June 2025
Poetry by Malik
IMU IMU just another side of the SHU as far as the dark side of the moon silent too segregation — torture abuse mental degradation hatred infused it’s what they do resistance seems moot what’s the use? — RESISTANCE see it’s ESSENCE it’s core to our belief in the...
Listen Up!
A sight for sore eyes, looking to the future, seeing the bright side. Nearly all the metaphors are visual. Seeing is believing, but don't believe everything you hear. In recent years, however, the long-running tyranny of the visual is being challenged. Hearing has...
Letter From the Editors / June 2025
Hey Bandits, Sincerely, how are you? With sweeping cuts to federal budgets coming for social services and medicare, the politically-motivated assassinations of democratic lawmakers, ethnic cleansing in Palestine due to US-made bombs, ICE raids wrecking havoc on...
Let’s Leave the Flock
In recent weeks, Eugene commuters may have noticed the installation of tall black poles outfitted with solar panels and traffic cameras. The Eugene Police Department (EPD) has welcomed 57 Flock Safety cameras to Eugene with open arms, thanks to a $391,264 retail theft...
Dread and Roses: How Surveillance Distorts Reality and Erodes Community
- Written by Solidarity Gardeners "Are we witnesses who confirm the truth of what happened in the face of the world-destroying capacities of pain, the distortions of torture, the sheer unrepresentability of terror, and the repression of the dominant accounts? Or are...
Eugene City Budget Meetings: Basic Infrastructure Threatened by Law-Makers
On April 18th, the city of Eugene released the proposed budget for the fiscal years 2025-2027, revealing plans to cut funding for the Eugene Public Library, Greenhill Humane Society, Sheldon Community Center, Amazon Pool, and other public services and infrastructure....
Mel’s Hovel: Part 3
Bits of dew still lay on the grass while steam departed at the behest of the sun. With a gentle breeze sending waves through the tall trees that surrounded, the day all but challenged Mel to find a fault. Though there were days she wouldn’t hesitate to take them up on...
Portland Revolts: Protesters Occupy ICE Field Office as Kidnappings Intensify
Portland, Oregon - On June 8th, protesters in Portland set up camp on the driveway of the U.S Immigrants Customs Enforcement (ICE) office, located at 4310 S Macadam Ave. A call went out for others to join the demonstration, maintaining a 24/7 presence in order to stop...
Disabled Love: Community is Already Inside You – Conflict
“We found an old document explaining conflict in the community 20 years ago. I had to read it twice because the conflict was the exact same conflict we just had, but with different names.” We were in the garden, and I was resting on a blanket as my friend sat in a...
Burrito Brigade Gets a Home
After eleven years of operation, Burrito Brigade(parent to the Little Free Pantries, Waste to Taste food boxes, and the Weekend Burrito Brigade) has purchased a building to permanently house and expand its projects. The new location is in the Whiteaker neighborhood,...
Dear Darling: growing? up?
Dear Darling, I need advice about how to talk to my partner about my secret immature thoughts. because we've been together for quite awhile, i have already established a pattern of keeping them to myself. But sometimes i get pretty insecure about things, or really...
No Mayo Cole Slaw
No Mayo Cole Slaw Ingredients 1 medium head purple (red) cabbage, shredded 2 heaping cups shredded carrots ¾ cup finely chopped cilantro 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely diced Dressing: 2 tablespoons oil 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar 2 tablespoons...
Against the White Gold Rush: Lithium Mining at the Oregon Border
The Threat As of April of this year, the Federal Government is proposing to let an Australian company, Jindalee Lithium, explore for lithium mining in Southeastern Oregon, in the McDermitt Caldera, which is the ancestral and current homelands of the Fort McDermitt...
Share Fair Report-back
By: Neighborhood Anarchist Collective On Saturday, May 31st, the Neighborhood Anarchist Collective (NAC) hosted its second Share Fair of 2025 at the First United Methodist Church in Eugene. Over 500 people are estimated to have attended, which makes it one of the...
Elwha Forest Defenders Forced to Leave Woods After Attacks from Violent Vigilantes, Police and Government Technology
Below is a statement released by forest defenders in the Elwha Forest on the Olympic Peninsula. On May 7th, the group launched a tree-sit and blockade to defend a century-old forest that had been auctioned off last year by the Washington State Department of Natural...
Combat Queers
Op-ed || Views expressed by parties interviewed or by the author of this article are not representative of everyone involved. "Growing up I was attacked on the street for being gay. I was a pacifist for a long time until I realized that pacifism without the threat of...