Estimates of 5000 people gathered in downtown Portland South Park blocks and marched through the streets of Portland to celebrate Mayday and support immigrant rights, stopping for speeches and chants of solidarity at the Nike store and the Justice Center.
The rally itself featured many speakers, translated into English and Spanish for a crowd that grew larger and larger as the time approached for the march. Speakers included representatives of local unions, immigrant rights groups as well as music, both Latino and a traditional selection from the labor movement.
The march ended at the South Park blocks for more solidarity and music.
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No kidding!
Now, I know it's a pretty weird world when one actually feels grateful to a cop for not beating, maiming, or killing someone for no reason. But this is Portland, and this is May Day, and it seemed like a weird kind of progress. As a friend murmured to me when she heard the tale, "What? Has... Hell frozen over?"