The slow recovery from the great recession has heightened stark inequality in Puget Sound. Corporate profits and the stock market are soaring (think Boeing) but wages are stagnant, workers have lost their company pensions (think Boeing) and job growth is still lagging. Even with the 777X, think of Boeing again — they pushed 1,500 engineering…
Join progressive artists and activists and friends from 350 Seattle, WAmend, the Salish Sea Sanctuary movement, and the MLK March. This Sunday January 19th is Seattle’s Monthly Community Art & Imagery Build Party at the Fremont Abbey! Where: Fremont Abbey located at 4272 Fremont Avenue North Seattle, WA 98103 Who: You, your friends, and other…
Mark your calendar! On Thursday, January 16, TRU will be collaborating with Seattle Central Community College and other groups to hold a public forum on the planned Metro cuts, the public transit funding crisis, and what we can do about it.  Facebook page here. What: Community Forum on Metro Cuts and the Transit Funding Crisis When:…
Five talks from the 15 speakers: Kshama Sawant, David Freiboth, Joe Higgins (MP, Socialist Party Ireland), Robby Stern, Exec. Board of the Wa State Labor Council and Pres, PSARA, and Philip Locker, Socialist Alternative on organizing the $15 campaign NOW.
Saturday, January 25, 2014, 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM Federal Way Regional Library, 34200 1st Way S., Federal Way, WA (map) A passionate argument on behalf of the middle class, this film features Robert Reich–professor, best-selling author, and former Clinton cabinet member–as he demonstrates how the widening income gap has had a devastating impact on…
Much of the political activism in Seattle now is centered on the establishing a $15 minimum wage. Activists associated with Socialist city council member Kshama Savant are making a big push for a $15 minimum wage. MoveOn Seattle chose to concentrate its activism on the issue at their December meeting. There’s a rally today (Sunday,…
There’s a clever Gershwin song Nice work if you can get it which contains the lines: Holding hands at midnight, beneath a starry sky. Nice work if you can get it, and you can get it if you try. What’s funny to me about the lyrics is the suggestion that romance is work. Of course,…
Invites YOU to join our  social on  Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 6:30pm * Main discussion topic for this evening: No New Jim Crow *To receive InspireSeattle invitations, click here to provide us with an email address. Following the Civil War and continuing right into the 1960s, African-Americans were racially segregated and systematically discriminated against by…
See Dems plan minimum-wage hike; Senate leader dumps on it. Noisy protesters should target his house in Medina. I’m thinking of the raw, Seattle area protesters who like to get arrested. I wonder if such people would be willing to get involved in what might seem to them to be partisan politics. For example, if…
Ideas for health care systems from around the world in the movie Sick Around the World (60 min) Saturday January 25th 2:30pm—4:30pm Saltwater Unitarian Church 25701 14th Pl S Des Moines, WA 98198 Health Care for all—WA will present information on the WA State single payer bill, the Washington Health Security Trust. Question and answer…