By Sarah Knapton of The Telegraph:
The idea that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, with male and female brains wired differently, is a myth which has no basis in science, a professor has claimed. Continue reading
March 8, 2014
750 immigration detainees on hunger strike at NW Detention Center
From KOMO News:
TACOMA, Wash. – Immigrant-rights activists rallied outside the Northwest Detention Center on Saturday, while at least 750 detainees protested their treatment and called for an end to deportations with a hunger strike. Continue reading
February 23, 2014
METROPOLIS Screening and Online
Black Coffee Co-op is hosting a screening of Metropolis (2012) on Sunday March 2nd, at 7 pm, as part of the irregular Cascadia Film Night. Continue reading
February 19, 2014
The Testing Ground for the New Surveillance (Oakland)
Written by Sarah Jeong, adapted by Susie Cagle. You can follow Sarah andSusie on Twitter.
February 13, 2014
Seattle solidarity demo at Mexican consulate for the arrested comrades accused of molotov attack
From 325:
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. Continue reading
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! Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading