Siege of Portland Day 15

Portland’s mayor has suspended the use of tear gas and antifa continues to fill downtown and besiege the Justice center–every night now for two weeks. Last night an acquaintance who’s an antifa sympathizer (I think) excitedly told me the police were using clubs to clear the streets. I drove downtown at about two in theContinue reading “Siege of Portland Day 15”

Barbarism and Impotence

“The critique of culture is confronted with the last stage in the dialectic of culture and barbarism: to write a poem after Auschwitz is barbaric, and that corrodes also the knowledge which expresses why it has become impossible to write poetry today.” Theodore Adorno   To talk about police brutality, “racism” or even economic inequalityContinue reading “Barbarism and Impotence”

New Normal: Commuting

“Looking to carpool, Portland downtown, nightshift. Smokers okay.” This was taken around 130AM. Small groups of protesters lingered harassing cops who gave chase. Things were finally winding down after the rioters spent themselves. The 8PM curfew was made a joke by the sheer number of people on the streets at 8–and still pouring in. PoliceContinue reading “New Normal: Commuting”

Portland Joins in

Protesters blocked off the street in front of Portland’s Justice Center around 2AM and drew no police attention as a few dozen rallied and gave speeches. One speaker managed to praise the Symbionese Liberation Army (kidnappers of Patty Hearst) and its philosophy (symbiosis, naturally, so we may “evolve”), the Black Guerilla Family prison gang and,Continue reading “Portland Joins in”