Washington Liberals

Austin Kelly sent along this link. This article makes a number of arguments about the direction the IWW should take in its organizing, including taking a longer-term perspective than the next few years. Winning the War of Position: Working-Class Hegemony and Class Unionism by B.C. It is readily apparent to any working-class person that the…

This evening I attended a meeting at Bellevue City Hall of the 99% SuperPAC (People’s Action Committee). The 99% SuperPAC is a program organized by Fuse Washington, in cooperation with Working Washington. Fuse bills itself as the largest progressive organization in Washington State. Last year it led a coalition of 100+ groups pushing for a…

Sign the petition to Chase CEO Jamie Dimon: “Step down from the New York Fed Board. Bankers who lose $9 billion shouldn’t be in charge of regulating themselves.”

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Unemployment is high, income equality is increasing, tax rates are the lowest they’ve been in decades,  and US debt is about $16 trillion dollars. The debt is due to unfunded disastrous wars, bailouts for billionaires, the Reagan and Bush tax cuts for the rich, corruption, the subprime crash, and high cost medical care resulting from…

Working Washington is starting up a SuperPAC (People’s Action Committee) to fight back against the 1%, especially on fair taxation and economic justice. This is just what we need in Washington State.  They sent out an email: You’ve probably heard about SuperPACs. They’re the newest weapon in the political arsenal of the 1%. SuperPACs use…

It’s common and normal to want all sorts of things, even if we know we probably or definitely won’t  get them. Wouldn’t you love to be smarter, more disciplined, more forgiving, and more serene? Wouldn’t it be great to have millions of dollars in the bank? Wouldn’t you like to be more physically attractive? Wouldn’t…

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A huge thanks to activists who have been organizing against dirty coal. Special thanks to the good people of Helena, who are risking arrest to oppose the sacrifice of the NW by international profiteers. We have had a small bit of good news In WA — RailAmerica has dropped their plans at one of our…