The city is known for its liberalism. But a racially charged double murder sheds light on an enduring current of militant racismCiaran Mulloy remembers how the neo-Nazis outnumbered the anti-racists in Portland in the 90s. A union organiser and anti-fascist,he was was deeply involved in fighting against the far fair’s infiltration of American youth culture in the 1980s and 90s. But when he arrived in the city in 1990, he said, or “we were not prepared for what was out there in Portland. Related: Man shouting 'anti-Muslim slurs' fatally stabs two men in Portland It’s not hyperbolic to call it a war. There was intense fighting Related: 'Legitimized in their hatred': a weekend of violence in Trump's America The foundation of Oregon as a state,and in fact the whole Pacific north-west, was as a racist white utopiaContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com