I recently joined hundreds of other activists on a video chat hosted by 350.org to discuss recent developments in the saga of the hotly debated and much delayed construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. As you probably know by now, TransCanada wants to build the KXL pipeline to transport diluted bitumen (dilbit) from the tar […]
Tag: direct action
Scott Crow is in Olympia for a few days
Activist, anarchist, writer, organizer – Scott Crow – is going to be in Olympia for a few speaking engagements over the next few days. He will be at South Puget Sound Community College on Oct 25th at noon, Room 102, Building 26 Then he will be at Last Word Books on Friday, Oct 26th at […]
No Minority, No Majority. There Shall Just Be People.
Biko! You are not forgotten. Struggle. Resist. Live and Work for Justice.
Austin's Picks: Is Class Struggle Anarchism
Austin K sent this link along in an email this morning. It’s a couple of years old, but it’s still worth sharing and reading. The links go to interesting websites if you have an open mind about politics, which is to say, that you can imagine political positions that are broader than the republican and […]
Politics and Entertainment!
M & I are working on two campaigns for the regular election. The first is Thomas Bjorgen’s run for the Court of Appeals. Tom would simply make a superb judge and I think it’s going to happen. I am certainly going to work to make it happen. The second campaign we are pounding on is […]
Occupy Olympia!
We are underway in the WA State capitol city with an occupation that started back in the spring when we had a week of action to challenge the legislature to close loopholes and raise revenue instead of cutting essential services. The state has so far been unable and/or unwilling to challenge initiative-based mandates that hamstring […]
Lawrence O'Donnel Challenges Police Use of Force
Thanks to Abby Zimet at Common Dreams for her thoughts about this and for running this video there.
Nice Edit and Video from Wall Street Occupation
There are reports of police assault on the occupation of Wall Street. The first amendment grants us the right to assemble and speak out. It’s a shame that this country has so little tolerance for first amendment rights. I am reminded of the video I have seen from China when the military was streaming […]
Live Feed from the Occupation of Wall Street
It’s a live feed, for as long as it lasts or as long as they loop the footage, so the activity and engagement level varies depending on what is going on at any given moment, but thought I would embed the video in case you want to plug in for a minute or two and […]