MF Global: The Untold Story of the Biggest Wall Street Collapse Since Lehman “There are plenty of lessons to be learned from MF Global and heart-pounding policy implications; all of which we can count on Congress to ignore at the behest of the Wall Street money and lobby machine until the next epic financial crisis.”
Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice “Friday Night At The Meaningful Movies†All films are shown at Keystone Congregational United Church of Christ 5019 Keystone Place N., Seattle 0.4 miles west of the I-5 NE 50th St. Exit – Metro Bus Routes 16, 26 & 44 (Admission to all films is FREE of charge and…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Declare the Pacific Northwest an Eviction FREE Zone! Eviction Protection Organizer Training Join us this weekend, April 28 & 29 in Tacoma, WA Learn from the country’s best with trainers from City Life/Vida Urbana of Boston ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is an incredible opportunity for us West Coast activists to learn from the best. The City…
Action for the American Dream ORGANIZED ACTION NEAR MICROSOFT CAMPUS BELLEVUE One hundred twelve of us did it last November when we Occupied Sammamish at 128th. We can do it again with your help. Bring a friend! When: Thursday, April 26 3:30-5:00 Meet: At the Bellevue North Community Center. Park nearest the street. Please carpool…
According to Inslee: No new taxes needed to fund education, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee said Friday the state doesn’t need new taxes to fulfill its education funding obligations, even though Gov. Chris Gregoire says new revenue has to be considered. Inslee said that he is focused on raising the state’s revenue by encouraging economic…
At Bob Hasegawa’s State Senate campaign kickoff event in Renton today (Sunday), I spoke with Washington State Labor Council president Jeff Johnson. I asked Johnson what he thought of State Dem Chair Dwight Pelz’s criticisms of Dennis Kucinich. Johnson authorized me to report that when he heard of Pelz’s words, Johnson phoned Pelz and told…
Murdoch’s News Corp operated like ‘shadow state’
Last year, Microsoft reported making a record profit of $23 billion on $70 billion in sales. Had Microsoft paid their fair share of State taxes, they would have paid 1.5 Percent times $70 billion – or one billion dollars in State taxes. This still would have left Microsoft a record profit of $22 billion –…
THURSDAY, APRIL 26 ORGANIZED ACTION NEAR MICROSOFT CAMPUS BELLEVUE 3:30-5:00 One hundred twelve of us did it last November when we Occupied Sammamish at 128th. WE CAN DO IT AGAIN WITH YOUR HELP. BRING A FRIEND! [Editor: for background, see Exposing Two Microsoft Scams… The Billion Dollar Tax Avoidance Scam and the HiB Union Busting…