IWW Piquete—Fairhaven Haggen Alimentos y Farmacia en Bellingham Sábado, Febrero 21 and Marzo 21, 1:00 – 2:30 pm Quien compra alimentos y cocina su propia comida con productos frescos tiene que dar gracias a los trabajadores agrícolas. Además de las largas horas y agotadoras jornadas de trabajo en las ricas…
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When I lived in rural Pennsylvania, I witnessed the negative effects of the fracking industry: a dingy brown hue to our tap water, loud gas and oil trucks careening down otherwise peaceful country roads. I even was woken early one morning—on one of my family camping outings—by men in orange…
Dan Leahy on what it is and what it’s not Roughly sixty-million gallons of volatile crude oil passes through Washington every week, and over a million gallons of crude oil was spilled from trains in North America in 2013, more than the previous 30 years combined. Numerous explosions also occurred,…
What I try to do—and what I think I mostly accomplish—is to present news in a fashion that is both entertaining and memorable. The very essence of my writing style is to freely mix the facts with my take upon those facts. I consider myself a word artist rather than…
RED BOXES Olympia Farmers’ Market Lacey Transit Center Percival Landing Meconi’s in Tumwater West Central Park (Harrison and Division) Vic’s pizzeria on Division Spud’s Produce on Capitol Olympia Greyhound Station Thurston County Courthouse GREEN BOXES 4th Avenue across from Cafe Vita Capitol next to Starbuck’s Olympia Transit Center …
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Saturday, in the WIP office: 119 Capitol Way N, Olympia, in the Labor Temple
Moving from moment to movement: The aftermaths of Ferguson and Staten Island As we all know, there have been (and still are) intense responses to the verdicts regarding the deaths of two Black men, Michael Brown of Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner of Staten Island, New York. More specifically,…
This article speaks to the concept of multiple Fergusons that have happened over the past 250 years. Ferguson, Missouri is a symptom of an already explosive reality regarding race during the 21st century. The problem identified herein is much older than Ferguson but events like Ferguson demonstrate unchanged and unaddressed…
The circuitous road to democracy that has yet to be realized Do we know who invented the Blues? In her book Bright-Sided, a brilliant study about delusional American optimism, Barbara Ehrenreich mentions a remark by Soviet émigré and poet Joseph Brodsky who referred to the stereotypical image of Americans as…
WIP converses with Daniel Einstein of OlyEcosystems about their efforts to rescue the West Side Woods Last summer, Olympia was focused on the West Side neighborhood near the Olympia Food Co-op as it rallied around the heronry at the end of Dickinson Avenue. The sole blue heron nursery within city…
El tormentoso camino de una democracia que no se realiza ¿Sabemos quien inventó los Blues? En su libro Bright-Sided, un brillante estudio sobre el delirante optimismo norte-americano, Barbara Ehrenreich menciona una observación por el emigrante soviético y poeta Joseph Brodsky quien se refirió a la imagen estereotipada de los estadounidenses…
Do you ever get a sense of déjà vu? When you get a creepy feeling that you’ve been there before, or experienced something before? On Saturday, December 13, I was marching in a #BlackLivesMatter march down 4th Avenue in downtown Olympia, Washington, with about 50 other people in the middle…
The last 30 years have seen a massive redistribution of wealth from the 99% to the 1%. This redistribution has been relentless and ongoing and is growing exponentially. In 2007, a bunch of Wall Street bankers pulled off one of the largest criminal frauds in human history. We form governments…
Social trends in the United States are disturbing and confusing. Production and wealth are growing at the same time as inequality and poverty is rising. Communication technologies are more available and sophisticated as conversations between partisans and communities diminish. Our national leaders enshrine peace and goodwill as we continually fight…
The Community Sustaining Fund’s (CSF) autumn 2014 grant cycle was completed noon Saturday November 15, when four local groups were provided grants following interviews, presentations, and subsequent deliberations. This fairly rapid process has been a hallmark of the CSF. In its 27th year, the fund has distributed over $80,000 to…
“Global average annual precipitation through the end of the century is expected to increase, although changes in the amount and intensity of precipitation will vary by region;” states the Environmental Protection Agency under climate change on the Federal government website. “Washington can expect an increase of ten inches of rainfall…
I can’t breathe I…I can’t live without breath the Gift that God gave Adam I…I…I wish to have air on which to soar and space to grow I’ve been given a sentence thanks to the packaging which contains lungs, muscles, blood and bones Not Transparent enough…
Bounding forth onto the tideland rain or shine, hipboot toting, the hardy volunteer community shellfish farmers are working and slurping oysters at Olympia’s own Henderson Inlet Community Shellfish Farm (HICSF). With wide smiles the crew is surrounded by the abundant beauty of the Salish Sea tromping amongst bands of bivalves,…
When I was growing up, the Thanksgiving holiday meant that my family got together with aunts and uncles, cousins and grandparents from all limbs of the family tree to eat turkey and mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce and pie. At some point in the increasingly rowdy conversations, a solemn adult…
This poem is for the drug addicts the dope fiends. this poem is for ninety pound bodies shriveling in gutters like dried fruit. this is for those who shoot. for the withering alley-cat specters dancing sleepwalk in the devil’s daymare. this is for those who drown in dope without a…
An emerging alliance of community and labor leaders joined by local elected officials want Governor Inslee to use his executive authority to deny the permitting of proposed oil terminals in Grays Harbor and Vancouver and the expansion of a Shell refinery in Anacortes. “All of these terminals and expansions and…
Con la boca con cinta adhesiva, Rafael Reygadas, un profesor de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Xochimilco, se sienta con los muebles que sostienen fotografías de la juventud Escuela Normal Rural de Ayotzinapa. “Agresiones aberrantes contra Ayotzinapa futuros profesores – heridas, mutilaciones, asesinatos y desapariciones forzadas – son los más…
In October of 1968, ten days before the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, over ten thousand students gathered in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, in the neighborhood of Tlatelolco, to protest the repressive government policies against labor, farmers, unions, and popular organizations as well as to oppose the irresponsible…
En octubre de 1968, diez días antes de los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano en la Ciudad de México, más de diez mil estudiantes se reunieron en la Plaza de las Tres Culturas en el barrio de Tlatelolco para protestar contra las políticas represivas del gobierno contra trabajadores, agricultores, sindicatos y…
State sees oil train risks as acceptable Over the next several months, Governor Inslee is inviting the public to focus their attention on this Department of Ecology report leading to support for legislative proposals by March 1, 2015. The question is whether the public should accept his invitation to help…
When it comes to taxes, Washington has the most regressive in the nation The Supreme Court in Washington State is insisting that basic education be fully funded, and the group responsible for making that happen is the State Legislature. It’s not clear how exactly that’s going to happen. It is…