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☮️ Work for Peace and Social Justice
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LaCurmudjan @lacurmudjan.bsky.social · Apr 13
At Willamette Park:
A celebration of life,
with food, music & testimonials, for our friend & stalwart comrade, Portland activist Malcolm Chaddock.
At age 61, he has
left us far too soon.
💔💐☮️⚖️🌹

#VeteransForPeace
#PDX #Palestine
#Peace #Justice
#Community
Portrait from a memorial service: Our comrade, peace & social justice activist Malcolm Chaddock. Singing bowls, crafted from discarded cylindrical metal tanks, by Portland activist Malcolm Chaddock. 🌹One of Malcolm’s upright bells is sounded. I believe bell was commissioned in memory of one of Malcolm’s friends, local activist Joe Walsh Friends brought singing bowls, crafted by Malcolm from discarded cylindrical tanks. Here are a few of them. A beautiful outpouring of sound when they were played together.
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
#ICE #Resist
#SayHerName
Atrocity.
youtube.com/shorts/WlLeH...
ICE Attacks Observer While Tailing a Bus Full of Clergy
YouTube video by Mother Jones
youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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lorennacleary.bsky.social
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.

In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
there are so many gutting stories, but this one is hitting me extra hard. just imagining wael tarabishi slowly dying without his dad there to care for him because he was jailed by ICE makes me…i don’t have words. this country is disgusting.
Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization
It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.
www.wfaa.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 AM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
Friday, 1/16/26- 3:30 p.m: cold but clear weather for the apprx 63 citizens
(Antifa!) at this weekly street action with Indivisible Clackamas, in Milwaukie OR- a community just south of that hellhole, Portland.
#IndivisibleClackamas
#Resist #Protest
#Milwaukie
#ICE #Portland #PDX
#PNW #Antifa
Nice job on this eye-catching sign! Includes a smaller message in blue, at the top right of the placard: “FU*K ICE” . (pardon my French.. I still hesitate to throw the f-bomb, tho I largely agree with a friend who said, ‘fu*k has lost its power’ ..) A protester brought a new sign to Friday’s street action: “ICE” as the acronym for Inhumane, Callous, EVIL. The black-spotted, green and white Portland Frog (with its blue neckerchief) stands at the lower right corner of the placard, just above the word RESIST. A Citizen clad in gray & black, wearing sunglasses (it was clear & sunny, but cold) and a pink pussy hat, holds a multicolored sign which features a upside down US flag, and the message, “American is a country of IMMIGRANTS.. NO ICE- NO TROOPS..NO Masked Secret Police”. Thank you for allowing the team to photograph you. 🌹🏆 A bespectacled citizen, wearing an olive green cap with..frog (?) eyes (frogs being a popular local motif whilst protesting ❤️), & a multi-colored scarf & coat, is accompanied by a blonde child with a light blue jacket and sparkly bow in their hair. The child rides a white unicorn which has a red and yellow horn & pink muzzle. They hold two signs: “Congress say NO to Trump & ICE”; and “ Kindness Is A Superpower, Share It”. Thank you for letting me photograph you. 🌟🦄
January 20, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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January 20, 2026 at 1:01 PM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
Super. 🌹
robertemond.bsky.social Robert E. (He/him) @robertemond.bsky.social · Jan 12
#AlphabetChallenge | #WeekBforBooks & #MuralMonday, #MuralsOnMonday

This is how #Newport commemorates banned book week. We put a #murals of banned books on the library steps & tell people come on you can check them out here, where we believe in freedom.

#Photography #WestCoastKin #PublicArt #PNW
Steps leading to a library painted with the spines and covers of books banned elsewhere in the USA. From the bottom: Wrinkle in Time, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Fahrenheit 451, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1984, The Great Gatsby, Invisible Man, The Catcher in the Rye, Speak, Looking for Alaska, & Slaughterhouse-five. The top step says “art by Gary Herd Newport public library”. Mural by Gary Herd photo by Robert Emond.
January 13, 2026 at 4:58 AM
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dominicervolina.com
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."

The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"

"Learned what?" she asks

Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
Sections of a favorite mural- Uptown Vancouver Washington in the Arnada neighborhood.
This is the artist:
www.hill-yeah.com/shop-art

#Murals #PNW
#VancouverWA
#WashingtonState
#Communities
E. McLoughlin & Broadway, Uptown Vancouver WA: The butterfly and panda are part of a mural that stretches over two sides of a building, forming a corner for this parking lot. The panda sports a bird on its back, a salamander on its hind leg, & flowers across the shoulder and foreleg. Hard to photograph the whole work without showing a lot of..cars : ( A raccoon, with rain on its shoulder & flowers (poppies?) and foliage on its haunch, stalks this parking lot. Part of a bird’s wing appears in the upper right corner of the shot. Apologies for not capturing the entire mural- it’s beautiful 🏆🌹. This section of the mural depicts a unicorn, and a bat. At right, a rabbit leaps out of the shot- I was only able to capture its hind legs .. There’s the rabbit ! A snail on its chest, ladybugs on its ear; the torso and legs adorned with hearts, foliage and flowers.. a moon and stars.
January 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
Vancouver, WA: Community Tile Mural Project- visible from “C”Street between E Mill Plain & 15th, adjacent to a filling station.. details in alt-text.
#Murals #VancouverWA
#WashingtonState
#PNW #Communities
Community Tile Mural Project: an installation on the east side of Block and Olson Glass’ building, adjacent to a Chevron station. Inscription on horizontal tiles reads, “Be Someone Who Matters to Someone Who Matters”. This is surrounded by multicolored tiles, many featuring imprints of hands. A closer look at the message, “Be Someone Who Matters to Someone Who Matters”, painted on white, black, blue and green tiles. Detail of the mural: at lower left, a white tile, identifying the work as “ Community Tile Mural Project”. Also painted on this time are three images that I cannot identify. One includes the letters “PAL”-maybe the logo of a sponsor .. ? This section of the mural includes a couple purple tiles, one decorated with pink, white and green dots, with the message “Smile!” written diagonally in green across the face of the tile. This section includes a large yellow-green tile, inscribed with messages about the mural’s creation. Hard to read, but appear to be: “Created by mentors and mentees from Boys and Girls Clubs Southwest Washington; Big Brothers Big Sisters”.. And: “Special thanks to Clark County Mural Society, Block and Olson Glass” - among others, whose names are (unfortunately) not readable : (
January 10, 2026 at 3:01 PM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
Three Portland-area protests .. details available in the alt-text. 📖
(not captured in photos: An inflatable T-Rex, & a tall trumpet player clad in a plush (blue) Cookie Monster suit 🍪🦖🎺 .. )
#Protest #PDX #Portland
#ReneeNicoleGood
#SayHerName #ICE
#Indivisible #Clackamas
#MilwaukieOR
Saturday, Dec 27, NE Portland, Oregon- the Lloyd District, 16th/Multnomah: A seated activist attends this weekly protest. She wears a burgundy jacket & holds a sign, “Be as courageous as you can”. She is joined by three protesters wearing inflatable suits: on the left an orange & white frog with black spots, sporting a blue neckerchief; and a very tall yellow chicken with an orange bow tie. To her right, a green & white frog with black spots holds her hand and rests an arm across her shoulder. Thurs Jan 8, NE Broadway St, Portland Oregon: a handful of neighborhood activists gathered, mid-afternoon, to protest the murder of Renee Nicole Good, which occurred the day before. Captured in this photo, standing on the left, a woman in a lavender coat holds a sign with Renee’s full name at the top, with a hand-painted portrait of her below. To the right a seated woman holds two signs: one bears the word ‘Justice’, framed by two bloodied hands.. the other reads ‘Stop ICE !’ . To her right a sign ‘No hay Paz sin Justicia’ - there is no peace without justice- rests against a lamppost. As they departed this street action the activists learned that an ICE-related shooting had just occurred in a neighborhood 5-6 miles to the east, with agents having injured two people. Friday afternoon, Jan 9: apprx 70 activists gathered for the weekly street action along SE McLoughlin Blvd in Milwaukie Oregon, a city just south of Portland. This photo includes.. eight? protesters: prominent amongst them are a citizen accompanied by a large white dog, & holding a placard, “We stand with Minneapolis”; it also bears the name of murdered citizen Renee Nicole Good. Also present: a white unicorn with a rainbow mane and tail.
January 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
A rushing river filled with salmon, in a mural at GRACE MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
NE 17th at Weidler St-
Portland OR
#Mural #PDX #Portland
#Neighborhoods
A mural depicting a river filled with salmon, with attribution:, “Homecoming- Designed by Arcadia Truehart, painted by Grace Art campers 2025”
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
I like this.. 🏆
Is K. W. Knight the artist?
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
Nov 12: Antifa occupies a corner in this NE Portland neighborhood. These provocateurs have- thus far-refrained from torching or otherwise vandalizing any of the area homes or businesses..
#Antifa #Portland #PDX
#Resist #Peace #Justice
#Democracy #NoKings
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
Weds, Nov 12, Noon:
Paid Antifa members terrorizing what should be a quiet neighborhood in close-in NE Portland, OR. Where the heck is
PPB?
#Portland #PDX #Hellhole
#Antifa #Resist
Lloyd district, NE Portland, OR: Cars, some brown-brick apartments, a white wooden building housing a nail salon & a submarine sandwich shop - all miraculously undamaged by Antifa or other urban saboteurs. A couple women sit curbside, on scooters. On the left, a white-haired woman wearing what appears to be a black vest over a red jacket, holds a sign that reads, ‘Be as courageous as you can’.. her companion sports a Smokey the Bear-style hat, in black; and dark glasses. She’s wearing a black-and-white geometric wrap over a burgundy- colored shirt, and dark pants with a flowered design. Her sign reads, ‘No Justice No Peace’. It is speculated that they are paid provocateurs (Soros !), & likely here to foment civil unrest. Five agitators-one standing, the others seated on chairs and assistive devices- occupy a corner in a close-in business district of Portland, Oregon. They display various placards with messages, ‘Resist’, ‘No Kings! Ever Again’; ‘Black Lives Matter’; ‘We All Belong Here, We Will Defend Each Other’ ; and two signs supportive of ‘justice, equality and peace’…
November 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
Mexican grocery, Milwaukie, OR- a community just south of Portland: today was 1st time I’d found the door locked during business hours. Owner quickly came to let me in; it was then that I spotted this notice on his door.

#ICE #MilwaukieOR
#PDX #Resist
#SomosVecinos
#Community
#NoHayPazSinJusticia
Notice posted on the door of a local tienda: STOP. No ICE Access In This Business.. Notice to All Law Enforcement & Immigration Agents.. This is a private business. You are not permitted to enter non-public areas of this business without a valid judicial warrant.. An ICE administrative warrant does not authorize entry into private areas of this business.. You may not question employees or search the premises without proper legal authority.. All employees and visitors have the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney.. IF YOU ENTER, YOU ARE TRESPASSING, AND WE WILL PURSUE LEGAL REMEDIES.
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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lacurmudjan.bsky.social
🏆Oct 8: The weekly street action, NE 16th/Multnomah in Portland (yes, THAT Portland). Aprx 100 folk today; I’m told they’ve been protesting every Saturday, 12:00, for the past thirty-one weeks.
⚖️🌹☮️
#PDX #Portland #PNW
#Resist #NoKings
#Oregon #Hellscape
Apprx 100 citizens at a weekly protest in the Lloyd Center/Sullivan’s Gulch neighborhood- the urban hellscape of Portland Oregon, a couple miles from the city center. About ten folk with guitars and ukuleles provide musical support at this weekly protest in northeast Portland, OR. A yellow placard with message, “DEFEND TRUTH”, rests against a music stand, a small American flag flying at its corner. Several of the performers have a QR code affixed to their music stands, providing a link to the group’s songbook. Weekly Saturday street action in NE Portland, OR. Some of the attendees- including this crossing guard- wear yellow Chicken Hats, inspired by local activist Jack Dickinson (AKA the Portland Chicken) who has been a ‘consistent presence’ at the nightly protests at the ICE building on South Macadam Avenue. One of the groups of protesters occupying each corner of this intersection- NE 16th & Multnomah St, in Portland OR. At far left, a citizen holds a sign, “Don’t crown the Clown”. At far right, a safety officer/crossing guard wears a yellow vest & holds a bright orange safety flag emblazoned with the word, “RESIST”; she also wears a yellow Chicken Hat, several of which are spotted by members of The Resistance : (
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
The real 🔥 #hellscape in Portland, and its environs, has been wholly created thru enactment of the
cruel policies of the
current Administration.
Shame on the
Supreme Court, for being party to this. ⚖️💔
#Oregon #Portland
#ICE #Resist

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November 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
🏆Oct 8: The weekly street action, NE 16th/Multnomah in Portland (yes, THAT Portland). Aprx 100 folk today; I’m told they’ve been protesting every Saturday, 12:00, for the past thirty-one weeks.
⚖️🌹☮️
#PDX #Portland #PNW
#Resist #NoKings
#Oregon #Hellscape
Apprx 100 citizens at a weekly protest in the Lloyd Center/Sullivan’s Gulch neighborhood- the urban hellscape of Portland Oregon, a couple miles from the city center. About ten folk with guitars and ukuleles provide musical support at this weekly protest in northeast Portland, OR. A yellow placard with message, “DEFEND TRUTH”, rests against a music stand, a small American flag flying at its corner. Several of the performers have a QR code affixed to their music stands, providing a link to the group’s songbook. Weekly Saturday street action in NE Portland, OR. Some of the attendees- including this crossing guard- wear yellow Chicken Hats, inspired by local activist Jack Dickinson (AKA the Portland Chicken) who has been a ‘consistent presence’ at the nightly protests at the ICE building on South Macadam Avenue. One of the groups of protesters occupying each corner of this intersection- NE 16th & Multnomah St, in Portland OR. At far left, a citizen holds a sign, “Don’t crown the Clown”. At far right, a safety officer/crossing guard wears a yellow vest & holds a bright orange safety flag emblazoned with the word, “RESIST”; she also wears a yellow Chicken Hat, several of which are spotted by members of The Resistance : (
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
Wrapping up the weekly Indivisible street viz in Milwaukie- just south of the urban hellscape that is Portland, OR.
Join us Fridays,
3:30-4:30, in front of the Oak Grove Fred Meyer.
🌹☮️⚖️🍁
#IndivisibleClackamas
#Resist #PDX #Portland
#PNW #Milwaukie
The sun is setting on the weekly Friday street protest in Milwaukie, OR. At left, a citizen holds a sign which reads, “Use Your Voice”, and “We the People Bow NOT To Kings”..below that, a placard: “no hay Paz sin justicia.” In the background, the street glistens with rain; and traffic -including a blue and white TriMet bus- passes in front of a Jack In The Box restaurant.
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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noami428.bsky.social
Just another day in the war zone of Portland
Inflatable axolotl, walking a dog
November 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
< Pangolin .. >
jfotheshow.bsky.social JFoTheShow @jfotheshow.bsky.social · Nov 1
In Portland trick or treater night we had one kid have us scan a QR code for the portland food bank (which I have already donated to) and another dressed as a pangolin and inform me they are the most trafficked animal
November 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
Who the hell are
those.. men, dragging her away??
shannonhale.bsky.social Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · Oct 29
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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ijhahnel.bsky.social
Thank you Portland, OR for showing compassion and consideration to the vulnerable. Theae are just a few places offering free food for SNAP recipients while the benefit is suspended by the Republican congressional cowards.
October 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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mikworld.bsky.social
If you are hungry, come eat. The world has you, and Heretic Coffee Company is here to help. I've never been there, and I'll be going next week to support them in person.

War torn my ass. This is what's really happening in Portland, people helping people.

#portland #snap #generosity #food #pdx
October 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
lacurmudjan.bsky.social
o, for gawd sake.
Yeah, mustn’t leave one’s anarchist cookbook behind..
robinfromwork.bsky.social Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · Oct 28
Just released is this photo of the Portland Antifa lieutenant now in custody
October 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM