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EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 28 — EDITORIAL: As press, I’ve never ran away from the opposition (in this case, the feds) like I did last night. In every single alteraction I’ve had with cops or bad actors prior, I’ve ran toward them — even just earlier that night when DHS agents detained their sixth-or-so protestor of the day. Before shit broke loose, I spoke with Anna Lardner, yesterday’s first detainee, a trans woman and one of the plaintiffs named in a federal civil suit against DHS. Lardner told me how DHS agents inside (after roughing her up enough to leave red marks) initially refused Lardner’s request for a female agent to search her. “Today was scary. I was worried they were seriously going to hurt me,” Lardner said. “I will still be back tomorrow.” Then they flashbanged us. Earlier in the day, agents had shot pepperballs and used gas against protestors; again, after the vigil, agents attacked us, forcing everyone away from the main building and onto the sidewalks. When I saw the feds open the door and throw the little flash canister out, my heart stopped. I was right there. I ran. They were shooting pepperballs at my fellow press, and by sheer luck I didn’t get caught in the crossfire. We think the feds might’ve been shooting gas canisters that break up into smaller pieces to spread out the chemicals — hence the appearance of “shooting fire.”Several times, I had to furiously wipe at my stinging eyes. Last night, I felt a primal sort of fear I’ve never felt before. You can’t think when the feds are coming at you with guns. You just run. Jan. 28 marked an insane escalation in state violence against Eugene. DHS detained eight or more protestors just that day — grabbing “leaders,” or types that stood out, trying to get people on misdemeanors and made-up charges. But like Lardner said: We will be back. There is a revolutionary spirit in Eugene, in Portland, in Oregon, in the U.S. and across the world — and no matter how hard the cops, feds or heads of nations try, it cannot be dampened by their violence. A better world is possible, and last night — in the faces of the people standing up to the state — I saw it. ✍️ & 📸: @hawkscratch

SALEM, Ore., Jan. 20 — Trained de-escalators at the Hot Dogs Against Fascism tent pour a jug of water into the stinging eyes of a man from Portland DSA who’d been peppersprayed just moments earlier by a pro-ICE provocateur. They give him a towel, standing around him in a tight-knit circle; a legal observor in a flourescent green hat tells him not to worry, as she saw the whole thing. This man is just one of the 300 people from across the state, give or take, who convened yesterday at Salem’s capitol building to attend the recently formed Si Se Puede Coalition’s “We Make America Great“ rally. Continue reading in the post’s slides. 📸 & ✍️: @hawkscratch

EUGENE, Ore., May 12 — SO LONG, GRACEFUL EDGE In the looming shadow of a construction crane, a little blue house at 1801 Moss Street sits empty in a lot of overgrown grass: the Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Living. On April 25, students, alumni and community members came together to say goodbye to this 20-year-old student-built experiment in cooperative, sustainable life before its demolition later this year, making way for a five-story university housing project. Attendees shared stories, explored archives, read histories posted on the old sheds and reflected on decades of student organizing that built the house and birthed the Grove Community Garden. In the adjacent garden beds, an impromptu art installation transformed the empty plots into a site of protest. Handmade signs spoke to displacement, demolition and the fight to carry CASL’s legacy forward. But this commemoration wasn’t just an ending. Just down the street, the energy carried forward into the first annual People’s Earth Day at the Grove Community Garden’s new site, 1605 Moss St. From 1 to 3 p.m., Grove gardeners brought the space to life with music, zine and seed swaps, block printing and conversation — a celebration not just of this new land to be inhabited, but of the relationships that sustain it. After a year marked by displacement, the Grove’s relocation is a reminder that student-led spaces persist, adapt and grow. CASL’s demolition reflects a broader pattern: student-built, community-centered spaces repeatedly face erasure in the name of institutional expansion. Land is reorganized to serve the university’s relation to forceful networks of capital and revenue generation rather than students’ needs. But the day showed something else, too: that these spaces are never just physical. They live in the people who carry their lessons forward. The Grove continues hosting open work parties and community events at its new location every Sunday 2 to 4 p.m. Because even when a house comes down, the work doesn’t stop; we have a world to grow. ✍️ Huck 📸 1, 2, 5, 8, 10 @hawkscratch 4, 6, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16 @cyrus.s.photography 🎥 @jakechaffee

EUGENE, Ore., May 6 — Students and workers won early implementation of ICE alerts on campus after months of organizing, but University of Oregon administration is still stonewalling our fight for a Latine Cultural Center. WRITTEN BY & STARRING @depopnepobaby & @hawkscratch DP @paisleyroots GAFFER Cooper Giroux EDITED/PRODUCED BY @hawkscratch

EUGENE, Ore., May 1 — 'BE THE GERM THAT SPREADS THE FOREST': Students demand ICE safety plans, Latine Cultural Center May Day at the @uoregon started with a win. Administration announced it would begin implementation of an immigration enforcement alert system on Thursday, almost five months before HB 4079 — lobbied for by students — takes effect. Throughout the day, people rallied, picketed and shared resources before ending with a somber vigil for the Haymarket Eight and the named and unnamed martyrs murdered in ICE detention centers. HOW DID WE WIN? Students and workers spent weeks canvassing, class wrapping and talking to our peers, culminating in the April 10 delivery of over 2600 signatures demanding early implementation of ICE alerts, workplace protections and a standalone cultural center. WHY WALK OUT? Instead of heeding the work done by ASUO and the LatinX Student Coalition to research and secure preliminary funding for a Latine Cultural Center, UO administration has chosen to form its own taskforce. Too, the UO continues to punish student worker-organizers: In the Multicultural and South, Southwest Asian and North African Centers, workers who delivered a letter asking for autonomy — in spaces won by student organizing — were told they would be non-reappointed this fall due to "role restructuring." WHAT'S NEXT? Keep an eye on this page for further action. We have a world to win! ✍️ @hawkscratch produced by Cooper Giroux & @hawkscratch 📸 by slide 1, 10, 11, 20 @cyrus.s.photography 2, 8 @etmoriarty 3, 7, 9 @hawkscratch 4, 6, 12, 15, 18, 19 @kayvarr_ 5, 14, 16, 17 @paisleyroots 13 @cbeckphotos

extra shots from @uo.anti.ice ’s letter delivery this friday 🧊🔥

SPRINGFIELD, Ore., March 28/April 6 — EDITORIAL: Here’s some well overdue shots from a chicken-jockey-ass “No Kings 3.” ✍️, 📸 & 🎥 1 to 10, 13 to 19 @hawkscratch 📸 11, 12 & 20 @sarahbathke_

EUGENE, Ore., March 6 — One week ago, Eugene-Springfield’s workers, socialists and allies marched to the federal building to demand “ICE OUT!” ✍️ @hawkscratch 📸 1 to 4, 6, 8 to 10, 12 to 14 @hawkscratch 📸 5, 7 and 11 by Ryan Donner

EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 16 — ‘THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN THERE ARE OF THEM. WE ARE THE UNIVERSITY’: UO ANTI-ICE COALITION ISSUES DEMANDS AT PCUN SOLIDARITY RALLY EDITORIAL: Our demands are threefold. (1) Stop weaponizing the UO code of conduct against organizers and activists, and promise not to use it against students who would impede ICE activity. (2) Use the campus-wide UO alert system when ICE presence has been verified on or near campus. (3) Establish a Latine/x Cultural Center. ✍️, 🎥 & 📸 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14: @hawkscratch 📸 1, 4, 5, 6, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18: @cyrus.s.photography

‘TIME FOR SOME TOUGH LOVE!’ @seiu503 kicked off statewide bargaining today at our very own University of Oregon, rallying at the amphitheatre and marching to Johnson Hall to deliver handwritten Valentine’s Day cards (hence the tough love) to the university president. UOSW — and friends from @uoydsa — showed up in solidarity alongside @gtff3544 , @uauoregon and other community members. 📸 & 🎥 by @hawkscratch (except for the last photo, taken by an SEIU 503 member!)

VIDEO: ‘THEY’RE TRYING TO KILL US’: Agents shoot at demonstrators’ heads, throw munitions into parking lot across 7th Ave. at 9:25 p.m. on Jan. 31 🎥: Jenny, edits by @hawkscratch 📸 (cover): @iansterling.art

VIDEO: FEDS, LOCAL AGENTS ATTACK DEMONSTRATORS, DECLARE RIOT JAN. 30 (PART TWO) 🎥: @hawkscratch 📸 (cover): @iansterling.art