Q. What is a surveillance state? A. A surveillance state is a country where the government and private institutions engage in pervasive surveillance of large numbers of its citizens and visitors. Q. Name the five Most Spied Upon Cities in the world. A. New York and Chicago are among the…
Posts published by “Anna Zanella”
Mary Jo Dolis One Thursday a week or so ago, I was making a pie from the rhubarb that’s having a good year in our back yard, with the radio playing in the background, I realized that the calm and melodious voice I was hearing was Malcolm X. It was…
Jessica Corbett While the world responds with alarm over President Donald Trump’s spontaneous decision to cancel diplomatic talks with North Korea scheduled for next month—which aimed to ease rising nuclear tensions—131 Democrats in the US House joined with the overwhelming majority of Republicans to pass a $717 billion Pentagon spending…
Ground Zero Forty-two activists celebrated the true meaning of Mother’s Day at the Bangor Trident submarine base by protesting nuclear weapons. Ten activists symbolically closed Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor for about 20 minutes by blocking the road to the Main Gate in a nonviolent direct action on the Saturday before Mothers…
US jets with US bombs dropped by Saudi Arabia and its friends have killed thousands of innocent people in Yemen. In one week in April of this year Saudi jets bombed three civilian groups. On April 23 the Saudi-led coalition bombed a wedding party in an isolated village where families…
City Council members take on houselessness, directing staff to create safe, legal places for camping
Just Housing The City of Olympia has, over the years, adopted numerous laws that criminalize and ban camping. Combined with the fact that there are over 1000 people without homes, plus a shortage of shelter beds, these laws ensure that hundreds of our neighbors have no legal place to find…
SAT JUNE 30 – A Fundraiser for OFS THE AQUA-NETS 80’s Dance party • Radical Raffles • Photobooth 7:00pm doors / 8:00pm show $20 General Admission + online service fees Tickets available online or at the box office Mezzanine lounge open for 21+ The Olympia Film Society is proud to…
The June 2018 episode of “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” examines a proposal for a rapid conversion to a green economy—and rapid progress to full employment and meeting other urgent needs—based on some fresh thinking about economics. This interview can open a lot of people’s eyes to recognize a bold and practical…