We joined coalition partners to expose the Oregon Air Show as military propaganda & predatory recruitment disguised as family fun. We're told there's "no money" for healthcare, housing, or living wages while billions flow to weapons manufacturers. https://lnk.bio/s/cpusaportland/cb535 🛩️

Portland Police just launched a drone surveillance program WITHOUT City approval. PPB partnered with Gresham PD to station drones on East Precinct's roof, avoiding the democratic oversight that Portland voters demanded. What will be their next surveillance tool? #PortlandCopwatch

🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

This morning the Trump made true on his threats toward Portland and declared he is going to "provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland. … I am authorizing Full Force, if necessary." These are direct attacks on the people of Portland and completely false. 🧵1

CPUSA Peace Conference 2.0, will be held online Saturday, November 8, from noon to 4 pm eastern. We will discuss, strategize, and adopt an action agenda. We need to build a working-class led new peace front – an important part of the people’s coalition against the far right!

🧵 Thread: How US Aid Fuels Gaza’s Crisis — What the Data Shows 1️⃣ Why does the US government keep funding Israel despite rising public opposition? Let’s break down the economic interests & verified facts behind this support. 👇

✊ AFT's Target boycott shows organized labor's power Target caved to Trump's anti-DEI agenda, abandoning communities that built their success. Corporate "values" last only as long as they're profitable. Workers organizing collectively gets results. #LaborSolidarity #WorkerPower

🌍 Senators Van Hollen & Merkley just concluded Israel is carrying out ethnic cleansing in Gaza, funded by the U.S. https://lnk.bio/s/cpusaportland/79dcd International working-class solidarity demands we oppose U.S. complicity! ✊

Trump uses Charlie Kirk killing to declare war on the left with zero evidence about motive. Classic fascist move: exploit tragedy → justify repression → target democracy. https://lnk.bio/s/cpusaportland/d4410 CPUSA survived McCarthyism through mass unity. We'll defeat this too. ✊

Trump DOJ targeting transgender gun rights using Minneapolis shooting as justification. Classic ruling class tactic: scapegoat marginalized communities for systemic problems while ignoring root causes - economic inequality, alienation under capitalism. We stand with our transgender comrades! ✊

Our comrade's new article breaks down how Oregon's Universal Health Plan attacks the profit-driven system that commodifies healthcare. The plan proves universal coverage saves money and improves care by eliminating insurance company middlemen: https://lnk.bio/s/cpusaportland/e7767

Born today 1926: Fidel Castro, who proved revolution was possible in the Americas. Cuba: Free healthcare, free education, international solidarity. US: $800 billion military budget, medical bankruptcies, homeless camps. Portland deserves a system that serves people, not profit.

Born today in 1924: James Baldwin saw through anti-communist propaganda to its white supremacist core. "Those screaming about Communists are really concerned with propping up the doctrine of white supremacy." His class analysis remains essential for Portland organizers today. ✊

🇻🇪 Born 70 years ago today: Hugo Chávez - leader of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution. He used oil wealth to build free healthcare, education, and housing for millions of poor people. He survived a US-backed coup and supported Cuba despite American pressure. #HugoChavez

🧠 Born 99 years ago: Frantz Fanon - revolutionary psychiatrist who exposed colonialism's mental violence. The Algerian revolutionary showed how capitalism uses racism to divide workers and justify exploitation. #FrantzFanon #DecolonizeYourMind

✊ Remembering Nelson Mandela - anti-apartheid leader born 106 years ago today. Mandela spent 27 years in prison rather than abandon the fight for freedom. His example shows that ruling classes only negotiate when faced with organized resistance. #NelsonMandela #AntiApartheid

🌟 Happy 77th Birthday to Assata Shakur! The former Black Panther and liberation fighter escaped US political imprisonment in 1979. Cuba granted her asylum, where she remains protected from FBI persecution. Her survival proves that international solidarity works. #AssataShakur

Damon Lamarr Johnson didn't have to die. Portland police killed a 52-year-old Black man during a "wellness check" - exactly what the 2012 DOJ settlement was meant to prevent. We need community care, not armed enforcers. lnk.bio/s/cpusaportl... #DamonJohnson #SayHisName

To Intel workers losing your jobs tomorrow: You didn't fail. You're skilled professionals whose labor built technology that powers our world. The system failed YOU by treating human expertise as a disposable cost instead of the foundation of progress.

Join the Portland Communist Party Book Club! Open to everyone - no Party membership required Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower" Saturday, July 26, 3-5pm In-person AND online options DM us for location details and PDF access Building the movement one book at a time!

🎨 Born 117 years ago today: Frida Kahlo - revolutionary Mexican artist who declared "I am a Communist". She used her brush to expose capitalist exploitation, celebrate indigenous workers, and oppose US imperialism across Latin America. #FridaKahlo #RevolutionaryArt

Frederick Douglass reminded us that true freedom means confronting injustice. Real freedom means freedom FROM exploitation, racist policing, and choosing between rent and food. That's the Portland we're building through tenant unions, workplace organizing, and community defense.

📍 TODAY: Stop U.S. War on Iran & Palestine Saturday 3pm at Salmon Springs/Naito Parkway Portland workers' tax dollars fund bombs while we can't afford rent. Join us in continuing our city's proud anti-war tradition! #PortlandCommunists #PDX #NoWarOnIran #FreePalestine

Political assassination in Minnesota targets Democratic lawmakers. The suspect had a hit list of Democratic lawmakers and abortion providers, indicating organized fascist terrorism, not random violence.

Portland workers said NO to Navy war machines on our waterfront! Hundreds protested Fleet Week while billion-dollar destroyers recruited our young people with false promises. We demand Portland fund housing, healthcare & jobs instead of endless war. https://lnk.bio/s/cpusaportland/a099b

We stand united with workers and oppressed people in Iran, Palestine, and everywhere US-led imperialism threatens democracy and self determination. The people united can never be defeated! #NoWarIsJust

📚 This Sunday: Join Portland Communists for a book signing of "Why the World Needs China" with author Kyle Ferrana! While US media spreads anti-China propaganda, China's socialist growth offers a path away from war and exploitation.

📚 GEORGI DIMITROV BIRTHDAY: Born June 18, 1882 Today we study the communist who gave us the clearest definition of fascism - knowledge Portland workers need as far-right movements grow. 🧵

Corporate Democrats have a new buzzword: "Abundance" But Portland workers shouldn't be fooled - this is just trickle-down economics with a progressive makeover 🧵

🚨 PORTLAND SHOWED UP: A staggering 50,000 people at yesterday's No Kings Rally sent a resounding message to Trump and his billionaire backers! This is the power of collective action. 🧵

✊ CHE GUEVARA BIRTHDAY: Born June 14, 1928 Today we honor the revolutionary who understood that anti-imperialism connects all working people across borders. 🧵

We are sharing this message from the California Communist Party: We are monitoring these developments closely and our hearts break for the victims of these acts of cruel state-sponsored intimidation and violence. At this critical moment, it is important that we stand united with

CPUSA Portland stands with Tita Maria and Migrante Portland in their fight against wage theft. Tita Maria is a local migrant care worker who has been helping the Portland community for more than a decade. We were shocked to hear that at least $195,000 in wages were stolen from her over 14 years.

🏳️‍🌈 PRIDE MONTH: Remember why we fight June isn't just about rainbow capitalism - it's about the ongoing struggle for LGBTQ+ liberation that connects directly to working-class power in Portland.

RESIST FLEET WEEK LEAD UP CALENDAR Join the Reject Militarization Coalition in our series of events building towards our mass mobilization on 6/8! ✊ 5/31 - Caravan to protest Northwest Detention Center (IMA, Voz)

🚨 BREAKING: Nike Indonesian garment workers w/ GLJ, AFWA & @jwjpdx.bsky.social filed a labor complaint w/ Oregon Commissioner of Labor & Industries over wage theft, wage & hour violations, discrimination & other violations in Nike’s global supply chain. @oregonian.com @matthewkish.bsky.social

RALLY ON JUNE 8TH TO RESIST FLEET WEEK! Join the Resist Militarization Coalition on June 8th, 12pm at the Bill Naito Legacy Fountain to demand: City of Portland, End Fleet Week! Fund our communities, not militarization!

Your vote matters! Swipe through to see who will build a stronger, more equitable future for our working class families. Multnomah County Special District Election CPUSA Voter Guide David Douglas School District 3: Sara Ruth Epstein 5: Thomas Stephenson

Yesterday the Portland CPUSA Club joined @pdxteachers.bsky.social May Day Rally, hearing from elected officials, a school board candidate, students, labor organizers, and a faith leader on the importance of organizing, opposing the fascistic MAGA agenda, and fighting for a better world.

May Day is TOMORROW and we have two actions planned! We hope to see many of you there; come say hi if you see us! MAY 1ST: @pdxteachers.bsky.social rally from 5:30-7 @ Terry Schrunk Plaza MAY 3rd: @rcipdx.bsky.social / @50501portland.bsky.social rally + march from 12-3ish @ 1403 S Harbor Way

Picket happening *tomorrow*! 🪧🪧📢📢

Next Saturday, the Portland CPUSA Club will host our 2025 Convention! We’ll review our work over the past year, set goals and campaign priorities for 2025 based on the CPUSA Party Program and local needs, adopt a plan of work, and elect new Club leaders.

CJ A of @communistsusa.bsky.social & @peoplesworld1924.bsky.social talking about the false promise of reshoring jobs due to the recent Trump tariffs on an episode of Good Morning Revolution!

We recently attended a budget listening session where community members shared their thoughts on what should and shouldn't be cut so that Portland can meet its $93 million shortfall. The main takeaway? Fund the community, not the police. www.peoplesworld.org/article/port...

“Sarah Kowaleski, a labor activist and staffer at Portland Jobs With Justice, told the Mercury that thinking of the PPA as ‘just another union defending the interests of city employees’ ignores the police union’s ‘role in enforcing state-powered violence.’” www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/04...

Proud to have joined comrades at the Hands Off! rally today in Portland. We say: hands off our rights, our wages, and our planet. The capitalists—Musk, Trump, and their billionaire class—fear a united working class. The fight against fascism is a fight against capitalism. Join us!

APRIL 5th at noon we'll be in the streets, joining the HANDS OFF! rallies across the country! HANDS OFF IMMIGRANTS & FREE SPEECH! HANDS OFF PALESTINE & YEMEN! HANDS OFF OUR BODIES & OUR RIGHTS!

An Oregon CPUSA member is travelling to Cuba for May Day! We are seeking monetary donations to fill a suitcase with medical supplies that are difficult or impossible to obtain in Cuba due to the economic blockade imposed by the US. Please do not mention Cuba in donation notes.

We're postering around town with the Deportation Defense Coalition and the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition. Keep ICE out of our communities! #Portland #CPUSA #deportationdefense