It did happen here : an antifascist people's history / [edited by] Moe Bowstern, Mic Crenshaw, Alec Dunn, Celina Flores, Julie Perini, and Erin Yanke.

"Portland, Oregon, 1988. The brutal murder of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw by racist skinheads shocked the city. In response disparate groups quickly came together to organize against white nationalist violence and right wing organizing throughout the Rose City and the Pacific Northwest. It Di...

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Other Authors: Bowstern, Moe (Editor)
Crenshaw, Mic (Editor)
Dunn, Alec, 1973- (Writer of introduction)
Flores, Celina (Editor)
Perini, Julie (Editor)
Yanke, Erin (Editor)
Ward, Eric K. (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Oakland, CA : PM Press and Working Class History, 2023.
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Physical Description:xiii, 282 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword / Eric K. Ward
  • Introduction / Alec Dunn
  • Map of Portland
  • List of participants
  • Setting the scene: From broken treaties to brewpubs
  • He lived as a peacemaker: The murder of Mulugeta Seraw
  • Building community defense: The rise of the coalition for human dignity
  • From uptown to the world: The Minneapolis Baldies, the Syndicate, and Anti Racist Action
  • The action part: The Portland ARA
  • Diversity of tactics: The big tent of the CHD
  • Sharper times: On the streets with the skinheads against racial prejudice
  • This is my city: The story of Jon Bair
  • Less booted, more suited: The end of the coalition for human dignity
  • Nothing is final
  • Together against
  • Notes on interviews, sources, and research
  • Appendixes
  • A. Homophobic violence documentation project
  • B. The Holocaust denier
  • C. Berhanu v. Metzger
  • D. The producers.