The question of my political work following the November 2018 elections is a difficult one for me to answer, as US electoral politics rarely have any direct impact on what I do, and certainly not mid-term US elections. An exception, in my case, was the November 2016 elections, which led…
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“We have lessons to teach each other and stories to tell each other about how to survive and resist and thrive even when times are scary and dangerous. There is a way forward and the way forward is solidarity and friendship and figuring out the ways in which our interests…
Starting after the election of Socialist Hugo Chavez in 1998 and continuing under Nicholas Maduro, his recently re-elected successor, the aim of US policy toward Venezuela has been regime change. Reference to military intervention appears periodically, but mainly the US strategy has been to cripple the country economically in hopes of fomenting rebellion. As the following article outlines, the consequences of racheting US sanctions fall directly on the people of the country...
On June 26, the US Supreme Court upheld President Trump’s Muslim Ban—one of many anti-immigrant policies reflecting the racism, xenophobia, and Islamophobia of the administration. Trump’s hateful campaign rhetoric promising a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the US” is now national policy, condoned, in whitewashed form, by the highest court of the land....
El 26 de junio, la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos confirmó la llamada Prohibición Musulmana del presidente Trump, una de las muchas políticas antiinmigrantes que reflejan el racismo, la xenofobia y la islamofobia de la administración. La aborrecible retórica de la campaña de Trump que promete un “cierre total y completo de los musulmanes que ingresan a los EE. UU.” Es ahora una política nacional, ...
An interview with Peter Bohmer, conducted in late March, 2018 Matt: What are your thoughts about Trump’s selection of Mike Pompeo, John R. Bolton, and Gina Haspel for his cabinet? Peter: Going back to January 2017, I’ve been concerned about the Trump administration going to war with Iran and/or North…
(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…
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…
The Thurston-Santo Tomás Sister County Association (TSTSCA) has hosted numerous community exchanges as part of our sister city relationship with Santo Tomás, Chontales, Nicaragua. Since 1988, over 150 people from Thurston County have visited Santo Tomás, and 31 tomasin@s have visited Olympia. Sometimes always they include learning about reality on…
By Erika Takeo During April 22-24, 2016, Marlen Sánchez and Nils McCune of the Nicaraguan Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo (ATC, or Rural Workers Association), will visit Olympia as part of a West Coast speaking tour. Agroecology, a form of low-input, politicized, sustainable agriculture, is seen as a key pillar to…
In Ecuador, right now, the wealthiest 2% are engaging in organized protests aimed at undermining a democratically elected government. Some think they intend an illegal seizure of power—a coup d’etat—and the president of Venezuela has called upon leaders in the region to guard against this newest challenge to democratically enacted…
Ominous Tuesday Those inclined to keep track of the calendar know that on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, the 58th American presidential election will take place. Those inclined to keep track of history will ask themselves, in what kind of historical circumstances for the nation, for the world, and for their…
Martes siniestro Aquellos inclinados a no perder de vista el calendario saben que el Martes 8 de noviembre del 2016, se llevara a cabo la 58 elección presidencial estadounidense. Aquellos inclinados a seguir la pista a la historia le preguntarán a sí mismos, en qué tipo de circunstancias históricas para…
The case of corporations and nature A Tale of Two Countries In September of 2008 Ecuador became the first nation on earth to recognize the Rights of Nature. Two years later, the United States Supreme Court ruled that corporations and people have the same rights. In terms of their history…
El caso de las corporaciones y la naturaleza Historia de dos países En septiembre de 2008 Ecuador se convirtió en la primera nación del mundo en reconocer los Derechos de la Naturaleza. Dos años después, la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos dictaminó que las empresas y las personas tienen los…
The last waltz of Francisco Franco On June 19, after 39 years as a monarch, Juan Carlos I of Spain abdicated the crown in favor of his son Felipe VI. Juan Carlos became king thanks to the agency of fascist dictator Francisco Franco who in 1969, six years before his…
El Ultimo Valse de Francisco Franco El 19 de junio, después de 39 años como monarca, Juan Carlos I de España abdico la corona a favor de su hijo Felipe VI. Juan Carlos se convirtió en rey gracias a la intervención del dictador fascista Francisco Franco quien en 1969, seis…
Architecture and memory The White House is a building with a nefarious reputation within the South American left. Since the Monroe Doctrine in the early 1800’s, its walls and chambers have been mute witnesses of numerous decisions meant to convert the region in “our back yard”—meant to guaranty endless Latin-American…
Arquitectura y Memoria La casa Blanca es un edificio con infame reputación dentro de la izquierda Latino-Americana. A partir de la Doctrina Monroe en los inicios de los 1800’s sus paredes y recamaras han sido testigos mudos de numerosas decisiones encaminadas a convertir a la región en “nuestro patio trasero”,…
To many, Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the most important writer in Spanish literature, more important than Cervantes. His main work, One Hundred Years of Solitude, has become canonical not only in western literature but in the universal republic of letters. The history of the Buendia family transcended time and place…
Para muchos Gabriel García Márquez es el escritor mas importante de la literatura en español, mas importante que Cervantes. Su obra mas importante Cien Años de Soledad, se ha convertido en canónica no solo de la literatura occidental pero de la republica universal de las letras. La historia de la…
Excerpts from a talk March 5th, 2014 at Forum on Venezuela and the Ukraine at the Evergreen State College. Olympia, Washington. One year ago today on March 5th, 2013, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died of cancer. It is wrong to attribute all of the changes in Venezuela since 1998 to…
To progressives who have been celebrating the revolution in Ukraine: Be careful what you wish for. Ukraine now has the first European government in decades in which outright fascist parties have gained a significant role in the executive branch. In other European countries, far-right parties have won seats in the…
The power of symbols A society without toilet paper is a society in trouble, we all agree with that. Not having access to such a basic commodity of modern life suggests an uncomfortable place where scarcity reigns, futile long lines at supermarkets with empty shelves, wide spread poverty, unhappiness on…
El poeta Latino Americano Juan Gelman falleció hace pocos días. El es poco conocido en la Republica de las Letras y los “salonnieres” oficiales del idioma Ingles a pesar de ser el ganador de varios premios internacionales, como el Premio Cervantes en el 2007 (el premio mas prestigioso de la…
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