Controversy Over Shell's Arctic Drilling Continues (tags)
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Longshore Struggle Brews on Both Coasts, Part 2 (tags)
In the Northwest, at the terminals on the Columbia River, Puget Sound, and Portland, Oregon, the membership of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) are on the defensive against the Northwest Grain Handlers Association (NWGHA). The conflict involves nearly 3,000 workers at terminals that handle a quarter of the nation’s grain exports.
Postponing Joint US/Israeli Exercises (tags)
anti-war
A response to the recent actions in the Puget Sound against the police (tags)
This text is written from an anarchist analysis in response to the demo in Seattle, which was for five murders (now six) committed by the police in the general Puget Sound area. The text here is seen as more of a drawing of points for a larger discussion to occur on the very idea of the police, their role, place in society, and a strategy of how to act next:
On the Line in the Port of Oakland (tags)
Dockworkers honored a community picket line in the Port of Oakland on May 19, 2007, and the shipping operations of a war profiteer were shut down for two shifts. Cargo did not move at the SSA terminal that day. It takes only two lines to sum this up, but it took two months to prepare.
Possible Grocery Strike Looming (tags)
This is a press release from the UFCW. In 2003, the UFCW and these same national chains faced off in the longest grocery strike in history. During this round of negotiations, the corporations announced a mutual aid pact, to act together if one store was picketed. The UFCW has broken off negotiations.
Water for millions at risk (tags)
Water for millions at risk as glaciers melt faster than expected
Navy officer tapped to head LA schools (tags)
Navy officer with no experience tapped to head LA schools
Kenneth Lay's conviction erased from record (tags)
Kenneth Lay's conviction erased from record
The Best Housing & Poverty Review of 2005 (tags)
The Nation's Housing Policies Are A Complete Disaster!
homeland security gestapo (tags)
scary shit
Veteran gets rude welcome on Bainbridge (tags)
Orange County's Scariest Cops (tags)
OC Weekly identifies the 31 most evil cops in Orange County
LA Times article on Rachel Corrie's Murder (tags)
For the mainstream press a decent article; though it still soft-peddles Israeli atrocities.
Boy Scouts of America - Hitler Youth revisited? (tags)
"First they came for the trade unionists ..."