Lessons from the Streets

<p>Portland Oregon was the only city that rioted in response to Trump's first election. We took to the streets for nearly a week and stood up to attacks by the police and fledgling far-right groups. Portland paid a price but we prided ourselves on the resistance we had mounted. So when Trump was reelected it felt like our efforts had been fruitless. We seem to have lost hope. No one knows what to do or how to respond. All we truly have is the streets and each other. And if we want to know what to do we need to look back at what we did before. We may not have defeated fascism but we did learn some lessons. </p>