Washington Liberals Blog
Army Corps of Engineers Relieved of Duty, for being AWOL on Climate and Cumulative Impacts
After a week of training in nonviolent direct action and artful activism, attendees of the Backbone Campaign’s Localize This! 2013 action camp executed a bold, beautiful, and timely action to stop plans to turn...
Why we need criminal background checks: a resolution
Criminal Background Checks on Gun Sales in Washington State and Support of I-594, Initiative to the Legislature WHEREAS, gun injuries and deaths in Washington State are a significant public health problem with approximately 600...
8/24 panel: Farmworker women battle for workers' Rights & dignity
Celebrate Women’s Rights Day 2013 Farmworker Women Battle for Workers’ Rights and Dignity Speakers Angelica Villa farmworker leader from Lynden, activist with Community to Community, and advocate for women fieldworkers battling sexual...
How to achieve Results through Kingian Nonviolence
A condensed version of Positive Peace Warrior Network’s multi-day training in the principles and methods of Martin Luther King in how to achieve success in social/political change through nonviolent campaigns. This was edited further...
Resolution in Opposition to Cuts in Social Security
We have adopted the following Resolution in Opposition to Cuts in Social Security. The full text is below. At our last meeting it was urged that our members take this resolution to their LD...
Quickie: Say "Amen" at the end of the Pledge of Allegiance
Last night I was at a civic event and we had to stand, put our hands on our hearts, and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Because of the phrase “under God” I always feel...
Candidates forum for 41LD State House seat
Last night five candidates for the 41st LD State House seat spoke and answered questions for PCOs of the 41st LD Democrats. Â Â The House seat became vacant when incumbent Marcie Maxwell resigned to...
Labor Day action for Soc. Sec. & Medicare
Demonstrate & March on Labor Day for: Social Security & Medicare Preserve Them! Strengthen Them! Pass Them On! Labor Day, September 2, 2013 The annual Labor Day Celebration sponsored by the Martin Luther King...
Big banks the No. 1 welfare recipients ever
Five years ago the wheels came off the financial system in our country. The risk-taking and gambling with other people’s money caught up with the financial giants who ruled the economic roost. This collapse...