[Ed. note—Todd Davidson, Scott Yoos and four others are currently scheduled to go trial on February 22, 23 and 24. Todd is facing a criminal trespass charge, and Scott and a few others were charged with resisting arrest.] I was arrested on the BNSF railroad tracks on May 15, 2016…
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America was never great Half of it is full of hate The left has finally become irate But the revolution has come too late The corporation won long ago, suing the Sioux, destroying the Cherokee, Comanche, Navajo The white man is a red man: the devil in disguise Trump won…
Whenever I ask my friend Dean how he is, he always answers, “In the pink, in the pink.” meaning he’s in good spirits. In “color psychology” pink is a sign of hope. It inspires warm and comforting feelings, a sense that everything will be okay, as in ‘everything’s rosy.’ The…
In an immediate and fierce response to President Trump’s executive order refusing to admit people from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya, over three thousand people demonstrated at SeaTac airport on January 29 and January 30, 2017, as did tens of thousands of people at airports across the…
Immigrant Legal Resource Center http://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/local_options-20161215.pdf for direct download: http://www.ilrc.org/local-options “Local Options for Protecting Immigrants: A Collection of City & County Policies to Protect Immigrant from Discrimination and Deportation” Lena Graber, Angie Junck, Nikki Marquez. Sections include: County & Jail Provisions; Criminal Legal Provisions, City Provisions, Mapping Local Authorities http://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/sanctuary_report_final_1-min.pdf “Searching…
“We are at the point where … staying within polite discourse has no effect. I’ve been doing this for 20 years. I’ve availed myself of every available legal alternative. Nothing has been effective. When you get to that point, what’s left? If you’re, like me, driven to do something, you…
In all the commotion and live-streaming and sit-in demonstrations Just Housing organized for 24/7 public restrooms downtown last weekend, let’s not forget the five people of conscience who were arrested for the crime of sitting in public restrooms (aka “criminal trespass first degree”). They are: Tyler Gundel(“Tye”), outreach worker Walker Stephens, Ho…
I witnessed 30 officers from multiple agencies respond to a sit-in over public restroom access at Heritage Park as if it were a bomb or hostage situation. The scene was absolutely ludicrous. Cops had guns out—some were in riot gear—while Just Housing protesters sat in a restroom quietly demanding the basic…
Getting it straight about the railroads: Recent articles in local publications have led readers to believe that Union Pacific Railroad is responsible for the shipping of fracking proponents out of the Port of Olympia.
Camera Obscura Electoral campaigns are to political parties what the process known as exposure — the amount of light per unit area — is to photographic film. It illuminates the latent image into a visible one. Electoral campaigns allow the unveiling of the content and contours of political organizations; they…
You know She will win. But at what cost? This happening While those playing the The-scientists-are-lying game Rely on those same scientists To figure a way out of the mess That they deny. –Maureen Canny, retired teacher, struggling to find peace, make peace
With a massive pressure water gun, That is how they want us To succumb; with force They think we will bow down or run! A 1600s massacre was the maker; A tradition built by bloodshed, Yet giving Thanks then: Not Enough! Now again! Acre upon acre upon acre…
When the new year arrives wrapped in snow, she thinks nothing of the phone call or my voice or how it will change when I’m pressed up against her back, my tongue knocking at her ear. She is not thinking of the alphabet’s wonders, the shy way I stack letters…
The war in Syria is the greatest humanitarian catastrophe in the 21st century. What started as an inspirational nonviolent movement for democracy has devolved into one of the most violent civil wars in recent history. At the early stages of the uprising, a popular nonviolent movement emerged and promoted a…
The lack of questioning in the past, as we all know, has spawned horrible events… First item… The Democrats continued the blame game… Following the November election, the Democrats did a lot of complaining. In Manhattan before a group of donors, Hillary Clinton accused both FBI Director Comey (for his…
(revised and edited version of article in the 2016 Fall Evergreen Disorientation Manual) Important student-led movements in the past Students and student movements have played a major role in struggles for reform and revolution in the United States and around the world. Previous to January 1, 1959, when the July…
A local “Indigenous Caucus” has formed with Olympia Stand to stop fracking proppants (sands) shipments by the Port of Olympia and the Union Pacific Railroad. The sands are destined for North Dakota oil fields and are essential to the dirty oil hydraulic fracturing industry that threatens the Standing Rock Sioux’s…
The email attachment below is from Wikileak’s Podesta files. It describes a strategy that the DNC and the Clinton Campaign used successfully to move the Republican Party to the extreme right and titled it the Pied Piper Strategy. Unfortunately, the lesson from the Grimm fairy tale is that unethical behavior can…
To Olympia officials who attempted to invade our spaces to present the meaningless gray dribble you call a resolution. You are mistaken to assume any claim of communication with Olympia Stand. We do not accept any compromised official into our action spaces for public relations purposes. Not one of you…
Dear Works: I’m scribbling these words in praise of the largely underappreciated efforts of those clear-sighted campers who’ve established a motley assemblage of tarps, tents, and Tyvek on a small parcel of Public Land, near the juncture of 7th and Jefferson in downtown Olympia. These campers have clearly set-forth their…
Wanting to hate Half of America Doesn’t seem like a viable plan I dodge interactions I sever relationships With those I suspect Have clearly embraced The evil platform And its slimy tentacles Now wrapping around my flag My cheek is not turning For my granddaughters Will bear the burden of…
As I continue to move through the aftermath of this election cycle and as I anticipate a trip to Washington, D.C. in January the day after the inauguration to march with women and allies to protect women’s lives, I remain ever mindful of the power of poetry to ground and…
On November 14, at First Christian Church, organizers, activists and community members met to attend the People’s Budget Forum, an event put on by Olympia City Councilmember Clark Gilman; he has a background as a union organizer and representative, and prior to his appointment to his City Council seat, he…
(This article is excerpted from the author’s forthcoming book Unlikely Alliances: Native Nations and White Communities Join to Defend Rural Lands (University of Washington Press / Indigenous Confluences series, May 2017), and draws from interviews with Native and non-Native representatives.) The Bakken Oil Shale Basin centered in North Dakota is…
When 2012 was named the International Year of Cooperatives, sparks flew in the cooperative community in Olympia, Washington. Those working in co-ops here began investigating how to make our cooperatives stronger. As part of this effort, two staff members from the Olympia Food Cooperative, as well as Evergreen students and…