Respecting workers and their work
Last month voters approved a $15 an hour minimum wage for workers at Sea-Tac. In California, Ron Utz, a conservative Silicon Valley millionaire, is pushing an initiative for a $12 minimum wage. In Seattle,...
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Suzan DelBene voted with the GOP to weaken Obamacare
Interactive: The 39 Democrats Who Voted With the GOP on Obamacare DelBene lives in a swing district, so perhaps she’s voting against Obamacare to shore up her support among conservatives.
Link: Victory for Prop 1 Won’t Stop Business Expansion at SeaTac Airport
From Victory for Prop 1 Won’t Stop Business Expansion at SeaTac Airport: Just last week the final tally came in on SeaTac’s proposition 1. The “ayes†have it. So the sky must be falling,...
March for $15 minimum wage this Thursday, SeaTac to Seattle City Hall
Working Washington reports: People said demanding $15 an hour was unrealistic. They said it couldn’t be done. But this year’s elections proved them wrong. It’s official: SeaTac voted to pass the Good Jobs Initiative!...
Michael Parenti on the JFK Assassination
This is the best talk ever. Anyplace: Michael Parenti, THE JFK ASSASSINATION AND THE GANGSTER NATURE OF THE STATE Part ONE http://www.tucradio.org/MP025_JFK_ONE.mp3 Part TWO http://www.tucradio.org/MP025_JFK_TWO.mp3 When Oliver Stone’s movie JFK opened in December 1991...
Chelsea Manning defense attorney to speak in Seattle Dec 11
Courage to Resist is reporting: Lead Defense Attorney for WikiLeaks Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Gives First Seattle Presentation -the fight continues! You’re invited! On Wednesday, December 11th, the attorney who represented WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning...
Black Friday Walmart Protest in Factoria, Bellevue
Images and video from the Walmart protest in Factoria, Bellevue (Nov 29, 2013). I left when the police announced that anyone who does not disperse will be arrested.  The police marched in military formation. ...
Response to Claudia Balducci and Kevin Wallace column on transportation
In their Nov 22 letter to the Bellevue Reporter, city council members Claudia Balducci and Kevin Wallace called on the legislature to pass a transportation package that eases the gridlock on our roads and...
Letter to Marc Styles on the Backbone Campaign's light projection about TPP
In Protesters light up a Seattle building with their message — and it’s legal, Marc Styles of Puget Sound Business Journal reported on a light projection in opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership by the...