Can Libya Turn Out Well?
I think from the start of the intervention, the military attack, the outcome in Libya has depended on removing Qaddafi from power. If he stays, he will crush his Libyan opponents at a future...
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Joe Bageant has Gone Deer Hunting with Jesus
Joe Bageant died yesterday. He fought a good fight against cancer the past 4 months and kept writing and posting. Here is part of a piece he wrote not too long ago: AMERICA: Y...
We Are One, Put People first: Week of Action, April 5-8
Washington Community Action Network is holding a Week of Action to demand that our legislators and the governor do the right thing. Close corporate tax giveaways and stop balancing the budget on the backs...
Should WA Dems be helping the Seattle Times?
The Washington State Democrats have sent out a fund-raising appeal so that it can place an ad critical of Rob McKenna in the Seattle Times. (See http://www.wa-democrats.org/content/our-newspaper-ad.) This ad calling out Rob McKenna for...
More on the Libyan Question
Juan Cole has an interesting post up at Informed Comment on the current state of affairs in Libya: Top Ten Accomplishments of the UN No Fly Zone. I find Juan’s analysis of the current...
Will the Democrats reject "centrism"?
Democrats fear that voter turnout will be low in 2012 due to dissatisfaction with President Obama’s policies and due to a feeling that change is hopeless. If Democrats want progressives’ votes and help, they...
Hans Rosling on the Washing Machine
Thanks to Donna Albert for sending me a link to this video that is running on Grist among other places. It’s an interesting and entertaining piece on global distribution of wealth.
Failed KCDCC Resolution a Good Idea
Last night, King County Democrats narrowly voted down a “resolution to cut corporate tax exemptions rather than cutting school funding”. [Here is a link to the resolution, by David Spring: http://fairschoolfundingcoalition.org/joomla/.] The purpose of...
The Libyan Question
I was really concerned that the international community would simply stand by and watch as Libyans were slaughtered by their own military forces. Think Rwanda and Burundi and those awful type of events and...
Report on the LAC meeting with Rep. Hasegawa
Sunday afternoon I attended the King County Dems’ Legislative Action Committee meeting in Renton, where Rep. Bob Hasegawa was the guest speaker. He is awesome: a strong progressive and an unpretentious, nice guy. The...