Story and photos by Pete Shaw The French novelist Honoré de Balzac is often credited with having written that behind every great fortune there is a crime. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, the ubiquitous company that seems able to sell everything to everyone, everywhere, has surely amassed a great fortune. He is the richest…
Story and photos by Pete Shaw There are some combinations that seem so natural, it is hard to imagine a world without them. Pizza and beer, burgers and fries, Lennon and McCartney, and Donald Trump and Nazis quickly come to mind. Now you can add to the list, Burgerville workers and the Community Alliance of…
Story and photos by Pete Shaw Gathered around pairs of shoes representing fathers and father figures who have been detained and deported, over 70 people assembled in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office at 511 NW Broadway on Monday June 17th to demand Congress and President Obama create and pass immigration legislation…
Story by Pete Shaw Multnomah County Commissioners unanimously supported a resolution on April 4th revising the Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) plan for handling Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainers. Under the new rule, which goes into effect on April 15th, the MCSO says it will only honor ICE requests to hold prisoners it believes to…
This story is part of our feature about the many protest events on May 1, 2012. Visit the feature page to see more. [View the story “May Day: Live Blog” on Storify] May Day: Live Blog Live reporting of events for May Day actions in Portland, Oregon, and beyond. Storified by Adam Rothstein · Mon,…
by Adam Rothstein Spokespeople from three Portland coalitions gathered together in front of a decrepit, bank-owned property today, April 26, to announce that they would be organizing a community-based takeover of property on May 1, as a first action in a series of efforts to liberate property for the use of those who reside in…
