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The Timbers Army Gets National Notice for Its Fight Over Flags With an Antifascist Logo

For the last two months, soccer fans in Portland have watched as the Timbers Army pushed back on a Major League Soccer ban on flags bearing an antifascist symbol with successive protests.

This Portland Cider Maker Fights Fascists. We Asked How His Business Became the Antifascist Pub and Whether or Not It Was Worth It.

Wherever there’s a fascist beating up a person, Abram Goldman-Armstrong will be there.

After Meetings With Timbers Army, Major League Soccer Executives Agree to Suspend Ban on Flags Bearing Antifascist Symbol

Major League Soccer executives today announced their decision to suspend a ban on flags bearing an antifascist symbol the Iron Front.

Portland’s Timbers Army Plans to Meet With Major League Soccer Representatives About the Ban on Flags Bearing an Antifascist Symbol

The Timbers Army will meet with Major League Soccer officials next week to discuss the ban on flags bearing an antifascist symbol at games.

After Fan Bans, Timbers Army Posts Defiant Banners in Protest—But Keeps On Cheering

The normally colorful North End of Providence Park featured no flags and no goal smoke.

Timbers Army Plans Another Protest After Major League Soccer Issues Three-Game Bans to Fans Who Flew Iron Front Flags

The Timbers Army plans to protest a league ban on flags and banners bearing an antifascist symbol again at a Saturday soccer game at Providence Park.

After Meeting With Timbers Army, Portland Timbers Front Office Says it Will Not Issue Sanctions Against Fans Who Flew Iron Front Flags During Protest

Tensions at Providence Park have been high since last Friday, Aug. 23, when the Timbers Army remained silent for the first 33 minutes of the Timbers’ game against the Seattle Sounders to protest a league ban on flags bearing an antifascist symbol.

What Happens When the Timbers Army Stops Cheering? National Media Coverage, and an Allegedly Angry Owner

On Friday night, a usually raucous Timbers Army was silent.

Portland Timbers Fall 2-0 to Atlanta United in Championship Match

Under first-year head coach Giovanni Savarese, the Timbers made it much further than anyone expected

A Timbers Army Flag Offends Korean-Americans and Sparks a Two-City Debate Over Cultural Insensitivity

For 14 years, raucous fans of the Portland Timbers have engaged in a sentimental tradition: unfurling a large flag depicting a yellow-and-green sunburst, to honor a supporter killed in a traffic accident. That is, until last month—when the Timbers Army waved that flag in Los Angeles in front of a shocked group of Korean Americans.

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