Washington Liberals

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pull The Democracy Dismantling TPP Out Of The Shadows & Into Public Scrutiny Can We Count on YOU? —-> RSVP to mobilize the Overpass Light Brigade! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Send a email RSVP to let us know we can count on you. Join the facebook event HERE We need 20+ friends to mobilize the…

InspireSeattle  invites YOU to join our next social:            Saturday, November 16, 2013, 6:30pm *  Main discussion topic for this evening:  SuperPacs v. Supercitizens *To receive InspireSeattle invitations, click here to provide us with an email address. A coalition of Washington State organizations is working together to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC…

Tracy Knauss with Brian Haskins are reporting: THE KOCH MACHINE’S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT — At least twice NJ Gov. Chris Christie has secretly attended and addressed private, closed seminars by two of the world’s richest men: Charles and David Koch. Christie’s most recent pilgrimage to Money Mecca was in June, when David Koch introduced Gov.…

Grand Strategy & Creative Tactics is a signature workshop of Backbone that articulates a set of strategic principles and a frame through which our social movement can assess the effectiveness of the tactics we deploy in order to achieve our goals and manifest our vision. Presentation by Bill Moyer (Trainer Bio Here) An Interview for…

Now that the election is over, it is a good time to reflect. We elected these public servants. What do we expect our governments to do, from local fire districts and water districts to libraries to school boards, city councils, public utility districts, and county governments? These local governments are the street-level face of democracy…

By Stan Sorscher, EOI Board Member, and Labor Representative at the Society for Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace I saw the movie Inequality for All, where Robert Reich explains the depth and meaning of inequality in America. He paints a compelling picture. Reich sets up the movie with a teaser: “Something happened in the mid-’70s.” Indeed “something did happen in…

On Thursday Nov 7, Gov. Inslee testified to the the House Finance Committee, chaired by Reuven Carlyle, in favor of extending til 2040 tax breaks for Boeing, in exchange for Boeing’s agreeing to build the 777X plane here in Washington State. Inslee says the deal will be a net win for the taxpayers, due to…

FDA moves to phase out trans fats from food, citing health concerns Put down that doughnut: FDA takes on trans fats F.D.A. Ruling Would All but Eliminate Trans Fats We wouldn’t want government helping people, would we?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Use Fun Visibility Tactics To Pull The TPP Corporate Coup out of the Shadows November 12th is a day of action in collaboration with Backbone Action Brigades, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, FlushTheTPP.org, Popular Resistance, WFTC, and YOU! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     FLUSH the TPP! Visibility Actions on Tuesday, Nov. 12 Mobilize a Backbone Action…