Courthouse on July 21 in Portland, Ore. (Getty Images)It has become a dangerous nightly ritual in Portland. Keeping the protests alive here is a local brand of activism with a long history. In 1988, after three skinheads beat an Ethiopian student — Mulegata Seraw — outside his apartment, activists began to fight back. By the early 2000s, some of the activists began saying they subscribed to an ideology known as “antifa,” short for anti-fascist. I’m talking about the government all the way through.”Davis Beeman long considered himself an antifa activist, though when the recent protests began he felt uncomfortable with calls to abolish the city’s police.

Source: Ethiopian News August 24, 2020 10:07 UTC