On May 1st 2012 activists all around the globe gathered to celebrate May Day, a pagan holiday that has become a traditional date for insurrection and revolution. In 1886 the Haymarket Massacre in Chicago heralded a new era of uprisings by labor unions after a rally against police brutality turned violent. Workers at the McCormick…
InspireSeattle invites YOU to join us at our Social Forum: Saturday, May 12th at 6:30PM. Main discussion topic for this evening: Transportation Issues in the Greater Seattle Region Wedged in between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, Seattle has long suffered from traffic congestion. With voters hesitant to make major investments in public transportation as the…
GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna’s campaign website has Six Principles for a New Direction in State Budgeting Below I’ve added interpretations, suggested by Zach Smith an Walt Kloefkorn. Restore the Legislature’s role in collective bargaining (bust the unions) Reduce lawsuit abuse (strip Americans of their right to defend themselves in court) Introduce managed competition for…
The French people kicked Sarkozy out! Â When people understand that ‘austerity’ really means ‘ripping off working people,’ they can do amazing things. The first thing Hollande plans to do is pull French troops out of Afghanistan. http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/355-europe/11310-breaking-hollande-ousts-sarkozy-in-french-election For the French, “it is a leap of faith that shows there is a strong will for…
Many progressives who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 are now angry. They feel cheated and betrayed. They feel that President Obama failed to even try to live up to his promise to bring real change to Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama by public But some critics of progressives say that anyone who was taken…
FreePress.net and SaveTheNews.org are reporting The Internal Revenue Service considers the NFL — yes, the National Football League, home to gazillion-dollar salaries and revenues — a registered nonprofit!1 Meanwhile, dozens of nonprofit journalism outlets have been waiting for months or even years to attain the same status.2 (Maybe they should just get involved in organized…
Then we can step back and talk about the tactics to make change happen. I have been somewhat fixated on the controversy about the black bloc, the whole diversity of tactics debate since the Chris Hedges cancer of black bloc challenge. My friend Austin Kelley sent along an interesting link this morning that makes the…
Rocky Anderson spoke last night at University Methodist Church near UW in Seattle on his third-party bid for Presidency. Photos courtesy of Andy Kern. Anderson, former mayor of Salt Lake City, is running under the banner of the Justice Party, which he formed last November. So far only Mississippi has officially recognized the Justice Party…
GOP War on Women
ALEC Politicians – SourceWatch Washington Legislators with ALEC Ties House of Representatives Rep. Jan Angel (R-26), ALEC State Chairman[21] and Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member Rep. Matt Shea (R-4)[19], ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member Rep. Gary C. Alexander (R-20), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member Rep. Troy Kelley (D-28), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member – Rep. Kelley did…