mayor-cruz.html?login=email&auth=login-email |access-date=August 16, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 1, 2019 |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102220815/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/us/portland-protests-mayor-cruz.html?login=email&auth=login-email |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Douglas |title='Little Beirut' legacy: 21 of the most memorable protests in Portland history |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2016/04/little_beirut_legacy_20_of_the.html |access-date=August 16, 2019 |work=[[The Oregonian]] |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817023223/https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2016/04/little_beirut_legacy_20_of_the.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
Portland's first organized demonstration was held in 1857.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Voorhees |first1=Arlo |title=Takin' It to the Streets: Portland's Protest History |journal=[[Portland Monthly]] |date=February 20, 2017 |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2017/2/20/takin-it-to-the-streets-portland-s-protest-history |access-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817023221/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2017/2/20/takin-it-to-the-streets-portland-s-protest-history |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 19th century ===
Women organized in the late 19th century around several issues. The [[temperance movement]] was especially active in Portland.<ref>Frances Fuller Victor, [[wikisource:en:The Women's War with Whisky|The Women's War with Whisky]]</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=[[wikisource:en:Oregon Historical Quarterly/Volume 58/The War on the Webfoot Saloon|The War on the Webfoot Salon]] |first=Malcolm H. Jr. |last=Clark | date=1957 |volume=58 |journal=[[Oregon Historical Quarterly]] }}</ref> Throughout Oregon and the Pacific Northwest [[woman suffrage]] was brought to the ballot five times before it was finally established in 1912.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Abigail Scott Duniway (1834-1915) |language=en |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/abigail_scott_duniway/ |access-date=2021-10-30 |archive-date=2021-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030152728/https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/abigail_scott_duniway/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The movement began with [[Abigail Scott Duniway]] persuading [[Susan B. Anthony]] to join her for a tour of thousands of miles, speaking to people across the Pacific Northwest, in the early 1870s. Duniway would later articulate her non-confrontational approach, stating that it was important to win over men (whose votes must be secured in order to effect change) with a lighthearted, humorous approach: "Men like to be coaxed. They will not be driven."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Duniway, Abigail Scott (1834-1915) |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/8720 |access-date=2021-11-01 |archive-date=2021-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104163120/https://www.historylink.org/File/8720 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Direct Legislation League]] brought direct democracy to Oregon in the late 19th century.

=== 1900 to 1970 ===
[[Beatrice Morrow Cannady]], shortly after founding the Portland chapter of the [[NAACP]] and joining the editorial staff of [[The Advocate (Portland, Oregon)|''The Advocate'']], organized Portland's protest to the racist film ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'' in 1915.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Quintard |author1-link=Quintard Taylor |title=Beatrice Morrow Cannady (1889–1974) |language=en |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/cannady_beatrice_morrow/ |access-date=2021-10-30 |archive-date=2021-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030020149/https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/cannady_beatrice_morrow/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The protests resulted in a city ordinance banning films that incite racial hatred.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1994-01-20 |title=First Female Black Lawyer |language=en |page=27 |work=Statesman Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88033351/cannady-birth-of-a-nation/ |access-date=2021-10-30 |archive-date=2021-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030151928/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88033351/cannady-birth-of-a-nation/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1918-03-25 |title=Pictures of Race Hatred Likely to be Barred |page=8 |work=The Oregon Daily Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88033470/portland-ordinance-birth-of-a-nation/ |access-date=2021-10-30 |archive-date=2021-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030151929/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88033470/portland-ordinance-birth-of-a-nation/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the early 1960s, journalists at the ''[[The Oregonian|Oregonian]]'' and the ''[[Oregon Journal]]'' protested labor conditions, along with journalists around the country. They formed the newspaper ''[[The Portland Reporter]]'', which was well received during its five-year run, and undercut the business of its competitors, driven by a strong campaign to persuade readers to cancel their ''Oregonian'' subscriptions, and to buy stock in the new paper. Striking workers engaged in protest marches among other tactics. The [[National Labor Relations Board]] ultimately ruled the strike illegal.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Portland Reporter |language=en |work=The Oregon Encyclopedia |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/portland_reporter_the/ |access-date=2021-11-16 |archive-date=2021-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116204434/https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/portland_reporter_the/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

By the 1970s, national protest of the [[Vietnam War]] was peaking. Oregon had long been the site of opposition to the war; U.S. senator [[Wayne Morse]] opposed military intervention in Vietnam as early as the 1950s, and was one of only two senators to oppose the [[Gulf of Tonkin Resolution]] authorizing military action. U.S. president [[Richard Nixon]] planned to visit Portland in 1970. Some, including governor [[Tom McCall]], predicted violent anti-war protests in the city, and planned a rock music festival in remote [[Milo McIver State Park]] to distract from efforts to protest in the city. The resulting festival, called [[Vortex I]], became the only state-sponsored rock festival in U.S. history.

=== 1970s and 1980s ===
[[File:March Against Racism PDX 1981.png|thumb|March Against Racism arriving at King Neighborhood Facility, April 4, 1981. Photo from ''The Portland Advocate'' front-page story from May 1981.]]
In 1970, a plan implemented by Portland school superintendent Robert Blanchard called for busing Black students to schools in predominantly white districts, and the closure of schools in Black neighborhoods. The Portland chapter of the [[National Black United Front]] emerged as the principal adversary of the school board at that time, implementing an array of protest tactics.<ref name=BlackOE>{{Cite news |last=Millner |first=Darrell |title=Blacks in Oregon |language=en |work=[[Oregon Encyclopedia]] |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/blacks_in_oregon/ |access-date=2021-10-29 |archive-date=2014-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820232337/http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/blacks_in_oregon/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Black United Front organized a "March Against Racism" on April 4, 1981, with an estimated crowd of 1,500 people, 70% of whom were Black. The march was held in conjunction with similar marches in 37 cities across the United States.<ref name=Adv1-1>{{cite news |first=Pam |last=Smith |title=BUF Takes to the Streets |date=May 1981 |work=The Advocate |url=https://content.library.pdx.edu/files/PDXScholar/Portland-Advocate-May-1981/ |access-date=2021-10-29 |archive-date=2021-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029211424/https://content.library.pdx.edu/files/PDXScholar/Portland-Advocate-May-1981/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The march, which occurred less than a month after an incident in which Portland police officers threw dead possums in front of a Black-owned business in Portland, was one of several large demonstrations in Portland.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Patail |first=Marty |date=September 26, 2020 |title=The Possums, the Police, and the Burger Barn |language=en-US |work=[[Portland Monthly]] |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2020/09/the-possums-the-police-and-the-burger-barn |access-date=2021-10-29 |archive-date=2021-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029211414/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2020/09/the-possums-the-police-and-the-burger-barn |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rodman |first=Monica |date=September 30, 2020 |title=Portland police threw dead possums at her family's restaurant in 1981. Now she's running for mayor. |language=en-US |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/10/30/portland-police-burger-barn-possums-teressa-raiford/ |access-date=2021-10-29 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=2021-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203024920/https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/10/30/portland-police-burger-barn-possums-teressa-raiford/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The following year, Oregon voters approved the first public police review committee in Portland with Ballot Measure 51.<ref name=BlackOE />

The brutal murder of [[Mulugeta Seraw]] in 1988 by the East Side White Pride gang further galvanized anti-racist protests in Portland, prompting further protests.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Denson |author1-link=Bryan Denson |first=Bryan |date=2014-11-13 |title=1998 story: Legacy of a hate crime: Mulugeta Seraw's death a decade ago avenged |language=en |work=[[The Oregonian]] |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2014/11/1998_story_legacy_of_a_hate_cr.html |access-date=2021-10-29 |archive-date=2021-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028203657/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2014/11/1998_story_legacy_of_a_hate_cr.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Trojan Nuclear Power Plant]], Oregon's only commercial nuclear power facility, was the subject of protests from its initial installation in the early 1970s until its decommissioning in 1992.

* [[Igor Vamos]] and the Guerilla Theater of the Absurd, "[[Little Beirut]]"<ref>{{cite news|last=McCall|first=William|title='Little Beirut' nickname has stuck|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20030819/protests19e/portland-police-activists-get-ready-for-bushs-visit|agency=Associated Press|date=August 19, 2003|access-date=September 16, 2013|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921232639/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20030819&slug=protests19e|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 1990s and 2000s ===
* The [[1999 Seattle WTO protests|WTO protests]] in nearby Seattle on November 30, 1999, were considered highly successful. While local boosters had hoped to "showcase the city to the world as a cosmopolitan capital of trade," instead the protests of the talks came to exemplify popular opposition to globalization.<ref>{{cite news |title=FAILURE OF WTO TALKS ADDS CHAOS TO TRADE DISPUTES |date=December 5, 1999 |work=The Oregonian |first=RICHARD |last=READ}}</ref> The protest leadership drew heavily on veterans of two decades of "timber wars" protests of the Pacific Northwest.<ref>{{cite news |title=EVEN ACTIVISTS SURPRISED BY PROTEST SUCCESS |date=December 12, 1999 | work=The Oregonian |first=HAL |last=BERNTON }}</ref> As a result, Seattle canceled its [[2000|Y2K]] New Year's Eve party; Portland did not, but there were concerns about possible disruptions.<ref>{{cite news |title=PIONEER COURTHOUSE SQUARE: SCENE IS SET, AND HOST CITY AWAITS ITS GUESTS |date=December 31, 1999 | work=The Oregonian |first=BILL |last=STEWART }}</ref>
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* [[Shooting of Kendra James]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Anatomy of a Police Shooting |language=en |url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-2106-anatomy-of-a-police-shooting.html |access-date=2021-10-29 |archive-date=2021-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029221926/https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-2106-anatomy-of-a-police-shooting.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |work=[[KATU]] News |date=2018-05-07 |title=Community creates new memorial for Kendra James who was killed by police in 2003 |url=https://katu.com/news/local/community-creates-new-memorial-for-kendra-james-who-was-killed-by-police-in-2003 |access-date=2021-10-29 |archive-date=2021-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029221927/https://katu.com/news/local/community-creates-new-memorial-for-kendra-james-who-was-killed-by-police-in-2003 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bernstein|first=Maxine|date=2020-08-22|title=Kendra James' mother to attend March on Washington, 17 years after daughter was killed by Portland police|language=en-US|work=[[The Oregonian]]|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/08/kendra-james-mother-to-attend-march-on-washington-17-years-after-portland-police-killed-her-daughter.html|access-date=2021-10-29|archive-date=2021-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029221926/https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/08/kendra-james-mother-to-attend-march-on-washington-17-years-after-portland-police-killed-her-daughter.html|url-status=live}}</ref> (often used as a reference point for Portland police killings<ref>{{Cite news |last=Levinson |first=Jonathan |title=No indictment for Portland officer who killed Michael Ray Townsend |language=en |work=[[Oregon Public Broadcasting]] |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2021/09/15/portland-police-shooting-officer-killing-michael-ray-townsend/ |access-date=2021-10-29 |archive-date=2021-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029221926/https://www.opb.org/article/2021/09/15/portland-police-shooting-officer-killing-michael-ray-townsend/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* First Portland [[World Naked Bike Ride]] oil dependency protest hosted in 2004 which has grown to be the largest in the world with over 10,000 participants in 2013.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

===2010s–present===
Notable recent demonstrations include [[Hands Across Hawthorne]], which was held in May 2011, and [[Occupy Portland]], which began in October 2011. The [[2016 Portland, Oregon riots|2016 riots]] were a reaction to the election of [[Donald Trump]] as U.S. president. The [[Women's March on Portland|Women's March]] was held the day after [[First inauguration of Donald Trump|Trump's inauguration]] in conjunction with the [[2017 Women's March]]. Subsequent protests during Trump's presidency included the [[March for Science Portland|March for Science]] and [[Trump Free Speech Rally]] in 2017. In a retrospective of the city's protests from November 2016 to November 2017, Shane Dixon Kavanaugh of ''[[The Oregonian]]'' wrote: "Portland's convulsive protests thrust the city into the national spotlight as they often descended into violence and chaos even as most demonstrators remained peaceful... [T]he churn of marches, demonstrations and rallies has become enduring fiber in the fabric of the city. The protests spanned issues – immigrant rights, homelessness, racism, police accountability, free speech. They drew students, parents, anarchists and Trump supporters."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kavanaugh |first1=Shane Dixon |title=Portland's year of protests: Did they matter? |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2017/11/portlands_year_in_protests.html |access-date=August 16, 2019 |work=The Oregonian |archive-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816205448/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2017/11/portlands_year_in_protests.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:March for Our Lives, PDX, 2018 - 58.jpg|thumb|[[March for Our Lives Portland]], 2018]]

The [[March for Our Lives Portland|March for Our Lives]]  was held in 2018 and the [[End Domestic Terrorism rally]] was held in 2019.

After the [[assassination of Qasem Soleimani]] in January 2020, hundreds gathered at [[Terry Schrunk Plaza]] for a "No War in Iran" protest, led by the DSA.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oregonian/OregonLive |first=Jayati Ramakrishnan {{!}} The |date=2020-01-04 |title=Hundreds gather in downtown Portland for 'No War on Iran' protest |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/01/hundreds-gather-in-downtown-portland-for-no-war-on-iran-protest.html |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=oregonlive |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930024852/https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/01/hundreds-gather-in-downtown-portland-for-no-war-on-iran-protest.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

2020 saw the [[George Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon|George Floyd protests]], [[Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage]], and  [[Red House eviction defense]]. Portland saw protests following the election of [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Mike |last2=Eligon |first2=John |title=They're Breaking Glass and Criticizing Biden. From the Left. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/protests-portland-seattle-biden.html |access-date=January 28, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127194358/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/protests-portland-seattle-biden.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As of March 2021 the U.S. Department of Justice has dismissed 31 of the 90 protest cases resulting  from  protests in downtown Portland during the summer,  including a mix of misdemeanor and felony charges.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Iboshi |first1=Kyle |title=Feds quietly dismiss dozens of Portland protest cases |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/portland-protest-cases-dismissed-feds/283-002f01d2-3217-4b12-8725-3fda2cad119f |website=KGW8 |date=2 March 2021 |publisher=KGW-TV |access-date=4 March 2021 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304002331/https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/portland-protest-cases-dismissed-feds/283-002f01d2-3217-4b12-8725-3fda2cad119f |url-status=live }}</ref>

March 2021 saw Portland police responding forcefully to protesters at the Hatfield U.S. Courthouse.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Calicchio |first1=Dom |title=Portland courthouse turns back into fortress after riots spike again |url=https://www.bing.com/newtabredir?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fus%2Fportland-courthouse-turns-back-into-fortress-after-violent-antifa-riots-spike-again |access-date=25 March 2021 |agency=Fox News |date=14 March 2021 |archive-date=4 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504213253/https://www.bing.com/?form=000010 |url-status=live }}</ref> The protests spread over two nights and were described by protestors as involving an extension of a protest over the expansion of an oil pipeline, the dismantling of the security fence in front of the Courthouse, and the [[murder of George Floyd]]. On the first night (March 12) Federal officers deployed impact munitions, tear gas, flash-bang grenades and smoke bombs at a group of a few dozen protesters who had gathered at the Hatfield U.S. Courthouse and was setting fires and smashing windows. The second night police surrounded a crowd of over 100 protesters using a process known as [[kettling]] detaining them for blocking traffic. They used pepper spray on two people outside the perimeter who were confronting the police about this tactic. Spent containers of a potentially deadly gas that had been used by the police in earlier demonstrations were also found.<ref>{{cite news |title=Police detain more than 100 Portland protesters in apparent kettling |last1=Ramakrishna |first1=Jayati |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2021/03/police-conduct-mass-arrests-during-pearl-district-protest.html |access-date=14 March 2021 |publisher=Advance Local Media |date=March 13, 2021 |archive-date=14 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314014325/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2021/03/police-conduct-mass-arrests-during-pearl-district-protest.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On October 13, 2021, Portland Police reported that "a group of around 100 anarchists caused substantial damage to businesses and government buildings in downtown Portland Tuesday night" (Oct. 12).  Participants broke numerous windows and "35 separate locations  were targeted, including banks, retail stores, coffee shops, and government buildings." Police stated that some group members laid down in front of police vehicles to attempt to prevent police response, and that they believe that some people involved in criminal activity were changing clothes  to  stymie efforts to identify them.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anarchists Damage Businesses Downtown, Investigations Underway |url=https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=352015&ec=2&ch=twitter |access-date=14 October 2021 |agency=Media Relations |publisher=Portland Police Bureau |date=October 13, 2021 |archive-date=13 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013223448/https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=352015&ec=2&ch=twitter |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Reaume |first1=Genevieve |title=Anarchists damage dozens of buildings overnight in downtown Portland, police say |url=https://katu.com/news/local/anarchists-damage-dozens-of-buildings-overnight-in-downtown-portland-police-say |access-date=14 October 2021 |publisher=Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. |date=October 13, 2021 |archive-date=14 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014013613/https://katu.com/news/local/anarchists-damage-dozens-of-buildings-overnight-in-downtown-portland-police-say |url-status=live }}</ref> The cost of the damage was later estimated to be  at least $500,000. Although police officers did give direction to the group over a loudspeaker to  disperse and a Mobile Field Force moved in, police did not directly intervene to stop the vandalism.  Portland Police Bureau officials said that this was due to legislation which restricts the tools they can use to stop people causing such destruction, and the lack of clarity on the bill.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cline |first1=Sara |title='Lawless city?' Worry after Portland police don't stop chaos |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lawless-city-worry-portland-police-stop-chaos-80613763 |access-date=17 October 2021 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ABC News Network |date=October 16, 2021 |archive-date=17 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017002835/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lawless-city-worry-portland-police-stop-chaos-80613763 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On November 19, 2021,  law enforcement in Portland declared a riot as approximately 200 demonstrators protested the  acquittal of [[Kyle Rittenhouse]], 18,  who killed two people and injured another in Wisconsin. Protesters were reportedly yelling anti-police chants.and throwing objects at police, such as urine, water bottles and batteries, and the rear window of one  patrol car was  smashed.  .Windows on buildings were also broken and  doors of city facilities were damaged, and there were  trash and debris fires in the streets. Protesters  began to engage in erecting  street barricades using fencing they tore down and construction signs.   The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office said a riot was declared after protesters began focusing on and "tampering with" a roll-up gate at the Justice Center. Some protesters   had begun moving  toward the entrance of the jail and had put large tree branches in the way to stop the gate from closing.   Several people were given citations but only one person who had an outstanding warrant from another matter was arrested.  By about 11 p.m. the crowd had dispersed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=KOIN 6 News Staff |title=Portland Rittenhouse riot: Windows smashed, 1 arrest |url=https://www.koin.com/news/protests/portland-protests-kyle-rittenhouse-verdict-11192021/ |access-date=28 November 2021 |publisher=Nexstar Media Inc |date=Nov 20, 2021 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128012022/https://www.koin.com/news/protests/portland-protests-kyle-rittenhouse-verdict-11192021/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Associated Press |title=Windows smashed in downtown Portland Rittenhouse protest |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/20/windows-smashed-in-downtown-portland-rittenhouse-protest/ |access-date=28 November 2021 |publisher=MediaNews Group, Inc. |date=November 21, 2021 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128150529/https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/20/windows-smashed-in-downtown-portland-rittenhouse-protest/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In solidarity with the [[Mahsa Amini protests]], groups of [[Iranian Americans|Iranian-American]] protesters have met in Pioneer courthouse square on with signage in the [[Flag of Iran|Iranian tricolor]] declaring "A Free Iran is Better for the World", and many signs demanding the ouster of [[Ali Khamenei|Khamenei]].  Other signs declared "Justice for Iranian Women", and "my hair, my choice," and "Break the Silence, be Iranians voice."  The American [[Flag of the United States|stars and stripes flag]] was featured prominently by one demonstrator.  Although most chants were in [[Persian language|Persian]], an occasional refrain of "Iranian Lives Matter" was given in English.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chandler Watkins |title=Portlanders march following death of Mahsa Amini in Iran |url=https://www.kptv.com/2022/09/22/portlanders-march-following-death-mahsa-amini-iran/ |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=www.kptv.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930024353/https://www.kptv.com/2022/09/22/portlanders-march-following-death-mahsa-amini-iran/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  The protests continued on 1 October, with hundreds gathering.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oregonian/OregonLive |first=Austin De Dios {{!}} The |date=2022-10-02 |title=Hundreds gather in Portland to support Iranian freedom |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2022/10/hundreds-gather-in-portland-to-support-iranian-freedom.html |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=oregonlive |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007231836/https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2022/10/hundreds-gather-in-portland-to-support-iranian-freedom.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

2024 saw the [[2024 Portland State University pro-Palestinian campus occupation|Portland State University pro-Palestinian campus occupation]].

== See also ==
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* [[Vortex I]]
* [[The Advocate (Portland, Oregon)]] (re: protests of [[The Birth of a Nation]])
* [[Kent Ford (activist)|Kent Ford]], founder of Portland chapter of the Black Panther Party
* [[Ron Herndon]], founder of Portland Black United Front

==References==
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==External links==
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