Student Debt Noise Brigade Makes Noise For Debt Crisis, this Wed. in Seattle

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: #MicCheckWallSt Organizer, Press Relations,  www.MicCheckWallSt.org. Seattle, Washington – August 8th, 2012  - A cacophonous uproar reverberating  from dozens of clanging pots and pans will fill the streets of the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, to herald  the march of The Student Debt Noise Brigade. This Wednesday evening, students and supporters armed with…

Insufficent Outrage, as expressed by John Jonik

Americans should be more outraged about many things: global warming denial, economic injustice, militarism, corruption, and lack of accountability, for starters. It’s sad that the public is letting the leaders pick their pockets and destroy so much of what makes the country great. John Jonik is a prolific and spot-on political cartoonist who grants permission…

Full Funding for Higher Ed Required by our State Constitution

The claim has been made that the legislature had to cut billions of dollars from higher education funding because our Constitution prohibited them from making cuts from Basic Public School funding. There is a myth that has been promoted for years that our Constitution ONLY protects basic education funding and not higher education funding. However,…

TPP harms us all

Trans-Pacific Partnership, the new trade agreement being created in secret, would flood us with unsafe Millions more offshored U.S. jobs. Floods of unsafe food. Corporate attacks on our environmental and health laws. The cliff is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “free trade” agreement. Trade negotiators want to sign it this year. But you can help stop…

S.A.F.E. & The Be Fair Pirates Declare Seattle an Eviction Free Zone

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Immediate Release: August 4, 2012 S.A.F.E. & THE BE-FAIR PIRATES DECLARE SEATTLE AN ‘EVICTION FREE ZONE’ Contact: Bill Moyer, Executive Director, Backbone Campaign 206-356-9980 Contact: Joshua Farris, Grassroots Organizer, SAFE 206-913-3423 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Washington-based Backbone Campaign and SAFE, Standing Against Foreclosure and Eviction, introduced a swarthy new crew of pirates to Seattle Friday afternoon….

Chick-fil-A unveils Bigot Burger

In the aftermath of the recent tragedy in Aurora, Colorado, it became abundantly clear that the right-wing culture of fear and anger received its talking-point ammo and lockstep marching orders from the National Rifle Association and draft-dodging, flag-waving Republican chicken-hawks. Now Chick-fil-A has joined the ranks of fearmongers and demonizers, with President Dan Cathy (which…