The News Tribune is reporting Zarelli draws federal disability, eyes state cuts A Washington [State] lawmaker has been drawing thousands of dollars in disability payments each year while leading efforts to eliminate benefits the state provides to others. A Washington lawmaker has been drawing thousands of dollars in disability payments each year while leading efforts to…

Australian physician, Helen Caldicott, is Co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Thanks toTodd Boyle for capturing Helen Caldicott’s lecture in Seattle, and Mike McCormick for editing.

Justice Party of  Washington State has had a busy week.  We have organized the official business of becoming a political party in Washington State, with officers, bank account and volunteers.  We are delighted to announce that we will present Rocky in Seattle and Olympia May 3-5. Mark your calendars for Thursday, May 3, Rocky will…

Excerpts from Ellen Brown’s WALL STREET CONFIDENCE TRICK: How “Interest Rate Swaps” Are Bankrupting Local Governments:  It was a deliberate, manipulated move by the Fed, acting to save the banks from their own folly in precipitating the credit crisis of 2008.  The banks got in trouble, and the Federal Reserve and federal government rushed in to bail…

The University of Washington Center for Human Rights and The Jackson School of International Studies present  “Endless War and Civil Liberties Erosions in the Age of Terrorism” a lecture by Glenn Greenwald  April 5, 2012 ● 7pm ● UW, Seattle ● Kane 110 http://jsis.washington.edu/humanrights/greenwald.shtml The Center for Human Rights and the Jackson School of International…

Dennis Kucinich was defeated tonight, with the help of corporate money, redistricting, and the Democratic Party leadership.  I will never forget that he introduced articles of impeachment against Bush and Cheney, spoke forcefully against the Iraq war, and offered a vision that countered our current spiral into corporate fascism.Thank you, Dennis, for your years of…

This bill would guarantee due process. Seattle University Law professor, Lorraine Bannai, a Japanese American, spoke about her family’s ordeal during internment. Stephen Bradburg, former BushCo official who helped install US torture policy, testified that NDAA is needed to maintain ‘flexibility.’ Hats off to Professor Bannai,

President Obama will be in Bellevue this Friday, 2/17.   Please join members of the Eastside peace and justice community to urge Obama to release Bradley Manning. Please also  bring your “NO WAR in IRAN” banners, your “Reinstate Glass-Steagle”, “Get $ out of Politics” signs, and your “Justice Party for Rocky Anderson” banners, etc. Who:  We…

If you’re in the districts of Steve Hobbs  (the 44th) or Mary Margaret Haugen (the 10th), please contact your legislators and ask them support  SB 6310, the bill to create a Washington Investment Trust (state bank). Steve Hobbs  D (44th LD)  steve.hobbs@leg.wa.gov    (360) 786-7686, District Office: (425) 334-2092 Mary Margaret Haugen D (10th LD)  marymargaret.haugen@leg.wa.gov   (360)…

SB 6310 – Wednesday, January 25 at 1:30 p.m. Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance Senate Hearing Room 2. J.A. Cherberg Building, Olympia, WA H.B. 2434, to establish Washington Investment Trust, Thursday, January 26, 8 a.m. House Hearing Room B, John L. O’Brian Building, State Capitol campus, Olympia If you are unable…