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The Portland Red Guide: Sites & Stories of Our Radical Past
by
Michael Munk
Paperback, 253 pages
Published
June 1st 2007
by Ooligan Press
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While The Portland Red Guide functions like a travel guide it reads more like a history book of social dissent. I almost want to call it a “people’s history” of the city of Portland, but comparing it to Zinn’s work is a stretch. What the book does best is provide a timeline for socialist and communist activities in this city, highlighting events and individuals who have been ignored by the conformist and counterrevolutionary historians. The book surprisingly opens up Portland’s history, making i...more
The Portland Red Guide covers much of Portland’s radical past, particularly that of Socialists, Communists, and working class people who spoke truth to power. It also describes situations in which those in power, whether politicians or police, oppressed people they find threatening. The book is divided into different time periods, from the nineteenth century to the present. It includes Wobblies, doctors who performed abortions, black people harassed by racist cops, Communists and sympathizers at...more
Munk's history and discussion of Portland was a good starting off point. At times it felt more like a zine that someone I knew wrote, instead of a comprehensive guide to the radical times and history in Portland. The author adds an ending note of 'if I missed something, sorry! There's, like, a lot of history!" but I was still confused why some things were put in and not others. I suppose I also just needed a bigger overall picture of Portland's story before I dug in with the radical retellings o...more
If you live in Portland, READ IT!!
Where are the Portland suffragists and feminists?
Mar 12, 2008
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Is your house down the block from WW-1 resisters' headquarters? Did a worker's strike take over your office building in 1970? Was your neighborhood where all the Wobblies lived? These questions and more are answered by the Portland Red Guide.
The book's dedication reads "To those who worked for a better world rather than their own place in the present one."
What are you doing to get your house on the map for the 2050 edition!?
The book's dedication reads "To those who worked for a better world rather than their own place in the present one."
What are you doing to get your house on the map for the 2050 edition!?
Wow. I learned an incredible amount of the history of social movements in Portland from this book...union organizing, secret police squads, Black Panther connections, and tons more. The book includes maps of historical buildings and sites, tons of historical photos, and is well researched. I'm looking forward to doing my own 'Portland red walking tour' sometime soon.
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This is a great book. I helped acquire and edit this one for Ooligan Press. If you want to know about the people and events of Portland Oregon's radical history that didn't make it into the official history books, you'll love The Portland Red Guide. Without this book, all of these interesting tales would be lost forever.
Aug 09, 2007
Kenneth
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
portland history buffs, reds
Shelves:
history
interesting subbaculture history bits from Stumptown's edgy political underbelly. I really liked the maps and photos. If one was seriously into our "little Beirut" past, they could take a tour now of all the important sites. Lots of obscure factoids even for you non-rabble rousers.
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