The Lewis County Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wrote a Resolution asking the Lewis County Board of County Commissioners to support the abolition of nuclear weapons. We asked them to place it on the agenda of a regular meeting in order to have a public discussion on...
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In November 2018 there will be a ballot initiative to have more gun regulations in Washington State. Initiative 1639, if passed, would raise the age to buy a semi-automatic weapon to 21 and require enhanced background checks as well as training and waiting periods. It would also require...
Fundraiser for Capital Homecare Cooperative September 3, 5 to 8 PM at Pizzeria La Gitana For caregivers, care receivers, and interested people. Buy some pizza (20% donated to the cause) and connect with other caregivers. What’s Blooming in Budd Citizen monitoring of Budd Inlet, to identify plankton and algae affecting…
During a hot summer of hanging and taping drywall I was reminded of Jesus Gomez, a Mexican drywaller with whom I’d worked years ago. Jesus had successfully organized other Mexican sheet rockers like himself, striking building industry job sites in southern California (SoCal) and bringing the workers into the Carpenters…
There was a march and rally of 150 to 200 people in the rain, May 21, 2016 from Woodruff Park to Olympia City Hall and back. We took the streets. This is the text of my talk in front of City Hall....
On January 10 the world lost a "hero", David Bowie. Like the world over, I loved his music and his persona. When you search “Bowie” on the internet, it’s easy to find praise for him—but we need to acknowledge something less popular about him....
De vez en cuando, Hillary Clinton, se inclina a decir la verdad. Una de esas ocasiones dispersas fue a principios de los años 90 cuando aseguró a Larry King que políticamente “ la izquierda no existe en la Casa Blanca de los Clinton”....
Roger Calhoon has been incarcerated in Thurston County since last summer and he is not your everyday person. One may not agree with what he believes, but he has his reasons. Twice he has been sent to Western State Hospital for evaluation, yet he remains in the County's jail. And after eight months of imprisonment, no trial date has been scheduled....
In protest of nuclear weapons On August 10, 2016 the eight activists crossed the blue line onto Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, which represents the largest operational concentration of nuclear weapons in the US arsenal, in an act of nonviolent civil resistance. Some staged a die-in, spreading ashes around others’ bodies on the asphalt,…
In the summer of 2013 I wrote “The Ecology of a Police State” [EF!J Vol. 34 No.1, Brigid 2014], a polemic drawing connections between repression, bloated law enforcement budgets, and the success of the environmental movement. A year later, the country burst into anti-cop rebellion....
It was a nice day in May 2015. It was dry outside and both André and Bryson decided they were going to the local skate park on Cooper Point Road. It wasn't far from where we lived; they left late that afternoon....
Claiming to have God on your side can be philosophically problematic, mainly because without logical evidence, you are invoking an imaginary force with extra powers and unexplained superior morality as an ally and justifier of your actions, without risking much social scrutiny....
The lonely road of a local contract worker When I retired a few years ago my wife and I moved to Olympia so that I could finish my college degree. I had hoped to find some sort of employment after college. Unfortunately that didn’t work as planned so I took…
On May 8, 2015 I conducted an interview with Cecily McMillan. I had some questions prepared in advance by myself and a handful of the collective but the interview went where it went the way a river might. ....
Matson: On April 15, Thomas Herndon, a former Evergreener, released a paper critiquing Reinhart-Rogoff, which is perhaps the most influential economic analysis of the last few years. It was immediately clear why this was a very big deal...
American and European leaders are gathering this month, on May 20 and 21, for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit to plan the military alliance's strategic objectives for the next several years....
Over the last year, more than two hundred Westside neighbors actively organized to defeat a 7-Eleven at Harrison and Division and they won. Neighbors sent in comments to the City, letters to the editor and raised $8,000 to cover expenses. They attended two community meetings, two hearing examiner sessions, three…