C.A.W. Anti-War March & Rally, Westlake Center Saturday, Aug 3
Meet at Westlake, in Seattle, at 11am on Saturday, August 3rd for a Cascadians Against War Anti-War Rally & March to end at the Federal Building on 1st and Marion. Join us for a...
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Corporations are psychopathic "persons"
Author Clive Boddy defines psychopaths as “totally heartless, totally ruthless and totally calculating in their approach to life.” That fits corporations to a T, since by law their only motivation is profit for the...
Credo Action calls for constituents to hold Adam Smith accountable
Credo Action has sent out the following email calling on constituents of Rep. Adam Smith to phone the representative and complain about his vote against the Amash/Conyers amendment that would have reined in NSA...
Adam Smith's request for constituents'preferences about issues
Below is a copy of an email I received from Rep. Adam Smith asking about issues Congress should work on. I realize that the email is sent to various constituents, not all of whom...
Report on the "WTF, Olympia?" rally in Seattle, on transit funding
Today at noon, about a hundred people showed up at a rally in Seattle at City Hall Park in support of funding for King County Metro Transit. “Where’s The Funding?”, they shouted. The rally...
The rich got richer by leaving the middle class in the dust – but it doesn’t have to be this way
As the U.S. climbs out of the Great Recession, Wall Street and big banks are enjoying record-high profits, at the expense of middle and low-income families still struggling to gain an economic foothold since...
Political movements as spiritual conversion?
I have said that a ‘movement’ may be only possible if people experience a political shift on the level of a spiritual conversion. Here it is at work! When they get arrested, they’re calling...
Join Dow Constantine, Mike McGinn, Sen Kohl-Welles in Seattle Saturday noon for a rally to save transit
Join the Transit Riders Union and allies Saturday at noon in downtown Seattle to kick off a campaign to save our bus service! The rally will take place at the park on the south...
SAFE's significant strides
In the past three months SAFE has made significant strides. We’ve engaged in our first eviction blockade. In early May the King County Sheriff posted an eviction notice at the home of SAFE member...
Seattle City Council, Position 2: Kshama Sawant
He may look goofy, but Richard Conlin isn’t just a huge-headed tooth balloon—he’s arguably the most destructive member of the Seattle City Council. He has claimed to be a progressive environmentalist during his 16...