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Yes, There’s An Election This Month
You’d hardly notice, but Washington state voters will have a ballot to fill out this month. The suspense is, uh, not riveting. With the exception of idle curiosity as to how many votes the Palin-endorsed Tea Party candidate will siphon off from Dino Rossi’s coronation as the “Prefers GOP Party” alternative to Patty Murray come November, there’s
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Chris Chandler rant on BP
I went to see spoken-word artist Chris Chandler perform at Egan’s in Ballard last night, accompanied by Paul Benoit. Chandler mixes cultural &
Who needs state censorship?
…when American media, all on their own, would never, ever run this
The corporatarchy
The Washington Post this week is running a remarkable investigative series, “Top Secret America,” that examines the massive, secret, and unaccountable
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Eating for Better Food!
The Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) is hosting its fourth annual Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere! (SLEE) dinner on August 7, 2010.
More Economic Growth!
Our grass roots agitation and protest movement to get the government to stop vacillating and put more resources into the economy is reaching its final
Fixing the Council
Who do members of the Seattle City Council represent? It’s tempting to say, “nobody,” but that’s not exactly true. If you would
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The Frame-Up
“Was this corporation willing to trade justice in the murder of 270 innocent people for oil profits?” Not too many guesses as to which oil
July 18, 1934: The Battle of Smith Cove
The conflict between organized labor and its antagonists was rarely as blatant in Seattle than during the West Coast Waterfront Strike of 1934. This episode
The Fall of Obama
The man who seized the White House by fomenting a mood of irrational expectation is now facing the bitter price exacted by reality. The reality is that
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History
Reclaim Our History July 31-August 10
| July 31, 1977: One person is killed in 60,000 strong demonstration against Super-Phenix nuclear reactor, Malville, France. 1991: START I nuclear arms reduction treaty signed by George Bush and Mikhail |
Reclaim Our History: July 22–August 4
| July 22. 1917: Oil industry in Tampico, Mexico, shut down by successful IWW action. 1987: Three US warships escort two “reflagged” Kuwaiti oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. US ships, |
Reclaim Our History June 24-July 7
| June 24, 1970: US Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Late by at least a million dead. June 25, 1950: In response to American threats to consolidate the south as a permanently |