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…
Posts published in “Year: 2016”
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…