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With our Voter Guide, Portland DSA aims to inform our members and the public which candidates best advance the Chapter’s priorities in the May 2026 Primary. read more
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Yes on 120? What do we make of it?
Note: Our complete Voter Guide is coming very soon! It will be published here in The Thorn on May 7th at 7:30pm. Note #2: This article reflects only the views of the author and not Portland DSA. You just got… read more
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Portland City Councilors: Pass Police/ICE Mask Ban
Newspapers publish letters from Portland DSA members all the time. Occasionally, the takes are too hot for corporate news media. We are publishing those letters here. Portland City Councilors: Pass Police/ICE Mask Ban At a time when our community’s trust… read more
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The Data Centrists
Update: Ky Fireside — the Eugene-DSA endorsed candidate for HD-7 (Springfield) — launched a public petition calling on Oregon governor Tina Kotek and the Legislature to immediately impose a statewide moratorium on new data centers. One month out from Oregon’s… read more
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PSU Never Disarmed
By Diego Pajuelo While PSU made headlines in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter movement when they claimed campus police were disarmed, this was never true. It is less true now that even partial concessions have been rolled back.… read more
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Brian Owendoff’s One Big Club (You Ain’t In It)
Brian Owendoff sent racist text messages about Portland City Councilors to a group chat of local pro-corporate political agitators. Our research reveals he’s just one node in a network of powerful people trying to cut taxes for the rich, balloon… read more
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Portland DSA Calls on the City of Portland to Stand Up To ICE
The Portland, Oregon chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America calls on Portland City Council and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson to take critical action to protect Portlanders from ICE and all Federal policing agencies. Two Portlanders were shot by federal… read more
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Victory: A.I. Rent-raising software banned in Portland
Yesterday Portland became the 12th city in the nation to pass a ban on software used by corporate landlords to coordinate rent spikes. We showed up, and our collective effort helped push the council to a loud and clear approval… read more
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An Historic Night for Socialism
Portland DSA Celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s Historic Victory in NYC, Signals Parallel Path for Portland on Affordability Issues PORTLAND, OR — The Portland chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) today celebrated the historic election of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor… read more
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Portland DSA Condemns Mayor Wilson’s Cruel Camping Ban, Calls for Investigation into Misuse of Public Funds
November 3, 2025 (PORTLAND, OR) – Portland Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) condemns in the strongest possible terms Mayor Keith Wilson’s decision to begin enforcement of the city’s “public camping” ban, a policy of profound cruelty that criminalizes poverty and… read more
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