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This afternoon, February 11th, there was a demonstration at the Mexican consulate in Seattle, in solidarity with Carlos Lopez and other prisoners of the Mexican state. read more »
February 13, 2014
Seattle solidarity demo at Mexican consulate for the arrested comrades accused of molotov attack
February 10, 2014
Why the Media’s Patriarchy Fueled Boner About ‘Hard-Wired Gender’ is Bullshit
by Eugene of Critical Theory:
Men are from Mars! Women are from Venus! Isn’t gender whacky?
In a world where many mainstream media outlets may espouse a certain kind of feminism-lite, it’s surprising to see them eagerly pick up on a story that says, in essence, that I’m a rational man and you’re a hysterical woman. It’s science! read more »
February 10, 2014
Microsoft’s Private Busses Blocked on Seattle’s Capitol Hill
February 8, 2014
In Illinois Prison, a Hunger Strike Against ‘Inhumanity’
By Sarah Lazare, staff writer with Common Dreams:
In the cells of a segregated “high security unit” at a southern Illinois prison, men have taken the step of going without food to protest their isolation and inhumane treatment at the hands of “corrections” authorities. read more »
February 7, 2014
Portland Public Schools teachers vote to authorize a strike; walkout set for Feb. 20
By Nicole Dungca of the Oregonian:
Portland Public Schools teachers have authorized the first strike in the history of Oregon’s largest school system and set a walkout date: Feb. 20. read more »
January 29, 2014
This Date in Native History: the Bear River Massacre
By Christina Rose of Indian Country:
This Date in Native History: On January 29, 1863, 450 Northwestern Shoshone were killed along the Bear River, near present day Preston, Idaho, in perhaps the largest massacre in United States history. read more »January 29, 2014
Activist, Lang Student Jerry Koch Released
By Shawn Carrié of the New School Free Press:
In the brisk January air, Lang student Gerald “Jerry” Koch ran out into the cold, wearing prison sweats and cotton slippers, to his attorney’s office, just after calling his mother to tell her he was free, according to a post on Facebook by New York Year Zero. read more »
January 24, 2014
And Journalists Wonder Why Anarchists Don’t Trust Us to Be Fair
Henry Rossof, pictured far left.
By Brendan Kiley of The Stranger:
A couple of hours ago, a King County Superior Court judge declined to press charges against a young man named Brendan McCormack who had been accused of vandalizing bank ATMs in the Capitol Hill area late last year. read more »
January 24, 2014
Guards May Be Responsible for Half of Prison Sexual Assaults
by Joaquin Sapien of ProPublica:
A new Justice Department study shows that allegations of sex abuse in the nation’s prisons and jails are increasing — with correctional officers responsible for half of it — but prosecution is still extremely rare. read more »
January 15, 2014
WATCH ME DO MY THING: SURVEILLANCE IN NEW ORLEANS
An anarchist analysis of surveillance in New Orleans, by Jules Bentley of Antigravity:
Several years ago I had the opportunity to spend the afternoon of Mardi Gras on a Bourbon Street balcony. It’s no business of mine how others choose to pass their Mardi Gras, but the crowd below didn’t look happy. They looked frantic and uneasy. They were waiting, waiting—they’d come here, they’d gotten drunk; where was their fun? Suddenly, bellows and shouts would erupt, even louder than the ambient tumult, and a swath of the crowd would swivel into concentricity, ranks of phones and high-end cameras centered on some tiny scrap of exposed, be-nippled skin. read more »
