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Feds crack down on medical marijuana dispensaries in Seattle and elsewhere
Feds Ramp Up Crackdowns On Medical Marijuana Dispensaries “In several West Coast cities, federal officials are initiating a new round of crackdowns against dispensaries that are seemingly complying with state medical marijuana law. In Seattle, 11 dispensaries received shutdown warnings. In San Francisco, almost half of the city’s small number of state-licensed dispensaries received similar…
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Court rules ballot tracking illegal in Washington
Court declares illegal ballot tracker to be illegal. (Citizens have to sue for this decision.) Track-back barcodes on mail-ballots lets government snoop into your vote. Here is a recent press release about this little-reported, but crucial, court decision: COURT RULES WASHINGTON STATE MAIL-IN BALLOT TRACKER IS ILLEGAL VOTING SYSTEM Green Party of San Juan County…
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Seattle May Day Mayhem – Pepper Spray and Flash Grenades
Videos @ Youtube – Free Speech Radio News Reports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctGn7BDO35w (Including voice of ABC News reporter Hanna Scott on being pepper sprayed.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MdG5ECCgjk Originally Published Wed May 01, 2013 at 10:19 PM PDT @ Daily Kos Seattle May Day Mayhem – Pepper Spray and Flash Grenades by Mark Taylor-Canfield Thousands of people marched in Seattle…
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Independent Report on May Day Critical of Seattle Police
Youtube video of news report here: MTC FSRN Report_0001 Originally broadcast April 4, 2013 @ Free Speech Radio News on the Pacifica Network. FSRN broadcasts on 110 stations globally! Link to news report @ FSRN: News Report For Free Speech Radio News on the Pacifica Network fsrn.org pacifica.org Reporter: Mark Taylor-Canfield “Seattle’s city council questioned…
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Mother's Day Parade – Act Now for Women and Kid
Saturday, May 11, gather at 1:30pm, parade begins 2pm Mother’s Day Parade – Act Now for Women and Kids Stevens Place Park, Beacon Hill, Seattle (Intersection of Beacon Ave. S. and 17th Ave. S.) All-ages fun with a message! Strollers, tricycles, banners, signs and festive attire encouraged. Honor moms and highlight the need for: ·       …
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29m Documentary on Dallas Lie-Bury Protests Feature the Backbone Campaign
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Backbone Actions in Dallas Featured in AcronymTV Documentary Donate to support our work and received a DVD of OccuDoc American Autumn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out AcronymTV’s 29 minute documentary on last week’s People’s Response to the Bush Lie-Bury opening. I am very proud that Backbone Campaign could play such an important role. I am…
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Countering anti-government propaganda: the case of the Freedom Foundation
If you listen to right-wing AM talk radio, or visit conservative websites, you’ll be subject to relentless propaganda about how government is inefficient and doesn’t produce anything of value. Conservatives just love to hate government. And they love to talk about “freedom” and “liberty.” Of course, the anti-government propaganda is nonsense. Thanks to government we…
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Republicans' clever trick: blame public schools for the blight of poor communities
Republicans and their conservative Democratic allies trashed the economy and bankrupted federal and state governments via reckless deregulation, tax cuts for the rich, outsourcing, union bashing, corruption, privatization, and fraudulent, mismanaged wars. Now they’re in the process of destroying the social safety net and public education. Charter schools are conservatives’ most powerful weapon for destroying…
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March against Monsanto, workparty, potluck Sunday in Seattle
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This SUNDAY May 5th March Against Monsanto Mutants Imagery Building Worparty 11-5pm at Seattle Fremont Abbey Backbone Community Potluck 7-10pm in Seattle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to amp-up the fight against Monsanto? Saturday May 25th is the international day of action: March Against Monsanto.Join Backbone Campaign and affiliated Seattle activists hosting Monsanto’s Mutants imagery building workshops…
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Bannering May 10 in Seattle against Corporate Personhood
Norm Conrad of MoveOn reports: May 10th is the 127th “anniversary” of the Supreme Court case used as precedent for the absurd notion that corporations are entitled to the birthrights of actual human beings. In co-operation with Move to Amend, we will be displacing a really big banner on the N 50th St overpass on…