Secede? Cascadia Project

About the Cascadia Porject: Cascadia is the proposed name for the independent state that would be formed by British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, were these states and province ever to successfully secede from their federal governments in Ottawa and Washington D.C.  It is also a unique coastal-mountain bioregion between San Francisco and the Alaskan panhandle in…

Dwight Pelz criticized for inviting Cory Booker to be keynote speaker at convention banquet

[This article co-written with David Spring] Washington State Democratic chair Dwight Pelz is coming under criticism on Democratic email lists for inviting Newark mayor Cory Booker to be the keynote speaker at the State Convention Gala Banquet to be held on Friday June 1 in Seattle.   Booker is well known as a supporter of…

Dan Rather criticizes mainstream media, defends his "Bush went AWOL" story

Rather discusses with Bill Maher the politically motivated attacks on his story that charged Bush with having gone AWOL  Rather also discusses media consolidation. “To put it bluntly, very big business is in bed with very big government in Washington and has more to do with what the average person sees, hears, and reads than…

Social justice groups to protest at Amazon company meeting, Thurs. May 24

Working Washington and Fuse Washington are planning a Rally outside Amazon’s shareholder meeting Thurs, May 24, 8:30-9:30am Seattle Art Museum 1300 First Avenue, downtown Seattle meet at the Hammering Man “Amazon is a member of American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a shadowy corporate front group that writes bills for conservative legislators across the country.” Amazon…

Do it yourself!

Welcome to the DIY generation Obama seems to have transformed the cohort of 18- to 29-year-olds, a whopping 66% of whom preferred him over John McCain, from passionate voters who thought Obama really did offer change they could believe in, into people feeling, in the words of veteran political analyst Charlie Cook, “disappointment and disillusionment.”…

Report on meeting about progressive coalition building, with Rocky Anderson

Saturday afternoon I attended a meeting on “Progressive Coalition Building – 2012 and Beyond” at Green Lake library in Seattle. The meeting was organized by supporters of Rocky Anderson, who is running for President under the auspices of the Justice Party. Anderson spoke by Skype for the first 45 minutes. (Impressively clear audio and video!)…