Washington Liberals Blog
$1 Billion in Progressive Annual Revenue: Take Back the Giveaways
The purpose of the above document is to outline a series of revenue proposals worth half of the $2 billion legislators will seek to save/raise/cut in the upcoming special session. As you can see,...
Lessons of a former Seattle Police Chief: Militarization Is a Mistake
Norm Stamper, former Seattle chief of police, says cops are part of the 99%, and that militarization of the police is a mistake. http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/275-42/8462-lessons-of-a-police-chief-militarization-is-a-mistake
Occupy Olympia to make the 1% pay their fair share!
“We will occupy our state capitol in Olympia during the special legislative session, and we will tell our lawmakers that we have had enough. … It’s time for the richest 1 percent to pay...
American People's Congress
Preamble In a country as rich as ours it is unconscionable that people sleep on the streets, go hungry, lack basic health care, and remain uneducated. The United States is the only Western nation...
Allegations that the US Justice Dept and Homeland Security coordinated attacks on Occupiers
Update: ‘Occupy’ crackdowns coordinated with federal law enforcement officials Keith Olbermann and filmmaker and activist Michael Moore discuss who’s coordinating the attacks on Occupy encampments: Michael Moore on ‘Occupy’ crackdowns
Division on the Left: can the Occupy Movement work with Labor, MoveOn, and Dems without being co-opted?
Will the Occupy movement be able to work with others? Will the Occupy movement be co-opted? The Stranger is reporting in Occupy Seattle Disrupts Pro–Occupy Wall Street Forum, Drives Away Supporters.: No sooner had...
Link: Duel of the Think Tanks: How to Bridge Washington's Budget Gap
Here’s a video of a debate between Remy Trupin, director of the Washington State Budget and Policy Center, a liberal think tank in Seattle, and Jason Mercier of the conservative think tank Washington Policy...
Making the Connections – Why Crackdown on OWS Now?
This article is somewhat speculative, but it makes a lot of sense: Making the Connections – Why Crackdown on OWS Now? “If the administration expects the austerity budget to emerge from the super committee...