Progressive activists in Seattle don’t often find their efforts resulting in 180-degree policy reversals by the city. But on the…
In planning the (mostly) nonviolent actions against the WTO, activists are blending old protest tactics with newer, less passive ones.
ON MONDAY, the Washington Legislature begins its 2002 session with a unique combination of opportunity and catastrophe. Because the state…
A new political group spawns an initiative to hurt water hogs and save salmon.
Politically speaking, it’s the trial of the century—at least in these parts—though it hasn’t been much of a century yet….
Atop Queen Anne Hill, a fierce neighborhood battle is brewing over plans to replace the small, upscale Metropolitan Market and…
Franken and Ivins are coming to Seattle.
Is liberal Seattle still too conservative for you? Well, here’s one man’s guide to local lefty politics and progressive, grassroots activism
For weeks, headlines have been obediently following the White House’s Message-a-Day folks: “BUSH URGES CORPORATE CLEANUP.” “FINANCIAL SWAT TEAM SOUGHT.”…
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JUDY NICASTRO will announce today that she is not running for mayor this year. “I’ve decided not…
As a veteran of local community activism, I can say with some authority that there are two things missing from…
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, they’ve finally come right out and said what you suspected they’ve thought all along: Buying things you…
AS AN EXERCISE in behavior control, the War on Drugs is over. The drugs won. Efforts to ban ingestion of…
One of the most basic things we’ve learned from the flooding of New Orleans is that a generation of politicians…
Some fascinating and very underreported details are emerging from the City Council’s WTO investigation. The most interesting concerns the Investigations…
What a debacle. At the last minute, the steelworkers’ union canceled four days of protest at Tacoma’s Kaiser Aluminum plant,…
Alternative media at the WTO.
Empirical data suggests it will happen tomorrow, too. But if it were left to some politicians, taxpayers would be funding…
Police prevent “A16” protests from shutting down the IMF and World Bank.
WHILE NEWS MEDIA are saturated with field reports from Iraq and Seattle war protesters fume over unprovoked attacks from police,…
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