From the River is an anarchist organization rooted in decolonization.

As June Jordan once said, Palestine is a moral litmus test. What you are willing to do for Palestine, greatly determines how militant you are in the struggle for a softer, safer world. The struggle in Palestine will always be a decolonial one.

Colonialism is a deep root of the suffering of the planet and the beings that call it home. We look at the theft of Indigenous Land and Black bodies as parallel. In our militant struggle towards decolonization, we recognize that so long as an extractive relationship with indigenous land exists, the freedom of Black and Brown people will always be in jeopardy. For both the destruction indigenous land, and Black and Brown bodies, has been justified through a common thread: dehumanization.

At From the River PDX, we believe that we must resist ALL dehumanization and fight for a decolonized future if we truly want a liberated society. This means unpacking the colonial principles we’ve learned as this state manufactures consent for it’s abuses. This, to us, means taking on community health and safety as a community responsibility. This means building an inclusive, accessible movement, in which we refuse to treat people or their struggles as expendable.