Welcome back to the 10 Blocks podcast. This is your host, Brian Anderson, editor of City Journal.

Joining me on the show today is Andy No. Andy is an editor at Quillette, where he writes about free expression, the culture wars, and much, much more.

He's written for City Journal 2 and the Wall Street Journal.

And he is a resident of Portland, where he's a graduate student at Portland State.

He's been on the ground to witness growing protests in the city over the last few weeks.

Left-wing activists, generally ranging themselves under the heading Antifa, have unleashed chaos on a couple of

occasions in the city. During one recent protest, viral videos captured black-clad Antifa protesters

in the downtown area directing traffic and harassing drivers, all while officers in the city's

police department look the other way.

Then this past weekend, right-wing groups opposed to Antifa arrived in the city,

resulting in a street brawl between the two groups, with no life-threatening injuries, thankfully.

Urban unrest is nothing new to City Journal, of course, and we should mention that

New York also saw its own outbreak of disturbing political violence over this past weekend.

But to find out more about what's going on the line, we have Andy No.

Andy is an editor at Quillette and a resident of Portland, Oregon. Andy, thanks for joining us.

It's my pleasure to be with you.

To everyone outside the northwest, cities like Portland and Seattle appear to have an active and increasingly violent left-wing street movement.

Can you talk a little bit about your city and maybe introduce yourself to our listeners?

How long have you lived there?

And what sets Portland apart, or what sets the

political culture of Portland apart from some other cities?

You know, I have to refer to some of the amazing work that your colleague, Helen MacDonald,

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