Washington Liberals Blog
Conservative Think Tank WPC is Ambivalent about I-1125
Washington Policy Center is a conservative think-tank that supported I-1053, opposed I-1098, and has in general promoted business interests over workers, the environment, and the middle class. So I was surprised that their Citizens’...
Hey, Republicons and conservative Dems! You are immoral. How can you sleep at night?
How can you sleep at night knowing what you did to our country? Â Fraudulent wars, torture, reckless deregulation, tax cuts for rich people, institutionalized corruption, election fraud, voter suppression, rejection of science, etc,...
Ellen Brown on state bank, Olympia (Tue), Seattle (Wed)
Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 7:00 PM Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts 2011 Mottman Rd SW Olympia, WA 98512 Public Bank Forum Featuring Ellen Brown, Author of The Web of Debt Rep. Bob...
"Occupy Obama" Could Turn Up Heat on the Democrats
From Truthout: President Barack Obama is no longer running unchallenged in all the major primary states, thanks to activists in Iowa who are focusing their Occupy Wall Street activism onto the headquarters of the...
US sponsored torture in Afghanistan
“Ten years after promising that human rights would be protected in Afghanistan, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has verified “systemic torture” by Afghan security forces trained and funded by the United States.”...
Seattle Town Hall Saturday 5 pm: Lawrence Lessig, "The Corruption of Congress" and …
Saturday, October 22nd – 5 PM. Lawrence Lessig, “The Corruption of Congress” Seattle Town Hall (downstairs hall; entrance on Seneca). 1119 – 8th Ave, Seattle 98101 (8th & Seneca) (tickets $5 – in advance...
Public Bank forum at UW, Wed, October 26, 7:00 PM, with Ellen Brown and Rep. Bob Hasegawa
Public Bank Forum Featuring Ellen Brown, Author of The Web of Debt  Rep. Bob Hasegawa , Chair of the House Infrastructure Financing Task Force Learn how having a state-owned public bank in Washington will...
A catchy symbol for the Occupy movement
The Occupy movement should adopt an easily recognizable, catchy symbol — such as a red/white/blue ribbon with “99%”. It can then be displayed everywhere: on trees, hanging from overpasses, etc. Another idea: a tricorne...