Olympia Assembly advocates a radical vision for our town – one which includes an emphasis on direct democracy and city governance by the people themselves, as well as cooperation amongst neighbors to meet our needs when the established system fails us. We assert the right of all members of our…
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Lacey Veterans’ Hub My first experience in a courtroom was filled with anxiety due to the punitive behavior of a judge who was harsh with everyone present. At the second hearing, after learning I was a veteran, the same judge completely flipped to a supportive role. This was comforting but…
[Ed note: “Goni the Gringo” was the nickname for a Bolivian president who fled to the US in 2003 after ushering in a brutal repression in that country.] Special to Works in Progress. Until just 20 years ago, in our sister republic of Bolivia, the vast majority of its 6,723,045…
Hasta hace apenas 20 años, en la hermana Bolivia la inmensa mayoría de su población (de seis millones 723.045 habitantes) estuvo excluida de todos los aspectos del llamado “convivir nacional”, es decir, de la educación, de los beneficios de su economía, de los servicios de salud, de la seguridad social,…
I made a list of the things I think keep us safe: I started the list on a Sunday, on a scrap of paper and I put it on the refrigerator together with the picture of our new grandchild, the neighbors’ daughter, the current grocery list, and other random items.…
City Manager Steve Hall is gone but local residents continue to pay the price of his leadership...