The Veterans for Peace activist, who recently met President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, cautions against U.S. military intervention Dan Shea joined Veterans for Peace after he returned from the Vietnam War feeling like he had invaded a country that wante ...
29 Mar 2019 - Stephen Quirke
The city's new tribal liaison hopes Portland can set an example for other cities "Everywhere you are, Indians have been.... Every hill, every creek, every meadow, every forest, every inch of the Willamette River bank in this city has a story of ...
22 Dec 2017 - Stephen Quirke
COMMENTARY | A proposed ballot measure would fund local and equitable investments in renewable energy and efficiency by imposing a tax on large corporations In the coming weeks, a diverse coalition of grassroots organizations will put forward a unique bal ...
27 Oct 2017 - Stephen Quirke
Julian Matthews and Elliott Moffett help organize a flotilla to advocate for removing four dams from the lower Snake On the morning of Saturday, Sept. 9, about 100 people descended on the Snake River near Lewiston, Idaho, paddling toward the Lower Granite ...
15 Sep 2017 - Stephen Quirke
Progressive organizers should pay more attention to small acts of rebellion, says the Portland author of 'Guerrillas of Desire' HBO is currently catching criticism for rolling out a new show called “Confederate” – an alternative history where sl ...
4 Aug 2017 - Stephen Quirke
Columbia River Gorge Commission upholds denial of permits for rail lines in Mosier, Oregon In a victory for residents, tribal communities and environmental groups, the Columbia River Gorge Commission has upheld a Wasco County decision to deny Union Pacifi ...
16 Jun 2017 - Stephen Quirke
Environmental activists turn to local organizing to fight corporate interests In the battle to protect the environment, activists are increasingly turning to a model of local organizing that mixes face-to-face democracy with the power to create law. Not e ...
26 May 2017 - Stephen Quirke
A new mural in Northwest Portland is the work of Gats. In a rare interview, he tells Street Roots why he covertly creates public art. It isn’t every day that a phantom comes to Portland. Gats, or Graffiti Against the System, is a mysterious street artist ...
20 Apr 2017 - Stephen Quirke
Concerned property owners in Coos County are pushing back after the blocked proposal resurges In the whirlwind of deregulation and corporate jubilance surrounding President Donald Trump, Canada-based Veresen Inc. hopes to find some new wind in its sails. ...
16 Mar 2017 - Stephen Quirke
Elden Hillaire, of the Lummi Nation, discusses threats to the region’s tribal lands on the heels of Trump’s executive orders concerning the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines President Donald Trump made headlines just days after his inauguration when ...
16 Feb 2017 - Stephen Quirke