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Overwhelmed by the increasing violence of racist skinheads, punks teamed up for community defense. In 1989 they formed Portland’s chapter of Anti Racist Action, and started to fight back.



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Overwhelmed by the increasing violence of racist skinheads, punks teamed up for community defense. In 1989 they formed Portland’s chapter of Anti Racist Action, and started to fight back.

Overwhelmed by the increasing violence of racist skinheads, punks teamed up for community defense. In 1989 they formed Portland’s chapter of Anti Racist Action, and started to fight back.

IDHH 5: They Thought We Were Everywhere: the Portland ARA

It Did Happen Here is an independently produced podcast about anti-fascist struggles that took place in Portland, Oregon following the 1988 murder of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw by racist skinheads. This is the story of how disparate groups used a diversity of tactics to fight neo-nazi violence and right wing organizing in the Rose City in the 1980s and 90s.

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IDHH 5: They Thought We Were Everywhere: the Portland ARA

IDHH 5: They Thought We Were Everywhere: the Portland ARA