The topic of food safety hits the national airways every time there’s a major product recall or an unsafe practice is revealed. Recently, it’s “pink slime” that’s the hot food subject right now. Every time these stories hit the national media, I’m reminded of something: consumers don’t know enough about where their food comes from [...]
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Oil Sands Pipelines, here?
This piece originally appeared on readthedirt.org by: David Suzuki Foundation: Ian Hanington Posted on: February 24, 2012 Photo: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons By Ian Hanington, David Suzuki Foundation Editorial and Communications Specialist Editor’s Note: We are privileged to have the David Suzuki Foundation. With help from Chinese state-owned companies and other oil companies, the development [...]
ASUW’S 11th Annual Vagina Monologues
Event Title & Host ASUW’S 11th Annual Vagina Monologues Website https://www.facebook.com/events/213845608702656/ When? Feb. 16th – Feb. 18th, 7 PM. Where? Kane 130, UW Campus Why? To spark radical dialogue about vaginas and female-identified humans! Description The ASUW Women’s Action Commission is proud to announce the 11th Annual ASUW “Vagina Monologues” production!Thursday, February 16th at [...]
Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency Sued for Violating State Public Records Act
Agency refused to provide public records regarding controversial draft rule purportedly intended to address hazardous air pollution from dairies YAKIMA, WA – The Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency (YRCAA) was served with a lawsuit today alleging that it violated the state Public Records Act (PRA) by refusing to copy and email electronic public records to an [...]
Stand in Solidarity with the United Farm Workers
Event Title & Host Stand in Solidarity with the United Farm Workers Website https://www.facebook.com/events/298062443573351/ When? Friday, January 27, 2012, 2pm (Westlake) / 3pm (Darigold HQ) Where? Westlake Park (401 Pine St) / Darigold Headquarters at 1130 Rainier Ave. S Why? Solidarity with Farmworkers! We are what we eat, and we are who grows our food! [...]
Dear Ableist Assholes in Occupy Seattle
Dear ableist assholes in Occupy Seattle, I am a wheelchair user who took part in the December 12th West coast Port shutdown. I want to say fuck you to all the people who belittled me and talk down to me while I was out there. To the person who patted my back and thanked me [...]
March and Vigil in Solidarity with Wukan Village
Where 1pm Westlake rally/march 5:30 Hing Hay Park in the International District (corner of S. Maynard and King St. S) Description The people of Seattle support the people of Wukan in the struggle for economic justice. At the very moment you read this, our brothers and sisters in Wukan, a small village in the south [...]
A Message from the African Climate Justice Caravan
Dear friends, fellow climate activists and campaigners around the world, Hello from the African Climate Justice Caravan and the “We Have Faith” campaign in Africa! We are in the middle of an epic 5,730km journey in 6 buses from Nairobi, Kenya to Durban, South Africa, to collect and communicate the African voice on Climate Change, amplifying it [...]
Unequal Infection: How Inequality Fuels the Global AIDS Pandemic
Event Title & Host Unequal Infection: Inequality & the Global AIDS Pandemic (feat. SCRIBES!) HOSTED by GLOBAL 99 and the Critical Development Forum Website http://students.washington.edu/cdfuw/2011/11/29/cdfg99-community-discussion-thursday-on-inequality-and-the-global-aids-pandemic/ When? Thursday, December 1st, 3:30-5:30PM Where? Smith Hall 120, University of Washington Seattle Why? Find out what INEQUALITY has to do with the global AIDS pandemic and how OCCUPY can [...]
